Bruno Mars is among the many mainstream musicians with so much talent in that voice of theirs and yet don’t seem to be hanging out with the right crowd of producers. Thankfully, my reliance on the remix community has paid off once again, this time Whyel goes electro-house on the Mars man. I can’t say I like the house solos that appear a few times throughout the ‘When I Was Your Man’ remix, but now that I figured out Whyel use to go by YoungLife, it makes a lot more sense. He’s done a few good house remixes.
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Ghetto Funk’s yearly roundup of electro funk remixes wasn’t as eventful this year compared to last, but of course there was at least one funkadelic remix to highlight. Lewd Behavior’s remix of ‘Fell in Love with a Girl’ by The White Stripes is a bass rollin fanfare, ‘specially with those drops. I bet if Mr. White himself went funky with the electro, he’d probably tune the bass to something like this – it matches his sound that well.
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Heading to San Fran tomorrow for the day, so I thought I’d share this treat with y’all. Sun Rai’s San Francisco Street sounds straight out of a hit tv show from the 70’s, 80’s… or today. But I can’t say I share the same sentiments of San Fran as Rai seems to – too dreamy. Hopefully one day, though.
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I’m still quite stricken by how well music has been progressing these last few years. If you can’t see (or hear) what’s going on creatively around the world, you’re not exploring it enough. It’s out there, in all forms. Jessie’s ‘What You Won’t Do For Love’ is the latest distinction I’ve come across. It feels like she’s singing straight to me and isn’t that what music’s about. And who did this beat woofta.
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God Pierce really pulls the magic from Paul Meany’s voice. This Mutemath remix has all the bells & whistles you usually find in a Pierce Fulton bit, electro-weirdness & all, but these Mutemath vocals really top it off best. Love a song that makes you reflect (I should make a mix of them all, someone please remind me).
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2012 is wrappin up quick and there’s still so much music I need to get out before the end, most notably right now Mean Lady’s ‘Bop Bop.’ The tracks a blend of pop, soul & psychedelic sounds that I can’t quite clearly define. Its steadily uplifting pace helps these somber vocals shine at the right times. I’m obsessing over Katie Dill’s voice right now and I hope to hear a whole lot more of it in 2013.
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Seamonster needs to cover ‘Fu-gee-la,’ because this song (for some reason) keeps reminding me of it — and I think they could really pull off the cover. Actually, every time I put this on, at some parts (I’m not gonna get to which) I starting “singing” the lyrics to ‘Fu-gee-La.’
But beyond my foolish ideas for Seasmonster, their ‘Crystal Tear’ song is one delight for this (not too) cold-ass winter in The Bay. Definitely rockin’ this around Christmas time into the New Year.
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The Dubstep Queen gets another healthy dose of dub smeared all over one of her latest, ‘Hanging On.’ Thankfully, Wonk went with the more melodic side of this bass driven style, because I’m getting sick as shit of the mindless mess dubstep’s drops are going through right now. Still not feelin Tinie Tempah’s feature towards the end, but Wonk put enough bass in to keep me occupied.
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I’ve had a little “buyer’s remorse” while writing this post up. But I didn’t write it to highlight the pop shenanigans LMFAO. This praise once again goes to a masher with an ear like no other, Ellipsis. You may be sick as shit of these not-so sexy vocals, but Ellipsis mashed it up with Gartner’s ‘Girl on Girl’ to a precision that I rarely hear. For all you mashup artists out there, this is a well synced song. Love the other samples thrown in there too, it’s a nice touch.
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I first got the opportunity to listen to Mt. Wolf in a remix of ‘Life Size Ghosts’ by Catching Flies. And where that was a hypnotic chill of Kate Sproule’s delicate voice, their cover of Usher’s ‘Climax’ is a straight-up delicacy, though still chilled.
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