Into Infinity

Got a little web surfing time on your hands? Enjoy music and art? Enjoy making music and art? Then check this bit of coolness out...

INTO INFINITY
INTO INFINITY is an art and music exhibition presented by DUBLAB and Creative Commons. It is built on audio loops and circular canvases that are available online to the public for sharing, remixing, and resubmission. Stay tuned for live exhibition dates and website developments.
"EYE"
We distributed white 12-inch paper circles to our community of inspired artists to fill with vibrant visions. These infinite loops are designed to shine and blow minds.
"EAR"
We asked our music-minded friends to create 8-second audio loops filled with any sound texture they desired. These infinite loops are designed to expand in open ears.

All of the works that comprise INTO INFINITY are available to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial copyright license. This means that you are free to share them and remix them for any noncommercial purpose you wish. We can't wait to see what you do with these infinite loops!

Straight Outta My Inbox

As a blogger I get mp3s e-mailed to me all the time. This week I got a bunch of stuff that I actually got a chance to listen to, and more importantly, liked. Old timer Tom Jones has been given a bit of the Winehouse treatment on his new record and is taking it back to the old school. 2 Hot 2 Sweat are a boy/girl synth-rock duo who deliver a snotty, scuzzy robot rocker - fabulous. Shrag deliver a snotty, scuzzy punk rocker tune with fuzzed out bass and nice shouty vocals. DFA Records brings you Runaway's Dead Dog Farm, a cool bit of art-pop that reminds me of Arthur Russell - moody, string driven sort-of-pop with a hint of ambience. The Muldoons deliver a buzzing slab of rock for fans of '60s garage and classic rock. Shane Muldoon (11) and his older brother Hunter Muldoon (14) write, sing and play guitar. Their dad Brian Muldoon plays the drums. Brian used to play in The Upholsterers with Jack White. Ben Sollee's Only A Song features Jim James from My Morning Jacket on backing vocals and is a mellow bit of country-ish folk.

Tom Jones - If He Should Ever Leave You
2 Hot 2 Sweat - Half-Assed Rom Com
Shrag - Long Term Monster
Runaway - Dead Dog Farm
The Muldoons - Invincible
Ben Sollee - Only A Song

Funky Friday Election Special

DJ Z-Trip and artist Shepard Fairey recently threw some fundraisers for Barack Obama's campaign, calling them "The Party for Change". Z-Trip dee-jayed and says "I've been wanting to put the mix I've been doing at these shows online, in hopes of spreading the word to people who need to hear it most." It is a very diverse set of tunes, all politically inspired. There are also snippets of Obama's speeches mixed in. If you are hating on Barack, this is definitely not for you. Z-Trip is giving away the mix over at www.djztrip.com. Here are the deets..

I encourage you to download it and pass it along to anyone you think should hear it. Feel free to burn copies, share it with friends, family, co-workers, strangers, and especially anyone you know is on the fence about this election. I'm also putting out a radio friendly version, in case anyone wants to broadcast it.

Please share the message. Educate those who may not know what is really going on. There is still time.

If you, or anyone you know, isn't registered to vote, I encourage you to make it a priority and fix that before it's too late. This election is WAY too important for anyone to not get involved. If you need more information on how and where to register, vote, or participate, please check the links below.

I honestly feel if we make our voices heard, this time WILL be different.

Peace,
Z-TRIP
For more Information, check out these links:
The Official Obama Campaign Site - http://barackobama.com/
MoveOn.org Political Action Group - http://moveon.org/
Rock the Vote - http://rockthevote.com/
OBEY - http://obeygiant.com/
Z-Trip News, Downloads, More - http://djztrip.com

Crushes

Time for another installment of crushes. I heart these songs and their albums a lot. The Bomb The Bass record Future Chaos has lodged itself firmly in the disc player. Black River is fortunate to feature the velvety smooth croon of Mark Lanegan, a man who could sing the phone book and make it sound gorgeously dark and moody. Tim Simenon constructs a great backing track, all clicks and whirrs and humming backing vocal riffs.
Land Of Talk are Canuck friends of Broken Social Scene (who they're touring with right now). Their new album Some Are Lakes is very good indie rock. Singer Elizabeth Powell is reminiscent of Metric's Emily Haines, but the music is grittier, less new wave and less polished than Metric.
Kaiser Chiefs have enlisted Mark Ronson to produce Off With Their Heads and I like it. It helps that they've got a bunch of super catchy songs like Good Days Bad Days, and Ronson doesn't muck up their sound too much - a dab of funkiness here and there but still very Kaiser Chiefs.
Poni Hoax are my Roxy Music for this new millennium. Their album Images Of Sigrid will be in my top ten of the year for sure. Produced by Joakim, it is equal parts rock, dance and electronics with more than a hint of original new wave and post-punk flavor. These Frenchmen deserve to be heard by a much wider audience. The Bird Is On Fire rides a taut beat and bumping bass line, features some nice skronky sax and scratchy guitars and gets me moving every time. Delicious.
Dungen are Swedish, and they deliver an intoxicating blend of psychedelic rock, folk, prog, classic and indie rock on their new album 4. Main man Gustav Ejstes writes and plays virtually everything you hear, and it is as if he stepped out of the late '60s/early '70s. It is as authentic as anything from that era, and is expertly played and produced. I don't have a clue what he is singing about but with music this good who cares?

