New Music

[ironphoenix]

I've missed a few bagsful of music, but here's the most recent crop:

• Abdullah Ibrahim - Re:Brahim - Abdullah Ibrahim Remixed: I don't "do" jazz, but some of the treatments of Ibrahim's work here remind me of why I often append "yet" to that statement. I seem to be coming at it sideways, and this CD is a good vector for it. Somewhat acidy ("acidic" gives the wrong feel) tracks with good feeling to them... a cut above some of the more automatic acid jazz I've found.


• Snooze - Goingmobile and The Man In The Shadow: This is kind of hard to describe. It's somewhere in that broad muted-tone area between acid jazz, chillout, and downbeat electro-pop. A few tracks could be left off, especially from Goingmobile, but overall, there's a lot of good material there.


• Ministry of Sound - Ibiza Annual 2005: The Funky House Sound of the Summer: I have half of this already, scattered around on various discs, but a good deal of what I didn't already have was good, and the price was pretty reasonable (about $18 for the set). It's a 3-disc set, with disc 1 being very dance-party (think MC Mario), disc 2 being mostly "older," less candy trace, electro and house, and disc 3 being more chillout and downtempo. There are a few surprising mixes: for example, a catchy remix/cover of Owner of a Lonely Heart by Max Graham vs. Yes (on cd 1), a very nice lead-in to iio's Rapture (on cd 2), and an accoustic version of Basement Jaxx' Romeo (on cd 3).

In other news, the Denon DN-D4500 (CD player) is Going To Ship Today(tm), dammit. Stupid 2-month backorder.

Comments

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Oh, Mike! Hi.

I didn't know you were you, though I think I've seen you around.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

Heh... I wasn't sure you were you either, 'til you checked your LJ at my place, and this was it.

[m-danson.livejournal.com]

*puts on record*

"It's a small world after all..."

*turns up speed*

*chipmunks sing*

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

Do not taunt happyfun DJ to screw with your head and ears.

See spec sheet for new CD players for pitch shift and bend ranges, and just imagine what I can do to your music next time you come over &>8-> .

Plus the FX from the sampler, which can do further pitch-shifting, among other things.

Hmmm... a happy hardcore remix of Gravity Kills could be fun, dontchathink?

[m-danson.livejournal.com]

If you do that to my Gravity Kills I will feed your nice new CD player to you...




BTW... I found out one of my coworkers is a DJ.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

No, you will try to feed etc. You and some currently unspecified army would feed etc.

We're everywhere.
Unfortunately, this tends to lead to a lot of competition.

[m-danson.livejournal.com]

I probably could do it on my own. Corradus and I worked out a plan on how to imobilize a large hostile subject... it involved a nail gun... er... do I have to explain why Corradus and I had this conversation.



My coworker seems to have regular (if not plentiful) gigs.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

Yeah, like I'd be letting you near me with a nailgun. You're not Rob, so you won't be pulling it out of your spleen when my back is turned, either.

I have irregular gigs. They happen at odd intervals, too.