I stubled upon Thomas Bangalter’s music by accident but since that day I fell in love with it.

So here is a Best Of from the french record label Roulé which Bangalter created himself.

Enjoy!

Tracklisting:

1.  Call on Me(Fine Touch Mix)

2.  Call on Me

3.  Colossus

4.  Falling in Love

5.  First

6.  Graceland

7.  Happy go Lucky

8.  Honeymoon

9.  New New York

10.  Outrun

11.  Rock Shock

12.  Roulè Boulè

13.  So Much  Love To Give(Duprè Pump Mix)

14.  So Much  Love To Give

15.  Together

16.  Turbo

17.  Unplugged

18. Untitled

19.  Ventura/Into the Tunnel

20.  Vertigo

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Yay for another decade list of albums that influenced my growing up as a teenager. This list probably means jack-shit in the grand scheme of things, but regardless here are my top 40 records that I think owned. Just a note that one a band has had an album already appear, no more will come up, just to share it around.

40. The Killers – Hot Fuss (2004)

I remember back in 2004 when The Killers were the ultimate hype of the year, and so they should have been, they were great, and Hot Fuss was an amazing album. From “Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine” through to “Everything Will Be Alright”, this album owned my summer and was one of my first transitioning albums from my young, 13-year old rap and hiphop faze (everyone’s been there, okay?). I’m not sure if it was their catchy one-liners, or dominate 80’s synths, that would go on to really influence the bands I enjoy in music, but The Killers catchy pop riffs backed with Brandon Flowers lyrics “Make this go away without a word” in “Midnight Show” lifted my adolescence. What a shame The Killers never got back to this status as the following 2 albums that followed (not including Sawdust, b-side albums don’t count).

39. Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008)

For me lyrics are a huge part of who I do and don’t enjoy listening to. So when Icelandic band Sigur Rós came into my life it breached all contracts. Understandably, hardly any of their tracks are in English but for some reason it doesn’t seem to faze me. Their music is simply so divine by tune of the song you can gather what it is about. And if you still don’t know you can make it up really. I suppose the influence of Thom Yorke putting forward that “this band is going to be huge” also helps ones inhibition and self promotion. I think with or without the word from Yorke Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust was always going to be a fantastic album.

38. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow (2003)

Having your bands name come out of Natalie Portman’s mouth I guess impacts on a small minority of followers. Having your band pasted all over a soundtrack is another. Regardless, The Shins were always going to be as rated as they are, and their fantastic debut is no exception. Realistically, Garden State was an indie film, and although there have been amazing indie’s before it, ie. The Virgin Suicides collaboration with Air, Dappled Cities writing out the last couple of anthems for Disney. The Shins success has also been filled with rock n roll back-story that critics love to hear, from front-man James Mercer receiving death-threats from a neighbor while trying to write and record Wincing The Night Away. Chutes Too Narrow is full of fun and vibrant “indie” tracks that have easily impacted on the decades explosion in the indie world.

37. The Postal Service – Give Up (2004)

Ben Gibbard and James Figurine seemed like an unlikely couple, and many were skeptic from the start. One gave his soul to promotion on The OC and is now more commonly known as the king of the indie world, though 7 records in and signed to a major label. The other half of The Postal Service is an electronics genius. But when the two got together to do Give Up it proved a fantastic combination of talents, even among the music world. “Such Great Heights” has boastfully been covered more times by more artists than most (Ben Folds, Iron & Wine etc), not to mentioned a sneak cover every now and then, with one of the greatest lyrics in a song written, also covered by Teddy what’s-his-name. Give Up oozes confidence from start to finish.

36. Peter, Bjorn & John – Writer’s Block (2006)

For a good 18 months people all over the world could not stop whistling that pop brilliance that came out of the world wide hit “Young Folks”. It was enjoyable regardless of people not listening to the lyrics and hearing what the song was really about “If I told you things I did before, Told you how I used to be, Would you go along with someone like me?“. Writer’s Block is solid gold in every track from start to finish. In its lyrical brilliance of “Objects Of My Affection” to the short and sweetness of “Start To Melt” that you never want to end. And the devistating heart-break of “The Chills” with “Don’t know about love, But I know the lack of it” that rings in your ears for days after.

