Daft Punk & N.E.R.D.
Hypnotize U is the synth-driven new R&B single from Pharrell and co., most notable for the production from Daft Punk.
Listen at We All Want Someone
Museum of Bellas Artes
Those Swedes are at it again. Adding to the country’s impressive electro-pop roster, this Stockholm three piece release a debut 7” through the Transparent Blog this month and know their way around Balearic dance, bubblegum melodies and piano-led gems.
http://www.myspace.com/museumofbellasartes
New Gorillaz song
Featuring the unknown UK singer Daley, Gorillaz surprise new single Doncamatic has an electro-reggae and pop swing. Bring on the November gig.
Jamie Woon – Night Air
Three years after creating a masterpiece of a remix for Woon (google Wayfaring Stranger remix) Burial produces this gorgeous and atmospheric night-time future-blues ballad. Reminiscent of Massive Attack at their finest.
Listen at FutureSoundsTemporary
A couple of weeks ago, Digital covered the crowdfunding aspect of music when UK band Scars on Broadway were mentioned for the way they raised money from fans through slicethepie.com. So it’s good to see that our own Duke Special is the latest example of an artist who has received funding direct from fans.
Using Pledgemusic.com, the eyeliner-wearing dreadlocked one is hoping to release three albums and put on some “unusual and elaborate theatrical experiences” with the money raised. 15% of the total will also go towards the charity DePaul.
The three albums include a studio version of songs written for a recent production of Mother Courage & Her Children, an EP of songs based on Huckleberry Finn and a collection of songs inspired by Paul Auster’s book The Book of Illusions recorded by Steve Albini featuring Neil Hannon, Ed Harcourt and others.
To encourage pledges, Duke offered exclusive items including signed albums, a private concert, a sightseeing tour, dinner, a write a song session and a phone call all with Duke himself. It appears to have worked as those items are gone and in total he has received 573 pledges or 118% of the funds he originally asked for.
Last week, I featured (with a question mark) what was claimed to be a new Daft Punk song from the movie soundtrack to Tron Legacy. As reported by Pitchfork, it turns out the track is a fake but it’s not the only French dance music-related skullduggery happening on the net.
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The best music on the web this week.
Gorillaz unleash Stylo
From the forthcoming third album Plastic Beach, Stylo features guest vocalists Bobby Womack and Mos Def and suggests this will be the best Gorillaz album yet.
http://short.ie/stylo
State.ie’s faces of 2010 mixtape
Sample the best of new Irish talent with this 20 -track mixtape including songs from Two Door Cinema Club, Funeral Suits, We Cut Corners, Yes Cadets, O Emperor and more.
http://short.ie/faces2010
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Daft Punk – DJ Hero
After the success of Guitar Hero, it was inevitable we’d get more variations on the theme. Daft Punk contribute to this new franchise. Watch the impressive trailer.
Tuts My Barreh
“I want you to caress me like a tropical priest”. Unfortunately misheard lyrics to Mariah Carey’s ‘Touch My Body’ writ large in the karaoke booth. A Youtube classic.
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Swine Flu fashion
Worrying about your health needn’t be unfashionable thanks to Irina Blok’s surgical mask line..
http://tinyurl.com/fashmask
Daft Punk unmasked
Well, one of them. WHAT? Did you expect him to actually look like a robot???
http://tinyurl.com/daftdude
Tupac is alive?
It may have been 13 years since he died but a hip-hop genius like Tupac wouldn’t let a small matter of death hinder him from hanging out in a New Orleans bar a few weeks ago.
http://tinyurl.com/tupacbar
