Saturday, May 23, 2009

Walking on a dream: By Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun is a project band by two talented Australian musicians, Luke Steel (of Sleepy Jackson) and Nick Littlemore (of P'Nau).

This album is simply and surprisingly a brilliant collaboration which has turned out to be one of the best electropop/dance albums of the past few years, certainly in Australia, and perhaps around the world. Just think og MGMT, but more cohesive and catchy.

The album's refreshing and catchy mixture of funk, electropop and dance melodies are very easy to listen to and unlike many similar albums around, almost all songs are worthy of inclusion in the album. The stand outs are however "We are the People" and the title song "Walking on a dream". These two songs are great pop songs, sound crisp and as a result have become a big favourite of many DJ remixes around the world in the past few months.

Friday, May 1, 2009

An introduction to Klaus Schulze at his best

If you wish to get an introduction to the synth sequencer music of the legendary Klaus Schulze, listen to part 1 and 2 of FM Delight from his great album En+Trance on Youtude on the links below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptuanvXODdY (Part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftqbv6j2yys (part 2)

Simply close your eyes, turn the volume, and let your mind wonder away by Klaus's haunting keyboards in part 1, and be energised by his great sequence and keyboard work in part 2. Youwill find your nervous system all awry!