To bring a bit of lightheartedness back to these parts, music talk!
My favorite artist that no one else seems to have ever heard of is Shawn Lee. Arthur Russell for the '00s, people! Stop sleeping! I first heard of him circa 2002 when I was addicted to net radio stations (and had my own broadcast for a second there) and the stations I listened to were always playing him, Jeff Buckley, and Daft Punk, kickstarting my obsession with all three. A bit of backgrounder:
[He] will be known to breaks n'beats collectors as the man behind "The Ape Breaks" and "Planet of the Breaks" series which were sampled by everyone from Guru to The Gorillaz. As a multi-instrumentalist and singer he has played and recorded with a diverse range of artists including Coldcut, Leeann Rhimes, Martina Mcbride, UNKLE, Tony Joe White, Chateau Flight, The Dust Brothers, St. Etienne, Jeff Buckley, Bomb the Bass, The Spice Girls, and Natasha Atlas not to mention solo records for Talkin Loud and Wall of Sound imprint We Love You.Here's a discography. Go watch/listen at his page. Some songs that I stumbled onto at slsk: "Trouble (Sparo Remix)"| Chateau Flight, "1973 feat. Shawn Lee"| Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, "P Walk"
This song should totally be on the soundtrack to a Cake or Sweet Action party -- well, the one in my dreams where there aren't pasty and/or teenage looking boys thinner than me: Fannypack, "On My Lap."
In the latest of instance of ILM reminding me I really love a song, Change, "Glow of Love."
And the song I wish Trapped In The Closet Part 5 had been: The Persuaders, "Thin Live Between Love and Hate."
Posted by Candicissima at June 18, 2005 02:23 PM