Muscles, RSD, and the 'future' of MUSIC...

So there are a couple of songs that are like bee's in my bonnet right now that I just have to get out an post. They don't fit the 'Arcadia' criteria SO they are going to get posted here!

First off is by RSD called "Love Of Jah Light". It's beautiful shimmering dubstep that sounds like Bexar Bexar... something you listen to on the beach (or something you listen to to REMIND you of the beach.

RSD- "Love Of Jah Light"

PLEASE DELETE THAT SONG WITHIN THREE DAYS! It is for promotional purposes and is just to try to help expose you guys to new stuff. If you like the album PLEASE buy it over at eMusic or any other retailer that sells awesome shit like RSD. I mean, I (probably not unlike you) had the Burial album before it came out... and I just downloaded it on eMusic. Why would I do that if I already had a copy? Because we have to show the industry that we LOVE music and want to support a system where free songs make you want to buy the album. We have to show them that a place like eMusic (where you can get songs for roughly a quarter or less) works as opposed to $20 an album at Barnes & Noble. So please purchase songs you hear on this site (or any site) that you enjoy if you get them for free. This goes for this song and the next song and all the ones that follow...

Second thing that I'm REALLY into is this new shit by Muscles. Everyone knew it was going to be fire because it was coming out on Modular but we seriously have a totally awesome hybrid of Cut Copy/The Streets now that hetero males won't be afraid to be caught listening to. I'm going to post a good song I think won't be a single as opposed to "Marshmallows" which I think the label would make us take down (because it's THAT GOOD)!

Muscles- "My Friend Richard"

Muscles- "My Friend Richard" YSI

ON ANOTHER NOTE... we created a new group over at Facebook called 'State Crime Future Music Group' to help share the music wealth, videos from shows we've gone to, mixes we've heard or recorded, and stuff like that! Hopefully we'll get some awesome shit up there and get Facebook all rowdy... let you know where the parties are at cuz lol...

If the forum thing is more to you liking then peep State Crime Future Music Forum that we created through phpbb! That's going to be a CLOSED community soon... so if you're down with us get in quick through the back door before we put the velvet ropes up! That's where shit is really going to be popping off (outside of here, of course)... we've also got a Google group (the link is in the margin to your right) but that shit is still WAY under construction. Join if you like and see how it progresses...

Back and (MUCH) better than ever...

So I have mainly been tending to my baby "In Search Of Arcadia"... but recently Thelonious Punk (it's up to him if he give his real name) and I have been talking about starting a new blog... just to let people know what we're being influenced by as we are doing the whole Project 2501/State Crime thing. And I figured, "Well hell, I've already got a nice blog with a good title sitting around, let's use that!". I've always wanted to have a blog where I could post ANYTHING (not just British Music like my other blog... and now I've got it, AND it's tied into everything else I'm doing in the DJ realm!

...Along with this page we've got a Google homepage we're working on, trying to find a good place to start up a forum, and have like a million other things under our collective hat that we're getting ready to unleash on the world...

I've always wanted to have a public (let me say that again, public blog, seeing as I can't very well share the private one *wink*) blog that I could write with someone else so I guess here's my chance! Maybe if I work hard with this and the other blog they'll let me guest edit some day at Palms Out Sounds or Missing Toof lol... maybe if we work hard enough we'll be the next Acid Girls... ok ok ok I won't get ahead of myself. Instead of being delusional I'll post this track to relaunch the blog... here's a toast to a gazillion more posts!

First thing that's been getting me hot is that ravestep shit... mainly the Trouble & Bass crew has got that on lock but you keep hearing those techy noises popping up in dubstep remixes... here's one I dig...

Martin Buttrich- "Well Done (Headhunter Remix)"

Martin Buttrich- "Well Done (Headhunter Remix)" YSI

I wonder why you have to post a YSI link to get on the Hype Machine. I don't get it. Btw THAT LINK PROBABLY DOESN'T WORK! It's just so we might get recognized on the Hype list. I've used 104% of my bandwidth... nobody is getting shit from that download this month lol. Use the first link, it's Rapidshare.

Equally 'ravey' is this song by DQ1 called "Structive" that I'm digging on... it's been out for a while but I just got a legit version over at eMusic. You can also get that Martin Buttrich over there as well (not to mention that new Matthew Dear which is hot, but I would feel guilty posting).

DQ1- "Structive"

While we are on that dubstep tip... we did a nice little dubstep mix... nothing too long or too complex... just a something nice to showcase what we were listening to this summer. The original idea was to get on top of the 'ravestep' phenomenon by mixing 20 mins of dubstep and 20 mins of techno... instead *cough* here are the two separate mixes lol... WE DIDN'T GIVE OURSELVES ENOUGH TIME AND WE'RE STILL RECORDING LIKE 24 HOURS BEFORE IT HAD TO BE DONE lol... at least we still mix our records instead of pushing them through Ableton or something!

State Crime- "Dubstep Mix Summer 2007"

State Crime- "Tech Mix Summer 2007"

And then just because we gotta self promote like that... here's a little mash up with did with Flosstradamus that should tickle your pickle. I'm going to wait to see what my mans has to say about posting more of our tracks... seeing as this is a mash up I don't feel too weird posting it but I might feel strange about posting a song we just finished (like "Boogie" which you can find over at the State Crime Myspace. It is, ladies and gentlemen, a fucking banger). In the meantime...

Timbaland vs Shakedown- "Drop It At Night (State Crime vs Flosstradamus Edit)"

And that's that for now. Since we've relaunched this expect loads of updates. And download the fuck out of our songs to help us get Rapidshare points! See you soon!




