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Play Pid off the wall, keyboard cat!!

// January 18th, 2010 // No Comments » // random stuff

This is my friend jumping over a wall for the first time including a cameo appearance from keyboard cat.

Play Pid off the swing, keyboard cat!!

// January 18th, 2010 // No Comments » // random stuff

This is my friend on a rope swing for the first time including a cameo appearance from keyboard cat.

What?? No keyboard cat?

// January 15th, 2010 // No Comments » // random stuff

If you want to see more video’s from the pid you can view his youtube videos here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/pidlive

You would only visit this however if you wanted to stop time….forever.

Gorillaz – Plastic Beach

// December 19th, 2009 // No Comments » // music

It always seems like the pop charts are missing something when the Gorillaz team goes away to work on other projects. Maybe I’m a little bias on this but it’s always nice to add an extra dimension (or is that taking one away?) to an almost predictable and static music industry.

Like the previous two albums don’t be surprised to see a host of talented musicians collaborating on the album. Rumours have it that De la Soul have provided backing vocals for two tracks, one being “Electric Shock” – which shares the same title as a demo played by Damon Albarn on radio 1. Other artists to collaborate include The Horrors, Lou Reed, Mos Def, Bobby Womack, Barry Gibb. And Snoop Dogg. Whether or not these artists make the final cut we will have to wait and see.

What we can expect is big budget music video’s (I hope), a lovely updated website (that for me always provides inspiration), Gorillaz artwork plastered on magazines and experimental live shows such as the Clint Eastward performance at The Brits, and Feel Good inc performed at the MTV music awards.

Demo’s played on Damon Albarn’s take over show on radio 1 that might make the album:

Electric Shock (demo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkQcE-2JMzA

Broken (demo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS4ZerRIUYo

Stylo/Binge (demo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJz97MorJZg

Update: 24th January

Parlophone have released the album version of Stylo on youtube. It would appear for now that this would be the first single from plastic beach.

Gorillaz – Stylo (feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SxlD74hvRk

The track listing according to Wikipedia

“Orchestral Intro” (featuring Sinfonia Viva)
“Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach” (featuring Snoop Dogg and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
“White Flag” (featuring Kano, Bashy and the National Orchestra for Arabic Music)
“Rhinestone Eyes”
“Stylo” (featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def)
“Superfast Jellyfish” (featuring Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)
“Empire Ants” (featuring Little Dragon)
“Glitter Freeze” (featuring Mark E. Smith)
“Some Kind of Nature” (featuring Lou Reed)
“On Melancholy Hill”
“Broken”
“Sweepstakes” (featuring Mos Def and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
“Plastic Beach” (featuring Mick Jones and Paul Simonon)
“To Binge” (featuring Little Dragon)
“Cloud of Unknowing” (featuring Bobby Womack and Sinfonia Viva)
“Pirate Jet”

    Which doesn’t feature “Electric Shock” as previously thought.

    Royksopp – Senior

    // December 19th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // music

    Royksopp, along with other similar duo artists like to keep things in the quiet before a release. Unfortunately the same can be said for their next album ‘Senior’ which has been kept well in the dark.

    Mixed sources would suggest that the album could be heavily instrumental although this contradicts other reports suggesting that a female vocalist could appear on the album. What does seem apparent is that Senior is; according to Svein Berge ‘the senile sibling of Junior who lives in the attic‘.

    Those that were expecting to see a release date before the end of 2009 have been put back because of the success of Junior.

    Songs that have been rumoured to appear on the album:

    The Alcoholic

    The Fear

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