I Did A Meme.

Pal RJ tagged me for this meme on his blog:

“List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to.”

Since I’m not much of a LiveJournaller and more of a “blogger,” I figure I should do this here. No jazz right now; I’ve not been much of a mood for it, instead listening to lots and lots of DJ mixes and dance records on shuffle.

“Desire” by Gus Gus
Sort of like if Orbital and the Gus Gus that recorded “Believe” back in 1997 (!!! – OMG OLD NOW) hung out over one weekend, made an album that got destroyed somehow, and this one track emerged from the sessions. Here it is on the YouTube, with kinda crappy sound.

“The Greatest Dancer” by Robert Hood
Robert Hood’s frenetic Fabric 30 mix peaks with this track by the man himself. Nothing like sped-up disco samples with an 808 kick to make sure I’m going to do that embarrassing chair-dancing thing in public.

“Sensual Seduction” by Hot Chip
Snoop Dogg’s best song since he and Dre first parted ways gets a piss-take in the studio cover by the only band that makes 1981 Depeche Mode look like the Misfits. It’s out there in the wild, so a little bit of Google can help you find what you’re looking for.

“Dead Eyes Open” by Severed Heads
The best Australian experimental/industrial synthpop duo’s best track that’s not “Twister” has been cropping up a lot lately for some reason, and I can’t figure out why. I love that left-right pinging arpeggio underpinning and the hoovering noises that hit around the two-minute mark before the chopped-up vocal samples kick in. Rumor has it they’re getting a deluxe back-catalog release in the near future thanks to a breakup, so maybe we’ll get more of their stuff on these fair shores.

“A Beautiful Day” by The Orb
I paid real money to import the album this track is from late last year, and now you all can pick it up next week for cheap. While very little the Orb’s done in the 21st century (with the exception of Okie Dokie It’s The Orb on Kompakt,) has been worth very much, this certainly is: growling bassline, beautiful synth chords, appropriate squeaky noises, and then a choir of angelic voices. Slightly over-the-top sunset music for the Ibiza crowd and the sort of thing I love more than I really should.

“Cottonwool” (Fila Brazilia Mix) by Lamb
Every year since 1998, I’ve had a spate of a month or two where I’ve been absolutely obsessed with this record. The drum-and-bass rhythms, the sloppy melodic line, Louise Rhode’s innocent-yet-seductive voice rising up at just the perfect moment to bring you in further? Hot damn, what a great record this is.

“The Creator” by Aisha
Funny that I should mention The Orb, since the center sample of their “Blue Room” is extracted from this song. A Mad Professor production from back in “the day,” this is one of the few reggae vocal songs I want to hear on a regular basis. (I’m a dub guy; what can I say?) Summer’s here, so I guess we should all drink our Red Stripe and nod to this sort of record at barbecues across the land!

Special Bonus Track: “Charlotte” by Booka Shade
The best track on their new album. Total hands-in-the-air, summertime electro-house. Seek it out.

If you want to do this meme, do this meme. I’m not assigning anything!