April 29, 2010
Starting with the link this time:
Kleerup – Until We Bleed (feat. Lykke Li)
Kleerup - Kleerup (2009)
It’s the minimal beats and the soft, slightly other-worldly feel to Lykke Li’s voice that makes me keep going back to this track – plus the unexpected strings that simmer in the background and flow into the main mix every now and then.
Kleerup is actually Swedish producer Andreas Kleerup and vocalist, Lykke Li is an artist in her own right – she released her first studio album on LL Recordings in 2008 and, more recently, her single ‘Possibility’ was featured on the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack.
Some one(s) seems to have tagged that track ‘for crying’, ‘for a rainy day’ and ‘depressing’ on last.fm – Until We Bleed is anything but. Try ‘for dancing’, ‘for festivals in the sunshine’, ‘chill-inducing’ instead…it’s not an uplifting rave party though!
From Kleerup’s self-titled album released on EMI Sweden in May 2009.
Hope she does more of this…
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March 15, 2010
I’ve been trying to post about this track for a good couple of months now, but haven’t been able to find it uploaded anywhere streamable – there’s been more buzz about Eyes Down and The Keeper, both ft. one of my favourite current soul vocalists, Andreya Triana.
Bonobo - Black Sands
But the album release is approaching and the control-grip seems to be loosening a little – so I was able to find it on youtube:
Bonobo – Kiara (YouTube)
I’ve been daydreaming in the sunshine for the last few days. Clear blue sky, crystal-clear sea, intense heat and it turns out my gut-instinct attraction to this song was strengthened by my surroundings, particularly when on a boat…
The stand-out track, for me, on the Ninja Tune-released latest from Bonobo, Black Sands, is an elegantly woven tapestry of beats and synths.
The album’s out in the UK on 29 March and available to pre-order here.
I just ordered mine. Now for the boat…
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August 22, 2009
Oops – the second post intended for yesterday didn’t end up materialising as I got side-tracked catching up with The Wire. So here it is today instead.
Post War Years
Full album ‘The Greats and the Happenings’ and then some available to stream on last.fm and spotify.
Post War Years - The Greats And The Happenings
If I’m honest, I have to say the recorded sound, although still extremely good, doesn’t do the live performance justice. I saw them at Ginglik (first time there, but this converted public toilet of a live music venue is a contender for my favourite in London) as part of Blue Flowers presents A Tribe Called West – a night that has previously featured acts including Flashguns and Stricken City.
The enigmatic and spacey indie-electro style of their music is almost hypnotic at times and they seem like really fun and charismatic lads – a theme that ran through their set was a mock-competition with questions ranging from “what is the name of the track we are about to play?” to “what does the drummer look like naked?”. Nice.
My favourite tracks are ‘Soul Owl’, ‘Whole World On Its Head’ and ‘Den’.
I could easily see them supporting Grizzly Bear or some other epic-type band at some point in the near future, or headlining their own show, but for now you can catch them at South East In East at the Vibe Bar on 3 September.
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June 13, 2009
A classic track from US electronica-ist Moby – this was featured on the soundtrack to the 2000 Leaonardo DeCaprio movie, ‘The Beach’:
Moby – Porcelain
Tinkly floatiness with hidden sinister undertones if you actually listen to the lyrics. He spookily came up on the homepage just now as the Artist Spotlight on RCRD LBL when I went to look for the free download link that was sent to me a few days ago to include in this post.
Pale Horses (Apparat Remix) – mp3 download page
Last Night Album Mash-up Mix – mp3 download page
It’s all legal and approved so no need to worry…unfortunately no ‘Porcelain’ free download, though.
There’s quite a lot up on his Last.fm page. I think we could write some poetry with his song-titles…
Moby
In this world, we are all made of stars,
In my heart, natural blues.
Lift me up, flower, the sky is broken
Bring back my happiness, let’s go free.
Dream about me, live for tomorrow, I’m not worried at all.
Why does my heart feel so bad?
Left out ‘Ooh yeah’ but I’m sure someone more imaginative could work it in…
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June 2, 2009
Miho Hatori & Yuka Honda - Cibo Matto
I had forgotten all about this track until I picked up ‘Underwater Love’ by Smoke City this morning…it has a similarly hazy, trippy floatiness to it:
Cibo Matto – Sugar Water
First came across it watching Season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Cibo Matto were performing at the Bronze in the episode ‘When She Was Bad’. The song conveys a character suitably dark and complicated but also strangely alluring…
More on their MySpace, but this one is by far my favourite. Here’s the music video on imeem.
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April 10, 2009
As if TOBI doesn’t get enough kudos on this blog he’s whipped out another life-changing recommendation. I’ve been playing this track on repeat the last few days, as evidenced by my last.fm stats.
This song has such a dreamy electro vibe and a stunning vocal – the…#oh… I wish I could fly, through the sky and the moon above me# part, especially – but with enough edge to be more Superman-Lois Lane (or even Silk Spectre-Nite Owl, if they could fly) than the Snowman-boy in stripey blue pyjamas.
Sol Seppy – Slo Fuzz
The Last.fm link is just a sample but the full track is up on the MySpace at the moment. London singer-songwriter and producer Sophie Michalitsianos is a former member of US indie band Sparklehorse, separately recommended to me by liketheboys (52 weeks. 52 musicvideos. 52 locations.) and most likely the subject of another post at some point in the not too distant future.
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March 25, 2009
Part of my induction into the world of trip-hop in the late nineties along with Massive Attack and the Sneakerpimps…the first time I heard this track was on the ‘I Still know What You Did Last Summer’ movie soundtrack but it was also recently used to advertise Tomb Raider Underworld.
Lamb – Gorecki
The rest of the soundtrack’s pretty good too…here are a couple of my favourites:
All a bit eerie and/or frantic, as one would expect from a teenage slasher flick, But they’re pretty cool.
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