Pizzicato Five - This Year's Girl (1991/2006 re-release) Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
01. This Year's Girl #4
02. I
03. Ohayo
04. Thank You
05. Let's Be Adult
06. This Year's Girl #5
07. Baby Love Child
08. Twiggy Twiggy
09. Twiggy vs James Bond
10. Gifted
11. Party
12. Shi-Ri-To-Ri
13. Marble Index
14. Y.O.U.
15. Xxxxxxxxxman
16. Tokyo's Coolest Sound
17. Birth Of Cool
18. This Year's Girl #6
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This here is quite the famous album. Though not my favorite P5 release, it was a very important one in their career as for the pop music scene in japan. For those who don't know Pizzicato Five have been around since the late 80's I believe and have been a strong player in the "Shibuya-kei" movement that swept through japan and the world in the 90's (which all the kids like to talk about). Their music is very influential and actually very nice and diverse. I often think they have a sound of their own and actually fell in love with it when I first heard the (famous) Happy End Of The World album.
Though this is a very old release I randomly put it on this morning and forgot how much I liked this group. Personally I find it to be a nice change of pace from my current interests which I am growing tired with, very nice loungey downtempo pop music with a healthy jazz and hip hop influence (apparently De La Soul was a big influence on the group, most notably in the groups adaptation of sampling). Very "classy" music, if you would like one word to describe it.
It being in japanese may be a set back, the music is top notch. Personally, I find the first few tracks to be a bit oddly placed, but the album has some of their best work on it. Somewhat of an infant version of their sound which developed a lot more over time I can only say it's fantastic and you should give it a listen (then again I always say that!).
FYI the track Baby Love Child was actually featured in that episode of Futurama about Leela's parents. Albeit a different english version but even so. Great release, give it a listen, yada yada, you know the drill.
Labels: lounge, Pop, rock, Shibuya-Kei
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Esselfortium - A Terrible Flood (2007) Monday, March 21, 2011 |
01. Startan3 6:09
02. The Airport 7:50
03. Elevator Breaks 4:19
04. Nälpordyh 0:35
05. Kaiandine 3:48
06. Illuminauticus 6:55
07. Bridge 3:08
08. Interface 4:16
09. Station 2:15
10. Chilled 2:55
11. Ones 2:57
12. Table Rock Sunrise 4:19
13. Torpedo 4:54
14. Mobildethvan 1:59
15. Epad.rns 4:48
16. Urban Rainforest 7:22
17. Satellite Positioning 1:33
18. Skybox 3:42
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Labels: abstract, Downtempo, Drum n Bass, idm, techno
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Heart Museum - Leaf (2010) Wednesday, March 9, 2011 |
Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves (1993/2001 re-release) Monday, March 7, 2011 |
01. "Polygon Window" - 5:24
02. "Audax Powder" - 4:36
03. "Quoth" - 5:34
04. "If It Really Is Me" - 7:01
05. "Supremacy II" - 4:04
06. "UT1 - dot" - 5:17
07. (untitled) - 6:24
08. "Quixote" - 6:00
09. "Portreath Harbour" - 4:44
10. "Redruth School" - 2:43
11. "Quino-phec" - 4:42
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Change of pace I guess, here is one part of the Artificial Intelligence series which I think stands out on it's own as Richard D James' best work and arguably my favorite from the series. Very classic IDM vibes with a lot of neat bleeps and bloops more akin to James' old work in acid house. Very nice album even if it is from 1993 (most often I find more older electronic music to sound dated but this sounds rather fresh and overall pleasant to listen to). To be honest I find his older work to be much nicer than his new work (aside from Windowlicker ofc). But this album really stands out no matter who made it because it's a very interesting album to listen to.
Great classic Warp Records release, listen asap
Labels: acid house, aphex twin, idm, warp records
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Various - Freak Family Drum Circle Explosion LP (2007) |
01. Limewax - Share No Soul
02. Current Value - Faith
03. Tech Itch - Your Last Hours
04. Panacea - Rave Music Resurrected (Featuring - A C Slater)
05. SPL & T.Z.A. - Violation
06. Gein vs. Arsenic - Bitch
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I would say this is worth the download for Faith alone but the Limewax and Panacea tracks are phenomenal. Hell the whole compilation is. Six hard hitting tracks from some of the best in the business. Just dark tracks often referred to as "relentless" which I find to be absolutely stunning, like I said Faith is one hell of a track. I haven't been able to get it out of my head all week.
Really "top tier" quality stuff, download and enjoy. Oh and brace yourselves, this is heavy stuff. :)
Labels: drums and basses, Freak Recordings
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YEEZY TAUGHT YOU WELL Friday, March 4, 2011 |
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So, yeah, I'm sure you already listened to this album, but the slowpoke here only had the chance last month.
Ugh, I still think Graduation is better, but MBDTF is pretty amazing. God tier songs: Power, All of the Lights, Monster and Blame Game. Can't wait for his 2011 album.
Ugh, I still think Graduation is better, but MBDTF is pretty amazing. God tier songs: Power, All of the Lights, Monster and Blame Game. Can't wait for his 2011 album.
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