Gah! I hate it when that happens.
I had this lovely idea to have a quiet night at home and watch a movie. I have a nice little stack of DVD's sitting here, and I picked Metropolis since I've never seen it. Bad choice. I was already a little tired, and it turns out- silent movies are not exactly the best thing for keeping you awake. I think it was about 9:00pm when I put it on, and I made it about a half hour into the movie before falling asleep. That's all well and good, but it's 2:30am now*, and of course... I'm completely awake. Suck. That and I missed actually writing something for friday, but eh.. it's still friday night, right? right.
Just a quickie then. I've found some interesting new music lately. Well- it's new to me. First one is a CD one of my friends let me borrow, Kieskagato's 2005 EP. Right off the bat, track 1, I'm hooked. The first few opening bars have a nice jazzy touch to them, with light airy vocals. Then the spacey guitar fleshes out into a nice wall of sound, dripping with horns and a killer bass line. This progression continues to build until the song reaches a vicious climax. Somehow they manage to cram in guitars, a full horn section, Rhodes piano, Hammond B3, and god knows what else. That much going on at once could sound muddled, but everything works in harmony, breaking out in little stabs to let you know it's there. I can't get enough of this track.
Kieskagato - Thursday [mp3, free download]
The other song I heard on KCRW, but it was not the usual Morning Becomes Eclectic faire. I'm not sure I would have noticed had it not been the day after New Years Eve, but it's another one that really grabbed me. It's a techno remix of the Starsailor song "Four to the Floor" by Jacques Lu Cont. I've listened to starsailor in the past and never really been impressed, but they managed to take the best parts of the song and turn it into something great. It takes a while for the song to get there, but turn it up loud and wait. I guarantee it's worth it.
Starsailor- Four to the Floor (Thin White Duke Remix) [mp3, free download]
* yeah, I backdated the time to make it all fit in the calendar. so what! ;)
Just a quickie then. I've found some interesting new music lately. Well- it's new to me. First one is a CD one of my friends let me borrow, Kieskagato's 2005 EP. Right off the bat, track 1, I'm hooked. The first few opening bars have a nice jazzy touch to them, with light airy vocals. Then the spacey guitar fleshes out into a nice wall of sound, dripping with horns and a killer bass line. This progression continues to build until the song reaches a vicious climax. Somehow they manage to cram in guitars, a full horn section, Rhodes piano, Hammond B3, and god knows what else. That much going on at once could sound muddled, but everything works in harmony, breaking out in little stabs to let you know it's there. I can't get enough of this track.
Kieskagato - Thursday [mp3, free download]
The other song I heard on KCRW, but it was not the usual Morning Becomes Eclectic faire. I'm not sure I would have noticed had it not been the day after New Years Eve, but it's another one that really grabbed me. It's a techno remix of the Starsailor song "Four to the Floor" by Jacques Lu Cont. I've listened to starsailor in the past and never really been impressed, but they managed to take the best parts of the song and turn it into something great. It takes a while for the song to get there, but turn it up loud and wait. I guarantee it's worth it.
Starsailor- Four to the Floor (Thin White Duke Remix) [mp3, free download]
* yeah, I backdated the time to make it all fit in the calendar. so what! ;)