Anour Brahem: Arabian oud player of Tunisian origins who revolutionized the field of this string, lute-esque Arabian instrument by playing it as a solo instead of accompanying voice.
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C2C’s TETRA.
French turntable group C2C has been around for a handful (think: 15) of years now. Members 20SYL, Atom, Pfel and Greem have been hanging out around the world, winning turntablism competitions and melting electro/urban musical faces, but they hadn’t released any records until early 2012, when their first EP, “Down The Road,” hit the shelves. C2C’s debut album, “Tetra” came out this September 3rd after two years of hard work. Check out the Tetra album stream and a video of one of their live performances below.
The Zolas: “The Great Collapse,” from Tic Toc Tic
The Zolas: THE GREAT COLLAPSE, from their 2009 debut album Tic Toc Tic.
I’m on the last leg with my roommates, as I can’t get Vancouver’s The Zolas out of my head (or off of my playlist). Continue reading →
LUPE FIASO – “Bitch Bad” off of Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1
“Bitch Bad,” off of Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1, out today, August 25, 2012.
TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS.
Out of Oxford, UK: TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS (a.k.a. Orlando Higginbottom).
Jessie Ware – “110%,” off of DEVOTION, debut album out today, August 20, 2012
Out of the UK underground music scene: another soulful songstress, Ms. Jessie Ware. This is “110%,” off of her August 20, 2012 debut album Devotion. Check out more Jessie Ware on Soundcloud.
Niki And The Dove – “The Drummer,” off of INSTINCT
I suppose this video has been around as a single release for a while, but I haven’t seen it yet, and I hope this isn’t too-old news to you. Here’s a taste off the Stolkholm duo Niki And The Dove, comprised of Malin Dahlström (vocals, songs) and Gustaf Karlöf (keys, songs). This is “The Drummer,” off of their 14 May 2012 release INSTINCT.
We sat, and watched the sun set. And DJ Khaled’s “Hip-hop.”
A shot from Ms. Iris German --- the beautiful view from our porch.
We sat, and watched the sun set. We drank wine, the dogs played.
I was supposed to be writing, and she, sleeping —
but instead, we sat. Watched the sun, sun set, slinking into the peaks very gracefully, slowly.
“I’ve been reading too much Bukowski,” I said. “I’m going to write a poem.”
She did not reply. I responded: “It’s going to be good.”
The Creators Project — Araabmuzik
Check out a live performance by this L.A. – based hip-hop and MPC prodigy Araabmuzik. It starts slow, but right around a minute and a half, he gets into it. There’s another great video of him on The Creators Project, a science-beds-art collaborative website launched in 2010 by processing giant Intel and media empire VICE.
I’m curious to hear some music junkie comments on this one — I enjoyed a heated debate with a friend the other day over whether or not the electronic music performance sector holds second-wing status to the live performance of musical “instruments” …. please, share your thoughts.
~ m.
I found a house. AND: French/Finnish duo The Dø.
I Found A House
During the course of my travels today, I found a house.
It was old, and it was wooden, and slanted to one roofless side
like a sun-baked and street-drunken beggar, too old even for his own beaten years.
The house had fat-faced, red-rusted nails that stuck out of it’s pieces like sporadically bent quills on a porcupine,
and it had Energy. Rolling from Young, to Old, and back into Young again.
There was an empty, west-facing window framing the Tetons, and in the late afternoon light,
the window was too tired to tell me anything
of sunshine and snow,
tales of the past
swelling with sunsets and rising,
falling through leaves and the seasons of change.
I wondered who had once lived in that house. Or I guess it was a cabin, really.
A cabin which seemed not at all lonely, sitting there;
out, empty, and completely stripped bare.
I walked away. Said goodbye,
and turned to run home.
~ m.
“Bohemian Dances,” by French-Finnish duo The Dø. This pair consists of Olivia Merilahti (singer, musician), and Dan Levy (multi-instrumentalist). The two met in 2005 and collaborated on different compositional projects, from ballet to film scores, before launching their personal project together as The Dø in 2007. They released their first studio album A Mouthful in 2008, which was the first sung-in-english French album to top out the French charts. Following that: Both Ways Open Jaws, their second studio LP, released in 2011.