Bomb The Bass - Black River (feat. Mark Lanegan)
Land Of Talk - Give Me Back My Heart Attack
Kaiser Chiefs - Good Days Bad Days
Poni Hoax - The Bird Is On Fire
Dungen - Det Tar Tid

(Orange Crush image provided by Darren Beckett of Threemagination, Inc.)

New Music Tuesday

I've hyped Kelpe in the past here at SIART - I'm a a big fan of his take on electronic music and have been rocking his album Ex-Aquarium all year. This week sees the release of a 12" vinyl and digital only EP called Extra-Aquarium which is a bunch of remixes from the album. Remixers include Zombie-Zombie, label mates The Oscillation and Kelpe himself. The vinyl has 4 tracks and the download has 8 - if you buy the vinyl you also get the download version. Kel sent me a track to share so enjoy the dreamy, clicky Colours Don't Leak as remixed by The Boats.

Kelpe - Colours Don't Leak (The Boats Remix)
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Funky Friday Playlist

It's a nice and eclectic mix of tunes today - David Axelrod delivers the killer jazz/funk/fusion on Miles Away, taken from the Dusty Groove reissue of his 1975 LP Seriously Deep. Bomb the Bass have finally released a new album Future Chaos, with guest vocals from Mark Lanegan, Fujiya & Miyagi, Jon Spencer and Toob, who also contributes a remix. Is a new Q-Tip record ever going to come out? I need to hear more goodness like Gettin' Up, so please, record company, get your shit together! Nigeria 70 - Lagos Jump is a Strut Records comp of "original heavyweight Afrobeat Highlife & Afro Funk" and is so tasty you get two selections, from Peter King and Ify Jerry Krusade. Madlib the Beat Konducta delivers the chilled r'n'b vibe with Frezna, taken from WLIB AM: King Of The Wigflip. Fujiya & Miyagi are goofy yet never fail to get me grooving - love the little vocal "boom shaka laka boom" things on this track. The Emperor Machine rock the soundtrack motorik vibe with crusty synths. DJ Krush is class of '94 abstract, and is guaranteed to get your head nodding. David Bowie's Fashion is a classic, and just about the greatest thing ever - big disco beats, funktastic bass and that screaming guitar kill me every time. You have your beats, now move your feets!

David Axelrod - Miles Away
Bomb The Bass - Burn The Bunker (Toob's Whatgoesonoinhemsbystaysinhemsby Mix)
Q-Tip - Gettin' Up
Peter King - African Dialects
Ify Jerry Krusade - Everybody Likes Something Good
Frezna - Yo Yo Affair Pts. 1 & 2
Fujiya & Miyagi - Pussyfooting
The Emperor Machine - What's In The Box
DJ Krush - Yeah
David Bowie - Fashion

Funky Friday Playlist

It is Friday and you need the beats to move your feets, so here you go...

The Glimmers - I'd Much Rather Go Out With The Boys
Bomb The Bass - Fuzzbox (feat. John Spencer)
Liquid Liquid - Optimo (DJ Sample Remix)
Poni Hoax - My Own Private Vietnam
Mark Ernestus - Mark's Disco Dub
Squarepusher - The Coathanger
Arabian Prince - Simple Planet
Mr. Scruff - Give Up To Get
DJ Day - A Place To Go To
Tricky - Slow
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The new TV On The Radio album Dear Science is going to end up on a lot of best of 2008 lists, including mine. It is great. Watch these videos and feel the greatness.


TV On The Radio - Dancing Choose

TV On The Radio's Golden Age video.

