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tourist videos, busking, electric violin

Ed Alleyne-Johnson

Waayaha Cusub

Waayaha Cusub (New Era) is a group of Somali refugees based in Nairobi, Kenya who are ready for change.

They are currently a local hit, providing East African "synth pop" with a mix of hip hop. The music brings commentary of the Somalian conflict, urging for reconciliation. Realizing the power of music, Waayaha Cusub make use of their tracks to bring awareness of social issues facing their community such as AIDS, clan rivalries and women's rights.

summer vibes :: (3)

Good grief...

though they say "We're from Barcelona" - let us get it straight.
Sticky sunny pop : Summer at heart : Sweden once again.

I'm From Barcelona recently announced that their 29 person band will be releasing a new album following their 2006 debut : Let Me Introduce My Friends.

Who Killed Harry Houdini? is out October 14 via Mute
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This basic smile-inducing video was directed by Andreas Nilssons (director of many of The Knife videos)

summer vibes :: (2)

Gothenburg, Sweden duo: Air France (Joel & Henrik) brought to you by Sincerely Yours

. Breezy beach music .

. Soaring utopian pulse .

. Laid-back dance music .

. Balearic beat .

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Everyone says "there must be something in the water" .....
maybe it is hype, maybe it is air.

summer vibes :: (1)

All of a sudden it is August & it feels like the summer is gone before it even started. Time to focus on the sounds of summer. . .



M83 (Anthony Gonzalez) just released this 80's teen summer flick for "Kim and Jessie" off the "Cocteau Twins meet John Hughes (Breakfast Club / Sixteen Candles)" inspired Saturdays = Youth.

31july08

the last day of july:

a sticky swarmy night .. . .. dengue fever* is in the air.

Dengue Fever:
A Cambodian pop-star, Mulatu Astatke fanatics & plenty of LA sun.



They released Venus on Earth earlier this year off M80

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* more likely west nile virus, but hey.

i got flattened by a pig farmer

Prairie, here I am.


"I Got Flattened by a Pig Farmer" / The Horse / Lo Recordings
-UK's The Chap.

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porky deadpan dance . pop trot
The Chaps have a new album out via Ghostly International :: Mega Breakfast

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"Cracked Share"
Expanded Celluloid, Extended Phonograph
film- Lee Hanjun
sound- Hong Chulki

Balloon & Needle

Apparat Organ Quartet

Apparat Organ Quartet
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4 Icelandic organists (including Jóhann Jóhannsson) & a drummer.

dang.

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This Bliss

Solitudinous musings for a summer night.

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Pantha du prince (Hendrik Weber) of Hamburg, Deutschland searches for utopia in 2007's This Bliss.



Weber creates light layered minimal electronic textures weaving a loose fitting sonic fabric to engulf your senses and lose yourself in.

Romanticism seems at the heart of Pantha du prince, with painter Caspar David Friedrich listed as an influence & songs "Walden" & "Walden 2" titled after Henry David Thoreau's transcendentalist book. The music embodies the Romantic spirit, expressing the sublime & creating a sense of human smallness within the world, through his swelling landscapes and wandering spiritualistic approach to sound. While encased in the sphere of electronics (which may seem contrary to the "romantic" approach), Weber manges to create a "natural vibe" through discrete tribal pulses, sweeping strings, and breathing tunes.

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If you are curious - - check out Pantha's loose "remix" of Animal Collective's "peacebone." Is there a line between remix & a new song?