January 29th, 2010
“Machines that listen” is a quiet, slowly EP from a band called Delta Mirror.
I have been listening a lot to one song from this debut EP – “A room for waiting”, which is a beautiful downtempo tune perfect for a quiet day chilling at home.
Nice dark drones, glitchy beats and a mysterious and interesting vocal on this track. Different voices on the other tracks.
The songs from the album is lyrically inspired by a hospital. Each song is supposed to belong to one room and one story, each from their separate room in the hospital.
You can stream the track here.
And here is what they write about the album over at Stereogum.
Delta Mirror say they they are of a mind with bands like the Big Pink and Fuck Buttons, acts bent simultaneously toward shoegaze and electronics. But the DM is less expansive and maybe less noisy, respectively, than those acts: Their debut LP Machines That Listen is downcast and down-tempo, heartfelt and brooding, immersive and swirling. It’s also gorgeous and incredibly repeatable. The beats are savvy. They glitch and break unpredictably, tricks the trio’s Craig Gordon and David Bolt no doubt picked up while working on their hip-hop project prior to this one. Lyrically, each song takes place in a different room of a hospital; it’s an emotional and conceptual palette that mirrors the Antlers’ Hospice. Three voices are at play, including bass player Karrie K’s, but it’s a gothy baritone that pushes most of the songs, registering like Interpol’s Paul Banks discovering IDM and M83. You should hear the whole record, but start with the gem “He Was Worse Than The Needle He Gave You.” You can grab it below, along with the premiere of its beat-flipped, upticked remix which, true to the band’s hip-hop roots, is filed by anticon dude Alias. And cap it all with a listen to “A Room For Waiting,” patiently post-rock in its piano-tinkling, exquisitely textured, a good example of the Delta Mirror’s ability to blend beats to phrases that become scenery-setting mantras: “You tell me to be patient because I’m not the only one but tell me how many were before me / how many were therevbefore me tell me how many were before me…” Great stuff:
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January 24th, 2010
Those of you waiting for news about some hot new crisp chilled downtempo for your Chill out collection, will have to endure a wait until some other writing from this channel. This time its about a trance release.
If you like me, remember the late eighties and start nineties where electronic music was in its glorious days where technology was fairly new, and electronic artists was popping up all the time from every hole in ground it seemed – if you remember these raving days – or just likes this kind of music in general – chances are good that you will like this release from French electronic traveller Atyss.
Even though he is a bit “faster” so to say – than the big ones in those days – Orb, Underworld, Eat Static.
“State of resonance” is released on Sonic Motion Records and I can tell you that if you liked/like trance and acid house, you wont be disappointed.
Atyss has the seal of approval from the crowds on dance floors across the globe and also this time takes you on a journey of trepidation and chaotic bliss, with ominous beats, uplifting bass and distorted leads. With melodies to fill a silence with ethereal yet devilish rhythm, leaving you in a transfixed state of resonance. (press notes)
Nine original tracks and a few tracks featuring other luminairies from that scene, such as: Tim Schuldt, Killer Buds, Triskell, Lazy Lyzard.
Enjoy!
Ganga – Downbeat / Chill Out Music
http://www.ganga.dk
http://www.flincmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/gangalounge
http://www.youtube.com/gangalounge
http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ganga
http://www.gangamusic.info
http://www.bandbase.dk/ganga
http://www.reverbnation.com/ganga
Tags: atyss, Chill Out, Downtempo, Ganga, state of resonance
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January 5th, 2010
Coming Home
Seems like winter is here to stay in this deepfrozen city of Copenhagen.
Looking out of window and all I see is white snow falling gently before it hits the street and turns into this undistinguishable mass of salt and snow. Pretty on the way down towards darkness though.
I have managed to squeeze out a few crisp tracks from inbetween the stiff fingers of this horrible winter.
From down below the fireplace I give you the arabic inspired track “Coming Home” featuring long time collaborator Helle Chirholm on vocals arabica – mostly anyway.
