Right, time for a new feature.
Every day, we get a healthy stack of promo emails. Quite a lot of them are shit, but a few of them sneak pass the crap-o-meter and I think some of these should get more recognition, so every week, i'll post my 3 or 4 favourite promos.
I should warn you though, that I don't get all of the promos that are sent. Prez forwards me a batch of them every day or two, so the ones I post, are the ones i get on my inbox.
Anyway, onto the tracks.
The first one is by a group called Laser Sex. Bit of an odd name.
They're from Scranton, Pennsylvania and this is their first single "Dr. Thunder Nose".
It is a nice, flowing track with a deep feeling to it. It's a bit hard to describe, but the highlight is the guitar. Shame about the ending vocal samples though, they don't make much sense here.
This next one is by CROPS, a Melbourne based british artist, who also gives us his first single, "Ana".
With fantastic vocals, this is a smooth and relaxing track, with a great use of synths and with a beat that just gives it that extra bit of force.
CROPS - Ana
Finally, we have something a bit funkier, by Claude Perdu, who we featured not long ago.
This is a remix for Faisal's "Journey" that entered a competition but sadly didn't win.
It has a fantastic bassline and the sample work follows right behind it. I can't figure out how this remix didn't win, this is what all House music should be like.
Enjoy!
Surf's up,
Alex.
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Intro To Epilogue
So, I'm still kinda on an electro kick, and having nearly exhausted my current supply I was craving some new stuff. that's when I checked my e-mails and saw this: The latest release from a group called Galactaron; an electro group with a Drexciya-esque backstory - a group of aliens on their first visit to earth. To make music with their new human friend Emily Wong of course.
The track they linked me is pretty sweet, avoiding cliche electro elements and dabbling in vocoders (which for me is ALWAYS a bonus). It also has a fairly unique twist in that every word in the lyrics is in a different language, ranging from Afrikaans to Russian, while this idea sounds a bit sketchy on paper, the end result actually sounds really good, almost comparable to some tracks from Squarepusher's Shobaleader One: d'Demonstrator. (you can download it from their soundcloud, I can't upload it at the minute as I'm on a borrowed laptop)
Galactaron - Epilogue by galactaron
And here are a few more of their tracks I liked from their soundcloud:
Galactaron - First Contact by galactaron
Galactaron - With Just One Moon by galactaron
Galactaron - Wǒmen Move On by galactaron
Find Galactaron on:
Soundcloud
Bandcamp
Facebook
Outer Space, To Find Another Race,
-Claude Van Foxbat
The track they linked me is pretty sweet, avoiding cliche electro elements and dabbling in vocoders (which for me is ALWAYS a bonus). It also has a fairly unique twist in that every word in the lyrics is in a different language, ranging from Afrikaans to Russian, while this idea sounds a bit sketchy on paper, the end result actually sounds really good, almost comparable to some tracks from Squarepusher's Shobaleader One: d'Demonstrator. (you can download it from their soundcloud, I can't upload it at the minute as I'm on a borrowed laptop)
Galactaron - Epilogue by galactaron
And here are a few more of their tracks I liked from their soundcloud:
Galactaron - First Contact by galactaron
Galactaron - With Just One Moon by galactaron
Galactaron - Wǒmen Move On by galactaron
Find Galactaron on:
Soundcloud
Bandcamp
Outer Space, To Find Another Race,
-Claude Van Foxbat
Promises
My life is pretty crazy these days, and I apologize for not posting more often. But you know how things go sometimes... I graduated a few weeks ago, discovered I didn't technically have the math credits to graduate, decided to start a non-profit organization, entered into a relationship that is both the best thing ever and ridiculously complicated, and to top it off I'm still trying to pay off my Moog Voyager and I don't have a job. So if I'm not here again, you can assume it has something to do with one of those things.
In the meantime, have this.
In the meantime, have this.
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Para Onism
Hi there
I Have a few free minutes, and I'm in a "Para One mood" so here are some songs related to it !
First, Birdy Nam Nam's newest track, from their forthcoming LP (it will be released September 19th). The song was produced by Para One.
Slice & Soda is in fact San Serac + Para One.
He also works with Bobmo and Surkin under the name Marble Players, they also creadted the label Marble Records, more about that in the interview at the end of the post.
One of my favorite solo original prod from him.
And two remixes, including one featuring his friend the french MC/producer Teki Latex.
Animal Machine - Persona (Para One remix)
Also, here is a recent interview, made by Etienne Perrin, you can watch other nice interviews on his website Imetrages
You'll hear from Marble records again very soon.
Enjoy!
-Here
I Have a few free minutes, and I'm in a "Para One mood" so here are some songs related to it !
First, Birdy Nam Nam's newest track, from their forthcoming LP (it will be released September 19th). The song was produced by Para One.
Slice & Soda is in fact San Serac + Para One.
He also works with Bobmo and Surkin under the name Marble Players, they also creadted the label Marble Records, more about that in the interview at the end of the post.
One of my favorite solo original prod from him.
And two remixes, including one featuring his friend the french MC/producer Teki Latex.
Animal Machine - Persona (Para One remix)
Also, here is a recent interview, made by Etienne Perrin, you can watch other nice interviews on his website Imetrages
You'll hear from Marble records again very soon.
Enjoy!
-Here
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