While I might immediately alienate a healthy dose of Miracleurs, this offering is simply a collection of trancy/techno/hip-hop to get your spring in gear. Some is old, some is newish, and there is a conscious effort here to start hard and end easy. I hope you enjoy it. Some thoughts on the tracks:
Track 1: Chris Joss - Danger Buds
Joss has done a few "albums" of modern takes on retro 60's and 70's sounds. I think he often works in Hollywood. Therefore, he has no soul.
Track 2: LTJ Bukem - Conquest
For the sampling and the production as much as anything. That and I can't recall that he's ever used the word "bitch", "ho", or "Santorum" in his lyrics.
Track 3: Matias Aguayo - Rollerskate
I don't like to rollerskate. I do, however, like this song.
Track 4: Badmarsh and Shri - Parallel Crossing
When we play superheroes, I have to to be Badmarsh. You will be Shri. This will be non-negotiable.
Track 5: Mad French and the Nutritionist - Apero Diet
As in the case of Track 4, I must be Mad French. The Nutritionist is also very important in crime-fighting, as Mad French is a diabetic who is on the Apero Diet. I do not know what the Apero Diet is. Ask the Nutritionist (you).
Track 6: Delorean - Deli
Remember when John Delorean got busted trying to sell that cocaine to finance his gullwing stainless-steel cars? If so, dance to this carefully. You might break a hip.
Track 7: State of Bengal - Flight IC408
From the funky Asian Dub world of Anokha put together by Talvin Singh. Bollywood meets Deadmau5 meets Kraftwerk. A party ensues.
Track 8: Tosca - Ocean Beat
I do not understand a single word in this track. I think it might be about drugs. The song, that is, not my lack of understanding.
Track 9: Cut Chemist - The Garden
Great sampling. 'Nuff said.
Track 10: Lemon Jelly - Soft
If you don't like "If You Leave Me Now", this song isn't for you. And you are a communist.
Happy April 3MPMPers!
29 comments:
A pre-listen comment, as my Friday Night Lights streaming addiction is currently using up all of my bandwidth. There's a part of me that's okay waiting, though, as I sit here so thoroughly charmed and delighted by the intro and the liner notes. I want to keep these liner notes in my pocket forever.
This genre is one with which I am almost completely unfamiliar (I think of it as the genre wherein some of the band names/songs seem like they are in a different language, like the language of extraterrestrials). I am looking forward to remedying that. These hips were made for breaking.
Monsieur Bromide! Smooth as Camembert, fresh as sushi. Mmmm, mmm, good. And 99% new to these lobes, save for the Cut Chemist-Atrud Gilberto, and the smuggled-in Bee Gees. Some flute root to boot, care of "Danger Buds." "Ocean Beat" is smooooove. Wicked-awesome cover too
Pee-esses:
As was happening a year ago, the I, Superfustinox tracks imported out of sequence. I'm on a new Mac with a new version of iTunes. Hmmmm.... Any ideas out there as to how I might fix the machinery?
Sorry to hear about your addiction, Christina. Here's some tough love to help get you past it: Tim Riggins ends up playing tight end on Mars.
Thanks for the head's-up on the track order. Weird, as I ripped/uploaded SB's mix the same way I always do.
Don't know how the tracks could tumble out of order, but I see what you mean—it's happening for me, too, on a different computer.
KARL EIFRIG, WE NEED YOUR WISDOM!
But this oughta fix it: Select the album in iTunes, Command/J to view options, and select Track Order. Then click on the top of that column and all should flow as Sterling intended.
Lemme know if it don't, though..
I have not yet listened, but I, Superfustinox gets my vote as the best mix title yet!
If you think your hips can handle all the bouncing, I'd highly recommend seeing Delorean live. One of the funnest shows I've seen in a long time.
After Ron Burgundy started off the mix, I decided to read who I was actually listening to. And I think I enjoyed the liner notes as much as the music. Perhaps more.
Less flippant thoughts in handy bullet-format:
• Cut Chemist, my favorite of the mix
• LTJ Bukem, you killed my brother.
• Damn you Lemon Jelly for releasing that song worm into my brain.
• Tosca, such a sucker for that lazy groove
That's a big 10-4 on the track fixer. Over and out, good buddy!
The Cut Chemist number that samples Astud Gilberto? It's got that cool one-stringed capoeira instrument, the berimbau Love that twang thang!
Seems like years ago someone on 3MPMP posted "Berimbau" by Baden Powell. True? My old computer, the one with my whole 3MPMP catalog, is currently down and out. Bummer.
I didn't know what to expect based on the title and cover, but low and behold, some of my fave Chilltraxian artists, including the phenomenal State of Bengal track, mixed in with lots of other groovy surprises. Loving it!
As a fellow lover of this genre, I am currently enjoying this mix just by reading the track list. Thank you, SB.
"Holy Vernal equinox, Batman! Look at the cover -- could this be The Riddler's SPRING MIX?"
"Best cut down on the danger buds, Boy Wonder. A Superfustinox is just a fancy vessel. And sometimes a shock absorber is just a shock absorber... however fiendishly suggestive its angle may be."
I haven't had time yet to give this mix a listen, but I was verrrrry interested to discover that Mr. Bramfitt is the brain behind this mix.
Why?
