Freeload: JJ, “From Africa to Malaga” MP3
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Is everything about this song perfect? The mysterious JJ’s angelic voice. The patter of drums, steel, conga and otherwise. The melancholy lyrics. The most artfully sanguine artwork since Yoko Ono’s Season of Glass. It is on the same label as former FADER cover stars Tough Alliance. Basically the only bummer is that when this song ends in our iTunes, it alphabetically goes into “We Own” by KES, a soca song we love but it is totally jarring, like napping on a goose feather pillow, then getting splashed in the face with iced coffee. We’re awake!
Go to Sincerely Yours to download and offer up some cash if you think it’s worth it, we suggest the $12-73 price range for this one song (we would say a billion but it’s a recession). (Via Acephale Records Twitter [we know.])
Freeload: Air France, “No Excuses (The Autumn Cantata)”
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It’s surprising to us that we’ve only ever posted about Gothenburg, Sweden’s Air France in recaps of our radio show or as part of a Tough Alliance post because A) we have partied with these dudes and B) their music takes the edge off of so many of our days that we owe them diamonds. So we’re going to remedy our neglect today by posting this brand new peaceful remix of “No Excuses” by William Ekenberg along with throwing recent videos for “No Way Down” and “Collapsing at Your Doorstep” after the jump and encouraging you to buy high-quality mp3s of their No Way Down EP.
Download: Air France, “No Excuses (The Autumn Cantata)”
Update: Refinery 29 just sent around their new Autumn Passing mix which includes Air France along with many other FADER favorites.
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posted on Nov 13, 2008 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Air France, electronic/dance, freeload, sincerely yours
Freeload/Contest: The Tough Alliance, “Neo Violence (Windsurf Remix)” + A Night with Air France
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While writing the cover story on The Tough Alliance in Gothenburg, Sweden recently, we were also lucky enough to spend time with their Sincerely Yours label signees Air France, who taught us that drinking warm beer in public and eating tapas everyday is what makes Sweden great, NOT universal healthcare and a top notch education system. We thank them for that. We also learned of Sincerely Yours’ newest signing, Nordpolen, whose lyrics so affected TTA that they requested he sing in Swedish so as not to lose any impact in translation. Nordpolen’s new album is due on September 24th, and because Sincerely Yours is run totally out of pocket, TTA is asking fans how many copies they should press. “435 or 466? or maybe 632?
we’re thinking maybe 1300,” they say. “Closest wins a night with Air France, a couple of 88:an or whatever.” Let’s make it 50,000 and all go get drunk in Sweden! Just email your guestimate to 88an@sincerlelyyours.se. The video above is for Nordpolen’s “Skimret,” the video after the jump is preview of “vet inte om jag vill,” and, just because we like you, here is Windsurf’s (an F55 Gen F) mellow ass remix of The Tough Alliance’s “Neo Violence,” the single of which will be released very soon with remixes from Laidback Luke and Woolfy, but not this one.
Download: The Tough Alliance, “Neo Violence (Windsurf’s Neon Violet Dub)”
(via Discobelle)
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posted on Sep 16, 2008 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Air France, electronic/dance, Nordpolen, sincerely yours, The Tough Alliance
