Browsing Tag Music
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18 May 2012 at 10 : 00 AM
Civil Twilight – Teardrop #coverversion Friday
This week's Cover Version is courtesy of my friend Danille Moult who shared it with me a few weeks back. The song being covered is Massive Attack's classic 'Teardrop' from the 1998 album Mezzanine. I must admit that after hearing so many disappointing attempts, I didn't expect to find a Massive Attack cover that I actually enjoy. I'm a huge fan of the band ...
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17 May 2012 at 07 : 00 AM
Smoove & Turell – Without You – Tune Of The Week
Distorted, repititve piano befitting a Beatles record starts proceedings off on an approporaitely melachonic note. The big, bold and crunchy drums add tension, complemented by well spaced strings, so that when the Turrel's souldful vocal finally debuts, the sonic bed has been made, if you will. I don't think I should say too much about this release, you ...
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11 May 2012 at 07 : 36 AM
The Fugees – Killing Me Softly – #coverversion Fridays
It's Friday, which means it's time to dust of a classic track and throw in a modern interpretation. Except this time the interpretation is a classic in it's own right. And even the first famous version is a cover version... In 1973 Roberta Flack flack released "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and it (rightfully) took the Grammy for Record of the Year ...
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8 May 2012 at 07 : 00 AM
Fat Freddy’s Drop – Wandering Eye – Tune Of The Week
I have been fortunate in that I get exposed to large amounts of high quality music. Sometimes I forget that not everyone has been this lucky, and what might seem like an old track to me will still be fresh and wonderful to lots of others. With that in mind, this week's Tune Of The Week is a reggae/ ska/ sould number from my favourite New Zealand band, ...
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4 May 2012 at 10 : 13 AM
Questlove mix on Hot97 to commemorate 6 six years without J Dilla
?ueslove from the Roots says a few words on the 6th passing of Hip Hop legend J Dilla and lays down a throwback hip hop set that had my head nodding all the way through. Laced with Common, Slum Village, Busta Rhymes, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and, of course, lots of Dilla Donuts, this is one for the bookmarks. Tracklisting for the set is below 0:01 ...
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3 May 2012 at 10 : 57 AM
Electric Guest -This Head I Hold – Tune Of The Week
This week's tune snuck up on me. I've never heard of Electric Guest, had no clue they existed. Then, this morning while trolling the webs on my daily train commute, I caught a whiff of a new Danger Mouse project... [sws_blockquote quotestyles="style05" width="650" align="center"] It sort of sounds like what would happen if you put Benny Sings, ...
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20 March 2012 at 18 : 20 PM
The Wilhelm Scream – James Blake 8/10
I'm not entirely sure what it is about this song that I love so much. Is the sublime texture of the instruments? The chilled out vibe it puts out or James Blake's phenomenal, melancholic voice. This is a slow jam for the electro kids. The Wilhelm Scream is slow and sexy baby making music for the sine wave set. I don't know about my friends, all that I ...
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7 January 2012 at 10 : 45 AM
Black Sands – Bonobo – 8.5/10
Bonobo - Black Sands - 8.5/10 [xrr rating=8.5/10 imageset=tiny_star label="Album Rating:"] Genre: Ambient/ Chill Release Date: March 2010 Favourite tracks: Eyes Down (featuring Andreya Triana); 1009) The short version: Different from Bonobo's previous work in that is not heavily laced with horns and drum fills. A lot more sparse, almost Oriental. ...
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1 April 2011 at 09 : 05 AM
DJ Craze goes nuts with Traktor Scratch Pro 2. Proves he’s a muthaf*cking monster
I'm a huge Native Instruments fan boy, all the way from their VST instruments to their DJ kit. In the video below you can watch DJ Craze do his thing on the new Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Pro 2 system alongside the Native Instruments Mashine (which I've been drooling over). The performance proves (again) what's possible when the old school and the ...
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30 July 2010 at 16 : 56 PM
Songs on mainstream radio
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22 May 2010 at 13 : 50 PM
An old set I found
while I was cleaning up my laptop. I Am Not A DJ by lesterhein 01 Autumn Evening Breeze -Sound Providers 02 Weapon Of Choice - FatBoy Slim 03 Chali Tuna Coming Thru - DJ Numark 04 Riders On The Storm - Snoop Dogg and The Doors 05 This Ain't a Scene - Fall Out Boy 06 RE Definition - Black Star 07 Bug Powder Dust -Bomb The Bass It's quite a ...
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20 May 2010 at 01 : 59 AM
Kung Fu, This week’s new tune
Kung Fu by ...
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