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2010-02-19T13:45:00.003+01:00

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au revoir

2008-12-10T16:52:00.001+01:00

this time, it's definitive...

I had a great time sharing you the music i loved, the music i discovered, the music i danced on.

but it takes too much time and work conditions are getting impossible, so i have to let it go, unfortunately...

I hope you enjoyed it as much as i did...

keep discovering great bands, keep supporting artists, keep faith in art !

"prenez soin de vous"

CHARLie'S

PS: i have a monthly newsletter that you can subscribe to, just give me your e-mail !

my last mp3...

Sébastien Tellier - Bye Bye

CHARLie'S best of 2008

2008-12-09T10:27:00.012+01:00

Minitel Rose

2008-10-13T18:05:00.000+02:00

Minitel Rose is an old kind of french internet, with a lot of porn. But it's also a new french electro band, with 3 guys from Nantes. Quite nice, sounds a bit like the eighties. Friends of Metronomy, and you can hear it !

MySpace
Buy their album 'the French Machine' on iTunes

Minitel Rose - Continue
Minitel Rose - Business Woman
The Teenagers - feeling better (Minitel Rose remix)

freshin' up

2008-10-04T23:11:00.005+02:00

After a few weeks of absence, I'm back !

i'll still post great music,

but having a lot of work planned,

i will focus on quality instead of quantity

ch.

Chet Baker

2008-09-30T09:22:00.001+02:00

(W. Claxton)

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (Oklahoma, 23 December 1929 - Amsterdam, 13 May 1988) was a really great American jazz trumpeter and singer. Specializing in relaxed, even melancholy music, Baker was a leading name in cool jazz in the 1950s. Baker's good looks and intimate singing voice established him as a promising name in pop music as well. But his success was badly hampered by his drug addiction, particularly in the 1960s. He died in '88.

Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine
Chet Baker - Let's Get Lost (my favourite)

largest record collection in the WORLD

2008-09-27T12:32:00.001+02:00

The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

if you got 3 million $, and a place for 2,5 million records...

covers

2008-09-22T15:15:00.000+02:00

covers can suck... or can be great !

two things.

# I'm not there

a movie about the life of Bob Dylan, with Cate Blanchette, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Richard Gere.

It was overall critically acclaimed last year, and i liked it too. I just found one critical review here.

The Dylan soundtrack is great, but the actual OST-album is a cover album. All artists were supported by The Million Dollar Bashers, an all-star band ( featuring Sonic Youth stars Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, Television guitarist Tom Verlaine, Dylan bassist Tony Garnier, guitarist Smokey Hormel and keyboardist John Medeski)

Cat Power - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Pavement & The Million Dollar Bashers - Ballad Of A Thin Man
My Morning Jacket & Calexico - Goin' To Acapulco
Antony & The Johnsons - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

# BBC Radio 1 - established 1967

Radio 1 was 40 years old last year, and did a cover album :

40 artists have recorded 40 cover versions as part of Radio 1 Established 1967. Each artist was given a different year, and asked to record a track that was a Top 20 hit in that particular year. Some of them remained true to the original version, and others reinterpreted it.

Amy Winehouse - Cupid (Johnny Nash 1969)
Robbie Williams - Lola (The Kinks 1970)
Franz Ferdinand - Sound And Vision (David Bowie 1977)
Editors - Lullaby (The Cure 1989)
Klaxons - No Diggity (Blackstreet 1996)
Hard-Fi - Toxic (britney spears 2004)

+ PS : here's an older post with a lot of great covers.

incredible street art by BLU

2008-09-17T11:11:00.000+02:00

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Interview : Hercules & love affair

2008-09-11T18:29:00.000+02:00

Hercules And Love Affair - Athene

brazil

2008-09-07T12:00:00.001+02:00

I'm off to Brazil for 3 weeks !

sao paulo, rio, iguaçu falls, salvador da bahia, ...

See you soon...

jazz
Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto - Girl from Ipanema
Django Reinhardt - Brazil
Gilberto Gil - o canto da ema

rock
Foals - Brazil is here
Guillemots - trains to brazil
Arcade Fire - Brazil
Beirut - Brazil (live)

lounge (by two great belgian dj's : Buscemi and Sven Van Hees)
Buscemi - Seaside
Buscemi - Crystal Frontier
Buscemi - Midnight Sessions
Buscemi - Nightlife
Sven Van Hees - Brazilectro
Sven Van Hees - tsunami (inside my soul)

and don't worry, i have some posts scheduled...

remix : boys noize

2008-09-03T12:12:00.000+02:00

Boys Noize

aka Alexander Ridha (Alex Ridha / Kid Alex) is a german multitalent. He is praised as one of the top young producers in the Electro scene. In 2003, Alex produced some electro tracks as Boys Noize and got in touch with DJ Hell. Hell knew that he found a talented young guy and signed the first Boys Noize single to International Gigolo Records. The 2nd Boys Noize came out on Datapunk Records. After that Boys Noize got to remix some bands, like Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Marilyn Manson or Tiga, and many more. His remix for Feist (My Moon My man) was one of the best tracks of 2007. Boys Noize’s debut album ‘Oi Oi Oi’ was released in September 2007 on his own Boys Noize Records. The album contains the single Don’t Believe the Hype and Lava Lava. He released then in 2008 a really great Bugged Out presents Suck My Deck mix album.

Gonzales - Working together (Boys Noize Vocal Mix)

Feist - My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Classic Mix)
Cut Copy - Lights And Music [Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix]
Sébastien Tellier - L'amour et la violence (Boys Noize Remix)

fresh & unknown (yet) : Little Boots

2008-08-31T08:26:00.002+02:00

6 months ago (that's like 50 blogyears according to hipster runoff ), i heard and enjoyed a song called 'stuck on repeat', by little boots, without any back information.

Now, i regret my lack of research, because little boots is a very cute british girl + her name is Victoria Hesketh + she's also frontwoman of dead disco + her first EP is produced by Joe Goddard from Hot Chip + she has a blog + released a free mixtape 'Computer Fairyland Mixtape' + she will be dj-ing in the LA @ Nocturnal Festival, in LDN, in Paris, in Athens, in Berlin ... + Little Boots is in this month’s Dazed & Confused, FADER and Spin magazines, as well as this week’s NME Radar feature + she drinks stella artois + did i say she's pretty ?

(stuck on repeat)

Mixtape's tracklist

click to download

Stuck On Repeat
Meddle
Stuck On Repeat (Fake Blood Remix)
Meddle (Ebola Remix)

myspace

fresh & unknown (yet) : Little Dragon

2008-08-28T06:31:00.001+02:00

Little Dragon is a swedish band, from Göteborg (like José Gonzales and Jens Lekman). Their music is a warm, mysterious mix of soul, pop, jazz, electronica and R&B. Enjoy, because i did !

