The honour of
Fabric’s first proper artist album release has fallen to Portugal’s
Buraka Som Sistema and their debut album Black Diamond. Their sound has been invariably described as electro ghettotech and Euro baile funk but in reality, it is rooted in Kudoro - a genre which is thriving in Lisbon’s suburbs but was born in Angola. It shares tone and rhythm with that break-off track from earlier in the year
DJ Mujava’s ‘Township Funk’. The album, Black Diamond is well worth a look if these tunes (one featuring the “retired” M.I.A and another Pongolove) take your fancy.
Buraka Som Sistema ft M.I.A - ‘Sound of Kuduro’
Buraka Som Sistema - ‘Kalemba (Wegue-Wegue)’
http://www.myspace.com/burakasomsistema
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Missed this last night due to
Neon Neon-ness.
Victoria Hesketh forgoes her Monome box for a solo, stripped-down keyboard performance.
If you like this try:
Battles - “Atlas” on Jools Holland...
I’m going to let the tunes do the talking on our twentieth podcast. This one will put some bubbles in your bath.
Aoife is the voice as ever.
nialler9 Podcast #20 (MP3)
Podcast #20 -Tracklisting
School Of Seven Bells - Prince Of Peace [
Alpinisms]
Grampall Jookabox - Black Girls [
Ropechain]
Cashier no.9 - 42 West Avenue [
Single]
Bjork - Dull Flame of Desire (Modeselektor ‘For Girls’ Remix) [
Dull Flame of Desire]
Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream (
Neon Neon Mix) [
Walking On A Dream]
SKEW - In Other Words [
Skew]
Chairlift - Planet Health [
Does You Inspire You]
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened [
Microcastle]
The Octopus Project - I Saw The Bright Shinies [
Hello, Avalanche]
Reefer - Crony Island (feat. Busdriver) [
Reefer]
Friendly Fires...
In
Podcasts,
Electronic,
Au Revoir Simone,
Bjork,
Deerhunter,
Radioclit,
School of Seven Bells,
Cashier no.9,
Chairlift,
Empire of the Sun,
Esau Mwamawaya,
friendly fires,
Grampall Jookabox,
reefer,
Skew,
The Octopus Project,
the very best,
Dance
Best video for the best song on the
Ladyhawke album (which has six brilliant songs and seven average songs). The vid takes its cue from the watercolour album
artwork....
I finally got around to listening to the Friendly Fires album and I’m enjoying quite a lot. My initial judgement was coloured by a performance on BBC where I was blinded by the lead singer’s moccasins / short-fitted trouser combo. Unlike the footwear, their music is an adaptable, seductive beast inspired by ’80s synth pop and funky dance music. It kinda reminds me of Foals do disco and that’s a lovely thing.
Jape has been touring with these guys in the UK (who was great last night in the Button Factory by the way) and they have remixed ‘Strike Me Down’ into a 6 minute ambient percussive tune. A good match for each other I’d say.
Friendly Fires - Jump in the Pool
Friendly Fires - In The Hospital
Jape - Strike Me Down (Friendly Fires Remix)...
In an effort to shine a light on the unknown artists and songs that pass through the mailbox of a music blogger, this semi-regular series will pick the artists most deserving of attention from nialler9 readers.
Simon Hayes - Red Rum Live set (RAR file)
Simon Hayes from Statis sent on a link to his recent live set from Red Rum. Check out the tracklisting. More here. Statis are bringing over Black Dog on September 26th.
Celtic Underground Session 2
Free mixtape download of hip-hop from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Features Correkt Minds, DJ Flip,The Matchstick Men and Jee4ce who seems to have put this together. Download as separate tracks.
Jim Harte - Across The Line
Belfast-based DJ and resident at Shine / Stiff Kitten Jim Harte shared a DJ mix with us which was first heard on BBC Radio...
This is the soundtrack to your weekend. Whether that is driving down to the Picnic or ignoring the crowds and finding fun elsewhere, this is the upbeat podcast to have at your disposal. Aoife presents.
nialler9 Podcast #18 - August 2008 (MP3)
Podcast #18 -Tracklisting
The Human League - Love Action [Dare]
Roots Manuva - Do Nah Bodda Mi [Slime and Reason]
The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Dust Brothers Remix) [More Music For The Jilted Generation]
LadyHawke - Paris is Burning [Ladyhawke]
Herve & A-Trak feat Cadence Weapon - Roll With The Winners [Free CD with Mixmag]
You’re Only Massive - Booty [Dot-Dash]
Little Boots - Stuck on Repeat [Little Boots Music]
TV On The Radio - Golden Age [Dear Science]
Dengue Fever - Seeing Hands [Venus on Earth]
Mercury Rev - Senses on Fire...