35. Iron & Wine – The Shepard’s Dog (2007)

After releasing multiple albums revolving around a simple husky voice and an old acoustic guitar, Samual Beam, better known as, Iron & Wine turned up the amps, switched on the distortion, and layered as many tracks down per song as possible to produce one of the fantastic albums of 2007. Though as Iron & Wine’s style of song-writing goes, it can be a bit hard to tell what he is writing about, The Shepard’s Dog tells the great Beam stories of love, loss, what he wants, and what seems out of reach, “There is a house by the sea, And an ocean between it and me“, though as Beam assures no distance is too far out of reach. This in-turn creates one of the fantastic folk records of the decade.

34. Augie March – Sunset Studies (2001)

While it seems apparent that not much “super-fantastic-omg-amazing” music comes out of the western parts of the southern hemisphere, Augie March are this fantastic Australian band that have circulated around for years. Though it wasn’t until 2006 and the release of the chart topping hit “One Crowded Hour” was released that they would come to fame, but I remember hearing back when I would have been so young hearing “There Is No Such Place” and the beautiful song that it is. Augie March seem to be king at beautiful arrangements of piano & guitar that can span out for any length of time, like on the eariness of “Hole In Your Roof” another key track.

33. Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time (2006)

Strongly influenced by the likes of Built To Spill and Interpol is the Seattle based 3-piece Band Of Horses with their stunning debut release of Everything All The Time. Like Built To Spill before them Band Of Horses follow the same multi-layered guitar, strongly dominated by lead rifs, arranged around Ben Birdwill’s beautiful and unique voice. Tracks like, “Our Sword” and “The Funeral” play key in this epic, 36 minute indie-pop gem of the decade that recieved critical praise among reviewers all over the world.

32. Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)

Something about the unflinching charm and optimism of Daft Punk’s Discovery is too lovable to hate on too much. It’s so damn happy and unassumingly danceable that it doesn’t grate on me the way other albums like it have. Though previous Daft Punk records seemed hard to listen to, after all, they were really just a combination of samples that the duo would use in their live sets, they just made tracks out of them, yet Discovery seems the perfect record for a group of this genre so early on. The duo from Paris who hit the dance bullseye in Discovery by combining a variety of old-school styles with modern studio techniques and meticulous production. And who is ever going to forget this album with singles like “One More Time”, the anthem to any party that will just never end.

31. Muse – Black Holes And Revelations (2006)

Muse has cemented its legacy among the faithfuls of the rock genre with this effort. Riding on the coattails of Absolution’s stunning success, Black Holes And Revelations simply is a stellar gem from top to bottom. Opening the curtains for this album is “Take A Bow” which has a strong political message included in it. Screaming “Corrupt, you’re corrupt and bring corruption to all that you touch”, the song really tells what the band thinks about the present world. Closing the album is one of its released tracks “Knights of Cydonia”. Galloping horses, a spectacular guitar work, the song closes the album on a high note implanting in your head “No one’s going to take me alive“, it really seems fitting for anthem of the decade.

Salve salve galerinha !, sou Duck, um dus novos badernistas que formam a equipe Friends by Far.
Já vô avisando, não esperem novidades de mim, pois estoy aqui pra postar o que há de melhor na categoria old, ou até mesmo nunca vista por vocês rapaziada.

Vô começar com um classico:

• Bag Raiders – Shooting stars (Shazam Dub mix)

Eu ouvi essa track num mixset dos caras do Database e adorei a composição, quando fui procurar a track, ela já era um pouco antiga, só peço para repararem na pegada disco do começo, e que ela lembra demais, outras musicas do naipe do Shazam. A ausencia dos vocais também deixou a musica mais emocionante, ja que o bpm foi acelerado nesse remix.

