Yo, as some of may know I' am currently residing in the US, so this first track fittingly was discovered at a Super Bowl house party a couple of weeks ago. Yeah the kind of cliched house parties you see in the movies, red plastic beer cups, beer pong styled drinking games, American style chicken wings and nachos, coupled with good company made it a top night! Any way back to the music, Afroman, someone I'm sure your all aware of from his hit song 'Because I got High' has another classic. The Comical based rapper released his first album in 1999 and has been churning out albums solidly ever since. This track is appropriately named after a Malt Liquor 'Colt 45', cheap and nasty, but good for a laugh.
Click to download: Afroman - Colt 45
II: The xx, a London based 3 piece who could be described as some sort indie minimal chillout consortium. These guys met at the same school as Hot Chip and Burial attended and are still quite young all in their early 20's. Last year they received considerable hype with both Rolling stone and NME heaping praise on their debut album. So hopefully more good things to come from these guys. Thanks goes to Liam for the intro to these guys.
Click to download: The xx - Crystalised
So this maybe third on my list but I think it has to be my favourite track at the moment. I enjoy this track for its heritage most all. Daphne Oram an employee of the BBC and a pioneer of electronic music and sampling started experimenting with tape recorders in the 1940's building new tracks from samples and paving the way for modern day electronic music. This track titled 'Snow' is a textbook example of how hiphop and the sampling revolution started (check out breakbeats to learn more). When listening to this track I cant help but think of all the artists that must of been influenced by Daphne, one that i personally can see alot of her in is Dj Shadow particularly his 'Entroducing' album. I urge you to read more about Daphne, as its quite interesting.
Click to download: Daphne Oram - Snow
Im gunna put this one up to0, just cos i think it also is a rad track and i think if you listen to The Avalanches track 'Paplo's Cruise' you might hear a hint of it, i think i do??
Click to download: Daphne Oram - Pulse Persephone
Apart from Trash Kit being a cool name for a band I know very little about these guys as by the sounds of it their relatively new so i will just rip what little information i could find about them from last.fm. Well enjoy and lets hope they'll get an album out soon.
"Trash kit are Rachel A, Rachel H and Ros M, from London, UK. The two Rachels also play in the Madrigals, and Ros plays in Ray Rumours. They formed in 2008.
Mixing chaos and trippy melody in equal measure, Trash Kit are as jubliant as they are focussed. Vocals tangle with each other and highly expressive drum patterns, while guitar lines make for a serious adventure into the realms of party. So far they have a CD-R, which keeps selling out at shows, and they will be working with Upset The Rhythm on a new record shortly."
Right click to download: Trash Kit - Cadet
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
5 Tracks Im diggin this week
First up a Track from Italian Dj/Producer, Alex Kenji. He's been around for the last decade hitting up clubs all round Europe, getting some recognition with his tracks featuring on mix's from the BBC1's acclaimed Essential Mix. The beat is solid Tech House, which is something im really digging at the moment, but it is really when you get midtrack and that funky brass salsa brake down comes in that you'll really appreciate this track.
Right click to download: Alex Kenji - Tropical Chicks (Original Mix)
Second of the rank, Canadian born Disco producer Gino Soccio born way back in '55, had reasonable success back in 70's/80's with entries making it into the US Hot 100. Everytime i listen to this i wish i was back in the disco days, epic vocals and just general feel goodness to this track. Even if ya dont like Disco you've gotta appreciate it, without it you there wouldnt have modern day house music etc. If you like this track, i urge you check out his others there all pretty solid disco.
Click to download: Gino Soccio - Dancer (LP version)
Tercera Opción this guy could be called the King of pop i suppose, Prince ( who i pray you know of). This guy produced 10 platinum albums, thirty Top 40 singles, he started his own record label and wrote, self produced and played most of the instruments on his recordings. He has been a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I have just recently got into his stuff and this is a track I've found this track rather interesting because, and this is only my little theory but i think the the drums and base in the intro is what influenced Daft Punk for the intro of robot rock base and drums... have a listen, see what ya think.
Click to download: Prince - Controversy
One spot of the podium comes a band who for some reason it took me a long time to really discover them, even though I know a lot of people who have listened to them for a quite some time. Vampire Weekend formed in 2006 a New york based indie rock band by trade but with an obvious African popular music influence. I think I enjoy their music as it is has familiarity to Paul Simons album Graceland which was mostly recorded in South Africa. This track is from their recently realised album
Right click to download: Vampire Weekend - White Sky
The 5th and shit this looks exciting, Damian Marley & Nas. The two have been collaborating together and will be releasing a charity album with the proceeds going towards a project in Africa, with the possibility of a school being built in congo, which is efen amazing. "A lot of charity albums come off corny," says Marley. "We want this to be something you'd play in your car.", that sounds encouraging! What more can i say, good Hip Hop, good Reggae, giving aid to those who need it = awesome!
Right click to download: As We Enter - Damian Marley & Nas
Right click to download: Alex Kenji - Tropical Chicks (Original Mix)
Second of the rank, Canadian born Disco producer Gino Soccio born way back in '55, had reasonable success back in 70's/80's with entries making it into the US Hot 100. Everytime i listen to this i wish i was back in the disco days, epic vocals and just general feel goodness to this track. Even if ya dont like Disco you've gotta appreciate it, without it you there wouldnt have modern day house music etc. If you like this track, i urge you check out his others there all pretty solid disco.
Click to download: Gino Soccio - Dancer (LP version)
Tercera Opción this guy could be called the King of pop i suppose, Prince ( who i pray you know of). This guy produced 10 platinum albums, thirty Top 40 singles, he started his own record label and wrote, self produced and played most of the instruments on his recordings. He has been a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I have just recently got into his stuff and this is a track I've found this track rather interesting because, and this is only my little theory but i think the the drums and base in the intro is what influenced Daft Punk for the intro of robot rock base and drums... have a listen, see what ya think.
Click to download: Prince - Controversy
One spot of the podium comes a band who for some reason it took me a long time to really discover them, even though I know a lot of people who have listened to them for a quite some time. Vampire Weekend formed in 2006 a New york based indie rock band by trade but with an obvious African popular music influence. I think I enjoy their music as it is has familiarity to Paul Simons album Graceland which was mostly recorded in South Africa. This track is from their recently realised album
Right click to download: Vampire Weekend - White Sky
The 5th and shit this looks exciting, Damian Marley & Nas. The two have been collaborating together and will be releasing a charity album with the proceeds going towards a project in Africa, with the possibility of a school being built in congo, which is efen amazing. "A lot of charity albums come off corny," says Marley. "We want this to be something you'd play in your car.", that sounds encouraging! What more can i say, good Hip Hop, good Reggae, giving aid to those who need it = awesome!
Right click to download: As We Enter - Damian Marley & Nas
Stint Eastwood Himself
Stint Eastwood the man himself, I decided to theme my blog around him for a number of reasons.I. He's a sicko
II. Clint rhymes with Stint
III. The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly... reminds me of so many of my weekends and the aftermath.
IV. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz... a great track + one of me favourite groups.
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