FUN STUFF- jams, jams, jams, sneaks

hello friends,
so sorry about the unannounced break-- things have been a bit hectic.
soon, cool people // fun stuff will also become the online home of our radio show FRESH FROOTZ. we'll be posting recordings of the show here, so look out for that within the next few weeks.


if you have yet to experience florence + the machine, I highly reccommend that you pick up the album, lungs. florence's style quite literally epic, and fairly cinematic. she draws heavily on orchestral instruments, which creates a really interesting dynamic in terms of the emotiveness and intensity of the music.

florence + the machine- cosmic love
florence + the machine- between two lungs

apparently she pounded on the walls to contribute to the percussion on between two lungs-- pretty damn badass. but even more badass is the BOY 8-BIT remix of FOTM's drumming song, which honestly blew my mind the first time I heard it. the track is fairly ominous, and almost scary at parts, but overall fresh as hell.

florence + the machine- drumming song (boy 8-bit remix)
florence + the machine- drumming song

the continual building up/ breaking down throughout the song, in addition to the timing of the percussion is very successful and seals the deal for this tune as a dance jam. this approach seems to be the new direction in which electronic music is going. It's much more techno-based, as opposed to pop-oriented electronic music which has been most influential in the recent past, as well as the technique of building up to a moment which brings a significant change to a song.

that very same approach in boy 8-bit's remix (a constant crescendo followed by decrescendo) is present in deadmau5's remix of calvin harris' as well as the boyz noize remix of sebastian tellier's l'amour et la violence. both are fantastic.

calvin harris- i'm not alone (deadmau5 remix)
sebastien tellier- l'amour et la violence (boyz noize euro mix)


PASSION PIT has been doing some remixing work lately, again using that same new techno-ish style. their remix of yeah yeah yeahs' heads will roll has that scary element to it as well, but is a definite jam.

yeah yeah yeahs- heads will roll (passion pit remix)



despite the growing popularity of overly-colorful and borderline tacky sneakers, the soon-to be released mita x asics collab on the gel lyte is BEAUTIFUL. it manages to pull off being a multicolored shoe, mainly because of the de-emphasis of the bright colors-- they serve as accents on the entire shoe, which is mostly tan. good luck finding these at any US shoe retailer, i'm almost positive they're only being released internationally.