TD Tunes – Page 4

Lucky Misu: How To Hold On Tight (Granlab remix)

Today’s tune is a Lucky Misu gem from the past. According to Lucky Misu’s website, Daniel Bergström (the man behind the name) is on hiatus (“both inspiration and time have run out”) and there may be no new songs forthcoming. This is a shame and I will continue to feature items from his back-catalog here on TD Tunes. His work can also be found on the CorpID netlabel and in the Internet Archive.

This particular song is a remix by Granlab of the Lucky Misu song How to Hold on Tight. The original song is from his Puzzled album and is part of an album called Repuzzled which features great versions of his music as envisioned by others like Emily in Love and Drei Farben House (who are also on the CorpID label).

Lucky Misu: How To Hold On Tight (Granlab remix) [ 4:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

David y Kellie: Parent Conf

david and kellie Here’s a haunting, ethereal piece from David y Kellie, two awesome artists here in the Netherlands. David is from Spain and Kellie is American, so their unique sound is a blend of, well, things. Give it a listen!

David y Kellie: Parent Conf [ 2:41 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

Emily in Love: Half a Chance

Emily in Love is back with another amazing EP called Let’s Pretend We’re In Love. Shared via the CorpId netlabel, this EP features some amazing work from Emily and her cohorts Pia and Ricardo. The vocals on this track are a terrific mix of hopeful and sad at the same time and would be a great choice for a Say Anything-style romantic pitch. Anyone? Anyone?

Emily in Love: Half a Chance [ 4:33 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

State Shirt: I am a Target

State Shirt rocks and this video proves it. He combines that oddly addictive Slap Chop infomercial with his own sad vocals to paint a grim picture of suburban life in America. Wow…

State Shirt: I am a Target [ 4:35 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

vitaminsforyou: Six O’Clock Whispers

And now for more vitaminsforyou out of Winnipeg from the Internet Archive. This is the second tune to be featured here on TD Tunes and is also worth a listen. A bit darker than Being Away Fame and with a quieter start. Have a listen and chill out, eh?

vitaminsforyou: Six O'Clock Whispers [ 3:18 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

vitaminsforyou: Being Away Fame (A Song for the Xenophobic)

And here’s vitaminsforyou out of Winnipeg from the Internet Archive: “Straight from Winnipeg’s experimental electronic scene, vitaminsforyou has been developing sound and music for theatre, dance, film, video, animation and prose across Canada working with artists in a variety of genres from electro-acoustic sound designers to some of Canadas darling pop practitioners. Recent performances include an invitation to play at Mexico Citys Mutek Festival, Toronto’s Canadian Electronic Ensembles Festival and the Deep Wireless Festival, Montreal’s Mutek Festival, Saskatoon’s Digidome Festival of contemporary sound, music, and digital video, Vancouver’s New Forms Festival, and Winnipeg’s Send and Receive Festival.”

Easy-going electronica with a marching band surprise near the end…so much fun!

vitaminsforyou: Being Away Fame (A Song for the Xenophobic) [ 3:46 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

Ruin Roads: Death March To Sun Fun City

Here’s a rough and tumble tune by Sweden’s Ruin Roads. Found on the ccMixter site, it includes samples by FORENSIC and waysidedrive. Although it is, um, “not safe for work”, it is a great song to those times that you want to motivate yourself to get stuff done. 🙂 Lot’s of hard-driving, metal noise and great vocals!

Ruin Roads: Death March To Sun Fun City [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

Subliminal: Jax (Leodora remix)

Here’s a terrific August heatwave song by Subliminal on the ccMixter website. It combines vocals from Leodora by John Anealio and drum tracks called Drum perc beat 1… by audiotechnica. The urgent drone of the vocals (mixed backwards as well as forwards) mix well with the driving tempo of the drumline. An excellent song for biking at night!

Subliminal: Jax (Leodora remix) [ 2:28 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

Tor Bruce: Heatherstreet main theme

Tor Bruce creates instumental electro-pop in Sweden that is kicky and fun. (I seem to really like to use the word fun to describe the music I select for this blo/podcast.) Pics on his website show him to be a one-man act: drum machine, keyboards, mixing board.

Try this selection (Heatherstreet) and see what you think!

Tor Bruce: Heatherstreet main theme [ 3:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

s:e:m:a: Am Rande der Wörter

Music on the plpl/++ netlabel seems to run the techno-electro gammut from minimal and glitch to full-blown house/dance tracks. This is a track from the group s:e:m:a out of Köln in Germany. It includes spoken word poetry for an interesting effect that does not distract from the down-tempo, dance-worthy beat. Give it a listen and think of Sprokets: Now is the time when we dance!

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