Currently browsing tag

music

Kleptomania

I love mashups. Ever since a producer called Danger Mouse took (in his own words) “a very white thing and a very black thing” to create the Grey Album, I’m amazed how combining two or more songs, samples or snippets can create a new experience that sheds a new light …

Songs of 2009

Best songs of 2009. For some reason, 35. Youtube links where available. Massive Attack – Splitting the Atom Dark, soulful hip-hop. Horace Andy at his best. Animal Collective – My Girls Trippy synths, but the melody just keeps on sticking. The Kleptones – Voodoo Sabotage A mashup of two epic …

Heligoland

The new Massive Attack album titled Heligoland will be released on the 8th of february 2010. Lovely artwork, I hope the songs they played live on tour last month, like the epic Marakesh and the beautiful Red Light, are on there somewhere, renamed …

Mezzanine

I’ve been planning on reviewing some of the records which changed my way of listening to music. You could say they have set new bars to compare to or opened an unkown section of the musical spectrum for me. Today: Mezzanine by Massive Attack. Released in 1998, this is considered …

2008 in music

2008 in music retrospective. I take on the albums I liked, I take down the ones I didn’t like. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid How many fantastic records does a band have to put out to receive the acclaim they deserve? In Elbow’s case, the answer is four, over …

Summermuxtape !

Since the excellent muxtape.com was taken down by the RIAA yesterday, I thought it was a good time to post some of my favorite summer tunes: Tricky – Veronika Probably the best track on his newest album, which is worth listening too. It’s a return to his trip-hop roots, and …

Unfinished Robbery

Hoping to see them this wednesday at the Lokerse Feesten (update: I missed them, bummer !), I thought this was the right time to release a remix I’ve been wrestling with during the last months. Danny The Dog (international title: Unleashed) was a mediocre thriller by Luc Besson (Taxi, The …