Showing posts with label Phoenix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phoenix. Show all posts

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Weather Report


Moon Biscuits
Imma be honest. SoundCloud is amazing. It's what MySpace could've been like if they'd focussed more on the music pages. There's nothing better than a good SoundCloud ravage, and as a consequence I've got some gems for you today that perhaps you haven't yet gotten on.

By now you should've heard of Go Go Bizkitt! if you read this blog. 2010 is quickly becoming the year of the Bizkitt as he smashes out remix after remix as well as some incredible originals with his unique funk swing on french touch. Check hsi latest original which samples De la Soul. Very catchy.
WOW!! (De-La-Go!) by Go Go Bizkitt!

The other track I've got for you is a little old, but has only just been released for download by Sydney artist Moonchild. He is another fresh face on the filter house seem who is quickly forming a catchy signature sound.
Long Distance Call (Moonchild's '25 Hours a Day' Edit) by Moonchild

Become a fan of Go Go Bizkitt on Facebook.
Become a fan of Moonchild on Facebook.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Food Stamps


For a while now the smooth musical stylings of Coupons have kept me awake at night. In a city packed to the brim with quality producers, they've avoided taking the popular path in terms of their style and instead have done what's come natural to them which in a word can be described as hybrid. It's a little bit erectro, a touch techno, a dash of pan synths and a healthy portion of chill wave in a style they've effectively trade marked as Dream Rave.

In their relatively short history, Coupons have made a bunch of quality remixes and some delightful originals, with their biggest accolade so far coming with their victory in Royksopp remix competition last year. By winning the Oceanic leg of this international competition they cemented their future as "ones to watch" within Sydney town.

At the moment, they're in the final stages of recording their EP, which they describe as DreamRave - a post summer chill disco Epic. The EP will be 5 tracks and accompanied by an intense remix package from some very exciting names they assure me.

From the mouth of a very well known artist who they supported "If i had a record label, I'd sign them" Anoraak, 2010.

Best - Coupons
(For a higher quality version, buy it here)

Vocal Chords (Coupons Remix) - Claude Von Stroke

Love Theme (Coupons Remix) - Run Seven

Fences (Coupons Unfinished Beach House Remix) - Phoenix

For even more tunes, check out their MySpace.
www.myspace.com/couponscoupons
Facebook

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Funky Porno Music!

My my my! Oh oh... how'd we ever get this way... where's it gonna go?

So Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (or Daft Punk) are supposedly working on a new album and are set to tour the world in 2010. They were also rumoured to play Big Day Out's 100th show in Sydney. They also apparently 'mix' live at their shows. And speculation tells me that on the East Coast leg of their 2007 USA tour, it was not Thomas and Guy-Manuel... rather just some random guys in the Daft helmets. Not that that's hard to believe... I mean, do you have any idea what they actually look like? Have you picked up on the sarcasm yet?



Either way, I love them. They are Gods when it comes to the current Electro scene - there's no other way to describe it. And whilst many 'fans' will repetitively inform their friends of how much they LOVE 'One More Time' as it plays in whatever dive they choose to drown out their repressed desire to kiss a member of the same sex with alcohol, I maintain the mental position of "I am always better that you because I know more about Daft Punk than you". Hence my skepticism on the following track.

By the way... did you know Laurent Brancowitz (frontman of Phoenix) was in a three-piece band called Stereolab with Bangalter and de Homem-Christo in the late 1980s?

I found this on some French blog. I can't confirm that this is 100% authentic Daft Punk, but the European blogs are firing this one around touting it as 'the new wave'. It's very Daft and very good.

The Crash - Daft Punk

Moving on... or back... to Phoenix.

Delphic, who I posted a while back, are blowing up in a big way. They're success in the UK has flown over to Australia and they're currently (I think) Triple J's feature album. The best thing? They do remixes!!! The sound they produce is familiar whilst being edgy. I really dig this track. One of the better remixes I have heard in recent times.

Fences (Delphic Remix) - Phoenix

Onto something a little more funky. Tigers & Woods are from somewhere. And they do something. Truth is I found this track on a Russian blog. And I don't speak Russian. But damn this track is funkin' shit up.

Gin Nation - Tigers & Woods

And to finish this rant, some dub. A friend played this for me the other day. I guarantee a fair few of you will not like this track. But if you have good speakers, turn this up, have some cocaine and let the syncopation create an alter ego in you. His name is Mike. He drives trucks for a logging company... but suffers an internal struggle. You see, Mike battles every day as he tries to appease his Green Peace activist wife whilst affording her the life she deserves with money produced from the molten rivers that flow over Rainforests based on Fern Gully. Or don't download it. I couldn't care less.

Swagga - Excision & Datsik

Peace and Love.