I don't know much about Parisian duo CRACKS, but I do know they sent over a great new remix of Atlas Sound's Shelia. CRACKS are apparently working on an EP that will be "A collection of synthesized pop anthems for romantic clubbers", which sounds like a winner to me.
If you like the sound of that, jump over to their Myspace page to keep tabs on the upcoming record, and check out their Atlas Sound remix below!
I don't know much about Parisian duo CRACKS, but I do know they sent over a great new remix of Atlas Sound's Shelia. CRACKS are apparently working on an EP that will be "A collection of synthesized pop anthems for romantic clubbers", which sounds like a winner to me.
If you like the sound of that, jump over to their Myspace page to keep tabs on the upcoming record, and check out their Atlas Sound remix below!
I don't know much about Parisian duo CRACKS, but I do know they sent over a great new remix of Atlas Sound's Shelia. CRACKS are apparently working on an EP that will be "A collection of synthesized pop anthems for romantic clubbers", which sounds like a winner to me.
If you like the sound of that, jump over to their Myspace page to keep tabs on the upcoming record, and check out their Atlas Sound remix below!
If the Atlas Sound remix of Arthur Russell's "Answers Me" isn't filling all your Bradford Cox needs this week, we have good news! Over the weekend Cox posted an unreleased, experimental Deerhunter recording from 2005 on his blog. The CD-R entitled "Carve Your Initials Into the Walls of the Night" was recorded by Cox and Moses Archuleta on a 2-Track cassette recorder during what Cox describes as the band's "tape phase".
You can check out the rest of what Bradford has to say about it and download the entire recording here. Check out a couple of the tracks I liked best after a listen or two below!
If the Atlas Sound remix of Arthur Russell's "Answers Me" isn't filling all your Bradford Cox needs this week, we have good news! Over the weekend Cox posted an unreleased, experimental Deerhunter recording from 2005 on his blog. The CD-R entitled "Carve Your Initials Into the Walls of the Night" was recorded by Cox and Moses Archuleta on a 2-Track cassette recorder during what Cox describes as the band's "tape phase".
You can check out the rest of what Bradford has to say about it and download the entire recording here. Check out a couple of the tracks I liked best after a listen or two below!
If the Atlas Sound remix of Arthur Russell's "Answers Me" isn't filling all your Bradford Cox needs this week, we have good news! Over the weekend Cox posted an unreleased, experimental Deerhunter recording from 2005 on his blog. The CD-R entitled "Carve Your Initials Into the Walls of the Night" was recorded by Cox and Moses Archuleta on a 2-Track cassette recorder during what Cox describes as the band's "tape phase".
You can check out the rest of what Bradford has to say about it and download the entire recording here. Check out a couple of the tracks I liked best after a listen or two below!
Disco, Post-Disco, Avant Garde, Experimental or whatever you wanna call him Arthur Russell, 17 years after his death, seems just as relevant and influential as ever. With a 2008 documentary on his life and music called Wild Combination, a biography by Tim Lawrence and the recently released "Go Bang: A Tribute to Arthur Russell" (from the UK's Electric Minds label) it seems he is having a better late '00's than a lot of living artists. I think Russell's music still resonates with people because, as simple as it sounds, he just did whatever he wanted and created music for himself first. He weaved all sorts of different genres and ideas together to create something absolutely unique and personal.
As far as this latest tribute album, I feel like it really doesn't do Russell's songs justice for the most part. Yam Who? & Shovel's version of "Pop Your Funk" has a kind of 80's electro vibe that makes it a stand out and My Tiger My Timing's take on "Arm Around You" has a cute, 90's feeling that lets the sweetness of Russell's lyrics really come through. Otherwise, I'm not impressed and would rather just listen to the original versions.
Here's the My Tiger My Timing track, the Atlas Sound remix of "Answers Me" and the original version of "Wax The Van".
Disco, Post-Disco, Avant Garde, Experimental or whatever you wanna call him Arthur Russell, 17 years after his death, seems just as relevant and influential as ever. With a 2008 documentary on his life and music called Wild Combination, a biography by Tim Lawrence and the recently released "Go Bang: A Tribute to Arthur Russell" (from the UK's Electric Minds label) it seems he is having a better late '00's than a lot of living artists. I think Russell's music still resonates with people because, as simple as it sounds, he just did whatever he wanted and created music for himself first. He weaved all sorts of different genres and ideas together to create something absolutely unique and personal.
As far as this latest tribute album, I feel like it really doesn't do Russell's songs justice for the most part. Yam Who? & Shovel's version of "Pop Your Funk" has a kind of 80's electro vibe that makes it a stand out and My Tiger My Timing's take on "Arm Around You" has a cute, 90's feeling that lets the sweetness of Russell's lyrics really come through. Otherwise, I'm not impressed and would rather just listen to the original versions.
Here's the My Tiger My Timing track, the Atlas Sound remix of "Answers Me" and the original version of "Wax The Van".
Disco, Post-Disco, Avant Garde, Experimental or whatever you wanna call him Arthur Russell, 17 years after his death, seems just as relevant and influential as ever. With a 2008 documentary on his life and music called Wild Combination, a biography by Tim Lawrence and the recently released "Go Bang: A Tribute to Arthur Russell" (from the UK's Electric Minds label) it seems he is having a better late '00's than a lot of living artists. I think Russell's music still resonates with people because, as simple as it sounds, he just did whatever he wanted and created music for himself first. He weaved all sorts of different genres and ideas together to create something absolutely unique and personal.
As far as this latest tribute album, I feel like it really doesn't do Russell's songs justice for the most part. Yam Who? & Shovel's version of "Pop Your Funk" has a kind of 80's electro vibe that makes it a stand out and My Tiger My Timing's take on "Arm Around You" has a cute, 90's feeling that lets the sweetness of Russell's lyrics really come through. Otherwise, I'm not impressed and would rather just listen to the original versions.
Here's the My Tiger My Timing track, the Atlas Sound remix of "Answers Me" and the original version of "Wax The Van".