1. Reckoner (Radiohead)
Because we separate like ripples on a blank shore

2. Trophy (Bat For Lashes)
The trophy that I made for us, in fur and gold, got into the wrong pair of hands

3. Space and the Woods (Late Of The Pier)
Suicide is in my blood, it always was

4.Disco Lies (Moby)
All I needed was someone who could keep me warm at night

5. Classical Gas (Mason Williams)
instrumental

Oh yes, my #5 most played artist Era (2,934), #8 E.S. Posthumus (1954), and Moby, who now sits at #23 with 802 plays have all released new album recently, and I got a hold of them.

Firstly, I was ecstatic to learn (via E.S Posthumus' page on last.fm of course) that they released a new album (Cartographer) months ago! So I quickly downloaded, and got listening. First impressions? First CD with that lady singing is very unlike the E.S. I loved. Second CD was more like it, but to date only 4 songs I consider good. They are Oraanu Pi, Mosane Pi, Isunova Pi, and Raptamei Pi.

Fyi, E.S made it to my #1 spot for the week ending Mar 30, with 136 plays.

Era's album Reborn is slated for release soon is again another New Age album I think has too much pop influences. Previous Era works (Era and Era 2) were a great mix of dance, and Gregorian vocals, this release is more pop with a smaller dose of the above mentioned. The few favourites are Sinfoni deo, Reborn, Come into my world, and finally Last song.

Era placed 9th on last week's charts with 22 plays. No doubt there will be a greater showing on this week's charts.

Last, but certainly not least, Moby's Last Night (incidentally, it's official release is today Tuesday April 1) is, unlike the other albums, not a disappointing one.

I must say, that I love albums 18 and Play especially by Moby.

Let's run through the track listing, shall we?

1. "Ooh Yeah" - 5:18

Nice start to the album. Not a favourite so far, but not a skipper. 3/5

2. "I Love To Move In Here" - 4:45

I love the fake audience, a technique Moby used in I'm Not Worried At All, a favourite of mine. 4/5

3."257.Zero" - 3:38
Upbeat track, 4/5

4. "Everyday It's 1989" - 3:40
This is the track that stood out the first time I played it. It's damn good, lyrics? Something along the lines of "Everyday I got to go through (screaming)". It's damn good, and as I said in the track's shout-box here on last.fm, it's the Moby I love. I've played this song (according to Win-Amp 50 times, last.fm been stingy with the play updates, so we'll see soon enough the track's total). 5/5, you have to hear this song!

5. "Live For Tomorrow" - 4:02
Sang by a female (like previous track), this up-beat song actually has more lyrics through. 4/5. Good song.

6. "Alice" - 4:27
Was never a fan of this song. Just never grew on me. 3/5

7. "Hyenas" - 3:35
Hotelesque, not my cup of tea. 3/5

8. "I'm In Love" - 3:43
Slightly better than the previous track. Starts off slow (in terms of quality, but gets better with time) 4/5

9. "Disco Lies" - 3:23
Good track, but personally I don't know why it's currently the highest charting new track for Moby on Last.fm. 4/5

10. "The Stars" - 4:21
Another fake audience track. "Can you believe it?" 4/5

I'm not sure what's happening with the last couple of tracks. No lyrics, very ambient. I'll have to keep playing them to like them more. So for now they're kind of "bla"?

11. "Degenerates" - 3:58
12. "Sweet Apocalypse" - 5:19
13."Mothers Of The Night" - 3:19
14. "Last Night" - 4:53

01. What was the first song you ever heard by 16 Paramore?
Uhm.. Misery Business I think.. not really into them anymore so I forgot.

02. What's your favorite lyric by 3 Fort Minor?
Haha, a lot of them are awesome. Lets see..

Deafening voices..
That frequency inside my head, that says..
I'm going at it the hard way. I focus..
Get everything inside out of my brain, that claims..
I'm going at it the hard way..

The Hard Way

03. How many albums by 13 Fall Out Boy do you own?
Hmm.. real CDs, none, on my hard disk.. the latest one. Forgot how it's called!

04. Is there a song by 8 Superbutt that makes you sad?
Not at all. XD

05. Have you ever seen 27 Blur live?
No, I wish. ;~; They rock!

06. Who is your favorite member of 11 Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Antony Kiedis! He's kinda cute. D:

07. Is there a song by 23 Melody Club that makes you happy?
Fever Fever. Totally love that song!

08. What is a good memory you have involving 37 Tears for Fears?
My mom used to listen to it all the time when I was young.. I don't remember a lot from my youth, but I do remember some music I used to hear. Together with Heart and Led Zeppelin.

09. What's your favorite lyric by 20 Slipknot?
Love them all! Especially this one from Before I Forget.

Stapled shut, inside an outside world and I'm
Sealed in tight, bizarre but right at home
Claustrophobic, closing in and I'm
Catastrophic, not again
I'm smeared across the page, and doused in gasoline
I wear you like a stain, yet I'm the one who's obscene
Catch me up on all your sordid little insurrections,
I've got no time to lose, and I'm just caught up in all the cattle..

