DJ Spooky - Terra Nova Sinfonia Antarctica
He's That Subliminal Kid, the DJ/producer who travels the world adding nothing but class and intelligence to dance floors, writing books and lecturing. Sure, wearing '90s hats, but otherwise living a life we can all be jealous about.
In 2007, Spooky (aka Mr Paul D Miller) spent a month in Antarctica making a film and recording the sounds of the ice.
The Emergency
The Emergency is one of my favourite Australian bands. They remind me that electronic music can be done sans cheese. Their songs have the everlasting qualities of early Depeche Mode and Cabaret Voltaire mixed with the new minimal dance beats of bands like Glass Candy and The Chromatics. The low subtle vocals are a perfect blend of dark and catchy.
Podcast
There's a great podcast here of a talk by Carl Honoré who wrote In Praise of Slow. Listening to it is bound to have even the most speed-addicted wanting to get in touch with their ‘inner tortoise'.
The talk was given as part of the TED (Technology Entertainment & Design) conference held annually in California.
The Super 8 Diaries Fundraiser
In an age of million dollar film clips and Kanye mouthing off at the MTV awards, it's not uncommon to feel that the art of capturing the meaning of music through film has been lost.
The Super 8 Diaries is a project conceived by Trainwreck 20/20 founders Matt Richards and Jeremy Rouse and put simply, it involves 12 bands, playing one song each, shot using three separate Super 8 cameras.
Music Recommenders
High Fidelity has nothing on Music Recommenders. Combining forty leading independent record stores from around the world it pools their collective knowledge to make sure your mix tapes always get you laid.
‘The Recommenders' include Brett Grossman and Brian Smith from Reckless Records (Chicago), Tatsuya Yuki from Mona Records (Tokyo) and Sascha and Torsten from Hard Wax (Berlin).
Favela Strikes Back
Listening to Diplo’s second selection of Baile funk tracks, Favela Strikes Back, isn’t dissimilar to being woken up by your mum screaming through a megaphone straight into your hungover head. But once you get over the combination of Miami bass and frantic, shouted Portuguese vocals, it’s also as refreshing as a bowl of fruit loops.
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