Which means I haven’t listened to Dig your Own Hole in just as long.
MP3: Chemical Brothers featuring Beth Orton - Where Do I......
Got the new Simian Mobile Disco remix album Sample and Hold today. I love the way it’s named after this. I’m not actually a huge fan of Attack Sustain Release but ‘Sleep Deprivation’ is great as is that remix they did for The Kills way back. Also their recent FabricLive mix (check out my interview with them) was something I never mentioned here but is also really good. It’s got Green Velvet on it so it has to be.
I’m liking some of the stuff I hear here though which includes remixes from Shit Robot, Pinch, Cosmo Vitelli and Silver Apples (which in itself is very random). There’s also a Chrome Hoof mix not on the promo which I’d really like to hear. Anyway, here’s a sample of the record, a remix of ‘Sleep Deprivation’ by...
If someone asked me what Flying Lotus sounds like, I would say head jams. Intense, precise, ambient, organic, electronic, beat-filled, groove-laden, mind-altering head jams.
Having criminally left his Los Angeles album on a pile for the last 6 weeks, I finally got around to giving it a proper spin. I loved his debut 1983 and the Reset EP from last year but this is on a whole other level. Where those releases were largely hip-hip rhythms, Los Angeles blurs the line between hip-hop, ambient, electronic and dubstep beats probably more suitably describe as soundscapes. But intense, precise, ambient, organic, electronic, beat-filled, groove-laden, mind-altering soundscapes, see?
Flying Lotus - Melt!
Flying Lotus - GNG BNG!
It’s no surprise that he did a Rinse FM mix with Kode 9 last...
David Holmes returns with a long time coming fourth solo album The Holy Pictures on September 8th. Recorded in Belfast about his life in Belfast, the four tunes on his new myspace page suggests promising things. The album features lyrics from Martin Rev of Suicide and appearances from Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins. You can also catch him at Electric Picnic.
Speaking of EP, for Twitter users - get updates on EP stuff as it happens from Ach go háirithe.
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Black Lights presents: Beach Boys remix album.
Ooh and this.. ‘A Milli’ video....
In an effort to shine a light on the unknown artists and songs that pass through the mailbox of a music blogger, this hopefully regular series will pick the MP3s most deserved of attention from nialler9 readers. Hey.. that’s you guys!
Vivian Girls - Tell The World
Looks like my plans to feature unknown artists exclusively has been scuppered already. The reason: 95% of the music I get sent is utter shite. There I said it. Most of it comes from across the Atlantic and usually it’s some twee band from Atlanta or Seattle and the press release uses the word “songwriting” as if it’s some futuristic concept. It all sounds the same. Soft indie rock trying to sound like Interpol or Sufjan or whatever’s cool right now. I still try to listen to everything I get...
This is the album that DJ Shadow should have made after The Private Press. It’s a throwaway comment sure but it helps go some way to explaining just what Alfred Darlington aka Daedelus has accomplished with, what looks like his tenth major release. The producer has finally made good on his long-evident promise with one of the best releases of the year. An electronica album at its core, Daedelus channels hip-hop, R&B rhythms and dubstep basslines to superb effect. The result is 15 tracks of polychromatic genius which bears plenty of repeated listens (which was the major problem with his previous releases). There are audio detours aplenty with some great use of archaic samples. The album is so good I had problems picking out which songs would accurately represent the work.
I...
Choose your price. Feed the Animals.
Let me know what you think in the comments, I’m still downloading......
First listen to the Esau Mwamwaya and Ezra (Vampire Weekend) collaboration ‘Warm Heart of Africa’ due to appear on Esau’s forthcoming album.
In a perfect world, this would be number one....
Ghislain Poirier - Check out his Bring the Fire mix.
Dj Halfdutch - Check out her State mix.
PCP - Recent PCP Radio show.
!Kaboogie @ Traffic, Abbey Street, 10 euro.
I’m going head down after The......
After trying his hand at being King Biscuit Time, former Beta Band singer Steve Mason is back with an electro project. The first single ‘It’s Real’ is awesome of course. The video for the track is produced by Jimmy Edgar.
