I've just been listening to Crystal Fields by The Special Ks, it's pleasant enough - a bit like one of the Mystery Jets housier tracks as sung by Daniel Bedingfield (not that it's necessarily a bad thing!)
The whole time I was listing to the track I was expecting it to get heavier, a skillful remix could really give this song some depth. something like this Toddla T remix of Wave And Wine by Schlachthofbronx:
Cheesy? Possibly - but still, 80s Synth recreated with the wanders of modern techno-knowled-G-unit can give you a feel good warm feeling like no other. What do I speak of? This:
Now tell me that wasn't good? If you just told me that wasn't good I disagree. It was good. Actually it was Exercise 4, a semi-bonus track on Bent's album Ariels which you really should buy here. Bent blow my mind like a dyson air multiplier blows out a candle: effeciently, with minimum noise and maximum techno-joy.
Next - Some flashbulb (aka Benn Jordan), I posted one of his acoustic tracks recently, well such is his talent he also owns at electronica, like with this track Nightmares from his album sleep
By the way, you can listen to a LOT of flashbulb tracks, and buy the albums directly from him for a not unreasonable amount of money at his bandcamp page
Anyway's, in an album I feel is too often under rated and blasted for being "pop", a great track that reuses a 80s synth to the maximum is Mylo's In my arms from destroy rock and roll. If you want to here almost perfect sampling and production this is defiantly one of the top albums of all time. buy the album anywhere
By the way - we're putting on a noiseban at the victory in Hoxton on the first Friday of December.
Been a while since we've had some Electro posted- so I thought I'd blaow some great tunes out on the circuit right about now:
First up some glitchy electro filth with I like my voice by Sirusmo which you can buy here
Next up in the progressive end of the spectrum I really like Life Pulse by DJ Style
Whenever I hear Apparat I want to move to Berlin. Also worth mentioning, the German lable BPitch Control - who he is signed to also have LOADs of really interesting music. Try AAREA NEGROT. Anyway, this next track is Cheap Thrills by Apparat which you can buy here
Actually, while we're on the topic of awesome german musicians called Apparat - I love this collaborative effort he did with Ellen Allien: This is quite a good video by Marco Testoni
Ellen Allien has produced some fantastico mix tapes over at percussionlab (which I don't mind saying is where I find a LOT of fresh artists these days)
So it's been a while since the last Noise Ban night. After munching on a bunch of crap from some venues earlier in the year the Noise Ban guys have been off doing various un-Noise Ban things like trying to get a book published, DJing at other peoples nights, attempting to produce music and playing Nintendo Wii.
The time has come for the guys to reunite and put on another night for the good of all man kind. We haven't confirmed the date so I can't say much at the moment, but there will be another smooth, sweaty, sensual and shocking night of noises being banned very soon.
Expect to hear all types of electronic and um, non-electronic music at the next NB, we'll be playing disco, reggae, house, electro, hip-hop, trip-hop, house-hip and flip-flop.
DJ Propolis has given us a sneaky look at his mix "Swollen Banks". Its a tour of global summer sounds, taking in hip-hop, dubstep, soul and all kinds of electronic wobbles and beats. Propolis weaved it together sitting on the floor of a Canadian forest with his own smooth trip-hop style, Noiseban present it here as a UK exclusive:
DJ Propolis - Swollen Banks
(I'll put the set list up here, when he sends it to me)
