Indian Jewelry: Come Closer
Allie was playing them while pre-gaming before one of her famous wine and cheese nights recently. Upon doing research- what do you know?! They're from my good ol' Houston, Texas! It's pretty awesome shit.

Martin Rev: Temptation
This is Martin Rev from Suicide fame. This appears on New York Noise 3: Music From The New York Underground (1977-1984). It's a nice departure from the previous two compilations.

The Neon Judgement: Factory Walk
And then there's The Neon Judgement- I personally could not ask for more from an eighties Belgian techno band.

Loving the shit out of these tracks as of late:

Simian Mobile Disco: It's The Beat
Gabriel Ananda: Meine Persönliche Glücksmelodie (Flekk Remix)
Röyksopp: Beautiful Day Without You (Rex the Dog Remix)
GoodBooks: Leni (Crystal Castles Vs GoodBooks)
Shout Out Out Out Out: Self Loathing Rulz (Malente Remix)

A little sometin-sometin, until I find more time. Given to me by a new friend named Michael from Eugene, Orgegon- this is Dima, pre-Vitalic Vitalic. This tracks sounds like a precursor to "Poney Part 2" if you ask me....

Dima: D Aim

(Might I also add that Dima was also the name of a baby mammoth that was found in 1977 by excavators in Russia. She was barely six months old and had wondered away from the herd when she died way back then.)

My life has changed in many different ways as of late- for one, I turned of legal age. But even more importantly The Devil and Daniel Johnston really changed my perception of the way I see the relationship between art and artist, object and creator, Man and God. I'm not going to get into it and don't you dare think for once that I'm attempting at conversion because that's as far away as my point is. Just watch this film and you'll know what I mean. I think there needs be some more exposure on Daniel Johnston, because his life isn't merely "The Story of an Artist", it's seriously a journey into the intensity of the mind....As a result I have a new obsession with mentally-struck artists.


Daniel Johnston: Walking The Cow
Daniel Johnston: Story of an Artist


Anybody that knows me, knows very well that normally this kind of music would have already been beat down by yours truly. I like myself a good beat and hipnotizing synth line, but there's something so beauiful in Johnston's extremely lo-fi sound and teenage voice....

On the other hand, I roughly compiled a list of the top ten tracks(in no particular order) that made my 2006:

Alex Smoke: We Like It Insipid
Vitalic: You Are My Sun
Adam Skye: Ape-x
Petter: Everyday Balloon
The Knife: We Share Our Mother's Health(Trentemøller Remix)
The Futureheads: Skip To The End (Digitalism Remix)
Simian Mobile Disco: Hustler
James Figurine: Ruining The Sundays
Telex: How Do You Dance (M83 Remix)
The Knife: Like A Pen (Demo Version)

Happy 2007!