Music

C2C are a collective of four French DJs/turntablists who make e Paul, of electromusic.com and Edison’s Ephemera fame was playing these in his studio and I was immediately intrigued. They appeal to some far corner of the brain that enjoys a combination of ambient sounds and clicky tones and tiny quirky detail. It’s a collection of four tracks, collectively titled Seascaping Monthly in 4 or 5 Movements by a guy I’ve never heard of, called . ...

C2C are a collective of four French DJs/turntablists who make exceptionally energetic and exciting mixes like this one. Recently I re-discovered another track they did called Happy. The music and mixing are, naturally, top-notch but even more amazing is the choreography and the dancing. I’m pretty certain that the lead guy is the same dude that did this video. Anyway: judge for yourselves. C2C – Happy (featuring D. Martin)!

I’ve been meaning to throw together a chillstep mix for a while now, but haven’t got round to it. Now that I’ve started in earnest, I was compelled to share these three tracks because they’re aural porn. Enjoy the teaser! Chillstep Teaser Minimix by Kyrill Poole on Mixcloud

RamesesB generally makes aurally orgasmic noises, so when I heard this mix being played at Spinning@ yesterday, I literally smacked my gob at How awesome it was and The fact that I hadn’t heard it before. So the only thing to do was to go on Soundcloud and find it. And I did. Introducing: Forgotten Dreams

I’ve not done a music post in a while and during the lull, a whole load of musical gems have percolated through my ears and lodged themselves firmly at the back of my brain, quietly driving me mad. So here are some of the awesome tracks I’ve had the pleasure to experience! Quite ignoring the gorgeous glitchy remix of the song, the video editing and style of the video match the track perfectly. ...

A while ago, I joined this awesome collaborative production company called HitRecord. It’s a little bit different. It’s a collaborative production company. Think open source, Creative Commons and a whole bunch of delightful humans rolled into one package. Anyone can join. Anyone can contribute. As long as it’s your own work. It leads to some incredible collaborations like this: …that arise from someone writing a short story, then someone else drawing a couple of character illustrations, then someone else recording a reading of the story, then someone else recording a live green-screened rendition ...

I’ve recently discovered this lovely new feature that SoundCloud has: sets. So, thinking “Hey, a playlist feature! Yawn…”, I idly clicked some tracks and added them to a “Set” but apparently it’s a bit more than that. It’s a ‘social playlist’, after a fashion, that you can publish to the world. Nothing new and ground-breaking, sure, but still undeniably cool. So here’s some things I mashed together into a dubstep / chillstep playlist and think are delightful and make your brain turn in fun new ways. ...

Dumb Ways to Die is by far and away one of the best videos promoting safety I’ve seen. It was created for the Melbourne Metro. The original has since amassed 170 million hits on YouTube and has spawned a bunch of spinoff clips, including a version from Cinesaurus about the Curiosity Rover. Also, there’s a motherfucking Karaoke version available on YouTube and iTunes. It’s a ridiculously chipper song about dumb ways to die. ...

The latest instalment of Solitude’s ambient dubstep delightfulness has been out in the big wide world for a while. I’ve finally got round to listening to it and there are some real gems in here! This one, in particular, is my favourite! So’s this:

Another little mini-mix thrown together by the unforgettable (or entirely forgettable, if your brain sucks at fractals) J-One. Really sharp, relaxed and doesn’t stray from the ‘chillstep’ theme too much, like other mixes are prone to doing!

MrSuicideSheep collaborated with the great Aaron Static and between them, somehow, they cooked up a mix. Mostly, I suspect, it was Aaron. In any event, it’s a wonderful piece of aural porn. For some reason, the key that a lot of these tunes are in appeals rather a lot! This one in particular leapt out at me:

Pretty Lights’ new track, “I Know The Truth” has just the right mix of ground-shaking bass, huge drops and wonderfully suspense-filled buildups! Check this out!

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, so here’s a quick rundown of various chill dubstep/2-step tunes I’ve been listening to that are well worth checking out! Above & Beyond delivering more ethereal vocals combined with epic drops! It sounds like it could be a standard trance track they’d blast out in clubs, but it’s wonderfully surprising! This one came from a contact juggling video by Cyrille & Kyle. ...

So, in case you have been living under a rock – Beardyman is a beatboxer/comedian/musician who makes up ridiculous sets like this one. It’s really quite fascinating what can be achieved with a Kaoss pad and a bit of creativity!

Solitude released another mix a week and bit ago – all Synkro tracks this time. I’ve been toying with the idea of throwing together a mix all composed of a single artist’s tracks and this has definitely reinforced the idea that I ought to do it! This is my favourite track from the mix. When I heard it, it made fun things happen in my brain! Specifically, it really reminds me of being at Burning Man. ...

This is one of the most fun Tenori-On analogues I’ve come across. It’s really well done, too! Click the squares and put some headphones on. See you in 3 hours.

I’m sitting on a sheepskin in the Isle of Skye and listening to music. You should hear this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUT6b3sxSVs

Beats Antique have released a new album called Blind Threshold and it’s rather tasty. It’s also downloadable for free from their site, though I’d recommend donating to them regardless – they’re an amazing collective of musicians and deserve your support! Without further ado: [wp_bandcamp_player type=”album” id=”3034204548″ size=”grande3″ bg_color=”#E2E2E2″ link_color=”#BB5242″]