paris is burning

(click to download via megaupload)

i was bored today so i decided to record a mix i was practicing.  it's really ghetto.  a lot of peaking on the mixer!!  mixing wasn't my best.  i like how it came out overall though.  

track list:

"paris is burning" - alex

around the world/harder better faster stronger edit - daft punk

embrace ft ladyhawke (fred falke & miami horror remix) - pnau

"paris is burning" - alex

fancy footwork (russ chimes remix) - chromeo

paris is burning (alex metric remix) - ladyhawke

planisphere (kaxe remix) - justice

d.a.n.c.e (blake miller edit) - justice

cross the dance floor (lifelike remix) - treasure fingers

mo money mo problems (laidback luke remix) - the notorious b.i.g

"hi my name is billy" - billy anania

MSTRKRFT

FIST OF GOD LEAKED

bon iver

from Philippe Tremblay-Berberi

artist: bon iver.  song: for emma, forever ago.  a very soft spoken band from wisconsin.  the lead singer/songwriter/guitarist justin vernon has the ability to capture such lovely melodies.  at first, i wasn't too impressed with bon iver.  maybe it was the little pretentious guy inside me that made me skeptical to their songs.  but after burning 'for emma, forever ago' their debut album, i realized there is a lot of sweet soft treasure in their work.  from the high baby like cries of vernon's voice, to the simple plucks of a baritone guitar, bon iver is worth your time to check out.

when i think of bon iver, i think of mountain cabins and burley men drinking beer.  all that with some singing around a camp fire, while a bear in the back ground just groans.

check them out kids.

bon iver

empire of the sun

music video by:patrick wright

empire of the sun is a phenomenal new wave/disco band.  this song 'half mast' has a great 80s prom dance feel to it.  treasure fingers recently made an extremely good remix of empire's track 'walking on a dream' you can find it here.  the band itself is great if you just want to cruise to some 80s-esque tracks, but a lot of producers see house music potential in the vocals of the lead singer, and the overall bass lines they choose.

empire of the sun

p.s a bunch of you are going to think they look really lame.  gimmicks.  the music is lovely though.

friendly fires

(friendly fires - skeleton boy)

music update mon frère.  this is a fun little english dance band 'friendly fires'  i really enjoy the their debut self titled album.  pitchfork (haha yeah...) gave it a decent score.  i give them a decent score.  if you're into new wave, funky disco, electro dancey sounding songs get into them.  i really like their tracks 'jump in the pool' and 'paris'.  the singers got a great vocal style, and the band overall has some fun things going on.

check them out. 

soulwax

(video explaining soulwax)

so sticking to my word, i'm going to introduce more music that i enjoy.  i've always followed soulwax around, but mainly the dance project part of soulwax dubbed: "2 many dj's"  but i gave the actual band "soulwax" a go.  this clip shows basically the philosphy of soulwax.  soulwax is: soulwax (rock band), 2mandj's (dj set/producers), nite versions (live remixes of their own songs), radio soulwax (live performance of everything).  true pioneers of the electronic rock/dance scene that we see today.

kids today probably only know of soulwax fame through the 2manydj's remix of mgmt's 'kids'

the band doesn't get enough credit.  check them out.

vandaveer

Vandaveer - Woolgathering / Roman Candle - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo

vandaveer's take away show.
i really love this man a lot. the second song is my favorite by him. you kids should get into his music. i think once a week i'm going to post up some music on the blog. it might range from soft folk music to electro house bangers. we'll see. i'm mad tired, it's 11:51 AM. i just finished an exam, and i'm going to nap.

stay gold.