Little Dragon - Twice
Little Dragon - Recommendation (Toddla T Remix)

on iTunes

good morning, by kanye & murakami

2008-08-27T11:11:00.001+02:00

kanye's universecity

part of the week-end never dies

2008-08-25T16:15:00.004+02:00

Trailer : Part of the Weekend Never Dies

DVD out now !

soulwax

watch it/buy it, it's just f*cking incredible !

mp3:
Chemical Brothers - Hey boy, hey girl (soulwax remix)

MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Nite Version - rip)

presidential top ten

2008-08-24T23:19:00.001+02:00

'Abraham Obama' Project

Barack Obama and John McCain's favourite songs revealed,

by Blender Magazine.

Obama's Top Ten:

Fugees - 'Ready Or Not'
Marvin Gaye - 'What's Going On'
Bruce Springsteen - 'I'm On Fire'
The Rolling Stones - 'Gimme Shelter'
Nina Simone - 'Sinnerman'
Kanye West - 'Touch The Sky'
Frank Sinatra - 'You'd Be So Easy To Love'
Aretha Franklin - 'Think'
U2 - 'City of Blinding Lights'
will.i.am - 'Yes We Can'

McCain's top ten:

ABBA - 'Dancing Queen' ( what ?! )
Roy Orbison - 'Blue Bayou'
ABBA - 'Take A Chance On Me'
Merle Haggard - 'If We Make It Through December'
Dooley Wilson - 'As Time Goes By'
The Beach Boys - 'Good Vibrations'
Louis Armstrong - 'What A Wonderful World'
Frank Sinatra - 'I've Got You Under My Skin'
Neil Diamond - 'Sweet Caroline'
The Platters - 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'

based only on the music, who would you vote for ?

(it's my 200th post !)

Great Games

2008-08-24T07:46:00.013+02:00

My little country, belgium, got only two medals, and in the last days, what a suspense !

one silver (female 4x100) and one gold yesterday, with the female high jumper Tia Hellebaut. Congrats !

But for the rest, we suck at sports (because there are no structures and no political will, but that's another story...)

Hope your country did well !

Here are some nice pictures,

AND the Nike+ original tracks i've already shared you, but i hope you will do some sports now !

Passo1 - who made who
Passo2 - Alex Neri
Passo3 - Stylophonic
Passo4 - GOOSE

LCD Soundsystem - 45:33

Cassius - keep on running

A-Trak - running man

by david grey

by andrea leighton

by Vincent Laforet

by john giles

by dan chung

Intimacy with Bloc Party

2008-08-21T13:05:00.007+02:00

Bloc Party surprises the world by announcing that their album Intimacy will be available in the digital world TODAY !

The physical CD will be released on October 27th (pre-order). But if you order the CD you will also benefit from the digital release today.

The tracklisting for Intimacy:
1. Ares
2. Mercury
3. Halo
4. Biko
5. Trojan Horse
6. Signs
7. One Month Off
8. Zephyrus
9. Better Than Heaven
10. Ion Square

tour dates : here

Intimacy was produced by the duo that produced Silent Alarm and Weekend In The City so the new sound is being developed with a familiar team. It might not be that bad after all... just kidding !

mp3: Bloc Party - Trojan Horse

Previous Post (and Mercury mp3)

update : two great songs from Intimacy :
Bloc Party - ion square
Bloc Party - Ares

Recorders - Northern Lights EP

2008-08-19T14:27:00.009+02:00

Remember my friends from Recorders ?

This indie rock band, from Brussels, started in 2006, with influences like Interpol, Joy Division, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, The Libertines, The Strokes, Editors, Velvet Underground or Bloc Party (nothing bad, right !?)

Alex, Gordon, Math & Max have their own little (cfr. belgian) succes in 2007 and 2008, by winning the Demopoll contest from Studio Brussel (the best flemish radio station in Belgium), and the Puredemo contest from Pure FM (the best frenchspeaking radio station in Belgium). 'God, this country is complicated !

Followed by very cool concerts all over the country, and even in Paris, the band recorded his first EP, called Northern Lights !

And because they're very friendly people, you can download it for free! (click on the picture)

mp3 (right click to save) : Recorders - Black Mountain

They're now selected for a rock competition (again!), called Concours-Circuit
The contest takes place on saterday, 6th september. Go see them ! it's cheap, and you will also see : Bikinians, Les Heritiers, Mad Radios and The Vagabonds.
facebook event (in french)

every info on myspace

ED REC NEWS : gifts & FREE PARTY in Brussels !

2008-08-19T10:07:00.001+02:00

first, Gifts from Ed Banger Records !

(home of Justice, Busy P, Uffie, dj Mehdi, Mickey Moonlight, So_Me, SebastiAn, ... )

Mickey Moonlight dj Mix
Busy P @ Social Club
dj Mehdi - vienne mix

all news : ed banger records
and to subscribe to the podcast :
iTunes
RSS feed

(Ed. Rec. Crew)

GOOD news !

this friday, free party with Busy P in Brussels, thanks to Forma.T

(+ AND on saterday 30/08 : Sébastien Tellier, Superlux & IAMX ! )

info @ Brussels Summer Festival

fresh & unknown (yet) : Passion Pit

2008-08-18T15:53:00.001+02:00

One of my favourite blogs, Good weather for airstrikes, is about to stop. The blogger has launched his own record label, Neon Gold ! They will drop their first release in september, a single from Massachusetts-based pop crew Passion Pit. Listen to the brief but effective introduction to the sound of what Pitchfork calls "a glistening array of woozy textures that call to mind both the atmospheric twee-scapes of A Sunny Day in Glasgow and the ecstatic seaside fantasias of Air France ... "

MP3 : Passion Pit - Sleepyhead

Justice interview

2008-08-16T08:16:00.001+02:00

Justice vs. Pitchfork

"what we do on Justice is a bit of music, but mainly it's just A&R. We are just A&Ring the project of Justice. It's almost like a boy band you know?"

fresh & unknown (yet) : sunny day sets fire

2008-08-15T09:47:00.003+02:00

note : fresh & unknown (yet) will be a new serie of posts, with (un)known bands, having a cool and fresh sound. Not necessarily my favourite, but always good to discover (mostly thanks to their label). But you will be your own judge ! And there will be an mp3 to grab, of course... are you ready?

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Sunny Day Sets Fire

This band, from very different horizons (UK, Hong Kong, Italy & Canada), released it's debut album 'Summer Palace' last month. The band masters the happy side of indie/pop/rock 'n roll, like the beach boys meet death cab for cutie. There's also an upcoming remix EP, Stranger, featuring remixes by Diplo, CSS and the Cool Kids.

stream : sunny day sets fire - wilderness

MP3 : sunny day sets fire - 'wilderness' - CSS remix

Kanye West at the Games

2008-08-14T00:14:00.000+02:00

"green light"

2008-08-12T02:00:00.004+02:00

(the sartorialist)

MP3:
John Legend - Green Light (featuring Andre 3000)

(click to listen - right click to save)
+ an official MSTRKRFT version !

honestly, i prefere the songs on the first two albums (get lifted and once again). but we'll see !

