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Gabriel & Dresden are back together!

Just so you guys know...

Did a mashup of their vocals and a Deadmau5 track for them a while back (out of a G&D withdrawal), and thank God they are back together.

Josh's listener friendly tech savvy and Dave's obvious knack for picking the most iconic melodies in dance music is what made them a dynamic duo the first time around, and I'm fairly sure that we can expect nothing less from them this time around. I have no doubt that given ample time in a studio, these two will produce some new-found gold for their dedicated fans.

To be completely honest, I'm beyond jealous of the constructive partnership that those two have found. Usually when I begin a music making venture with friends, there are too many personal goals that are at odds and everything ends in a passive-aggressive parting. Not true with the G&D. They obviously speak the same language and know what they want to accomplish.

Strange Talk :: Eskimo Boy

Loch Lomond :: Wax & Wire

Nine Inch Nails :: The Fragile

So Alessandro Cortini. What a musically talented and blessed individual. I've only just begun my trek back through the NIN catalog, but the tiniest bit I've heard of Alessandro on the internet leaves no doubt that he was (maybe still is??) a massive influence on the NIN/"Trent Reznor" sound. I've already posted the vimeo video of "Happy," but these next ones are just as melancholy and heart-wrenching as that one, coming out of only one Buchla synthesiser. Check it.

111108 from Alessandro Cortini on Vimeo.

For whatever reason, I haven't felt like writing anything here in a while. But here's a little nonsensical blog post to make sure I at least put one in for April.

But does it float? is a nice little art blog that I've been cruising around, via fffound. Here's a couple of my favorite images:

In other news, the new Zoot Woman album is pretty great. There's an even better version of "Lonely by Your Side" on it. Check it out here.

Also check out the Delorean remix of the Teenager's "Love No," re-posted from the music ninja.:

The Teenagers :: "Love No" (Delorean Remix)

Wrote up a little article about the first FUCK YESSS party coming up in April. Got a little love in the form of free music there too. Not 320s so don't get your hopes up! Check it out...

REMEDY.

I love the melody to this track, and this nice vocal remix is WIN.

On March 1st, New Young Pony Club released their second full length album entitled "The Optimist" and it's fucking groovy. They have thankfully evolved from their minimalist funky synth pop, which there was absolutely nothing wrong with, into something with a little more depth. "Lost a Girl" has been a bit of a personal anthem since it's release a couple months back, and the rest of this album does a pretty good job keeping up with it's hype.

I really wish there were more producers of dance music that didn't have the unfailing habit of turning great songs to shit. Here's a flow chart of what I think is going on here:

Attention given to some release. ----> Popular DJ/Producer expected to remix it yielding two possibilities. --1--> Said DJ/Producer turns a beautiful melody into a lifeless bouncing ball of noise completely disregarding the identity of the original piece. --2--> Said DJ/Producer lures you in with a little bit of the original's identity, then quickly abandons it, reverting to possibility one.

PRIME example. Tiesto & Sneaky Sound System (btw I want to shoot whoever decided it would be a good idea for SSS to collaborate with the Dutch dog molester himself. See video below.) Regardless, whoever wrote "I Will Be Here" has a pretty solid hit on their hands, and thankfully Mr. Wolfgang Gartner stepped in for Deadmau5 and salvaged its soul.

Thanks to former BT board member solarplexus7 for this work of art.

Here's Wolfgang Gartner's radio mix of "I Will Be Here." If you want to hear the others, you're gonna have to do it yourself. The Benassi one is alright, but this one is much more my taste.

La Blogotheque is who we have to thank for the realization of this amazing idea:

About the Take away shows: Every week, we invite an artist or a band to play in the streets, in a bar, a park, or even in a flat or in an elevator, and we film the whole session. Of course, what makes the beauty of it is all the little incidents, hesitations, and crazy stuff happening unexpectingly. Besides, we do not edit the videos so they look perfectly flawless, instead we keep the raw sound of the surroundings. Our goal is to try and capture instants, film the music just like it happens, without preparation, without tricks. Spontaneity is the keyword.

I remember when I was eleven or twelve years old and I would go on these boy scout trips with a couple of my nerdier friends (come on it's boy scouts). There was always this one kid's dad who would drive us and he insisted on only listening to the oldies radio station. I always hated it. I was listening to stuff like Nirvana and Silverchair, not this mellow nonsense that felt like it was rocking me to sleep.

Well needless to say I've matured a little bit. Not a whole lot, but enough to be able to put my mind in the slow lane every once and awhile and savor some pretty poignant and poetic music. The song "Excuses" is the first tune I've heard by The Morning Benders, but from the sounds of everybody else in the blogosphere they're a pretty classic act, and their new release, "Big Echo" is supposed to be all time. Plus this dude's voice is pretty iconic.

The Morning Benders :: Excuses

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