You’ll have to pardon my unexplained and annoying leave of absence over the last several days. I’d share an explanation, but somehow I feel the standard “broken-item-takes-way-longer-to-repair-than-was-originally-quoted” story is already as well known as it is uninteresting. I propose we skip it, and proceed to dive head first into this overflowing collection of under-promoted, overachieving artists whom I have, at last, found the time to experience. See, while being stuck without my computer for such a time seemed an initial inconvenience, it actually provided the perfect setting to make a dent in the accumulating month’s worth of archived emails, and thus, walk away with more than a few noteworthy tunes. For example:
French Horn Rebellion
I can’t put a finger on how or why, but the name of this midwestern music project is almost too appropriate; Despite the fact that you’ll struggle long and hard to find anything even remotely close to a french horn within the quirky, Metronomy esque melodies and perfectly simple rhythms that the pair create, there is simply no explanation needed, seeing as a mere introduction to this peculiar style of production would likely lead you to come up with the same exact band name yourself. Wouldn’t you say?
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French Horn Rebellion – Up All Night
Plus, considering the act of judging whether a music video is either brilliant or just completely retarded has, no doubt, become a game over the last several months (largely due to all this indy producers inclination to do their filming on a handycam), the following could, at the very least, be considered a bonus level.
Snow Picnic
I’m sure we’ve all become accustomed to the fact that thanks to the internet, it is quite easy to obtain a copy of Reason or Logic, or some other DAW. In fact, it’s equally as easy to load up a couple samples, make a beat, compose a melody, create a myspace, and call yourself a musician, however, despite these enormous simplicities, access to a musician’s tools has not made it any easier to make music.
It’s the music that sets Canadian producer, Snow Picnic, apart from the elementary beats and bangs that tend to creep into our music collections, causing us to wonder only a few days later “where on earth this soulless crap came from”. Snow Picnic has no genre, and (deepest apologies to the inflated egos) his ultimate goal has nothing to do with you becoming a fan. With a tag line, “Think before you dance”, it’s clear that there is no ever-present desire to produce “electro” music, or to become famous. Rather, his soft spoken beats (which seem to expand upon the work of Sebastian Tellier) exist merely to take those who dare on an atmospheric journey, and to keep them smiling the whole way through.
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