Today I was going to do a hip-hop related blog, cause I was in my room last night totally digging into Wu-Tang and Lyrics Born, but I find it's easier to blog about what you're listening to at the moment and today I've been really digging electro type grooves and stuff along the lines of Daedelus and J Dilla. Chill out music. Pretty straight forward, I'm just toing to talk about songs I like and why.
J Dilla - Nothing Like This
Jay Dee is one hell of a producer. I can't say I get into all of his stuff, and while his death is tragic I feel he's been overhyped a little. For me each song is hit or miss with him. This song is a huge hit with me. I don't even know where the vocals come from or if they're even sampled but they sound great. One of my favorite things about this track is how it has two vibes going on at once (atleast for me). The pounding drums get me really hyped and vamped up, while the instrumentation in the background is totally soothing. Thank you Stones Throw.
Buy Chrome Children.
Sia - Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnaus Remix)
One of the bonus tracks of Sia's solo album. The originals good but the two remixes I feel are better (the other's a Four Tet remix). Not too much to say here, it's just a cool track. Very cinimatic.
Buy the Colour and the Shape
Madvillain - Great Day (Four Tet Remix)
I've already talked about MF Doom a few times I think. Madvillainy is my favorite hip-hop album ever. This tracks not on there... Whatever. Madvillain's great. THis remix is great. Four Tet is cool. This song has one of my favorite Doom lines ever, just listen for it:
"Last wish, I wish I had two more wishes
And I wish they fix the door to the Matrix, its mad glitches
Spit so many verses sometime my jaw twitches
One thing this party could use is more *ahem*
Booze."
Buy Madvillainy
Daedelus - Something Bells (ft. Pigeon John and Busdriver)
This track is so nuts! I can't stop listening to it. Pigeon John and Busdrivers flows are so different but they work together like lemonade and summer... or other stuff that make the other really good. They go in and out so much you lose track of who's who. And the instrumental, don't even get me started. I have a hard time describing music, and this track's especially hard to capture, but I think that's a good thing. I guess I'd have to call it frantic, but maintained, whatever that means.
Buy Deny the Day's Demise
Caribou - Melody Day
I just heard about Caribou yesterday from my pla Justin, but I've already listened to this track a lot. He was hyped about this song Sunsesame, which I couldn't find, but I got this one and it's pretty great. Apparantly it came out this year... I'll check these guys out more, for sure, especially cause they're coming to town in October.
Buy Andorra
Also, Alex showed me this song by Honeyroot that I've been really getting into lately. Head over to his blog for it, it's really rea: bekindandremind.blogspot.com
That's all for today.
