Playlist:
Title Music from A Clockwork Orange
Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Dolls’ Polyphony
Air – Dark Messages
Pole – Fragen
Aphex Twin – Domino
Hector Berlioz – Fantastic Symphony (excerpt)
Clint Mansell + Kronos Quartet – Coney Island Dreaming
Clint Mansell + Kronos Quartet – Tense
Bernard Herrmann – Vertigo Suite
Air – Ghost Song
Michael Andrews – Manipulated Living
Aphex Twin – Curtains
Aphex Twin – White Blur 2
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – They Don’t Sleep Anymore on the Beach
Radiohead is conducting another round of their remix project, this time for the song, Reckoner. More info available at http://radioheadremix.com/.
I had heard about the last remix project but never got around to having a go at it. This time I’ll download the individual song elements on iTunes and see what I can come up with. I’m a big fan of the remix, particularly the work of Matthew Herbert and Carl Craig, but this will be my first attempt at creating anything. Garageband has been collecting dust on my machine since it arrived in the mail, so I might as well try to do something useful with it.
Recently installed OpenTape and created my first mux with it. Very easy process. This mix is mostly cover songs, with a sprinkling of remixes and tributes.
Tracklisting:
Jose Gonzalez – Love Will Tear Us Apart
Firewater – The Beat Goes On
Johnny Cash – Hurt
Nouvelle Vague – The Guns of Brixton
Ellen McIlwaine – Higher Ground
John Forte – What a Difference
Club Sodade – Angola (Get Down Dub by Pepe Braddock)
Gift of Gab/Lateef/Mix Master Mike – Kalakuta Show
Nirvana – The Man Who Sold the World
Johnny Cash – One
Gary Jules – Mad World
Jill Scott – Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish remix)
Platinum Pied Pipers – 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (feat. Rogier)
I recently stumbled across this homage to John Carpenter’s film, “The Thing”, and was completely amazed by the quality of stop-motion animation accomplished with G.I. Joe action figures. Not only is the animation of the characters impressive, but also the set design. It hasn’t been long since I last saw “The Thing”, and some of these set pieces are dead on. The music’s another high point… creepy and building, a perfect complement to the subject matter. I like.
I can’t say I ever remember being excited for the release of a G-rated movie… not that I attach much importance to ratings anyway, especially after watching This Film Is Not Yet Rated. But the point is: there’s a G-rated movie coming to town, and I’m excited for it. Just so happens that it’s animated. Yep, I’m really pumped for the release of a G-rated, animated movie. How old am I? A grizzled 28.
Pixar hasn’t let me down yet, and I’m expecting big things from Wall*E. When I’m looking forward to a film, I try to avoid all reviews until after I’ve seen it, but I noticed that AV Club gave it an A. They also published an interview with Andrew Stanton, the film’s writer/director.
Mel and I learned our lesson from going to see The Incredibles opening night in NYC, and this time we probably won’t smuggle in 2 giant cans of Sapporo each (way too much liquid for a comfortable viewing experience), but we’ll be there. Oh yes, we’ll be there.
A few weeks back I went home to Michigan for the weekend, and it just so happens that the National Asparagus Festival was taking place. Of course I had to check it out. In addition to the longest parade I’ve ever experienced, another highlight was the delicious beer-battered deep-fried asparagus. There was also an asparagus-themed film festival on Friday night that I missed, but I visited the website for Asparagus: The Movie, and I’ll most definitely be watching it as soon as I have the chance.
It’s been a little while since a techno mix has really tickled my fancy the whole way through, but this mix from Matt Chester does the job. It’ll be a nice substitute this weekend while thinking of all the fun my friends in Detroit are having at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. More info below:
tracklist:
Jay Denham – The Truth – Disko B
Orlando Voorn – Soulparty – Finest Blend
Soundhack – Soundhack 1 – Hardwax
Billeebob – Sunshine – UR
Bumper – Tough Groove – Mdex
Kingpin Cartel – Fishfunk – Pure Plastic
Recloose – Maui’s Lament (B) – Rushhour
Moodymann – KDJ 16 – KDJ
Deeon – Happy – Dancemania
Random Noise Generation – Instrument of Change – 430 West
I-Cube – Chicago Sur Seine – Versatile
Theo Parrish – Falling Up (CC mix) – Third Ear
Traxx – Who’s Pussy Is This? – Dancemania
Todd Terry – Sunday Morning (Kenny Dope mix) – Tony
I-Cube – Disco Cubism (Daft Punk mix) – Versatile
Paris Mitchell – The Claps – Dancemania
Gerald Mitchell – Bellydancer – Motech
X-101 – Sonic Destroyer – UR
Brotha D – Rock The House – Dancemania
Soul Tech – Rock The Bells – Detrechno
Underground Resistance – Footwars – UR
Neil Landstrumm – Miami Vice – Tresor
Jay Denham – Sweet Jesus – Disko B
Shake – For The Lamented – Frictional
DJ3000 – Safe House – Motech
Stasis – Point Of No Return – B12
Shawn Rudiman – Approach – Finest Blend
Gerald Mitchell – Resident Warrior – Reincarnation
Convextion – Spice Tea – Down Low
Carl Craig – They Were – Planet E
Dark Energy – Mau Mau – UR
Neil Landstrumm – Tensions In New York – Tresor
Matt Chester – Desertification – 11th Hour
Derrick May – Icon (Montage) – Transmat
I think this has been around for a bit, but it’s new to me… and completely awse. It was made in Buenos Aires and produced by Mercurio Film, who I’ve never heard of but need to check out.
Muxtape.com has been my favorite site for the last couple weeks. The premise is simple: upload your favorite mp3’s and create an online mixtape that you can both listen to and share with your friends. The interface is sparse to the point that you wish it would offer more features, and I’m sure more are on the way (already within the last day I’ve noticed a “Buy This on Amazon” link appear next to track titles), but the simplicity keeps the focus on the music.
It’s been much abuzz among the Twitter/Geek crowd, and some tools have already been built to enhance the muxtape experience. The best example I’ve seen so far is a Yahoo Pipe that will provide muxtape recommendations based on your last.fm profile. This is only useful if you’re both a last.fm user and your profile accurately represents your musical taste, but similar tools are likely to keep popping up that will provide communication with other sites.
I was never much of a vinyl collector, and as a result of that I was a latecomer to Metro Area. They released a number of well-received 12″s in the early 2000’s, and I was finally able to take those sounds home with me in 2003 (or was it 2002?) when I picked up their self-titled CD compilation released on the Brooklyn-based Environ label. Very nice tunes rooted in disco, with warm synths and lots of handclaps. I won’t try to explain their sound any further, but 5 years later I’m still loving this disc, and I’m glad I dug it out.
Metro Area is a duo composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. Geist has loads of solo material out there, all of which is definitely worth checking out. I’ve never stumbled across anything by Darshan Jesrani but I bet there’s something if you dig hard enough.
