The Cinematic Orchestra - Man With The Movie camera
Its seems that Monday’s Tune has become a bi-weekly event, instead of every week. I will try to return to normality soon…
Today’s featured tune is by one of my favourite team of musicians, The Cinematic Orchestra, a British-based jazz and electronic outfit, created in the late 1990s by Jason Swinscoe.
Today’s track is called “Man With The Movie Camera”, from the 2002 album Every Day, released by Ninja Tune [independent record label]. The song was later reworked and was part of a 2003 soundtrack album by The Cinematic Orchestra to a re-released version of the 1929 silent documentary film, Man with a Movie Camera, by Russian director Dziga Vertov.
About the band members, In addition to Swinscoe [from Wikipedia]:
the band includes former DJ Food member Patrick Carpenter on turntables, Luke Flowers (drums), Tom Chant (Saxophone), Nick Ramm (piano), Stuart McCallum (guitar) and Phil France (double bass). Former members include Jamie Coleman (trumpet), T. Daniel Howard (drums), and Alex James (piano). The most recent addition to the band is Mancunian guitarist Stuart McCallum.
The following video is an edited version of Vertov’s film, released as a music video for the song:
Enjoy!
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I was planning to send something else, but I’ve just returned from a gig of a really cool band and I wanted to share the experience.
The performance was by the Japanese band Nisennenmondai.
Explanation in their own words:
we are 3piace girls band from tokyo japan since 1999.
nisennenmondai mean “computer bug problem”.
“bijin record” since 2006 are self rabel.
“bijin” mean butiful man and women.Guitar-takada Bass-zaikawa Drums-himeno
The girls are playing instrumental electronic stuff while using the “normal” rock instruments, with some help of the sampler-pedals under the feet of Takada.
Great music. Great performance.
Enjoy!
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After a week break for some good times and some sun in Israel, another Monday is upon us.
Today’s main feature is José González, a Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter of Argentine descent.
The song ‘Heartbeats’, from his first album, Veneer, is a cover of a song by fellow Swede duo The Knife.
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The special for today is Readiohead’s latest video clip, ‘House of Cards’ [from the album In Rainbows], which was done without lights or cameras, but with the use of a 3d scanner. Released last week, this is a unique collaboration between programmers and musicians, and with Google Code as the Host.
Enjoy!
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Today’s song is by a French musician and composer, Yann Tiersen, who’s mostly known for composing the score to Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s film Amélie.
His latest studio album, Les Retrouvailles, released in 2005, features a number of high-profile guest vocalists.
Today’s song is featuring Elizabeth Fraser, who was the vocalist and lyricist in Cocteau Twins.
Yann Tiersen - Kala [feat Elizabeth Fraser]:
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Enjoy!
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]]>Last week was a very hectic week, involving a big %@#$! corporation and two stressing deadlines, and on top of that I was sick.
I completed all my tasks and now I can heal and relax.
Today’s song is a song by a new and upcoming [nu?] folk band from London, whom I happen to know a quarter of -
The Accidental.
From their biography:
Take the man behind The Memory Band and co-founder of Trunk Records (Stephen Cracknell), the twisted songwriter from Tunng (main man Sam Genders), one half of Fence Collective duo The Bicycle Thieves (my friend Hannah Caughlin) and singer-songwriter Liam Bailey. Put them in front of a PC with the help of a few friends and the outcome is new collective The Accidental and their beguiling debut album There Were Wolves.
The song is their second single, ‘I Can Hear Your Voice’, released May 12th.
[There is a wikipedia page now]
The Accidental - I Can Hear Your Voice
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Today’s bonus clip is by Imogen Heap, in her song and video “Just For Now”. All done with her voice, her hands and a live sampler and some vocal effects.
Imogen Heap is an English singer-songwriter from Romford, London, most famous for her work as part of Frou Frou and for her 2005 solo record Speak for Yourself, which she wrote, produced and mixed herself. In 2006, she was nominated for two Grammy Awards.
Enjoy!
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Today’s featured band is ”Formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo”, AKA Flight of the Conchords, or - Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.
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Today’s tune is by The Killers, an American rock band from Las Vegas, who are part of the post-punk revival.
The post-punk revival is a movement in alternative rock of the 2000s where bands draw from of the original sounds and aesthetics of the post-punk sound of the late 1970’s, some also taking cues and influences from various genres…
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Enjoy!