March 26, 2006 at 6:22 pm
Dos grupos de raíces entremezcladas, fusión y buen directo.
Muchachito y su banda es uno de los grupos con más “arte” de por aquí; por sus directo ilustrados, su ritmo y espontanedad se merecen mi más sincera sonrisa ;)
Muchacito - Cógelo
Muchachito - Será mejor
Muchachito - Siempre que quiera
Macaco, mezcla, percusión y fusión.
March 25, 2006 at 9:43 pm
The El Pais list. Last week El Pais made a small note about MdM uniqueness and originality, in which what this list is about. As the only playlist blog on the scene so far, I think I will post this question to everybody out there as an exploration. What makes a playlist a good playlist? Of course there are basic elements such as beat, rythm, keys, styles, recording quality, etc that usually follow certain transition rules to prevent clashing. But beyond that, what is it? What makes a playlist a list deeply satisfying to listen to instead of mildly amusing? What’s a “unique” list?
I tag a small list as a conversation starter. This is a typical list I like to built. (Downtempo/electronica with catchy opening, no more than two styles in a list (tango/idm), minor keys, the tempo doesn’t change much, it has some traditional instruments mixed with synthetics, recent IDM works, mix between bigger name and newer less known artists and lyrics that make certain thematic sense. The mood ends in soft chill leaving impression of ‘good mood’)
01. Gotan Project - La Del Ruso
02. Sporto Kantes - Mundo
03. Four Tet - Sun Drums and Soil
04. Screech (UK) - Ai No Bakudan Remix
05. Thievery Corporation - Marching The Hate Machines
image credit: MontanaRaven
March 25, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Well, first it was my headphones. Today my brother “accidentally” erased my folder labeled as “Onassis” were I kept most of the mp3’s in my computer. A really bad week for my music collection. Came here to mourn and to do a little notes on our sidebar updates. Still undergoing some changes but I’ve added this week more links to highly recommended sites worth bookmarking, take a peek:
Little Radio - little radio keeps track of the most relevant posts of several mp3 blogs around the world. If you’re too busy to visit most of the mp3 blogs out there I’d recommend you to visit little radio, really does the job a lot easier.
The ghost in the machine - A nice surprise this week. Ghost makes some of the most interesting podcasts I’ve heard. Amazing selections.
Mars needs guitars - Shoegaze fans go here, Now!
I’m also using my spare time to endorse some of the most exciting movies I’ve seen and because I know how much you like reading other people’s lists. I’m not rating them from the highest to the lowest because I love them all in a same degree. Needless to say, if you have the chance to see them, I strongly suggest you do so. I’ll also buy them from you if you’ve got no soul and think they’re extremely pretentious and boring movies (tip: mail me if you’d like to sell!):
And finally, for those in need of music, one of the few mp3’s that survived the deleting massacre, enjoy:
Harry Nilsson - are you sleeping
*This post has been edited.
Image by Tra Selhtrow.
March 24, 2006 at 7:06 pm
Tal vez, si consigo unas muletas, entonces podría escaparme de aquí…
Gnarls Barkley - crazy
Jimmy Edgar - my beatz
Papas fritas - way you walk
Klapto - queen of the night
Etienne Daho - le grand sommeil (sweetlight remix)
Bran Van 3000 - astounded (feat. Curtis Mayfield)
Erlend Oye - if I ever feel better
Chelonis R Jones - na na na
Hot Chip - down with prince
Eliot Lip - rap tight
Kudos to jk for helping me through my static weekend.
Image: Adrian Johnson.
March 23, 2006 at 11:39 am
Sometimes a blog post is so dangerously self indulgence it should be banned. This is like that. It will forever redefine the color of luminous orange as a group of high power shoegazer guitar fuzz and throat screaming. This is the third list in dream series.
The Beta Sweat - Save the Mazurka for Me
The Noisettes - Don’t Give Up
Rogers Sisters - Zero Point
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Art Star
Luminous Orange - Drop You Vivid Colours
Bowery Electric - Freedom Fighter
Deerhoof - This Magnificent Bird will Rise
image credit: linny
March 23, 2006 at 9:14 am
The hilariously talented Leslie & The Lys
by Erin Caruso.
from Brazil to Sweden
cool girls are easy to find
yet hard to get.
sweet tease.
Cansei de Ser Sexy, Alala. (Brazil)
Villeneuve, Oh No. (France)
Kudu, Magic Touch. (USA)
Zeigeist, F as in Knife. (Sweden) (thanks to papat)
Nina Hagen, New York, New York. (Germany)
Uffie, 1984. (France)
Fox N’ Wolf, Youth Alcoholic. (Sweden)
Javiera Mena, Mi Generación. (Chile)
Maria Daniela & su Sonido Lasser, Miedo 2005. (Mexico)
Jenny Wilson, A Brief Story. (Sweden)
March 21, 2006 at 5:10 pm
Everytime I listen to shoegaze millions of scared hippies always come to mind.
Amelie counted orgasms. I count the number of bad trips in woodstock, had bands like Loop and My bloody valentine been present at the time.
Although I wasn’t listening to the sounds around me while growing up in the 90’s, I later (when I was about 16) rediscovered amazing shoegazer albums like Slowdive’s “slouvaki”, Spiritualized’s “ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space” and of course, My bloody valentine’s “loveless” that cracked my head open. So whilst most of the people in my generation were listening to grunge and that alternative genre later baptized as “nu-rock”, I was in my room shoegazing and listening to Radiohead and 60’s and 70’s rock bands. I still think very fondly of those times…
You’ll see while “OK Computer” is the record that started me buying and paying more attention to music, records like “Souvlaki” and “Ladies And Gentlemen…” are the ones that contain the outlines of a depressively large proportion of the music I enjoy today, reason I treasure them as one of the most important records in my collection.
Note: The songs in the playlist are organized by their original release date.
My bloody valentine - strawberry wine (1989)
Ride - dreams burn down (1990)
Kitchens of Distinction - under the sky, inside the sea (1991)
My bloody Valentine - soon (1991)
Slowdive - machine gun (1993)
Swervedriver - duel (1994)
Medicine - all good things (1995)
Chapterhouse - mesmerize (1996)
Spiritualized - broken heart (1997)
Should - sarah missing (1998)
The meeting places - see through you (2003)
Destroyalldreamers - destroy all dreamers (2004)
Readymade - rehearsed disaster (2005)
Silver Screen - all I have (2005)
The fleeting joys - go and come back (2006)
Astrobrite - miss teen USA (2006)
Also check: This post about Loop and this Jesus and Mary Chain post that makrugaik wrote last week and Carl Kruger’s mixtape memories.
Image credit: ofthesky
March 21, 2006 at 2:14 pm
Smog, I Break Horses.
Sparklehorse, Gasoline Horseys (Live).
The Sundays, Wild Horses.
Mogwai, I Chose Horses.
PJ Harvey, Horses In My Dreams.
Mary Timony, 14 Horses.
The Divine Comedy, The Dogs & The Horses.
Goldfrapp, Horse Tears.
i have pulled myself clear.”
Picture and needed help: Equus Sanctuary.
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