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Big props to the always awesome Kitune Noir for finding this because it's pretty sublime / mental. Created by hell0jed (MySpace), it's a freaking IDM track made out of the sounds made from a little girl. As Bobby points out on +KN it starts weird but from 42 seconds in gets progressively more awesome.
Definetely worth two minutes of your time.
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Just a quick note to say that BlackPlastic has been checking out a new short-form music TV show SonyEricsson are hostingover at YouTube. It's early days and the show covers a fairly wide range of pop and dance music, meaning they end up talking to a few artists BlackPlastic would politely consider 'toss' (Chipmunk anyone?) but there is also some interesting content...
Check it out by clicking the badge - last week there was an interesting citizen journalist interview with Pop Justice founder Peter Robinson on the future of music journalism and the piece on the Friendly Fires recent blackout gig from a few weeks ago is cool.
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An interesting video from Ohio band THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! who make an interesting mix of rock and electro - think the kind of mix that the likes of Adam Freeland are currently peddling but with bigger choruses. The video was made with apparently no budget at all using 21 borrowed Mac Books, with the video being shot on the embedded iSight cameras using Photobooth - creative!
THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN!'s debut album, entitled Love Kills, came out in May on Reversed Image Unlimited. Check out THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN!'s MySpace and Twitter for more.
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Animal Collective are releasing the next single from their rather glorious Merriweather Post Pavillion album on June 29. The sunny psychedelia of 'Summertime Clothes' is undoubtably a highlight from an already pretty damn awesome album so if, for whatever reason, you are yet to check out the album then make sure you have a listen. The band recently performed the song live on Letterman, check it out:
The single comes backed with a collection of remixes (one of which is by current retro whizz kid Zomby). If you can't wait or just fancy a free download then the band's label Domino are giving away one of the mixes for free (well, in exchange for the usual personal data) over at the Domino website. You'll get the Dam-Funk Remix there - is a warm, dubby affair - BlackPlastic has a temptation to feel that remixes of material this good are kind of pointless but this mix does a pretty good job of putting a nice spin on the original.
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They aren't 'electronic' in the sense of being even vaguely related to the central musical styles of this blog. What they are however is one of the most passionate, mind-blowingly enjoyable rock bands around right now. If you checked our top five non-electronic albums of 2008 you will know that the Hold Steady's Bruce Springsteen-esque sound blew us away on their album Stay Positive.
A Positive Rage is a double disc effort - a live recording from c. 2006 and a DVD documentary made at the same time as the band tour America (with a bit of London at the beginning). BlackPlastic doesn't feel the need to say much about this beyond the fact that both components are essential (so don't do digital kids, buy a proper CD for once) and that this is a perfect introduction as to what is so great about the band.
The album closes on a couple of tracks that run into each other - 'Girls Like Status' and 'Killer Parties' - and the result feels like a moment of clarity in a drunken haze. As Craig Finn's closing vocals (more shouted than sung) state:
If she said we partied then I'm pretty sure we partied...
I really don't remember...
I remember we departed... from our bodies.
It's a glorious moment - as the electronic warmth of guitar distortion and organ envelope the crowd and Finn himself BlackPlastic can't help but wish they were there.
Available on CD / DVD at Amazon.co.uk
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