James Ferraro: "Edward Flex Presents: "Do You Believe in Hawaii"
James Ferraro of the Skaters, once again, proves that he has a transcendent mind. It's music like this (is it music? Is it just psychedelic white-noise, your internal hum, the harmony of a school of fish -- which is, at the same time, their complete and utter disc(h)ord?); music like this makes me proud to live in our important schizophrenic era, postmodern need-no-rigor never sounded so nice.
(bike: Panda Bear: "s/t"
Animal Collective" "Water Curses" ep)
I thought, based on the immense bliss I experienced a few weeks ago of Panda Bear's newest album, that I would revisit his oldest work, and the newest Animal Collective, but neither is anything worth talking about. A failed week of bike music, no memories have been burned in, but at least I know now.
Here I list the "record of the week" (often a few records), which I listen to repeatedly all week long while I work, letting the music seep deep into my mind, and painting my activities with a color that I will forever remember whenever I later recall each piece. I also post other thoughts on music here too.
2009-07-20
2009-07-13
Whitetree: "Cloudland"
This is really quite nice, definitely earns the genre I made up "post-post-rock", though it verges on being just plain chamber-space-post-rock a la Rachel's. Contemplative, pretty, with enough electricals to fool you that it's space music. A keeper, lovely and relaxing, great for studying or sleeping, or nearly anything.
(bike: Esquivel: "See it in Sound")
Is there anything that needs to be said about Esquivel? If you haven't listened to him, GET HIM. GET ANYTHING. But most important, BLAST IT. I've never heard anything even compare to him, yet the style is so straight (re-worked lounge and showtunes? hello, could the "topic" get any worse?). So this suggests it's not just his technical studio wizardry, it's something holy about his spirit. Everyone's got spirit, but this man is magic, historic.
This is really quite nice, definitely earns the genre I made up "post-post-rock", though it verges on being just plain chamber-space-post-rock a la Rachel's. Contemplative, pretty, with enough electricals to fool you that it's space music. A keeper, lovely and relaxing, great for studying or sleeping, or nearly anything.
(bike: Esquivel: "See it in Sound")
Is there anything that needs to be said about Esquivel? If you haven't listened to him, GET HIM. GET ANYTHING. But most important, BLAST IT. I've never heard anything even compare to him, yet the style is so straight (re-worked lounge and showtunes? hello, could the "topic" get any worse?). So this suggests it's not just his technical studio wizardry, it's something holy about his spirit. Everyone's got spirit, but this man is magic, historic.
2009-07-06
Xenis Emputae Traveling Band: "The Crooked Pool"
Awesome. I used to call this "space folk", indeed it still ought to be. But my recent love for false drone and beautiful space-noise has elevated this to a sort of holy status.
(bike: Phasen: "The Crisis is Over")
Who is this musician? I know nothing about them, and very little about the genre it's a part of (spacy non-dance downtempo electro schizophrenia?) It is quite aligned with your typical Boards of Canada sort of stuff, a little more morose, thus I like it. Another instant memorabilia, this burns deep.
Awesome. I used to call this "space folk", indeed it still ought to be. But my recent love for false drone and beautiful space-noise has elevated this to a sort of holy status.
(bike: Phasen: "The Crisis is Over")
Who is this musician? I know nothing about them, and very little about the genre it's a part of (spacy non-dance downtempo electro schizophrenia?) It is quite aligned with your typical Boards of Canada sort of stuff, a little more morose, thus I like it. Another instant memorabilia, this burns deep.
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