How could I not? I’ve been listening to this song on repeat for the past week.
Please watch the video. It’ll improve your life by at least a little bit.
Posts Tagged: music
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Apr 10
This is me on a good day.
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Mar 10
Modal Soul
Just found out that hip hop producer Jun Seba, aka Nujabes, passed away in a car accident late last month. He created cool, jazzy hip hop beats and also ran a small record store and indie label in Japan.
Reflection Eternal
The Space Between Two Worlds
His music has been a running soundtrack to the past several years of my life. It’s no exaggeration to say that his gift has changed — continues to change– my life and so many others.
Rest in peace Nujabes.
Okay I couldn’t resist this amazing foto I found on last.fm. In the words of a clever commenter… “he looks just like a sleepy, chubby, turtle-neck wearing, ping pong playing panda. I feel like giving him a big hug.”
Personally, I think that this is the most appropriate way to show love for such a creative and humble musical mastermind, don’t you agree?
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Mar 10
Doyoudonotsee?
So you already know that I’m a fan of iLL-Literacy’s work and their approach to it. This fall, they dropped iB41 for free. Now they’ve emerged post- winter hibernation, all psychedelic and spirals and shit, to ask ya freeloaders to contribute to their latest track. At least the musically-inclined ones.
Check out the track and see what you can do.
I’m pretty sure that this thing called collaborative music is gonna swallow up the fatty record industry (or at least force it to take a fatty diet) and re-position music as we know it. I know this cos I often predict the future. Anyway, I’ve already ranted and raved about open source and sharing and the like in a previous post, so I’ll stop right there w/ the nerdery… and let the guys who made it do the talking!
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Feb 10
Princess Mononoke meets the planets.
There are a lot of reasons to love Natasha Khan (one word: LAYERS), only the first of them being that she makes really good music.
From her latest album, Two Suns:
Bat for Lashes – Sleep Alone
Bat for Lashes – Siren Song
But it’s not even about the music. This woman is a storyteller.
“Whenever I’m writing music it’s a very visual place in my mind. It has a location full of characters and colors and landscapes, so those two things really complement each other, and they help the other one to blossom and support the other.”
“I think it’s really important to give power to the world and the myth and the atmosphere that you’re trying to create. And if I was to just go out wearing normal stuff I’d feel like it was taking the power away and not giving others the same visual and symbolic references, and that excitement. For me, when I’ve seen other people take some risks with the way they look and do things on stage, it helps me to believe in that thing. I don’t think about that person having cups of tea and going shopping and being normal. I think about them as a performer and I quite like that; that people will look at me as a performer and this otherworldly thing.”
I worship that mind. That voice. Those OUTFITS. Don’t you?
…And she made these.
What else can I say? I’m a believer.
