Feb 9
of florence and the machine…and the songs they cover (remember hospital beds)
here’s their cover of “Addicted to Love”
btw…i have so many others that i want to post…i just don’t have the time.
no..wait..i have to share this one:
the new passion pit track called “little secrets”
it’s even more fun than sleepyhead.
Feb 8
tons of new tracks…all is right in the world.
here is today’s:
i know, i know…. i play too much diplo.
but the tracks just get better….
take this one, for example.
Coco Sumner is Sting’s daughter
she makes music under the name I Blame Coco
I Blame Coco + Robyn = not so great track called “Caesar”
I Blame Coco + Robyn + Diplo = song of the day.
Feb 5
i can’t get this track out of my head… diplo makes gucci mane mellow without losing his edge…
“Danger’s Not a Stranger”
I hear that he plan’s to remix gucci mane’s entire album.
from pitchfork:
And now, genre-hopping DJ Diplo has announced plans to remix the Cold War series for his own mixtape, enlisting some of his producer buddies to help out. Given Gucci’s insane productivity, these guys should have plenty of material to work with.
Feb 3
and still playing breakbot…ed banger knows how to pick them.
today’s song is “Baby I’m Yours feat. Irfane”
havefunwiththisone
pulled from Binary Entertainment:
Hey, all producers aspiring to make the delicious genres that we’ve been calling ‘yachtfunk’, ‘cleanfunk’, or ’synthfunk’… I’m looking squarely at you Hemingway, Shazam, Cassian, UTern, and yeah even The Twelves. Breakbot just reached for the stars and found a couple. Over the course of 2 weeks he just took things to a new level. 2 of my favorite tracks of 2010 already. Emotion filled, bouncey, clean and spot on as all hell. See, I think this is what I keep harping on about the lo-fi thing going on. Listen to these 2 tracks and you’ll understand why there is just so much MORE to crisp, clean production. The emotions are pure, not contrived.
First off…. The fact that this song rips the vocal melody from ‘Ain’t No Fun’ by Snoop Dogg is brilliant. It took me half a day to remember the ‘I had respect, for your lady’ line.
Anyway, I’m all for borrowing stuff like that, and it certainly doesn’t make the song what it is. What is this song? Its nothing less than a perfect throwback pop funk track thats cheesy, if sincere lyrics paint a perfect picture thats 1 part Motown, 1 part modern yacht funk jam.
Breakbot, as usual makes his clean instruments and drums hit SO hard. You cant help but bounce to this song! This song is 100 times more dancey than anything dubstep or minimal techno.
It feels a bit like falling in love for the first time.
Oh oh… and PS. That Siriusmo remix of Baby Be Mine… It lives up to all the hype. Truly a meeting of two producers pushing the boundaries of modern electronic music production.
and just because…. here’s “So Light is Her Footfall” the Air song remixed by Breakbot.
Feb 2
but this commentary from hipsterrunoff is hilarious.
here’s an example:
I think Taylor Swift still thinks that ‘awards are real.’ She seems proud. As time moves forward, more people will ’sympathize’ with Kanye West, sort of like the Kobe Vs. Shaq feud.
Feb 1
Super busy and haven’t found something to replace the Ministry of Sound Chillout album that i’ve had on repeat for a few weeks.
Here’s another track from it that you’ll enjoy
The Chateau Marmont remix of “My Delirium,” by Ladyhawke
Jan 30
the touch pro 2 rocks!
thanks sprint.
from left to right: old phone, new phone, iphone
Jan 28
Jan 26
“backstage,” by le le…
can’t help but think of oizo’s flat beat when i hear this one.
Jan 15
Here’s the new Breakbot track “Make You Mine”. Breakbot’s first ep is called “Baby I’m Yours”
i think that you’ll like this one — don’t let the Zapp & Roger autotune thing get in the way…it’s still fun.
Jan 14
i’m still rockin’ He Was King… and since everyone already knows “kickdrum” and “Elvi$,” here’s my fave: “We.”
Jan 13
pulled this from copyblogger.com
What Entourage Can Teach You About Successful Freelancing by Julie Roads
Stay in the game like Johnny Drama
Johnny Drama is a washed-up “D-list” actor who is (in my opinion) unattractive, annoying, and talentless.
But he has no idea.
He thinks he’s a god, resting on the laurels of acting jobs past. He walks around like he owns the place and he assumes that everyone loves him. He works hard and somehow manages to get work. As a result, his star is rising again.
Channeling Johnny Drama is about putting yourself out there, believing in yourself no matter what, and never, ever giving up.
Dig up the dirt like Ari
Ari Gold is a hilariously obnoxious, egotistical power agent. He has an uncanny knack for digging up dirt and knowing everything about everyone. It helps him get his way.
As a freelancer, you want to dig up some dirt of your own. Find the companies you want to work for and then find their Achilles heel.
No, I don’t mean blackmail the Marketing Director because you know he’s sleeping with his assistant.
I mean dig and find out what that juicy client’s most pressing problems are. Then show up to present yourself as the solution.
”Connect” like the women on the show
Most of the women on the show sleep with whoever, whenever, wherever. Most important to the show’s premise, they sleep with Vince’s friends (yes, his entourage) to get close to Vince.
