Archive for October, 2007

Ben Benjamin

Posted by steve on October 22nd, 2007

You may remember that a while back I was given a number of demo tracks from Ben Mullins, former member of Midwest Product and currently in PostPrior (both essential Ghostly International artists) to post. That was one of the more commented upon recent posts and I received quite a few emails begging me to get [...]

 
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SK Exclusive: See-I & Magic Fly

Posted by steve on October 17th, 2007

A Quick Rant
I get a lot of emails about why I don’t post every day. Let me explain if I may. I try to be as discerning as I can about the things I post. Fact is, if it’s not something I think you all would like, then it doesn’t deserve the pixels. Like [...]

 
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Sample Party: Breakwater vs. Daftpunk

Posted by steve on October 12th, 2007

Turns out that one of the few truly monstrous tracks from Daft Punk’s latest, Human After All, almost completely jacks the opening of “Release the Beast,” a little known electro-funk stomper by 2-and-out late 70s jazz-funk outfit Breakwater. I felt compelled to post the original because although I knew that Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manual [...]

 
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Grey Reverend

Posted by steve on October 1st, 2007

As far as live bands are concerned, The Cinematic Orchestra have few equals. Of course many will argue for the virtuosity of more traditional jazz performers, but because J. Swinscoe and company do things a bit differently, they have significantly more appeal to jazz fans who may not be the most hardcore enthusiasts. Last Wednesday, [...]

 
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