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lentfest...days 18 and 19

missed yesterday. very late night after q-tip (super fun night) so doing a double post today.

sunny morning here in dubln today and its a holiday weekend what with paddy's day on tuesday. off work on monday so four day weekend for me. gonna go driving to wicklow today to see the mountains and get some fresh air and whatnot.

first up is some classic boogie from central line off the kenny dope compilation, roller boogie 80's. great stuff.
Download 09 Walking Into Sunshine
buy: amazon (UK), sounds of the universe

some sunday music then by alizee, a pop starlet from france (well, corsica really). stumbled across this tune a while back (can't recall where) and its quite cheesy and poppy but irresistible also.
apparently (as per eikipedia) the song tells "tell, in personal and metaphorical manner, of a young model under the guidance of Andy Warhol, possibly inspired by real-life story of Edie Sedgwick. The song ends with a reiteration of how she foolishly believed Andy that she was the most beautiful model of all".
this is the david rubato mix of 'fifty sixty' off the album 'Psychédélices'.
Download Fifty Sixty (David Rubato Remix)
buy: amazon (US), (UK)

roche

sebastian tellier's video for roche, directed by fleur and manu

Sebastien Tellier - Roche
by RECORDMAKERS

engaging

(photo via greenpeace)

for paul and fiona. happy engagement my dear friends.

beautiful love song by
yila (feat. alistair mcneill and polarbear)
Download Crush (feat. Alistair McNeill and Po

if you like this, check out audio bullys

46 days of lent...days 5 & 6

apologies to all (especially ken) for missing yesterday's post. got much sidetracked over the weekend.
gonna post two tunes today to make up for it.

first up is junior boys (playing dublin, march 14th). much thanks to covert for turning me onto this album. i've had it on and off for the past two weeks with some tunes off the album, Begone Dull Care*, grabbing more attention than others but overall a really interesting and enjoyable album to listen to.

Download 07 The Animator

dunno why i hadn't posted this next tune before. nialler9 he talked about jaydiohead back in january, describing the album as "2009s first worthy mashup album" and great stuff it is with 'wrong prayer' being such a big tune. jay-z is just a powerful rapper. pure poet skills.
get the album here.

Download 02 99 Anthems

*Begone Dull Care is also a movie made in 1949 which has a plot , as described by imdb as being 'Abstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.' posting the whole thing here as its great and this then counts as a design/art post aswell as i'm due one.one the best depiction of music i've seen and its drawn like an animation. brilliant.

sorted

watched some excellent documentaries as part of Manchester night on BBC 4, Rock Family Tree and Factory: Manchester from Joy Division...to Happy Mondays. Great insights into the musical history of Manchester as well as the massive influences that Tony Wilson's Factory Records had on the musical landscape of the 80's and into the 90's. Part of the second documentary talked about the Hacienda that was one of the primary clubs to foster the birth of dance music outside of London that gave rise to The Happy Mondays and was, from my take on the story, funded primarily by New Order. Plagued by financial mismanagement and an increase in gang presence, gun culture, intimidation, etc. (as was seen in many clubs throughout the UK and Ireland at the time) the club was forced to close in 1997.

So, nothing from the Happy Mondays, or even Factory today but rather its Pulp's amazing tune 'Sorted For E's & Wizz' from 1995 that captures so much of all that happened during the heady days that followed.

"Oh is this the way they say the future's meant to feel?

Or just twenty thousand people standing in a field?

And I just don't understand quite what this feeling is

That's okay cos we're all sorted out for E's and Whizz

And tell me when the spaceship lands

Cos all this has just got to mean something


In the middle of the night

It feels alright but then tomorrow morning

Ohh ohh when you come down


Oh yeah the pirate radio told us what was going down

Got the tickets from some fucked up bloke in Camden Town

And no one seems to know exactly where it is

But that's okay, cos we're all sorted out for E's and Whizz

At four o'clock the normal world seems very very very far away

Hey hey

In the middle of the night

It feels alright but then tomorrow morning

Ohh ohh when you come down


Just keep on moving

Everybody asks your name they say we're all the same

And now it's, Nice One, Geezer - that's as far as the conversation went

I lost my friends I dance alone, it's 6 o'clock, I wanna go home

But it's no way not today, makes you wonder what it meant

And this hollow feeling grows and grows and grows and grows

And you wanna call your mother and say, "Mother,

I can never come home again because I seem to have left

an important part of my brain somewhere in a field in Hampshire. Alright


In the middle of the night

It feels alright but then tomorrow morning

Oohh Oohh when you come down

Oohh Oohh when you come down

Ooh what if you never come down?"

Download 08_sorted_for_es_wizz_1.mp3

buy: CD (US), (UK), iTunes

Tonight on BBC 4 is Hey Mr.DJ: The Rise and Rise of the Disc Jockey. Should be good.

whistle

More summer sounds here to enjoy at the weekend or on your drive home tonight. I discovered these guys, Sporto Kantes the other day and they have kindly provided an advance copy of one of the tunes from their upcoming album, '3 At Last'. This tune, 'Whistle', is so catchy and infectious with its whistling (surprisingly enough), latin style melodies and party percussions. I truly hope that it becomes a regular on all of ya'll's mixes/compilations this summer. Another favourite track from the album is 'Concrete'.

