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[hot off the press] Big Black Delta + M83
Jonathan Bates aka Big Black Delta, former touring guitarist for M83, has been asked to open for the group at Club Nokia next week. Anthony Gonzalez and Bates have collaborated together since Bates began his solo project Big Black Delta in 2010. Bates contributed vocals to M83’s highly praised album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming and produced an official remix of M83’s stellar single “Midnight City.” Together Bates and Gonzalez also produced a remix of Daft Punk’s “Fall” on the TRON: LEGACY R3CONFIGUR3D soundtrack.
Although Big Black Delta’s soundscapes are composed single-handedly in the modest confines of Bate’s home studio on a laptop, the live show is an experience unto itself. Live vocals, dancing, orchestrated light show, and dueling female drummers (Mahsa Zargaran and Amy Wood) make Big Black Delta’s set electrifying.
Big Big Black Delta and M83 will share the stage at Club Nokia on January 12th and 13th for two nights you won’t want to miss! [source: planetary group]
♪ M83 – Midnight City (Big Black Delta remix)
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p.s. Big Black Delta is also playing a show at the Bootleg Bar on Wed, Feb. 22. Tickets and such here.
(31) Days of Good: Day 31
There’s only 6 hours left in 2011 (here on the west coast at least). I’ve said it a million times, but i’ll say it one more time, 2011 was a GREAT year for music lovers. Today’s GOOD are a handful of tracks to help you ring in the New Year with a bang, including The White Panda, Alan Wilkis, some Jamie xx and Childish Gambino remix action, and since i’m up in my hometown for NYE, Chico’s very own The Make.
I truly hope you all (my 3 faithful readers) enjoyed this years edition of (31) Days of Good. I definitely left some tracks out this year and i’m positive more than a fair share went overlooked, but nobodies perfect, right? Anyways, Happy New Year!
[p.s. if you want to check out all of this years GOOD, and more, i’ve compiled them all on spotify.]
♪ The White Panda – Midnight Life (Kanye West//M83 mashup)
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♪ Alan Wilkis – Come and Go (feat. The Kickdrums) [from Prints]
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♪ Adele – Rollin’ In The Deep (Jamie xx feat. Childish Gambino remix)
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Top 10 Albums of 2011
Here you go, my top 10 albums of 2011. The top 5 were actually really easy to settle on and went back and forth quite a bit with 6-10, which was somewhat of a surprise. But no going back now, my picks are official and floating around the world wide web for everyone to scrutinize. And speaking of scrutiny, I would love some feedback. Do you agree/disagree with my picks? What were your favorites this year? Heck, what were your least favorites? Leave a comment below and keep the conversation going.
[p.s. see how my final top 10 compared to my favorites back in July]
10. Childish Gambino//Camp
Key tracks: Heartbeat. Bonfire. Kids. Backpackers.
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9. Mister Heavenly//Out of Love
Key tracks: Bronx Sniper. Mister Heavenly. Pineapple Girl. Your Girl.
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8. Acid House Kings//Music Sounds Better With You
Key tracks: Are We Lovers Or Are We Friends?. Would You Say Stop?. Under Water. There Is Something Beautiful.
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7. Lykke Li//Wounded Rhymes
Key tracks: Sadness Is A Blessing. I Follow Rivers. Get Some. Youth Knows No Pain.
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6. Girls//Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Key tracks: My Ma. Honey Bunny. Alex. Vomit.
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5. The Antlers//Burst Apart
Key tracks: No Widows. Putting The Dog To Sleep. French Exit. Rolled Together.
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4. Youth Lagoon//The Year Of Hibernation
Key tracks: Montana. 17. Cannons. Daydream.
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3. Future Islands//On The Water
Key tracks: The Great Fire, Balance, Before the Bridge, Give Us the Wind. Where I Found You.
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2. M83//Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Key tracks: Midnight City. Intro. Raconte-Moi Une Histoire. My Tears Are Becoming a Sea. Year One, One UFO. Claudia Lewis.
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1. Cults//Cults
Key tracks: Abducted. You Know What I Mean. Rave On. Bad Things. Go Outside. Oh My God.
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(31) Days of Good: Day 13
M83’s epic 2-disc LP, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, was my most anticipated release of the year and it didn’t let me down one bit. Anthony Gonzalez is an electronic virtuoso. From the very start, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming grabs you and holds you until the very end. Zola Jesus’ guest vocals on “Intro” makes an already good track great. The dreamy ballad “My Tears Are Becoming A Sea” gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. The innocence and fun that swirls throughout “Raconte-Moi Une Histoire” makes me smile and wish I was a kid again. But since I can only pick one, I have to go with “Midnight City”. This track is a great representation of the album as a whole, the production is amazing, it makes you want to dance (even if you hate dancing), you can’t help but turning the volume up when this song plays, and it happens to be the year’s best use of saxophone. I should also add that M83 was the best show I saw this year and “Midnight City” is incredibly good live.
♪ M83 – Midnight City (from Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming)
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Big Black Delta is the solo project of Mellowdrone vocalist/bassist Jonathan Bates. I was introduced to Big Black Delta earlier this year and was lucky enough to catch one the residency shows at The Satellite in LA (big thanks to Stephanie at the Planetary Group btw). The debut LP, BBDLP1, was a really cool record and I highly recommend it. THE CULTURE OF ME puts it best, “Big Black Delta makes some of the noisiest and most fun pop music you’re likely to hear for a long time coming”.
♪ Big Black Delta – Huggin & Kissin (from BBDLP1)
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This last track is actually a combination of the first two. Last year, Daft Punk put out one of the best (and most overlooked) movie scores in a long time. This year, a remix album was released and featured a plethora of electronic artists (Moby, Paul Okenfold, Teddybears, The Crystal Method, Pretty Lights…to name a few) and TRON: Legacy R3CONFIGUR3D was born. One track in particular caught my eye more than the others, as it featured one of my favorites, M83, and then unknown to me, Big Black Delta.
♪ Daft Punk – Fall (M83 vs. Big Black Delta Remix) (from TRON: Legacy R3CONFIGUR3D)
