Two and a half years. I waited two and a half years for Electric Forest. It was absolutely worth the wait!! It was four days of positive vibes, an abundance of house/EDM music, and some fun jam bands. Here are my top 10 pictures that I'm the most proud of taking!
Never before have I been at paradise until 1 am. lespecial (L not I) and sunsquabi absolutely killed it. what an amazing show, i bought a lespecial hat halfway through cause they were sick and earned more money off of me.
I played disc golf earlier and i can’t help but feel grateful that i did that and a concert in one day. so much love!!
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Tracklist
Beat Le Juice - 2 Funky (feat. EVeryman & Mr. Maph)
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (Noisy Freaks Remix)
Beat Le Juice - 2 Funky (feat. EVeryman & Mr. Maph) (Acapella)
Mood Swing & Chevy Bass X Swim Inc - Higher
Quincy Jones feat. Snoop Dogg - Get The Funk Out Ma Face (Acapella)
Gramatik - Hodlers in Paris
Zapp & Roger - Heartbreaker (SunSquabi Remix)
Kill Paris - I Do Love You
GQ - I Do Love You (Acapella)
WBBL - Be Mine
Slynk - Meant To Be
Flavours - Kick It
Kenny Beeper & Swim Inc - Do It Like This (feat. EVeryman) (Dub Version)
Kenny Beeper & Swim Inc - Do It Like This (feat. EVeryman)
Stickybuds - Do Your Thing
Featurecast - Made With Love
Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her (Acapella)
WBBL - Funk Stepper
Tom Booze - The T-Funk
Qdup - Party Beacon (Beat Le Juice Remix) (Instrumental)
C+C Music Factory - Do You Wanna Get Funky (Acapella)
K+LAB - NOFIZZLESFOHIZZLES
A - Skillz - 7 Day Weekend
Beat Le Juice - Lollipop
K+LAB - Good Juju (Beat Le Juice Edit)
Stickybuds & K+LAB - Feel The Weight (Beat Le Juice Remix)
Jimi Needles - Here Come The Sirens
WBBL - Lines
Slynk & Mr. Stabalina - Keep The Party Jumping
Qdup - Party Beacon (Fort Knox Five Remix) (Instrumental)
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (Acapella)
Griz & The Sponges - Volume
Manic Focus & The Sponges - Brand New Funk
Kid Panel - Bring Back The Funk
Beat Le Juice - The Power
Mr. Stabalina - In The Air
Mr. Stabalina - In The Air (DnB Mix)
Stickybuds & K+LAB - Clap Ya Hands Now (VIP Mix)
Defunk - The Return
Beat Le Juice - Space Cadillac (Acapella)
Andromedik - I Want You
This week I've got a two-for-one deal on album reviews; one of which comes out this week and another that has been out for a time but is worth a mention in case you missed it like I did.
Mightmare- Cruel Liars
Out of adversity comes innovation and we've certainly seen that from the music community in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Touring and traditional studio recording might have been off-limits but all those creative minds still churned, finding ways to make art in non-traditional ways. Sarah Shook, bandleader of Americana act The Disarmers, was not only dealing with pandemic isolation but also becoming newly sober. Her answer was an almost completely DIY album, Cruel Liars. Dubbing herself Mightmare, Shook wrote, produced, engineered and played all instruments on the album, save bass on six of the album's eight songs.
With a new name came a new musical identity and, while Shook's distinctive voice is easy enough to pick out, the shimmery indie pop songs are like nothing she ever performed with The Disarmers. Lyrically, there's a darkness counterbalanced by a drive that makes an appealing listen. This is an album with no body fat. The eight songs clock in at a Ramones-esque 27 minutes. No lengthy solos, no waxing eloquently, Shook cuts to the bone with lines like “I'd rather be the enemy than fade away like a childhood friend.” She saves the album's best verse for the final track, “Sure Thing;” “I was just a child the first time I lost a friend. My mama said someday when you're grown you'll understand. Well I'm all grown and I still don't. The only thing I know for sure is there's no such thing than a sure thing.”
But that's not completely true. Sarah Shook is a sure thing. Whether with The Disarmers or as Mightmare, she consistently delivers.
Midnight.Blue- Breathe
In the interest of full disclosure, Breathe has been out for some time now but it was recently introduced to me and the nice thing about being a one-man album review team is you can do things like hype a good album you missed the first go.
Midnight.Blue is a supergroup made up of former and current member of The Motet, Lettuce, Sunsquabi, Recess, and Black Eagle Society. With a lineup like that you might be expected some funky hip-hop infused jam. The fact you'd be wrong is what makes Breathe special.
Rather than the loose and free flow of jam, Breathe is tight. Like super tight. It's a mixture of jazz, rap, soul, and even elements of easy listening that sound a bit like someone combined the DNA of The Roots, Weather Report, and Patti Labelle.
Highlights of the album include “20/20” with G. Finesse ably rapping over a jazz fusion background, The Voice alum Halle Tomlinson channeling her best Natalie Cole on “Remember,” a track that goes down as smooth as top shelf whiskey and leaves you just as warm.
If you're looking for wacky time changes, 28 minute songs, or genre mashups that defy belief, Breathe isn't the album for you. If you want some well-played jazz fusion with a few surprises, it's an album I can't recommend enough.
The album's out now on Perception Records at your favorite indie record shop.
LVNDR.SOUND Team Up With Eric Benny Bloom For Funky Single, "Virtual One"
LVNDR.SOUND Team Up With Eric Benny Bloom For Funky Single, “Virtual One”
LVNDR.SOUND is an electronic trio based out of Denver, Colorado created by Josh Fairman (Sunsquabi), Geoff Bremer, and Jay.Greens (Perception Records) The group is known for fusing a variety of styles including future bass, electro soul, house and nu-age funk. LVNDR.SOUND recently deburted their first single “Nebula”, with a full length album completed and slated to drop later this year. Their…
SunSquabi - Deluxe EP (Feedbands) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @sunsquabi @feedbands ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Good afternoon my record collector friends. I’m going to post my very first review of an electronic funk jam band today so buckle up. This is my second album to feature from the label, Feedbands. Feedbands is a crowd sourced vinyl record label exclusively dedicated to surfacing independent artists. Artists submit music, and members vote on who gets pressed to vinyl each month. You can subscribe to their record of the month club and get a hand-pressed record delivered to your door. SunSquabi is a super funky, electronically charged jam that makes you want to shake your ass and they’ve been perfecting their craft in their hometown of Boulder, Colorado for almost a decade. When I say “jam”, I definitely don’t mean laid-back acoustic guitar noodling and drum circles, I mean seriously technical experimental/avant garde funk odysseys. Feedbands has been putting a lot of care into the crafting of the albums they’re putting out including lined inner sleeves and some really tasty colored vinyl pressings, for those of you that love packaging and presentation as much as the album itself. The music, however stands on its own. Admittedly, it’s a style I know very little about from my own experience so my tasting notes aren’t as descriptive here as they might be for, say, a noise band from the 90s. But make no mistake, this is some gnarly music and anyone with any musical training will appreciate how skilled each member is on their respective instruments. Now I just need to plan a party where this is the soundtrack. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Check out their music and snag a copy of your own at: https://feedbands.com/vinyl/record-archive ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #sunsquabi #jam #jamband #feedbands #sxsw #sxswmusic #vinylexams #vinyl #vinyljunkie #onmyturntable #nowspinning #nowplaying #vinyligclub #vinyllovers #vinylclub #vinylrecords #vinylcollectionpost #lp #records (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvDAPzEArl1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oldrrvs03m7