A Segunda e umltima da noite :

• Cassius – La Mouche (Dj Falcon Remix)

Cassius como sempre, cria suas tracks para o bem do mundo, com suas inovadoras tecnicas de agradar o publico criou uma track que acho eu, é reconhecida muito pouca na comunidade french mu-si-que.
Falcon, conhecido no mundo french por tocar ao lado de Thomas Bangalter (da Duo Daft Punk), fez oque ja era bom ficar melhor, em seu remix é possivel constar uma imensidão de loops, e um style q lembra bem a pegada french

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hopefully my mac battery will last long enough to let me write this blog while stuck here at o’hare…when I actually post this I’ll probably be at my mom’s place already, since I’m not down with the whole airport wireless program. question- is it really that serious to withhold having free wireless in airports? it’s 2010, people…really?? i don’t know anybody who pays for boingo or any of the other “hot spot” wireless services accessible in airports, but I would love to know the statistics on that. how many people actually order that stuff?

anywayyyyyy…. spinning at the hudson went really well and will hopefully result in future job opportunities. spun a quick house/deep house/electronic set… a mix of obscure stuff and some stuff most people into those genres would know- goldfrapp, crystal waters, ladytron, daft punk, la roux (my new obsession!!), modjo, ect…definitely got people dancing, finished my set, and let tim martell swoop in and do his thing for the rest of the night. frank came thru to help take some pics, so I’ve gotta give him all the credit for these:

as far as what else popped off this weekend- i watched the life changing exposé that IS ‘food, inc.’ even if you’re a huge fan of fast food (pun intended), this movie will turn you onto a healthier lifestyle. if it doesn’t, then I’m sorry that either A. the point totally went over your head or B. you have no soul. the food production system in this country is corrupt beyond what the average person could only begin to imagine. the major meat distribution companies, like tyson and other comparable giants, are being run by crazed maniacs who could care less who they have to step on to make their money. the whole thing is just a disgusting process. therefore, they are the hot mess of the day. yuck.

well, for now i’m off to bask in my few days off here… will post more soon…

Aquin bro bro muy famoson que lo vi en een el blog de kanYeWest y luego en otros mas y me gusto es un grafitero que a gente que aparece en los anuncios las depacita, lo a hecho en varios lugares desde London, Paris, Sao Poalo y NYC. Esta muy loco su pdo para ver toda su galeria entren a su flickr muy buenas imagenes hay.

Olhãm gentchêm…

A féixxxta de lançamento da minha coleçãozita em parceiia com a Converve (beijo galarãm!), vai ser no Bar Secreto, Daft Punk e Justice vão tocar, Preta Gil vai cantar e vai ser lindo, ok!
Aí vão oixxx modeloxxx pra vocêxxx babarem:

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Mentira gente… Lógico que vocês já sabem. Mas é que hoje eu passei quese que a  tarde inteira brincando de customizar All-Star no site da Converse, e não é que (pro meu gosto!) achei que esses aí em cima ficaram bem legais!
Espero que tenham gostado do meu lado designer (hohohoho! ) e…,  se o pessoal da Converse All-Star ver isso e quiser chamar um humilde blogueiro pra trocar uma idéia…estamos aí (modestíssimo e ofereciiiidooo! hehehe ) !!

I’ll fondly remember 2001 as the year that I began to really appreciate music, and it was the year I probably first realized I preferred rock and metal music over other types (and my affair with pop and electronic music was temporarily over.) Again, with many of these choices that are below, I didn’t fully appreciate the albums until years later, with the exception of my first 2 picks. These albums are in NO particular order, but rather the first albums that sprung to my mind in my brains musical encyclopedia.

