ANDREW W.K.

A FEW WEEKS AGO I HAD THE IMMENSE PLEASURE OF INTERVIEWING SUPER ROCK STAR ANDREW W.K. HE IS A RADIANT AND AMAZING PERSON EVEN OVER THE PHONE. WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF INTERESTING STUFF LIKE THE SUPERNATURAL, SELF DISCOVERY, AND THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN THE GREAT ACT OF BEING A PERSON IN THE WORLD.



THE INTERVIEW IS HOSTED BY MY FRIEND MATT SHIMMER ON HIS EXCELLENT WEBSITE INDIEVILLE. READ IT HERE!

ARABOLOGY

AN EARLIER POST ON Y.A.S. MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED AND I DO NOT WANT TO WRITE IT UP AGAIN IN ITS ENTIRETY. HERE'S POINT FORM

• Y.A.S. IS THE PAIRING OF ARAB/EURO SUPER PRODUCER MIRWAIS AND LEBANESE STAR YASMINE HAMDAN
• THEY RELEASED A GREAT COVER OF "STAYING ALIVE" LAST YEAR WHICH HAS AN INCREDIBLE VIDEO
• THEIR NEW ALBUM IS CALLED ARABOLOGY AND IS MEANT TO BE A KIND OF CROSSOVER PROJECT TO EXPOSE ARABIC ELECTRO POP TO WESTERN AUDIENCES

AND HERE ARE MP3S

• "AZZA", A SLOW DANCEFLOOR BURNER WITH A FOOTSTOMPIN' BEAT
  
• "A MAN", A SIZZLING SLEEK PIECE THAT DELICIOUSLY CHANNELS EARLY-MILLENNIUM ELECTONICA
• A FELIX DA HOUSECAT REMIX OF CRAFTSMANLIKE LEAD SINGLE "GET IT RIGHT"
  

SUMMER HAZE

HI, COMPUTER ISSUES FORCED A HIATUS, DURING WHICH I BASKED IN MAGICAL SUMMER.

WHILE THERE ARE FREQUENT INSTANCES OF JOY TO BE FOUND, IT IS TRULY A SEASON OF BLISS. MOMENTS OF LOSING SELF IN BLUE SKY ECLIPSE THE GLOW OF HUMAN PHOTOSYNTHESIS. THIS MIX IS FOR SUCH TRANSCENDENT MOMENTS



TRACKLIST
1. au - summerheat
2. mv & ee - sunshine girl
3. faust - it's a bit of a pain
4. can - sing swan song
5. tim hecker - borderlands
6. popul vuh - aguirre i (l'acrime di rei)
7. emeralds - up in the air
8. bibio - top soil
9. aphex twin - matchsticks
10. gates of heaven - aquifer
11. flying saucer attack - in the light of time
12. hush arbors - the forest we've been
13. pelican - pulse

DOWNLOAD

NEW FAVORITE SONG

SERIOUSLY THIS IS LIKE LISTENING TO QUICKSILVER. THE NEW TRACK FROM CEREBRAL MOTHERFUCKERS BURIAL AND FOUR TET.

I FIND BOTH OF THEM TO BE A LITTLE HIT-OR-MISS, FOUR TET ESPECIALLY. EVERYTHING ECSTATIC WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTING TO ME, AND HIS STEVE REID PROJECT WAS A LITTLE TOO FREEFORM FOR MY POP SENSIBILITIES, AT LEAST WHEN I SAW THEM A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

BUT HOLY CRUD IS THIS SONG EVER A GINORMOUS HIT




BURIAL AND FOUR TET - MOTH

COOL VIDEO TOO

YEAHHHHHHHHH

SHORT AND SWEET

GONNA POST SOME DETROIT TECHNO I HAVE BEEN DIGGING LATELY

EXCLUSIVELY FUNKY SHIT



REESE (KEVIN SAUNDERSON) - ROCK TO THE BEAT

AUX 88 - SONIC BOOM

DREXCIYA - DEPRESSURIZATION

MONSTER ISLAND CZARS

MF DOOM has got to be one of the most overlooked producers in hip-hop, as his awesome lyricism generally overshadows his production efforts, which is kind of a shame. he must have dilla quantities of untapped beats floating around.

