Apr 10, 2010
Cottage
A house constitutes a body of images that give mankind proofs or illusions of stability. We are constantly re-imagining its reality: to distinguish all these images would be to describe the soul of the house; it would mean developing a veritable psychology of the house… They give us back areas of being, houses in which the human being’s certainty of being is concentrated, and we have the impression that, by living in such images as these, in images that are as stabilizing as these are, we could start a new life, a life that would be our own, that would belong to us in our own very depths. – Gaston Bachelard, “The Poetics of Space”, pg. 17
1. Deodato – Univac loves you (Very Together, 1976)
2. Koushik – Be with you (Out my Window, 2008)
3. Andras Fox – Touchy feat. Amenta (Unreleased)
4. Andres – A new beginning / You can’t hide (Mahoghani Music, 2010)
5. Andras Fox – Body & Soul (Unreleased)
6. Ron Basejam – Into my Life (Brownswood Bubblers Five, 2010)
7. Hanna - Cottage (Sound Signature, 2005)
A long overdue return to the Motel. So much has happened, from the incredible experiences of The Red Bull Music Academy, a return home, changes in my own life, and finding a new rhythm and routine.
Like a child seeking stability in an image of a house, I’m finding stability in the regular heartbeat of an 808 kick drum. All of these songs explore a tension between a evolving fluid element and a regular organizing structure of drum programming. They are what I am drawn to playing right now – slow, swung, dilapidated house.
pic: author’s (taken in torokbalint, hungary)
wo… Supertramp sampler there in Ron Basejam song :o
I really like the Andras Fox tunes you post – thanks…Andy? They’re perfect for when you just need some breezy piano beats on a cool Monday morning.
Good shit. Keep it coming.
Dave Bloom
Yeah, wait, are YOU Andras Fox? If so, damn fine job.
correct Dave & David – thanks for the very kind words. I hope that putting my own music into posts is not too self indulgent – the music i make is always very inspired by what i am listening to and digesting, so it seems appropriate sometimes.
I’m glad I found you web. I really liked each one of the songs I heard. I’m gonna spend a LOT of time here this couple of next weeks hehe. (downloading the Top 200 Tracks of the 2000’s)
Greetings from Chile!
Regards from Italy, always beautiful photos. I Wish…more black music…voodoomiles
how was rbma?
rbma….was…..unbelievable. met a fair portion of my utter and complete idols, got to play with amazing old gear, and hang with a bunch of completely beserk musicians from countries i can’t wait to visit. and fell in love? yep, it was quite an experience…. those two tracks i posted in this playlist i made whilst i was there…i learnt more than i thought was humanly possible in two weeks…
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