Isaac Hayes (1942-2008)

2008-08-11T01:52:00.005+02:00

Isaac Hayes has passed away.

Known to most for his Oscar winning ‘Theme from Shaft’, Hayes was major in the soul music machine in the 60’s.

Along with his partner David Porter, Hayes wrote a grip of amazing songs for Sam & Dave, including ‘Soul Man’, ‘Hold On I’m Comin’, ‘You Don’t Know Like I Know’ or ‘I Thank You’ as well as ‘B-A-B-Y- for Carla Thomas.

Hayes later stepped out from behind the scenes for a very successful solo career.

The peak of this period was 1969s ‘Hot Buttered Soul’ and its epic reworking of the Bacharach/David classic ‘Walk On By’. Hayes removes the song from the elegant pathos of the Dionne Warwick version, drenches it in a quiet storm of strings and tasteful horns, all set against a tripped out fuzz guitar motif. Hayes’ ‘Walk on By’ is one of the finest soul records of all time. It was a Top 20 hit in the Fall of 1969, his biggest hit until ‘Shaft’ in 1971.

(and yes, he was the voice of 'chef' in South Park...)

Isaac Hayes - Walk on by

Pukkelpop 2008

2008-08-11T00:10:00.008+02:00

Pukkelpop is a great internationally recognized three-day alternative music festival in Belgium.

It's always in august, and it's always rainy ... and there're some tickets left !

this weekend, you can enjoy :

august 14:
Editors, Róisín Murphy, The Killers, Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips, Joan As Police Woman, Santogold, Tricky, Hot Chip, Stereo MC's, Soulfly, Carl Craig, The Ting Tings, Iron & Wine, SoKo, The Subs, Danko Jones, Serj Tankian, Midnight Juggernauts, Uffie & Feadz, dj Mehdi, SebastiAn, ...

15th:
Metallica, Stereophonics, Cold War Kids, Das Pop, Foals, The Breeders, Boys Noize, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Blood Red Shoes, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, Michael Franti, Arsenal, Tim Vanhamel, Girls in Hawaii, Modeselektor, Robyn, Surkin, Brodinski, Diplo, Erol Alkan, the futureheads, tokyo police club, alphabeat, Tunng, The Dodos, Martina Topley-Bird, ...

16th:
Bloc Party, Sigur Rós, Soulwax, The Wombats, the Dresden Dolls, Jamie Lidell, Elbow, Stephen Marley, Dr. Lektroluv, Etienne de Crecy, Simian Mobile Disco, Hercules and Love Affair, MGMT, 2 Many dj's, We Are Scientists, Black Mountain, Manic Street Preachers, Lykke Li, Black Kids, the National, Yelle, Girl Talk, The Bloody Beetroots, The Crookers, A-Trak, Tocadisco, M83, Crystal Castles ...

Waow !

live review (in dutch)
online
myspace

gift : the killers - tranquilize (ft. lou reed)

Sex on fire

2008-08-10T14:07:00.004+02:00

the new one !

Kings of Leon - Sex on fire

Beijing 2008

2008-08-08T14:48:00.007+02:00

"Friends have come from afar, how happy we are!" -Confucius

What an opening show !

happy olympic games to you all, may the best win !

olympic's site
beijing 2008

*CHARLie'S

mp3 : David Bowie - China Girl

bon iver ... best band of Wisconsin

2008-08-05T19:58:00.010+02:00

bon iver - skinny love

Capital : Madison
Area : 56,153 sq mi - 145,436 sq km
Population : 5,363,675
Major Cities : Milwaukee (596,974), Madison (208,054), Green Bay (102,313), Kenosha (90,352), Racine (81,855)
Major Rivers : Mississippi, Wisconsin, St. Croix, Chippewa, Rock, Fox
Highest Point : Timms Hill (1,951 feet - 595 meters)
Industry : machinery, food processing, paper products, electrical equipment, fabricated metal products, tourism
Agriculture : dairy products, beef cattle, hogs, vegetables, corn, cranberries
Minerals and Resources : crushed stone, construction and industrial sand and gravel, lime

Best band : Bon Iver

Bon Iver is the name of singer-songwriter Justin Vernon's band. Vernon independently released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago in 2007, the majority of which was recorded while spending four months in a remote cabin in Wisconsin. (Bon Iver is a bastardization of the French, bon hiver (good winter)... )

It was picked up by the indie-rock label Jagjaguwar on virb, which gave the album a proper release on February 2008.

bon iver on myspace
on itunes store

Metronomy

2008-08-05T15:31:00.010+02:00

Joseph Mount writes and records music using the name Metronomy, but plays it live with Oscar Cash (saxophone, melodica and keyboards) and Gabriel Stebbing (Bass and Keyboards). They lived in Devon for a time, moved to Brighton later. On the way Metronomy has recorded one album, Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe), and remixed many bands and artists (Architecture in Helsinki, Infadels, Dead Disco, Roots Manuva, Franz Ferdinand, Sébastien Tellier, Klaxons, Box Codax, Ladytron, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Kate Nash, Gorillaz, ... ).

The singles "Radio Ladio", "My Heart Rate Rapid", "Holiday" and "Heartbreaker" all come from Nights Out, a second album coming out soon.

Metronomy also worked with Bacardi for a very cool track, A Thing for Me, also remixed by Mad Decent, Fontän, Friend and Breakbot. Listen to the fantastic Breakbot remix :
Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Breakbot Bacardi B-Live Remix)

interview (by planetnotion & egigs)

Who are Metronomy at the moment and what's the best thing about each of you?
Metronomy at the moment is me, Joseph Mount, Gabriel Stebbing, and Oscar Cash. The best thing about Oscar is that he looks constantly fantastic, he's got an amazing fashion sense. Gabriel's a tricky one, the best thing about Gabriel is he's a competent musician, except for last night in Cambridge, where he was absolutely awful. The best thing about me is that I finance them both.

Do you feel the band have progressed and improved since the arrival of Gabriel and Oscar as permanent members?
Gabriel and Oscar are an irreplaceable pair. Although I’m still writing the music alone I now feel more like I’m writing for a live band, and feel that Metronomy has become a band now instead of just me. Thanks to the boys Metronomy is now and are now a good, well traveled live band.

Describe Metronomy's sound for those who have never heard it.
it's kind of electronic music but with a bit more of a guitary twist. I think the favourite description I’ve heard is Garage Electro, by that I mean garage rock and electro. I think there's a DIY element to the music that's more in line with punk than most sheeny electro. I think it's got the spirit of a guitary band but the wrong instruments. However, I wouldn't deny that I think I’m writing pop songs. I'm just making the music that I’d like to hear, so it sounds like all kinds of things because I listen to all kinds of things.

Where can we see you this summer?
At the moment we've just got a few festival dates coming through like Bestival, we're doing Benicassim as well, we've not done it before but we keep hearing stories of people dying from dehydration. People get completely wrecked at night fall asleep in their tents and die in the heat. I don't know if we're allowed to mention the rest but hopefully Glastonbury and Reading and Leeds, and the standards.

What's the best gig you've been to?
When I was younger I saw Radiohead at the Plymouth Pavilions when 'OK Computer' came out and before it launched them really massive. I saw The Shins in Brighton at the Concorde and it would be too small for them now. I'm not making a point of saying I like to see gigs before bands are famous. Once a gig size is beyond 300 then the chances of getting close to the front get slimmer. Small gigs are a lot more intimate and energetic. We've played quite a lot with The Klaxons, we played a gig with them in Bath and that was a very good little gig there.

You've done a lot of remixing, how do you get to do them?
It kind of changes as you go along. Initially you just ask and do them on spec so they don't tell you unless they use it kind of thing. You just kind of ask, well originally it would be my manager just asking people if I could have a go at mixing them. Then that kind of went well for me, and now people just ask me to do it. But there's a still a lot of mixes that don't get use. You spend quite a while doing them and they get turned down by the label or the artist or whatever.

Which remixes are you most proud of?
The one I like the most is the one I did for 'Box Codax', it's the guitarist from Franz Ferdinand, Nick McCarthy his side project it's really good actually, him and this German guy and his wife. It's the kind of mix I like listening to that I've done. I've also done a new 'One Nation' which is a Goldfrapp remix, which has got a guy, Michael from The Teenagers guest appearing in it. I've kind of hijacked the whole song. That makes for quite a nice listen, and it's all about Nottingham actually, well it's a guy speaking in French, a French monologue but it's all about Nottingham.

How do you think myspace has changed the music scene?
Yeah, you could in a way say we grew out of it yeah. I think the time of it being a kind of space to come out of. There were the bands and acts that came out of it and you could say they were a myspace phenomenon. But as far as me using it I think the best thing about it is that it's used all over the world. And it's amazing getting messages from all over the world. And you get kids leaving messages from Latvia, Brazil and India who have listened to your music. I think it's brilliant that people from all over the world having access to the same music. I think it does mean bands don't need to have websites now they can just set up myspace. I think the main surge has happened. I think what it's best for is that you can sit down and wile away a few hours listening to stuff that you've ever heard of before. But it's got to the point where bands think it's a way for them to get big and you just get bands spamming you, and that's not the point you don't want it to be forced down your throat. But on a certain level it will still be as good, people just getting on with it and setting up music, they're the ones who will end up benefiting from it I think. You've just got to avoid the people who want to listen to their music.

What were the influences behind first LP ‘Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe)’?
There are all kinds of influences behind that album. I'm a very big fan of Devo and David Bowie, people like Prince and Kate Bush who do everything themselves, and Wilco. I was listening to all kinds of music at the time. Frank Zappa, Aphex Twin, LFO, Talking Heads, Les Rhythms Digitales and Kraftwerk are just some of them. But, Totnes did have a big effect on the record...maybe not in a positive way though. Totnes has a non-existent music scene; kids listen to drum and bass and middle aged folk listen to whale song. When I started writing music I was reacting against that as much as anything.

What can we expect from the follow-up LP, due out in septembre 2008?
The album will be called Nights Out. It will be a much more concise record than the first. I've also started singing on a few tracks. Dystopian Sci-Fi films have been quite a big influence on the music, as have the many club nights we've played.

Thank you very much. Have a good summer.
Cheers and you.

Sébastien Tellier - La Ritournelle (Metronomy mix)

Metronomy - Heartbreaker

+
Metronomy - Radio Ladio

tour :
7 August 2008, 20:00. Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway
8 August 2008, 20:00. Pantiero Festival, Cannes, France
23 August 2008, 20:00. Pstereo Festival, Trondheim, Norway
24 August 2008, 20:00. Get Loaded In The Park, London
31 August 2008, 20:00. Offset Festival, London
5 September 2008, 20:00. Bestival, Isle of Wight
17 September 2008, 20:00. Scopitone Festival, Nantes, France
11 October 2008, 20:00. Electricity Festival, Reims, France

'radio ladio'

'heartbreaker'

Cazals with Lou Doillon & Monsieur A

2008-08-05T12:39:00.002+02:00

French actress Lou Doillon (daugther of Jane Birkin & Jacques Doillon) and famous graffiti character Monsieur A are dancing in the new video of Cazals (Somebody Somewhere). It's directed by André.

ce jeu directed by yoann lemoine

2008-08-04T14:37:00.001+02:00

Yelle - Ce Jeu - Le Clip! (New)
envoyé par wonderful-life1989

mp3 : yelle - ce jeu

hype williams, anton corbijn & eugène delacroix

2008-08-03T11:38:00.005+02:00

Viva la vida from Thibault Poix on Vimeo.

Coldplay - Viva La Vida (Video oficial) 2 from Bytes&Rock on Vimeo.

UO

2008-08-01T17:21:00.004+02:00

the fashion brand Urban Outfitters is very generous,

they give cool indie songs for free !

that's the playlist :

Throw Me The Statue — Lolita
Black Kids — I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Architecture in Helsinki — Like It Or Not (Version 2)
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson — Woodfriend
Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning — Hit The Wall
War On Drugs — Taking The Farm
Blitzen Trapper — Furr
The Dodos — Red And Purple
Dr. Dog — The Old Days
Los Campesinos! — Death To Los Campesinos!
Annuals — Sore
Son Ambulance — HorizonsMusic Go Music — Light Of Love
The Explorers Club — Do You Love Me?
The Walkmen — The Blue Route
Albert Hammond, Jr. — GfC
Lykke Li — Little Bit
The Notwist — Boneless
The Dutchess and the Duke — Reservoir Park
King Khan & The Shrines — Outta Harms Way
Chad VanGaalen — Willow Tree

7 to go

2008-07-31T11:40:00.005+02:00

Ratatat - Falcon Jab

fleet foxes - ragged wood

Jamie Lidell - another day

Chester French - She Loves Everybody

Eli "paperboy" Reed - (doin' the) boom boom

Roulé (Thomas Bangalter & DJ Falcon) - Together

Sébastien Tellier - L'amour et la violence (Boys Noize Remix)

new chromeo !

2008-07-29T15:55:00.000+02:00

Justice for Dior

2008-07-26T11:06:00.009+02:00

Justice did a mix for the Dior Homme Spring/Summer '09 fashion show in Paris (by Kris Van Assche), just like Daft Punk did for Louis Vuitton last year (download here).