1) System of a Down – Toxicity

Here it is – probably the first album that made me go, WOW in terms of heavyness. This album from start to finish is pretty unforgiving for the majority of it. I discovered this album through the success of the song “Chop Suey”, after hearing this I knew I had to get the whole album. Even though the album is heavy, there are some beautiful songs in this album too, including the closer “Aerials” and “Atwa”. This album got regular play on my upgraded personal CD player (no more tape player to school!) including a rather embarrassing loud play in the IT suite in school. It was my first time bringing music into school, and I thought I plugged my headphones into the right slot in the screen, but turns out I had to plug it into the computer, and yeah, Prison Song played at top volume (I forgot to check the volume too!) and my teacher was not pleased at all. Hilarity ensued. One of the few albums that I still own today and listen to on a regular basis. I’ll never forget this album; it introduced me to metal. And John Dolmayan was a huge influence on my drumming too, and playing along with these songs are always great fun for me.

2) Muse – Origin of Symmetry

My older brother actually bought this album the week it came out, and I stole it from him one day and decided to give it a listen; curious as to what my brother was listening to those days. With the opener “New Born” I was thinking “oh great, boring music time” until the heavy guitar refrain came in; suddenly, my ears perked up and I was interested. At the time, I found it a little difficult to pay attention to, simply because of some of the  songs durations (a problem I certainly do not have now) but I liked it. “Plug In Baby” and “New Born” were instant favourites for me, of course the fact that they were both heavy and radio friendly made me love them even more. I eventually over the years began to appreciate this album very much, and I’m glad to put this album in my Top 10 favourite albums of all time. This album has it all, beautiful ballads, amazing piano and synth work, along with really great guitar parts and effects, and absolutely  grooving drums. “Citizen Erased” is still one of my favourite songs to listen to, and it gets regularly played at top volume in my apartment. It really is Muse’s statement of intent for their next few albums, alternative rock with progressive tendencies and dreamy soundscapes at times. It’s also their way of giving a big middle finger to their critics at the time, who called them just another Radiohead rip-off.

3) Incubus – Morning View

Morning View was an album that I’ve had on my computer for many years, and I was well aware of “Wish You Were Here” and “Are You In?” just because they both had heavy rotation on radio at the time. But, I never completely got into this album until as late as last year. “Blood On The Ground” came on shuffle on my iPod, and I was hooked. This album has it all, great pop style melodies, memorable lyrics, heavy guitar passages, great drumming (with amazing hi-hat and splash cymbal work by Jose Pasillas), funky basslines and great atmospheric sounds that make this album a sonical bliss to listen to. This album gets repeated plays on my computer/iPod, almost daily. Certainly another Top 10 candidate for favourite albums of all time.

4) Daft Punk – Discovery

And, here it is, the first electronic/dance album on my decade in review! The summer of 2001, my friends and I always went to the local swimming pool every week for a good swim, funnily enough. But anyway, on the radio, constantly, was the song “Digital Love”. I loved it. Fantastic synth passages in that song. Anyway, I would call this Daft Punk’s magnum opus. A fantastic album from start to finish, with almost every song ready for the radio, and can instantly elevate my mood from bad to good. Such a feel-good album.

Honorable mentions (there were many great albums in that year! However, I feel I couldn’t write a good enough review about them)

Tool – Lateralus
Transatlantic – Bridge Across Forever
Weezer – The Green Album

2002 will be up in a few days. And I know for certain that there are some amazing albums from that year too.

Iain

If you thought Peaches looked cool on her album cover, look no further than LA-based Brian Lichtenberg for your very own fix. This young man is loved by indie rockers, electro artists and R&B divas alike, and his designs have graced artists such as Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, M.I.A, Yelle, Santigold, Daft Punk, Lil’ Wayne, Rie Rie, Ciara and Beyonce. Phew! I am in die-hard love with his amazing leggings and sexy dresses. The collection is avaliable to buy on Alex and Chloe, but be sure to check out his myspace too!

1. Crazy Town. Butterfly

2. Nelly Furtado. I’m Like A Bird

3. U2. Beautiful Day

4. Missy Elliot. Get your freak on

5. Nelly Furtado. Turn Off The Light

6. Nickelback. How you remind me

7. Jewel. Standing Still

8. Staind. It’s Been Awhile

9. Incubus. Drive

10. Daft Punk. One More Time

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liniile melodice de la single-uri devin din ce mai banale.

