manalogue

Ok, so I’ll admit I had a huge thing for THE POSTAL SERVICE when I first heard the record. There was something about adding electronic music to the sappy frown music that is DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE that made me smile. Coming from a rock background originally, I really like crossover music, and make time for music that is more for relaxing than clubbing.

While it won’t necessarily mix well at a Manalogue rave, cats like the JUNIOR BOYS, AZEDA BOOTH, DEPECHE MODE, PET SHOP BOYS, SEBASTIEN TELLIER and the like really appeal to my robot brain while still being lyrical. When I realease a record, it’s going to sound a bit like all of these amazing artists, but that is in the future for now.

It is currently the present (unfortunately) so we will have to make due with some sweet tunes to make our lives better:

KNIIFE PRRTY can’t spell very well, but they sent us their EP and I really dig the low BPM jams that are surely making the Windy City proud. I really suggest against using the genre “Emotronic” on their MySpace, but that’s their own thing…

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Kniife Prrty – (Let’s Get) Higher

Rocking a CASIO SK-1 before it was “Vintage” is my good friend Jeff King, who not only makes cool electronic music as THE SQUARE WAVES, but has also been in almost every band in Lethbridge, Alberta. He records everything himself and then gets a backing band to play prestigious MUSIC FESTIVALS. The Square Waves have the versatility to bob genres, starting out sounding like “Casiotone for the Delightfully Accompanied” and then moving to “Kevin Shields with a thing for robots”. Listen to this song and be inspired!

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The Square Waves – Be The Last Time

Ok, I realize I’m long winded, it’s a curse. To finish up, I was digging through the THIEVES LIKE US MySpace and found they are doing a remix competition for their tune YOUR HEART FEELS. If you’ve got the goods, take a crack at remixing it and become famous!

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Thieves Like Us – Your Heart Feels

To finish off this post is a tune for everyone who needs a little more bounce in their music, AVIAN X and KOLT13 make a club ready cover of DEPECHE MODE’s Shake the Disease. Turn this one up and get out of your chair if my other songs put you to sleep.

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Avian X – Shake the Disease (KOLT13 Remix)