Crushes

The premise is a simple one; these are some tunes that I'm seriously crushing on. The Very Sexuals are Dutch indie poppers who are giving away their album for free at their website. It is really good - it might remind you of Moonbabies or Joy Zipper.
Stars have a new digital EP, Sad Robots, where they continue to remind me of Prefab Sprout and Thomas Dolby. Mmmm mmmm good.
Ladyhawke is all over the blogosphere with her new self titled album - think Missing Persons/Til Tuesday/Blondie. Very '80s, and some of it I'm not too sure about, but Crazy World has a dreamy melody and a killer hook. By the way, Gary Numan called and he wants his synths back when you're done.
David Holmes has decided to start singing, and it is not a bad thing. His shoegaze-y new album The Holy Pictures will remind you of The Jesus & Mary Chain and Primal Scream, with a few choice instrumentals like Melanie scattered in between.
Former Beta Band-ers The Aliens are back with Luna and it is filled with great, sunny psychedelic rock of typically British pedigree. Theramin is a gorgeous bit of boom bap folk with horse-y clip clops.
The Stills' latest Oceans Will Rise doesn't seem to be garnering the buzz of their first two records. Tis a shame, because I actually think it is better than the last one, and closer in spirit to their debut.

The Very Sexuals - Wrecked This Century
Stars - Undertow
Ladyhawke - Crazy World
David Holmes - Melanie
The Aliens - Theramin
The Stills - Snow In California

Dumb Down The Disco

DJ Wrongtom - Dumb Down The Disco Mix

This is a killer mix of of classic post-punk stuff - nab it now! Then be sure to grab the bonus Billy bragg remix below...

Glaxo Babies/DJ Wrongtom - Wrongtom Meets The Disco Dinosaurs
The Clash - Radio Edit (Wrongtom's Disco Dub)
Rip Rig And Panic - Take A Don Key To Mystery
Coco Beware - Tropical Depression
Fad Gadget - Make Room
Public Image Limited - Death Disco (Live In Tokyo)
Orange Juice - Lord John White And The Bottleneck Train
Pig Bag - Getting Up
Boots For Dancing - Hypnotize
Return Of The Panthers - Crown Of Thorns (Wrongtom's Disco Dub)
Au Pairs - Shakedown
Blank Students - I Want To Be Happy
Phil Daniels + The Cross - Kill Another Night
The Beat - Too Nice To Talk To
Penetration - Movement (Wrongtom's Disco Dub)

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Billy Bragg vs DJ Wrongtom - Bloody England

Best of The Vests

Mink Lungs - Men In Belted Sweaters

Rick Wright, R.I.P.

Richard Wright - keyboardist, singer and song writer for Pink Floyd - has died of cancer at the age of 65. I am a huge fan of the Floyd, and to me there is no denying how important his contributions were to the band. As a composer he contributed to some truly classic instrumentals - "Interstellar Overdrive", "A Saucerful of Secrets" & "One Of These Days" - as well as some of the most loved tunes in the band's canon - "Echoes", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "The Great Gig in the Sky" & "Us and Them". I love the keyboards and electronics in music - always have, so to me his involvement was crucial to the overall feel and sound of the Floyd. He and his band mates have sound-tracked some truly memorable moments in my life over the last 30 years, and for that I will always be grateful. Thanks for the music and the memories, Rick.
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Pink Floyd - Us And Them

Funky Friday

Time to deliver the funky jams you need to get your weekend started right. It's a nice and eclectic selection of tunes today, including a new Kid Loco tune remixed in a latin/western/disco stylee, a classic bit of funk from The Commodores, a slowly building ambient hip hop track from Alias and Roisin Murphy's great cover of the old Bryan Ferry hit. Anoraak are from France and are '80s revivalists and remind me of Zoot Woman - lots of cheesy synth action. Pianist Pete Jolly's 1970 album Seasons got the reissue treatment last year, and is full of improvised funk and jazz jams, all heavy on the keyboards, all good. TV On The Radio have a new album coming out (Dear Science,) where, on a couple of tracks, they unleash the funkiness I always knew they had in 'em. It is a good thing, and a great sounding record to boot! Guy Cuevas and Pigbag are old school classics - sweet latin disco and fierce jazz funk in your face. Ratatat put the massed guitars to work on Mumtaz Khan and deliver an Eastern flavored jam.

Kid Loco - Motorcycle Angels (SLDB Disco Version)
The Commodores - Machine Gun
Alias - I Heart Drum Machines
Roisin Murphy - Slave To Love
Anoraak - Sunday Night Fever
Pete Jolly - Plummer Park
TV On The Radio - Crying
Guy Cuevas - Obsession
Ratatat - Mumtaz Khan
Pigbag - Sunny Day
Listen to Anoraak (covering The Romantics' classic '80s hit)
Anoraak - Talking In Your Sleep
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