A bit about Sporto Kantes from Epitonic:"Nicolas Kantorowicz and Benjamin Sportes formed Sporto Kantes in the aftermath of the first wave of mid-'90s French house. Their first few releases appeared on the Catalogue imprint and were lapped up by those seeking a way to wind down after a night of furious funking to the likes of Pepe Bradock and Daft Punk."

Download sporto_kantes_whistle.mp3

Buy it from 7 Digital (Download, pre-order)

Love To Hate You

I so rarely go out to hear/see live music, despite the fact that I live in the Live Music Capital of the World (allegedly).
I don't know what it is about live music that just doesn't get me going. I guess maybe because I think it is hard to recreate good music well on stage. Or maybe I am just closed minded and don't want to change?

Anyways, maybe I will change my mind. After last weekend I am consciously going to try and go out and see live shows more. I got tickets for the LCD Soundsystem ACL aftershow that was going on at Red7 on Friday and so we wandered down around 10.30pm. I was excited to check out LCD Soundsystem and actually hadn't checked out who else was playing.
After the DJ on the outside stage finished up I was somewhat surprised to see two girls to get on stage in front of a laptop and some keyboards. Now, I'm not being sexist here but the reality (in my mind) is that it is rare to see females make electronic music. In my experience over the last 15 years or so I really don't recall seeing a female act or DJ.
When I say surprised I mean pleasantly surprised as it is great to see people going against the norm as it were. I would like to point out that really Austin has a very small electronic scene considering its size and musical inclinations and to so to hear good electronic that is home produced is a thrill. Now picture this, this act is not from Austin, but Wimberley, which has a population of (don't quote me on this) well below 10,000. In Texas. Not exactly renowned for electronic music. :-)

They are Lady Pterodactyl and they have kindly provided a tune to check out. Lady Pterodactyl have only been around since Feb. 2007 but have developed a style that is uniquely theirs to own but with some nice room to grow still. I had such a cool time listening to watching them play as their sounds are simplistically beautiful while being energetic with the show filled with genuine fun and passion.

So-thanks to Faiith and Sydnie for letting me post about them today.  hope you check them out, let them know on theirspace (or with comments here) if you are into their sounds.
I sure am.

Download love_to_hate_you.mp3

Cheers

Paint it Red

Coco Electrik is partly made up of Anne Booty who sure is one interesting lady. First off, and Anne I apologize for any offense that this might give, what a name!
Born in Brisbane in the late 70’s to a teacher and an accountant Anne now resides in England, dividing her time between London and Shoreham-by-Sea. An English and philosophy graduate, sporadic journalist, and one time Ken Russell associate. Favourite authors include Flannery O’Connor and Jean Genet. You can check out a short story, Jack & Jill, by Anne Booty over at Scarecrow Short Fiction.

The upcoming album from Coco Electrik, Army behind The Sun (pre-order), was recorded with the help of Matty (Skylab) Ducasse on guitar, Adam DeGruchy on bass and Martin Dean on drums. The album
" features slices of esoteric pop and slipped-up-slowed-down psychedelic punk funk in equal measure. (Bandwagon) and is "full of spikiness, zeal and slutty, filthy funk, the latter of which it’s drenched in" (IDJ Magazine).
For me Coco Electrik reminds me somewhat of Roisin Murphy (mentioned here before and who also has a new album coming out soon). There are similar kinds of feels to the sound they produce however, I reckon though that Coco Electrik will appeal to those that prefer a bit more electro and (dare I say it) booty in their music. You really gotta check out the cover of Soft Cell's Tainted Love also-very nicely done.

This tune is actually from Royal Appointment and features Coco Electrik but is being released on the upcoming album. Originally released in 2005, this is the Dub it Red version of Paint it Red (emusic), released on TummyTouch. Slightly more minimal and funky than the original, with a bouncy rhythm that will certainly appeal more to shaking 'it' as the party gets started.

Download 04_dub_it_red.mp3

Cheers,
Cubik

Operator

Tonight I am heading over the Emos to support the Austin Sound/ KVRX fundraiser.
Doug from Austin Sound reckon'd I'd lespecially like one of the bands, Operator, and I just checked them out. They sure have an appealing sound alright. They describe themselves as "Avant-garde, post apocalyptic Electro-pop"-I dunno about all that but I wanna bring you this tune, Move On, as it is a hauntingly beautiful piece of music.

Download move_on.mp3

Hopefully I get to see you at the show tonight. I will be the guy wearing this Hype Machine t-shirt. Say 'hi'. :-)

Ruby Blue

Ok-a few days ago I talked about Roisin Murphy and the upcoming release of 'Ruby Blue'.
Here is a top tune from that album-'If We're In Love'.
This tune will definitely appeal to the Moloko fans out there with it's pop feel, Roisin Murphy's sweet voice caressing our senses all tied in excellently with an excellent undertone of Mr. Matthew Herbert's influence that Roisin has taken on since the Sequins EP.
Download 07_if_were_in_love.mp3

Also check out the video here.

Cheers,

Cubik