Sunday, January 11, 2009

El Guincho - Alegranza (2008)
























ARTIST`````El Guincho
ALBUM`````Alegranza
GENRE`````
Indie pop,
Tropicalia, Exotic, Spanish
YEAR````````2008

El Guincho's debut album Alegranza is as bright as the feathers of the parrot, as sparkly as the fireworks, and as warm as the palm trees that adorn the cover. The music flows like melted butter, twists and turns like a mountain highway, and shimmers like the sun on a scorching summer day. The Spanish producer/singer throws a whole mess of ingredients into the mix, including various strains of world music (like Afro-pop, tango, Spanish folk music), indie pop, techno, and post-rock and sends it spinning into a blurred, whirling rush of sound that never falters. El Guincho uses samples, found sounds, chopped and looped instruments, and his own plaintively sweet vocals to make Alegranza; much like Panda Bear did with Person Pitch, he's created a world and sound of his own here. There are reference points both new (the trance-y, repetitive drive of Stereolab, the off-kilter, child-like soundscapes of High Places, and the hi-tech folk of Animal Collective) and old (tracks like "Kalise" sound like a modern, warped update of a classic Latin dance band record (Beny Moré or Perez Prado) and elsewhere there are samples of schoolyard chants, folk songs, and lounge ballads) but really you'd be hard pressed to find an album that mixes and matches sounds and cultures so effortlessly. Entertainingly, too, as every song on the album sounds like an excerpt from the wildest, most joyful party of the year. Finding a song more suited to cavorting about merrily than "Costa Paraiso" or "Prez Lagarto" would be a task, staying in a bad mood with "Palmitos Park" or "Fata Morgana" sailing past near impossible. The only tiny fault of the album is that there are few dynamic shifts to be found; it starts off sounding like a Technicolor blast of happiness and very rarely (until "Polca Mazurca" ends the record on a soothing-in-comparison note) changes either tempo or mood. It's also not a record for world music purists, ideologue indie rockers or by-the-book dance music enthusiasts; you have to be a fan of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup approach to music ("Hey, you got Afro Pop in my Indie Rock!" "You got Spanish Folk in my Lo Fi soundscape") to appreciate El Guincho's sound. If you are one of these lucky listeners, Alegranza is pure candy.

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MORPHINE - CURE FOR PAIN (1993)

CUTTING EDGE INDIE ALBUM FROM THE 90'S
ARTIST`````MORPHINE
ALBUM`````
CURE FOR PAIN
GENRE`````ALTERNATIVE
ROCK-POP
YEAR````````1993


ALBUM REVIEW (by Greg Prato):
With their cult following growing, Morphine expanded their audience even further with their exceptional 1994 sophomore effort, Cure for Pain. Whereas their debut, Good, was intriguing yet not entirely consistent, Cure for Pain more than delivered. The songwriting was stronger and more succinct this time around, while new drummer Billy Conway made his recording debut with the trio (replacing Jerome Deupree). Like the debut, most of the material shifts between depressed and upbeat, with a few cacophonic rockers thrown in between. Such selections as "Buena," "I'm Free Now," "All Wrong," "Candy," "Thursday," "In Spite of Me" (one of the few tracks to contain six-string guitar), "Let's Take a Trip Together," "Sheila," and the title track are all certifiable Morphine classics. And again, Mark Sandman's two-string slide bass and Dana Colley's sax work help create impressive atmospherics throughout the album. Cure for Pain was unquestionably one of the best and most cutting-edge rock releases of the '90s.

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WHITE NOISE - AN ELECTRIC STORM (1969)

OBSCURO TOP-NOTCH
ARTIST`````WHITE NOISE
ALBUM`````
AN ELECTRIC STORM
GENRE`````ELECTRONIC, PSYCHEDELIC, OBSCURO
, EXPERIMENTAL, "ROCK"
YEAR````````1969


WHY?
One of the most advanced electronic albums of its age (see Bruce Haack also), White Noise represents the true free spirited beginnings of pop culture being demolished and sampled, looped and twisted in ways nobody had heard before. A true obscuro album which stands out for its inventive approach to pop music.

Info from
Gabriel Colucci

This LP showed the first use of Peter Zinovieff first British synth the EMS VCS3, before Pink´s, Eno´s, Tangerine´s or Twine´s! :) ... A must have!


EMS VCS3 Image
Read more about this amazing synth here:
http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/vcs3.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_VCS_3

WHO WERE THEY?

The White Noise project had its origins in the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop, whose previous claim to worldwide fame was the theme music to Doctor Who.

By the time White Noise's debut album, An Electric Storm, arrived in 1969, the Moog synthesizer had already started to make tentative appearances on pop records by the likes of the Monkees and Simon & Garfunkel. But no other pop or rock record before (or since) had been so painstakingly assembled using mainly homemade equipment and tape recorders.

