Sunday 30 December 2012

BEST 2012 SONGS

Only one rule I put to myself when doing this list: No more than one song from same album.

The 25 tunes that made me feel alive this year:

25 Siempre  2:45 Installed




24 True Romance (Gigamesh remix) 4:53 Citizens!



23 Latch (feat. Sam Smith) 4:03 Disclosure



22 Rhythmic Release 4:16 Ritualz



21 About You 4:08 XXYYXX



20 Geisha 3:01 Plaitum



19 Say My Name (Cyril Hahn Remix) 4:20 Cyril Hahn



18 Golden Light 4:38 Twin Shadow 



17 Shoreless Kid 5:28 Young Galaxy



16 Running 4:29 Jessie Ware



15 Please Forgive My Heart 4:31 Bobby Womack



14 The Last Dregs 5:25 Trust



13 Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound 6:43 The Mars Volta



12 Kill 6:27 iamamiwhoami



11 False Astronomy 3:40 Mister Lies



10 Now We Continue 4:22 White Car



9 Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It 4:39 Stars



8 The Wheel 3:53 S O H N



7 Jasmine (Demo) 4:14 Jai Paul



6 Pyramids 9:53 Frank Ocean



5 Destiny feat. Pional 4:54 John Talabot



4 Combat Boots 4:45 Black Cab



3 No.1 Against the Rush 5:10 Liars



2 I Only Have Eyes For You 7:19 Oneohtrix Point Never



1 Breezeblocks 3:47





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BEST 2012 ALBUMS

Trying to do the list of the best albums of the year I realized there are only 3 albums I want to highlight from 2012, 3 LP's that I am sure I will keep listening in the future:

3.- iamamiwhoami - kin

A very underrated album that it is hard to see in most of the 2012 lists I have been checking so far. Maybe because the media did not like the strategy that the band chose to make themselves popular.

Anyway, still a astonishing dark electro pop album that The Knife would be proud to have made.



A very unknown work from a mexican producer that bring us the warm of winter afternoons, that beautiful feeling that you can only enjoy in the coldest season of the year.


1.- Liars - WIXIW

Ethereal, Dark, Abstract, Creepy, Fragile....

Some peole say they just copied the electronic-experimental formula of Radiohead. I dare to say that they improve it. 

Not only the best album of the year for me, but also one of the most interesting work I have found in many years. A masterpiece:





Friday 21 December 2012

POP 2012

  1. Climax 3:53 Usher
  2. & It Was U 3:06 How To Dress Well
  3. Pyramids  9:53  Frank Ocean
  4. Everything Is Embarrassing 4:11 Sky Ferreira
  5. Wildest Moments 3:42 Jessie Ware
  6. Losing You 4:22 Solange
  7. You Know You Like It 3:27 AlunaGeorge
  8. Pull Me Down (Ryan Hemsworth Remix) 3:23 Mikky Ekko
  9. The Mother We Share 3:10 CHVRCHES
  10. Goods 5:09 iamamiwhoami


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INDIE 2012

  1. Breezeblocks 3:47
  2. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards 3:13 Tame Impala
  3. Only In My Dreams 3:12 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
  4. Fog Of War 4:26 Young Dreams
  5. Memories 4:15 Sambassadeur
  6. You Can Call Me On 3:31 Twin Shadow
  7. I Belong In Your Arms 3:27 Chairlift
  8. Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It 4:39 Stars
  9. Nocturne 5:20 Wild Nothing
  10. Dusty Rhodes 3:39 Lotus Plaza



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Thursday 20 December 2012

DANCE 2012

  1. Destiny (feat. Pional)  4:54 John Talabot
  2. Say My Name (Cyril Hahn Remix) 4:20 Destiny's Child
  3. Actin Up 4:20 Galapagos
  4. Latch (feat. Sam Smith) 4:03 Disclosure
  5. Diamonds (Jerome LOL Edit) 4:12 Rihanna
  6. Olivia 3:32 LUST & Heatstroke
  7. True Romance (Gigamesh remix) 4:53 Citizens!
  8. Dressed For Space 3:37 Trust
  9. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) 2:35 Icona Pop
  10. Brats 3:02 Liars


Saturday 20 October 2012

PARIS MIXTAPE

(Turntable Music, Blue Eyed Soul, Synth Pop, etc.)
  1. The Sublime Is Disappointingly Elusive 1:44 The Caretaker
  2. Soul Love (Austra & CFCF) 3:27 Austra & CFCF
  3. Blue Velvet 2:37 Lana Del Rey
  4. Wildest Moments 3:42 Jessie Ware
  5. Everything Is Embarrassing 4:11 Sky Ferreira
  6. Fall Right 3:30 Rebecca Molina
  7. The Wheel 3:53 S O H N
  8. Graveyard (TRUST Remix) 4:32 Feist
  9. Shoreless Kid 5:28 Young Galaxy
  10. Sadko - Song of India 2:50 Amelita Galli-Curci



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Thursday 20 September 2012

LIARS

I have never been a big fan of LIARS but with their last release (WIXIW) they got my full attention.

The album can be classified as Electronic Dark Ambient Pop (Yeah!). Songs are really creepy and with lack of emotion. Angus Andrew sings here like a robot. It is like music without soul but still damn cool.


All my respects for this chameleonic band that started doing post punk. Look now:


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Wednesday 12 September 2012

That moment when you are so addicted to a song that you have to fight yourself to stop pressing the Play button.

And that song right now is Breezeblocks from this new Indie band from UK known as "ALT-J" or ∆.



Sunday 19 August 2012

MISTER LIES

Mister Lies (Nick Zanca) is a 19 year old Chicago-based producer/artist. The "kid" is a genius. His songs breathe tranquility, kind of Ambient Gospel and Downtempo.

He has released one EP so far (Hidden Neighbours) and a few singles.




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Wednesday 8 August 2012

KOH PHANGAN MIXTAPE

(Chill Wave, Electronic, Dubstep, etc.)
  1. It Feels Good to Be Around You 4:09 Air France
  2. Slow Down   4:45 Poolside
  3. Actin Up 4:20 Galapagos
  4. Everything Is Working  2:49 Games
  5. Neptune 4:03 Lemonade
  6. The Truest Faith 4:34  Korallreven
  7. Hours  5:44  Tycho
  8. Another Girl    6:43 Jacques Greene
  9. Ordinary Things 4:59 xxxy
  10. Good Feelings (CSLSX remix) 6:21 Light Pollution



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KOH TAO MIXTAPE

(Ambient Pop, Chill Wave, Future Pop, Dream Pop, etc.)
  1. Thinkin Bout You 3:21 Frank Ocean
  2. I'm God 4:36 Clams Casino
  3. Kiss Me 5:09 d'Eon ft. Marie Jane
  4. Foool 2:44 Galapagos
  5. Cleam 6:20 Mister Lies
  6. The Harvest 4:09 Teen Daze
  7. Midnight 3:44 Beaumont
  8. Bedroom Adventures 3:55 Hooray!
  9. What You Need 3:26 The Weeknd
  10. My Discurse With Mr. Lloyd 3:23 Cantaloup


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Sunday 5 August 2012

GOTHAM MIXTAPE

(Minimal Synth, Electronic, Witch House, etc.)
  1. No.1 Against the Rush 5:10 Liars
  2. Nature Of Inviting 4:16 IAMX
  3. Shoom 5:26 Trust
  4. Nightforce 4:15 Power Glove
  5. Touch 4:16 Holy Other
  6. Omniverse 4:37 S U R V I V E
  7. Rhythmic Release 4:16 Ritualz
  8. vbs 4:36 howse
  9. ; john 6:35 iamamiwhoami
  10. Neon Love 7:14 Tesla Boy


Thursday 2 August 2012

INSTALLED: PAISAJES DE INVIERNO

Installed is the project from the Mexican Fernando Alvarez that bring us this collection of indie jewels perfect for a solitary winter day.

I just realized yesterday that is (together with KIN) the album I have listened more times during this 2012. 


What can we find in this 9 songs EP? Lots of loops and magnificent vocal samplings. It is really difficult to catalogue this artist. Not a songwriter.. maybe more of a producer... but they guy is pure talent.


Bienvenidos al onĂ­rico mundo de Installed:





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Tuesday 10 July 2012

STOCKHOLM MIXTAPE

(Synth Pop, Downtempo, Electronic, etc.)
  1. Mysteries of Love (Blue Velvet Cover) 4:20 The Golden Filter
  2. No Ordinary Love 6:49 ANGO
  3. CloseToU (oOoOO Remix) 2:55 o F F Love
  4. diamondii 4:48 Plaitum
  5. Rise Of Triad God 2:41 Triad God
  6. Idle Talk 4:52 iamamiwhoami
  7. Friends 3:18 Tezeo
  8. Olivia   3:31  Lust & Heatstroke
  9. The Last Dregs 5:25 Trust
  10. I Only Have Eyes For You 7:19 Oneohtrix Point Never


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    Tuesday 26 June 2012

    I A M A M I W H O A M I

    Repeat with me: I A M A M I W H O A M I

    Yes, this is the new cool Swedish band that just released the best album of the year so far...

    The story of this band is quite interesting... 

