Slowdive & Washed Out Mashup – Space Around the Feel Station
Picked this up on Scott Hansen's blog, who's a San Fran based DJ and designer and has a lot of really nifty stuff on his blog. He loves Washed Out as well and picked up a mashup that Violens did with Slowdive's Souvlaki Space Station and Washed Out's Feel it all Around. As a mashup it's probably not the best thing out there, but I love them both so much and it's great to pick up on their familiar melodies.
It's available on a mixtape that you can find on their website.
Source: http://blog.iso50.com/2010/08/17/slowdive-washed-out-violens/
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Barbra Streisand – a dance mix by Duck Sauce
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand.
Barbra Streisand.
Barbra Streisand.
You can now dance/ rave/ bob your head with joy, hearing Barbra Streisand's name. Over and over again. Heaps of play time on triple j lately; but damn it's catchy!
Barbra Streisand (Original Mix)
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This is mildly confusing. Is this brand affiliation at work here? Does this now make her... cool, hip and appealing to young folk now? Does listening to this change the way you listen to her old songs? Will she have hipster cred?
This entry was written by , posted on August 23, 2010 at 10:46 pm, filed under Food for your ears. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Flying Lotus – Zodiac Shit & Do the Astral Plane
Flying Lotus is Steven Ellison. He's currently signed with Warp records; that alone will summarise what you can expect from his stuff. If you can put a bit of space electro, hip hop and jazz into a blender and turn it into a consumable for your ears, this is what you'll get as a result. His album was brought to my attention via "Do the Astral Plane" and its unique blend of electro, groove and opera elements. But what really got me hooked was "Zodiac Shit"; it's lo-fi electro sound reminiscent of old tvs, it's slow but heavy beat and those darn violin samples which makes this a beautiful yet unsettling 90 seconds.
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma - 05 - Zodiac Shit
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Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma - 10 - Do The Astral Plane
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Best Coast Boyfriend
This song's getting a few rotations on Triple J and featured on a lot of music blogs. And there's a good reason for that: it's mighty catchy and dreampoppy, reminiscent of a less noisy 80s shoegazer thing combined with a drop of the Cardigans. Combine and picture the following words: teenage yearning, lazy summer, weed & cats, drone. I've an unfortunate gut feeling this is going to be a one-off buzzband, so it' really up to the rest of the album and what they plan to do next; but Boyfriend is currently on a bit of a repeat on my winampz.
Front lady Bethany Cosentino said that listeners can expect the following...
“...songs about summer and the sun and the ocean and being a lazy creep...”
They can be found here as well:
Myspace
Blog
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Four Tet – Sing
Four Tet's Kieran Hebden is quite the eclectic sound mixbag. He has had all sorts of amazing collaborations, a nice roster of albums and a genre reach that makes him a guy you would've touched on at least once in your musical experiences. This track is from his latest album, which brings a whole new meaning to 8 bit sounds.
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This entry was written by , posted on May 27, 2010 at 1:20 pm, filed under Food for your ears and tagged 8bit, four tet, mp3, sing. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)
This song really flew under the radar. Forget Praise You, Right Here Right Now & Weapon of Choice. Actually, maybe not, but this one is quite the gem by Fat Boy Slim. The video starts off a little bit slowly, so if you're feeling a bit impatient, skip ahead a minute.
I like muttering this song in my sleep.
This entry was written by , posted on May 25, 2010 at 5:37 pm, filed under Food for your ears and tagged fatboy slim, sunset, youtube. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
The Doctor Who Tom Baker Intro
Had a massive nostalgia trip. Even though the 'Tom Baker' years technically occurred outside of my existence, they were the only ones I watched during my upbringing. The intro is so iconic and synonymous with the science fiction genre. Doctor Who > Star Trek. When developing the Tom Baker Doctor character, he was described as a 'cosmic hobo'.
I wonder who really planted the seeds to eventually give birth to the whole rave scene in the UK back in the 80s? Club owners, the drug culture, or quite simply, everyone's fascination with Doctor Who?
This entry was written by , posted on May 23, 2010 at 6:09 pm, filed under Food for your ears and tagged doctor who, electro, science fiction, tom baker, youtube. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
LCD Soundsystem – I can change
So James Murphy, aka LCD Soundsystem, said that he will be stopping at their current album 'Sound of Silver'. They were showing a lot of promise; pulling the plug a bit too early?
James Murphy's studio, from his twitter
Something old, and something new.
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Pendulum’s ABC News Remix vs Bill Bailey’s BBC News Rave
My admiration for Perth drum and bass boys Pendulum shot through the roof. This was played as a bit of a gag and promo for Pendulum on Triple J radio: a dance remix of our beloved ABC News opening theme music. I knew something good had to come out of listening to the radio whilst driving out of my way to pick up some paperwork; I literally froze in my car.
Would it be anything like Bill Bailey's BBC News Rave spot?
0:48: THIS IS THE BBC! DO NOT LISTEN TO THE OTHERS! THEY ARE FALSE PROPHETS!
VS
Who does a better remix of their respective news theme?
Source: ABC Breakfast Radio Queensland Blog
This entry was written by , posted on May 21, 2010 at 10:50 am, filed under Food for your ears and tagged abc news, bbc, bill bailey, pendulum, remix. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Board of Canada’s ‘Mickey’ hidden track
Boards of Canada sampled the beginning chorus of the famous 'Oh Mickey' song by Toni Basil and distorted it into their own electro version.
It came as a hidden track after the actual 60-90 seconds of 'Iraq says', which can be heard in its own entirety in this fan-made video.
