Archive for the mp3s tag
Gamelan is technically a musical ensemble made up of metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings. But what it really sounds like is a highly orchestrated junkyard symphony of oddly melodic mix of banging and clanging. and I love it. It usually accompanies the Legong, Berong and Mahabarata dance performances. Back in the CalArts days, I’d sit in my design crit room, zoning out during a critique to the sounds of the clanging instruments floating in from the Gamelan classroom down the hall. I will always associate graphic design with Gamelan.
Here are a few of my favorite Gamelan tunes, right-click to save: one, two, three
RCRD LBL just opened today. It’s a great idea. part record label, part mp3 blog with exclusive tracks for free and legal download from a bunch of killer indie bands and djs. Downloads are kept off the main rss feed though, so in order to get fresh mp3 tracks to your rss reader you have to subscribe to each of the “sub-label” feeds. Totally lame, let’s hope enough people complain loudly. [via DS]
I’m currently diggin’ on the music of Ida Maria. She’s got some punchy norwegian post-punk action going on with a killer, versatile voice and drunk-pixy-with-a-crush-on-Charles-Bukowski lyrics. I’d throw in a list of people who she sounds like, but that’d be a little redundant, go check her out. My Old Kentucky Blog has some mp3s. Stand-out tracks: “Oh My God”, “Louie, I’m always drunk”, “You Look Better When You’re Naked” and “We’re all Going to Hell”. you get the idea.
Diplo posts up M.I.A.’s ‘Paper Planes’ instrumental. This has got to be the beat of the year, only problem is that it still has the chorus on it. I could do without it, I mean I like the original vocals, but I could just listen to this beat all day long.
