SEPTEMBER SHADES - 36 free MP3Z
(scroll down for mediafire links to download zip folders)
La Decima Vittima is one of the coolest movies ever made. it's as if the filmmakers had gone into the future & come back to 1965 to make a clever mockery of today's reality tv shows, while staying true to their über cool sense of style & fashion. i've seen it over & over & never get tired of it! here's a killer excerpt:
i've taken this opportunity to sprinkle the playlistwith music of
the amazing film by composer Piero Piccioni.
Ursula Andress & Marcello Mastroianni are flawless:
alright, back to the music!
aside from another remix of The xx's Basic Space (check previous playlists on my blog for the original & other remixes), more from Little Dragon, Health (my favorite LA band of the moment), The Willowz, The Fiery Furnaces, The Lowbrows (i love their "Danse Macabre" at #24!)... i'm also really digging Freelance Whales (see track #28) for their dreamy Broken Social Scene vibes, as well as Holiday Shores (#29) for their beach reverb... as for the classics, i threw in Léo Ferré, France Gall & my favourite, LA LUPE also known as La Yiyiyi Queen Of Latin Soul!
this is basically my usual random mix of old & new:
September Shades - Part 1 (mediafire)
September Shades - Part 2 (mediafire)
here's the fun new video for Health's "Die Slow" (track #17):
i previously posted a cool remix of the song in Summer Stroll,
and here's a cool article about Health...
I love to see how many bands manage to make no-budget videos & still project some (usually scrappy) aspect of their personality. but it's things like the new clip for Dimmer's "Cold Water" (track #29 in this playlist), directed by Dylan Pharazyn & with 3D animation by this Kiwi band's drummer, Gary Sullivan, that remind us just how much can be done with the medium:
i'm really digging Pogo. this guy splices images/sounds/music of movies & blends in some of his own compostions when he puts it all back together. check it out:
(this one is track #12 in the playlist)
spending more time on the beach, i'm in an Alpha Blondy mood & included 2 of his songs. African reggae rocks my world. Alpha Blondy & the likes kept it fresh, especially when coming down from a big night out, waiting for the sunrise on the beach... it still puts me in such a great mood. over the weekend in the bu, i swam among the fish & the pelicans diving in all around. here are some photos:
click here for older photos of the same beach...
back in the big city, i grew some wings on the dancefloor:
