Cool Video Funtime #119 - Number One Jams: Brother/Ghost

Free Don Diablo mix tape..

Don Diablo - Electronic Romance Minimix Pt. 2

Tracklist:
01 Don Diablo - Random intro
02 Alexander Wolfe - Till your ship somes in
03 Efterklang - Modern Drift
04 Jonsi - Boy Lilikoi
05 Imogen Heap - First train home
06 Miike Snow - Sans Soleil
07 Cinnamon Chasers - I Like Watching You (Diamond Cut Remix)
08 Van She - Don't Fear The Reaper
09 Don Diablo vs Phoenix vs Jay Z - 99 Fences
10 FrankMusik & Don Diablo ft. Ish - Confusion girl (the name is...)
11 Don Diablo - Song for MJ (Remember the time)
12 Alexi Murdoch - All my days
13 Dr Fox's Old Timey String Band - Kids
14 Karen O & The Kids - Food is still hot
15 White Lies - Death (Chase and Status Remix)
16 Don Diablo - Random Outro

~njoy

New Blind Man's Colour track..

Blind Man's Colour - Sandin Squares

Thanx BMC!

Merry Xmas..

2009 Honorable Mentions..

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Jj sign with Secretly Canadian, release new album in March..

The enigmatic Swedish group Jj have announced that US label Secretly Canadian will be putting out "Nº 3" on March 9th, with help from Sincerely Yours. Also, in-case you haven't heard by now, Jj will be making their first US appearance with The Xx, which will be amazing. Tour dates are below, along with a(nother) free track from Jj.

Tour Dates:

3/22 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon

3/23 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree

3/24 Atlanta, GA - The Earl

3/25 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle

3/28 Washington, DC - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

3/29 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church Sanctuary

3/30 Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory

3/31 New York, NY - Webster Hall

4/02 Boston, MA - Paradise

4/03 Montreal, QC - Le National

4/04 Toronto, ON - Lees Palace

4/05 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center

4/06 Bloomington, IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theater

4/08 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall

4/09 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater

4/12 Bellingham, WA - The Nightlight Lounge

4/13 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom

4/14 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom

4/16 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

..and here's that freebie:

Jj - Ecstasy

~njoy.

Good (free) music lying around the interwebs..

Jj - Baby

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Charlotte Gainsbourg feat. Beck - Heaven Can Wait (Remixed by Nosaj Thing)
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Gonjasufi - Ancestors
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Sondre Lerche - Bluish (Animal Collective Cover)
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Wave Machines - Keep The Lights On (Home Video Remix)
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The Hundred In The Hands - Dressed In Dresden

~njoy

Check into MillionYoung..

MillionYoung - Sunndreamm

Almost sounds like Underworld taking a stab at Chill Wave..

Cool Video Funtime #118 - Deer Stop

(the reason I love Goldfrapp)

The Sky May Be Falling - Ólafur Arnalds Documentary..

I guess I can't get enough of Mr. Arnalds right now..

EIC'S10Q'S w/Ólafur Arnalds

"..piano accompanied by lush string arrangements, accompanied by quiet-crunchy electronic beats and frigid atmospheres. If you like Neo Classical/Classical Piano/IDM music this guy will be right up your alley.."

Ólafur Arnalds
Hyperborean Symphonious Designer

Ólafur Arnalds Bio:
Ólafur Arnalds (born 1986) is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland.
Arnalds was a drummer of hardcore/metal bands Fighting Shit and Celestine as well as a other bands. He also contributed banjo, guitar and piano for in his friend's solo project "My Summer as a Salvation Soldier".
In 2004, Arnalds composed and recorded the intro and two outros for tracks on the album Antigone (album) by German metal band Heaven Shall Burn. He has also composed string arrangements for the English band 65daysofstatic.
On October 12, 2007, Arnalds' first solo album Eulogy for Evolution was released. It was followed by the EP Variations of Static in 2008. In the same year, Arnalds toured with Sigur Rós. He is also reported to have sold out The Barbican Hall in London.
In April 2009 Arnalds composed and released a track daily for seven days instantly making each track available within 24 hours from http://foundsongs.erasedtapes.com The collection of tracks was entitled Found Songs. The first track was released on Monday April 13th.
Ólafur Arnalds mixes strings and piano with loops and edgy beats crossing-over from classical to pop.

Hello, how are you?
I'm fine, sitting on an airplane on the way back to Iceland from Norway where I gave a talk about creative ways to release music at Nordic Music Week.

What are you currently listening to?
At this moment I'm listening to Alligator by The National. But i have been listening to the latest Mew album lately.

If you weren't a professional musician what career path would you have chosen?
I would probably be in music management, as i have a lot of interest in the music industry and creative ways to make that sustainable - especially in the days of endless illegal downloads that we live in.

You recently did some soundtrack work for a ballet titled “Dyad 1909” by Wayne McGregor, how did this collaboration come up?
Wayne McGregor came across my music a while ago and has been keeping me in mind for a while now. He contacted me this summer about it, coincidentally just after i had discovered his work and was getting very much into it. We premiered the piece in London in October and it's now on tour (without me).

“Found Songs” was a pretty brilliant idea with a terrific outcome, do you plan on doing any more “concept” albums like that in the future?
Most of what i do has some sort of a concept, but if you are referring to a release concept like with Found Songs i have no plans at the moment, although i'm always brainstorming and currently thinking very much about some creative ways I could release my next album.

What was you favorite track off of “Found Songs“?
I think my favorite track is the least popular track of the series, "Romance". Also "Allt varð hljótt"

I like the work you did under the moniker “Kiasmos”, any plans on continuing with that project?
We are currently both very busy with our main projects (me with my solo work and Janus with his band, Bloodgroup). But as soon as we both have some free time we'll get back into the studio. We already have a few unreleased songs and are hoping to make a few more soon and release an EP.

Who is you favorite current Classical/Neo-Classical artist?
I think at the moment it would be Nils Frahm. A german guy who is about to be released on Erased Tapes records.

You can only keep/listen to ONE album for the rest of your life ..which album would it be?
I'd probably prefer silence. I can't think of any album that i would like to listen to for the rest of my life.

Are you living your dream?
I guess...

Thanx Óli!

Ólafur Arnalds just recently released "Dyad 1909", it's pretty f-n' amazing (exactly how I like my Neo-Classical music), go get that NOW...