some of them turn up on his work for the monster island czars, the only crew DOOM rolled with after KMD. notably, mf grimm, with whom DOOM has beefed in the past, raps as jet-jaguar with M.I.C. on their one and only LP, (so far; there are rumblings of a second coming this year) escape from monsta island, he produced 6 of the 20 tracks. 2 of them got copped by his pal ghostface on fishscale*.



escape from monsta island, at times, seems like a weak wu-tang impression. jackin' asian genre flicks from the 70s? check. menacing abstract rhymes? check. song titles like "poizon windz" and "gunz n swordz" that could have been on any wu album? triple check check. for the record, most of the M.I.C. crew shows up on the better known DOOM (as king geedorah) solo project, take me to your leader, which is a way better cut, displaying a bit more than the wu-impression on escape from monsta island.

regardless, there are still some strong tracks on the album, even if it's marred by too many dopey stream-of-consciousness rapid-fire flows.



"became a monsta" is produced by x-ray, not DOOM. it's still a hot track. download here

"make it squash" is one of DOOM's messier beats, but it works with the lo-fi Czars to become a goofy, fun track. download here

"comin at you" displays DOOM's versatility as a producer. reminds me of the stuff that james pants is putting out on stones throw right now, and that's good. download here



* if you're curious, "1,2... 1,2" got turned into a wu-tang reunion on "9 milli bros", and the "scientific civilization" skit became ghostface's "jellyfish".

THE DE ANGELIS BROTHERS

MUCH LIKE WESTERN AUDIENCES' KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN RARELY EXTENDS PAST SERGIO LEONE, WESTERN AUDIENCES' KNOWLEDGE OF ITALIAN FILM SOUNDTRACKS RARELY EXTENDS PAST ENNIO MORRICONE, AND PERHAPS GOBLIN.

THIS IS A PITY. THERE ARE PLENTY OF GOOD SOUNDTRACKS TO GIALLO AND SPAGHETTI WESTERN FLICKS. MANY OF THEM ARE COMPOSED BY THE PROLIFIC AND LURID DE ANGELIS BROTHERS.



KEOMA IS A LURID FILM WITH A LURID SOUNDTRACK. APPARENTLY THE DIALOGUE AND PLOT WAS LARGELY IMPROVISED. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND FEATURES SURPRISINGLY MOVING DRAMA.

THE THEME TO KEOMA IS FEATURED VERY PROMINENTLY IN THE FILM, AND HAS RECEIVED EXTREMELY MIXED REVIEWS. IT CAN BE INTERPRETED AS BEING "A LITTLE MUCH." I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC.

DOWNLOAD KEOMA THEME HERE



MANNAJA IS NOT QUITE AS POWERFUL AS KEOMA. COMPARED TO KEOMA, IT FEELS A LITTLE MORE LIKE A GENRE FLICK. KEOMA FEELS MORE LIKE A VIVID DREAM. THE DE ANGELIS PRODUCED SOUNDTRACK STILL CONTAINS SOME SUPERB CUTS.

I WON'T POST THE THEME; IT'S TOO SIMILAR TO THE KEOMA THEME AND LACKING MUCH OF KEOMA'S PUNCH. INSTEAD, I'LL POST A COUPLE OF MINOR CUTS.

THE FIRST IS "SNAKE". I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THIS SONG.

JUST DOWNLOAD IT, HERE



THE SECOND IS "THE KIDNAPPING", WHICH IS PRETTY SPOOKY AND ATMOSPHERIC.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE

HI

THIS IS THE FIRST POST ON WINGED MIGRATION. IT CONTAINS A GREAT LITTLE TRACK FROM A MAURICE FULTON SIDE PROJECT.



MAURICE FULTON IS A COOL AND WEIRD MYSTERY GENIUS WHO MADE A LOT OF DISCONCERTING DANCE TRACKS. "I HATE YOU" IS NOT A DANCE TRACK UNLESS YOU ARE A SUCKY DANCER. IT'S STILL PRETTY GREAT.

I HATE YOU HERE