The fashion show, featuring the entire track made by Justice :

Dior Homme Spring/Summer '09 @ dior

Download the track:
Justice - Dior Homme Spring Summer 09 Mix (zshare)

MIV (music internetvision) *3

2008-07-26T10:49:00.001+02:00

Gnarls Barkley - who's gonna save my soul

Chemical Brothers - Midnight Madness
envoyé par mikropikol

R.E.M - Man_Sized_Wreath
par xenofilms

Gorillaz for BBC olympics

santogold & diplo

2008-07-26T10:46:00.003+02:00

santogold & diplo (.zip)

her space

MIV (music internetvision) *2

2008-07-19T16:46:00.003+02:00

ratatat - flynn

midnight juggernauts - into the galaxy

esser - headlock

saul williams - convict colony

The Futureheads - Walking Backwards

le hip hop

2008-07-19T00:11:00.003+02:00

Who likes french rap ?
not me...
but, sometimes, you gotta stay open, and that's how you discover fresh sounds !

a few time ago, i saw this, ans it was kinda funny :

Hocus Pocus Hip Hop ?
par mr20syl

Then i saw this :

Hocus Pocus - Smile featuring Omar
par hocuspocus

so i searched, and discovered Hocus Pocus !

He (actually it's a band) is an MC from Nantes (Bretagne, FR), he's smart, he's funny, his visual style is very nice and he has a lot of influences (jazz, funk, soul, ...).

so, here are some tracks to discover this fresh kind of hip hop.

(it's better if you speak french, 'cause the lyrics are quite good)

Mr Tout Le Monde
par hocuspocus

hocus pocus -hip hop

hocus pocus - Mr. tout le monde

hocus pocus - Smile

hocus pocus - quitte à t'aimer

Discover Hocus Pocus!

(at the Olympia, Paris. photos by www.hocuspocus.fr)

update:
in the same kinda style, i forgot to share you this one !
Abd al Malik
He's also a rapper, but more politicaly engaged.

His album, Gibraltar, has been well received, and won a lot of prices.

Abd al Malik - 12 septembre 2001
Abd al Malik - gibraltar

Discover Abd al Malik!

Feist on Sesame Street !

2008-07-18T12:52:00.000+02:00

aha, great !

small gift from coldplay

2008-07-16T13:34:00.004+02:00

free download on their site :

'Death will never conquer'

House of cards

2008-07-16T13:28:00.001+02:00

and making of :

Midnight Madness by The Chemical Brothers

2008-07-15T15:57:00.005+02:00

The Chemical Brothers are testing some new material this summer, before the release of their 2nd 'Best Of'-album, 'brotherhood'.
They played this new track at Rock Werchter, and I've read (because i was on holiday...), that it worked very well !

from their site :

23-06-2008 // Following their fifth consecutive number 1 album last year, the Grammy award winning ‘We Are The Night’, The Chemical Brothers return with ‘Brotherhood’ a best of collection with a kick and a twist, set for release on 1st September 2008.

Brotherhood comprises of 2 discs, the first is a collection of 13 Singles from the band's immense back catalogue and new track ‘Keep My Composure’ which features the shimmering flow of Baltimore’s Spank Rock.

The 2nd will feature exclusively Electronic Battle Weapons 1-10. Since 1996 Electronic Battle Weapons have acted as the laboratories for The Chems devious musical experiments and laid the rhythmic and melodic foundations for numerous tracks as well as providing some of the duos most formidable mixes. Until now Electronic Battle Weapons 1-9 have only been available on various limited formats and this is the first time they have been widely available.

Brotherhood will be preceded by the digital download single Midnight Madness on 4th August 2008. Derived and developed from Electronic Battle Weapons 10, Midnight Madness is The Chemical Brothers at their most infectious, euphoric, report to the dancefloor best.

The Chemical Brothers - Electronic Battle Weapons 10 - midnight madness

the Crookers

2008-07-12T01:24:00.004+02:00

Two Italian guys are conquering the electronic world !

The Crookers have signed a lot of remixes, here're 4 tracks for you, to discover ... or to enjoy if you already know them !

be ready to shake that ass, it's heavy !

their myspace

XTRVIEW CROOKERS
par extermitent

Maneater - Crookers rmx
mp3's :
armand van helden - i want your soul crookers remix
Nelly furtado - maneater (crookers remix)
Moby - I love to move in here (crookers mix)
AC/DC - thunderstruck (crookers remix)

also, honorable mention :

the bloody beetroots, also from italy, same kinda style :

martin solveig - c'est la vie (the bloody beetroots mix)

new BECK video - gamma ray

2008-07-11T17:31:00.000+02:00

Fleet Foxes' new video

2008-07-11T17:27:00.001+02:00

'my drive thru' video

2008-07-10T10:53:00.002+02:00

Santogold, Julian Casablancas, and N.E.R.D. Produced by Pharrell

download the song in this previous post

New Bloc Party !

2008-07-10T00:10:00.003+02:00

Bloc Party - Mercury

(click to listen, right click to save)

so, a new song... will it be on the third album ? honestly, i hope not...

the video :

drink. breathe. go.

2008-07-09T16:47:00.005+02:00

(7daysmake1week)

Mickey Moonlight - Interplanetary Music

Boy Crisis - dressed to digress

Sam Sparro - Black & Gold

Yelle - Ce Jeu

Interplanetary Music - Mickey Moonlight
Dressed to Digress - Boy Crisis

Jay-z @ Glastonbury

2008-07-09T13:56:00.003+02:00

Jay-z, my favourite rapper, played at Glastonbury Festival, and covered Oasis !
very smart of him, after the debate about him playing there...

fleet & hercules for a week

2008-06-30T00:49:00.007+02:00

(seven days make a week)

i'm off for a week, so enjoy those tracks, i'll enjoy my holiday !

Hercules ans Love Affair - You Belong
Hercules ans Love Affair - Hercules' Theme
Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

unkle for free

2008-06-27T16:08:00.003+02:00

unkle his giving 4 free tracks, one a day, on 4 different sites, starting today !

check it out here : UNKLE.com

busy p

2008-06-26T01:25:00.006+02:00

the man behind ed banger records, daft punk, justice & many more has a new EP, called 'pedrophilia'.
it's not a disease, 'cause everybody loves Pedro Winter !

Busy P - pedrophilia

Pedrophilia - Busy P

a-trak for nike+

2008-06-25T18:47:00.005+02:00

still not tired of running ?!

well, then, i've got a new NIKE+ track for you !
A-TRAK (kanye's dj) worked on this 43:00 minute long song, called 'running man'.

a-trak - running man (nike+ original run)

and btw, on the itunes store, there's also a new nike+ track from cassius, called CASSIUSPLAY. it's pretty groovy !

efes pilsen ONE LOVE festival

2008-06-21T17:17:00.006+02:00

right now, i'm in Istanbul,

dancing to the beats of Hot Chip or Roisin Murphy,

at the efes pilsen ONE LOVE festival

see you in a few days !

Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know
Hot Chip - boy from school
Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
Hot Chip - the warning

update :
some (mobile) pictures and 'ready for the floor' by Hot Chip.
great festival ! really cool, organisation was perfect, weather too (of course, it's istanbul...).
And Yelle played instead of the Long Blondes, great surprise !

