AraabMuzik – Remember
Julee Cruise – I Remember
Sibylle Baier – Remember the Day
Coolio – I Remember
MDC – I Remember
An Evening of Shoe Gazing
Music for an evening of shoe-gazing:
Ulrich Schnauss – Stars
Grimes – Devon
Lush – Thoughtforms
Telepathe – I Can’t Stand It
Blackbird Blackbird – Fly (feat. Steffaloo)
Time to look up!
Los Angeles Vistas
Los Angeles River
Snapshots from a Los Angeles River walk.
Remedios Varo
succulents
Who is behind the camera?
Who is taking this picture? The faux seductive looks of my great-grandmother, grandmother and great aunts have piqued my interest. Who was this person, capturing their daily activities, asking them to pose on the porch? They had many suitors and I’ve been told many fellas would visit the house and family. But my grandmother swore to me they were chaste and innocent. I believe her.
Dignity of Labour
Human League – Dignity of Labour, Parts 1 to 4 & Flexi Disc (1979)
What I’ve been doing. Not much dignity involved.
New Music: Daphni
Daphni – Ahora
Nice thick beats and an echoing Eastern-sounding sample start this song off right. But when the harmonizing melody and house beats start, I’m ready to fly away with the music. Where will it take me? Ah, the break at 1:20, it feels like I’ve just flown through a fuzzy musical cloud! Nice get away, this song.
Due to the technological availability of computer music programs, a lot people are doing electronic music these days and while their beeps, bumps and drops may sound nice, many seem to be missing the arte (as we say in Flamenco) that goes with it. Some people might call it soul or depth, perhaps it’s just good old fashioned talent. This song keeps it simple, with just a bit of tweaking and nods to the sample. Daphni also adds in heavy dizzy drums and high hats punctuated by double echoing beats at just the right moments. If you don’t like electronic music, you might say “Eh, sounds like everything else” but to those of you who do like electronic music, who do listen intently, you know what I mean, right?
By the way, Daphni is a side project of Daniel Victor Snaith, best known for the band Caribou.
Daphni – Ahora (Margot Remix)
New year, same old thing!
It’s the new year and I’ve nothing but old ideas for this here blog! Yeah! Expect more random videos, old family photos and meandering essays on Los Angeles neighborhoods and happenings. Random updating and frantic postings followed by long weeks of inactivity are in store, so stick around.
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