_Friday_hands_in_the_air! Just ’cause…..

Here at triplejaysus we LOVE a good theme. Jeez, we’d hang 60 minutes of music on almost any theme you could think of. ‘I’m happy to be alive because I’m on a secret mission’ for example. (Remember that one?)

But sometimes you have to just say ‘Phuque it, lets just go’.  So here are some ‘hands in the air’ tunes, just cause….

Enjoy!
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Apparat - Things To Be Fricked

Apparat is a German electro producer and owner of the brilliantly named record label Shitkatapult. We like him already.

Apparat first came to my attention when he collaborated with Ellen Allien on the highly acclaimed ‘Orchestra of Bubbles’ and various remixes I’ve come accross. ‘Things To Be Fricked’ is a 2 disc release. The first disc is remixes he’s done, the second is his material remixed. There is an obvious connection across both discs, with the remixed themselves remixing. A standout is triplejaysus darlings Boys Noize ( featured in _choice_chewns #3 ) remix of ‘Arcadia’ and Apparats remix of ‘Shine Shine’.

While essentially a remix album, Fricked does showcase Apparat’s move to less straight forward dance formula, with heavy emphasis on strings and classical composition mixed with beats and electronic ambience.  Oft heralded as a founding father of the ridiculously named IDM genre, Apparat does deliver dance music that will stimulate and entertain fans of the less obvious spectrum of electronic music. 

THINK: Head nodding Headphone space electronica
READ: Apparat Bio
BUY: Apparat tracks at Shitkatapult

_triplejaysus_exclusive! - Motocade

We receive a lot of emails from bands, labels and websites here at triplejaysus, asking us to listen and if we like, to share the music they have sent us. Most of what I have received to date, while really good, doesn’t quite fit in with what we’re trying to do with this site. Motocade are different.

Motocade are a rock band from NZ, that have built up a following with great live shows and EP’s filled with quality tracks of tight, catchy rock. They are recording their debut full length album at the moment and asked triplejaysus to check out the first two tracks completed.  

Needless to say, the fact that I’ve featured them means that I really dig their stuff. Motocade manage to find the perfect balance between catchy riffs and substance. Their sound is crisp and clean on ‘Soap Opera’, yet they still manage to keep a rock edge that gives their music longevity. ‘Come back Kid’ opens with a  thumping bassline that grabs you immediately, countered by falsetto guitars.

Overall, I think that the two tracks featured give plenty reason to consider Motocade’s debut a highly anticipated release. Although the band couldn’t give me details of a release date yet, Eden did take time out from recording to answer a few questions.
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Plump DJs - Headthrash

Do you like Breaks? You know, breakbeat - do you like it?

Chances are that yes, you do. You might not know that you do, but you do. Breaks has been the most sucessful dance genre crossover into mainstream FM fodder. Whether that’s a good or bad thing we’ll leave to the kids. Plump DJ’s were voted best breakbeat artist of 2008 by Beatport.com, where said kids get said breaks. Big news in breaks circles no doubt.

With success comes confidence, the confidence to follow in the footsteps of Leftfield, BT (and to a lesser extent, The Prodigy) and release an album. By that I mean a body of work, not just a collection of floor fillers or club killers. (like that?) Across the 14 tracks of ‘Headthrash’ Plump DJ’s deliver tracks that have prog house, dirty acid and abrasive electro, but each track is complete.

DJ Shadow was criticized for trying to produce an album that had ’songs’. Hang on a sec, that sounds like a song! Well, ‘Headthrash’ is full of them. ‘Victim’ is breaks, but has a chorus. That’s right - a chorus.  ‘Snafu’ opens with a thumping bassline reminiscent of the opening bars of ‘The fat of the Land’, and if you can get past the ‘X Files’ synth opening line of ‘Beat Myself Up’ you’ll be treated to lyrics so self deprecating, you’d be forgiven for thinking Trent reworked ‘The Ruiner’.

A brave and mostly successful attempt and an ‘album’.

THINK: It’s Breaks Jim, but not as we know it.
READ: Everything Plump related here
WATCH: System Addict clip
BUY: Headthrash at Fingerlickin’

19th September 08 - TRACKS REMOVED BY REQUEST

Stu Kelly - Set the mood

TWO choice cuts of prime beefy beats are on offer at the moment folks. The first is the latest mix by Sydney Superstar Stu Kelly - ‘Set the mood’. A mix heavy on cool-as-phuque basslines and phat ass beats. Check it out here.

Diplo - Fuzzy Peach Mix 

UK remixer du jour Diplo drops a genre hopping journey from five minutes ago to the mid nineties, keeping it fresh all the while. Check it here.

Don’t say I do nothing for you.
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