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The "wink wink" Thread 2010: This Time It's Personal
Dimmukane:
nah, he's just really drunk
dude's been pounding soju all night
Sacretis:
--- Quote from: Mr. Tool on 29 Apr 2010, 14:24 ---I am giving the fullest extent of my recommendations to this record
mr. Gnome - Heave Yer Skeleton
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track 7 is corrupt. Re-up?
E. Spaceman:
I do not remember making that post. It is still right though.
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Dr. Dunks - How We Do In NYC
A mix of great disco re-edits
JD:
Tunng - ...And Then We Saw Land[2010](320kb/s)
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Hustle
--- Quote ---Continuing to edge farther afield from their pastoral past, Tunng's fourth full-length finds the London folktronic outfit weathering a slight reshuffle (essentially a consolidation of their live and in-studio lineups, with the notable departure of founding member/songwriter/habitual non-performer Sam Genders) and emerging in fine form with their fleshiest effort yet. Taking off from its pop-leaning predecessor, Good Arrows, extending that album's broadened instrumental palette and decreased reliance on digital tweaking, And Then We Saw Land ventures in several complementary directions without sacrificing the group's distinctive combination of bucolic folk and whimsical electronic interventions. Right away, the highly hummable "Hustle" marks a clear departure, with whirring synths giving way to a jaunty banjo-led bounce that's the brightest (glockenspiels!) and boldest (drums!) the band has ever sounded. "Don't Look Down or Back" veers between sedate, bittersweet verses and a rollicking group-sung chorus, and is one of several numbers here featuring fiery electric guitars juxtaposed with the group's more typical acoustic fingerpicking -- the most striking case being "Sashimi," whose blend of crunching bursts and pinprick counterpoint stabs (recalling Point-era Cornelius) lives up to the elegant, pungent delicacy of its namesake. Elsewhere, Tunng hew closer to their sometimes somber rustic roots, as on the darkly melodic waltz-ballad "October" and the pensive, downcast "With Whiskey," both of them relatively unadorned, classically styled British folk (notwithstanding the a-ha shout-out in the latter's refrain.) Throughout, but perhaps on these songs especially, And Then We Saw Land makes an excellent showcase for its two fine, understated vocalists, with Mike Lindsay's slightly gruff but soothingly warm, gently accented voice frequently doubled by Becky Jacobs' purer, girlish tones (Jacobs is a newly prominent vocal presence on this album, taking several leads including the sweet, nautical sing-song "These Winds"). And as they've evolved into even more of a collective (this album marks the band's most collaborative -- and notably, lengthiest -- writing and recording process to date), Tunng don't pass up several opportunities for group vocals, most memorably on the beautifully simple, gradually layered singalong at the core of "Weekend Away" (a multi-parter preceding the spare, unlisted closer.) While it's hardly the stark, across-the-board tonal sea change suggested by several of its most immediately ear-catching cuts, And Then We Saw Land is at once an adventurous outward journey and an invitingly familiar return from an always intriguing, intrepid, and under-heralded band.
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KvP:
Space Dimension Controller - The Love Quadrant
--- Quote ---Irishman Jack Hamill made a stunning debut last year with The Love Quadrant, an amazingly assured 12" (on Boxcutter's Kinnego imprint. Hamill's only 19 years old, but he lays down tracks that ought to make DJs twice his age green with envy. Picked this up on a lark and suffice to say it's been love on first listen.
The first track, "The Love Quadrant", is incredible electro-funk house with a vocal turn from Kat Kirk (plus a goofy "soul man" vocoded verse from Hamill), a beautiful synth melody and a heavy thump that picks up about halfway through the track. A must-have for those who like Dam Funk.
The second track, "Electropod-250 Collision" is a similarly house-inflected number, a languishing, jazzy downtempo number that recalls Floating Points, with an added bit of elastic electro bass.
I don't know where I was when this single was released, but I was really missing out. Jack Hamill is definitely a name to watch out for in the future - He just released another vinyl single, I believe, but no digital version exists to my knowledge (yet). Might just have to pick up the vinyl. Highly recommended for the pop-oriented amongst you.
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Producers of Music #1
--- Quote ---So here it is, unannounced, my first (maybe last?) mix .zip thing for the blog. Producers of Music #1 is an roundup of all my favorite new / newish producers in the electronic music scene. I'm not going to post the tracklisting because honestly, doing so probably increases the chance of it getting flagged exponentially. However, I have included in the archive a .txt file with the tracklist and brief reflections on each artist represented. Some or most of these might be familiar to you, but I've tried to mix it up a bit. It's sort of a faux-compilation, but think of it as a mix, for you. To call it a compilation gives me far too much credit. Download and enjoy! ~ John
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