It's Magic, Ya Know?

Sally Shapiro and Johan Agebjörn are bliss. They have everyone beat when it comes to making soft, balearic Moroder-esque disco.

Sally Shapiro - Miracle (alt)

New album My Guilty Pleasure out Aug. 25th.

Bonus:
Sally Shapiro - Miracle (Bogdan Irkük Remix) (alt)

Air It Out

New Air, album is called Love 2. Out October 09.

Love 2 Tracklist:

01 Do the Joy (alt)
02 Love
03 So Light Is Her Footfall
04 Be a Bee
05 Missing the Light of the Day
06 Tropical Disease
07 Heaven’s Light
08 Night Hunter
09 Sing Sang Sung <--- First Single out Aug. 25th
10 Eat My Beat
11 You Can Tell It to Everybody
12 African Velvet

Excitement.

Bonus:
Air - Clouds Up (alt)

One In A Million

Way to go The One. Great mix. Thx to Palms Out Sounds for this awesome series.

Shinichi Osawa - Sounds of Summer Mix '09 (alt)

Bangin' Your Brains Out

A little Ed Banger in our lives never hurt.

Feadz's 6 1/2 Birthday Mix (alt) :

N.A.S.A. - STRANGE ENOUGH feat. KAREN O, ODB & FATLIP (MR OIZO RMX) (alt)
YOUNG L - CLIMBIN’ UP THAT POLE
BLACK EYED PEAS - LET THE BEAT ROCK (BOYS NOIZE RMX) (alt)
L’IL B - WE CAN GO DOWN
DAS GLOW - I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH U
MAJOR LAZER - WHEN YOU HEAR THE BASSLINE feat. MS THING
ROB THREEZY - YOU BAD (DJ SEGA RMX)
FEADZ - AGE 21
ALEX CORTEX - REMINISCE
TIGA - SHOES (MR OIZO RMX)
JOAKIM - WATERMELON BUBBLICIOUS
CASHMERE - HORNY
T PAIN - CAN’T BELIEVE IT RMX feat. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
CEEPHAX - ACID ON SEA
DAS GLOW - JERRYCAN
SIRIUSMO - THE DOOR
KANYE WEST - ROBOCOP (MOTOR CLUB RMX)
DIDDY - HOLD ME DOWN FREESTYLE
COREY ROCKSTAR - I’M CUT
FEADZ - CONSTANT OVULATION
TC - WHERE’S MY MONEY (CASPA V L-VIS 1990 DUBBLESTEP EDIT)
LIL B - RAVE RAP
KERI HILSON - TURNING ME ON RMX feat. T-PAIN & L’IL WAYNE
SHADY NATE - BABY BAGHDAD
SIRIUSMO - NIGHT OFF

Saving It For A Rainy Day

I would really, really like to see more from Chateau Marmont. I really didn't pay attention to them when they seemed like flavors of the month, but I downloaded promos just in case. They're music seems to be sophisticated because of it's softness and melodical structures that differ but intertwine in their music. Right know there are two schools dominating blog house: the ravey Crookers and Bloody Beetroots stuff, or the softer yacht house of Aeroplane, Ted and Francis, etc. and Chateau Marmont may be swinging the fervor further to the latters' side.

Chateau Marmont - Maison Klaus (alt)
Chateau Marmont - Beagle (alt)

Bonus:
Datarock - Give It Up (Chateau Marmont Remix) (alt)

Crossroads

Michael Jackson has passed away. For somebody I had never met, I felt suprisingly devastated after hearing the news. This is probably mostly generational, I've known of him all my life and am half his age. He is the king of pop, a genre that can't exist anymore without his influence and that cannot be but defined by him. A complete entertainer, he had a voice that was gentle and soft but fierce and strong at the same time filled with idiosyncratic coos and gasps. He was out of this world with his dancing, rhythmically astounding with moonwalks, breakdances, tiptoe stands and twists. His music was so crystal clear in its purpose, and in its best manifestations, his songs were an arrangement of influences that created the template for all of pop to follow. With those tools, he has shaped entire generations. In a time of hardship for his native country, his passing can be used to remind people of how the man in the mirror reflects his culture through his life, both the highs and the lows. Michael Jackson lived the American dream in that he came from a background uncommon for success and was able to use his talent to stand alone in history. He lived it as a black man, and later as a white man, as young boy and as an adult; He was blessed in that he was supremely talented, which led to fame, fortune, critical acclaim, and one of a kind stature; he loved and was extremely loved by his fans and those who knew him best. He was a private person, shy, recluse, traits that became weakenesses under the intense overexposure of the media, especially when the accusations of child molestation came to light. Whether the accusations were truthful or not will not come to discussion here, but Michael was never seen in the same light ever again. These trials and tribulations, successes and condecorations are part of the American cultural landscape. His life has now become most important in helping us understand how great we can fly and how hard we can fall, how we can be synonimous with greatness and riddled by demons conjured by our inner selves and society. Michael thrived because of the culture and was ultimately worn down by it until the day of his death. His death brings comparisons to Elvis, the unique figure of his generation. They bear more similarities than I care to acknowledge, but they differ in causation; at the time of his death, Elvis was a barrier breaker, bringing a black music genre to the white masses that would only continue to grow after him. But MJ was a barrier maker, by being a unique performer and synchronizing pop and RnB music to great success, setting the standard for others to follow, one that seems impossible for anyone to reach. He has defined a cultural era for the world, and in a time of global re-evaluation, he has passed on. In some ways I'm glad as he can finally be at peace, away from all his internal troubles and as well as the external social machinations that sucked his magic in order to sell tabloids and magazines. Now, people will not focus on his troubles, but on his incomparable musical legacy, which is still there for all to behold and remember. R.I.P. Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror (alt)
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (alt)

Summer Without Michael

RIP Michael Jackson.



June 25th, a day that will go down in infamy--MJ passed away this afternoon from cardiac arrest at the UCLA Medical Center. Last I heard fans and mourners were already showing up in costume. Rest assured, he's in a better place now. As for the rest of us, thus begins our Summer Without Michael.

Michael Jackson - PYT (U-Tern edit)

Michael Jackson - PYT (Marquis remix)

Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (Telemitry remix)

Michael Jackson - Can't Help It (Todd Terje remix) (alt)

W(bl)eak

I find it hard to believe that Hollywood can't do better to revive the adventure genre other than National Treasure. What a crock.

Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool (Thin White Duke Remix) (alt)
Burns - Heartbeats (Extended Version) (alt)

Restless Desire

Lately I feel like doing a lot of stuff and not a lot at all. Like wanting to write a letter to the Iranian embassy and asking to express my utmost concern for the violent eruptions during protests in their country, getting myself a green band, buying a little notebook in order to put all my ideas down on paper about everything that goes on in my head, looking into planning my vacation, etc. Summer is having a good effect on me in my positive mood but not in an execution that would maintain it. In any case, here's a couple of songs to keep your ears occupied:

The Lowbrows - Dream In The Desert (Flight Facilities Remix) (alt)
Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (The Aspirins Remix For My Children Remix) (alt)

P.S. That is the 30th Anniversary Mobile Suit Gundam 60 ft life-size replica (RX-78-2 for those who are fans of the series). If you are in Japan, go check it out.

P.P.S. How cool is it that it glows at nite?!?

Firestarters

Have been searching the interwebz for SONAR videos, and of course, for the SebastiAn live set from last friday. Suffice it to say no one has really unleashed a video that shows anything new in full, though I'm sure it will surface. It looks like it was fun regardless:









P.S. That is Busy P handing out masks on the last one...

BONUS: Boys Noize - Starter (alt) Thanks LAFriendly