mixtapes : the groove continues ..

hell.o

now that the sun is beginning to to shine, sort of, my desire to hear funky loops and too many samples has been pricked.

subsequently, a delve through a recent issue of hip hop connection raised my awareness of a mix going under the banner of sparoworlds.

amazingly, my local megabores had a copy !

folks - if you like dj yoda, if you like sci-fi samples, if you like old school dj skills, if you like hip hop classics, if you like mash up chaos, then i strongly urge you check the 's' section of your local emporium for this limited release, tis an hour of cut-n-paste, and proper dj action.

more details : here - official site

or even : here - myspace

oh, and i believe that the dude has signed up to the ireallylovemusic message board so drop in over there and ask him a few q's !

onwards

mark e

ireallylovemusic

mixtape action

hell.o

well after not feeling any love for the mashup/bootleg kinda mix for a while, today my head is back into the groove, all because i found a real copy of the much discussed mia vs diplo mixtape 'piracy funds terrorism', (or 'piracy funs terrorism' as its listed on the cd). and to be honest, the interaction between the various mashes and vocals by mia are actually a lot more fun and interesting than the album proper, arular, to these ears. so without further ado here's a list of other mixes that are on the playlist today.

1. mia vs diplo : piracy funds terrorism. suspect that this has been reissued as it was easy to find today but, amazingly the mix is available online : here

2. my!gay!husband and paul devro : mixtapes are for losers, on slum records

3. bigsexyland dj crew : bigxmasland mix. available online : here

also, i posted a chunk of stuff about all sorts of normal singles that are out in march.

usual place.

ta ra.

mark e

ireallylovemusic

lego+ministry+sway+franz ferdinand+gorillaz

hell.o

just a quick note with some fun to waste the bandwidth over.

1. reviewed new sway album : here

2. watch lego people rip it up to scary ministry soundtrack : here

3. franz ferdinand vs gorillaz, ''do you dare', mashup by the excellent idc crew : here

game over.

mark e

ireallylovemusic

beware the rock from below

folks.

there is somethiing stirring in the gut, following the fallout from the recent garage rock revival, and the passion for angular jerky new wave in the last 2 years, word reaches me that rock music is being put back on the hipsters menu.

firstly, there is the wolfmother single, minds eye, as released on modular recordings, which i love cos of the rick wakeman keyboard solo. then today i am advised that this lot (also from australia though based uk-side until they get on top of the pops), the scare, are going to get peoples hair growing.

make your own mind up : here (the bands fancy site), or here (their myspace lodgings), tis pretty damn good stuff.

now, back to prince ..

mark e

ireallylovemusic

oh damn ..

this is tooooo damn good :

 

http://www.3121.com/

 

 

post brits freebie mp3

folks.

following the wonderful return of prince and the revolution as shown on the somewhat hard going brits awards ceremony, i have decided to share a rather fine remix of a paul weller track! makes sense ? nah. who cares, i am a father of 2, and i like rock music. so let the dadrock revival begin here. well perhaps not.

the original track is from his cover versions album, studio 150, which i have yet to hear. however, hmv were rather keen to hand out a 1 track promo around the same time which featured a rather good beta band remix of the wishing on a star track. so lets dust it down, and see if it still sounds as good now that he's part of the establishment.

paul weller : wishing on a star : beta band remix : here

thanks

mark e

ireallylovemusic

 

liccy'allsorts : ingo star cruiser, slum records, the presets, yeah yeah yeahs

all manner of details and news i guess i should pass on.

- ingo star cruiser - a few years ago, pete ingo released his debut, 'ps i cuddle a box', on the small unknown moshi moshi (whatever became of them - ahem !) label. i happened to come across this lovely little album, and subsequently fell for its sweet charms and deceptive kookiness. now it turns out that the album is to be re-released/remastered/more tracks etc, on a new label called 'izumi'.

more details : here

- canada isn't all nice and fun indie pop like arcade fire and broken social scene you know. in fact this week i received a rather nice big fat parcel from slum records. the obtuse cover art and details gave little in way of clue to the sound i was about to experience. the labels first release, is a mixtape which opens with an elo classic, 'evil woman', and is called 'mixtapes are for losers' already gives reason to love them, the fact that the mix is compiled by people called 'my! gay! dad!' is just the icing on a rather fun cake. then when i tried the cd single by 'duchess says', the bombardment of sigue sigue sputnik styled electro-synth riffs and angry woman lyrics just sealed our fate. totally excellent, dirty, noisey machine made music, but with added layers of guitars and feedback kept just within the limits of enjoyment. glorious stuff.

more details : here

- so, you want a freebie ? modular people (funky folks from australia who are looking after cut copy, wolfmother), have a new band and they want you to hear them. go the download section of the labels website

more details : here

- yeah yeah yeahs are on the promo trail due to a new album thats on its way, so, they have sorted out some of those grisly avatar icons that people love, well not the band personally i suspect, but hey we're not nitpicking. i hate avatars. but i'm an old grump, so ignore me and grab'em for your online experience.

more details : here

now follows a few days silence while i go outside and play in the mud.

