Sing, sing, sing

I was supposed to write about Krake festival here in Berlin, but not going to yet.. Go to check out the festival it is still till weekend. I'll write about it later!

Instead I cought up with this track, it's a great remix of the world famous Benny Goodman - "Sing, sing, sing" rarely the remixes of olders songs do justice but this does, oh I love that swing!

Benny Goodman - "Sing, sing, sing (Aydio remix)"

Here is the original too:

http://youtu.be/8icgO3Pgu8Q 

Keep those dancing feet in the air!

Earcandy - Puresque

What to do when you don't have money to go out? Friends are somewhere else, or don't like the music you want to dance to? Headphones and Puresque is the answer! I don't know almost anything from this, except that he makes excellent techno and present great artists! I missed their gig some weeks ago but hope to hear this live. This guy has a FB page with six likes. Check his Soudcloud for something awesome!

At their cloud they say: "Puresque intend upon cultivating an up-tempo and dirty sound culture that is anything but digital—analogue music for analogue people."

Here is the longer answer:   And here the shorter: http://www.puresque.com/

Sometimes you have to wait long for something good

Dreamboat crusaderz - photo from momazozo.com

After two months of silence I found something really great. In the form of Dreamboat Crusaderz. Behind the name is artist Jesse Gold from USA. I randomly ended up to listen her music and was immediately hooked! Got the chance to see her gig live in Waterloo in Berlin. After listening her two albums "Convent music" (2001) and "My bed the jagged cliffs" (2013) I was mesmerized by her voice. Gold has amazingly strong voice and can sing extremely well even the highest highest notes.

She has some songs that feel very meditative, like wondering in your day dreams and then back again into more disco sounds. Looping the voice creates this dream like state where the spectators want to stay softly wrapped in. After listening the songs in internet I had high expectations for the gig. But Dreamboat Crusaderz is even better live! The voice of Gold just takes over everything in the space. The concert was in a small place so her voice didn't get into its full rights. And in some points there was problems with the microphone. Gold should have a concert in a church like space where the sound would come to its rights! The looped voice would stay echoing from the cold walls. I hadn't heard for a very long time anything even close like this. Gold's music is a fine mix of electronic sounds and almost opera like singing. Only band that came close by to in my head was Planningtorock, which is still totally different but has the same playfulness.

I also liked a lot how Gold was able to play with her voice and not staying only behind the table and decks. She actually took the audience with her. It's music where you don't dear to clap in between to brake the atmosphere what it has created.

I happily bought her newest album "My bed the jagged cliffs" and got to ask if she has sung opera before, but only got back a modest answer that she really likes opera. While I was totally sure that she must have been signing opera somewhere to master a voice like that. I think this artist will be big in the future! As in the song "I know, I know, I know, I know..."


This one is a perfect song for a sunny day. And the bandcamp site of Dreamboat Crusaderz:

http://dreamboatcrusaderz.bandcamp.com/album/my-bed-the-jagged-cliffs Also check her facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DreamboatCrusaderz?fref=ts

Emika - Wicked game

Only rarely the remixes of very famous songs turn out good or work. Emika is going to release soon in June her new album "DVA". Looking forward to it. Emika made a very beuatiful remix of Chris Isaak's song "Wicked game". It's magical.

Emika - "Wicked game"

Anouk - ESC

The eurovision song contest began today. There was actuall ycouple good songs.
My definite favorite at the moment is Anouk with "Birds". It's a very nice change for The Netherlands to have Anouk after years of horrible songs..

Anouk - "Birds"

One cool one, two

Great song and quite stopping music video in some way.

Iberia - "Everyday"

They have made also a beautiful remix of Brian Eno's "An Ending".

Iberia remix of "An ending"

New Moby: The lonely night

Listened this amazing new song from Moby and Mark Lanegan with the video directed by Colin Rich. Please watch in full screen.

Moby & Mark Lanegan - "The lonely night"

You can check more Richs work here: http://deer-dog.com


And the Photek remix:

The lonely night (Photek remix)