Yelle :

Hot Chip :

Roisin Murphy :

Hot Chip - Live - 'ready for the floor' :

busy

2008-06-18T01:06:00.002+02:00

dj Mehdi - pocket piano

ED REC. Vol III already available,

from ed banger records

The Last Shadow Puppets

2008-06-16T19:05:00.004+02:00

The Last Shadow Puppets
Side project of Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (Rascals), as you probably already know.
Great album, real rock 'n roll.

The Last Shadow Puppets - the age of the understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets - in the heat of the morning (b-side, bowie cover)

and here's their latest music video, for standing next to me :

Alice

2008-06-16T01:01:00.000+02:00

Nick Bertke, alias Pogo, is a 19 year old Australian, and sampled Alice in Wonderland to make this...

Pogo - alice

beats & mojito

2008-06-15T23:41:00.007+02:00

(lastnightsparty)

pARTy tiME !

Das Pop - fool for love (aeroplane remix)
Metronomy - Radio Ladio
Soulwax - NY excuse (justice remix)
Rolling Stones - I'm Free (Hot Chip remix)

Estelle - American Boy (LAZRtagRemix)
Digitalism - idealistic (A-trak remix)
The Ting Tings - great dj (calvin harris remix)
Cassius - keep on running
Kanye West - Get 'em High (Ratatat remix)
Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone (Black Kids Remix)
The Rapture - No Sex For Ben (Timbaland production)
Thom Yorke - the eraser (xxx change remix)
Modjo - Lady (Mano remix)
Steve Angello & Laidback Luke - Be (Laidback Luke Rave Edit)
MGMT - of moons, birds and monsters (amplive remix)
Cut Copy - Going Nowhere (SebastiAn mix)
Justice - DVNO (LA Riots mix)
Midfield General - Disco Sirens (MR GASPAR Remix)
Justice - stress (b more remix)

(thanks to hot biscuits and pretty much amazing)

top 10

2008-06-13T16:45:00.018+02:00

I had to choose a new post carefully,

and what is better than a top 10 ?!

(don't say 'a top 11' please... that's not funny ... kinda though....)

so, here are my top ten artists from this first semester of 2008 !

10.

Santogolg - L.E.S Artistes, great girl, great track.

Dragons of zynth - anna mae, nice and dark, like their producers, TV on the Radio.

Hot Chip - Ready for the floor, nerd power !

Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules' Theme, disco 's back !

Gnarls Barkley - Going on, great album, great artists, great costumes

Sébastien Tellier - divine, best eurosong festival performance ever !

Coldplay - viva la vida, just a great band

Ratatat - Mirando, electronic music as it should be. melodic and rhythmic

Vampire Weekend - Campus, go NY !

MGMT - Electric feel. they are my #1, clear enough.

i'm back...

2008-06-13T16:41:00.001+02:00

Hey !

so, i'm back... happy ?

i've got a bit more time now, so... let's play some music !

enjoy,

CHARLie'S

2008-06-12T12:53:00.000+02:00

DAY - 1

soon...

2008-06-03T20:01:00.002+02:00

D-10

2008-05-29T12:10:00.003+02:00

J-15

goodbye

2008-05-06T12:52:00.009+02:00

hey,

so, i will be gone for a while...
i had a great time sharing music and ideas with all of you, but i think it's time for me to move on...

and because it's a sad day, I'll share with you some of my melancholic/sad/beautiful/slow songs...

prenez soin de vous,

charles

alphabetically (and the best one's in bold) :

Air - All i need
Alpha - Elvis
Alpha - Sometimes Later
Amy Winehouse - Love is a losing Game
Antony & The Johnsons - Bird Guhl
Antony & The Johnsons - Fistfull of love
Aphex Twin - Jynweythek Ylow
Arab Strap - Haunt Me
Arab Strap - Motown Answers
Arcade Fire - Cold Wind
Archive - Fuck U
Arctic Monkeys - 505
Arctic Monkeys - Riot Van

Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining
Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes
Beirut - a sunday smile
Beth Giggons - Mysteries
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
Billy Holiday - strange fruit
Bloc Party - So here we are
Blur - Caravan

Cat Power - Lived in bars
Cat Power - The Greatest
Cat Power - Metal heart
Cat Power - I found a reason
Cat Power - Wild is the Wind (Nina Simone Cover)
CocoRosie - Beautiful Boyz (Anthony and The Johnson's)
Cold War Kids - we used to vacation
Coldplay - a rush of blood to the head
Coldplay - fix you
Coldplay - Trouble

Daft Punk - Emotion
Daft Punk - Make Love
Damien Rice - 9 crimes
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
Django Reinhart - Blues Reinhart
Dragons of Zynth - Anna Mae
Dick Annegarn - Coutances
Dios Malos - You got me all wrong
dj Shadow - blood on the motorway

Eddie Vedder - guaranteed
Emiliana Torrini - Sunny Road
Emment Ray - Unfaithful woman
Explosions in the sky - your hand in mine

Feist - Lonely Lonely
Feist - Gatekeeper

Gnarls Barkley - Who's gonna save my soul
Grant lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
Grizzly Bear - Alligator (choir version)
Groove Armada - Hands of time

Handsome boy modelling school - i've thinking (ft. Cat Power)

Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek

James Brown - It's a man's world
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jeff Buckley - hallelujah
Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine
Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
John Coltrane - In a sentimantal mood
John Legend - Ordinary People
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Joni Mitchell - Both sides now
José James - Red

Kate Nash - Dickhead
Kelly de Martino - Bumblebees
Keren Ann - lay your head down

LCD Soundsystem - someone great
Lenny Kravitz - I'll be waiting

M - ne le dis à personne
Marianne Faithfull - No child of mine
Massive Attack - Protection
Mazzy Star - into dust
Miles Davis - I fall in love too easily
Minerale - Eyes Eyes

N.E.R.D. - provider
Nick Cave - where the wild roses grow (ft. Kylie Minogue)
Nirvana - Something in the way

Otis Redding - for your precious love

Radiohead - fake plastic trees
Radiohead - Idioteque
Radiohead - Pyramid Song
Radiohead - Reckoner
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Porcelain

Sebastien Tellier - Fantino
Sébastien Tellier - La Ritournelle (most beautiful song ever)
Shigeru Umebayashi (梅林茂) - Yumeji's Theme (in the mood for love OST)
Sia - Breathe me
Sigur Ros - Svefn-G-Englar
Smashing Pumpkins - to forgive
Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Sufjan Stevens - The Seer's Tower

Télépopmusik - breathe
Tim Vanhamel - until i find you (acoustic)
The National - Fake Empire
The Streets - Dry your eyes mate
The Thrills - Not For All The Love In The World
The Verve - the drugs don't work
Tom Waits - Closing time
TV on the radio - i was a lover

Wolfman & Pete Doherty - for lovers

Yeasayer - 2080
Youth group - forever young

and finally, 3 special songs, but you won't understand why ...