10. What is your favourite album by 2 Megadeth?
Cryptic Writings. Fans, kill me.

11. What is the worst song by 10 Gorillaz?
Hmm, I love them all sincerly! I'd go with.. no, I can't choose.

12. Is there a song by 12 Beef that makes you happy?
Alice totally!

13. What is a good memory you have involving 15 Linkin Park?
Hmm, I don't really know.. I only listen to them at home when I'm bored, so no good memories.

14. What is your favorite song by 8 Superbutt?
Better Machine! It's catchy & rough at the same time.

15. What is your favorite song by 34 Bobby Valentino?
Ew, I have no clue. In fact, I have never listened to Bobby Valentino.. my sister did. o.o

16. Who is your favorite member of 1 AFI?
Haha Jade Puget ofcourse. ♥ He is so cute!

17. What is your favorite song by 7 Hellogoodbye?
Baby, It's Fact and Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn!

18. What's your favourite lyric by 9 Rancid?
Start Now

Humility has no play in this case, in a big game of chess for us all.
Hostility explodes in a mess, now you all got blood all over the wall.
And clairty turns to dark, blindfolded prisoners of war.
And solidarity, on the razor's edge, boy, what? You're a big puncher now, right?
Yeah?.... Ha!.... Nah.... I don't fucking think so!
Ha ha ha!

19. What is your favorite song by 22 Spinvis?
De laatste nachtbus van het jaar!

20. What is your favorite song by 27 Blur?
On the Way to the Club and Parklife! Parklife always cheers me up.

21. Have you ever seen 31 Green Lizard live?
No, I wish! I don't think they are touring at the moment.

22. Who is your favorite member of 17 Panic! At the Disco?
The singer? Haha, I don't know their faces. Oh oh, I know, the cute one! Not the singer with the nose, but the one who looks really young. (:

23. What is your favorite song by 18 Reel Big Fish?
The A-ha cover, Take on Me, that was the first song I heard by them. Or Party Down!

24. What is your favorite song by 15 Linkin Park?
You're not gonna make me choose now. That's like letting a mother choose from her children!

25. What is your favorite videoclip by 2 Megadeth?
I haven't seen one video of Megadeth, to be honest. I only listen to their music. Dave's cute though.

26. What is your favorite song by 40 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION?
Etrance and then the live version!

27. Is there a song by 2 Megadeth that makes you sad?
A Tout Le Monde.. not the remake though, with the woman, it stinks.

28. What is your favourite song by 4 Blaqk Audio?
Mute. ♥ Oh, and Black Electric!

29. Why do you like 28 Disturbed?
Because they're rough, yeah!

30. What is your favourite videoclip by 3 Fort Minor?
Remember the Name. Because they are one of the few bands that dont feature themselves in videos looking like the best humans ever.

31. What is the worst song by 47 Coldplay?
Fix You. I never got why anyone thinks that is good. :P

32. What is a bad memory you have involving 42 Arctic Monkeys?
None at all! Arctic Monkeys only brought me love & happiness! XD

33. What is your favorite song by 32 Placebo?
Infra Red.. it's stunningly beautiful!

34. What was the first song you ever heard by 26 Bobby Valentino?
I dunnooooo, my sister listens to him!

35. What is your favourite song by 6 Adema?
Ooooh hard decision. ):
I'd have to go with Vikraphone.. or All These Years.. or Stand Up.. or Barricades in Time.

36. What's your favourite lyric by 30 Queens of the Stone Age?
you think i aint worth a dollar, but i feel like a millionaire.

Dead bull with the life from the low,
I’ll be massive conquistador.
Give me soul and show me the door.
Metal heavy, soft at the core,
Gimme toro, gimme some more.

I just love the word conquistador. o.o

37. What is your favourite song by 5 Harvey Danger?
Carlotta Valdez! I always sing this in my room, and the neighbours think I'm slaying an animal everytime I do. :(

38. What is a good memory you have involving 39 Mindless Self Indulgence?
None actually, I've known them for a month haha.

39. Who is your favorite member of 22 Spinvis?
Well there is only one.. so there you go, haha.

40. What is your favorite album by 10 Gorillaz?
Demon Days, it's hot.

41. Have you ever seen 48 Son of Sam live?
Nope. I don't think they've ever been to Holland as a band.

42. What's your favorite lyric by 33 Justin Timberlake?
Ew I just think the music is fun, the lyrics are cheesy. XD

43. Who is your favorite member of 2 Megadeth?
Dave Mustaine. I wish I had his hair.

44. What is your favorite album by 15 Linkin Park?
Meteora!

45. What is your favorite song by 50 Moby?
Hmm.. I love all of his songs! Natural Blues & Disco Lies if I have to choose.

