Music from the Vault: Junkie Monkey
The above was shot on a road trip last year out in Arizona. I love my Mamiya 7 II with 35mm film… Droool.
Anyhoo, You can call this song an experiment in… many things. Sound, noise, thoughts… I seem to remember having a conversation with Dre about sound being simply the manipulation of air.
Call it Brooklyn [...]
Music from the Vault: Colossal Sleep
Thank goodness I am not easily embarrassed.
Despite the skip-up in the middle, this track is one of my favorites. Why? This track:
“I get my own shnacks”
Where that and the creepy way guy came from, I have no idea… But it was hella fun.
Dre had to use the restroom and I just kept recording… Just can’t explain where [...]
Music: Moriarty
Moriarty - Jimmy by kidamprod
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I am so delighted to hear Americana music making a solid comeback over the last decade. Gillian Welch, the Bowerbirds, Peter & the Wolf, Mamie Minch and so many more all echo simplicity in instrumentation, clarity in melody and hauntings of the past in modern writing.
This morning, dropped by La Blogotheque (and [...]
Music from the Vault: Inspiritu
If I remember this correctly, I was both physically exhausted and emotionally wrecked when I arrived at Dre’s studio that night. I sat down and recorded the guitar line, then promptly fell asleep.
When I woke, Andre had written the lyrics, recorded them, mixed it and was sitting back, listening to it. Groggy was I. And amazed - [...]
Music from the Vault: Green After 2
I dig this shot. Ab did it just today (thanks, Ab!) Nothin’ like eight feet of umbrella to make beautiful light.
This song from Dre and I was back when I was fantasizing about making music like Zero 7. Ignore the unknowing blatant ripoff of Beck on the chorus (I swear I didn’t know when I was pickin’!) [...]
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