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Experience Experiments

What does a ping pong ball, wind-up toy, and duck tape have to do with classical music? Surprisingly these are different elements German composer Hauschka has used in creating new sounds to his composed orchestral music. With great similarity to that of Yann Tiersen, Hauschka brings playfully dark and somber components with romantic piano, music box melodies and profound strings. He adds an unusual touch, taping the piano chords or placing ping pong balls into the piano. Hauschka continues to experiment with different objects looking for new sounds to add to his compositions, making his live shows and tracks interesting to hear and see.



Hauschka-Ginsterweg

The Good, The Not So Bad, The Not So Ugly

I suppose I will follow up with yet another great collaboration. I am a little late on the train but hopefully this is a new band to some of my readers. The Good, The Bad & The Queen is composed of vocalist Damon Albarn (Gorillaz/The Blur), guitarist Simon Tong (The Verve), bassist Paul Simonon (The Clash), and drummer Tony Allen (Fela Kuti). Some seriously incredible musicians coming together to form elements of classic rock mixed with upbeat folk-y vibes. Not to mention their album was produced by Danger Mouse. Albarn brings the beautiful touch of vocals that once won me over with Gorillaz, catching my ears all over again.

Fantastic Foursome

Monsters of Folk consists of M. Ward, Yim Yames (Jim James from My Morning Jacket), Mike Mogis and the ever so nostalgic and depressing Conor Oberst. All four have collaborated to create some astonishingly wonderful tracks. The following track being one of my favorites:

Grecian Frequency

Absolutely infatuated with the artist CRSpace. Unfortunately my geography skills are not too keen, so I was a little taken back about finding an artist from Thessaloniki, Greece. I can't recall any impressionable artists from that general area, but CRSpace definitely takes the cake as of now. CRSpace produces and DJ's a lot of clean cut experimental, trip hop, space-y and electronic beats as well as some favorable dubstep sets. I suggest listening to all of the tracks with headphones so you can actually get the full production value.

crspace & tesla phenomena - unknown by crspace

Sub tropical (preview) by crspace

crspace - liveset - summer 2010 by crspace

Check out the rest of his tracks on his Soundcloud.

Sweden Sounds

After drinking two redbulls, I sped through music pages looking for some new artists to post up. Lissvik stopped me in my cracked out tracks. Lissvik- or some of you may know him as D. Lissvik- is one half of the incredible duo Studio. Lissvik is a Swedish producer whose tracks include experimental beats with a mixture of middle eastern sounds, New Order sounding guitar riffs, and disco-y drumlines. Basically a mix of everything; it varies depending on the track. He became a pretty big deal after his remix of Fever Ray's 'When I Grow Up', but I am going to go ahead and post up some equally awesome tracks.

Lissvik- B2
Lissvik- Practice

City Country River

It has been far, far too long since I have done a post. With the craziness of music events post midterms week, my brain has slowly turned to scholastic musical mush. Finally crawling out of my cave of books to find the time to share some newly sought after music. Unfortunately, these guys I have found are impossible to get hold of, and once again I fell in love with an artist that I can barely find ANY information on or tracks outside of myspace. Stadt Land Fluss, translated into "City, Country, River" is an acoustic duo from Berlin. Like many of my choice artists, they are completely instrumental. With beautiful, mellow riffs they tell stories with their fingers. I tried searching far and wide through the blogosphere and internet to find some sort of clip/video/track that I could put up. Apparently they had an album come out in 2007, no where to be found though. By searching one of the artists names I did discover a random youtube video that used their music- hooray! I highly reccommend actually going on their myspace and listening to all of their tracks with a cup of tea and an open mind. Enjoy.

Turbo Track

I have always been checking up on Turbotito ever since I saw him at Echoplex play one of the best DJ sets I have heard in awhile. Turbotito is a DJ/Producer from Copenhagen but currently stationed in Los Angeles. I am obsessed with this fairly new remixed track 'Lose Your Soul'. Very lounge-esque, and eerie.

Dead Man's Bones- Lose Your Soul (Turbotito Remix)