46. What is your favorite song by 29 Daft Punk?
Technologic.. Buy it, use it, break it, fix it..

47. What was the first song you ever heard by 25 Alice in Videoland?
Cut the Crap, cute music.

48. What is your favorite song by 3 Fort Minor?
Tools of the Trade, Petrified and Cover and Duck!

49. What is your favorite song by 11 Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Hmm.. Slow Cheetah. (:

50. What is your favorite song by 2 Megadeth?
Black Swan, Sweating Bullets & I'll Get Even.

Feel free to copy & let me know, I'm always interested. (:

8/3/24

Lany Poniedziałek z dawien dawna charakteryzuje przede wszystkim całonocna zabawa

i tak: solenizanci mają pretekst
1. THE CORRS "I Never Loved You Anyway" Warner 1997 [1970/Sharon Corr/wokalistka]
2. NENA "99 Red Balloons" EMI 1983 [ur. 1970]
3. BEE GEES "Massachusetts" Universal 1967 [1946/Colin Peterson/perkusista]
4. KRAFTWERK "Radioactivity" EMI 1976 [1946/Klaus Dinger/muzyk]

tym, którzy zaproszenia na urodzinowe przyjęcie nie dostali pozostaje:

a) dla zdesperowanych
5. PIOTR SZCZEPANIK "Zabawa podmiejska" Muza 1965

b) przeciętniacy wybiorą zapewne najbliższy klub, jednakże należy pamiętać, że
6. MOBY "Disco Lies" Mute 2008

c) co bardziej rezolutni usłyszą
7. EMOTIONAL ELVIS "welcome to the party" Chaos 2007

niezależnie od opcji a/b/c na imprezowicza czeka kolejny wybór. albo
8. ANITA LIPNICKA "Gin z tonikiem" Pomaton 1998

albo
9. L.U.C. "Stan haelucynogenny" Kayax 2006

przy tym ostatnim łatwo przesadzić i np. zgubić osobę towarzyszącą
10. SIA "The Girl You Lost To Cocaine" Sony 2008

później następuje tylko zerwanie filmu, dlatego 11. piosenki nie będzie

Man merkt schon, dass er ein Kind der 90er Jahre ist, denn auch auf dem neuesten Werk "Last Night" des Ur-Ur-Grossneffen von Herman Melville (Moby Dick) Klingt die Musik von Richard Melville Hall a.k.a. Moby teilweise nach Love Parade und Rave-Hallen. Schon 2002 rappte Eminem in seinem Song "Without Me" polemisierend die Zeile "You don't know me, you're too old let go its over, nobody listens to techno" und warf Moby vor, veraltet und überholt zu sein. Aber stimmt denn das? Kocht Moby einfach die alten Hymnen wieder hoch?

Nun, dieses mal tut er dies scheinbar gewollt, denn auf seiner Website moby.com ist zu lesen:

"Last Night" is basically a love letter to dance music in new york city. What i love about the New York approach to dance music is the eclecticism and the open minded-ness on the part of the musicians, the dj's, and the people in the bars and clubs. In making 'Last Night' i essentially tried to take a long 8 hour night out in new york city and condense it into a 65 minute long album."

Trotz dieses Hommage-Plans kann man doch Anforderungen das Album stellen, denn ein Künstler kann auch nach vorne schauend zurückblicken. Dies passiert auf "Last Night" aber nur teilweise. Manches auf der neuen Scheibe kommt einem wirklich vor wie 12 Jahre alte Dance Hits. "Disco Lies" oder "The Stars" klingen sehr nach einfacher Sequencer-Zusammenstellung mit Synthie-Streichern und einer dominanten Frauenstimme mit simplem Text und Melodie. Also eher Nostalgie für eine (damals schon) simpel gestrickte Ära in der Geschichte der elektronischen Musik anstatt Innovation. Dem Titel nach ist dies bei "Everyday It's 1989" auf eine ironische Art gewollt.

Das zweite was man feststellen kann ist, dass man gewisse Muster bei Moby immer wieder zu finden sind. Auch wieder bei "Everyday It's 1989" ist es dieser Gesangssample einer Frauenstimme (warscheinlich aus den 60ern oder 70ern), welcher endlos wiederholt wird. Dies hatte man schon vor knapp 10 Jahren bei "Natural Blues" und auch schon früher. Klar, man kann argumentieren dass dies eben Mobys Stil sei, aber trotzdem, es klingt immer wieder gleich.

Suchen wir also das Positive auf "Last Night", die Innovation. Fündig wird man bei bei der ersten Single-Auskopplung "Alice", ein Track, bei dem sich auch die Rapper aynzil und 419 Squad beteiligt haben. Ein tief pumpender und treibender Beat mit verzerten Gitarrenriffs. Ein ganz toller Track.

...weiterlesen bei out-of-space.ch...