This entry was written by , posted on May 19, 2010 at 10:30 am, filed under Food for your ears and tagged boards of canada, clown, hidden track, iraq says, mickey, naked girl, youtube. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Bill Murray be chill y’all
A few weeks ago I tweeted about a chillwave band (I'm still uncomfortable with using this term, but since it's the only term most people can relate to to describe the genre of music...) under the alias, Chill Murray. I heard about them on triple j when they were talking about their SXSW experience, but hipsterrunnoff has it covered pretty well.
One thing I'm pretty confused about is this: if they are so chill, how come their music is not available? I want to purchase/download it onto my mp3 player and share it with my friends and all, but alas, it's not publicly available other than through a stream through the myspace or muxtape. It is not chill to load a page everytime I want to listen to cool stuff.
And it is pretty clever of them to ride off Bill Murray's awesome branding, because he is the godfather of hipsters. ESPECIALLY with all the little flowers on his beard. Maybe we can expect guys to start wearing flowers in their beards.
The movie which revived Bill Murray's movie career, made Scarlett Johanssen's and gave shoegazer music a new brand and visual representation.
Bill 'Groundhog day, Ghostbusting ass' Murray!
Anyway, irregardless, because "I'm so chill", I'm going to send them some love their way. Also because I have a man-crush on Bill Murray.
N.B. Talking like altbroz and all is a serious craft. I can't keep up.
This entry was written by , posted on May 15, 2010 at 1:40 pm, filed under Food for your ears, plasmo and tagged bill murray, chill murray, chillwave, lost in translation, youtube. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Chemical Brothers – Swoon
Latest offering from the Chemical Brothers; following from the Escape Velocity public release, put yourself at ease with another dose of what's to come in their up-and-coming album.
This entry was written by , posted on May 7, 2010 at 10:35 am, filed under Food for your ears and tagged chemical brothers, youtube. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Gold Panda You
Heard this on the radio and couldn't resist doing a quick write-up. Hailing from Chelmsford, UK and currently hanging around London. Has done remixes for a few big names and is now releasing some of his own stuff.
There is something particularly hypnotic yet simple about 'You'.
Soundcloud
Official Website (in good 'ol fashion HTML)
Myspace
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Chemical Brothers > Daft Punk; Escape Velocity track
Not too fond of when work keeps you out of the loop of your essentials, but back on track and The Chemical Brothers have a new song out in the airwaves (JJJ have been playing it pretty regularly) which is a part of their forthcoming album Further. Accompanying each song once the album is released in June would be a mini-movie by the same guys who do most of their live gig visuals. They really are a mixbag; they never stick to one formula which is probably one thing I admire most about them. The great thing is everytime they do try something different, it's still pretty fucking good.
This entry was written by , posted on April 17, 2010 at 4:08 pm, filed under Food for your ears and tagged chemical brothers. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Kitsune Maison 9 Sneakpeek Video
Dropping in less than 2 weeks; 26th April 2010.
Washed Out, Holy Ghost!, Yuksek and The Twelves are part of the tracklisting. Yes! 
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Underworld (Karl Hyde & Rick Smith)
How many people in the world today woke up with a massive hankering to listen to Underworld?
90s Acid House/ Progressive Trance at its best.
This entry was written by , posted on February 23, 2010 at 8:57 pm, filed under Food for your ears and tagged 90s, trance, underworld, youtube. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Mathemagic… magic indeed!
Canadian-based Mathemagic are Evan and Dylan Euteneier. Their sounds encompass heartachingly moody dreampop/ chillwave (really wanted to avoid that word, but they've bundled themselves with Neon Indian and Washed Out) and that sudden realisation that you miss your childhood innocence. They sound extremely promising for a very young group (currently only have 3 tracks featured on their Last.fm). Either way, these two tracks are extraordinarily beautiful.
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This entry was written by , posted on February 21, 2010 at 1:14 am, filed under Food for your ears and tagged chillwave, dreampop, mathemagic. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Groove Armada’s new Album ‘Black Light’
Groove Armada. They would be the last group you'd guess hearing tracks from their latest album Black Light. I freaked out in the car after first hearing Warsaw on Triple J that it was by these cheeky fellas. They've completely changed their style, but it is one hell of a welcoming change. Groove Armada doing dance rock with a surge of dark synth, with noticeable influences from New Order and David Bowie? They somehow did it.
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This entry was written by , posted on February 13, 2010 at 5:25 am, filed under Food for your ears. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Grasscut – Muppet (Nathan Fake Remix)
One of my favourite radio station programs, Triple J's Soundlab, is full of amazing surprises, and last night didn't fail to deliver. They played a remix of a track by an experimental UK group Grasscut and I was completely floored by how fucking eerily good it was, especially towards the second half of the song. Dance with a despairingly hopeless panic attack with sirens blaring in the background and a non-stop beat that won't let you off the hook until the end. It did help that it was late and raining.
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Grasscut - Muppet (Nathan Fake Remix)
This entry was written by , posted on February 9, 2010 at 1:07 am, filed under Food for your ears and tagged eerie, experimental, grasscut, mp3. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Before Cut Copy were Cut Copy
All the way back in 2001, before their popular dance electro albums Bright Like Neon Love and In Ghost Colours, Cut Copy released their first EP titled I Thought of Numbers. It contained 7 tracks, some of which reminded me of something the Avalanches would've done. Six or so years later, they would play a large role in propelling Australia's electro scene, alongside The Presets and The Midnight Juggernauts.
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Cut Copy - Standing Up Sitting Down
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This entry was written by , posted on February 5, 2010 at 7:21 pm, filed under Food for your ears and tagged cut copy, electro, ep, modular, mp3. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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