Rihanna - Umbrella (ft. Klaxons)
MGMT - The Youth
Florence and the Machine - Girl with one eye

2

2008-05-03T00:40:00.003+02:00

two things :

Kenna

an Ethiopian-born American musician, who had to struggle to have a record deal (but who doesn't?). A lot of different influences in his work, produced by The Neptunes.

his space

mp3 : Kenna - Say goodbye to love

Dragons of Zynth

Coronation thieves, from the brooklyn-based band, is a great album, produced by TV on the Radio, and you can hear it.

their space

mp3 : Dragons of Zynth - Anna Mae

Justice - Stress

2008-05-02T01:26:00.002+02:00

new Justice video. Extremely violent. Super Controversial. Incredibly cool ?
(high definition here)

justice_stress
by 75_prod

MGMT live

2008-05-01T17:41:00.008+02:00

MGMT, yesterday, live at the AB in Brussels.
really great !

mp3 : MGMT - Electric Feel

and the pre-show was Florence and The Machine.
quite nice, like kate nash.
mp3 : Florence and The Machine - Girl with one eye

run for your life ! (part.2)

2008-04-30T12:42:00.008+02:00

I've already shared you a nike+ track some time ago (here), made by LCD Soundsystem. This track, "45:33", is excellent, it really helps you to do that extra mile.

Nike asked 4 artists, including Goose - a belgian electropop dance band, to make one new track, called Passo4. For now, it's only available on the Italian itunes store, but thanks to me, you can have it here !

enjoy your jogging !

Who made who - Passo4 - part1
Alex Neri - Passo4 - part2
Stylophonic - Passo4 - part3
Goose - Passo4 - part4

info :
nike running
nike +

viva la vida !

2008-04-29T13:20:00.002+02:00

Some of you probably know, but coldplay's new album will be called 'viva la vida'...

right, i had the same reaction when i heared it the first time.

here's the album art :

+ 'Viva la Vida' Tracklist:

1. Life in Technicolor
2. Cemeteries of London
3. Lost!
4. 42
5. Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love
6. Yes
7. Viva la Vida
8. Violet Hill
9. Strawberry Swing
10. Death and All His Friends

AND a new song ! (free to download on their site, coldplay.com, during one week)

coldplay - violet hill

the song is good, but nothing revolutionary (unlike their cover art...)

ting different

2008-04-29T00:28:00.004+02:00

The Ting Tings, a great band, features in the new ipod ad.

mp3 : The Ting Tings - Great DJ

Istanbul

2008-04-28T23:57:00.004+02:00

a friend in Istanbul sends me some tracks from time to time.
Here's a selection :

Tilly and the Wall - Fell Down the Stairs

Rilo Kiley - with arms outstretched

Fujiya & Miyagi - Anle injuries

Architecture in Helsinki - heart in races

Mogwai - 2 rights make 1 wrong

Amon Tobin - at the end of the day

Mice Parade - Night Wave

Mùm - We All Have a Map of the Piano

(and i'm going to visit him in june !)

les nuits botaniques

2008-04-28T23:20:00.008+02:00

les nuits botaniques are a special festival. Every night, between may 7 and may 18, you have a few concerts at le botanique, in Brussels. Le botanique are old greenhouses, a really special place in the city centre.

a few of the concerts :
7th : jamie lidell, tunng, ...
8th : Xiu Xiu
9th : I'm from barcelona, We are scientists, of montreal, two gallants,...
10th : Tom McRae, Balkan Beat Box, ...
11th : Explosions in the Sky, dirty projectors, ...
12th : morcheeba, an pierlé, ...
13th : Yelle, Sébastien Tellier, rogue wave, ...
14th : Yael Naim, The Do, Tim Vanhamel, Hollywood porn stars, Syd Matters
15th : CocoRosie & Orchestra, SoKo, Brisa Roché, Noah & the Whale, Girls in Hawaii, ...
16th : Audio Bullys, Camille, ...
17th : Vampire Weekend, The Teenagers, ...

Yelle - A cause des garçons

We are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt

Dirty Projectors - No More

The Do - On my shoulders

Tim Vanhamel - Until I Find You (acoustic)

Girls in Hawaii - This Farm Will End Up In Fire

The Teenagers - French Kiss

vic de wolf

2008-04-25T11:48:00.005+02:00

Victoria de Wolf is young belgian artist, with a lot of talent.

Born in 1984, she studied illustration at St-Luc, a famous art school in Brussels, and still studies graphic communication.

Besides being a graphic designer and an illustrator, she paints, but not enough if you ask me...

brooklyn

2008-04-25T10:27:00.006+02:00

the subject of this post is not new, but i have some bands I'd like to share !

New York is the coolest place on earth, and one of the 5 boroughs has the hottest music scene right now ... Brooklyn !

New York Times article

the pioneers : TV on the Radio - Staring at the sun

the new scene :
MGMT - Destrokk
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
White Rabbits - The Plot
Dirty Projectors - No More
Grizzly Bear - Alligator (Choir version)

don't forget Vampire Weekend, battles or dragons of zynth !

but brooklyn is fashion too :

the tuymans experiment

2008-04-24T00:07:00.002+02:00

Klara.be (belgian cultural channel) did an experiment with Belgian painter Luc Tuymans (who's paintings go for millions). What if you take art out of its usual context and expose it in the street? Would people even notice it?
96% of passers-by ignore the painting...

MIV (music internetvision)

2008-04-23T14:12:00.004+02:00

some new music video's :

duffy - Warwick Avenue

Architecture in Helsinki - like it or not

Jamie Lidell

madonna

2008-04-21T17:34:00.004+02:00

some tracks leaked !

Madonna's Hard Candy online

+ Madonna - the beat goes on (ft. Kanye West)

The Chocolate Makers, vol. 10 dEUS

2008-04-20T12:12:00.011+02:00

Belgium's biggest rock band, dEUS, has a new CD coming out next week, Vantage Point.

14 years after Worst Case Scenario, a milestone in our national rock scene, and 3 years after Pocket Revolution, they come back, with a "sexy, danceable and very in your face" album, says Tom Barman, the lead singer.

Listen online to Vantage Point

on myspace
mp3 : dEUS -The Architect

new lykke li video

2008-04-18T01:40:00.001+02:00

Lykke Li's site

did you say PARTYYYYY !?

2008-04-17T19:17:00.005+02:00

it's the beat, move your feet !

Kraak & Smaak - squeeze me

Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules' Theme

MSTRKRFT - Bounce (feat. N.O.R.E.)

Yoav - Club Thing

Does it offend you, yeah? - We Are Rockstars

Cut Copy - Lights And Music [Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix]

new death cab for cutie video

2008-04-16T23:09:00.001+02:00

www.deathcabforcutie.com

Scarlett Waits & Tom Johansson

2008-04-16T13:09:00.008+02:00

finally !

it's been months since we first heard about 'Starlette' Johansson debut album, a Tom Waits' cover compilation.
so, here's the first track leaking on the web (and the album cover), because it isn't that bad...

Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head (zshare) (YSI link)
(the original file has been removed, but i've added 2 new links as you can see ! whoaw, i'm a bad boy !)

bonus : scarlett covering gershwin, with footages from Lost in Translation (one of my favourite movies). Download 'summertime'

in my mailbox

2008-04-13T15:17:00.003+02:00

they were kind to send me some tracks, so here they're :

First :

The Fire and Reason is an electro-rock band from NYC
www.thefireandreason.com
download here

Second :

Esser
He was supporting Foals on their tour, and is releasing his first single 'I Love You' on Merok on 14th April
download : i love you
site : www.myspace.com/esserhq

sacrés français

2008-04-13T14:36:00.007+02:00

ED REC VOL III - amuse-gueule (teaser) by Feadz

out on May 26th

TRACKLISTING :

01. MR OIZO - Yves

02. BUSY P - To Protect And Entertain (feat. Murs)

03. MR FLASH - Over The Top

04. SEBASTIAN - Dog

05. UFFIE - Robot Oeuf

06. JUSTICE - Stress (Auto Remix)

07. MR OIZO - Minuteman’s pulse

08. DJ MEDHI - Pocket Piano

09. KRAZY BALDHEAD - No Cow, No Pow

10. DSL - Find Me In The World

11. FEADZ - Back It Up (feat. Spank Rock)

12. SO ME - Decalcomania

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Sébastien Tellier - Divine (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)

he will represent France at the eurovision !

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Fischerspooner - Danse en France (D.I.M. mix)

festival news

2008-04-08T16:24:00.005+02:00

last names for rock werchter !

The Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley, Panic At The Disco, My Morning Jacket, Monza, Vampire Weekend, Devotchka and Cool Kids !
www.rockwerchter.be

and first name for pukkelpop : metallica !
pukkelpop.be

if MTV was cool, it 'd play this instead of parental control...

2008-04-02T17:42:00.003+02:00

One Pure Thought

Welcome Spring! Festival

2008-04-01T18:39:00.005+02:00

Welcome Spring! festival

What? a free festival, in the middle of the city, with 3 stages (main, alternative & electro)

When? wednesday april 9th, from 2pm to 3am

Where? Louvain-la-neuve, south of brussels, belgium

Who? organized by le kot-e-rythmes, with on stage :

Vive la fête, hollywood porn stars, the vismets, the moon invaders, frank shinobi, forma.t crew (partyharders, the others, elektrash, surfing leons), ...

bonus : Vive la fête - Touche pas

Muxtape

2008-03-31T22:16:00.004+02:00

My MUXTAPE

totally illegal, but very cool, this is an online mixtape, to share with your friends (your superior taste?).

get ready for your summer

2008-03-31T18:10:00.013+02:00

Sunny day here in belgium...

so, you should think about your summer festivals !

here's belgium's top 5 :

number 1 :

Rock Werchter, on July 3 - 4 - 5 - 6, is considered as the best festival in the world (winner of the ILMC Arthur Award for the 4th time in 5 years!).

So, no explanation needed, just look at the new temporary line-up !

number 2 :

Pukkelpop, august 14-15-16 in Hasselt.
their space

number 3 :

Dour, biggest alternative festival, with a lot of (smaller) bands. Very cool.
17>20 July

number 4 :

Les Ardentes, in Liège, on July 10th to 13th

THURSDAY 10th JULY

LAURENT GARNIER, TRENTEMOLLER (live band), SEBASTIEN TELLIER, BRISA ROCHE, AURYN, …

FRIDAY 11th JULY

DAVE CLARKE, GOOSE (live), BOOKA SHADE (live), M.A.N.D.Y., YELLE, SOLDOUT, DR. LEKTROLUV, ANDREW WEATHERALL, MATTHEW DEAR & RYAN ELLIOTT, CHLOE (live), APPARAT (live band), ARNAUD REBOTINI (live), SASCHA FUNKE, GUI BORRATO (live), RED SHAPE (live), MICHAEL MAYER, DJ PIERRE, …

SATURDAY 12th JULY

M.I.A., THE STREETS, DIZZEE RASCAL, THE KILLS, LIARS, THE BELLRAYS, SPIRITUALIZED, DAS POP, CROOKERS, BLOODY BEETROOTS, DJ FOOD vs. DK, DJ MARKY, THE QEMISTS, DILINJA & LEMON D, SAGE FRANCIS, PRINS THOMAS, JUSTUS KOHNCKE, FREAKY AGE, LEGOPARTY, …

SUNDAY 13th JULY

DIONYSOS, GIRLS IN HAWAII, ARNO, DANIEL DARC, THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA, NICOLE WILLIS & THE SOUL INVESTIGATORS, SAINT-ANDRE, PUGGY, YOAV, …

number 5 :

Gentse Feesten, in Ghent, a ten days city festival. This is just crazy...

MIAMI VICE

2008-03-31T17:48:00.008+02:00

Justice - Live@WMC 2008 - Annie Mac's BBC one Mash Up

(thanks to Asian dan's blog)

(that's annie mac, between eron alkan and mark ronson)

Alive live

2008-03-30T18:01:00.004+02:00

THE WORLD IS ALIVE...

Yeasayer : live & interview

2008-03-30T15:45:00.003+02:00

#87.2 - YEASAYER - 2080
by lablogotheque

#87.1 - YEASAYER - No need to worry / Redcave
by lablogotheque

the Chocolate Makers, vol. 9 Recorders

2008-03-30T15:25:00.003+02:00

Recorders, a new belgian rock band, sounds a bit like interpol.

try it and you'll like it !

http://www.myspace.com/recorders

upcoming shows :
Apr 4 2008 Inc’Rock Festival (/w Hollywood Porn Stars, Arid, Zita Swoon...)
Apr 5 2008 Tremplin J’veux du soleil
Apr 12 2008 VK - Emergenza (semi-finale)
May 9 2008 CSG in Nivelles

mp3's :
Recorders - Tim Burton has directed my life
Recorders - tell me things they never told
Recorders - Witch and Velocity
Recorders - The shade of your orange spinn

songbird

2008-03-29T18:43:00.006+01:00

Songbird is a new and very nice music/web player, works on mac, pc and linux.

It integrates the hype machine, insound and SkreemR !
Try it, it's free and supported by the mozilla foundation (like firefox).

"Play music. Play the Web.

Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web. Songbird is committed to playing the music you want, from the sites you want, on the devices you want, challenging the conventions of discovery, purchase, consumption and organization of music on the Internet.

Songbird is a player and a platform. Like Firefox, Songbird is an open source, Open Web project built on the Mozilla platform. Songbird provides a public playground for Web media mash-ups by providing developers with both desktop and Web APIs, developer resources and fostering Open Web media standards, to wit, an Open Media Web."

bonus : The Do - on my shoulders

new track from gnarls barkley

2008-03-29T18:35:00.003+01:00

Gnarls Barkley - who's gonna save my soul