One Speed Bike

NOTA DEL DIA

El día llego, el pasado Martes fueron revelados los 10 nominados principales a los Polaris Music Prize, la lista muestra algunas pequeñas sorpresas, siendo la mas grande la de Hey Rosetta! tambien Patrick Watson vuelve a estar dentro de la lista, Fucked Up tambien logro entrar en la competencia junto a Great Lake Swimmers y Chad VanGaalen, lo interesante es que estos 5 grupos los subimos al blog. 5 de los 10, nada mal.

Ahora subiremos una variedad de grupos que no son necesariamente nuevos pero si son excelentes, despues subiremos los restantes artistas de la short list y poco a poco los que nos faltaron de la long list. Por lo pronto aqui la lista y despues el grupo de este dia.

NOTE OF THE DAY

The day finally came, the last Tuesday was revealed the Short List of 10 Canadian albums nominees to the Polaris

Music Prize, the list shows some surprises, the biggest one, is Hey Rosetta! Who has been nominate, also Patrick Watson who once again is in the list, also Fucked up, Great Lake Swimmers and Chad VanGaalen, the interesting part is that this 5 artist I already uploaded to the blog. 5 from 10, not bad, is it?

Now I´ll upload a variety of bands that are not very new but are excellent, after that we uploaded the rest of the short list and after that the bands from the long list. Well here is the list and the band of the day.

Elliott BROOD – Mountain Meadows

Fucked Up – The Chemistry Of Common Life

Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels

Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)

K’NAAN – Troubadour

Malajube – Labyrinthes

Metric – Fantasies

Joel Plaskett – Three

Chad VanGaalen – Soft Airplane

Patrick Watson – Wooden Arms

ESPAÑOL

Esta ocasion presento uno de los grupos que me recomendo mi querida sobrina rosines, y mas que grupo es un artista con un proyecto bastante complejo; Aidan Girt que da vida al proyecto de musica electronica experimental 1-Speed Bike.

Aidan era el baterista de Godspeed You! Black Emperor y de Exhaust. Quien ahora tiene el proyecto 1-speed bike con el cual ha sacado varios discos, quizas el mas importante a la fecha es el que grabo con la disquera Constellation Records titulado Droppy Butt Begone! el que cual alterna techno con un poco de hip como se escucha en el track que inicia, el album muestra cosas interesantes con el remix que hace de una cancion de Fly Pan Am (que se encontraban simultaneamente haciendo su nuevo EP en aquel entonces, el remix pasa al corazon del disco; beats y loops lentos que flotan alrededor y crean una paleta de figuras melodicas y timbres harmonicos.En pocas palabras es un mezcla de sampleos extraños que forman un buen experimento sonoro.

ENGLISH

In this occasion I introduce you one of bands that my little nephew -rosines- recommend me, more than a group is just a guy with a complex project; Aidan Girt who is the mastermind behind 1-Speed Bike project.

1-speed bike is the electro alter-ego of Aidan girt, drummer for the montréal-based bands exhaust and godspeed you! black emperor, now he has this project with many releases but probably the most successful is the one that recorded with Constellation Records; Droopy Butt Begone! has a mix of techno with some hip hop sounds that are in track 1. The album shows interesting stuff like the remix of a song of Fly Pan Am, then comes the heart of the album; slow loops and beats, that floats around and create a mix of melodic figures and harmonic tunes. In a few words is mixture of strange samples that form an excellent experiment.

Try it (pass: canucksounds)

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