Que significa?

Good evening everybody. Hope your weeks are going well and you are happy that it is over 1/2 way done!! I truly believe everyone works for the weekend. I'm so ready.

Anyway, so this week, after having an amazing time over the weekend seeing Zed's Dead and Pendulum with my partner in crime, Mr. Bell, I started wondering why I liked that sort of music so much. Some people don't even consider that music. Some suggest making music with computers has no relevance or doesn't require any talent.

So I questioned, "What is music to me and what makes a musician 'talented'?" From my perspective, music is just the interconnecting of sound waves to produce an emotional beat. I find music in odd things like the mixing of outdoor noises, the clanging of the subway, or just someone tapping a chair. I don't think one necessarily needs the ability to play an instrument to do this. This is why I find the artist Pogo so interesting.



Pogo, or Nick Bertke, lives in the land down under and produces music from sampling mostly Disney movies. GENIUS!!! Seriously. How this guy does it I have no idea. I thought Girl Talk was cool, but this guy is even better. Pogo takes sound bites from different movies and combines them to make sick beats. He even created a song from sample noises he made in his mom's garden. Definition of how music is defined in the ability to create a flowing melodic tones, not matter what source.

Currently Pogo has been getting a lot of press and gaining a lot of positive attention. Disney's Pixar even flew him out to work with them on the soundtrack for "UP".

On March 5th, Pogo will be playing in NYC at the Highline Ballroom so get your tickets!

Here are some of my favs from Pogo.
Pogo - Alice
Pogo - Upular
Pogo - Wishery


Take a look at his YouTube page too! He has even made music videos for his songs.

Can't wait to see him!

Neusday!

Alright folks, as promised, here's some fresh new tunes that just came out today! Tonight we got some great tracks from Cut Copy's new album Zonoscope, Asian Dub Foundation's EP A History of Now, and a little Modestep from their new EP Feel Good. Hope you guys enjoy some of these great new tracks, and keep comin' back on Tuesdays if you want to hear some more!

Also, we here at The Bathroom Session have set a couple goals for ourselves, and we could use your help in achieving them! So, tell a friend, or five friends, or all your friends! We're hoping to get up to 5000 hits by the end of the month which would mean doubling the number we have now. It's a tough goal, but if you guys give us a hand we can definitely achieve it! Now I'll stop talking and give you your music. 

Cut Copy - Pharaohs & Pyramids
Asian Dub Foundation - Temple Siren
Modestep - Feel Good

New Bathroom, Same Session.

Alright everyone, big things are happening! We (well, just me) promised change, so here it is! We're (hopefully) starting something new tonight, which is gonna change the way you read and listen to The Bathroom Session. Just check it out. 


Tonight I'm in an Indie Rock-ish type of mood. After working all day, there's nothing better then coming home, grabbing a sandwich, and enjoy some great upbeat music. So, with that said, here's some of the first great Indie to be released in 2011. 


Tapes 'n' Tapes - Freak Out

Tapes 'n' Tapes - Freak Out


This song is off of Minnesota's Tapes 'n' Tapes' brand new album Outside. This song definitely shows a taste of some of the great shows Tapes 'n' Tapes will play this coming year. Hopefully I'll be less broke when they swing around my neck of the woods. 


Cloud Nothings - Understand At All

Cloud Nothings - Understand At All


This is the first track off of their newest self-titled album, and is quickly making its way onto my Most Played list. They managed to follow an amazing EP with an even better full length album. Thanks Could Nothings, hopefully I see you this year too.

Cut Copy - Take Me Over

Cut Copy - Take Me Over


Even though this single was dropped late last year, I'm posting it because THE NEW ALBUM COMES OUT TUESDAY! Yeah, new Cut Copy. This song shows that they're coming back with the same sound, but a few new tricks up their sleeves. 




Now, with this all said and done, lets see how this new fangled gadget works out. This is a big step for us! Think about it, all of the songs are now on a playlist on that little thing in the corner, and will play through until the end. That means: no more having to change the song once its done, new possibilities, and most importantly:


NO more YouTube!!!
Enjoy!

JJJJJOOWZA!

Hi friends!

It's been a while! I hope you guys had a great wintery holidays and didn't get frost bitten in the on going snow doom that's occurring around the country right now. I know I am trying my hardest.

Before we went on holiday, my dear friend Sage had a wonderful Christmas cookie party where I met Kuxxan Suum.

Kuxxan Suum is "according to discoveries about the Classic Maya, is what connects us to the sun/moon/stars, and thus, the galactic core, Hunab Ku." The descriptions goes on to say:

"In this day and age, it may be difficult for people to resonate, or meditate, deep enough to understand this tradition of galactic communication. In fact, the mind and solar-plexis of the current human being may not be able to harness or comprehend the vibrations necessary to communicate with the galactic core. The artist, kuxxan SUUM, is inspired by this mystic galactic tradition/human- communicative-trait.The artist puts contemporary and antiquated sounds of the human race in a musical space that reflects and raises awareness of this lost connection with the average person and Hunab Ku."

Brilliant.

I think Kuxxan Suum creates this in his album "Language/Barrier." A play on words, language can be used as a form of communication but also presents a barrier. We use language to express ourselves but sometimes cannot be understood or communicate with every being. Take for instance, referring to the Mayans, the first presence of the Spanish in America. The Spanish conquered the Mayans and read them the Requerimiento but in a language the Mayans couldn't understand sometimes without a translator present. This idea of language and barrier swims through his album with the utilization of "humans speaking" samples but have been skewed to diminish their clarity. Even some of the track titles present lack of understanding. However, a continual vibration of sounds is the answer the the communication and returns to the idea of humans inability to understand the vibrations to connect to galactic core.

