old school (6)
kid creole & the coconuts . stool pigeon


mathew jonson . marionette



a conversa em redor da critica musical é cansativa: o tipo X é muito original, logo é bom. Y é pouco original, logo é mau, mas se em vez de parecer tão datado fizesse a ponte entre o passado e o futuro já era bom outra vez. o tipo Z é mau porque faz lembrar muitas outras coisas, enquando o tipo W é bom apesar de ser inaudível porque não faz lembrar nada, se bem que pensando melhor o tipo Z faz lembrar muitas outras coisas mas soa fresco e revigorante, logo é bom (e não, o mundo não precisa dos vampire weekend para nada). usamos argumentos e exactamente o contrário deles com o objectivo de legitimar os nossos gostos, quando no fundo, é apenas isso - o gosto, algo mais inconsciente do que racional - que interessa. e depois aparece santogold e as convicções são abaladas. "find a way" é bom apesar de ser muito parecido (ok, igual) à MIA; "les artistes" é mau (é péssimo) não se percebe muito bem porquê. talvez seja da roupa.

eles sabem onde estavam quando ouviram os portishead pela primeira vez: num "quarto escuro, com a cabeça debaixo da almofada" (dummy não é só o álbum da vida deles: também é o álbum da depressão deles, nesse ano-desastre da entrada para a universidade), numa coffee house em tallahassee, florida, a estudar para um doutoramento, na sala do meio de um bar vazio em bragzzzzzzzz...zzzzzzzzz hum? desculpem, adormeci.

One of the UK’s original electro producers, Ed Dmx aka Dmx Krew has released a slew of EPs and albums that touch on pop, disco, old school electro and ghetto. In straight-talking mode, he sets the record straight on the lack of innovative electronic music, his relationship with Rephlex and his distrust of the music industry. Check out his live/DJ set at Bloc.

As many of you know, the album has already been pirated and is sadly already available on many blogs on the inter-webs. I can only say 'shame on you' to those who find no issue with stealing and giving away my hard work as if it were their own. On the other hand, THANK YOU to those who are willing to wait a few extra weeks to buy my music and support my work. You are special.

"...Gaye's new-found fame pushed him even deeper into drug addiction and paranoia as he had had a premonition that someone was plotting to kill him. Throughout his tour, he had a bevy of bodyguards surrounding him to keep him safe and often wore a bullet-proof vest. By the time the tour ended, he attempted to isolate himself by moving into his parents' house. He threatened to commit suicide several times after numerous bitter arguments with his father, Marvin, Sr. On April 1, 1984, one day before his forty-fifth birthday, Gaye's father shot and killed him after an argument that had started after Marvin's parents argued over bills. Some of Gaye's relatives claimed that he had purposely pushed his father to the edge so that he could have Marvin, Sr., kill him instead of having to commit suicide. Gaye left behind his three children, Marvin III, Nona and Christian. Marvin, Sr. later was sentenced to six years of probation after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Charges of first-degree murder were dropped after doctors discovered he had a tumor. Later serving his final years in a retirement home, he died of pneumonia in 1998..."
