Tuesday, August 30, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/08/30

blog 2011/08/30 - the exhaustion creeps in and you know you've done OK


Well, I did it!  I finally managed to catch Colin Stetson live, and it was awesome, and I now have a signed copy of his amazing new album on my record wall.
All it took was having an excruciatingly exhausting 15 hour day of Ottawa Pride activities and that included me performing twice. 
Totally worth it.

Check him out while you can.  The pieces are very difficult, the physically massive, and the strain on his (well-toned) body quite evident.  I don't think he'll be able to perform like this in 5 years from now, so enjoy his current work while you can.

Anyways, 'tis a new week, 'tis a new update!



Air France - It Feels Good To Be Around You:  Super sweet pop music mixed with the best of modern hipster beats and chillwavey production.  Amazing.

Archie Pelago - Prospect Dub:  SAXOPHONE & DUBSTEP, 4-EVA!

Barn Owl - Turiya:  An amazing pulsing instrumental rendering from the new album Lost in the Glare.

Earth - Old Black:  We dropped another track from Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I way back at blog20110609, but here's another slowed down instrumental cowboy soundtrack wondertune.

Girls In Trouble - We Are Androgynous:  The vocal range here is astounding and delightful.

Gramatik - Like You Do
Gramatik - While I Was Playin' Fair:  Grammatik does full-spectrum productions that are produced like a brick house, and he does them well.  Album after album of solid banger beats, and now Beatz & Pieces Vol. 1 gives us more of the same:  quality snappy production, like the antithesis to mid-90s Madlib.

Inmontauk - Piroxilina
Inmontauk - Uno:  This goes back to 2008, but here are 2 great shimmering examples of peak ambient idm wonderfullness.  From the Isla EP.

Intimate Stranger - Nighttime:  Like a cross between 90s girl punk and Lily Allen.  For reals.  From the album Under.

James Blake - Lindisfarne:  The video single, combines parts 1 and 2 from the LP together.

James Vincent McMorrow - We Don't Eat:  I love the epic size of the emotions in this song.  From the album Early In The Morning.

Muslimgauze - North Africa Is Not So Far Away:  This digs back to 1997, but pretty much everything modern being done with bass can be unearthed in this guys post-mortem archive of releases.

Salem - Till The World Ends (Britney Spears cover):  Does it count as a cover if you're sampling the whole song and just kinda slowing it down?  Ahh whatever, it's still awesome and has the glib sort of childishness that you expect from Witch House.

Southerly - Suffer:  I really dig the structure of this track, it really draws me in.  From the new album Youth.

Thao & Mirah - Little Cup
Thao & Mirah - Squareneck:  I wanted this album to be total pure bliss, but alas it is only REALLY GOOD.  Of course it opens with an amazing collab featuring Tune-Yards, and really how can you maintain energy after that?  But it is filled with magic and anyone in to Thao or Mirah or Tune-Yards will really love this.

The Wild Flowers - Parchman Farm:  Such jolly good fun!  After sitting in my folder for months unlabeled, I finally found the title.  Smile, motherfuckers, summer's over.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Air France - It Feels Good To Be Around You
Archie Pelago - Prospect Dub
Barn Owl - Turiya
Earth - Old Black
Girls In Trouble - We Are Androgynous
Gramatik - Like You Do
Gramatik - While I Was Playin' Fair
Inmontauk - Piroxilina
Inmontauk - Uno
Intimate Stranger - Nighttime
James Blake - Lindisfarne
James Vincent McMorrow - We Don't Eat
Muslimgauze - North Africa Is Not So Far Away
Salem - Till The World Ends (Britney Spears cover)
Southerly - Suffer
Thao & Mirah - Little Cup
Thao & Mirah - Squareneck
The Wild Flowers - Parchman Farm


stretch and nap and stretch and nap:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20110830.zip


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~CPI

Thursday, August 25, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/08/25

blog 2011/08/25 - oh we're almost there!

Summer winds down!   The weekend approaches!  Time for one more quick update because I've discovered the world is filled with goodness!


Alexander Turnquist - Spherical Aberrations:  Hypnotoad wants YOU!

Analogmonks - Echoes of the Summer:  More new epic synthrock instrumenta action!

Apricot Rail - Surry Hills:  Oh what's that?  More gorgeous instrumental music?  Well you are very welcome indeed.

Babe Rainbow - Chains:  The instrumental glory continues with this amazing new tracks from the Endless Path EP.   Just synth and spooky vocal sample.

Baobinga & I.D - Want It:  OK, enough with the epic instrumentals, time for the dancey-pants instrumentals!

