Mag Monday 7
Monday, May 4th, 2009 by Mag
Here I am again, improving your Mondays with some delicious music! So let’s Goooooooooooooooooooooo!
People tend to use the term ‘remix’ too loosely. When you have tracks like ‘Magdalen Bridge / Golden Palace‘ (Hugo Manuel) taken from Youthmovie’s Polyp EP, you can’t really apply the term ‘remix’ to it, since it’s not simply re-mixed and spliced up so the structure of the song is altered, it’s essentially a total re-work of the song, and contains next-to-none of the original song’s music. The only resemblance the track has to the original is the re-timed vocals and the out-of-place break to the choir and feedback section the album version of the song uses as an intro, but wow, what a song it is. It laps away whatever remaining fun boisterousness the song had, and dips it right into a pot of dark, brooding trip-hop. It’s almost as if the song was supposed to be this way, and in ways, outshines the original, which in itself is a great track.
Mp3: Magdalen Bridge / Golden Palace
Since Indie Paws is severely lacking my love for Max Tundra, I present to you: The Batalon. When I first heard this track, from his 2000 debut album, ‘Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be’, I sat there in awe of its intricate, chiptune-esque dancyness (yes it’s a dance song, just wait for it). It still stands as one of my favourite tracks by the guy, and it’s by far my favourite from the album. As much as a I have a flaming man-love passion for Max Tundra, his music struggles to evoke my vocabulary (basically it just leaves me speechless, I don’t know how to describe what i’m hearing half the time), so I don’t really have much else to add. I think what’s best is that you listen and let the music do the talking.
Here I am again, improving your Mondays with some delicious music! So let’s Goooooooooooooooooooooo!
People tend to use the term ‘remix’ too loosely. When you have tracks like ‘Magdalen Bridge / Golden Palace‘ (Hugo Manuel) taken from Youthmovie’s Polyp EP, you can’t really apply the term ‘remix’ to it, since it’s not simply re-mixed and spliced up so the structure of the song is altered, it’s essentially a total re-work of the song, and contains next-to-none of the original song’s music. The only resemblance the track has to the original is the re-timed vocals and the out-of-place break to the choir and feedback section the album version of the song uses as an intro, but wow, what a song it is. It laps away whatever remaining fun boisterousness the song had, and dips it right into a pot of dark, brooding trip-hop. It’s almost as if the song was supposed to be this way, and in ways, outshines the original, which in itself is a great track.
Mp3: Magdalen Bridge / Golden Palace
Since Indie Paws is severely lacking my love for Max Tundra, I present to you: The Batalon. When I first heard this track, from his 2000 debut album, ‘Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be’, I sat there in awe of its intricate, chiptune-esque dancyness (yes it’s a dance song, just wait for it). It still stands as one of my favourite tracks by the guy, and it’s by far my favourite from the album. As much as a I have a flaming man-love passion for Max Tundra, his music struggles to evoke my vocabulary (basically it just leaves me speechless, I don’t know how to describe what i’m hearing half the time), so I don’t really have much else to add. I think what’s best is that you listen and let the music do the talking.
I begin this fashionably late Mag Munday with a delicious B-side :)
Javelin, from Providence, Rhode Island is mainly a hip-hop artist, but ‘Soda Popinski‘ dives into chiptune territory. It’s very tinny and plastic to begin, but it quickly builds into an in-depth and very danceable chiptune, with song bangin’ beats. The only downside to this awesome, awesome song is the length. It’s short. :( Still, give it a listen! It’s a great tune and very catchy!!
It’s Death From Above 1979. I’ve been listening to their ‘Heads Up’ EP again lately, and ‘Losing Friends‘ is what I’m addicted to. So here you are. I don’t need to say anything else really, it’s DFA.
Most people rush into these top album lists mid-December, but I’ve decided to chill out and really think hard about my top 10 favourite albums from the year that once was. Okay, I lie, I just haven’t got around to it yet. But here it is anyways. :(