The Weekly Froth #8

Pink Skull

And we’ve been hitting the blogs again this week, to bring you some hot tips. They go a little like this…

Track of the week:

‘Chicken Dream Inside Egg’ by Pink Skull

Oh don’t get me started on the name of this track now. And they have the tendency to do such things as well! Oh dear… The puns, can you imagine the puns one could make if this track would be horrible? Anyway, it isn’t, so there goes that. Actually, this seven minute track is fabulous. Or well, at least the first six minutes, no idea what they were on when they added that last bit, though I can imagine it was the inspiration for the title. The rest is a delight though. Very danceable. That bass is ridiculous really. Sometimes they hold it back, and then they come back even more powerful (or perhaps it just seems that way because they held it back for a moment). Whichever way it is, it is really a nice track. They also add other sounds to the mixture during the course of the song, like a bit of vocal work even, but the bass is the main ingredient, and it’s a fun one it is.

http://hypem.com/track/953485/Pink+Skull+-+Chicken+Dream+Inside+Egg

‘I Have the Moon, You Have the Internet’ by The Field (Gold Panda remix)

Structured and flowing soundscapes is more The Field’s thing, and random noises more Gold Panda’s I guess. At least, I cannot seem to remember that the original sounded so fragmented and cut up. The heartbeat is nice though, that is really something which adds a certain vibe to the song. Perhaps it is just my personal preference to smooth running tracks which make this remix sound a bit off. Because for all the interesting noises and sounds added to the track and the imagery and feelings they evoke, it to me bops along. If you like that sort of thing and are into the melting of all kinds of different sounds in order to evoke a certain imagery, then this remix probably is one you want to listen to, as I can see and admire what Gold Panda does. I just don’t happen to particularly like it. Well the idea behind it I do like, the track itself does not scream “put me on repeat” to me.

http://hypem.com/track/960802/The+Field+-+I+Have+The+Moon+You+Have+The+Internet+Gold+Panda+Remix+

‘Future Breeds’ by Hot Hot Heat

I remember liking several tracks of these guys actually. This track certainly does not incorporate and build on the qualities I liked in previous tracks. And if it does then surely it is rather well hidden. The voice is a mixture of singing and reciting, just like the music is a rather curious mix of not being fast enough to be interesting and not having a structure which incites it. Perhaps the band wanted to add some gravitas by at one point stripping the instruments so you just hear the main vocals recite one thing or another, but since the first three quarters of the track did not keep my interest I will probably never know what he is banging on about during that point in the song. I’ll just try and find ’5 times out of 100′, that was at least dance inducing, no?

http://hypem.com/track/955314/Hot+Hot+Heat+-+Future+Breeds

‘Live Alone’ by Franz Ferdinand (Delorean remix)

Gosh, I do like the output from these Spaniards. And from the Scottish contingent of this song as well, but me liking Franz Ferdinand is nothing new (to me at least). But Delorean is a new one to me this year, and their tracks seemed very nice when I listened to their Ayrton Senna EP. Here they take on the disco ‘Live Alone’ track made by Franz Ferdinand, and they do put their stamp on it I say. Even the vocals are barely recognizable and made to fit the dreamy, twirling track Delorean has made out of it. Bit of a it’s-after-3AM-and-it’s-summer-and-I-am-dancing-at-an-outdoors-festival kind of thingy. That is what it provokes to me at least. Eyes closed and twirl, that is what it says to me. So all together quite a different tone from the original Franz track, then again, that is the idea of a remix I guess. And they succeed in that very nicely.

http://hypem.com/track/960624/Franz+Ferdinand+-+Live+Alone+Delorean+Remix+

‘Youthless’ by MillionYoung

Okay, the voice, not my thing really. Even in the short running time of the song I can safely conclude that. So not terribly excellent I guess. I like the piano, but with the song running only 2 ½ minutes the track does not have the punch that a short song like this needs in order to be memorable. And it fades out as well, which has me thinking that I possibly have an incomplete track. But that is not the case, I guess, I think, well…

http://hypem.com/track/961531/MillionYoung-to+review%2C+Youthless

‘Catch Me Baby’ by Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost is one of the bigger works by Milton. It also apparently is the name of a party in Australia, and this crew also edits disco tunes. This track is one of those edits. To be honest, I’m not so sure about this one. It is disco with that soul voice and the “Catch me on the rebound, baby” line evokes a classic disco vibe. But it seems as if it is playing too fast. As if they cranked up the BPM significantly. Whether they did it or the original is played this way I have no idea, but in any case I do not particularly care for it. The vibe it evokes to me is that they’re rushing through it, which is not really a feeling you want to evoke, is it?

http://hypem.com/track/953484/Paradise+Lost+-+Catch+Me+Baby

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