Wednesday 22 May 2013

Indiana

The sun is shining. I finally got this ridiculous deadline off my back.

Flowers and paint.
Birthday surprises.

And looking forward to going home to the spring sun. Looking forward to the days coming up. A little rush of adrenaline. A little bit of nerves.

A sense of epicness. And still a little rough around the edges. Welcome Indiana The Girl of Nottingham. She says 'I wanna hurt you just for fun'. That thought makes me smile a little.

A phat baseline and an infectious voice - this is Smoking Gun



And a completely different vibe to Animal. With a long drawn out semi silent intro and a lazy bassline and vocals that are a cross between Everything But The Girl and Kate Nash, Indiana flickers her brilliance in a doom electronica hype - 'Father's hold their daughters, I will hold myself instead'. My street. Yeah. Up it.


Tuesday 21 May 2013

Soul

I'm not going to throw it all away. You've got a little soul in you. And you cry.

Freddie Dickson represents the silent sufferer in all of us. Resilience, strength, the soul.



Monday 20 May 2013

Beautiful

It's been manic the last ten days or so. Started off this course at Oxford, which I've already managed to fall behind on. I have coursework to mark coming out of my eyes. One of my best mates is getting married in a week. And my sister is getting married three days later. Forgive me for my lack of posting.

I feel like I wanna share about a million tracks with you. But that would be overkill. So as I do quite often, I will play you something which best represents my current mood.

A beautiful night last night with friends. Celebrating. Enjoying. Looking forward. This doesnt even sound like me. But it was. And then the harshness of reality came rushing back today. Exams, coursework, stress. Life.

To escape a little, I fully recommend this beautiful remix by Skit. Those two words don't feel right next to each other. Beautiful. Remix. But try it. And tell me different...

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Hiatus

Things around us are always temporary. They never last. Our institutions of hope, of love and of joy don't last. I want today to end. And I want to wake up to something different.

Morning sun rising. Cold air. But warm too. Droplets of dew. And a gust of spring sunshine. And then that beat and percussions at 1.04. A kinda hopeful eargasmic version of 'Walking on the air' - but grown up. And sure of itself. This is Parklands.

Londoner Cyrus Sharad is a genius. Then theres Kirtanaya's Indian humming vocals. A softness that takes you in to the curl of her sways of 'sitaram' - building up to a levitating outro which unfortunately ends. I would have been happy for this to carry on. I feel like I have been on a journey. I feel like I have been on a Hiatus. I want more.

Monday 13 May 2013

Weirdness

Was a very weird weekend. I have so much work from work to do, and I did none of it over the weekend. Instead we launched our new space in L-town. And then had a part. Then made an announcement. Then partied some more. Then didnt sleep. Then had meetings. High.

I start my masters course today, at Oxford. Daunting.  My sister is getting married in two weeks. I miss her already. I feel weird.

I dont wanna play no games no more. Im just about sick of it all. Sounds just about right. Click the image below to hear the amazing Freddie Dickson's latest track, released earlier today. A moody number. A hopeless number. A brilliant number. The End.


Thursday 9 May 2013

We Are The Wild Ones

The past few weeks at work for me have been a bit shitty to be honest. Its time to move on. I' feel I have got too comfortable and need a new challenge. And saying all this, I feel under intense pressue, from every direction. I had a run in with an idiot this afternoon too. Too often in life those who do shit seem to comment most.

Basically, it's pretty dark over here at the moment. Perhaps the reason for my song choice today. Its determined. Its defiant. Its a bit self destructive. Its a bit New Order. Its why I like it. We Are The Wild Ones, We Are The Lost Souls. Welcome Nina. Even with your double //.

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Reconsider

My weekend, was certainly eventful. I broke my car. I broke my back. And then there was Syntheties - Kirk Spencer and Law playing live blew me away. The sun was out. Too many things have gone wrong this past week and Syntheties was a good break away from it all. But back to wrongness.

In desperate need of a fix of something dreamwavey - I turned to The xx - obviously. And then I suddenly remembered something that I thought would be rude not to share with you. Think slow motion repetitive circles with your arms in the air. Remember, slow motion. Cronos mashes up an already brilliant song and adds an extra element of airiness, a bit of echo, and a more prominent beat. Reconsider.




Thursday 2 May 2013

Big Guns

Sorry for my lack of posting. Forgive me. Been a bit distracted with caring for the world.

Anyhow, yesterday I was in two minds whether to post or not. Mainly because two in my humble opinion big guns both released some new material. Split between them and adding a little April playlist for you, I whimpered into silence. But today, I'm back with a bang. Two Big Guns. A bonus. And a playlist. Yeah!

IYES - Daddy (demo)
Man if this is what a demo sounds like, I'd love to hear a jam session. And then a single. And then an album. Salivating. On Tuesday a bizzarely brilliant trailer vid came for this. And then this. Baseline which judders your ears. And some pretty madness electronic stuff on top. Hardly any vocals, but why bother when you have magic like this. The whole strip down from 4 mins in to the reintroduction at 5 mins just makes this more impressive. These guys are gonna be massive. And I love them. And you will too.




Wolf Alice - Every Cloud
Apparently this is meant to be a B side to Bros. Bros was pretty amazing. But this aint bad either.  This is like the most beautiful antithesis of Bros. The lazy vocals and the ever present synth with all kinds of worldy sounds to complement it make this one for the road. Definitely. No street lights. Just you alone on a highway to nowhere. Your lights dipped to point at the road ahead. Winding roads. Reminiscing about things you could have done. And then feeling better that you didnt do them. And stopping to listen to the panpipey sound. In your drive. Switch your engine off.




BONUS - Stay Bless - Always
I don't know too much about these guys - they're from London, they do electronic music. And this is a great pop song. Eager to hear more material. You know that feeling of looking into nothingness and thinking about stuff that doesnt exist. I'm searching for my complete-ness. This is what this does. And does it very well. Dream a little dream with me.



And lastly - a playlist. Enjoy, this is a little compilation of my April faves :)