Remix Magic #6 Rosanna – Waterfall
Brand new remix coming up in a sec! The guilty part this time; Fear of Tigers. This guy is simply amazing and I need to do a post (and possibly an interview) about him in the future. So, who is Rosanna? I had to do some research. After reading the incredibly short Wikipedia entry on Rosanna I instantly knew who she was. She was part of the Swedish girl band Play who toured the States with some pretty big acts between 2001-2005. The band split up and last year a Swedish TV channel made a reunion-reality-show trying to get the group together again. Rosanna passed on the “opportunity” focusing on her solo career.
To get things rolling she’ll be releasing her first single “Waterfall” on Popjustice’s brand new label Popjustice Hi-Fi on August 22 of this year. Some additional info from the Popjustice Hi-Fi site: “Rosanna is twenty two years old and is brilliant at making charismatic, hot-blooded pop music. She says that the genre in which she operates is best described as “big emotional, chaotic, beautiful pop”. Time for some music then;
This is the single version on the track. It stands incredibly firm on it’s own, no mystery since it’s produced by Jim Eliot. His previous work include (among others) Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Kylie, Royksopp and Ladyhawke. Just for fun I’ll post another version with just a tiny tape recorder and a guy on the piano. From the YouTube description: “Teknologgatan is a collective of musicians and bands from Stockholm with Rosanna Munter, Rocket Boy, Icona Pop amongst others.” I guess the piano guy is Rocket Boy, haha! Here goes:
And now, finally — the AMAZING remix by Fear of Tigers. As I mentioned earlier I’m going to do a full post on him in the not to distant future so I’ll just drop the remix down below and be done with this post — that’s how bad I want you guys to hear it. Listen, NOW! Rosanna – Waterfall (Fear Of Tigers Remix).
The “video” is not all that, but it’s the one with the highest audio quality.
Links:
Rosanna | MySpace | Popjustice Hi-Fi
Fear of Tigers | MySpace | Facebook | Last.fm
Remix Magic #5 Spark – Shut Out The Moon
I’ve had the demo of this track for a while now. Thought it was a good track but nothing special. Then the other day a friend sent me a link to the Monsieur Adi Remix of “Shut Out The Moon” and I was hooked. Yet again a remix made me check out an artist that was pretty much unknown to me. Spark is (or was) on tour with Marina And The Diamonds and her track Shut Out The Moon will be released in a few days (12:th of July 2010) as a digital download. The remix is out on the 13:th and is up for preorder over at Pure Groove. That’s it, that’s all I know about her.
OK, on to the actual music. I’m going out on a limb here posting THREE version of the track. First up is the Demo of the song:
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Then onto an “acoustic” version performed with a keyboard outside on a bench — “just a little taster” as she describes it on her Tumblr blog.
And finally the remix. I think I’m going to quote Spark again regarding the track; “It’s not a typical remix, but that’s why it’s special. This man made something beautiful.” Yup, I concur. The first word that came to mind when I heard the track was “skev”, a Swedish word meaning something along the lines of “skewed”. Can’t explain it — don’t care. Haha! Monsieur Adi made remixes for (among others) Ellie Goulding, Frankmusik and Marina And The Diamonds. Here we go, Spark – Shut Out The Moon (Monsieur Adi Remix):
This is one of those tracks that makes me disable the Last.fm scobbler after a while, I don’t wanna come across as a complete psycho listening to one track over and over and over. But, it’s true. As with the other artists I’ve bogged about here I’m really, really looking forward to what Spark has in store for us.
A massive gathering of links:
Sparks | Official | Tumbler | Facebook | MySpace | Twitter | YouTube
Monsieur Adi | Facebook | MySpace | Twitter | YouTube
365 Project June 2010
Wow. Just, wow. That was a fast one wasn’t it? At least I got some nice pictures out of the month of June. OK, some were bad and uninspired but a few stand out, like the one from the 29:th. That day I realized I had no picture to upload, I had to come up with something so I shot a camera and positioned it so that it had a reflection in the lens of the view from my kitchen window.
I’m very pleased with my Flickr Pro purchase, I’m going to put it to good use and create sets for my Nikon DSLR and another, more random set is already growing. I really like the Camera+ app for the iPhone. It’s on sale on the App Store at the moment — a great buy.
So, hello July, I hope you present me with some great opportunities and try to keep the skies nice and blue, OK?
Link:
My June 2010 Flickr set at Flickr.com
Remix Magic #4 Lykke Li – Breaking It Up
I’m really, REALLY behind on this one. Not the blog, I don’t care about the update frequency — I’m talking about Lykke Li. Her debut came two years ago and I started listening to her about a week ago. The Swedish scene was somewhat swamped with female newcomers back then and I think I just couldn’t cope with ‘em all at once. The track that got me hooked on Lykke was yet again a remix, without it her album “Youth Novels” would be pretty much unbeknown (yes, it’s a real word) to me. Yay remixes!
So, here we are — a new musical realtionship is in its budding prime. First up: the original track “Breaking It Up”. According to the YouTubes this is an “alternative video” filmed by Christian Haag in one take, live.
I like the video and I like the track. The remix video on the other hand is pure garbage — but the track is yet another example of some outstanding remix magic courtesy of two guys from London, namely “Punks Jump Up”. Name of the track: “Lykke Li – Breaking It Up (punks Jump Up Remix)”. Enjoy.
I’m looking forward to Lykkes next release, whenever that is due.
Amazing collection of links:
Lykke Li | Official | MySpace | Last.fm
Punks Jump Up | MySpace
WWDC 2010 iPhone 4!
Yup, there it is, the iPhone 4. I just sat through Engadget’s live blog from WWDC 2010. Good ol’ Steve up on stage touting his new offerings. I’ve had my iPhone 3GS for a while now — 6 months? — and I think I had a post planned about my experiences with the device, comparing it to my previous phone. I miss three features from the Nokia 6220 Classic; the Xenon flash, the 5MP camera with Carl Zeiss lens, and if battery life is a feature, battery life. Those were the things I really liked about the Nokia, I hated the rest. Or rather, I liked it until I got the iPhone.
So, the just now announced iPhone 4 — what do I like about it? Simple. The 720p 30fps video. I’m sure I’d shoot more video with the new model, the video on the 3GS is OK but I dislike the old school, ugly as hell 4:3 format with 640 x 480 pixels. Ugh! It’s really 2003 — or 1973, or… — you get my point. Jobs also announced iMovie for the iPhone, yay! Can’t wait for that to come out. I have several camera apps installed, both free and paid, but I’ve never taken the step into mobile video editing on the iPhone. I’ve had my eyes on a few video apps, the one that seems best so far is the VeriCorder 1st Video (iTunes link), it certainly looks the part and from the in-use videos I’ve seen on the web it acts the part to. It’s got that solid, almost boring UI — like Avid. iMovie on the iPhone, bring it on! Oh, and when you’re at it: GarageBand! Haha.
The new iPhone has a higher resolution screen. That’s no biggie. It sports a new 5MP camera with some kind of flash, semi-stoked about that one. I think the cam on the 3GS is fine for point and shoot stuff. It has a new battery promising longer usage. That’s nice, I’ll have that, please. Then there’s the new front facing camera. What the hell? Why? No one I know use video calling and the few times I tried it myself I absolutely cringed (same with Video calling in Skype). It’s great for the hearing impaired though. Good for them. The new form factor is pretty nice, no biggie for me. It’s the new video features I’m looking forward to. 720p baby!