• Michelle Branch. Everywhere
• Joe. Stutter
• Jessica Simpson. Irresistible
• Eve 6. Here’s to the Night

Enya. Only Time. seamănă foarte mult cu Unchained Melody …

…

Mai ţine minte cineva colaborarea dintre Moby si Gwen Stefani?

No doubt, a fost un eşec.

…

Mâine dimineaţă revenim cu Topul pieselor CZB din 2002.

Electro duo, Kids At The Bar, from Oklahoma City are certainly making their mark in 2009. Rad (DJ/producer) and Mark Buckley (sound engineer) make up the outfit, joining together just a year ago to make a remix for friends, !Trash Yourself.

They’ve also remixed Australia’s own Empire of the Sun, labelling them “very talented”. The remix was origianlly meant only for DJ sets, but the guys said that they were getting such a good response that they decide to share it with everyone (and we are so greatful!)

Their dicey, trashy, electro remixes have really been getting us going here at JeDanse, so we thought it only fair for you to join in.

!Trash Yourself – Touch (Kids At The Bar Remix)**Highly Recommended

Data – Rapture (Kids At The Bar Remix)**Highly Recommended

Kill Hannah – New York Speed (Kids At The Bar Remix)

Harlem Shakes – Strictly Game (Kids At The Bar Remix) *Posted before, but still highly recommended!

Daft Punk – Technologic (Kids At The Bar)

Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (Kids At The Bar) ** Highly Recommended

Um artista anônimo, apelidado de “The Decapitator” já atacou Paris, França, São Paulo e agora apareceu em Nova York.Ele ataca os posteres de anúncio nas ruas removendo as cabeças e transformando-os em sua própria criação.“The Decapitator head-hunts” atacou recentemente em Nova York vários posters da Shakira na revista Rolling Stone fazendo os fãs correrem para arrancar os seus.Daqui a pouco vai valer uma grana acho eu.Mais alguns ataques de The Decapitator…

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Shows you how good Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter are at writing songs.

Via: Salacious Sound

I’ve always disliked the Guitar Hero/Rock band phenomenon. Honestly, if you are going to spend hours getting sick at Guitar Hero, why wouldn’t you just spend the time actually learning how to play guitar? You could be a pretty decent guitar player by the end of it and maybe, just maybe, one day you can write music that is good enough to be posted on Yuppie Dance Party…

Does anyone realize that Guitar Hero’s software platform is basically a carbon copy of Dance Dance Revolution which was fun, admittedly silly and at least got you to exercise with the pad.

Back in the day TKSama used to play DDR but used a controller instead of dancing (yes you can actually do that) and it was undeniably lame. Guitar Hero for all intensive purposes is an XBox controller shaped like a guitar…awesome! At the end of the day the only thing lamer than playing DDR with an Xbox controller is playing with with an XBox controller shaped like a guitar and acting like there is actual skill involved. I haven’t tried but I’m betting you can play DDR with the Guitar Hero guitar because they are THE SAME. And yes you are just playing DDR with Guns N Roses instead of Captain Jack

Check him out with that awesome red hat!

So when DJ Hero came out, my skepticism remained but now as I know more, I’m starting to wonder if DJ Hero could actually teach someone the skills to be a decent elementary DJ. After all with DJ’ing its not like you just can practice Stairway to Heaven until you are ready to to move on to another song. So yes, I’ll admit that I might be coming around a little for DJ Hero. I’ve never played but it sounds like it teaches how to mashup a song, crossfade and learn some techniques from DJ greats like Daft Punk. Guitar Hero still sucks though and I’m not reversing on that.

This mashup is from DJ Hero and is a mix that Daft Punk did for the game using “Da Funk” and some other song by a band named Queen

In Conclusion:

DDR, Daft Punk, Captain Jack and Queen= Awesome

Playing DDR with a controller=lame. Guitar Hero=lamer

And for DJ Hero the jury is still out

More Captain Jack after the Jump…

Are you ready for Captain Jack?

