24 December 2009

Avalanche-rock

I've grown over the past weeks / months / years to thoroughly enjoy the music of The Avalanches
eg.






and i've enjoyed the music of Cornelius for quite some time.
it's almost inaccessible to some but i find it amazing
eg.







A Bit About Each Artist
The Avalanches:



are a melbourne-based Australian band.
they create ALL of their music by sampling
no live instruments.
except in live shows, where it would be boring otherwise.
they sampled their way to making an entire album, which i think is incredible, and when you consider the amount of 
    hard work, 
    precision, 
    beat matching, 
and all that went into creating songs like "Since I Left You" - where none of the individual tracks come from the same song.. 
wow.








Cornelius:

is a japanese dude, who creates all of his own music.
he is just going on 40 this year, 
so he's not the youngest cat out, but he has been kicking around for a very long time.
He's been in a few bands i've never heard of, from the Shibuya-kei scene back in the day. It may be worth checking them out. details at 10
He's released more albums than i realised, i just have "Sensuous"(2006) which is incredible.
he uses real instruments, samples. drums, a live band for shows, and anything he wants, cause he can.









in this video, what we have is Cornelius remixing The Avalanches.
thus combining the twin disciplines of litstening to Cornelius and The Avalanches.
that's my kind of synergy, no?

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