Just for fun: Only The Best

A short post this time: I stumbled upon George and Jonathan about a month ago, and haven't stopped listening to this fun music since. They have been writing electronica music for a few years now and I absolutely love the 8-bit sound style they have going on. I love what they are doing and thought I should support their works in this blog. George and Jonathan, keep up the good work! Highlights for me were Whale, Out With My Girlfriends, Party Every Night, Toy Factor, and Kevin Don't Give Up.





-Minimal FoX

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An Old Actress Finds New Talent

  

     Claim to fame and quoted as, "... wanting to take that damn [Crazy] Frog off the charts...," Stephen Coates, (The Clerkenwell Kid), or better known as the lead mind behind, The Real Tuesday Weld, I dare to say, has no other comparison in the music world. The name comes from none other than old film actress Tuesday Weld, and the music is just as one of a kind lovely. Taking samples of early jazz music, infusing it with modern electronica beats, occasional folk sounds, and his slightly scratchy but wonderfully seductive voice, sounds very common, but the way he does it makes it stunningly unique. Take a listen to a few samples:


Over The Hillsides From "The End Of The World"


Days Of You And Me (Remix) From "Kindercore 50"


Anything But Love  From "The Return Of The Clerkenwell Kid"



     He simply has found his voice and nitche in the music world and as a remixer, his style isn't lost at all. This Beyonce remix of Crazy In Love, with the help of The Puppini Sisters, is completely his own unique "classic meets new style" that has yet to be replicated.
Crazy In Love (The Real Tuesday Weld & The Puppini Sisters Remix)


      I feel horrible taking these songs as small snippets of his very talented library of sounds. Why, you may ask? Stephen Coates is a firm believer in making a story arc for his albums. "I, Lucifer" tracks a romance story, an actual book soundtrack mind you, of Lucifer coming up to Earth and finding love. "Where Cupid Meets Psyche" and "The Return Of The Clerkenwell Kid" are both soundtracks to a love affair gone wry. Himself describing his music as having been an interpretation of "...jazz playing in the other room," something he grew up with his parents listening to, I wholeheartedly not only agree, but add it's like an entire love story set to jazz coming from the other room, and you're captivated to keep listening to find out what happens next. Not all of his songs are sample based however. The Real Tuesday Weld does have wonderful piano, guitar, clarinet, and many other instruments used at their disposal that can change the feel of the music from old jazz cover to modern folk song in almost an instant.

      Needless to say, with a vast majority of Stephen's work, love, loss, and overall sonic soundscaping of fun are recurring motifs in all of his work. I highly recommend checking out almost anything of The Real Tuesday Weld that you can.
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I Love The Rain From "Where Cupid Meets Psyche"

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-Minimal FoX

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Embedded Player 2

Same as posted before, but realized the last player doesn't fully play through the entire audio files. So, same music as last time, Gold Teeth Theif Mix from DJ/ Rupture.

Part A:


Part B



Slowly working this out when other projects don't take up all of my time. I think this player is much better than the last, though not as visually enticing as a singular play button. Let me know what you think.

-Minimal FoX

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Embedded Player 1

DJ/Rupture makes another appearence in this blog with his very famous Gold Teeth Mix from 2001. Here's both parts.
Part A-



Part B-



Tracklist for part A:

1. Missy Elliot Get Ur Freak On (Elektra)
   Nas Oochie Wallie Instrumental (Columbia)
   Ricky Dog aka Bling Dog Risen to the Top (Massive Sounds)
2. DJ Scud Badman Time (Ambush)
3. Barrington Levy Here I Come - Jungle (Greensleeves)
   Nettle Duende (Soot)
4. Dead Prez Cop Shot (Raptivism)
   Monie Muss Crew Thugz Riddim (Greensleeves)
   Spragga Benz Certain Bwoy (Greensleeves)
5. Bounty Killer Corrupt System (Greensleeves)
   Snares Man Breakbeat Malaria (History of the Future)
   Tommy Zwedberg Hanging (Fylkingen)
   Kid 606 Get Yr Kicks on Route 606 (Vinyl Communications)
   Luciano Berio Visage (Turnabout)
   Venetian Snares Boarded Up Swan Entrance (Planet-Mu)
   Larbi Lamtougi Salhine Assalihate (Casaphone)
6. Nettle Duende: DJ Scud's In Chains remix (Soot)
   Shabba Ranks Peanie Peanie (Digital B)
7. Quincy Bruce Lee MC (Ninja Tune)
8. DJ /rupture Descarriada (Broklyn Beats) 

Tracklist for Part B:

1. Dahlena Dabka (DJ Dance Records)
2. Non Phixon Four W's Instrumental (Serchlite)
   Djivan Gasparyan Dle Yaman (Opal)
   Wu-Tang Clan Reunited Funkstrung's mix (K7!)
   Nettle Untitled (white label)
3. Cannibal Ox Vein (Def Jux)
   Sub Dub Dawa Zango (theAgriculture)
4. DJ /rupture Rumbo Babylon (Broklyn Beats)
5. Missing Links No Lodge (Primeight)
   DJ /rupture Taqsim Distorsionada (Soot)
6. Rude Ass Tinker U Can't Touch This (Planet-Mu)
   DJ /rupture feat. Mercedes Ferrer (white label)
   John Wall Track 1 (Utterpsalm)
   Moosaka w/ Splice Airbrushing (Street Forest)
7. Welmo Romero & Splice Si A Plomo Vives: Rupture's Remix (Broklyn Beats)
8. Project Pat Chickenhead (Loud)
   Nettle Duppy (Soot)
9. Ilhan Mimaroglu Agony (Turnabout)
   Nettle Ensamblaje (Soot)
   Oval Shop In Store (Thrill Jockey)
10. Muslimgauze The Taliban (Jara)
    Paul Simon w/ Ladysmith Black Mambazo Homeless (Warner Bros.)
    Miriam Makeba Djiguinira (Syliphone)

I can't stop listening to this mix over and over again, and if you want to download it, I suggest you go here. 

Let us what you think of the new player. This isn't permanent, but we're testing out new players in blogger. We value your comments, criticisms, and any helpful advice for our site.

Other than that, we're renovating the site, so expect to have some new changes, new music, and perhaps new writers as well, coming at you. Worse comes to worse, we'll be changing websites, but let's not burn bridges until we get to them.

-Minimal FoX

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