Posted by: James K Polk
- [51010719] Thu, Oct 14x, 2004, 18:50
The other thread was getting pretty lengthy.
Just wanted to point out one of the better Spokane bands I've had the pleasure of seeing, called The Side Project. They're getting ready to leave town, actually, and head for the big-time in Seattle. I would not at all be surprised if they got some pretty widespread attention. They do piano/acoustic/electronic stuff, and their singer has a truly incredible voice. The first time I heard it, I was ripping a CD for our music writer and I honestly could not believe that I was listening to a Spokane band. There are some mp3s here.
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nerveclinic
ID: 411352223 Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 04:25
This Kompakt compilation is loaded with good tracks but I particularly like the Michael Mayer/Reinhardt Voigt selection. (Mayer is playing in Seattle real soon)
On the same Comp the Superpitcher track is pretty cool.
Anyone else around here listening to music? Got Links?
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Sore Thumb
ID: 471552816 Mon, Feb 28, 2005, 17:57
for the metal fans out there the new High On Fire album is awesome.
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nerveclinic
ID: 92471221 Fri, Mar 18, 2005, 01:05
Taking the opportunity to BUTT the thread.
Here's a perfect example of Michael Meyer's Kompact sub label Speicher hitting the mark. Just released Speicher 27.
Unfortunately the mix 2 is the better track but this sound bite never gets to the meat of it. It's just like mix one but without the heavy reverb. I bought it two days ago and can't stop playing it.
If you want to hear the harder Kompakt tracks then what Meyer played on the radio show Zen linked to, click on this Kompakt Extra Link and listen to some of the tracks.
People often ask "who are The Dix?" These charismatic young men hail from soulful Compton, New York, home of the infamous "Booty Clap".
The Dix came onto the scene in 1957 as The Bangkoks with original members Orgynius, Peter O'Tool, Tro John, and John Handcock. The Bangkoks boasted a top ten hit called "Love Biscuit" which was the anthem of every blue lighted house party in 1962.
The Bangkoks reassembled as the Dix in 1965 with the addition of new group members Dik Gracin and the Jonsun Brothers thus creating a brand new sound that could only be described as "Orgasmic".
The Dix do more than just hit the spot, their cataclysmic rhythms and harmonies combined with their explosive dance moves makes The Dix one of the best groups to grace the recording industry.
Almost 40 years after the tragic break up of The Dix, hip-hop pioneer and musicologist Prince Paul (De La Soul, Handsome Boy Modeling School) unearths The Dix lost recording The Art of Picking Up Women via Mr. Len's Smacks Records.
With their sexy and tantalizing hit songs "Here Come The Dix" , "Tears In My Eyes (Dirty Girl)", and "I Luv U Girl", The Dix are back to give the biggest bang of their life. and yours too!
Baldwin: Nerve I'm curious on your take on this guy's list. I think he is really on my wavelength.
Have you heard the stuff on his list? I own about a third of what he's listed.
The Kompact label he discusses is the one owned by Michael Mayer who Zen just saw in Seattle. It's probably the label I am playing more then any other now and I own 20-30 12"'s
I own plenty of: Oliver Hacke, Adult (Although they are wearing on me of course this list is 2002) DFA and the Rapture (LCD Sound System is on DFA and I think they are about to explode. I am about to post their new song. Thomas Brinkmann Drexiya (One member p[assed away so they are no longer) Afuken
Then he loses me half way down the list.
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Baldwin
ID: 241292815 Thu, Apr 07, 2005, 14:46
Have I heard them? Everytime I find an internet source for streaming techno the site shuts down on me. I go a long time without paying much atttention to music and then I binge. I have been cooresponding [@ 10 e-mails] with El-Greeco who posted here earlier but the site I originally heard his stuff on, their files won't play on my computer anymore. I have no idea why. It's really pissing me off.
It would help me if you could tell me where you are getting your samples on the internet atm.