Well minus the cool robot costumes and choreographed dancing. But yes yuppies dance to Daft Punk

Espero que no sea otro bulo, porqué esta vez mis vacaciones irán condicionadas por esas fechas que ya han salido, y que por el momento no son ampliables, o sea que no pasan por aquí:

JULIO
30 – Le Zénith, Paris, France

AGOSTO
1 – Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3 – Allianz-Arena, Munich, Germany
5 – The O2, Dublin, Ireland
7 – Parc Des Sports, Nice, France
15 – Yankee Stadium, New York, NY
22 – Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia
28 – Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia

SETIEMBRE
3 – Wembley Arena, London, UK
6 – City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, UK

ACTUALIZACIÓN: un drama, el manager ha dicho que por ahora ni hablar….

Muzica house nu este nimic altceva decat muzica electronica, sau mai simplu si pe intelesul tuturor, muzica de club. Majoritatea ascultatorilor de muzica house au acceptat ideea ca acest gen de muzica este destinat discotecilor si cluburilor, petrecerilor in aer liber sau in locuri acoperite (hale de exemplu); s-ar spune astfel ca muzica house este muzica destinata dansului. Dansul pe muzica house este relativ simplu si usor, deschis oricaror miscari care sa coincida cu ritmul. De cand a inceput sa fie produs si mai tarziu mediatizat, acest gen de muzica a creat tendinte noi in moda, a creat conexiuni intre indivizi total diferiti ca temperament sau activitati, a castigat un numar mereu crescand de fani, sau pur si simplu a atras atentia unor curiosi. Putem vorbi despre inceputurile muzicii house pe undeva prin 1980, cand muzica disco era in mare voga. Numele de “house music”, a pornit de la modul in care a fost etichetata muzica lui Frankie Knuckles in clubul Warehouse: “As Heard At The Warehouse”. Usor, acest stil s-a desprins de disco printr-un sound aparte, si evident datorita unor producatori care au avut un rol primordial in evolutia si diversificarea scenei house internationale. Fie ca venea din Detroit, Chicago, Berlin, Madrid, Marea Britanie sau Statele Unite, muzica house a reusit sa adune o multitudine impresionanta de subgenuri. Daca la inceput au existat doar cateva incercari timide, spre 1990 deja muzica house a capatat o personalitate aparte, prin extinderea cuturii rave, legalizarea petrecerilor rave si interzicerea drogurilor. A devenit un stil nou de viata, a impamantenit mentalitati noi si diferite de cele existente pana atunci, a reusit sa ramana la granita intre comercial si underground. Artistii care au dorit sa ramana underground s-au axat pe un sound techno pur.

O influenta majora asupra muzicii house a avut-o trupa Daft Punk, asa zisii roboti electronici, fondatorii French-House-ului ce exceleaza prin a combina funk-ul si elemente de disco ale anilor ‘80 cu house-ul din Chicago, redescoperit la inceputul anilor 2000 de catre DJ-ul francez, Bob Sinclar. Eu si-au dezvoltat un sunet propriu, produs in mare parte pe sintetizatoare, orgi, soft-uri speciale de creat muzica, efectoare care sa prelucreze sunetele, vocile, practic sa transforme monotonia in euforie, ceva simplu in ceva evoluat si complicat. Muzica house este strict legata de activitatea de DJ.

Nu putem vorbi de muzica house fara a vorbi de DJ, si invers. DJ-ii care puneau muzica la petrecerile mai mult sau mai putin legalizate, in cluburi sau discoteci, la nunti sau la petrecerile prietenilor lor in grupuri restranse, au inceput sa priveasca serios muzica house ca productie. Si astfel au intrat in scena nume ca John Digweed, Sasha, Avicii, Eric Prydz (cunoscut si ca Cirez D sau Pryda) sau Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso si Steve Angello care au adus un nou concept in lumea muzicii house numit “Swedish House Mafia”.