It has been underway for a long time since this summer in New York where I made the first parts and Gbatokai Dakinah layed down a funky bass to go with it. Right there on the corner of 1st avenue and 9th street.
Its a nice track I think – if such a thing is possible at all. There is some arabic feel to it, and the different roles play well together, so I pad myself on the back. Listen to Coming Home
Great job from Helle and Gbatokai – they make it come alive.
Its already featured on “Dubai Fashion Week” – something like that.
At last I want to point your attention to this blog where you can listen to these good peoples idea of the best music of 2009 – some good tracks inbetween.
Happy New Year
Tags: Chill Out, coming home, Downbeat, Ganga
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December 11th, 2009
Comfort Fit’s player “Polyshufflez” goes into the second round with fourteen que re-interpretations by Laurent Garnier, Domu, Opolopo, Atjazz, Boom Clap Bachelors, Robot Koch, Jay Scarlett and other artists.
Laurent Garnier and Atjazz (Innervisions/Sonar Kollektiv) remixed Comfort Fit’s “Ask the Devil” featuring the bestselling book author Howard Marks.
Further dancefloor crashing remixes come from Comfort Fit, Sweden’s finest funkateer Opolopo (Especial/Tokyo Dawn Records), Jacob Korn (Running Back/Permanent Vacation), global bass buccaneer Tim Turbo and a special remix from breakbeat guru Domu (Treble O/Tru Thoughts), who just recently announced his retirement from the music business to the shock of everybody.
Other contributers are Jay Scarlett (Beat Dimensions), Lazer Trooper Robot Koch (Robots Don’t Sleep), the brilliant Swede:art (new album on Tokyo Dawn 2010), Singing Statues ( Jack High, Ghostly International), Germany’s up and coming Hip-Hop producer fLako (Kwatro), Denmark’s Boom Clap Bachelors and rtformat (Tokyo Dawn).
This is not the most chilled downbeat around, but definitely some interesting downbeat tracks inbetween.
My favourite must be the Atjazz Deeper mix: “Ask the devil”
TRACKS:
1. Next Incarnation feat. Caits Meissner (Boom Clap Bachelors remix)
2. Seen Not Heard feat. NOTE (Jay Scarlett remix)
3. Yer Daddy feat. Wallis Bird (Domu remix)
4. Peter Pan (Portformat remix)
5. Exabyte (Singing Statues remix)
6. Exabyte (fLako remix)
7. Fired up! feat. Blaktroniks (Opolopo remix)
8. Ask The Devil feat. Howard Marks (Atjazz Deeper remix)
9. Seen not heard feat. NOTE (Tim Turbo remix)
10. Wicked Game (Swede:art remix)
11. Fired up! feat. Blaktroniks (Robot Koch mix)
12. Superposition (Comfort Fit remix)
13. Snare Wars (Jacob Korn remix)
14. Ask The Devil feat. Howard Marks (Laurent Garnier mix)
<a href=”http://www.ganga.dk”>Ganga – Downbeat / Chill Out Music</a>
http://www.ganga.dk
http://www.flincmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/gangalounge
http://www.youtube.com/gangalounge
http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ganga
http://www.gangamusic.info
http://www.bandbase.dk/ganga
http://www.reverbnation.com/ganga
Tags: Chill Out, Comfort Fit, Downbeat, Ganga, laurent garnier
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November 19th, 2009
Do you wanna party with the bonaparte?
Those were the words from the horses mouth when he entered the stage on Rust Nightclub last saturday night.
Most of them wearing masks of different kinds and yes… one of them with horse mask that made him look really funny.
The danish music festival Wundergrund encouraged 8 different people from the danish art music scene to curate different concerts around town, and this was one of them.
Bonaparte is a berlin punk/rock/electro circus act centered around partying on stage non stop.
Several dancers that also wanders around the audience dressed like like …. something weird but great looking.
One lead singer also plays the main guitar riffs and he drives the band together with the drummer and the bass player, whose face was never to be seen for the mask he was wearing.