Um, don’t do that.
But do do this:
Network. Talk to people. Including those you think are “big, important” people.
Seriously, this is not a time to be shy or play small. Talk about what you do, spread the word around like mustard on a pastrami sandwich. Keep making connections, and with a little luck, one day, you’ll get to sleep with the big guy. (Just to be clear, by sleep with I mean write for, and by big guy I mean a huge client that employs you over and over again and pays you a lot of money.)
Love like Lloyd
Oh Lloyd, you sweet, little man.
Ari’s assistant-turned-agent is happy, enthusiastic and loyal. He keeps his word and he fights for his people. And they don’t forget.
In the freelancing world, if you can be a good person, an honest person, and a loyal person, if you follow through and do what you say you’ll do, if you’re reliable and you perform well, then you will get hired again and again.And people will say nice things about you to other potential clients.
Master Vince’s attitude
Sure, he’s rich, beautiful, and has more charisma than a box full of puppies.
But he also has an amazing attitude: It’s all good, it’s all easy, it’ll all work out.
He’s surrounded himself with people he trusts — no matter what. They’ve got his back . . . and that gives him a sense of safety that oozes off of him. People like him, they want to work with him, they want to be around him.
I think this is the most important point on the list. If you sit around sunk in doom and gloom, 1) no one will want to be around you, 2) you won’t have the energy or inspiration to change your situation, and 3) well, you know all the things they say go along with a bad attitude. High blood pressure, heart disease, acne, swine flu, leprosy, you name it. It’s bad news.
Buck up, fake it till you make it, be the change you want to see in your inbox — and all those other clichés.
And, maybe — just maybe — the clients, jobs, and opportunities will be on you like . . . well, like an entourage on a star.
Jan 13
i pulled this from pitchfork: (by Mark Hogan)
0101, 0103, 0107, 0108, 0113, and 0115. Since all jj choose to show of themselves is their music, video, and occasional blood-spattered merch, then those Sincerely Yours catalogue numbers represent the sum total of what we know about them. Hell, we wouldn’t even know jj were a “them” had the group’s Gothenburg, Sweden-based, Tough Alliance-owned label not confirmed that. So… they’re mysterious– but not inscrutable: Despite a brief discography that’s already geekily byzantine enough for anybody who ever bought into the legend of Factory Records, jj’s full-length debut is as easy to enjoy as whatever the last CD was you brought home with a giant cannabis leaf on the cover. They’re as naive as they are cynical– or is it the other stupid way around?– and they manage to be pretty, touching, funny, and motivating, in different ways, in all the right places, for nine songs lasting 28 minutes.
jj
“things will never be the same again.”
Jan 12
this one makes you wanna dance…
kinda slept on this … but it’s dope
might have to break out some vinyl for a disco party
Jan 11
listening to contra right now…
and i found it here:
btw, anyone else notice the Bonde Do Rolê sample on “Diplomat’s Son?”
Jan 7
with this remix of “kids don’t stand a chance.”
Pee Thugg and Dave 1 make up Chromeo, an electronic synth-pop duo. Pee and Dave met in 1993 and have been best friends since, although Pee recalls that he “didn’t really like (Dave) at first”; Pee was mainly a hip-hop kid where Dave was a skater. However, lucky for us, the two managed to sort out their differences and let their deep love of funk and electro music bring them closer together.
Jan 2
kinda rocks.
so does phoenix.
another takeaway show…
Dec 30
cinematic orchestra remixes fink, and the result is this amazing track:
Give it a few moments and you’ll realize the breathtaking marriage of Ninja Tune artists Fink (Finian Greenhall,) and Cinematic Orchestra is a pairing meant to be. Just like their recent collaboration with Grey Reverend, this reworking of a song by Fink reminds almost immediately of Jeff Buckley, an artist I’ve learn to admire as I get on in years. I was listening to this up in the mountains and it just seemed to fit really nicely. Load up the iPod and add this to your trip playlist.(from sissorkick)
Dec 28
haven’t been posting lately…
but i have been surfing … and boy do i love the winter swell in socal.
the vid is dated…but it’s relaxing to watch..just the sound of waves
so here’s a song for you — i am sure that you’ll dig it
music for surfers
Oct 27
Oct 23
i like almost everything he does.
this remix is no exception.
definitely club music (nothing like his MIA stuff)…but it’s super fun.
“‘Diplo-DOC-us’ is the British pronunciation,” points out Wes Pentz, the English word sounding incongruous in his cool, East Coast American accent. “It’s Di-PLOD-ocus,” he corrects, using the American pronunciation. “I kind of like that better than ‘Diplo-DOC-us’. It goes back to when I was a kid. I didn’t want to be a producer, I wanted to be a palaeontologist. I used to dig out in the back yard. We had a big red clay field in South Carolina, and I dug up trash and roots but I used to think they were dinosaur bones.”
check out the song of the day
the diplo remix of “keep it going louder” by major lazer w/ nina sky
and if it’s too early for club music…here’s a remix he did of a feist track.
Oct 22
…and i am sure that you do too.
here’s a Devendra Benhart remix of “Rome” that you’ll like.
Oct 21
literally.
this one from the new moon soundtrack is ill.
lupe + japanese cartoon = a dope track called solar midnite.
