Early-week music
After a long dry spell (caused in some part by APC being down for a while) I've been inundated with good stuff. I actually have more than one post's worth, so let me share some of it...
http://soundcloud.com/ruinmytune/hot-maniac
Ruinmytune is very hit-or-miss. He picks good-to-great starter tracks, but sometimes I don't feel like he's adding much to them when he mixes them. This one is a stand-out though. He's got the acapella "Hot Right Now" and the music from Michael Sembello's "Maniac" (aka the Flashdance song) and puts them together brilliantly. It's a very fast-paced track, clocking at 165 BPM but that's appropriate for this kind of thing.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/10/judas-priest-hell-bent-for-leather-drop-out-orchestra-acid-tool.html
More metal on the dancefloor? Well, it's a thing. This is a very funky, nu-disco treatment of Judas Priest's "Hell Bent For Leather" by Drop Out Orchestra (http://soundcloud.com/dropoutorchestra). It's a little repetitive (in that way that nu-disco tends to be) but the overall funk vibe is strong enough to carry me through it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C4zerkrCBS0#!
I recently subscribed to AVB's channel and this popped up. It's a 20-minute sampler from AVB's "A State of Trance" radio show. It's called a 'podcast' but it's really just a sample of five vocal trance tracks, with a little voiceover. All five are great, but if I have to pick one I'd go for the first one, "Island", which is inspiring me to check out both the DJ Roger Shah (http://rogershah.net/) and the vocalist Adrina Thorpe (http://www.adrinathorpe.net/fr_home.cfm). I'm hoping to have more goodies from them to blog soon.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/10/lcmdf-paranoia.html
LCMDF (http://lcmdf.com/) are a female duo from Finland who provide an interesting blend of electronica and conventional rock structures. As best I can tell, they are two of the members of Le Corps Mince de Françoise, a larger New Age-ish collective, who are taking things in a new direction. That doesn't tell you much, sorry, but it's about all I've got. This kind of dance-rock seems to be growing in popularity in Europe and I expect we'll hear more of it in the coming months.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/10/major-lazer-ft-flux-pavilion-jah-no-partial.html
Major Lazer continues his surprising new styles. As I noted in September his new stuff doesn't have his previous signature fast vocals. Instead, he's importing Jamaican sounds and laid-back pacing. This time he's pushing it up against some heavy-fuzz dubstep rhythms and chop-mixing. I'm not (yet) in love with this track but it's interesting - I don't know anyone else who's trying this - and it's nice to see someone pushing boundaries rather than just repeating what they did last time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GaWXA5e0YTQ#!
Willy Moon produces a video that would do Busby Berkeley proud. You definitely want to watch this one if you can. It's a wonderful blend of very modern and classic both in sounds and visuals. The dancers are doing moves that are familiar from the 1950s on up, but they're clad in Mummenschanz black minimalist style and the set is lights and chrome and mirrors. The track itself, "Yeah Yeah", isn't that complex or sophisticated, but Moon's got a decent voice and a good presence. It'll be interesting to see what he puts out next.
http://soundcloud.com/ruinmytune/hot-maniac
Ruinmytune is very hit-or-miss. He picks good-to-great starter tracks, but sometimes I don't feel like he's adding much to them when he mixes them. This one is a stand-out though. He's got the acapella "Hot Right Now" and the music from Michael Sembello's "Maniac" (aka the Flashdance song) and puts them together brilliantly. It's a very fast-paced track, clocking at 165 BPM but that's appropriate for this kind of thing.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/10/judas-priest-hell-bent-for-leather-drop-out-orchestra-acid-tool.html
More metal on the dancefloor? Well, it's a thing. This is a very funky, nu-disco treatment of Judas Priest's "Hell Bent For Leather" by Drop Out Orchestra (http://soundcloud.com/dropoutorchestra). It's a little repetitive (in that way that nu-disco tends to be) but the overall funk vibe is strong enough to carry me through it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C4zerkrCBS0#!
I recently subscribed to AVB's channel and this popped up. It's a 20-minute sampler from AVB's "A State of Trance" radio show. It's called a 'podcast' but it's really just a sample of five vocal trance tracks, with a little voiceover. All five are great, but if I have to pick one I'd go for the first one, "Island", which is inspiring me to check out both the DJ Roger Shah (http://rogershah.net/) and the vocalist Adrina Thorpe (http://www.adrinathorpe.net/fr_home.cfm). I'm hoping to have more goodies from them to blog soon.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/10/lcmdf-paranoia.html
LCMDF (http://lcmdf.com/) are a female duo from Finland who provide an interesting blend of electronica and conventional rock structures. As best I can tell, they are two of the members of Le Corps Mince de Françoise, a larger New Age-ish collective, who are taking things in a new direction. That doesn't tell you much, sorry, but it's about all I've got. This kind of dance-rock seems to be growing in popularity in Europe and I expect we'll hear more of it in the coming months.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/10/major-lazer-ft-flux-pavilion-jah-no-partial.html
Major Lazer continues his surprising new styles. As I noted in September his new stuff doesn't have his previous signature fast vocals. Instead, he's importing Jamaican sounds and laid-back pacing. This time he's pushing it up against some heavy-fuzz dubstep rhythms and chop-mixing. I'm not (yet) in love with this track but it's interesting - I don't know anyone else who's trying this - and it's nice to see someone pushing boundaries rather than just repeating what they did last time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GaWXA5e0YTQ#!
Willy Moon produces a video that would do Busby Berkeley proud. You definitely want to watch this one if you can. It's a wonderful blend of very modern and classic both in sounds and visuals. The dancers are doing moves that are familiar from the 1950s on up, but they're clad in Mummenschanz black minimalist style and the set is lights and chrome and mirrors. The track itself, "Yeah Yeah", isn't that complex or sophisticated, but Moon's got a decent voice and a good presence. It'll be interesting to see what he puts out next.