Really energetic and fun setup.
Bonaparte originate from Berlins underground, and are now constantly touring the world with their punk rock electro circu. If you get a chance, go and see them - you have never seen anything like it before.
For the fans of naked flesh, I can reveal that the very well equipped blond girl who constantly changes dresses, at the end of the show actually pours a bowl of milk over her entire almost naked body – a swell sight i.
Anyway, I encourage everybody to go and see this show – its very effective. In fact its so efffective that I dont remmeber too much about the actual songs, other that they worked very well in the context and they made people jump up and down
I will locate some pics from the concert one of these days.
<a href=”http://www.ganga.dk”>Ganga – Downbeat / Chill Out Music</a>
http://www.ganga.dk/
http://www.flincmusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/gangalounge
http://www.youtube.com/gangalounge
http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ganga
http://www.gangamusic.info/
http://www.bandbase.dk/ganga
http://www.reverbnation.com/ganga
Tags: berlin, bonaparte, Chill Out, Ganga, rust nightclub
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November 16th, 2009
Kebab Connection (Kedub by [dunkelbunt])„Kebab Connection“ is [dunkelbunt]´s exclusive contribution for his just recently released “Sun Dub“-compilation on Poets Club Records. The title “Kebab Connection“ is inspired by the theme of the German movie and pure Balkan-Dancehall madness, featuring Ragga MC Cloud Tissa on vocals.
The package includes [dunkelbunt]´s own „Kedub“-remix that turns the song into a more sophisticated track, a „folkstep“-remix by Serbian laptop wizards Shazalakazoo and some more mixes by Hungarian top notch DJ´s Savages y Suefo and UK´s finest Forty Thieves Orkestar.
[dunkelbunt] aka Ulf Lindemann is an electronic music producer from Hamburg, Germany, who emigrated Vienna, where he works as a composer, DJ, radio editor and mixer of spices.
The name [dunkelbunt] stands for diversity and the restless and ongoing search for undiscovered musical fusions. He combines Balkan, Swing and Oriental influences with Dub, Reggae, Dancehall and Club music. Being a gifted piano player himself, he redevelops his own distinctive style and musical sense with every musical influence and every ethnic group that he comes across.
[dunkelbunt]´s list of cooperations with bands and musicians seems to be just as extensive as the musical waters he crosses. His albums „Morgenlandfahrt“ (Chat Chapeau) und „Raindrops And Elephants“ (Piranha) reflects the numerous co-operations and remixes for artists as various as Waldeck, Watcha Clan, FanfareCiocarlia, The Cat Empire, Harry Stojka, 17 Hippies and Amsterdam Klezmer Band enriching many many tracks of his albums.
[dunkelbunt] is on a continuous musical travel around the world: San Francisco, Istanbul, Melbourne, London, Budapest, Capetown – just a choice of the many stops on his never-ending tour of the past few years.
This is a truly great release and I can highly recommend it. Nice for a chill out time in the hammock.
Ganga – Downbeat / Chill Out Music
http://www.ganga.dk
http://www.flincmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/gangalounge
http://www.youtube.com/gangalounge
http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ganga
http://www.gangamusic.info
http://www.bandbase.dk/ganga
http://www.reverbnation.com/ganga
Tags: cloud tissa, dunkelbunt, Ganga, Poets Club Records
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November 11th, 2009
I think I was too quick the other day when I wrote about a new track that I finished. That wasnt here by the way…hm. On myspace…But anyway.
Its one of the tracks I was working on in New York a few weeks back.
Its finally coming together, and I thought I did it… but no. After some days break, and some other ears, I decided to work on some more details, all smalln stuff that needed fixing.
Helle Chirholm sings on this track, and does a beautiful job combining english lyrics with also some arabic sentences. Making it all work together beautifully.
Gbatokai Dakinah put down a nice bass – right on the actual corner of 1st avenue and E 9th street on that rainy afternoon.
Really nice bass playing.
Now its just gonna take me a few days to finish this, and then I will put it up for listening.
