Now Playing... 'House' by Kindness

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Track: ‘House’ by Kindness

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Weekly Froth #36 (with Baio, Joakim, Moodymann and more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the week: ‘Tanto’ by Baio feat. Matias Aguayo

Matias Aguayo had some people jumping up, down and around with his album last year, and this has him featuring him in a Baio track. It starts with this deeper-than-average beat, but I think the main thing is the kind of exotic sound it has to it. I can’t quite place it, but it is not influenced by European or American sounds me thinks. It does make for an engaging listen, especially with the deep/light contrast it has going in its main sound. Love the peaceful drop back just before the four minute mark, and then with finger snapping and vocal lines it slowly starts to grow back again to its full sound. First Baio introduces a bass to help the two earlier elements out, and after a good minute or so we get back to drums and dancing. If you like to dance to exotic sounds, this is one for you. Nicely executed, smooth ride, sounds you don’t hear too often, and it meshes really well together.

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Now Playing... Heaven by The Walkmen

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Track: ‘Heaven’ by Walkmen (radio edit)

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Now Playing... ‘Chew’ by Yuck

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Track: ‘Chew’ by Yuck

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The Weekly Froth #35 (with House of Wallenberg, Joakim, Late Nite Tuff Guy, and more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the week: ‘Sunshine Taboo’ by House of Wallenberg feat. Ari Up

Released on Permanent Vacation, and it sure wastes no time getting some of the typical Permanent Vacation qualities out there, which basically can be summed up by deep-and-nice.  A deep house beat is the heart of that label (I imagine their heart beating in quite a similar manner, actually), and from that starting point different artists do different things. This song has a bit of an African vibe to it, an African rhythm in especially the vocals. Bit of experimentation in how they use the vocals as well, with the beat as a constant. It’s something you won’t hear every day probably, and the use of the vocals and the overlap and stuff, it makes it all a track that really sticks out from the bunch. Whether it makes it everyone’s cup of tea is a different question all together, but I really do love it.

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Now Playing... ‘Gun Has No Trigger’ by Dirty Projectors

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Track: ‘Gun Has No Trigger’ by Dirty Projectors

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Weekly Froth #34 (with CFCF, John Talabot, Midnight Magic, and more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the Week: ‘Here, in Heaven 4& 5’ by Elite Gymnastics (CFCF remix)

Oh wow, I love how serene it starts, with the piano and the seeming echo and everything slowly intertwining. Immediately I’m just seeing images in front of me, it is very visual this. I can imagine choreographers getting such inspiration out of such a piece. Slowly he introduces a slight beat to give it a bit of body, and slowly these fragile vocals come in which aren’t really there for storytelling purposes but more to further cement the song’s aesthetic. The storytelling is really done by the music and your own imagination. There’s just a stop-animation picture playing in my head on first listen, and that is just marvellous, rarely do I have such a visual reaction to a song. CFCF truly is remarkable. Since the start of this column I’ve been giving props to his output, and to see him continuing to grow is amazing. Well done again.

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Weekly Froth #33 (with Charlotte Gainsbourgh, Sare Havlicek, The Hundred in the Hands, and more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the week: ‘Anna’ by Charlotte Gainsbourg (Moonlight Matters remix)

A few weeks ago I was raving about a Joakim remix of a Charlotte Gainsbourg track in this column, so lets see if Moonlight Matters finds the same golden formula with this one. Moonlight Matters make it a dancey, more straight forward synth-pop affair. It’s got a catchy tune, a little beat to help you on your way, and naturally sometimes that’s put on hold for a bit of Gainsbourg’s vocals. I love how they strip it down for her vocals, and then while she sings they start building and building again until you have this kind of summery pop thing going on that I see happening at some sort of beach festival of some sorts. All the while giving Gainsbourg’s voice enough room to work with, so she’s never fighting against the music or anything. So Gainsbourg is quite an inspiring woman I reckon. It might not have the greatness of the Joakim remix, but it sure is a very lovely summery pop tune.

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Now Playing... 'B-Day Song' by Madonna feat. M.I.A.

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Track: ‘B-Day Song’ by Madonna featuring M.I.A.

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Now Playing... 'Perfect World' by Gossip

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Track: ‘Perfect World’ by Gossip

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