Archive for December, 2007
I got home last night and stayed up watching Time Life’s ‘Soul Story’ on tv and I always get the urge to write down the names of artists I like from those 8 second clips they show you of what’s on the CD, and last night I did it. haha. I wrote down names such as, Barbara Lynn, The Miracles, J. J. Jackson, etc. And then I went on a crazed downloading fit and found this index from some teacher’s school files where she had uploaded tons of good ol’ oldies.
Anyway this track by The Tornados stuck out, and I did some research on them, meaning I went to Wikipedia and this is what is says:
The Tornados (in the U.S. they were credited as The Tornadoes) were an English instrumental group of the 1960s, who acted as the in-house back-up group for many of Joe Meek’s productions.
The Tornados also enjoyed several chart hits in their own right, including the Number One “Telstar” (named after the satellite and composed by Meek). It was the first U.S. Number One by a British group. The song was featured a clavioline, a keyboard instrument with a distinctive electronic sound.
This novelty record was intended to evoke the dawn of the space age, complete with sound effects that were meant to sound “space-like”. A popular story at the time of the record’s release was that the weird distortions and background noise came from sending the signal up to the Telstar satellite and re-recording it back on Earth. However, is more likely that the effects were created in Meek’s recording studio, which was a small flat above a shop in London. It has been claimed that the sounds intended to symbolize radio signals were produced by Meek running a pen around the rim of an ashtray, and that the “rocket blastoff” at the start of the record was actually a flushing toilet, with the recordings made to sound exotic by playing the tape in reverse at various speeds.
Warning: This is an instrumental song.
Listen: The Tornados - Telestar (1962)
(give it some time to load, hypem was being difficult. if you have trouble with it playing, click ‘read more’ and click the actual music link inside the blog post)
Yea? yeah? yeah????!! yes. You know its great.
Felix Cartal @ myspace
Cartal’s newest track, Vancouver is yet another catchy, bass driven dance tune, but to me it feels like something new. It has been on repeat on my computer most of the week, which probably wasn’t good for finals studying, but I’m pretty sure I raked in all those As and Bs. *cross fingers* Felix Cartal is another dj out of France getting big thanks to blogging, etc.
Missingtoof summed this up nicely: “Cartal is a child of France but his affinity for his second home, Canada is strong. In his newest work, Felix Cartal pays homage to the city where he lived and partied and was undoubtedly inspired. The track is ‘Vancouver’, which bookends his previous track, ‘Montreal Dreams’.”
Check below for the music. If you’re feeling extra intense, listen to ‘Drugs’. I included his remix of MSTRKFT’s ‘The Looks’.
Go here to access his myspace, but be warned don’t click on his band website.
Felix Cartal - Vancouver
Felix Cartal - Drugs
MSTRKFT - The Looks (Felix Cartal Remix)
Photo by Ria Roberts (2007)
bgebs (Brittany) recently started a blog detailing her life and ramblings in the CU. At omgdidyouhearabout, you’ll find the latest dishes on her love of sparks and djs, her escapades in London, and of course graphs detailing which bars she attends (100% Murphys). Since the blog has gone live, just under two weeks ago it has gotten already over 3600 hits. It has shown up on a Craigslist in San Francisco and is the current talk amongst my friends. Imo, it’s hilarious and a great read. She posts a couple times a day and it’s always a satisfying read. Below you’ll find a small IM interview today and don’t miss the remixes at the bottom.
Most of you guys have probably heard of Bishop Allen. For me they are one of those blog bands that you always read about, and then never get down to downloading anything, maybe a song or two, but nothing really substantial. Well, after the music meeting at WPGU on Friday, I am ready to investigate.
Gina brought it “Click, Click, Click, Click” and instantly I knew I had heard it before. I did some digging and remembered it being featured in a Sony Camera commercial. Bishop Allen undertook a project in 2006, pledging to release an EP every month for the year. They accomplished it and they made some great music, check it out. “Click, Click, Click, Click” is off their July 2007 second album.
Check out the songs below, plus a few other Bishop Allen goodies.
Oh, and check out the music video over on youtube.
Bishop Allen - Click, Click, Click, Click
Bishop Allen - This Same Fire
Bishop Allen - The Monitor
