July 2009

Trippy tunes made from slicing and dicing movies

Pretty sorta ambient house tracks made by slicing up tiny bits of movies, by a guy in Perth called Pogo. Vibes like Todd Edwards at his most mellow, but I guess more obviously like Akufen. (Anti-Akufen hype rant deleted)

This Alice one is the one I saw first. If you're reading this on Facebook, you won't see the Youtube links. Click "View Original Post".

Weekly mp3 #66: Anonymous Mongolian man recorded by Jean Jenkins - Mouth music (Khoomii or xoomii)

Old scene of Mongolian life
The Internet Archive's Open Source Audio section has turned up a recording of an LP from 1977 called Vocal Music From Mongolia and credited to Jean Jenkins.

Weekly mp3 #65: The Units - High Pressure Days

Promo pic of The Units

The increasing capacity for online communities to effect meaningful change

OK, actually it's an otter playing a cheap electronic keyboard in exchange for tasty treats.

Amazingly contemporary sounding - The Units

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This is from 1980. It's been re-released this year with some contemporary remixes, but the original sounds like it could've been recorded this year too, I reckon. Which probably says more about what's cool right now than it does about the song. I like it, tho.