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19 Dec

Posted at 04:14h in Music, Reviews
I don’t know how many people are aware that I am a big fan of Daft Punk, Tron and good movie soundtracks, so on paper, this is a hootenanny by my standards. Wendy Carlos, who was a pioneer in electronic music, scored the original Tron soundtrack. She influenced the likes of Stevie Wonder with her Switched On Bach album (which she recorded as Walter Carlos, before the gender reassignment surgery). No doubt she also influenced our French modern day electronic music pioneers Daft Punk. With Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy OST, what we see is the duo take the basic elements of the original soundtrack, marrying electronic with orchestral instruments, and provide a modern day version to go hand in hand with the stunning visuals in the film.

30 Nov

Posted at 16:41h in Reviews
chromeo - DJ Kicks scrate4 I make no secret of my enduring fixation with 80s music. I find my palate constantly returning to that most innovative of decades for inspiration now more than ever, when the current musical landscape sometimes appears to be in an arid state. It is therefore a pleasure to have found kindred spirits in Chromeo, the new-school dons of synthesised soul. Accomplished musicians David Macklovitch and Patrick Gemayel aka Dave-1 and P-Thugg are a Canadian based Israeli-Palestinian production/DJ combo whose creative raison d’être is paying homage to the funky electronica with which they grew up and continues to enchant them.