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ALBUM REVIEW – C2C’s “Tetra”

by admin on October 4, 2012 in Album Reviews / WEND Magazine's Music Monday Posts with No comments

ALBUM REVIEW – as written for the Jackson Hole Weekly.

Artist Group: C2C

Album: TETRA

Release date: September 3, 2012

After 15 years together, French turntable group C2C has released their first LP, “Tetra.” C2C, or Coups2Cross, is comprised of beat gurus 20Syl and DJ Green (of Hocus Pocus) and DJ’s Atom and Pfel (of Beat Torrent). C2C met as teens and have been performing together since, winning (among other things) first place in the DMC World Competition four times in a row, from 2003-2006. C2C achieves their signature sound by recording custom digital samples from vintage instruments and improvising electronic beats in a jazz-rooted performance style. Continue reading →

The Creators Project — Araabmuzik

by admin on August 9, 2012 in Music Junkie with No comments

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.

Marvin Gaye’s “Calypso Blues,” GAFF edit

by admin on July 31, 2012 in Music Junkie with No comments

a Pirate's life for me

Thanks to the lil’ sis Ms. Iris German for a sweet pic. And below: enjoy some of D.C.-born, Victoria, B.C.-raised and current “ToonTown,” Canada resident the GAFF’s remixed magic below. My fave is “Calypso Blues,” by Marvin Gaye, (see track 5). If you dig, check out more of The Gaff’s material on Soundcloud.