I don't know anything about techno music (and maybe I'm offbase calling what DJ Paul Edge does "techno"), but the Doors are my favorite band. I thought I'd throw this out there for nerve, Zen and Baldwin to listen to and let me know if this guy is any good or if he's just screwing around with some classics.
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nerveclinic
ID: 10351720 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 02:01
Knicksfan
Respect to the Doors. I think they are a great band also.
As far as what this guy is doing I guess it just comes down to whether or not you enjoy it. It's not my thing personally. It's not anything like the techno I talk about here. the first track is a trance track which I don't listen to.
I'm just not into the whole take old songs and turn them into techno routine so I guess I find it somewhat bogus personally.
I think the Doors are one of the most important bands in Rock history and they don't really need to be "redone" in this manner but again it's just my opinion.
How do you feel about it as a Doors fan?
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nerveclinic
ID: 10351720 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 02:22
This is too frickin' wierd.
Tell me this is not wierd.
I just get done writing the post 127 to Knicks about the Doors.
I realize I haven't posted the LCD Soundsystem song I mentioned in post 124.
While I am listening I think..."Those vocals sound just like Jim Morrison"
This is all within 5 minutes of my Doors post.
I think that really sounds like Jim Morrison.
I do a search of The Doors Fantastic LA and come up with this...
Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice Blood in my love in the terrible summer Bloody red sun of fantastic L.A. Which are the lyrics the vocalist is singing. The vocalist is Jim Morrison.
I like any remix of the Doors only because it introduces the band to new audiences. I like that this guy is not removing any part of the Doors' music or changing any lyrics (Snoop Dogg sampled Riders on the Storm recently and changed the line "actor out on loan" to "G without his chrome" lol). However, I don't think Paul Edge's remixes sound that great. All I hear is a dance beat added to the background. I know a ton of work went into making these tracks, but my untrained ear can't tell.
Side note...Jim's lyrics are actually "Bloody red sun of phantastic L.A.". Not a big deal...
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nerveclinic
ID: 10351720 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 02:36
Yeah I actually like the track (post 128) but of course it's done in a style I like.
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nerveclinic
ID: 10351720 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 02:40
It's just too weird (Spelled correctly this post) that I just happened to trip over that DFA track right after posting about the Doors...must be the Ghost of Morrison.
nerve
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nerveclinic
ID: 10351720 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 02:54
What a pain.
This is the only way I could get a link to "Your Cities a Sucker". It takes some work but I think it's worth it.
You have to go to the LCD Soundsystem home page here... LCD
The you have to click on Audio to the left which I can't link to. When the box opens you have to click on Enter then CD Two and then hit play on the bottom song, "Your Cities a Sucker".
Worth the effort I think.
Also listen to Beat Connection, Yeah and Losing my Edge and maybe you'll buy the CD.
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Boldwin
ID: 8347115 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 05:06
The only one I liked there was Yeah (pretentious version) which I liked ok
On the Paul Edge CD I liked Five to One and Riders on the Storm. I think that is perfectly valid music. I've never heard anyone do more to a song than that Dinah Washington song that was poular last year. Or was that just an earthshatteringly great song to begin with? Sure made me a Dinah Washington fan. [is you is or is you aint my baby]
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Seattle Zen
ID: 178161719 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 10:50
Knicksfan - 126
I am a huge Doors fan. I bought all their CD's when they were first released in the late 80's. I enjoyed the DJ Paul Edge tracks and his flash animation. The tracks are rather simple, but I liked them enough that I'm going to check him out when he comes to Seattle to kick off his tour. Thanks for the heads up.
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Boldwin
ID: 8347115 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 18:06
"I'm Mr Lonely" - Akon
Hey, it's fun, I didn't say it was a timeless classic. 8]
Zen - It's awesome to hear you're a big fan of the Doors. Definitely post your impressions of the show in Seattle, I'm thinking of checking it out if he comes around to NY. Anyway, you might find this post from the Doors message board interesting...
Hi Everyone,
This is Dante, I am label manager for RAD23, we are the people releasing these reworks.