Class Actress - Keep You:  26.5 minutes in and still no pop lyrics?  Well here's Class Actress to clean things up and get you focused again.  From the new album Rapprocher.  Like a cross between Ladytron and Young Galaxy.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Morning Thought
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - We Almost Lost Detroit:  It's A Corporate World has a number of super sweet tracks, more than enough to offset any speedbumps in the programming. 

Exitmusic - The Sea:  Dark vocals that hint at Braids and Zola Jesus equally, from the new album From Silence.

Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis:  Brand new single from the hot new collab album.  Of course you knew this was going to happen.

Knowing Looks - Abandoned Skip:  Hot steppa action!  Get yer hot steppa action here!  Extra clicks and wooshes!

Mondkopf - The Song Of Shadows:  The new album is Rising Doom and here we have a dense slab of churning beats with a high pitch sound that really reminds me of Digital Underground.

Nexus Petrol - Le Mantra Des Fourmis:  Finally, we are seeing the IDM and post-dubstep aesthetics merge in to a concrete whole.

Paul Simon - Rewrite
Paul Simon - The Afterlife:  First, let's remember this dude is probably in his 70s.  And he's amazing.  The album, So Beautiful Or So What, isn't a perfect gem, but there are more than a few glorious moments on it.  Primarily, Simon's ridiculous guitar playing.  Man can this guy pluck.

RÜFÜS - We Left (SymbolOne Remix):  Fabulous electro pop!

Rusko - Do You Wanna Have A Party
Rusko - Got You In Check:  And I'll leave you with some hot new partystep singles!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Alexander Turnquist - Spherical Aberrations
Analogmonks - Echoes of the Summer
Apricot Rail - Surry Hills
Babe Rainbow - Chains
Baobinga & I.D - Want It
Class Actress - Keep You
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Morning Thought
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - We Almost Lost Detroit
Exitmusic - The Sea
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis
Knowing Looks - Abandoned Skip
Mondkopf - The Song Of Shadows
Nexus Petrol - Le Mantra Des Fourmis
Paul Simon - Rewrite
Paul Simon - The Afterlife
RÜFÜS - We Left (SymbolOne Remix)
Rusko - Do You Wanna Have A Party
Rusko - Got You In Check


Yes, and yes, over there too:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20110825.zip


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~CPI


Music Organization.

I keep my albums sorted in to 33 different genre folders.  Some are somewhat specific ("IDM"), some are catch-alls, vaguer... ("Rock - Harder").

The latest genre folder to be created? "Early 20th century"
I have started gathering albums from before 1950.  Only 22 albums there so far, not a lot of selection, but some really really amazing music...
Alessandro Moreschi - The Last Castrato (Complete Vatican Recordings)
Benny Goodman - Live At Carnegie Hall 1938 (2 CD)
Benny Goodman - Stompin'
Cab Calloway - Best of the Big Bands
Cab Calloway - The Best of Big Bands, Cab Calloway ft Leon 'Chu' Berry
Chants de la Guerre d'Espagne
Charley Patton - Complete Recordings 1929-1934 (5 cd)
Jelly Roll Morton - Last Sessions; The Complete General Recordings
Lead Belly - Last Sessions (4 LP) (1948)
Sato Chiyako - Japanese 1920's
VA - American Primitive Vol. I; Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36) (1997)
VA - Baby, How Can It Be (Songs Of Love, Lust And Contempt From The 1920s And 1930s)
VA - History Of Carnival; Christmas, Carnival, Calenda and Calypso from Trinidad, 1933-1939
VA - Junkers, Jivers & Coke Fiends (Vintage Songs about Drugs 1926-1952)
VA - Old Time Mountain Banjo (2005)
VA - People Take Warning; Murder Ballads & Songs of Disaster 1913-1938 (3 CD)
VA - Pop Music, The Early Years 1890-1950 (2 CD)
VA - The Best of Big Band Vol 1 (2004)
VA - The Best of Big Band Vol 2 (2004)
VA - The Best of Big Band Vol 3 (2004)
VA - The Best of Big Band Vol 4 (2004)
VA-  American Primitive Vol. II; Pre-War Revenants (1897-1939) (2 CD) (2005)


2 new specialization genres have arisen.  Don't laugh...
But my "Soundtracks" folder (now 80 albums) now has an offshoot:  "Soundtrack; musicals"  (19 albums...)
My "Spoken Word" albums also dropped an offshoot, "Spoken Word; audiobooks" (43 albums), as a way of separating proper book readings from all of the other spoken word weirdness I have.

