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I have mentioned this very useful extension to iTunes before.
Reposting now around two fronts. New friend, music aficionado and DJ Mat Dryhurst provided me with some sample music around the genres of metal, black metal, doom, modern composition, techno, electronic, dubstep – I mean I didn’t even know the genres – much less the bands.
Anyway – took the samples, dropped them into iTunes and tried using Gracenote to identify the tracks …. FAIL.
BUT – then I switch into TuneUp – and this track listing is identified.
Two were not identified – Mat – if you can help – I will manually enter them – and also would be interested if the rest have been correctly identified.
However – to my mind a pretty amazing identifier – IF the cataloguing is right. More to come – post confirmation.
The one I can confirm is right is ‘Farmer in The City’ by Scott Walker.
Scott – being a personal favorite – I checked out, seemed an odd one in the middle of all this doom, metal and thrash.
The track comes from an early 1990s album called Tilt. It could have been lifted from the Jacques Brel cover album he did 10 years before in terms of voice meets art meets meets dark. This one is even more depressing than the Brel covers – so now I get the inclusion.
BobbyG – point of note – Mat knows Mikael Åkerfeldt.
I am working through the music to see what’s what. So far – interesting.
Fractals posted this in technology on February 28th, 2010
Not sure whether this classifies as music – but audio it certainly is. Really interesting interview.
Interview with the creator of the Apple startup sound
They (One More Thing) met up with Reekes while at Macworld in San Francisco a little while back — he’s the guy that programmed most of the sound in the early days, including the famous Mac startup chime and the legendary “sosumi” chime. What’s most interesting to me is all of the math behind it — while making music is traditionally seen as an art, there’s a lot of technical know how and information that actually went into the sound’s creation. Essentially, you’re creating a beep that has to represent a brand, and that mix of technical data with artistic representation is fascinating.
Thanks to TUAW
Fractals posted this in new music on February 28th, 2010
Been cranking down on this young lady today – really rather good. I have obviously inherited some MP3s of her from someone – which got be going – and discovered -and in – Jon G ? But – LOVING. Kind of like Amy Winehouse – but with talent 
Paloma Faith | Official Website
Fractals posted this in buying music, review, technology on February 28th, 2010
Not sure if I have posted this one for before – and on the run – so no time to look it up – however – been playing with this in the background on itunes for a few weeks now – and it is rather neat.
Definitely worth a ‘looksee’ – the functionality is great the LOOK of the whole thing is horrible – so bad that I assume they are going out of their way for a Jules Verne look – but all said – very clever bit of stuff to attach to an iTunes account near you.
TuneUp | Digital Music Management and Music Discovery for iTunes
Steven Wilson and kscope have introduced me to a lot of music over the years. So, why not a podcast? This one is worth a listen as it’s accomplished via an introductory (and closing) interview with Steven. Lots of interesting commentary including status of the Insurgentes movie. Also, a couple of nice songs from North Atlantic Oscillation and The Pineapple Thief. Steven describes NAO as a cross between Pink Floyd and Aphex Twin.
IMHO, kscope is providing a critical service to the music industry, focusing on post progressive bands. For everything wrong with the music industry, kscope is something that is very, very right. The podcast can be found here -> kscope monthly podcast
Fractals posted this in acoustic, folk, guitar, new music, review on February 27th, 2010
A Los Angeles (Echo Park) folk outfit signed to Chrysalis Music Publishing. Debut EP produced by Mike Daly (Whiskeytown) and Michael Beinhorn (Soundgarden, RHCP).
The band consists of Jason Mandell (vocals, guitar), Darice Bailey (keys, vocals), Jason Debo (bass, vocals) and JR Kurtz (drums). Also singing on the recordings is Sutter Zachman and Sara Watkins, a mainstay at the Largo scene in Los Angeles.
Venues they have played to date include LA scenes – Largo (residency), Spaceland, Silverlake Lounge, the Bootleg Theater and even The Press in Claremont.
Personally – I like the sound a lot. Riding that wave of Folk Rock that abounds – but a nice varied sound – and somehow different. Oh wait – actually – I agree with their label promotion … they are “minus the cuteness or irony that soaks so much of today’s folk music.” - Yup – that’s it.
The Coals on MySpace Music
The Coals @ Chrsalis – their new label
Passed on – with thanks to : Jason Mandel of the The Coals – who made me aware of the music and the release. Thankyou Jason
Fractals posted this in new music on February 15th, 2010
This just in from BurningShed …. ‘Beloved Aunt’ by Suzanne Barbieri (Richard B’s wife – thankyou Bobby G)
I quote :
“Based on the theme of alien abduction, the debut album from Suzanne Barbieri’s Beloved Aunt is an intriguing and enigmatic mix of atmospheres, beats and found voices.”
Sounds interesting – just hope it isn’t a real life story !
In 1961, on a journey home from Canada to New Hampshire, Betty and Barney Hill experienced an episode of missing time.
Hypnosis sessions by Dr Benjamin Simon revealed that they had been taken aboard a UFO and examined by the occupants.
The tracks on this album use the voices from the tapes of those hypnosis sessions.
The Track ‘God In Other Planets’ also uses the voices of astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell and Frank Borman from the Christmas Day broadcast from their Apollo 8 mission.
Passed on – with thanks to : Burning Shed
Fractals posted this in new music on February 14th, 2010
Fractals posted this in new music, technology on February 13th, 2010
Now this is not just COOL – and CLEVER – and yes – we’ve seen and tried them before – but it found unknowns that had run through other systems that had failed …. Take a look.
TuneUp | Digital Music Management and Music Discovery for iTunes
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