For more Black......
There is a bookshop in Rathgar I pass occasionally. It has the opening hours marked on the door. Usually when I pass, it is a Sunday and the shop is closed. No Bernard Black hiding behind the curtain sneering at potential customers, just a simple, cute message printed on Sunday’s timetable - ‘Reading Time!’.
Similarly, Sunday is frequently ‘Listening Time’ in my house. I gather up all the demos, albums, digital files, vinyl (if I’m lucky) and spend a large part of the afternoon catching up with what I did not have time to listen to during the week. Yesterday afternoon, I picked out a slew of tunes for this April’s podcast to be recorded this week when there is time. I still have an inbox stuffed with about 120 emails I haven’t read yet.
My...
This was prompted by the rather wonderful new M83 track ‘Kim & Jessie’ which was obviously directly inspired by all things adolescent and 1980s. There’s been a bit of a non-ironic 80s revival going on lately with stuff like Neon Neon par example. Before that we had Donnie Darko and its distinctive soundtrack which is referenced on the Saturdays=Youth cover art along with The Breakfast Club.
Whether your cheese of choice is Rico Mambo, ‘Live to Win‘, ‘We Built this City‘, A Flock of Seagulls, ‘Don’t You Forget About About Me‘ or Final Countdown, spill your guts in the comments - What are your favourite cheesy 80s songs?
Here’s one to get you started along with the inspiration for the post..
M83 - Kim & Jessie...
By the skin of our teeth, we finally got the March Podcast done. A couple remixes here from Boards of Canada and XXXChange, a MGMT/Lil Kim mashup, new tunes from Outkast, Chemical Brothers featuring Spank Rock, El Guincho, Crystal Castles and Envelopes. We dedicate this podcast to Paul Watson (Write code, Get money). Aoife presents as always.
Holler in the comments about your favourite/least favourite tracks.
Podcast #13 - March 08
Crystal Castles - Untrust Us [Crystal Castles]
El Guincho - Palise [Alegranza!]
Santogold - L.e.s Artistes (XXXChange remix) [Santogold]
Outkast feat. Raekwon - Royal Flush [Forthcoming Big Boi solo album ]
The Chemical Brothers feat. Spank Rock - Keep my Composure [Heroes Soundtrack]
Bong-Ra - 666MPH [Bikini Bandits Kill Kill Kill]
ABX -Can you hear my...
In
Boards of Canada,
Jamie Lidell,
Bong-Ra,
envelopes,
Santogold,
crystal castles,
MGMT,
Why?,
Robotnik,
El Guincho,
Joanna Newson,
Lil' Kim,
Outkast,
Music,
Chemical Brothers,
Remix,
Indie,
Podcasts,
Electronic,
Dance
Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit vinyl artwork
It took us a while to get around to this one with everything going on but the tunes below are representative of what I’ve been listening to for the last month. Most importantly, they are still getting played. Think of it as a snapshot of February. Thanks to Aoife for presenting.
Podcast #12 - February 08
Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band - X-Ray [X-Ray Spirit]
Amplive feat. Del The Funkee Homosapien - Videotapez [Rainydayz Remixes]
Cadence Weapon - Gettin’ Dumb [Afterparty Babies]
Neon Neon - I Lust You [Stainless Style]
Foals - Olympic Airwaves [Antidotes]
Waiting Room - Denis [Roughage: Road Relish Compilation]
The Jimmy Cake -Jetta’s Palace [Spectre & Crown ]
Clark - New Year Storm [Turning...
In
Neon Neon,
Cadence Weapon,
The Jimmy Cake,
nialler9,
Foals,
Amplive,
Snake & Jet,
Storkboy Choons,
Vampire Weekend,
Rock / Alternative,
Music,
Hip Hop,
Irish,
Remix,
Podcasts,
Electronic,
Dance
The best place in town for a few pints of Buckfast and an electro knees-up in a pub is celebrating its first birthday. Neon Love is happening tomorrow night (Thursday) from 8pm in the Bernard Shaw and it’s FREE. Guests are the neon-like R&B divas The Real Heat from London who rock it like this:......