A few unexpectedly heavily populated genre folders...
Indigenous, Traditional, World:  195 albums.
Electro-acoustic, Tape Music:  170 albums.
Kids Music:  40 albums.
Noise & Experimental:  604 albums.


The other new-ish genre folder:  "Field Recordings".  84 albums.  Here in all their glory...
5_4 - Podcast #2; Dawn Chorus, 24 May 2010 (2010)
Aki Onda - Bon Voyage! Cassette Memories, Vol. 2 (2003)
Akira Rabelais - Hollywood (2008)
An Anthology of Over 200 American Bird Songs (1980)
Animals of Africa - Sounds of the Jungle, Plain & Bush
Anton Mobin - Floating Wood
Bad Radio Dog Massacre - Dog Pound Found Sound
Bernard Fort - Paysages Canadiens (Canadian Soundscapes) (1995)
Bernie Krause & Ruth Happel - Midsummer Nights (2002)
Bernie Krause - Mountain Stream (1988)
Bernie Krause - The Nature Company Environmental Sounds Collection (3 CD)
Bill Fontana - Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns (1982)
Birds Of Venezuela (1973)
Bruits et Ambiances d'Afrique No. 1
Bruits et Ambiances d'Afrique No. 2
Chris Watson & BJ Nilsen - Storm (2006)
Chris Watson + Jana Winderen - Holystone (2006)
Chris Watson - Cima Verde (2008)
Chris Watson - Outside The Circle Of Fire
Chris Watson - Stepping Into the Dark (2009)
Chris Watson - The Galapagos Islands, An Audio Diary (2005).mp3
Chris Watson - Weather Report (2003)
Coney Island In Stereo (1960)
Dan Gibson - Solitudes Volume 10 (1985)
Dan Gibson - Solitudes Volume 2
Dan Gibson - Solitudes Volume 6 (1982)
Dan Hower - 80s Arcades (14 CD)
Daniel Menche - Raw Fall (2010)
Diesel Hydraulics on the Western Region (1975)
Donald J. Borror - Songs of Western Birds (1971)
Douglas Quin - Madagascar, The Fragile Land; Wild Sanctuary (1998)
Douglas Quinn - Antarctica
Dr. Roger S. Payne - Deep Voices The Second Whale Record
Echoes OF Nature - Bayou (1994)
Echoes Of Nature - Ocean Waves (1992)
Environmental Sounds - Nature's Music... Recorded Live On This Planet
Iron Horse Rambles
Jean C. Roche - A Nocturne Of Nightingales
Jean C. Roché & Bill H. Gunn - Les Loups en Liberté (Wailing Wolves From Canada & France) (1994)
Jean C. Roché - Le Monde des Singes (Afrique, Asie, Amerique; Primate World) (1994)
JM Charcot - Cambodge (2010)
Jodi Rose - Singing Bridges (2007) (3 CD)
Jondi Productions - Ocean
Juanjo Palacios - Borde Litoral (2010)
Kenneth Granville Attwood - Memories of Steam
Kiyoshi Mizutani - Bird Songs (2000)
Kiyoshi Mizutani - Scenery Of The Border (2 CD) (2005)
Les Sonnailles (2000)
Listen To My Cat's Purr
Machinefabriek - Tapes Of The Day (2008)
MZ-N710 - Paysages Ferroviaires (2010)
National Geographic Society - Guide to Bird Sounds (4 LP)
Nature Recordings - Dawn & Dusk In The Ventana Wilderness (1986)
Nature Recordings - Mountain Stream (1985)
Nature Recordings - Thunderstorm In The Big Sur Mountains (1986)
Nature's Relaxing Sounds - Song of the Whales (1988; 1995)
Neil Feather - Revelation of An Anaplumb (1998)
Newfoundland Heads the Waverley (1962)
NorthSound - Loon Talk (1992)
Philippe Vilain - Field Recordings
Railroad Sounds - Steam and Diesel (1958)
Relax With Nature - Forest Raindrops
Relax With Nature - Mountain Stream
Rostov Chimes (1985)
Rudolv Eb.er & Joke Lanz - Akustische Aktion (Essen) (2001)
Simon Whetham & VA - Active Crossover (2010)
Sounds of Nature - Amazon Rainforest
Sounds of Nature - Sounds of the Dolphin (1991)
Sounds of Nature - Sounds of the Jungle
Sounds of Nature - The Sounds of a Sun Filled Stream (A Babbling Brook) (1988)
Sports Car Caravan
Storm Sounds
Sui Kin Kutsu - Autumn (2003)
Sui Kin Kutsu - Spring (2003)
The Conet Project - Recordings Of Shortwave Numbers Stations
The Relaxation Collection - Mountain Retreat
The Sounds Of Nature - Electrifying Thunderstorms
The Sounds Of Nature - The Cry of the Loon
The Vancouver Soundscape (1973)
Toshiya Tsunoda - Extract From Field Recording Archive # 1 (1997)
Urban Bird Sounds Project
Voices Of The Earth
Walter Marchetti - The Bird Of Paradise (2001)
Xarhope On The Road - Cairo Mall (2010)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/08/23

blog 2011/08/23 - salve for the weary-eyed nighthawks


Abigail Washburn - City Of Refuge:  From the new album City of Refuge, I love the energy and urgency of this track.

