So many things. Finding new.

I have so many things what I've found in couple days, actually lot today. I have still some cool things that are waiting be written about, some awesome artists, installations and videos. I've been thinking of maybe broadening my blog also into other arts as in audiovisuals and texts if I feel like sharing them, not those facebook stuff with kittens... Well actually I once had to share one cat video, it was about a cat inside a small hamsterball and it didn't want to get away from it and was rolling around. It was just awesome! Who cares. I don't want to be one of those hypocrites that say that only this is cool. If I feel like some thing has the value and interest to be shared publicly here I will share it. Opinions can be always be debated. But I will still stay more in music, audiovisuals (installations), other visually mind exploding things and texts.

So let's start from one thing. Snap! at Kutavond.
I had the chance to see them live at Perron in Rotterdam. Actually it's the New Snap!
First I had to survive trough one and a half hours of 90's disco with songs like Captain Jack, YMCA and other golden hits. But it was all worth of it.

Snap! started in 1989 and behind it was German producer duo Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti. The crew has been changing some times during the years. It was famous with the rapper Turbo B. I think the most famous songs from this group must be "Power" and "Rhythm is a dancer". The newer Snap! consists of Penny Ford and newer Benjamin Lowe. Ford has been with the crew from almost the early years of the band. It was great to see what energy they still have. We got the chance to hear THREE times "Rhythm is a dancer". Got to say that Snap! did great!

Snap! - "Power"

Snap! - "Rhythm is a dancer"

Good song with a strange name

Glen Porter - "Ask nicely and she'll show you the scars"

Check here Glen Porters (aka. Ryan Stephenson) SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/glenporter

And homepage: http://www.glenporter.org/
And a good interview with Porter by Crayonbeats:
http://www.crayonbeats.com/2010/09/artist-interview-glen-porter/

And if you cross breed MacGyver together with The XX and some aerobic tunes you'll get this one:

Watched so much these series when I was kid. The tune is still awesome!

The original MacGyver Theme

Ssaliva // Sagat // Vlek Records

Just listened trough at Kompakt site Ssalivas "Sync thrills" which is released on label Vlek and like the tunes! Good stuff. It sounds bit like early Moby. Especially "Ave" caught my ear and "A*i". Hadn't came across to this artist before. They have released earlier also "rza". Click here to see Vlek's artists and check the both albums. Ssaliva aka. Francois Boulanger is from Belgium.

http://www.kompakt.fm/labels/vlek

The funny small fact in the "Sync thrills" is that the artist who has done the original artwork for the album is called Dimitri Runkkari what means in Finnish Dimitri The Wanker. I wonder trough how many people this name has just gone and they have thought that it's just a "name". Haha. Though beautiful cover.

Check Vlek homepage: http://vlek.tumblr.com/

Check also Ssalivas facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sssaliva

The LP itself is bright pink!

And just now listening more from Vlek. Sagat does amazing techno! Really love it! Check "Few mysteries solved in a year of contact". Just amazing! I would just say it's just massive! Big heart!

Check also Squeaky Lobster. And how awesome software this is! Beatsurfing! Follow the link to download it and learn more! https://vimeo.com/44805129

BEATSURFING #5: Herrmutt Lobby's TURING FUNCK - Quantize OFF/ON from Vlek Data on Vimeo.

And finding more beautiful stuff! Later some more! Just awesome stuff! ;)

Klangkarussell

My flatmate introduced me to Klangkarussell. It's an austrian duo of Tobias Rieser and Adrian Held. And they are good! They became well known from their hit Sonnentanz.

Klangkarussell - "Sonnentanz"

Check also their Soundcloud here: http://soundcloud.com/klangkarussell

They have some awesome mix! I thought after the first listening how many my favorite songs they had mixed. It's bit more disco, but it's great stuff!

Check also their homepage at: http://www.klangkarussell.com And they are going to play at Toffler in Rotterdam 13.9 so be there! You can check the even here and get your tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/454215944623921/

For

Nils Frahm - "For"

For what do we do things? Do we try to reach something, a goal, do we try to proof something to others with our deeds. For who? Why do you need to proof yourself. Do we need reasons to do things. Are they just happening to us. Are we always driven by something and what is it that drives us? Passion, hate, being afraid of something, acceptance of others, love.

"For" is bridge between things. It combines the reasons, goals and our actions. It pinpoints things.

Why we ask questions? Nowadays people aren't asking enough questions, they take so many things as just normal part of just how things are, self-evidence. We should ask more. Because with asking we go forward.

That's why I ask you.

Liebe Ist

Stephan Bodzin - "Liebe Ist"

http://soundcloud.com/stephanbodzin

http://www.stephanbodzin.de/

Summer - News

Summer. Sunshine. Weeks of rain and grey weather. Swimming in the lake in 17 C water. Seeing a duck with 14 little ones. Running. Picking berries in the forest. Training. Eating ice cream. Sauna.

Summer is short here. People have to enjoy it to the full before the Finnish winter of 5-6 months takes over.

Saw interesting things. Watched Olympics. Thought why they have so often horrible music in gymnastics and rythmic gymnastics. Listened some new stuff. Saw some new stuff. One was from Susanne Sundfør - The Silicon veil video got into air. Like how she is developing all the time with her music. She doesn't stay on one spot for too long. "Silicon veil" album is also such a different album from "Brothel".

Susanne Sundfør - "The silicon veil"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ8NwIlkMuU

The Irrepressibles have been busy also with their album which is coming out in October! You can follow them easy for some new songs from the album here: http://soundcloud.com/jamie-mcdermott

Soon something else new. Can you see the sky?

                                          c:R.H.