Because, I'm also a fan of this genre -- this mostly lyric-free genre -- which is the only kind of music I can listen to when I'm working. Yep, the Lemon Jellys, Toscas and LTJ Bukems of the music world fill my most highly populated iTunes playlist. Which I've very originally labelled "Workin' music.".
So, from copywriter to another, thank you for creating this massively multi-taskable mix, one that's sure to make the work day feel a bit less workaday.
No alienation here-- quite happy to add to the trancy/techno/downtempo section of my library. Only familiar with Tosca and Lemon Jelly on this list and those two were just as tasty as expected. After a first listen without enhanced ambience tracks 1, 3, and 5 jumped up and made themselves noticed. The final four really made the mix for me though-- just a really nice sequence. Many thanks!
Loving Mad French and the Nutrionist!
or rather Nutritionist......
Wow, this mix is the perfect thing for a sunny Friday afternoon in Seattle. As it played, I turned up the volume with each track. Very nicely done, Mr Bromide.
I was dreaming I was in a coffeeshop in Amsterdam. I guess I was passed out, and when I woke up, these crazy tunes were playing over and over, louder and louder. I think I need a bong hit.
This is a darn fine mix, for several reasons. One such reason is the way the tracks fit together, with many of them containing callbacks to the tracks that preceded them, and another is the way it fits in with this year's 3MPM mixes - a number of these would have fit nicely on the flute mix!
I particularly enjoyed the Chris Joss track, which was a great way to start the mix, the LTJ Bukem for its Del the Funkee Homosapien-style goodness, the Fujiya & Miyagi-esque (another 3MPM callback, by the way) Matias Aguayo jam (especially the last 2 minutes of weirdness), and the Lemon Jelly reworking of that Chicago tastiness.
Huzzah!
Sterling, the best thing about the 3MPMP is getting to hear stuff you'd never hear if it weren't for the 3MPMP.
Really dig the narration from Mad French. Also love the Delorean, the Cut Chemist and even the Cetera in Lemon Jelly. Nice work.
Thanks, Steverino. Loving Chris Joss, LTJ Bukem (new to me and just great) Delorean, Tosca, Cut Chemist, Lemon Jelly (but then you already knew that). Those hi-hats on "Parallel Crossing" just scream 1998, don't they?
But here's my real question: Since you're usually in bed with a book by 9PM, I'm wondering when and where you listen to this.
I'm with Danny Lee in that most of this is music I usually wouldn't listen to if it wasn't for the Project. And I'm very happy to do so, thank you very much! :)
Loved going back to stuff like LTJ Bukem or Badmarsh and Shri, that I used to listen to quite frequently a few years back for work reasons (I worked at label/distributor PIAS back in Spain); it felt strangely at home.
Extra kudos for including Mr. "basta ya de minimal" Aguayo.
Lemon Jelly always a favorite! And I have to agree with many things said here: Loved the liner notes. Delorean rock, live and in the studio. And, dang you for the Cetera earworm! :)
Thank you Stephen --I mean, Sterling!
Tim: had totally missed the obvious "Spring Mix" thing. Ha!
Forgot to ask --I don't get the order problem; is it maybe cuz I use a PC? Hmm.
Finally had to admit I was powerless over FNL and have implemented a rationing calendar. (TC, I'm mid season 3, no spoilers!) So now I can dive into the past few Miraclers' efforts in earnest.
And one ¡fun! thing I like to do is queue up "3mpm" on my computron at work and make that my playlist on days when I work by myself (like today). _I, Superfustonix_ is in action and, I am doing the Freaky Deaky! Haven't listened to the original Gilberto in forevs, and am superdigging this Cut Chemist Capoiera effort. To the point where I am going to go download that entire LP. Yeah.
Like many of the commenters thus far, I concur that it is moments like these that we Prodge freakazoids live for. I suspect that there will be a few other LP downloads today inspired by this mix. As a newbie to this genre, I'm a little afraid. You know what happened when I got introduced to Friday Night Lights ... watch me go deep into the electronica wormhole. With Sterling. Not in bed while reading at 9pm, though.
What a great mix. I love these grooves, especially Ocean Beat which is anew favorite tune. Apero Diet and Conquest also instantly catchy. That fadeout on Rollerskate is way cool.
I think I've got the prodge history right when I say "Thank you!" for breaking the prodge seal on Delorean (though I was looking forward to firsties on that). And I think I heard "Danger Buds" as background music today on "This American Life," so what's up with that? Love a Bromide mix. Thanks!
Love it! All of this grooviness is going directly into my "Palm Springs Pool" itunes playlist, with the exception of the Lemon Jelly track. Call me Ethel Rosenberg.
Roller-roller-roller-skate-skate-roller :-)
Sterling this is your best mix yet. Did I catch the theme from the great american hero in the final track A mellow mesmerizing mix of mastery. Should I inflate your ego anymore than is it's baseline. Probably not, but the Matias Aguayio track is so foreign and tripy is enough to make me break out the wikipeadia and research. Apero Diet - I could be, I have been, I will be back on that beach, Delorean - not just the name of a car. Finally with the Tosca track - I lived in that neighborhood and year to visit. Buffo or bravo or whatever it is they say from where it is you are from.
Just wanted to reiterate how great LTJ Bukem's Conquest is. Love the groove and the horns.
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