Black Eagle Child - Families Get Together
Black Eagle Child - The River's Course:  The new album Lobelia is full of down-home instrumentals and wonderful arrangements.  If you used to be all sludge rock and post-rock and then discovered how awesome Earth are, then this would be your next logical progession in life.  And if you're already there, well, this band won't replace your hard-on for The Dirty Three, but it's still a darn good album.

Black Fabio - Black Fabio ft J. Moore:  Sick sick beat, great flow, total package.

Dark Mean - Smoke Lake:  Contemporary indie rock from the self-titled album, for fans of Sloan... and fun.

DJ Fresh - Louder ft Sian Evans (Flux Pavilion & Doctor P Remix):  Oh so anthemic, I couldn't reist.

Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down:  Off the new album "Only in Dreams"!  A total slow-burn melancholy rubdown.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home (RAC mix):  AGAIN, RAC kills it on the pop-dance front.

eGo - Back In Chicago:  OK fine, jerk face.  I'll use your stupid capitalization.

Emika - Drop The Other:  After the last single with Pinch, Emika drops more sick darkness.  Fabulous.

Goldfish - We Come Together ft Sakhile Moleshe:  Have I heard this before?  Is this not Ozomatli?    Whatevs.  The full length Get Busy Living wasn't grooving my boat, but this track is irresistible.

Noiserv - Where Is My Mind (Pixies cover):  A surprisingly minimal music-box style rendition.  Who'dda thunkit?

Obeah - Copenhagen Massive:  OMG DUB SAMPLES!  DUB SAMPLES IN DUBSTEP!  Who'd have thought?  I great return to forms.

Ohbijou - Niagara:  New track from the upcoming Metal Meets!  OMG I AM SO EXCITED NEW OHBIJOU THIS IS THE SOUND OF ME GOING SQUEE:   SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

The Barettas - Black Sheep:  We last dropped some Barettas back in blog20110317, and here's another track of rawkus bar-brawl music.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak:  The new album Belong didn't groove me too much, but I liked it more than their debut.  But here is the real killer track on it.  Totally indulgent 80s pop grooves.

The Tallest Man on Earth - Weather of a Killing Kind:  And more new stuff!  This one from...  Adult Swim?  We'll take it!

Theophilus London - Why Even Try (RAC Remix):  Yes yes, I love RAC...

Yellow Ostrich - Mary (alternate):   A more traditional take on this great track off the LP The Mistress.




THIS WEEK'S TRACKS:

Abigail Washburn - City Of Refuge
Black Eagle Child - Families Get Together
Black Eagle Child - The River's Course
Black Fabio - Black Fabio ft J. Moore
Dark Mean - Smoke Lake
DJ Fresh - Louder ft Sian Evans (Flux Pavilion & Doctor P Remix)
Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home (RAC mix)
eGo - Back In Chicago
Emika - Drop The Other
Goldfish - We Come Together ft Sakhile Moleshe
Noiserv - Where Is My Mind
Obeah - Copenhagen Massive
Ohbijou - Niagara
The Barettas - Black Sheep
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak
The Tallest Man on Earth - Weather of a Killing Kind
Theophilus London - Why Even Try (RAC Remix)
Yellow Ostrich - Mary (alternate)

Time to face when we realize there's no escape:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20110823.zip


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~CPI

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/08/16

blog 2011/08/16 - there are so many other reasons to celebrate, yes.


Arp & Anthony Moore - Spinette:  Ecstatic looped instrumentation, for fans of Hauschka.

Björk - Crystalline:  New Bjork single.  NUFF SAID.  New album soon...

Bright Archer - Hidden Systems:  Classic singer/songwriter pop from the long-tread tradition, expertly accomplished and perfectly delightful. 

Frida Sundemo - I Was Surrounded:  More amazing female pop bliss.

Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - Slogans:  "'Em Are I" (ooo clever I see what you did there) came out in 2009, but I just found this now.  This is the same guy that put out the brilliant cover of End Result, and it has a similar hypnotically enchanting quality.  A certain niavete that you can't help but go with, like Daniel Johnson.