Subgenuri ale muzicii HOUSE:

Subgenurile muzicii house s-au diferentiat in primul rand datorita BPM-ului productiilor (BPM = batai pe minut). Astfel, muzica trance a devenit un stil de muzica ce are un BPM rapid, energetic, accelerat, este o muzica ce aduce in prim plan atat ritmul cat si linia melodica, ce obligatoriu trebuie sa fie foarte evoluata si complicata, eventual compusa pe mai multe tonuri care sa difere ca instrumente. Muzica trance ii are ca reprezentanti pe Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Blank & Jones, Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten si foarte multi “nou-veniti” care isi fac aparitia aproape lunar pe scena muzicii trance. De asemenea au exitat si inca exista foarte multe branduri care au sustinut acest fenomen prin organizarea de evenimente majore, festivaluri, party-uri cu public ce putea atinge usor o cifra de 10 000 de oameni (vezi festivalul Trance Energy, Black & White Sensation, etc). Casele de discuri existente cat si cele care au fost deschide ulterior de catre DJ-ii si producatorii care promovau acest gen de muzica, au devenit deschise noului val de muzica si au lansat foarte multi artisti debutanti sau care aveau deja lectiile invatate de acasa. La ora actuala, muzica trance atinge un loc aparte pe scena muzicii electronice. Este un stil foarte mediatizat, multi ar spune ca are o aliura puternica de comercial, dar iata ca atrage foarte multa lume, are comunitati puternic impamantenite, exista multe persoane care sustin in continuare muzica trance.

Muzica techno are insa niste radacini mult mai vechi decat muzica trance, de vreme ce techno este poate printre primele stiluri de muzica electronica ce a deschis mintea producatorilor catre nou si experimente noi, originalitate si provocare. Jeff Mills este unul dintre pionierii de baza ai stilului techno, la fel ca si DJ Rush, Dave Clarke, Ben Sims, Chris Liebing, Adam Beyer, Marco Carola, Eddie Richards, Craig Richards si multi altii. Techno s-a impartit si el in minimal techno, Detroit techno, Chicago techno, Tech-House care in ziua de azi este in plina dezvoltare. In Romania acest gen a inceput sa influenteze tot mai multi producatori romani (Rhadow & Luca M, Horatio BC, ICS, Dirty Culture, NoiDoi, NTFO si multi altii), multe dintre productiile lor regasindu-se in tracklist-urile DJ-ilor cunoscuti din Europa si nu numai. Astazi nume ca si Umek, Marco Carola, Richie Hawtin, Marco Bayley, Steve Bug, Ricardo Villalobos, Josh Wink, Adam Beyer, Lee Burridge, Sven Vath, Hector Couto sunt nume foarte apreciate de public si cu ajutorul carora organziatorii pot umple lejer un club.

Stilul progressive house este si el un subgen al muzicii house, insa are un sound aparte. Daca muzica techno este mai dura, mai simpla si mai lipsita de melodicitate insa extrem de ritmata si plina de energie si vitalitate, progressive house este un gen muzical mai dulce, insa poate varia uneori de la sumbru la plin de viata si veselie. Are un tempo mai scazut, insa aceasta nu este o regula pentru toate productiile progressive. Ca reprezentanti ar merita sa se afle aici John Digweed si Sasha (DJ care are unele influente puternice de trance si tehcno), Chris Fortier, Danny Tenaglia, Deep Dish, Paolo Mojo, Nik Warren, Sultan, Pete Tong, Behrouz, Anthonny Pappa, Manuel De La Mare, Djs From Mars si multi altii. Unii DJ prefera sa ramana la granita intre progressive house si electro house sau chiar breaks, cum ar fi James Zabiela, James Lavelle, Hernan Cattaneo.