I will also soon have a new give away track for those who signed up for my newsletter.
Here
Tags: Chill Out, Downbeat, Ganga, new track
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November 4th, 2009
Winter is creeping in on Copenhagen and I tug in under my blankets with my computer and listen to some new material from Poets Club Records. The active little german label just south of the border – way south of the border actually. Its Oliver Kieser now out with his solo project “Egotrip”.
Some may know Oliver Kieser from the 90s where he recorded on G-Stone Recordings (Kieser.Velten was his project) and developed his unique deep and groovey sound.
This release is called “Shanty Boogie” and consists of the original track “Shanty Boogie” and two remixes.
One dubby house mix by Razoof and Emanuel and the other one by fellow funk brotheres Quincy Joints (one half of Geriba with releases on Funk Weapons and Citrona records).
All very funky stuff – almost old school qualities in some of these funky riffs, if you are in to this kind of funky keys and old school synts and the occasional vocal drops.
Nice release.
Tags: Chill Out, Downbeat, Poets Club Records, Quincy Joints, Razoof and Emanuel
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October 27th, 2009
Some day I will get of that “chill out” tag, but until I do, I am afraid I have to use it fullon. Sorry – its a web thing.
I will get back to that in some other blog.
So we released “Autumn Remixed” nearly two weeks ago, and as I hear it, especially spanish DJs are going crazy over Lennys Dubdriver remix.
I got a lot of nice feedback also on the other mixes – all of them actually – not just Lennys. And this is great news. One of them we already licensed to a compilation so I guess things are moving ahead as it should.
I found out this week also, that the DJ Mr. Sam, who is on Black Hole Recordings (Tiestos label) – he has released his five track EP which also contains a Morten Y. remix of a song from my first album.
Its the track Sweet Morning, that Morten Y. remixed and its available now on Beatport and everywhere else.
So if you were dreaming of a progressive house version of this chill out downbeat classic, this one is for you.
Its licensed from my old label Music For Dreams. My good neighbeurs here in Copenhagen.
I will back into the music now on this somewhat crappy day here in Copenhagen. It seems like grey is here to stay.
Tags: autumn, autumn remixed, Ganga, morten y, mr sam, sweet morning
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October 22nd, 2009
Just happened to catch a show last week with “The Black Angels” in Webster Hall New York.
Very cool band with tons of backward references such as Velvet Underground, Doors, Black Sabbath and possibly others I cant remember right now.
Even the artwork for one of the posters was nearly a total ripoff of an old Velvet Underground cover. A blackhaired woman in a psychedelic bedding of what appears to be flowers.
It sounds maybe not so cool to ripp of stuff like that, but in regards to the music its actually very original and they play with great nerve and black intensity. Very dark, but a beautiful darkness that lets you take of on that journey that so much other is the essence of listening. Definitely not your average downbeat listening experience, even though many of the tracks are slow.
Got their album also, after only hearing one song maybe.
But I think I would have bought the vinyl anyway, just because the cover was so great looking.
Thats the way to go – make a great cover and your vinyls will be sold not for the music, but because they look good.
Dont really care so much for CDs. I will rather download if I can get 320 kbs mp3s – ofcourse my favourite bands I would love to have on CD – so I guess its not totally true.
Next show was the Raveonettes – my fellow countrymen from Copenhagen, whom I had never heard live before and really didnt know know too well.
But they delivered a truly amazing concert. Noiserock and retro sounds in one nice combination. I love her voice – wish she would sing on more tracks than she does.
I can understand what they are trying to acheive with the dubbing of their leads – they kind of blend well together, but they also sound good alone – both of them. I must admit they were better than The Black Angels in terms of “The Show” they put on. And one funny detail. The drummer is standing up and they are performing with a backtrack and click track for the drummer. Makes it a little stiff I would say, but you hardly notice because they play so well.
Nice noises.
Ganga – Downbeat / Chill Out Music
Tags: Chill Out, Downbeat, Ganga, raveonettes, the black angels
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