John Lamonica - Wolf Protestor:  Whispy multi-tracked folk goodness.

Nguzunguzu - Mirage (Brenmar Remix):  Nguzunguzu is fast becoming one of my favourite producers of 2011.

Nicolas Jaar - Hage Chahine ft sax by Will Epstein
Nicolas Jaar - Materials:  SPEAKING OF AMAZING PRODUCERS OF 2011, GUHHHHHHHHH....

Noah and the Whale - Blue Skies (The Twelves Remix):  The Twelves hit it on the head again.  They have consistently put out the best pop remixes for a few years and are the shiny happy face of the joy that electronic music can bring. 

Painted Palms - I Will Truck (Dirty Projectors cover):  People get points for even TRYING to cover The Dirty Projecttors, triple bonus points for doing such a damn good job.

Papercutz - Do Outro Lado Do Espelho (Taylor Deupree Remix):  Papercutz first found there way around here on the blog20090809 update, but LO'!  A Taylor Deupree remix.  What?  My microtonal ambient superstar crush is remixing?  It's a shock I know, but it is totally lovely.

Patrick Wolf - The City:  I posted a remix of this way back when, but the remix is just so darn good.

Substance B - Dora Au Collège Fou Fou Fou:    HEY WHO REMEMBERS DRILL N BASS?  Well fuck you, I do and those were damn good times.  Soooo goooood.

Supreme Cuts - Amnesia:  Bass and chopped vox, shake and serve.

The Joy Formidable - Greyhounds In The Slips ft Paul Draper
The Joy Formidable - My Beerdrunk Soul is Sadder than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees:  Remember me raving about this band back in 2010?  Well they're back here with an AMAZING EP, "It's Just A World Apart", which you all should go buy.

Toy Selectah - No Pasma ft Isa GT:  Who back there was talking about Awesome Producers of 2011?  Anyone?  Anyone?



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Arp & Anthony Moore - Spinette
Björk - Crystalline
Bright Archer - Hidden Systems
Frida Sundemo - I Was Surrounded
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - Slogans
John Lamonica - Wolf Protestor
Nguzunguzu - Mirage (Brenmar Remix)
Nicolas Jaar - Hage Chahine ft sax by Will Epstein
Nicolas Jaar - Materials
Noah and the Whale - Blue Skies (The Twelves Remix)
Painted Palms - I Will Truck (Dirty Projectors cover)
Papercutz - Do Outro Lado Do Espelho (Taylor Deupree Remix)
Patrick Wolf - The City
Substance B - Dora Au Collège Fou Fou Fou
Supreme Cuts - Amnesia
The Joy Formidable - Greyhounds In The Slips ft Paul Draper
The Joy Formidable - My Beerdrunk Soul is Sadder than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees
Toy Selectah - No Pasma ft Isa GT


birthday berfday barfday:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20110816.zip


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~CPI


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/08/10

blog 2011/08/10 - In the absence of effort, you can give it all up and find this.

Action Bronson - Shiraz
Action Bronson - Moonstruck
Action Bronson - The Madness:  Did you ever think "I love Ghostface, he's oh so skilled, but he is SUCH a doucebag.  Why can't he rhyme about something awesome, like food?"  Then ACtion Bronson is your dream come true.  He's ace on the mic, and apparently saving up for gourmet cooking classes.  Dude likes food, and I think that's fucking awesome.   The beats are so fun, the rhymes are so tight, it makes it easy enough to glide past any ignorant ish he says.  One of the best hiphop releases of 2011.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Arcade Fire - Culture War
Arcade Fire - Speaking in Tongues ft David Byrne:  New Arcade Fire single!  And thank goodness they unlocked the secret achievement:  Get drunk, wake up naked in studio, find David Byrne there for some reason.  Pro skills, baby.  Pro skills.

Babe Rainbow - Greed ft Yung Clova of G-Side
Babe Rainbow - Set Loose:  The witch-house roots sounds continue to diminish in the world of dark electronica, and that is a good thing.  Producers find their footing and are blowing me away with an excitement that reminds me of the dawn of Ninja Tune.  Great stuff here, check the brand new Endless Path EP for moody electronica goodness.

Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Don't Go Slow:  After all the sweaty action above, let's get down to some lovely folk, from the new wonderfully evocative album titled "Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm".

Bogatzke - So This Is Distance:  Soothing synthy IDM from the Ulrich Schnauss school of long attacks and progessive developments.

