Friday, 16 March 2012

Friday Tunes 44

Albums
Sting – Ten Summoner's Tales – An old fave revisited, check it
Speech Debelle – Freedom Of Speech – Great to have her back, and some collab with Mr Roots Manuva!
Andreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong – A super Shazam discovery in the pub, then I discovered she’s all over the Bonobo Black Sand’s album! Nice!
Mr. Scruff – Ninja Tuna – Where has this album been for the last 5 years – loving it so much, esp. with the Alice Russell, Andreya Triana and Root Manuva collabs
Bonobo – Black Sands Remixed – Some awesome remixes of the original
Skrillex – Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites – A couple of years ago, who’d’ve guessed that dub would be winning Grammies, and beating Deadmau5 no less!

Single tracks
Kyla La Grange – Been Better – Watch this space with this one, got a feeling she’s going to be big. Check the new single Vampire Smile (SoundCloud) Representing those gowns!
Speech Debelle – Live for the Message – Love the soothing vocals and the oriental-style production
Andreya Triana – Darker Than Blue – Absolutely beautiful chilled track
Sting – Heavy Cloud No Rain – Sweet bit of funk from our favourite Geordie PE teacher.
Quantic – Look Around the Corner – A sweet new Quantic–Alice Russell collab – feels a little Bebel Gilberto
Mr. Scruff – Music Takes Me Up – Again, yet another sweet Alice Russell discovery since the last posting
Mr. Scruff – Donkey Ride – Super bouncy piece of Scruff
Mr. Scruff – Get On Down – A super sweet piece of Scruff  funk
Bonobo – Ghost Ship – What a beaut – could be an original Bonobo mix
Skrillex – With You, Friends [Long Drive] – And here’s a happy chilled bit of Skrillex
Kidnap Kid – Lazarus Taxon – Sweet bit of Electro-house. Cheers FB
Skrillex – Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites - Zedd Remix – And something less happy, but vaguely trancey, then mau5ey!

Monday, 5 March 2012

Tunes 43

It's been a while - I've lapsed. Here's the running list that I've been building in the background.

Playlists
Donohue's Deep House – A selection of sweet house tracks, courtesy of Mr Donohue

Albums
Junior Boys – It's All True – Performing at the opening of Virgin Mobile Chile. Reminding me of a cross between Metronomy and Chromeo
Lana Del Rey – Born To Die – Great dreamy voice
Django Django – Django Django – What a find, thanks Burty! Another Metronomy-esque band which has gone super big over the last few months
RJD2 – The Colossus – From 2010, I’m gagging for some more fresh stuff, love them so much. Highlights below.
Gypsy & The Cat – Gilgamesh – Very dreamy and Empire Of The Sun, some absolute corkers in this album, with a sweet remix disc

Single tracks
Lana Del Rey – Off To The Races – Loving the big orchestral production and lifts in the vocals
Lana Del Rey – Diet Mountain Dew – Great beat in the verse, dreamy chorus
Django Django – Hail Bop – Nice and Metronomy-esque with some cool out-of-tune / bending guitar
Django Django – Firewater – pretty Belle & Sebastian
Django Django – Life's a Beach – Another fave from the album
Gypsy & The Cat – The Piper's Song – What a beaut – fave from the album
Gypsy & The Cat – Jona Vark – So Empire Of The Sun!
Coldplay – Hurts Like Heaven – Got totally obsessed with this track a few weeks back
RJD2 – The Glow – Some more of their sweet vocal mixes
RJD2 – Tin Flower – Very Herbaliser