Beautifully situated between Vancouver Island and the Mainland lies Salt Spring Island. I recently took a trip there with a friend working at the organic Duck Creek Farm on Salt Spring. Silly things happen when we get messy at a farm, one of them being a remix of T.Pain's Low. Here's an excerpt of the lyrics from one of our farm flows:
Crocs with the fur
All potato eyes were looking at herrrr
She ploughed a trench!
She ploughed a trench!
She hilled them all!
She hilled them all!
And the roots grew low low low low low
-An Emma and Nas RE-cyclable
Check out the music video for the original masterpiece here.
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Now please enjoy some non-bullshit music.
I present to you, umo (mp3) as originally released in the album Taiga (2006). (Also, view the video for umo here.) The all female Japanese rockband OOIOO (a side project of the band Boredoms) have been off the radar since releasing their Eye Remix album in 2007. The EP consists of Yamantaka Eye from Boredoms, remixing the tracks umo and uma . Worth a spin, but more albums and/or tours, please!
I think there should be a term for electronic artists who kind of make fun of themselves, like the anti-folk of the electronic world (correct me if there is already a term). Stephane Laporte is a lovely artist from Paris, France who incorporates this and that (analog and digital) into his songs creating stellar experimental pop hooks. We're not talking about dance music this time either. I'm quite sure this album is a story and I intend on figuring it out, even if it's just a story about Stephane in his bedroom with his instruments and his software. And who knew chipmunk vocals could sound good in a context other than Theodore wanting a hula hoop for Christmas?
domotic-i hate you forever (mp3) from the album Ask for Tiger
domotic-captain forests world of advice (mp3) from the album Ask for Tiger
Note: So now that I've finally discovered Z share, we can actually upload whatever f'ing mp3s we want for you to stream and download as opposed to praying to blog (heh) the song I want is on the artist's and/or record label's web page. This is the best.
Also, it seems our authors are coming and going like this is some sort of chandelier-encrusted brothel. We just want cool people posting cool stuff in a larger variety of genres.