Butterflies On Strings - What Did John Stuart Mill Say Again:  Phil Collins?  When did you start an indiepop band?  Good on you!

Flux Pavilion - I Can't Stop:  Back to some crazy dubstep with some of the fresest synth tweaking this side of 2011.

Grimes - Vanessa:  This track coverse so many stylistic bases, there has to be something for you to love!  The squeaky voices, the dark synths, the lulling pop, chugging electropop beat...  come on!

Kina Grannis - White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes cover):  The classic track gets a faithful female rework.

Little Scream - Boatman
Little Scream - Cannons:  I heard many good things about "The Golden Record", but in the end I couldn't get in to it entirely.  I like these tracks, but check the whole thing out if you're a Veda Hille fan, for reals.  Quiky indie fun.

Macklemore - Vipassana (Ryan Lewis Remix):  Earnest raps don't hold up too well on repeated listens.  Macklemore has tight flow and good writ, but often lacks the humour and twists of his idols (Sage Francis and Amosphere obviously) to keep you coming back.   So maybe not for every day listening, but on occassion The VS. Redux will be the perfect record to go back to.  Beats based off riffs from Beirut and Antony & The Johnsons?  Solid.  Rhymes and flow?  Definitely.  Everyone wishing he would drink again?  yup.

Making Friendz - Situation:  Spunk from 60s girl-bands with the pop formlaties of modern garage, pulled off very well.

Mazes - Vampire Jive:  From "A Thousand Heys", this one is short, fun and a near perfect pop distillation.

Ryan Francis - Etudes For Piano, I. Digital Sustain
Ryan Francis - Moonlight Fantasy, VII. Reverie
Ryan Francis - Wind-Up Bird Preludes, I. Overture:  SOLO PIANO YO, IT'S THE NEXT HOTTEST BIGGEST THING EVARRRRRRRRRR.  CHECK THE BLOGS FOR THE LATEST AND GREATEST PHAT SOUNDS OF.... yeah ok I don't listen to a lot of solo piano.  But I near religiously give everything I see from Tzadik a quick sift.  And wow.  Just wow.  The piano WORK on "Works For Piano" here seems barely human.  And not in a "oh I'm grumpy Stockhausen and I hate my pianists so I will force them to grow a third hand to play atonal chords" garbage.  But in a way that melds gorgeous dramatic playing with the uncanny voice in the back of your mind that doubts if this is done by a human.  *checks liner notes*  Yup, only one pianist, Vicki Chow, is listed.  Recommended for fans of classical and contemporary music.

The Flaming Lips with Neon India - Is David Bowie Dying:  I haven't really been an ethused fan of Flaming Lips since the 90s, what with their devoid-of-critical-analysis & politics-free safe-for-straight-white-people psychedelia (redundant much?).  But I like this release.  There, I said it.  I feel dirty.  The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian is a mishmash of sound-building sessions that come together for me.  Check it.

Toro Y Moi - Freak Love (Freddie Joachim Remix):  Toro gets drowned down by the crushing waves of beats, but tis a worthy sacrifice for the good of the crew.  yar.




THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Action Bronson - Moonstruck
Action Bronson - The Madness
Arcade Fire - Culture War
Arcade Fire - Speaking in Tongues ft David Byrne
Babe Rainbow - Greed ft Yung Clova of G-Side
Babe Rainbow - Set Loose
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Don't Go Slow
Bogatzke - So This Is Distance
Butterflies On Strings - What Did John Stuart Mill Say Again
Flux Pavilion - I Can't Stop
Grimes - Vanessa
Kina Grannis - White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes cover)
Little Scream - Boatman
Little Scream - Cannons
Macklemore - Vipassana (Ryan Lewis Remix)
Making Friendz - Situation
Mazes - Vampire Jive
Ryan Francis - Etudes For Piano, I. Digital Sustain
Ryan Francis - Moonlight Fantasy, VII. Reverie
Ryan Francis - Wind-Up Bird Preludes, I. Overture
The Flaming Lips with Neon India - Is David Bowie Dying
Toro Y Moi - Freak Love (Freddie Joachim Remix)


23 tracks and at any time did I write in such a way that assumed you weren't listening?  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20110810.zip


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~CPI

Saturday, August 6, 2011

events...

For any Ottawa residents that laments the lack of good shows here, I want to point out this amazing upcoming schedule:
Sep 02: Secret Chiefs 3 @ Mavericks
Sep 09: MUDHONEY @ Maverick's
Sep 15: BRAIDS + Gobble Gobble @ babylon
Sep 17: The Dodos @ Mavericks
Oct 06: Ohbijou @ Ritual
Oct 09: Napalm Death @ Mavericks

Anyone want to join me for any of these amazing evenings???