Firstly each track has to be time stretched to fit a regular 4x4 rhythm. If you listen to the original pieces and try and count in time, you will see that as each track was played live, there is a rough time signature, but not consistent. Paul, apart from being a perfectionist, is also a huge Doors fan, most of us have been introduced to the Doors by Paul, as such, he felt that to do justice to the intricacy of the original pieces, such attention to detail needed to be made. He doesn`t work on a bar by bar basis, he has worked on a 256th of a bar. In a track like Riders for example, there were over 300 bars. This process tends to take about 2 weeks.
Secondly, as Paul said in his eflier, this is not about him, it is about the music of The Doors. The idea of this project is not to show off Paul`s abilities as a producer, what "tricks" he can do. It is about presenting the original music to the dancefloors of the world. Each rework has an additional 8 layers of rhythm and another 3 layers of synths or basslines etc. The point is not to drown out any of the original pieces. The fact that so much has been added yet it sounds to the trained ear that very little has been done means that Paul has achieved exactly what he set out to achieve with the project, namely to enhance the originals without detracting from them.
Thirdly, I have had the pleasure of being on a dancefloor with 2000 other people when Paul dropped NTTTE (Not to Touch The Earth) and Light My Fire. I have seen the concert scenes in the movie, but never really appreciated exactly the effect Doors music has on people. In fact, many of us here advised Paul against this project, apart from the fact that he was committing 8 months of his time on a labour of love, we didn`t have his vision about the power and relevance of the Doors music today. However I am the first to admit when I am wrong, and that night I saw 1999 people scream at the top of their voices when Ray Manzarek`s keyboard line kicked in (The LMF rework btw is over 7 mins long, Paul has added another 2 mins which obviously we can`t let you hear in a 1 min sample).
So, I don`t expect everyone to like the reworks, but be assured that before Paul even lets them go out, they have been played to knowledgable hardcore Doors fans (people who actually saw the band Live in 66 & 67), knowledgable dance music people and to try and belittle the quality of production is not very constructive. You are not going to get CD quality from a bitrate of 96. Each rework reflects the production qualities of the original, for something like Riders, the original is a beautiful piece of music, therefore what has been added enhances the genius in that track, for something like NTTTE, the original production was rough raw. The intention is not to sanitise music with power and energy through over-production.
Thats about it really, I just thought I would post, say hi etc. If you want to see these tracks work, we will be keeping everyone on this board informed about tour club dates.
Many thanks for all your feedback,
Regards
Dante www.djpauledge.com www.rad23.com
And here's a link to DJ Paul Edge's blog about the Doors Paul Edge Blog
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nerveclinic
ID: 3454230 Sat, May 28, 2005, 15:33
For those of you who are like me and haven't got the time of day for anything Moby releases, this may surprise you.
He's released a record that's the same "pop" stuff he's put out in recent years, nothing that interests me personally.
But he also released a separate 10" Ltd edition that has nothing in common with it. The tracks are called Mullholland and Bed. They are not on the full length.
I actually bought this 10" without realizing it was Moby until I got home. He doesn't list himself on the record except for a discrete link to his web address in hard to read print. It's obvious he didn't want the tech heads to pre judge.
Minimal techno with lush strings (The strings being the familiar Moby element, the techno being the twist.) I'm talking real techno here not the generic label applied to all dance music.
For any old school electronic fans here's the newest by the Orb.
Another example that not everyone burns out and can't stay current. The Orb hasn't made much noise in a while but this is a worthy track that I will march to the store this weekend and buy.
Once again on the Kompakt label which is riding on top of the world at the moment in techno land.
Motley Crue Dude
ID: 439372011 Wed, Aug 09, 2006, 08:42
Soul Asylum - The Silver Lining Renewed and revitalized, Soul Asylum founders Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy return to rock’s front line with THE SILVER LINING, their first new studio release since 1998’s Candy From a Stranger. That album inadvertently kicked off a seven-year recording sabbatical for the group, which telescoped into the death of bassist Karl Mueller in June 2005, the other founding member of the triumvirate that has steered Soul Asylum through rock’s white water for the past two decades plus.
