And just so I'm not leaving you hanging with no music, here are some of my favourite glitchy tunes to give you a little something to work by if you're making some glitched up goodness!
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Glitch With Me
And just so I'm not leaving you hanging with no music, here are some of my favourite glitchy tunes to give you a little something to work by if you're making some glitched up goodness!
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Electronic Lovin'
Well, it's that fateful day again. Lucky I went out the night before so now I have some video editing and some stuff to write up for Uni then huh? Regardless I'm gonna drop some tunes on you because I like procrastinating more than work!
HudMo lays down another of his annual slow jams mixes just in time for the 14th, not your conventional mix by any stretch of the means, apart from Mohawke dropping in some of his beloved gunshots here and there get ready for quarter of an hour worth of slow jams!
And some mo' selections from my catalogue for you. First is Sebastién Tellier with a bit from his fittingly titled Sexuality that has the honor of being produced by Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, one half of everyone's favourite french house duo Daft Punk.
I'll throw in my favourite remix too, Kavinsky's touch on the opening track from Sexuality is just brilliant, the intro to it is almost perfect. And fits right in with the rest of the album's sound quite comfortably unlike some of the other remixes, which is something I like a lot.
And finally, a couple of tunes from Canadian funk maestros Chromeo. Fancy Footwork is where they started to nail the sound they were going for, and it reflects in the explosion in popularity around that LP in comparison to their first. Here's an under appreciated gem from Fancy Footwork
And I'll end it with the final tune from that album, and something that wouldn't sound too out of place on HudMo's Slow Jams tape up there, but with a little more of a funk vibe to it. Make sure you stay tuned till the end to hear the bonus reprise of Tenderoni!
Evol,
- Claude Van Foxbat
HudMo lays down another of his annual slow jams mixes just in time for the 14th, not your conventional mix by any stretch of the means, apart from Mohawke dropping in some of his beloved gunshots here and there get ready for quarter of an hour worth of slow jams!
And some mo' selections from my catalogue for you. First is Sebastién Tellier with a bit from his fittingly titled Sexuality that has the honor of being produced by Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, one half of everyone's favourite french house duo Daft Punk.
I'll throw in my favourite remix too, Kavinsky's touch on the opening track from Sexuality is just brilliant, the intro to it is almost perfect. And fits right in with the rest of the album's sound quite comfortably unlike some of the other remixes, which is something I like a lot.
And finally, a couple of tunes from Canadian funk maestros Chromeo. Fancy Footwork is where they started to nail the sound they were going for, and it reflects in the explosion in popularity around that LP in comparison to their first. Here's an under appreciated gem from Fancy Footwork
And I'll end it with the final tune from that album, and something that wouldn't sound too out of place on HudMo's Slow Jams tape up there, but with a little more of a funk vibe to it. Make sure you stay tuned till the end to hear the bonus reprise of Tenderoni!
Evol,
- Claude Van Foxbat
Monday, 11 February 2013
Old And New
The easy going weeks I've had are coming to an end sadly, and with a big project looming on the horizon things ain't looking too good for the workload. But anyway, chin up because before any of that I'm laying down some more stuff I think you'll dig. As usual tracks after the art, which is by me this time.
Felix recently teased at a new album or something along those lines over on facebook, I'll be interested to see what direction he takes this time, cos even tough I really liked He Was King apart from one track, the press didn't care for it too much. Regardless, have the intro track from another fine LP of his, Virgo Blaktro & The Moviedisco
Along the same lines, one of my favourite techno ladies Miss Kittin has a new LP on the way, based on the All You Need EP she dropped a while back it's shaping up to be very sweet indeed, for now have a cut from her debut I Com that has a particularly relevant title this month.
Now you probably already know I'm jonesin' for that new The Knife record like nobody's business, but I've got more than enough material to keep me occupied until it drops later this year. Here's Karin's solo project Fever Ray giving us a stellar cover of Peter Gabriel's Mercy Street,featuring her now trademark pitch shifting voice trickery that I love.
Breaking the chain, Röyksopp have been keeping mum over any new material outside of a performance on NRK Lydverket earlier this year, including a very nice cover of Depeche Mode. Their third LP Junior remains one of my favourite albums to this day, here's a tune from it featuring Karin Dreijer of The Knife and Fever Ray.
G͓͙̘̺̫̹͠.̘̟̼/̜̻̻̹͇͢l̜̜̯̱͉̱̩i͏̝͍̭̝͙͔̜t͍͎̰͔͖͇t̶̼̻̜̥̙͓c̷͍͍̳̥̻̟h̖̘͍̦͔é.̣̳d̰̥͖̩̝̰̝́
- Claude Van Foxbat
Felix recently teased at a new album or something along those lines over on facebook, I'll be interested to see what direction he takes this time, cos even tough I really liked He Was King apart from one track, the press didn't care for it too much. Regardless, have the intro track from another fine LP of his, Virgo Blaktro & The Moviedisco
Along the same lines, one of my favourite techno ladies Miss Kittin has a new LP on the way, based on the All You Need EP she dropped a while back it's shaping up to be very sweet indeed, for now have a cut from her debut I Com that has a particularly relevant title this month.
