‘jazz’ Archive

Upconverting Super8

December 5, 2009, filed under jazz, nu-jazz, trip-hop; No Comments.
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The Cinematic Orchestra didn’t simply become the super chill, dramatic, Antony-and-the-Johnsons-collaborating band that we hear on Ma Fleur (or even the amazing soundtrack for Disney’s French nature film Les Ailes Pourpres – yes, only the French would make a feature film documentary about the plight of flamingos) overnight. Their sound was originally that of [...]

There’s Sound In The Clouds

October 22, 2009, filed under computing, downtempo, electro, jazz, samba; 3 Comments.
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This post has two purposes: to feature an amazing artist that I recently stumbled upon as well as a music-centric social network that I can’t believe I didn’t discover sooner.
First, the social network: SoundCloud.com
The idea is a mix of user contributed content sharing, like Flickr, and peer feedback like Facebook. The concept is great [...]