Each song on this album is COMPLETELY different. Which I guess presents the prominent idea of different forms of language. Kuxxan Suum samples music from jazz to rock to dub which again goes back to the continuous vibration. A connection of vibration. I even felt like sometimes I was traveling through the galaxy in a spaceship. Overall, I really liked this little album. I do wish some of the songs had been longer. I hope the next album brings even more vibration and flow!!!



Here are is the album on stream:

Language/Barrier EP by kuxxan SUUM

To listen to individual songs go here and some other tracks from Suum:

http://soundcloud.com/kuxxansuum/

Kuxxan Suum's album is available on iTunes!

Bleep Blorp Bleep.

Hey everyone! Let me start by apologizing immensely for the past month or so. We definitely dropped the ball on this thing, and I'm very sorry about that. So! Since February is a new month, we're gonna start fresh. A whole new Bathroom Session for a whole new year (even though we're a month late)! So this year be on the look out for more guest spots, more album reviews, more fun filled facts, and who knows, maybe some concert reviews! In short:


We're Back Baby!


Let's get the ball rolling with a bit of analog songs. Sure everybody uses some analog or 8-bit sounding samples in today's music, but it's rare to find artists using only 8 or 16-bit sounds, and actually making it sound amazing! Here's some of my favourite Chiptune songs. 


Daft Punk - Aerodynamic (8-Bit by Je Deviens DJ En 3 Jours) (8-Bit, Chiptune)



Amazing rework of one of my favourite Daft Punk songs. This is an amazing mix by French 8-Bit artist Je Deviens DJ En 3 Jours and is part of an album called Da Chip which is "The music of Daft Punk revisited as vintage Game Systems". You pretty much can't go wrong with a tag line like that. 


Bit Shifter - Activation Theme (8-Bit/Chiptune)



Songs like this prove the fact that you don't need to have twenty layers of twenty instruments to make outstanding Electric dance music. Bit Shifter produces an amazing song here, and you just can't help but grin and bounce in your seat while you listen to it. Really. I challenge you. 
[this was the best video I could find on YouTube with the whole song intact and sounding it's best]


Anamanaguchi - Blackout City (Chiptune/Punk)


And of course, Anamanaguchi, an unreal 8-Bit Punk band from NYC. In the past two years they've exploded into the music scene. Providing the ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK to the movie adaptation of Scott Pilgram vs. The World last year, as well as dropping 5 singles, they stay true to their tag line: "Anamanaguchi makes loud, fast music with a hacked NES from 1985."


PixelH8 - We Can All See Rainbows (8-Bit/Chiptune)



Finally, PixelH8, one of the leaders in this genre. Amazing song, and really wicked video as well. Now go dust of your NES and tell it you love it. 

I Heard You Like Bass?

Alright ladies and gentlemen, here we go. It's a fresh new year, and so far we haven't started it off all that well. With a new year comes surprises, for example: Look back at what you were listening to this time last year, and then look at what you're listening to now. Are they the same? No. Imagine what we're going to be listening to a year from now? Who knows. 


Anyways, here's a couple songs with enough bass to shake things off of your head. {maybe}


Adele - Hometown Glory (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)





Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand (Sigma Remix)



Xample & Lomax - Link To The Past

Thank you American Record Producers.

Dear American Record Producers, I wanted to thank you for the growth of American participation in the House/Techno/Dubstep movement. As I sit here in my local coffee shop, I reflect on the music I have been currently been hearing on the radio. Usually when I am home to the currently snowy city of Memphis, I refuse to listen to the radio. I have a tape deck in my car where I hook up my iPod to my car stereo system. Why not? No commercials; no annoying Djs; I can keep up with my music ADD and I can listen to all my "You probably haven't heard of them" bands. However, when I arrived home, I discovered that there was a new radio station in town that tended to showcase the utter nonsense that some radio stations display. No stupid early morning discussions on which celebrity had a baby this week or whatever bullshit. Just pure music. Also I found that most of the music I actually enjoyed. Each beat was better than the next. Much of the music on the radio I actually hate. I'm not really into the "Corporate American Pop." However, the current pop music is following a different path. Black Eyed Peas and Rihanna are of course blowing up the radio currently, which I do not mind at all. I think David Guetta has had a great influence on these two artists. They are currently incorporating the beats and rhythms of songs within the House/Techno/Dubstep genres. (I think Deadmau5 appearance at the VMAs and the HUGE following he has in America is an additional factor to this growing trend) When I went to iTunes, this influence was even more prevalent. Of course most of the songs on the Top 10 Singles were on the radio but I was actually surprised to find "Stereo Love" by Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina at number 15!! This song has been HUGE in Europe since it came out. So here are some of the new tunes I am in love with. Britney. You have won my heart again. I idolized you as a kid and now as an adult have fall in love with you again. Your "Blackout" album is the soundtrack of my Freshman year of college and now you have pulled my heartstrings again with your integration of Dubstep beats into this song (Go to around 2:30 to hear the dank beats). I haven't actually heard this on the radio yet, but I immediately BOUGHT (YES BOUGHT) this song when someone posted it on the FB. I hope her whole album is like this. If Brit is with it, then everyone should be. All I'm saying.
Enrique Iglesias - Tonight I'm Lovin you feat Ludacris
Uploaded by jimihubabua. - See the latest featured music videos. (I apologize for this video. It was the only one I could find. YouTube was cracking down on the Copyrights) Woah. The mole has left Enrique and he has emerged as a House God. He now reminds me of what Juanes is doing currently in the House world. LOOOVEE IT! Yes the lyrics are still sucky but there is a beat drop. But alas. Still great!! Sincerely, Meredith