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Dec
12
You Are A Hologram
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I know you’ve been waiting to hear about the latest of the latest in music and so it brings me great pleasure to introduce you to the album of the week, self titled EP, You Are a Hologram. Eddi Mangrum and Matt Michiels are the brains behind this electric rock album that borders between modernity and classic rock with a definite Blue Oyster Cult influence. You may ask yourself, does this album need more cowbell? Not at all, because this album is the Rolls-Royce of Oysters!
You are a Hologram is a collection of amazingly produced tracks. First to hit our ears on the album is the opening track “Under the Water”, which is probably the finest example of the
“Giant Little Gods” has an edgier more rock base but gradually calms into a very relaxing tune and then shoots right back to rock again. This style is evident throughout the album and is what I believe to be one of the key factors in making this album a success, the subtle emotions will not drive you away but bring you closer!
Honestly, I could talk on and on about You Are a Hologram but I don’t want to give away the goods! Its combination of influences and sounds, from Built to Spill, My Bloody Valentine, Blue Oyster Cult to The Who, this album is absolutely brilliant and gets two thumbs up from us BeatPickers. Catch up on whats hot, hear the full album here at BeatPick.com!
Dec
5
Les Plus Belles Chansons
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NustyRecords are sound scientists, exploring, creating and modifying what I like to call the ‘Frankenstein’ of music; Digital Sound. Besides researching sound and wave modulation in their laboratory, this brilliant duo like taking their experiments to the streets, performing at random public locations and interacting sound with the rush hour traffic. Their latest creation from the lab is Les Plus Belles Chansons, an album that sets the par for down tempo experimental electronic sound.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pm_1U2p8tg[/youtube]
Les Plus Belles Chansons consists mostly of gentle electronic rhythms and melodies that sound a lot like another BeatPick artist, KingBastard. Many digital sound experimentalists are radical and tend to step over the fine line of intelligent music into confusing noise. Les Plus Belles Chansons on the other hand, is an experimental album that’s smooth, easy on the ears and yet still cutting edge, reminding me of a particular Bjork masterpiece, “Hyperballad”. Take “Apostrophe” for example, this track is beautifully dreamy mainstream electronica with just a pinch of glitch and IDM. The subtlety in this work is perfect – just the right equation. “Flight Corridor” and “A Kurakowa” seem to be the glimpse into NustyRecords creations to come. Both tracks start off a bit eerie than the rest of the album, and like the previous tracks they gradually become ambient digital sound-scapes. Yet, the longer the album plays the farther from conservative it gets, which I suspect to be Nustyrecords true style. The later tracks on the album are probably closest to what they have in mind in pushing the limits of digital sound, much like that of Aphex Twin and Pan Sonic.
Les Plus Belles Chansons is research gone right, a creation that Victor Frankenstein would most definitely approve of 
. Each track’s unique and underlying some-what conservative attitude is what makes this album great for more than just electronica gurus, but for those who need that gentle guiding hand into the world of intelligent electronic music. What are you waiting for? Take my hand and listen, here the full album right here at BeatPick.com!
Dec
3
Cowboys & Indians
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Ohn’s “Cowboys & Indians” is the track of this week! Although this track is from Lets Get It on, one Ohn’s older albums, it’s still worthy of being selected! Listen, watch and relax- take a break from work … because you know you want to .
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KamrKuOR4E[/youtube]
Created and Directed by Ken Adams for Big Soma
From the OHN album “Let’s Get It”