Our weekly look into the blogosphere where we talk about six tracks we found out about in the previous Wednesday-to-Wednesday seven-day period.Track of the week:
‘This Girl’ by Tortoiseshell (Canyons dub)
I find Canyons a terribly, terribly strange band. Some of their stuff have me in hallelujah mode, while some songs seem unnecessarily longwinded. This is their dub of Tortoiseshell’s ‘This Girl’. And it quite works for me actually. It begins understated, yearning male vocals up front, and a lovely, lovely understated bass that goes with it. The bass stays, drums are added, and the vocals go up up up. And rightfully so, because the first time I heard that I was pretty impressed. I could probably live a day on that bass and vocal combination alone. I just love it when vocals do that, and good vocals are quite underrated me thinks. Definitely try and get to that chorus part and see whether it ticks your box, because if it does I think you’re in for a treat.
http://hypem.com/track/1135463/Tortoiseshell+-+This+Girl+Canyons+dub+
‘House’ by Fredrik Carlsson
You gotta love that Australia and Scandinavia are really churning out some really stellar electronical music. Scandinavia more Italo tinged, Australia is a bit more disco-ey. This one is a mixture of Italo and a bit of house I reckon. Dreamy, female vocals are on the forefront, and behind her throbs the song along with a nice mixture of bass, drums and synth, the latter sounding decidedly different in the chorus than during the verses. As said, bit Italo, also due to the vocals which certainly put a stamp on the song. Definitely dictates the atmosphere it does. I quite like this one actually, pretty catchy, I like how much up front the vocals are in the mix. You don’t quite see that enough in my opinion.
http://hypem.com/track/1139234/Fredrick+Carlsson+-+House
‘Welt am Draht’ by Pantha du Prince (Animal Collective remix)
Pantha du Prince and Animal Collective are two names that have been on everyone’s lips since early last year. So, fittingly, the American band makes an aesthetic and haunting remix of the Berlin artist. I like the ghostly vocals, that is always a plus with me. But prior to those vocals you’ve got this intro where the music constantly changes volume, as if it wants to mimic ebb and flood. But in audio that is just a wee bit more annoying than it is visually. It is an atmospheric piece, so don’t expect to be dancing anytime soon. A bit trippy even you can say. At the end it goes a bit mad on the odd sounds, but the middle part with the vocals is pretty excellent. The two bookends I could’ve done without, both having pretty annoying features. Then again, that has always been my stance on Animal Collective, so see where you want to go from there.
http://hypem.com/track/1140256/Pantha+Du+Prince+-+Welt+Am+Draht+Animal+Collective+Remix+
‘All Night’ by Voltage
Oh, this is more like it. Australia, well, there you go, no? And not just someone from Australia, but this apparently is a side project of Dan Whitford of Cut Copy, who will release their album in January. So watch out for that one. This is from the All Night EP, which has a couple of remixes of this track as well (can’t wait to hear the Munk one). Very dancey, very catchy, love the vocals, and can’t imagine this missing the mark at the D.I.S.C.O., as it is pretty rad. For the people who do like Cut Copy but always wished their songs had just that bit more oomph to dance to. Sure, some might consider some elements a bit too straightforward or cheesy, but I never have a problem with that to be honest (well, not never, but certainly not with this song). Just lovely to dance to in the night with other people. I wonder if they’ll be touring it…
http://hypem.com/track/1139317/Voltage+-+All+Night+Radio+Edit+
‘I’m Yours’ by Breakbot (Aeroplane)
Oh it definitely could’ve done without that terrible start. I like how it goes spacey after that and goes into the kind of territory Antoni Maiovvi did so well with last year’s Shadow of the Bloodstained Kiss. It’s got that I’m in a sci-fi B flick and I’m being chased vibe to it, but with some attitude. If you’re riding the bike and this comes on you will demand right of passage at every crossroads probably. And then suddenly, suddenly you’ve got those 80s pop vocals coming on! Well, that brought me tumbling back to earth. Not that they’re bad, mind you, but I wasn’t expecting the first two minutes to be a prelude to that. Then it kind of stays on the fringe of several territories, but it is definitely more Madonna than Maiovvi after the first two minutes. Only the beats are a bit harder. Kind of strange one this is, but I actually like both parts, so I’m liking this just fine. It’s just a bit of a “huh?” moment when the vocals come through and Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde, but both are fine, fine chaps in my opinion.
http://hypem.com/track/1140486/Breakbot+-+Baby+I+m+Yours+Aeroplane+Remix+
‘You and I’ by Washed Out feat. Caroline Polachek
At the start I thought, oh no, not this lo-glo-fi whatever thingy again. But after a few seconds it settles down and you get a pretty perfect soundtrack for your midnight walks. If soundtracks would last five minutes, that is. Definitely dreamy, and it has that kind of you-are-standing-there-in-the-night-and-the-city-goes-by-at-four-times–the-speed vibe to it, you know? That kind of sequence you sometimes see on the telly. Pretty impressive how it keeps that atmosphere for the entire song, and I’m impressed by the vocals as well. They hit exactly the right notes for this song to evoke this kind of image throughout the song. Looking forward to checking this band out at the local festival in a few weeks.
http://hypem.com/track/1139229/Washed+Out+feat+Caroline+Polachek+-+You+and+I
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