Uncomfortable Noises Vol. 3

Uncomfortable Noises, Vol. 3

1. Days Are Years / Blue Sky Black Death
2. Terrapin / Bonobo
3. 기억 ft. Tablo (Rap Mix ver.) / Younha
4. Pops Said (Nicolay Remix) / Panacea
5. Canto De Ossanha / Jurrasic 5
6. With Light There Is Hope / Princess One Point Five
7. Myself In You ft. Mike James (Michitaro from Cradle Orchestra Remix) / Move.Meant
8. Airchop / Robot Love
9. Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Remix) / Jamie Woon
10. Confidence / Deep Sea Diver
11. Faking The Books / Lali Puna
12. Blink of an Eye / Lightheaded
13. Pale White / Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright
14. Without Much Sleep / Heiruspecs
(Blue-Aaron, Green-Caroline, Red-Amy)

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"Latyrx" by Latyrx

Simian Mobile Disco

Simian Mobile Disco's (somewhat recent) release of "Synthesise" just made my day. :) To accompany the song? Amajing video. Anyway, it was a lot of fun to go back and listen to their debut album "Attack Decay Sustain Relase", so hereto it is attached! I daresay, it just might be enough to pull me back into the realm of EEEELECTRO (success)... A little bit about them:

Simian Mobile Disco are an English production and remix team. Formed from the ashes of Simian in 2005, they are comprised of members James Ellis Ford and James Anthony Shaw. SMD have released a number of low profile singles, such as "The Count" on Kitsuné Music, but arguably have gained more fame for their remixes of pieces by artists such as Klaxons, The Go! Team, Air and others. Musically, they are known for heavily stylised tracks - often with minimal instrumentation - that associate themselves with a particular hook repeated throughout the track. Breakdowns often consist of noise, drums, synths, and vocals.

Have a wonderful weekend, tout le monde.

Keirin

This is an incredible commercial.

Besides providing a wonderful look at life in Tokyo, it shows that the real beauty of "standardized" culture such as that of the Japanese is how each individual chooses to break from it. The is a real sense of passion that comes with the escape, and that's something you don't see very often over here where individuality is no longer an achievement but instead the norm.

Maybe this is why everything I obsess over has already been obsessed over, and more strongly so, by the Japanese...

And don't even get me started in Keirin bikes. That's another post for another day.

(Sorry for breaking the layout, btw.)

:O

The singer on Epik High's "Fallin'" is Jo YeJin from Lucite Tokki?!?!?!?!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
brainsplode!!!

Uncomfortable Noises, Vol. 2

Uncomfortable Noises, Vol. 2

Tracklisting:
1. Pentatones - Hidden
2. Mogwai - I Know You Are But What Am I?
3. Kings of Convenience - Misread
4. Spangle Call Lilli Line - Sugar
5. Exile - Love Line
6. Uzi and Ari - Maher Shalai-Hash-Baz
7. Tete - A la Faveur de l'Automne
8. Sebastien Tellier - L'amour et la Violence
9. Blue Scholars - Ordinary Guys
10. Kibaco 木箱 - メスメル
11. Noel Gourdin - The River
12. Glue - Early Morning Silence

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Caroline's got the odd-numbered tracks and I've got evens.

It's Dilla Month!

Hi friends,

A bit late with this, but too good to not share. :) Voici the instrumental version of Yancey Boys (J Dilla and his brother, Illa J).





Some things of interest:
Silly NPR Segment
Obey Prints

Happy listening!

Mono, The Appleseed Cast

Big day big day! Two huge albums were just leaked in the strange world of post-rock! I have yet to listen to them but I'll be doing so all weekend. Some bios:

MONO are a post-rock group from Tokyo, Japan. The songs, all of which are instrumental, are usually focused on layered guitar melodies. Strings and pianos are also prominently featured in some songs. MONO are known for their powerful live shows and their complex guitar work.

The Appleseed Cast is an indie post-rock band based in Lawrence, Kansas, currently comprised of singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci, guitarist aaron pillar, bassist Marc Young and drummer Aaron Coker. The band’s predominately guitar-based music has gradually evolved in a relatively short space of time (arguably due to a combination of line-up changes and natural musical progression) from intense, heavy emo indebted to such acts as Mineral and Sunny Day Real Estate to a unique “post-rock” sound hinging on inventive, intricate drumming, subtle guitar arpeggios and impassioned vocals.

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Cheers and enjoy the weekend!

About: Common Market

Common Market is almost single-handedly responsible for dragging me into my obsession with Jazzy Hip-Hop, and seem to be criminally ignored for how incredible their music is. Common Market is a duo from Seattle, Washington made up of RA Scion and Sabzi, also of Blue Scholars (one of Caroline's favorites!). Sabzi's instrumentals almost define what I look for in good hip-hop, at the same time hard-hitting and melodious, always varied, and never with a hint of overproduction. Scion as the MC is, dare I say it, flawless. I'll never forget the first time I heard 'Certitude' on the bus; absolute hip-hop perfection. Listen and enjoy!

Common Market - Certitude ft. Chev


Common Market - Tobacco Road

Winter

Winter was wonderful this year!
Tokyo was wonderful too. Pictures are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shinchrono/ although really, if you're here right now you probably already know that.
Time to pack...and back to Baltimore in the morning.
Good bye home!

Uncomfortable Noises, Vol. 1

Tracklist:

1. Hello World / Miaou
2. 선인장 / Casker
3. White / Eternal Morning
4. freddieBoi / Apple Juice Kid
5. Work That! (feat. Pharrell & Chris Brown) / Teriyaki Boyz
6. Still Got Love / Awon
7. Komponent (Telefon Tel Aviv Remix) ft. Raz Ohara / Apparat
8. Universal Traveller / Air
9. Stay With Me (feat. Tiombe Lockhart) (Waajeed vs. DJ Topspin Remix) / PPP
10. Heart ft. Substantial / Kenichiro Nishihara
11. Alice / Kenmochi Hidefumi
12. 봄봄봄 (Spring) / Lucite Rabbit 루싸이트 토끼

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