Astazi nu mai este o regula pentru un DJ sa se incadreze intr-un singur gen muzical. S-au vazut foarte multe cazuri ca unii DJ-i cunoscuti pentru abordarea lor muzicala sa puna o cu totul alta muzica fata de cea cu care invatase publicul. In general, totul este muzica house, sau mai bine spus, muzica electronica, fie ea techno, trance, progressive, minimal, deep house, etc. Pana la urma totul tine de perceptia fiecaruia legata de muzica, de cultura pe care a dobandit-o in domeniu, de cat de deschis este noului sau cat de conservator.

Viel Texte haben die Songs von Daft Punk nie aber genau das machte diese Spielerei erst möglich. Beat an und losgeklickt! Drei Lieder stehen zur Zeit zur Auswahl. iDaft gibt es übrigens auch als kostenloses App für das iPhone.

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Het is bijna Sinterklaas dus er worden weer kadootjes uitgedeeld. Het kadootje krijgen we pas op 1 augustus 2010, als het tenminste waar is. Misschien is het wel net zo echt als Sinterklaas zelf.

Volgens de geruchten doet Daft Punk een kleine wereldtournee in 2010. En in die reeks van tien optredens zit er zelfs eentje in de Heineken Music Hall.

Dan is het wel de vraag of er iets is veranderd aan de show die ze in 2007 in de HMH gaven. Of is dit een manier om snel even wat cash te genereren voor een nieuw album, film of vierde buitenhuis?

It was lashing rain in Hoi An, Vietnam. Pouring down buckets. We were soaked to the bone and after a few hours of being measured, nipped and tucked at the tailors we took refuge in a bar that stood out in this town. The music drew us in. The decor was slick and the staff were edgy – particularly the DJ who may have also doubled up as the owner or perhaps the manager. His job consisted of sitting in front of an enormous iMac chatting to multiple friends online and creating play lists for the bar. Now this guy was good – superb even. The music he played was consistently amazing. Music to my ears. He even looked the part – effortlessly cool.

What struck me first was that he played Lisztomania by Phoenix. I’ve been a fan of Phoenix since about 2000 when they released United – still a favourite of mine. The Phoenix sound would be similar to that of Air and Daft Punk. And if Wiki can be trusted as a source then I found out today that Phoenix started as the backing band for a remix of Air’s “Kelly Watch the Stars” single. Soon after, they released United. The name Phoenix was officially chosen in 1996 when Laurent Brancowitz permanently joined the band after the end of the short lived band Darlin’ he formed with Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo, who eventually became Daft Punk. Interesting eh?!

The Pheonix boys looking fairly dapper.

Csak zene megy végig? KIRÁLY!

TÖRTÉNET

A történet két Univerzumról szól, az egyik az olyan mint a milyenk, a másik viszont teljesen az ellentétünk: teljes nyugalom van és harmónia, és „persze” mindenki a bolygó legjobb zenekarának a koncertjére tombol.

De a nyugalmat megzavarja egy érdekes gárda, akik megtámadják és elrabolják a zenészeket.

A négy zenészt (Stella, Baryl, Octave, Arpegius) teljesen átalakítják. A testüket megváltoztatják és az emlékeiket módosítják (a legjobb szám az animében ).

Shep mikor meghallja, hogy elrabolták a bandát, rögtön követi őket (hát igen a hőn szeretett hölgy miatt ).

Egy producer várja őket.

Amikor odaérnek a Földre már nem emlékeznek semmire. A producer hamar híressé teszi őket, de kezdik sejteni, hogy valami nincs rendben velük.
A producer gonosz terveihez szeretné felhasználni a zenészeket.

VÉLEMÉNY

Az anime alatt egy szó sem hangzik el, csak a zenékben, persze. Ez nem vedtel semmit az anime értékéből, sőt ez tette még különlegesebbé. A zenéjét és a történetet a Daft Punk írta, és meg is jelennek az animében (bár csak pár másodpercre) .

Nekem tetszett ez az anime, bár a zene nem az én stílusom, de mivel az anime megnézése előtt már ismertem a bandát nem okozott különösebb kellemetlenséget (sőt az anime meg is szeretete velem a Daft Punk-ot egy kicsit ).
Igényes az egész anime: zene, grafika téren, mindenhogy .