Hey there ladies and gents. For those of you who were wondering what the hell has been going on at AndygoesdowntoChinatown for the past few months. For those of you who've been banging on the gates demanding to know why it's been so quiet on the blogging front, here's your answer. AndygoesdowntoChinatown is dead. It lived a good life and in true reincarnation style came back as an even more awesome site called What's on Rotation.
That's right; What's on Rotation. "Where all your dreams may come true".
Sure it'll have the same intense level of super-high quality writing that Ex.fm once called "funny".
Sure it'll have music that you might never want to hear, but are forced to listen to because you don't want to miss out on all the super-high quality writing that someone else once called "alright-ish" but all in allthis is about YOU and ME baby, you and me. So let's head off on this journey together and don't stop believin'.
Instead of studying for up 'n coming exams I've been wanking about making the perfect playlist to cover all the emotions I want and expect to feel at roughly 3am when I'm off my tits "lost in the moment" at the coolest warehouse party in history.
I present to thee,Late Night Bass - The Playlist. Whether you're just in your living room and fancy a little euphoria or you're having an aces afterparty and you wanna well piss off your neighbours then this is pretty comprehensive. Just remember to crank up that bass.
Tracklist:
Martyn - Twice As Machinedrum - No Respect Phaeleh & Soundmouse - Afterglow Cloud Boat - Lions on the Beach Joy Orbison - The Shrew Would Have Cushioned the Blow Pariah - Orpheus Throwing Snow - Un Vingt Burial - Fostercare Mosca - Done Me Wrong Clubroot - Orbiting Sepalcure - Fleur Mount Kimbie - Serged Floating Points - Danger Kode 9 - 9 Samurai Four Tet - Love Cry (Joy Orbison remix) Zomby - Natalia's Song Theo Parrish - That Day Motor City Drum Ensemble - Get Slapped Up Space Dimension Controller - Transatlantic Landing Bay Ramadanman - Tempest
Having vowed to save up money for a little r&r trip to Mexico in the summer, going around spending all my money isn't exactly the best way to go about this task, but what can you really do when people keep waving shit like this in front of your face:
What is it? Well, nothing. Just a white label; but that crappy little picture represents something much, much more. 'Tis "only" the super-ultimate-incredible limited edition test pressing 12" of Bonobo's 'Kiara'.
If you're unfamiliar with Kiara, it's one of the finer tunes off Bonobo's very fine indeed 'Black Sands' album from a few years ago and it goes a little something like this
My shopaholism doesn't end there though. I thought I might as well, "while I'm here", preorder the new James Blake EP 'Love What Happened here'.
Like me, you might be pleased to hear the new EP, which is out on Belgian R&S Records, is a step away from the whiny albeit very good repetition of his LP and a step towards his previous releases such as 'CMYK' and 'Air & Lack Thereof' on R&S and Hemlock respectively. Good news, ya?
This is 'At Birth' off the new EP. Kind of reminds me of Caribou's 'Bowls'
The good people over at Rough Trade put together this interesting collection of various electronic artists. The only thing really connecting the 22 tunes on this record is that at some point someone on every track has most probably whipped out a synth/midi keyboard/sampler and started pounding away. Other than that there's no real theme to the compilation if you don't count being awesome as a recurring theme. Slightly less recognisable names (Prurient, Marcus Schmickler?) effortlessly side by side with some more "bigger" (Flying Lotus, Hercules & Love Affair) names.
If you fancy hearing what "bleep-bleep music" of 2011 sounded like through the ears of the the big dogs over at Rough Trade then this is the album for you. So you could buy it of course or because I'm a bit of a loser with not a lot going on for me right now I put them all (well most of them as not all were on Spotify) together as a playlist which you can listen to here
Just got this delightful little number sent over. 'Sol' by Anglo-Italian band Mausi is a cheerful ol' summery tune, kind of like a female-fronted Delorean. Maybe it's that stabbing house piano or all that "doop doop doop" -ing in the chorus which makes it so damn upbeat. One to brush away those winter cobwebs this is. Until the next time you look out the window that is..
Bear Cavalry's vocal parts bear an uncanny resemblance to Cajun Dance Party's but don't you dare let that put you off the Gosport four-piece and their new "Maple Trails" EP because you really shouldn't sleep on this.
They mix their melodic dance-pop with a just a tinge of tropical punk ending up with complex, exciting and not to mention super awesome results.
Head over to their Facebook page for free downloads and the likes. http://www.facebook.com/bearcavalryband