Now you probably already know I'm jonesin' for that new The Knife record like nobody's business, but I've got more than enough material to keep me occupied until it drops later this year. Here's Karin's solo project Fever Ray giving us a stellar cover of Peter Gabriel's Mercy Street,featuring her now trademark pitch shifting voice trickery that I love.
Breaking the chain, Röyksopp have been keeping mum over any new material outside of a performance on NRK Lydverket earlier this year, including a very nice cover of Depeche Mode. Their third LP Junior remains one of my favourite albums to this day, here's a tune from it featuring Karin Dreijer of The Knife and Fever Ray.
G͓͙̘̺̫̹͠.̘̟̼/̜̻̻̹͇͢l̜̜̯̱͉̱̩i͏̝͍̭̝͙͔̜t͍͎̰͔͖͇t̶̼̻̜̥̙͓c̷͍͍̳̥̻̟h̖̘͍̦͔é.̣̳d̰̥͖̩̝̰̝́
- Claude Van Foxbat
Thursday, 7 February 2013
51 Seconds Or More
An upcoming project at Uni has us creating a public art piece and proposing it to the city council for display. Now my idea revolves around little short video pieces projected up on a screen we have in the Square, I'm taking a lot of inspiration from cult classic [adult swim] bumps for these videos and for this I need some tunes right? I mean that was half the appeal of bumps anyway. So I'm trying to find a nice balance of short tunes to go with it.
First up is more from the Flying Lotus Demos, like Knxwledge, a lot of these demos are real short but just as sweet. At the minute I'm feeling like this charmingly titled number will fit in with some bump-esque stuff quite nicely. Might have to tweak it slightly in Audacity thanks to that abrupt end but that's easy done.
I'm planning a ton of these videos to go up, and hopefully shuffle through them to make for an interesting experience in the vein of Brian Eno's 77 Million Paintings installation. Naturally on my search for short tunes for short videos I came across the original mix of quintessential Mehdi tune Signatune. I'll be sure to make a tribute to the late great Lucky Boy in the videos for sure.
Staying in Ed Banger territory albeit before the label even existed, this 1999 Oizo tune is as brilliant as it is short. That scratching from Feadz (hence the title) is just brilliantly done, and it would work wonders in a bump-style environment.
I've only ever mentioned this tune in passing, but now is it's time to shine. This is by far the Rollers' most popular production thanks to Rockstar using it as the theme to GTA2. This beat just goes down real smooth and is pretty much perfect for bumping aside from that little intro bit.
This little ambient bit from the BoC boys gets used a lot on TV over here as subtle backing music, and while I think it might be too subtle in sound to be part of a public art installation in a crowded city like my own, it's on the list of potential tunes to be used anyways.
This little melodic interlude from Broadcast covers pretty much the same ground as the BoC tune, though it is a little bit stronger with the addition of that simple and catchy beat, much like the rest of the LP it's taken from: Tender Buttons.
Revisting our old pal Oizo again, this time it's for the intro he did for the Ed Rec Vol. 3 compilation, which should make a for a short and tasty loop for sure, if I cut the little shoutouts intro off first.
And after that brief venture into less than two minute tunes, I'm off. Hopefully this should help me remember when it comes to actually making the project, I've had horrible memory with stuff like this in the past. That and I can actually use this post as proof of development at the end of the project!
Bump-worthy,
-Claude Van Foxbat
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First up is more from the Flying Lotus Demos, like Knxwledge, a lot of these demos are real short but just as sweet. At the minute I'm feeling like this charmingly titled number will fit in with some bump-esque stuff quite nicely. Might have to tweak it slightly in Audacity thanks to that abrupt end but that's easy done.
I'm planning a ton of these videos to go up, and hopefully shuffle through them to make for an interesting experience in the vein of Brian Eno's 77 Million Paintings installation. Naturally on my search for short tunes for short videos I came across the original mix of quintessential Mehdi tune Signatune. I'll be sure to make a tribute to the late great Lucky Boy in the videos for sure.
Staying in Ed Banger territory albeit before the label even existed, this 1999 Oizo tune is as brilliant as it is short. That scratching from Feadz (hence the title) is just brilliantly done, and it would work wonders in a bump-style environment.
I've only ever mentioned this tune in passing, but now is it's time to shine. This is by far the Rollers' most popular production thanks to Rockstar using it as the theme to GTA2. This beat just goes down real smooth and is pretty much perfect for bumping aside from that little intro bit.
This little ambient bit from the BoC boys gets used a lot on TV over here as subtle backing music, and while I think it might be too subtle in sound to be part of a public art installation in a crowded city like my own, it's on the list of potential tunes to be used anyways.
This little melodic interlude from Broadcast covers pretty much the same ground as the BoC tune, though it is a little bit stronger with the addition of that simple and catchy beat, much like the rest of the LP it's taken from: Tender Buttons.
Revisting our old pal Oizo again, this time it's for the intro he did for the Ed Rec Vol. 3 compilation, which should make a for a short and tasty loop for sure, if I cut the little shoutouts intro off first.
And after that brief venture into less than two minute tunes, I'm off. Hopefully this should help me remember when it comes to actually making the project, I've had horrible memory with stuff like this in the past. That and I can actually use this post as proof of development at the end of the project!
Bump-worthy,
-Claude Van Foxbat
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