'Horizontal' is by Dinky (aka Alejandra Iglesias). Listen to/download it here. I first heard it in a compilation entitled, 'Get Lost,' and simply had to find out what it was. I love the way it builds - positively mesmerizing.
Dinky is a Chilean-born DJ and music producer currently residing in Berlin. Classically trained in ballet, she spent something like 7 years in New York at one point in her life. I'm a bit jealous of her life trajectory...
She played the other night with Matthew Styles at a club called La Feria in Santiago... ugh, I would have killed to have been there. Thomas and Pablo were able to meet her in person. 'Ella es una persona amorosa,' me dicen, meaning she's lovely.
I posted this clip on Facebook the other day. I sporadically tend to post something Matthew Dear related every few weeks... I can't help it. I love him as an artist and DJ. ANDDDD he's going to be here. Yes, here. In Austin. Next Friday. Check it and come with? Matthew has run with a variety of pseudonyms - each one a different manipulation of his talents, including Audion, False, and Jabberjaw. If you want to delve into him, I would recommend starting with 'Asa Breed' by Matthew Dear, one of my all time favorite albums. It would make great Sunday night, beginning of spring break listening :)
'Deserter' tops my Last.fm charts. Need I say more? An infidel for committments... this song provides a tagline for my blog. Oh the revelations! How they abound!
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From music we segway to film. Logical.
I rather like Almodovar, and I'm looking forward to seeing this. Within please find 7 'Exclusive!' scenes from'Abrazos Rotos,' or 'Broken Embraces' (the working title in English). It's film noir and Penelope Cruz!
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Last but not least ... I want this tunic. And why not?
It's Urban Outfitters & not terribly expensive. I need new clothes! It seems like I'm always rocking the standard v-neck/skinny jean combo. It's getting a little tiresome.
'In the Morning' by Junior Boys, off their spectacular album 'So This Is Goodbye.'
Because it's Wednesday night, and I'm now liberated from all mundane activities pertaining to college, why not post about the new Junior Boys album?! Yes, I knew you were thinking exactly the same thing.
Junior Boys was yet another one of those defining groups of summer 2008 for me. I was beyond ready to move to Santiago and beyond over the drama/b-school/bullshit holding me back in Austin. Suffice it to say, both 'Last Exit' and 'So This Is Goodbye' hold dear places in my heart. Some of my favorite tracks being 'High Come Down', 'Teach Me How to Fight', 'Under the Sun', 'In the Morning', 'Like a Child', and 'The Equalizer' (not necessarily in that order).
I'm just breaking into their new release (which isn't actually out just yet) entitled 'Begone Dull Care.' Check out this stellar review off Obscure Sound, a music blog that I recently discovered. Also check this. It's an animation by Norman McLaren painted directly on film. Junior Boys was apparently inspired by his work.
'Parallel Lines' - first track off 'Begone Dull Sound.'
Enjoy :)
--- side note-
Kim and I watched 'Naked' earlier this evening. See trailer below.
It was one of my 2 for 1 picks at Vulcan this week. I think we're making a habit of renting on a regular basis. Escapism, an American pastime. God knows we need it. Solid, bizarre, twisted little flick.
Earlier this evening I pulled up some of the music I was listening to in high school. The Notwist, needless to say, came up. 'Consequence' was always one of my favorite Notwist tracks; it has meant different things to me over the years. It was love once, something I put on a mix cd for someone. Then it was heartache, debilitating heartache. Now it's just poignant, something to hear and perhaps reminisce to for a few minutes. It suits my mood right now - a bit uncertain what to think about things, how to feel, or how to act...
And so, my music selection for the week is neither new nor cutting edge. It's just an unconscious, confused memory I wanted to share with you.
--- Everyone always asks me - what is house music? What's the difference between minimal, minimal techno, microhouse, and techno? I struggle to answer these questions. There are a great many shades of gray in the dissection of all these layers. I just run with what I like :) but to give you a brief run down on the genre of music that has captured my heart, I have pulled some info off Wikipedia and uploaded a piece entitled 'Feelin' House' by Brothers' Vibe. It fits the theme of this entry PERFECTLY.