Delia Derbyshire - Love Without Sound (1969) (The White Noise Project)



Info from youtube user audiolemon

Delia Derbyshire is well known for her work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and her help in creating the Dr.Who theme. Of all the BBC Radiophonic musicians I've heard I always found Delia's music to be more aesthetically mature than that of the others. While many were content to create mathematically structured enharmonic noise she looked for the ghost in the machine, creating haunting, off kilter and often sexually charged music. This track is from the 1969 The White Noise - Electric Storm LP.

REVIEW BY BOOMKAT.COM:
An Electric Storm is justly renowned among techno boffins as one of the first albums to fuse pop and electronic music before the advent of the Moog synthesizer. But you don't have to be versed in the language of sine waves and oscillators to enjoy this mostly delightful and hugely inventive album.

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

REFRESHMENT: RELIGULOUS THE MOVIE (2009)

My first movie post so far. The links are not mine I got them in an e-mail so I decided to put them to good use. There are only 4 rapidshare parts so it should be a quick download.

CERTAINLY NOT THE BEST BUT POSSIBLY THE FUNNIEST RELIGION DOCUMENTARY EVER
DIRECTOR`````LARRY CHARLES
MOVIE```````````
RELIGULOUS
GENRE```````````DOCUMENTARY, COMEDY
YEAR``````````````2008


MY SHORT REVIEW:
Bill Maher brings a fresh and direct attack on religion as a whole in this amazingly entertaining documentary. There are a number of movies and video lectures that are far more serious, important and fact driven than "Religuous" but some moments from this movie simply must be seen as they completely unravel the ENORMOUS amount of PURE bullshit some people can say in front of a camera and then stick to that. I'll post a big post about some critical documentary movies filled with recommendations and links to torrents and stuff soon so stay tuned.

Someone wrote a nice and short critique at imdb about this movie and I agree with it completely so you should read it below.

SHORT REVIEW FROM IMDB:

Author: ctg0724 from United States
Two things about this film took away a star. One was that Bill Maher spent so much time with the ones he tried to make look bad that he didn't meet with enough experts who could further the points he was making. The second problem is that the people he interviewed could have easily made fools of themselves without him cutting them off and lecturing them. That being said, let's get to the good points.

For one thing, he makes it so clear how illogical the mass amount of people can be. He exposes phony beliefs and shows how they can become very protective against his film crew. The film stock they put into use is done masterfully. Plenty of laugh out loud moments (particularly the image of Jesus as a teenager, you will see). My word must be taken as truth when I say that the final part of the film MUST be seen. This isn't just about cracking jokes on faith. This film is about the human race taking responsibility of itself and stopping the damage it has been doing for far too long.

PART 01
PART 02
PART 03
PART 04

V.A MONSTRUOSO INSTRUMENTALE! VOL. 01 (2009)

BULLSHITTO! FARTE! WHATEVERE! INSTRUMENTALLES!
ARTIST`````VARIOUS
ALBUM`````
MONSTRUOSO INSTRUMENTALE!
GENRE`````INSTRUMENTAL
YEAR````````2008
BLEEDING PANDA COMPILATION! COVER DESIGN BY PANDA STUFFER.

WHAT?
This is a 16 track long collection of some of my favorite blasting instrumental songs. Generally, as the cover says, this collection has no meaning, has no intellectual value whatsoever and is pretty much a bunch of cult songs mixed with stupid cover versions (like Britney Spears Toxic cover) and interesting experiments along with kitsch trash Moog shitties that are fused together only by the fact that they all have balls and a clear tough attitude.
It spans decades - from 70's detective funk to new unexplainable experimental productions, and spans all continents and cultural influences.

All critiques and comments are very welcome. Also, I am preparing Vol. 02 so all your anarchical recommendations are very welcome.

And a Happy New Thingy to all of you:)

TRACKLIST:
01 Barry de Vorzon - Theme from The Warriors
02 Dennis Coffey - Scorpio (Alpha Omega)
03 Donald Byrd - One Gun Salute
04 Roger Davy - Crazy Flute Happy Guitar
05 Gert Wilden & Orchestra - Follow Me
06 Astro Can Caravan - Baia
07 Fuka Vicente -Tempura Soul
08 Mustafa Ozkent - Dolana Dolana
09 Ananda Shankar - Jungle King
10 Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Toxic
11 Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited - Korla Rides Again
12 Aavikko - Cipetown
13 The Treblemakers - Freakshow
14 Secret Chiefs 3 - Jabalqa
15 Alamaailman Vasarat - Käärme toi ruton kaupunkiin
16 A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Zozobra

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