Information Ghetto – “Piotun”
SuperFan goin’ all ‘lectronicoid on ya again, with some pure electronic dance music. I was intrigued by the title and stark album artwork here – this is one of those random discoveries, and I’m glad I stopped to check it out, it’s fun stuff. As is often the case in this genre, one must be patient at first. “Piotun” starts with a mere skeleton, and you think, hey, I could do this on a laptop in my sleep, why is this a record? But the piece soon reveals itself, with a magnificent primal synth bass part that could compel a brick to boogie, before atmospheric cinematic gongs and blips complete the trance inducing picture. This kind of thing works so well in a nightclub setting. Or, you know, at home, with friends, pretending your pad is a nightclub. I do it all the time. Why not? Ravers, rave on.
Information Ghetto
“Piotun” (mp3)
from “Secrets – EP”
(3rd Wave Music)
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Acid Girls – “The Numbers Song”
Acid Girls, though you might like to think of them as girls on acid, are in fact, boys in a recording lab. I say “lab” because the old image of a recording “studio” doesn’t apply here. You know, the suited men with their cigarettes, poring over a score between takes in an acoustically engineered giant sauna looking room of fine hardwoods and huge double-paned windows. No, this is as post-modern a record as you can want – purely digital in every way, even the title is digital. And it kicks dance floor boo-tay. My feeling is, if you’re gonna sit around and play with bleeps and bops in the dark, you might as well go the distance and make a work as interesting and fun as this! Happy Friday all.
Acid Girls
“The Numbers Song” (mp3)
from “The Numbers Song/ Lightworks”
(iheartcomix)
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Eskimobot – “All Around Town”
With a criminally catchy chorus, delirious electro pop dance tracks, and ecstatic, unspeakably cool vocals, this gem from Eskimobot made my day. Blatantly, shamelessly pop though it is, “All Around Town” is nonetheless a subtle triumph. A shimmering soliloquy that succeeds so well in putting a listener in the storyteller’s shoes, it’s almost eerie. I’ve played it about 10 times now, as I try and figure out how to say exactly how much I love it without gushing. Oops! 2 L8! Enjoy, this is a smash.
Eskimobot
“All Around Town” (mp3)
from “Lullabies for Insomniacs”
(Sanguine Recordings)
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Keletigui et ses Tambourinis – “Tambourinis cocktail”
This joyous musical celebration was recorded in the West African nation of Guinea, by a dance band with one of the more unusual biographies you will find anywhere. Keletigui et ses Tambourinis was funded by the newly established state, after Guinea won independence from France. The group’s blend of Cuban rhythms, American jazz, and traditional African musics, under the direction of band leader Keletigui Traoré, gained widespread popularity and continues to echo as a major influence on African popular music today. Traoré died in 2008, but the music he and his band recorded has been re-released digitally for us to enjoy. Really nice stuff.
Keletigui et ses Tambourinis
“Tambourinis cocktail” (mp3)
from “The Syliphone Years”
(Sterns)
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