Friday, August 5, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/08/05

blog 2011/08/05 - because I've never really been one for procedure and measure.


First, a massive thanks goes out to: James B from Tokyo who sent me a wonderful little book by Maurizio Cattelan. 
If you don't know him, he's an Italian artist who creates some of the most hilarious artworks and can boast the craziest of accomplishments.
His career is basically a biting piss-take of the art world itself, but without the bitter cynicism and disdain of someone like Damien Hirst.
He has the diligence, practice and humour of Tom friedman with a flaunting merry prankster attitude. 
He is responsible for sculpting many dead horses, ana elephant under a blanket, forcing galleries to dig up their floors to display his work, forcing curators to dress up in bunny outfits to display his work, having meteorites hit the pope (and dude it Italian, yo), etc.
My favourite was when he hijacked the big-wigs from the Venice Bienalle and drove them to a garbage dump where he set up a full-size HOLLYWOOD sign above it, and then served a decadent feast of champagne and caviar. 
It even surpasses those guys in the 80s that did an exhibit that was basically racist and douchey, and then announced their return to the art world with a large sculpture that was just a large mirror covered in cocaine.
Cattelan.  You should all definitely check him out.

Anyways, back to the music.   And really, I think I read somewhere that you aren't supposed to release things on a Friday, but fuckit, yr on my time now.


Alex Winston - Locomotive (Jaybird Remix):  It might seem goofy, but I've been dropping SisterWife wherever I can, and it delights me to find more of her stuff getting the 21st century bass flip.

Andy Stott - Execution
Andy Stott - North To South:  CRANK THAT SUBWOOFER.  Holy shit people, I am not sure if it's an album or an EP, but the release "Passed Me By" is blowing my mind.
Gone are the days of abstract dub where you could just poop reverb on a click track.  This here is precise and gloriously dark and spooky.  Highly recommended.

Bellows - Handcut 05:  Remember back when you were making out in the basement and Denzel + Huhn's Time Is A Good Thing was on the hi-fi?  Those were good times, and you can dive in to that fuzzy nostalgia with this here new LP "Handcut".  Perfectly subtle in a way that will never bust its illusions, and wonderfully hypnotic.  Recommended for ambient and soundart fans.

Dirty Gold - Overboard
Dirty Gold - Quiet Life:  The Roar EP is a near-perfect nugget of pleasant indie rock.  I can't wait until a full length.

E-Dubble - Be A King:  MPC2000s are long gone, and now you can immediately hear when people are slapping default Beat Repeats on a track in Ableton, but still this track is hot.  And on PJ Harvey, no less!

Elite Gymnastics - Here, In Heaven 2
Elite Gymnastics - Omamori 2:  No, I won't write your stupid name with the extra stupid spaces.  Stupidface.
These are from the chopped and screwed version of the EP, same tracks, more fuckery.

Finley Quaye - Even After All:  This goes back like a decade and a half, but I just stumbled on it randomly.  So very subtle and ingeniously smooth.

Ghostface Killah & Max Tannone - Danger 500
Ghostface Killah & Max Tannone - Make It N.Y.:  Yes yes, Ghostface is a bit of a dick.   But he spits tight and the premise here really works.  Tannone flips Afro-Funk classics for a rambunctiously fun album.  Highly recommended if you like Wu-tang stylings and/or afro funk.

Iròi - Usual Pop Line (Populous Remix):  Electro pop needs more finger snaps~~!!!

J Mascis - Is It Done:  I STILL have not heard the new LP "Several Shades of Why", but I was passed this other track from the Dinosaur Jr. frontman and again, I am very impressed.  This guy will go on to be the next Neil Young.

J Rabbit - aMorejo:  Again, no idea what is going on here, but it's fucking beautiful.  The whole experience of it reminds me of the most heartfelt tracks from Pizzicato Five.

Phil Cook and His Feat - Ballad Of A Hungry Mother:  Nothing but smooth and gorgeous insturmental pickins....

Phoenecia - Frendano:  I barely remember Demissions...  but hey, we have an obvious trend.  If you were a turn-of-the-century IDM musician you either A)  gave up and had children  B)  started singing  or C)  started doing abstract sound scapes.
These are all rather awesome choices.

Seekae - Gnor:  Speaking of turn-of-the-century IDM...

