Does it have to end? The Olympic and Paralympic flame is currently buying duty free at Terminal 5 on its way to Rio, leaving a nation searching for a new reason to smile at each other. Even the slightly odd decision to end it all with a four day long Coldplay concert featuring an American rapping about money and bitches cant take the shine off.
Newsagentprovocateur tweeted a picture of himself enjoying the concert although I have to declare that if you play me “Everything’s Not Lost” I may get teary. In fact play me most Coldplay songs and ill happily hum along but anymore than three and ill nod off.
Anyway putting the closing ceremony on mute did enable me to put together a montage of this weeks musical highlights.
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It’s a few weeks since Carnival and yet the reggae refixs of Aberystwyth’s finest remixer Ennio Maccaroni steadfastly refuse to leave my stereo. As such here are a couple more from Ennio as he and Ringo Modulator take on The Wailers “Mr Brown” and Niney The Observer “Blood & Fire”.
Head to his Soundcloud for more.
Snide Rhythms – “I Can’t Keep Up! (Refreshing Towelette Remix)” (FREE Download)
Edinburgh based label The Bonjour Branch is co-owned by Randan Discotheque’s Craig Coulthard and as such I try to keep half an eye on their infrequent but usually essential releases.
The debut album from Snide Rhythms isn’t available until November but you can sample its post-punk, bass driven sneer over on Soundcloud now. “Instralude” (below) gives a good flavour but “I Can’t Keep Up” is the highlight particularly the C-Biscuit & Neil Landstrumm remix.
Coming on like a post punk version of LCD Soundsystem’s “Losing My Edge“, only with Mark E Smith, not James Murphy railing against the ever increasing distance from vibrant youth.
Peter Broderick – “I’ve Tried”
Peter Broderick is one of the more idiosyncratic artists, always happy to cross genre’s and experiment with different ways of making music. I was lucky enough to see him play within the beautiful 18th century splendour of St Giles church in Soho a few years back and was transfixed as he wandered down the aisle singing without amplification.
His new album is due in November and is dedicated to vocal experiments, of which preview single “Ive Tried” features Broderick singing in what he termed “a rather r&b style“. The live studio video featuring laid back beatboxing, synths and vocal overdubs is particularly worth a watch.
Tropic Of Cancer – “It’s All Come Undone“
Gothic, drone-wave, post punk, dark-wave, call it what you will but the three track EP from Los Angeles duo Tropic Of Cancer is gloriously dark. If Coleridge had emerged from an opium dream and recorded music rather than penning Kubla Khan, it might’ve sounded like this.
Order the EP from Mannequin Records
Mankoora “El Loco”
Right, from the darkness into the light with some driving basslines, parping horns, and a latin groove. Mankoora are Loopez on Piano, Alexansra Bednasch on guitar/bass with David Hanke on the production dials. Crucially on “El Loco” they’ve purloined the strident trumpet lines from Ninjatune’s mid 90′s DJ Toolz “Trumpet Riffs” LP by Rafael Corderdos.
All in all a grin inducing irresistible get up and conga sound.
COVERS & RE-EDITS
Serge Santiago gave music blog Feel My Bicep access to a never heard before live mix of Daft Punk’s “Da Funk” which had previously been laying in his archives for years. It’s a monster party or festival rework of one of the all time classic house tunes.
Download the remix for free at Feel My Bicep and listen to the new project Serge has been busy on, Waze & Odyssey.
