As I flail about for some more specific bloggy themes, I'll keep posting in reference to the default one: me. Actually, waiting for a more concrete vision just means I'm not writing or posting or sharing anything, and nothing is a really hard place to start from. So the things I like are the things that will be posted. A lot of times that will be music.
With more time on my hands, I have been able more often to scour for free, new, fresh music. Here's what helps:
http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/
Buried in the forkcast, I found this free album of some DJ work by Phaseone (whoever that is).
http://lefserecords.com/tracks/Phaseone-WhiteCollarCrime.zip
I might try out my album-reviewing chops later, but I'll give it a one paragraph plug and just say:
Phaseone has mixed some songs from greater and lesser known artists like (in order of appearance): Raekwon, Burial, Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Panda Bear, and Radiohead. A dubstep and hip-hop vibe is felt throughout, and it will run the gamut from mellow and reserved to scratchy and twitchy. It has seamless transitions from track to track, which I find pleasurable. It's not just a mix, though, but a proper album, with an ear towards variety in pace and mood. It's at times ephemeral, soulful, bumping, and playful. It has played very well through both stereo and headphones. I've worked to it, cleaned to it; I'll soon test it out behind the wheel, and hopefully with other human beings in a social setting. Check it out!
And while we are on the subject of hot DJ work, here's a new free album from Girl Talk--"All Day." Party time!
http://www.illegal-art.net/allday/
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