Taylor Deupree - Journal:  And we'll leave you with someone who was never a turn-of-the-century IDM musician, and who has only ever given us the most blissful of soundscapes!  From the amazing new EP Journal.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS:

Alex Winston - Locomotive (Jaybird Remix)
Andy Stott - Execution
Andy Stott - North To South
Bellows - Handcut 05
Dirty Gold - Overboard
Dirty Gold - Quiet Life
E-Dubble - Be A King
Elite Gymnastics - Here, In Heaven 2
Elite Gymnastics - Omamori 2
Finley Quaye - Even After All
Ghostface Killah & Max Tannone - Danger 500
Ghostface Killah & Max Tannone - Make It N.Y.
Iròi - Usual Pop Line (Populous Remix)
J Mascis - Is It Done
J Rabbit - aMorejo
Phil Cook and His Feat - Ballad Of A Hungry Mother
Phoenecia - Frendano
Seekae - Gnor
Taylor Deupree - Journal


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~CPI

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/08/02

blog 2011/08/02 - taking you all with me as everything fails

Beirut - East Harlem
Beirut - Goshen
Beirut - The Peacock:  BEST ALBUM OF 2011 SO FAR.  NUFF SAID.
YOU HEARD?  SO FUCKING GOOD.  GET IT NOW.

Breakbot - Fantasy ft Ruckazoid (Video Village Remix):  Stripped down Michael Jackson pop grooves.  Surprising restraint for ultimate seduction effect.

Cass McCombs - The Lonely Doll:  Sedate campfire folk, "Wit's End" stays true to 70s melodic folk.  It's not quite grabbing me, but this track is a winner.

Friends - Friend Crush (Phone Tag Mix):  The vocalist reminds me of the woman from The Concrets, but with some more uptempo sleepy beats.

Hospital Ships - Love or Death:  This track reminds me of the old 90s "Alternative" comps on DGC.  It's dripping with nostalgia of that era where Weezer were emerging and Flaming Lips went pop, and perfectly done.

Jill Barber - A Wish Under My Pillow:  It's hard to hear ukulele without thinking "hipster cliche", but oh when that oboe comes in you know she is totally sincere and fully committed to the astute charms of a century ago.  New album is "Mischievous Moon", but I haven't heard it all yet.

Jürgen Müller - Sea Bed Meditation:  From the new album "Science of the Sea", we have so lo-fi computer xylophone ambience action.

Man Man - Dark Arts
Man Man - Knuckle Down:  Life Fantastic is no Six Demon Bag, but hey, nothing else is and will ever be again, so let's get over it.  It doesn't grab me entirely, but 50% of it is exactly what you are looking for, so def pick it up if you are a fan.

Mitten - All That I've Got:  Bouncy electro pop from "See You Bye".

Octane & DLR ft TMT - Red Tape:  Hot on the heels of the crunchy bass of Eskmo and Amon Tobin, we have a new wave of mutant dubstep I hereby dub: bassfetish.

O'Death - Howling Through
O'Death - Pushing Out:  With a name like O'Death, you'd expect pure and traditional folk.  It covers some of that territory, but slips in to some slightly more frenetic and poppy sounds ala The Dodos as well.  The new album Outside is pretty darn swell.

Pusha T - Trouble On My Mind ft Tyler, The Creator:  I am just waiting for Tyler to come out with the dopest album of 2012 just called "Cocksucker", with his mug smiling on the cover and all like "WHAT!"

Rhys Chatham - Outdoor Spell:  The new album Outdoor Spell is hypnotic and enchanting, but in a totally beguiling way that is a vast departure from the Branca-ian guitars of past.  Highly recommended for fans of avant jazz and Terry Riley.

Sleep 8 Over - Casual Diamond:  Whispy nighttime lullaby sleeptown pop grind.

The Irrepressibles - Forget The Past:  OK, for certain this is for fans of Antony & The Johnsons.  And I like to think the lyrics are "Nomi!  Nomi!".

Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed:  Indie dreampop, from the new LP "Within and Without".



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Beirut - East Harlem
Beirut - Goshen
Beirut - The Peacock
Breakbot - Fantasy ft Ruckazoid (Video Village Remix)
Cass McCombs - The Lonely Doll
Friends - Friend Crush (Phone Tag Mix)
Hospital Ships - Love or Death
Jill Barber - A Wish Under My Pillow
Jürgen Müller - Sea Bed Meditation
Man Man - Dark Arts
Man Man - Knuckle Down
Mitten - All That I've Got
Octane & DLR ft TMT - Red Tape
O'Death - Howling Through
O'Death - Pushing Out
Pusha T - Trouble On My Mind ft Tyler, The Creator
Rhys Chatham - Outdoor Spell
Sleep 8 Over - Casual Diamond
The Irrepressibles - Forget The Past
Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed


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~CPI