I heard a song today that caught my attention. It's by the Belgian band Balthazar, who I don't know a whole lot about except that they're not particularly new, just new to me. I like the laid-back but funky sound on the two tracks I'm posting. I thought I was on to a good thing, but not all their stuff is as great.
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I also like the new Ghostpoet single, which showcases his "rock" sound a bit more. I'm not really qualified to judge musicianship, but his band sound just OK to me; I wonder what he'd sound like if backed up by a really great band, like Radiohead say. They could really up the sonic experimentation behind his lyrics and increase the weirdness level. As it is this song sounds good but the backing doesn't provide any surprises.
Have to keep it brief now, as I've go to go pick my kid up from daycare. I came across this via Vice and then heard it on the radio on the same day. William Onyeabor is a Nigerian musician from the 70's who I must hear more of!
A Dauwd mix at XLR8R led me to this remix of his, which is, as usual, great, though quite subtle (so's the mix by the way. Great I mine, not necessarily subtle... I can't remember if it's subtle or not, but it is great. Probably. I heard it a few weeks ago!):
And finally, thanks to the wonders of Soundcloud's algorithm, that Dauwd track led me to this John Talabot one; I remember checking Talabot's album out a couple of years ago, cos it was topping some end-of-year lists, but I wasn't that into it. I like this though:
Phew! Hope that's enough funkiness for ya!
New:
Old:
I also like the new Ghostpoet single, which showcases his "rock" sound a bit more. I'm not really qualified to judge musicianship, but his band sound just OK to me; I wonder what he'd sound like if backed up by a really great band, like Radiohead say. They could really up the sonic experimentation behind his lyrics and increase the weirdness level. As it is this song sounds good but the backing doesn't provide any surprises.
Have to keep it brief now, as I've go to go pick my kid up from daycare. I came across this via Vice and then heard it on the radio on the same day. William Onyeabor is a Nigerian musician from the 70's who I must hear more of!
A Dauwd mix at XLR8R led me to this remix of his, which is, as usual, great, though quite subtle (so's the mix by the way. Great I mine, not necessarily subtle... I can't remember if it's subtle or not, but it is great. Probably. I heard it a few weeks ago!):
And finally, thanks to the wonders of Soundcloud's algorithm, that Dauwd track led me to this John Talabot one; I remember checking Talabot's album out a couple of years ago, cos it was topping some end-of-year lists, but I wasn't that into it. I like this though:
Phew! Hope that's enough funkiness for ya!