Or Yet Another Paper Planes Remix
Pedro alerted me to this DFA remix of “Paper Planes” after my Holy Fuck remix post earlier this month. I’ve since dug up with full-length version of it which will feature on Paper Planes: Homeland Security Remixes which also includes remixes by Afrikan Boy & Rye Rye, Big Bun & Rich Boy, Scottie B and a DJ Eli remix of “Bamboo Banger”. The Holy Fuck remix doesn’t feature, neither does the recent Adrock Beasties remix though.
This is another superb reworking as you’d expect from Murphy and Goldsworthy.
MP3
MIA - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
Buy the EP from iTunes /eMusic / Amazon......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUZCV95SCXE
The original was kinda cheesy to begin with but this video has gorgonzola on a platter for me now. It reminds me of those mid-90’s hi-NRG dance numbers that came out of the US which were totally suspect then, except updated for ‘08: hipster DJs in hipster baseball caps, Kid Sister rapping instead of an R’n'B singer giving it socks, zeitgeist-friendly neon graphics, dance-offs and a general novelty vibe. Kid Sister comes across as eminently likeable all the same. Still it kinda reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axaWUAn82Fo...
Earlier last week, it was reported that Justice had a mix rejected from the Fabric series. The reason seems to be because of its short length. The mix has been made available at Urb and is quite an eclectic one all-round. Recommended.
Tracklisting
01 Sparks – Tryouts For The Human Race – Virgin
02 Rondo Veneziano – La Serenissima - Universal
03 Goblin – Tenebrae - Cinevox
04 Daft Punk – Ouverture - Virgin
05 Surkin – Next Of Kin – Institubes
06 Symbolone – Love Juice - SymbolOne
07 Korgis – Everybodys Gotta Learn Sometimes – Angel Air
08 Midnight Juggernauts – Ending Of An Era – Mindight Juggernauts
09 The Paradise Ft Romauld – In Love With You – Vulture
10 Justice – TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY (Acapella) – Ed Banger
11 Chic – Everybody Dance – Atlantic
12...
My laptop’s Christmas present from me was an impolite wine spillage on the keyboard resulting in a tedious copy and paste requirement job for some letters of the alphabet. So I will keep this in a brief list format. After this, I’m done with 2007 and making lists for another year. Thanks to all the readers and those who left comments, downloaded the podcast and got into the music. 2008 is going to be an interesting year….......
A few of us went to Seomra Spraoi on Friday night. There was a bit of a hooley going on with the Alphabetset heads and Radio na Life making most of the noise. Hats off to Sarsparilla, Fringe, Prince Kong, T-Woc, Wiggle, Johnny Alpha and A Force for providing the punters with some freakin awesome tunes through a satisfyingly bass-heavy system, and ultimately all at Seomra Spraoi for organising the bash in the first place - nuff respec. Needless to so though, members of an Gardai Siochana did arrive at around 3 or so to boot the door down and crack down on any fun being had - even though the music had already stopped and people were leaving. They just can’t help themselves I guess.
At one stage Fergal from Radio na Life was playing some class techno. I used to it listen to a lot, but...
I want those strip lights that Simian Mobile Disco are using. I want a full set like the Animal Collective last week. Are they even called strip lights? Anyone know? Anyway, seeing as it’s Friday here are some tunes for your weekend escapades.......
Listening to Holy Fuck can be confusing. It sounds like so much other music you’ve heard but something’s missing. That is because this Toronto band’s ethos is to make electronic-based music without the techniques that laptops could afford them such as looping, backing tracks, programming. They’ll employ all manner of lo-fi instruments to get the sound they want.
Despite their rubbish name and this seemingly limited ethos, they have made an exhilarating album in LP, which is the my standout album of the last month or so. Kicking it off with a recorded live track, you get the impression that Holy Fuck excel more live than on record but that doesn’t stop them coming up with some serious dance grooves.
October’s Podcast tune “Lovely Allen”...
Wow. There was no better way to kick off my invigorating temporary unemployment and the four night run of gigs this week (Modeselektor, MJEX/SEBP, 65 Days of Static and Animal Collective) than the absolute banger of a show last night from the German duo. Myself and Mike danced our Buckfast off with the most enthusiastic crowd I’ve seen in Dublin for quite some time. It helps that the Tivoli is a great venue for a wee dance and that Modeselektor were dropping great tune after great tune, hosing the crowd in champagne, buckets of ice and water. They even passed out their clutch of free beer to the front row, nice chaps they are.
The highlights for myself were “2000007″, “Weed wid da Macka”, the eruption when “Kill Bill no.4″ was played,...