Artenvielfalt ft. Phable – Love Lines (Archive)
22 08 2013Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Artenvielfalt, Brain, Electronic, Hand, Hands, heart, House, Hype, Life, Los Angeles, Love, Love Lines, Memories, Memory, Music, Oliver Koletzki, Phable, Rain, Summer
Categories : Electronic, House, Music
HVOB – Always Like This (Andhim remix) (Archive)
1 08 2013
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Tags: Always Like This, Andhim, Awesome Video, Bombay Bicycle Club, Chill, Downtempo, Electonic, HVOB, Mellow, Music, Summer, The ArtChive Project
Categories : Downtempo, Electronic, Electronica, Music
Isolee – Allowance
31 07 2013On Saturday the 28th of July at round 7:35 am in Dalston, London, after a night of 1920’s dress, roulette table-ing, vodka martini’s and electro swing jives, I slumped and glided to the sound of Isolee’s “Allowance”. It has such measure, such grace, such balance, teetering and tormenting. The piano echoes, holding you, sustaining you, massaging your mind and your soul. You drift and drop to the non-stop melodic felony. Yet, there is an undercurrent of grit, a shutter sound that holds the piece together. When I heard this, I felt liberated, I felt unified, I felt at peace. So sit back and enjoy, if you ever need a post jam tune, this is the one.
KB.
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Tags: 1920's, Allowance, Chill, Comedown, Dalston, Downtempo, Electronic, Electronica, Frankfurt, Gatsbeing, Gatsby, Germany, Isolee, Jam, London, Music, Post-Jam
Categories : Downtempo, Electronic, Electronic Jazz, Electronica, Music
Roshambo by Free People
10 07 2013Summer has finally arrived in London town! When the sun escapes the clouds, good things seem more accessible. Summer is a time for living, for loving, for experiencing and experimenting. This relaxed, beautiful atmosphere is exuded from the film, Roshambo. The shortness of the film really adds an intensity and intimacy as we are drawn into the lives of these two Brooklyn lovers. The montage style merges fantastic cinematography with beautiful music. This intenseness creates a very tight and believable narrative and while you watch a smile cannot but be impressed on your face. Specifically, the shot of the lovers kissing with the sun behind them though the window particularly deserves a mention. It is as if the sun itself acts almost as a tangible, ethereal ball of love that is created through the lover’s connection. This idea relates to work by John Donne, “The Sun Rising” which can be read here: http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/sunrising.htm I feel that this short really does embody the beauty of romance in an urban environment; it is spontaneous, yet stylish. Romantic, but rough. I think we all hope for a bit more of Roshambo in our lives.
KB.
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Tags: beautiful music, Brooklyn, Christopher Abbot, Film, Free People, Guy Aroch, Intimate, John Donne, Jonathan Doe, London, london town, Love, Love is Life, Music, New York, Poetry, Romance, Roshambo, Sheila Marquez, Summer, Sun, sunrising, The Sun Rising
Categories : Contemporary Romance, Film
David Lynch – Crazy Clown Time
25 06 2013So a master of film has tried his hand at music. David Lynch’s inventive and surrealist presentation of the world has crossed into multi-artistic disciplines. Like, all of Lynch’s work there is plenty of room for personal exploration and interpretation. The song “Crazy Clown Time”, similarly gives the audience that voice. Do the characters convey some of Lynch’s childhood memories, or are they a contemporary commentary on the society that he perceives? Lynch’s authorial voice throughout reminders us that he is the ultimate puppet-master, director, God in his own world. The music video itself seems imperative when combined with the music. I shall leave the rest of the analysis to you. Weird and wonderful, strange and stimulating, I think the title says it all.
KB.
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Tags: Alternative Rock, Crazy Clown Time, David Lynch, Film, Master, Music, Society, Strange, Surrealist, Weird, Wonderful
Categories : Alternative
On How to Feel Better by Joshua Kang
14 06 2013On How to Feel Better
Step 1. Drive somewhere
Step 2. Get a late night snack
Step 3. Play your favourite album
Step 4. Do the laundry
Step 5. Drink juice after a bad dream
Step 6. Spend time with friends
Step 7. Do stupid things
Step 8. Meet new people
Step 9. Make a cup of coffee
Step 10. Read
Step 11. Play your favourite album over and over
Step 12. Be loved
Step 13. Be loved again
Step 14. Be loved again
… Step 51. Be loved again
On how to feel better
After being heartbroken
Some very sound advice. Created with fantastic cinematography, this short really does pull at the emotions. Stylistic and beautiful in conception, a truly sublime short.
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Tags: Album, Coffee, Drive, Food, Friends, Joshua Kang, Juice, Laundry, Love, Music, New people, On how to feel better, Romance, Sad, Stupid
Categories : Contemporary Romance
Pongo – Alice
27 05 2013Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Downtemmpo, Music, Pongo, samples
Categories : Downtempo, Music
Vondelpark – Camels
25 05 2013Describing their musical style as ‘Radiohead quiet storm’, this newly formed 3-piece band from London manage to create a distinctively dreamy sound. It’s not exactly party music, but really hits the spot on a quiet night in.
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Tags: Amsterdam, Camels, Dreaming, Electronica, Music, Radiohead, Slow Jams, Vondelpark
Categories : Ambient, Downtempo, Electronic, Electronica, Music
Iron & Wine – Boy With a Coin
15 05 2013Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: BitCoins, Boy With a Coin, Boys, Boys with Coins, Coin, Coins, Currency, Electronic, Foreign Currency, Global Currency, IDon'tEvenKnowAnymore, Iron, Iron and Wine, Mafia, Music, Pesos, Wine, Yen
Categories : Acoustic, Electronic, Music
José Gonazlez – How Low – A Take Away Show
25 04 2013A refreshingly raw performance from the talented Swedish singer-songwriter, José Gonzalez. Click on the link below the video to watch more live acoustic performances produced by ‘A Take Away Show’ – Bon Iver’s performances are nothing short of incredible.
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Tags: A Take Away Show, Acoustic, How Low, Jose Gonzalez, Live, Music
Categories : Acoustic, Music