I’ve always had an affinity for electronic music compilations, from bassline & d’n'b shenanigans to campy ibiza house music, I hoard those compilations like no other. Lately there’s been one series that I’ve found myself listening to constantly; Ministry of Sound’s “Chilled” series. As opposed to most chillout albums that are either too down or have too much vox on all the songs, but “Chilled” is neither here nor there (I mean that in the best way possible…) A nice mix of current tunes, classic chillout stuff, more acoustic and “indie” music, all carefully curated over several discs; worth checking out for sure.
Anyone who keeps up with indie/electronic music has probably seen then name Breakbot before, having remixed the likes of Sebastien Tellier, Pnau, Royksopp, etc. He finally dropped his first single on Ed Banger last month, reminds me a lot of Gonzales, think the aforementioned style of piano pop meets french touch, pretty infectious.
Although I can already hear the everyone exhalting their sighs at the idea of another mash-up album, but this one is actually pretty fresh. The XX’s self-titled and Notorious BIG. His rhymes chill perfectly with The XX’s post-punk jams. My fave is probably “Juicy-r” (VCR vs. Juicy), but all of them are pretty good… I thre up a few gems below, the whole album can be downloaded over at the creator’s blog, Wait What Music.
I’d forgotten about Opening Ceremony for a moment there, but after a visit to their epic new flagship in Tokyo I’ve been following the label once again. They just released this promo for their S/S2010 collection, a nice nouvelle-vague inspired bit from the Coppola clan (directed by Gia Coppola and starting Jason Schwartzman.) Of course OC’s so-cal preppy musings only make me yearn for summer even more.
Amongst my growing list of things to do next year, go on a fucking sweet tropical vacation. I need to go somewhere a bit more obscure than say Ha waii or the Bahamas. Thailand, Malta, Goa? Somewhere off the beaten path, since even vacations need to maintain a standard of cultural elitism, right?
Oops, the reboot of this blog has already turned into quite a sporadic affair. I guess that’s what happen when you have s.a.d. I wish I could segway this post into something more positive, but in reality it’s far more depressing. Daul Kim was found dead in her Paris apartment this morning, suicide apparently. All the deaths this year have kind of passed me by with a shrug this year, but for some reason I’m incredibly sad over the fact she’s passed. I guess it’s mostly due to the fact I always found her whole persona very relatable. Her blog entries always fluctuated between carefree and playful to frighteningly unsure and lost from posts to post. Something I always found terribly reminiscent of my own life. Before this posts devolves into more personal parallels between Daul Kim and myself I’ll just end by saving she was a truly beautiful person, and will be dearly missed.
Any special purchases recently?
“I just bought an Isabel Marant wolf coat. I’m usually very miserable, so I reward myself with a fur coat every year.”
I really haven’t paid much attention to florence + the machine since humming along to “Dog Days are Over” earlier this year, but apparently they’re quite huge now. Maybe in this particular arena of music you could mark how huge your band is by how many remixes and edits are sprawled across the blogsphere. You are the penultimate indie band when you have a whole album of remixes, anyways. Make sure to watch the video for the XX remix of their new single, she totally channels Kate Bush.
Each time I turn around my S/S2010 shopping list grows exponentially, but these Givenchy studded sandals have maintained their stay at the top of my list for quite a while now. Come January, they shall be minnnneeeee.
All I can think upon seeing these pieces is what sweet band names they would make. Kim Gordon has always had a penchants for that, no? I mean, it doesn’t get much more awesome than Noise Nomads and Pussy Galore. These pieces originally appeared in some sort of gallery exhibition curated by the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte apparently. They can be yours too though! As long as you have $6000 to spare. Full size below the cut
Not a band, but a sound project, or possibly just an indie blogsphere meme in the making, Jesus Christ (the indie band)’s new song is currently making the rounds. It reminds me of that other blogsphere meme band, BMX, or am I the only one who remembers them? Or maybe The Teenagers. Just remember, with the premature jocking of blog bands we must collectively shrug them off by the time they have any official releases.
