audible/visible turned 3 last month! To celebrate, the team at a/v have scoured the vast depths of the internet in search for the freshest take on audible ear candy—this is what we found. Imagine a marriage of R2D2 and lil’ wayne; or starcraft and grand theft auto; or crunk and trance. That is what to expect.
An by ‘we’ I mean mr.bk, and by ‘scoured’ I mean opened my inbox. But that should not diminish the merit of the music. Sit back, relax, and be prepared to get right back up again because you will want to dance.
good to be back.
A news aggregator I frequent directed me to Stereomood.com recently—and I have spent a significantly less amount of time on Grooveshark and Hypemachine since.
The premise is that it will play an assortment of music based on the ‘mood’ you decide to listen to. Albeit, some songs are questionable in terms of quality, but the variety is really what keeps me coming back.
Check it out. I’m still learning the ways of the the site, but follow me under my pseudonym ‘greguardo’ if you can.
I’ve been feeling very european my entire life, albeit it’s a hugely personal and selfish feeling. My imagination usually only conjures up visions of a solitary me roaming the narrow alleys, almost floating down the cobblestone streams, with very few people I know within earshot.
Spending habits, lifestyle choices, values, tastes, profession, goals, ideals, sports, culture, architecture… Sometimes my adoration is subtle, other times flagrant, but I have always been drawn to things and people infected with european flare.
For this, I dedicate this post to European House (French being arguably and traditionally the best electronic music) and Italian Houses (and landscaping). I hope to sometime contribute my own pictures of Europe, as well as some of my own music, to a blog post dedicated to Europe in the near future. Perhaps resulting from my (unofficial, as of yet) trip to Italy in January 2010.
MP3: Zoot Woman – Taken It All (Le Knight Club Remix) -FRANCE- Le Knight Club (Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo [1/2 of legendary Daft Punk] + Éric Chedeville). Without a doubt currently my favorite track.
MP3: Crystal Fighters – Xtatic Truth (maybb Remix) -ITALY?- There is confusion as to who exactly ‘maybb’ is, but some suggest that it may be ‘BB’—Beni Benassi. With that in mind, the song does seem ridiculously Beni Benassi-esque.
MP3: French Teen Idol – I Want George Soros -ITALY- Set your alarm for 1:00AM. Drop whatever you are doing and get in the driver’s seat of a car. Steal it if you must. Be sure to have this song ready to play. Get on the highway, and press play.
To sum up this euro-inspired post, gaze into the infinite scenarios these pictures conjure up in your imagination, sigh a bit, and go on with your day trying not to figure out how to experience these places for yourself.
Aside from the DJ name fit for a perverted sesame street character, this track from Yeah Yeah Yeahs mixed by joey2tits is clean and calculated.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Runaway (joey2tits Remix)
Purchased as a house-warming gift (what makes a house warmer than distinguishable sound of vinyl-on-needle action?) for a rad couple, I unwittingly discovered the Dark Was The Night compilation record. Ironically, I find myself smack-dab in the middle of musical transition stage, where I can almost see the icy waters of the lake slowly transform into a viable weekend destination, and when each day is allowing me to shed one more piece of winter clothing. A transition from cold, calculated electronic music is once more giving way to organic indie rock and roll and folk rock, as the days become longer and the sleeps become shorter. Welcome to spring everyone.
One of the more remarkable tracks is from my good old friend Sufjan Stevens. By good old friend I mean, of course, someone who has forced me to entertain the idea of becoming a nomad permanently, questing for invisible waves of sound that induce all those happiness-inducing hormones. Have a listen (bear with it for a couple of seconds through the– intense, if anything else– intro):
Sufjan Stevens – You are the Blood
Anyway, get the whole album. You will not be disappointed. Granted, most of the compilation is comprised of much less intrusive songs: bon iver, decemberists, arcade fire, etc..
credit: vinyl records around the world
Let’s bring it down a notch from that hooligan electronical devil music. A Chicagoan by the name of Andrew Bird (real name?) helped calm me down after a long battle with cable TV this evening with his song Anonanimal. Not too sure what his other stuff sounds like, but he’s from Chicago, and anybody from Chicago is clearly the second coming, so I’m all in. Right-click and DL that hyperlink meow!
credit: hypemachine
a/v rating: oh that’s naice
My (extremely well paid) freelance journalist mla has provided the crowd with her fab five of covers, and they go like this:
Joe Cocker – With a Little Help From My Friends (Beatles)
Oasis – I Am the Walrus (Beatles)
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (leonard cohen)
Gary Jules – Mad World (tears for fears)
Muse – Feeling Good (written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1965 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd)
each cover may be better than the original, except for oasis’ rendition of walrus, but not to any fault of their own. they’re covering the beatles.
credit: thank you mla
a/v rating: i’m still waiting for a cover of Patio Lanterns by Kim Mitchell (props for the OPP ball cap Kim)
Hailing from San Fran, the indie-folk, psych-folk, baroque-pop band the dodos combine raw drum lines and folk feel to excite your feet and tickle your brain. ” One of the best albums of 2008″ – like everyone
credit: ladybabe
a/v rating: get it.
