Riva Starr – perfect winter chill out

February 23rd, 2010

Its this time of year where my home country is cold like the darkest corner in your freezer.

Everything is hard and cold and when the sun is out it looks as though it shouldn’t have left home today. In bed is the best place to be, chilling with some nice hot coco or something.

Some say there is a special nordic sound, a tone, melancholic in its ground substance.

Whether this is true or not I don’t know.

All I know is that melancholy is definitely a state of mind familiar to many Nordic people this time of year.

In Copenhagen we are lucky to have some daylight even when the days are their shortest, but all the way up in Norway where icebears and reindeers cruise the streets of every middle sized city, people litteraly go crazy this time of year when there is so little sunlight. Alaska should also be a tough place for humans in the winter.

Anyway the point is, its dark and cold and the best place to be is in bed.

I am not sure where, but somehow I stumbled over this track, that is almost perfect for this kind of weather.

Its called “Fanfar One” and is by Riva StarrRiva Starr who should be familiar to anyone into modern house music.

He is a talented producer of many music styles and has been around for a little over a decade

Producing and writing in many different genres under a lot of different names.

With a love of reinventing  music that inspires him, Stef created the term “Snatch!” as his way of describing his bootleg remix style of snatching/pick pocketing other music styles for his own. It’s also a play of words with the type of folk/Balkan/rock music he draws a lot of his  inspiration from, often carrying that gypsy spirit.

Having given away a number of widely praised and blogged “Snatch” mixes online (his recent remix of ‘The End’ by The Doors has well over 10,000 downloads on Discobelle alone), it wasn’t too long before some of these found their way into the DJ sets of some of the biggest names on the circuit.

I recommend “Fanfar One” to anyone blinded by winter or just life itself.

There is a Spanish Central Europevibe vibe to it, and its bound to get your spirits up a little.

So put your legs up, close your eyes and chill to this track.

Riva Starr – FanfarOne

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A history of ambient music – and chill out – related

February 14th, 2010

If you are interested in reading about ambient music, then I suggest you check out what Mike Watsons writes over at his site www.ambientmusicguide.com
Very informative and comprehensive article about ambient music and all the genres that exists around it and a lot of other interesting stuff related more looseley to the subject.
Here is a little extract: “At the start of the third millennium music to chill-out to makes perfect sense. As the Western world becomes faster, more complex, more rife with nervous energy, the joy of listening to some instrumental music that expresses both our external environment (both man-made and natural) and our inner spaces (both emotional and mental) is now more popular than at any other time in the history of recorded sound.

Such music has many names: ambient, new age, contemporary instrumental, experimental, spacerock, chillout, ambient techno, ambient trance, mood music, world music, new acoustic music. The protests of some musicians and A&R people notwithstanding, I believe one of these names in particular – ambient – is a perfectly useful signpost for the phenomenon. It points to music across a hugely diverse spectrum: from the gorgeous solo guitar of John Fahey to the environmental techno of Biosphere; from the minimal avant-pop of The Penguin Cafe Orchestra to  lush ambient trance of Ultimae Records and its artists.”

Read more here

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check out this Gui Boratto remix of downtempo legends

February 9th, 2010

Here is some good old piano chords – acoustic style – from triphop Bristol Legends

Massive Attack.

Its the track “Paradise Circus” that Gui Boratto is playing with in this remix.

Really slow piano playing with lots of deep single drones like Massive Attack have used it many times before. Piano bass tones that siiiiing out for a long time.

And the occasional nice acoustic bassline – sounds almost Pink Floydish with its very rhytmic fast figures – Morricone sound on that bass, but sometimes played a bit like “The Edge” would play his bigger than life guitar riffs.

You know, like from a huge irish cliff overlooking “The Atlantic Ocean” – all rocky with sunglasses and trench coat.

Its a great remix, and I almost forgot to mention the very sensitive vocal that comes along with the package.

Female singer creeps in under your skin and stays there and makes you wanna hide somewhere and just listen to that voice – I like it.

Here is the link

All the best here from the blistering cold frozen town of openhagen.

Some more chill out and downtempo sounds for you to enjoy under the sheets or whereever you hide. Maybe on the beach.

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http://www.youtube.com/gangalounge
http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ganga
http://www.gangamusic.info
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Chill out with downtempo Delta Mirror

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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State of resonance – no chill out and downbeat this time

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

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New tracks coming out of a deep frozen country

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

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Comfort Fit new remix album – new downbeat tracks

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)

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No chill out and downbeat this evening at Rust Nightclub

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.

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http://www.youtube.com/gangalounge

http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ganga

http://www.gangamusic.info/

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New downbeat from Dunkelbunt out on Poets Club Records

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

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http://www.youtube.com/gangalounge
http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ganga
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New chill out downbeat Track from Ganga

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.
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