    They started to launch in 2009 short videos on YouTube with some encrypted messages. During several months nobody knew exactly who was the people behind (Good job with marketing 2.0 guys). Everything was a big mystery. People was totally trapped into that splendid cinematography filled with surreal images and electronic music.

    This was their first video if i am not mistaken...



    After that they did their first concert but it was not going to be something very conventional. They announced a concert in streaming on line trough their website. Location unknown.

    This was the amazing result (it is 1 hour video, you better take a seat)...



    Finally in 2012 they release their first album: "KIN"

    The album is really good. That is the first thing I want to make clear... but.... after all that mystery and expectations they created... I guess that everyone was waiting for something else and now we just realized they are humans... and this is just a Pop album.

    Their main influences are Bjork, The Knife and personally I see some Kate Bush in the way she sings. Their style goes from synth/electro pop to the Down-tempo from Portishead. It is a mix between all this but in a Pop version.

    The songs are sensual but dark.. I can also say its kind of Industrial music somehow.... The production is quite good also.

    This is the first album of 2012 that gets my full attention.

    Now time to enjoy one of the best songs from KIN:


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    FRANK OCEAN

    Maybe my favorite artist from the contemporary R&B. This song (Pyramids) belongs to the new album (Channel Orange). It is a 10 min single mixing R&B with Electro Pop and ending with an "Air Guitar" Solo. Take that!


    Sexy...

    Monday 25 June 2012

    PLAITUM

    Trip Hop, Synth, Noise and much more to give you an idea about the twisted and precious songs from this unknown band from England... or as they say: 
    "Doorstep. That's our genre. Like a chunky soup made up of witch house and a school disco with lots of distortion."
    Please give me an LP.
    Meanwhile...


    Diamondii:

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    Friday 22 June 2012

    ANDORRA MIXTAPE

    (Future Garage, Ambient Pop, Darkwave, etc.)
    1. Night Air 5:23 Jamie Woon
    2. About You 4:08 XXYYXX
    3. Candy Walls 4:38 Trust
    4. Rascal 4:46 iamamiwhoami
    5. Night Driving 3:36 The-Drum
    6. Marea Viva 4:05 Granit
    7. False Astronomy 3:40 Mister Lies
    8. Sadness Is A Blessing (Gold Panda Remix) 4:32 Lykke Li
    9. Boiling 3:47 Disclosure
    10. Love What Happened Here 5:35 James Blake


    Tuesday 29 May 2012

    I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU

    Beautiful love song from 1934 written by Harry Warren & Al Dublin. Many versions have been made since then but I need you to taste these 3:

    The Flamingos (1959) Download



    Art Garfunkel (1975) Download




    Oneohtrix Point Never (2012) Download

    Monday 21 May 2012

    SHANGHAI MIXTAPE

    (Lo-Fi, Nu-Disco, Ambient Pop, Synth Pop, etc.)
    1. Brochacho 1:34 Installed
    2. Combat Boots 4:45 Black Cab
    3. Geisha 3:01 Plaitum
    4. Island Song (Peaking Lights Remix) 5:41 U.S. Girls
    5. Running On 4:24 Villa Nah
    6. Gloria 4:35 Maria Minerva
    7. Seventeen 5:13 Coyote Clean Up
    8. What's Your Body Doing Tonight 4:01 Innergaze
    9. Be Around U (Maya Postepski Guise Dance Mix) 3:12 o F F Love
    10. Dark Allies 6:04 Light Asylum



    Wednesday 9 May 2012

    SINGAPORE MIXTAPE

    (Indie Pop, New Wave, Synth Pop, Indie Electronic, etc.)
    1. Please Forgive My Heart   4:31   Bobby Womack
    2. Peripheral Visionaries   3:37   Young Galaxy
    3. Sutphin Boulevard   3:34   Blood Orange
    4. Lady    4:43   Chromatics
    5. Mind Control (Radio Mix)   3:41   Friends
    6. Five Seconds   4:20   Twin Shadow
    7. Eleven Twenty   3:23   CAVES
    8. Don't Move   4:18   Phantogram
    9. Everything    3:48   Rosemary
    10. Transparency   5:30   d'Eon



    Monday 30 April 2012

    KUALA LUMPUR MIXTAPE

    (Hip Hop, R&B, Synth Funk, etc.)
    1. Countdown 3:33 Beyoncé
    2. Yamaha 4:55 The-Dream
    3. Exhibit C 5:30 Jay Electronica
    4. Keys To The Crib 4:37 Rick Ross
    5. Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) 4:25 UGK
    6. Made You Look 3:44 Nas
    7. Hate It Or Love It 3:26 The Game
    8. Again (Remix by Common) 4:09 Faith Evans
    9. Window Seat 4:54 Erykah Badu
    10. Dry Your Eyes 4:32 The Streets


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