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James Stevenson

James Stevenson

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Any Avalanches fans here? I am in love with their new album.

For those who don't know them, they released their first album, Since I Left You, 16 years ago. It's brilliant! It was built entirely out of about a bajillion samples taken from other records, but unlike most works of sampling, it's super poppy and upbeat. Very summery and happy. Their second album was soon rumoured, but the group went mostly quiet. Occasionally there would come a hint of new music, the album coming soon, maybe this year, maybe next year. This summer, after 16 years, they finally dropped another album, called Wildflower. I'm pretty high on it at the moment, but it's everything I could hope for.
 
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James Stevenson said:
Any Avalanches fans here? I am in love with their new album.

For those who don't know them, they released their first album, Since I Left You, 16 years ago. It's brilliant! It was built entirely out of about a bajillion samples taken from other records, but unlike most works of sampling, it's super poppy and upbeat. Very summery and happy. Their second album was soon rumoured, but the group went mostly quiet. Occasionally there would come a hint of new music, the album coming soon, maybe this year, maybe next year. This summer, after 16 years, they finally dropped another album, called Wildflower. I'm pretty high on it at the moment, but it's everything I could hope for.
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Ooooo! Since I Left You is a classic! Frontier Psychiatrist is still one of my favorite songs from that era, but the whole album is class, definitely going to give Wildflower a listen, and if it's as good a SILY, it can go straight into my saved albums list in Spotify :)
 
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Onderzeeboot said:
Do any of you remember the time when you would download mp3's and compile your own CD's in order to listen to your favorite music? I've uploaded some of my old compilation CD's to Spotify, and it's still fun to listen to music this way. Who knew! :)
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I still love (and make) mix CDs. The best part is turning a piece of A4 paper into a cd case and doodling on it. Here's one I gave someone I cared about at the time:

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James Stevenson

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vennythekid said:
Right? God-tier keyboard solo if I've ever seen one. Also, I love that they have a live audience with them in the recording studio.
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Yeah it's cool! Snarky Puppy are a bunch of incredibly skilled people. They are so tight.

I don't get into this kind of jazz too much though, I find half of the enjoyment is being impressed. Which is cool, but the best music you just 100% feel. Am I making sense? But there is some music that has to grow on you, and some whole genres, like this kind of stuff, maybe requires that the listener has already heard a certain amount of music or something.
 
James Stevenson

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next week I'm having a house party and I'm gunna DJ, like always. But I wanted to break out of my hiphop/instrumental/electronic world, because I always play the same shit, and it's not really a dancey corner of music. So I've got some pop and disco and rock lined up, as well as some really energetic international electronic bullshit like Trentmoller and Balkan Beat Box, as well as a bunch of rap and maybe jazz and whatever. But I'm looking for more dancey music. Any suggestions?
 
vennythekid

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James Stevenson said:
Yeah it's cool! Snarky Puppy are a bunch of incredibly skilled people. They are so tight.

I don't get into this kind of jazz too much though, I find half of the enjoyment is being impressed. Which is cool, but the best music you just 100% feel. Am I making sense? But there is some music that has to grow on you, and some whole genres, like this kind of stuff, maybe requires that the listener has already heard a certain amount of music or something.
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Yeah I 100% understand that. Jazz (as a trombone player) really does it for me. I also relate to your point about a lot of stuff requiring "genre background" before you can really get into it and enjoy it.
 
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James Stevenson said:
next week I'm having a house party and I'm gunna DJ, like always. But I wanted to break out of my hiphop/instrumental/electronic world, because I always play the same shit, and it's not really a dancey corner of music. So I've got some pop and disco and rock lined up, as well as some really energetic international electronic bullshit like Trentmoller and Balkan Beat Box, as well as a bunch of rap and maybe jazz and whatever. But I'm looking for more dancey music. Any suggestions?
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I don't dance, but what about...

 
safra

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James Stevenson said:
next week I'm having a house party and I'm gunna DJ, like always. But I wanted to break out of my hiphop/instrumental/electronic world, because I always play the same shit, and it's not really a dancey corner of music. So I've got some pop and disco and rock lined up, as well as some really energetic international electronic bullshit like Trentmoller and Balkan Beat Box, as well as a bunch of rap and maybe jazz and whatever. But I'm looking for more dancey music. Any suggestions?
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I got you, bro (some of these might work, anyway). Mostly indie rock and electronic pop, some more niche stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62RvnXZgHwQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTfa-9aCTYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxprmpD_zIY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQmPWc4gyhk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z3N79ktprw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRKldRg2QkE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxlVJwBmwGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ziAM4FGGIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PAXZakXjL0
 
James Stevenson

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Just saw Den Sorte Skole live and they were amazing! Seeing them again on Friday.

I was talking to one of them and he said last week in Denmark they played a sold out show of 15'000 people. Here in London they played a tiny basement gig. I guess it's like that for many international musicians.
 
Jason Waddell

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Alfonzo Bonzo said:
Who watched Eurovision?
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I watched it. My girlfriend and I did the whole "guess the Top 3" thing, and I already had Belgium and Sweden in, debating between Portugal and Italy. I didn't actually like the Italian entry, but the Belgian commentator kept saying that it might be the winner, so I wrote that down. Whoops.

In the end I "shortlisted" 7 songs, and 6 of them were the top 6. It didn't really feel like any of them would be "all-time" Eurovision greats, but the Belgian entry has been quite popular here on the radio.
 
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Portugal was my favorite, so I'm glad it won. Eurovision provides some wonderful entertainment every year. One moment you're watching an honestly good song, next moment something ridiculous is broadcast live into your home :D

As for this year's edition, Croatia (a one person duet between an English pop artist and an Italian tenor, both well sung, but schizophrenic as fuck) and Romania ("Jodel It", need I say more?) were clearly the top contenders for ridiculous songs!


 
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