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[LP] M83 – HURRY UP WE’RE DREAMING (w/ “OK Pal”) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 12:37 AM PST what do you think i feel when i, when i’m kissing you? ♫ M83 – OK Pal This should probably just be a Quickie but how could I honestly fit a double-album review into 140 characters!? Ok, we all love the crap out of “Midnight City” and many of it’s remixes but what about the rest of the double album of Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming? Songs like “Wait” and “OK Pal” have floated about the blogosphere a bit but nothing has come even close to following up the lead single (not easy to be fair) so I was unsure what to expect when diving into this two-tiered cake of indulgence. Having never gotten into Saturdays = Youth (snooze…) I was obviously impressed by “Midnight City” and then intrigued by Anthony Gonzalez’s statement of this album being more grand epic. But I obviously couldn’t expect a whole double album of “midnight City” level epic-ness, could I? Obviously not. But that’s OK. While I will never endorse a double album in this day and age of music overload I have had no problems listening to all 22 songs in a row. Many tracks are loose and unstructured which helps them pass by as perfect background music. A handful of ambient jams punctuated by bigger tracks like “OK Pal” and it’s big cheesy 80s amazingness. I also strongly recommend “Raconte-Moi Une Histoire” as the best featuring vocals from a 4 year old hallucinogenic frog enthusiast girl. Awesome. If I owned Hurry Up, Were Dreaming in a physical form where its two parts were separate physical object I can’t say that I would always take the effort to put disc 2 in as it loses a lot of steam and the only standout is “OK Pal.” However, as the 2LP plays right through in my iTunes, I just carry on with whatever and let the music wash right over me. Artist links: Facebook / Soundcloud / Amazon This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

[MP3/RMX] Star Slinger – “Moet & Reese” & Drake – “Over My Dead Body (Star Slinger Remix)” Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:31 AM PST ♫ Star Slinger – Moet & Reese Star Slinger has been a busy man since buttering us up with the beautiful “Mornin” back in March. His recent track “Dumbin” for Green Label Sound is a funky affair with vocals by Reggie B that is slowly growing on me. More traditional Star Slinger fare is the instrumental jam “Moet & Reese” which slips on itself as it lurches and grooves, lulling me into a zoned out headspace full of swirling chocolate treats. ♫ Drake – Over My Dead Body (Star Slinger Jetlag Edit) Star Slinger has of course been hard at work on his other forte – remixes – recently whipping up this spaced out rework of Drake’s Take Care opener. Musc for the comedown. Artist links: Facebook / Soundcloud / Bandcamp / Amazon

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