The re-emergence of the group on THE SILVER LINING is as much a reaffirmation of Soul Asylum’s commitment to the music as it is a dedication to Karl, who worked and played on the album right up until the end. They were joined in the studio by not-so-new heavyweight Minneapolis drummer Michael Bland (who has played with everyone from Paul Westerberg to Prince). The band is now complemented by Tommy Stinson on bass, a member of fellow Twin Cities band the Replacements since age 13, and a pal of Dan’s since he was in high school and Tommy in junior high. Tommy was the only friend that Karl could endorse to replace himself in the band. This hard-driving lineup was introduced for the first time in October 2005, when they played sold-out showcase dates at First Avenue in Minneapolis and the Bowery Ballroom in New York within three days.
If you remember Soul Asylum from the days when they were big and you liked them then, you'll like this album. There are lots of different sounds to choose from among it's songs, but overall it sounds very good. It lacks lyrical depth in some spots, but I am willing to overlook that due to the sweet wave of nostalgia it provides for me.
Welcome back, Soul Asylum. I missed you.
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nerveclinic
ID: 10526140 Tue, Aug 22, 2006, 03:05
This just came out on a fairly (In the electronic world) "Mainstream" label Mute.
I'm finding some really good music that I haven't heard before as well as finally finding the names and artists to songs I heard for years but just forgotten about.
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biliruben
ID: 535193010 Fri, Aug 25, 2006, 00:05
Saw Wolf Parade the other night. Put on a great show.
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nerveclinic
ID: 10526140 Fri, Aug 25, 2006, 20:30
C.SuperFreak
I've been using Pandora for a while now, it's cool, but at the same time I have issues with it.
You give it an artist who's style you like and it keeps throwing stuff at you that has nothing to do with that artist.
It doesn't matter that everytime I give thumbs down to a trance track, they keep throwing trance at me.
I assume they are getting paid off to play certain tracks because it should be pretty clear to them by now what i don't like.
I get tired of constantly stopping what I am doing and flipping it back to the screen to hit thumbs down.
It's a cool idea though, I hope they eventually get it right.
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Boxman
ID: 25717255 Sun, Aug 27, 2006, 16:32
I bought the Los Lonely Boys: Sacred album based on the recommendation of my tattoo artist. Highly recommended. They are excellent.
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Seattle Zen
ID: 46315247 Wed, Sep 06, 2006, 00:51
Nerve
Just want to encourage you to keep posting cool tracks on this thread. I spent a good portion last night listening to the suggestions you made and really like most of them, I recognize quite a few, actually.
One thing you should keep in mind is how different your music perspective is from the casual listener. You are a DJ and your search for tracks to use during sets differs from the rest of us who might like all of these tracks, but not nearly as much as listening to a set put together by a great DJ, like MITH's post 111. Personally, I love listening to KEXP.com's show Expansions. We are both fond of Masa, one of the three rotating DJ's who hosts the three hour show Sunday nights. Masa plays a lot of the tracks Nerve loves and blends them into a seemless bliss. I'm also very fond of Kid Hops and his drum & bass sets.
You can listen to the last two shows On Demand at the website here, but if you are a real fan, I recommend you buy Total Recorder which will record the show onto your hardrive. I listen to old shows regularly and don't get bored. The sound quality is top shelf.
Nerve, do you know of any other web broadcasts of excellent dj sets? Or someplace that hosts mp3's of sets?
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nerveclinic
ID: 10526140 Wed, Sep 06, 2006, 01:45
Zen I agree 1000 percent about Masa and company at KEXP Expansions.
I also think that a talented DJ expands the value of the tracks he's playing.
I don't have a favorite site for mixes but I sense they are popping up all over. I'm constantly directed by people to sites with 70 minute DJ mixes for free. Obviously these sets are all over the place including sites like soulseek.
Then you get sites like Kontrol's here in San Fran where they offer various mixed sets...