ta ra

mark e

ireallylovemusic

justin warfield : the return journey from planet 9

so there i am feeling chuffed to have cleared out a few of the current pile when today brings even more stuff.

most of it was not giving me any thrills and my heart sank. then all of a sudden everything changed. 3 singles from the memphis industries label have reenergised my passion. new stuff by the pipettes, field music and absentee are totally wonderful. the pipettes at last make the single that we all knew, and hoped they would. cheeky humour, massive motown/phil spector styled production and a song that just clicks perfectly for its 2.5 minutes, absentee do their rolling tom waits rock far better than anything they have ever done before and make me smile a lot, whereas field music prove that they have a lot more excellence to come following their initially awkward album of last year  (the band have played to their strength with straight forward song structures as opposed to the disjointed styles on the album). hurray.

then when i though the day couldn't get any better. i received word re she wants revenge.

and the reason for my buzz : justin warfield is involved

you see, justin has been one of the characters on the fringe of the mainstream for years that always makes me interested, he dabbles in every style of music i love, yet never seems to get the recognition due his chop and change style.

after all its not easy loving his work. first up his debut, 'my field trip to planet 9', was all prince paul produced psychedelic hip hop and made a lot people rather excited to hear more, so naturally he followed up with his southern rock band 'the justin warfield supernaut' (not a great album to be honest), before dropping the ultimate dark-n-broody one inch punch album, 'tao of theone inch punch', which managed to combine my bloody valentine/underground guitar noise with the deepest and most raw hip hop beats. as well as his guest appearances on tracks by placebo, lhb, cornershop and of course the drop dead classic bugpowder dust by bomb the bass.

after which all went quiet for a while. sort of. he was experimenting with a band called 'tape'. slow drawn out drone rock music that, well, it rocked hard, but never got past the demo-available-via-website kinda groove (a shame as there were some great tracks).

perhaps then this media unfriendly, genre hopscotch means that i am probably the only person to be pleased to see/hear of his return as a homage to all thing bauhaus and goth pop under the guise of 'she wants revenge'

within moments of the tipoff, i am immediately on the case, when i tap into the bands myspace area i find out that they have amassed over 24,000 friends.

and i knew nothing. how is it i had not heard.

damn.

expect to hear/read more on this ongoing trip.

onwards

mark e

ireallylovemusic

 

 

so, to summarise ..

hello.

normally i feel in control of ireallylovemusic. however, recently the postman has been filling my letterbox to the point of extreme chaos.

so today i have listened to and written up quite a few singles that are shopward bound : cherubs, clap your hands, orson, hardkandy, the boy least likely to, lenny kravitz, little man tate, the modern etc etc

some good record amongst them i must say.

as for albums in the pile, here's a list of records that i happen to reckon are rather good :

battles - ep c/b ep - weird jazz-rock-groove stuff on warp. beautiful packaging. not for the easily scared.

prefuse 73 - surrounded by silence - another day, another p73 release! more of the same fucked up laptop maniupulation. lots of lifted speeches from film/radio, but a lot of beauty amongst the random playful noise. out now on warp

laura veirs - year of meteors - great singer songwriter music with plenty of subtle production touches lift this out of mor hell. beautiful.

feedle - leave now for adventure - new release on the budding svc records. if you like prefuse 73, four tet and pedro. then you will love this. seriously.

hardkandy - last to leave - mellow grooves that would chill out the most hardened of funk loving souls, with added dubby bass lines and cinematic production. a headphone classic.

mogwai - mr. beast - not heard anything prior to this so can't compare which will annoy those who believe mogwai to be something rather special. i will admit that at first i was not impressed, but then as my mood changed i began to fall under the spell. painfully beautiful matched against walls of noise.

some of these will be reviewed properly, but in the meantime consider yourself informed !

onwards

mark e

ireallylovemusic

reviews.

hey hey.

2 new reviews posted, both so very different.

lori carson and richard h. kirk. lori is all sweet and serene, richard isn't. lori is all proper instruments and nice sounding. richard uses machines and creates dark imposing atmospheres.

i love em both when in the appropiate mood.

all which wraps up the short-n-sweet posting.

mark e

ireallylovemusic

gay monkeys and badges

hell.o

i get all manner of stuff in my inbox. some of it wanted. some of it no so. but, when i recently received some spam about an artist called melnyk into an unpublished email account, i was somewhat miffed. naturally, i responded. in return the swedish based label, named gaymonkeys records of course, have sent me a copy of their new album by the artist, 'silence'.

24 hours after having played the album solidly, i can reveal that 'silence' by melnyk is gorgeous electro-pop of the highest order with sonic references to pet shop boys, human league, depeche mode etc. a full review will appear in the appropriate place in a few days.

oh, and just so you know, melnyk is to appear at madame jojo's sometime this week, along with black strobe, if that kinda place is on your rounds.

so there you go : spam can work.

so now it's my turn. want some funky badges? hassle this bloke : cultural treachery

he's an earl brutus fan, and for that alone he deserves your money.

crack'on

mark e

ireallylovemusic