P.S. There are going to be LOADS of changes here at this blog so keep your eyes on it... but don't be surprised if it looks TOTALLY different. Word

Crazy holidays... it was really fun stuff though. I've been working CRAZY style on the album as well so it's been a really busy month. I'm really looking forward to this next year... hopefully this will be the one where everything finally blows up... you cross your fingers... because if I get signed I can afford to really bring you some quality shit on this blog!

Speaking of writing this album... I thought I would throw up some of the stuff I've been listening to... some of my recent influences... stuff that in some way, shape, or form, my new stuff sounds (or is trying to sound) like...

First off is one of my faves off the Audion album. I love Matthew Dear to death and REALLY wish I would have stayed to see him at Pitchfork this summer (it was just WAYYYY too hot)... I did get to see him open for Swayzak, however, back in 2004 which was really cool. This song really gets me going, along with a couple others on that album. I wanted to post something from "Just A Man/Just A Woman" but I didn't want to piss the label off. This is on Ghostly International and you can purchase the album on eMusic.
Audion- "Titty Fuck"

Then I've got a track from Lusine who I've REALLY been getting into in the last month. The sort of texture in these songs is something I'm working really hard on and no QUITE getting... but I will keep peeping these songs until I figure it out. This album is fantastic 'doing-it-music'... in my opinion... this ALSO on Ghostly International... go cop it at eMusic!
Lusine- "Slur"

My new music idol is Outputmessage. I've been trying to make his album the whole time I've been writing songs. His music is lush, serene, perfection. These undulating wave of sythetic emotion run through every single song on his album. I'm chomping at the bit to have my eMusic subscription refill for the month so I can get his first album... I had to pick the 2nd one up on iTunes. I also went to Shop Ghostly early and picked up a record he did a remix for. I really want to be this guy.
Outputmessage- "Sommeil"
Seriously... go buy his records... or purchase Idol Tryouts 2 from Ghostly International... (are you seeing a pattern here?)

Then I've been spending a lot of time getting back to my roots... the dark electronic stuff that my childhood was filled with. Heather bought me a box set called "A Life Less Lived" which has LOADS of stuff that falls under that tag and I REALLY love it. I also downloaded Movement by New Order, and have been going back through my Depeche Mode albums and really absorbing all that stuff. Here's a couple choice cuts from the 80's...
New Order- "Procession"
Depeche Mode- "Leave In Silence"

Just a heads up... Depeche Mode just realeased their FULL discography on iTunes. So if you have about $170 to blow and want like every single thing they have ever done ever, including remixes, demos, and b-sides, then you should head over there and check that out!

Ok, that's it for now. I have to get back to my other blog (and perhaps some work while I'm at it). Make sure to keep checking back and I'll try to keep hooking y'all up!

So... you may have seen my pride and joy blog In Search Of Arcadia before... which I hope you have enjoyed... but as much as I love it... I feel like I need another outlet to talk about music. I mean don't get me wrong... I LOVE BRITISH MUSIC... it is my end-all-be-all, BUT, there is other music I like. Sometimes it's grime, sometimes is house music, sometimes it's garage rock, sometimes it's old school stuff... and I want to be able to write about that, but it's just not appropriate over at Arcadia. So I will post here from time to time, throwing up my new faves from all over the place. I cannot promise that I'm going to put as much energy into the look of this site... but then again... you probably don't care... you're probably just looking for the song link. And I can't blame you as this is my 'vanity project' but hopefully some of the words will be enjoyable for you too. OKAY, on to the music!

First off is Bexar Bexar... a VERY underrated band... so underrated I don't know if anyone knows about them. I've never heard anyone talk about them but I love them so, so, so, so, so much. I would say this gets played most of the time when I'm in my bedroom not sleeping. The whole album Haralambos is perfect front to back and highly recommend it to people who like Boards Of Canada's non-glitchy songs.... because this is more like folktronica... or something... I don't know what folktronica is really but I would throw this in there lol.
Bexar Bexar- "Aidos"

Speaking of Boards Of Canada, have you heard Trans Canada Highway? It's a pretty nifty little stop-gap recording to tide you over intbetween the last one and the new one (whenever that comes out)... I thought I post "Skyliner" which is probably the most exciting track off the recent E.P.

Boards Of Canada- "Skyliner"

All of this wonderful lazy-Sunday-fucking-music reminds me of a band I really listened to in years... or at least I haven't heard this Tortoise song in at least 8 years because I left the cd in Brian Perkins car on the way back from seeing Tricky at the Vic in 1998. The seminal Chicago band can easily go toe to toe with any other instrumental group out there, and frankly they have had longevity that few of their contemporaries have had. This song is like part Ennio Morricone and part Portishead... anyway you look at it, it's all good. I used to sit around and get wasted at the older kids dorm (at Interlochen Arts Academy) and listen to this cd on repeat while looking at soft porn with Matt Buck... ahhhhh those were the days.

Tortoise- "Along The Banks Of The River"

Next... I'll get away from the straight instrumental thing... but this music is pretty low key so it would probably fit on a mix with the prior songs. I don't really need to say anything about Interpol. At all. If you don't know anything about Interpol you must be like a 13 year old girl without the internet or something. Because they are the most super hyped indie band in the world ever who had loads and loads of exposure and played every venue on earth in support of their 2nd record... including the ICA in 2004... which is where this gem came from...

Interpol- "Evil (Live @ ICA 2004)

Ok, I need to get back to work and I need to get back to my other blog... here's a funny little list about 89 Most Redundant, Repetitive Cliches in Rock Music to keep you tied over until I get back with some more songs.