Click here to listen and/or download. If you like it, support the artist and buy it!
--- The Rundown
House Musicis a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was initially popularized in the mid-1980s discotheques catering to the African-American, Latino, and gay communities, first in Chicago, then in NYC, and Detroit. It eventually reached Europe before becoming infused in mainstream pop & dance music worldwide.
House music is strongly influenced by elements of soul and funk infused varieties of disco. It generally mimics disco's percussion, especially the use of a prominent bass drum on every beat, but may feature a prominent synthesizer bass line, electronic drums, electronic effects, funk and pop samples, and reverb- or delay-enhanced vocals.
Techno and trance, which developed alongside house music, share this basic beat infrastructure, but they usually eschew house's live-music-influenced feel and Black or Latin music influences in favor of a more synthetic sound and approach.
Microhousehas its roots in the minimal techno, glitch (both developed in the early 90's), and house (developed in the mid-80's) genres of music.
Like many contemporary electronic genres, microhouse has many influences, most notably techno and the "click and pop" garage house. It is aptly described as 'housey minimal techno' - a marriage of the funky and groovy backroom house elements with glitch and the driving, repetitive sound of techno.
**Some microhouse artists I love include: Aphex Twin, Arik Brikha, Gui Boratto, Isolée, Luciano, Matthew Dear, Michael Mayer, Ricardo Villalobos, and Superpitcher.
Minimal Technois a form of electronic music (EDM) that is considered a minimalist sub-genre of techno. It is characterized by a stripped-down aesthetic that exploits the use of repetition, and understated development. This style of dance music production generally adheres to the motto less is more; a principle that has been previously utilized, to great effect, in architecture, design, visual art, and Western art music. The tradition of minimalist aesthetics in Western culture can be traced to the German Bauhaus movement (1919 to 1933). Minimal techno is thought to have been originally developed in the early 1990s by Detroit based producers, Robert Hood and Daniel Bell.
--- Running along these same crazy house lines, I highlighted Gui Boratto (mentioned above, microhouse artist) in a post a few weeks ago in my Sunday night music series. A new album is out now entitled, 'Take My Breath Away'. I haven't listened through the entire thing yet, but I like what I've heard so far. How could I not? Gui is phenomenal.
This review describes his style spot on. His songs tend to build at a leisurely pace, but soon metamorphose into incredibly lush, beautiful, and complex compositions.
Here's the title track from his new album -
--- I also want to make mention of some entries I have planned for the near future. Despite looming business law and marketing tests, I'm sure I will find time to blog that would have been better spent studying. This blog has never been graced with a signature Kerouac entry. My livejournal (seriously, I had one?) and my previous blog, La Luz Roja, enjoyed frequent Kerouac side trips and quotes. In conjunction with this, I want to discuss interests in general. I feel, in a sense, overwhelmed by all that interests me and what there is to be had in terms of art, expression, and sound. There is one particular Kerouac quote that springs to mind.
I also want to broach silences and what it means to be completely comfortable with someone. I've brought up my perennial single-ness many a time, and I think my inability to let go and just give people a chance prevents me from realizing success at dating.
Lastly, I still want to revisit my travels in South America and would like to do an entry highlighting each country I visited, my experiences there, the people I met, etc.
So that's what you have to look forward to! Longest blog entry ever. Forgive me.
un besote! thank god tomorrow's finally friday... CUT COPY. oh my.
Yesterday Pablo made me aware that a new Calvin Harris single is out! And of course, as soon as I logged into hypemachine, there it was. It's trance-ish, funky, and I'm kind of digging it. I went through a Calvin Harris hyper-love phase last summer. The Girls, Acceptable in the 80s, This is the Industry... mmm dance music.
Look at what happened to poor Calvin last year. Gah. Apparently he was able to recover his work later though :)
I was supposed to see him do a set at Kubix in Santiago last semester, but he backed out last minute because of throat problems. That was disappointing.
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