Hope everyone has a great weekend

Ok, so over the weekend I found a couple of really interesting musicians / bands, one of those are ‘Jean Parlette’.

Jean Parlette are a quartet from Northern Holland, who have a really interesting sound they call “folktronica”, which is scarily similar to some of my new material for the album. I may steal their genre term and brand it as my own.. mwuahaha

I’ve always craved that sound which falls somewhere between electronic and cinematic, and these guys/girls have it pretty much nailed down to a degree, with lovely electronic elements blending beautifully with cello, violin, guitar and vocals.

I’m not sure now how I ended up with their material, but they currently have a free EP for download, which includes the excellent “Out Of Time” and “Chaos” tracks, which really make this a great listen. The EP also features the emotionally unstable track “see”, a delicate, somewhat minimal arrangement with a slow, growing heartfelt feel to it – lovely stuff.

Also, you’ve got to admire the artwork too

Honestly, download it, listen to it, enjoy it greatly, and finally go ahead and buy their album – I did and can’t wait for it to arrive!!

*Sings “chaaaaaooos.. all around me…. chaaaaaaaoooosss.. in my head…”*

Where Can I Find The FREE Download?
Much Smaller EP

Where Can I Find Out More?
JeanParlette.nl

LAST.FM
http://www.last.fm/music/Jean+Parlette

ok, so a couple days after the surprise release, and around 7 plays through the album, I’m starting to get a good feel for the album. With toned down glitchy electronics, and emotional fragility throughout, it seems to sit somewhere between the bends & Kid A. Apparently it’s sold around 1.2 million downloads to date, or at least that’s what the grapevine says… no wonder their servers have been down a couple times this week ;p

So far tracks have either been instant hits with me (like ‘Weird Fishes_arpreggi’ & ‘Bodysnatchers’ & ‘Videotape’), or have grown on me the last couple listens (‘Nude’, ‘Reckoner’ & ’15 step’). But one track ‘Faust Arp’ hasn’t had the same effect- The chorus and outro are really nice, but the verses really grind on me, to the point where I’ve already started skipping it.

This got me thinking about artist albums that don’t have a bad track (or a track week enough to skip).. I can only think of two off the top of my head..

• Radiohead – OK Computer (no surprises there then
• Bonobo – Animal Magic

Also, heard Jonny Greenwood has scored a soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film “There Will Be Blood”, scheduled for release 8 February 2008 (UK), but apparently the soundtrack is to be released December 18, prior to the film’s release

You can see a trailer here: There Will Be Blood Trailer.

How much does this track rock?!!

Loving this at the moment.. such a great track with a northern soul edge, reminds me of my days back at drama school performing “Souled Out” at the Newcastle Playhouse… good times.. great music

You can catch it on the Gilles Peterson – Worldwide 06/07 show, which you can download

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For a full tack listing see
http://www.newmixes.com/gilles_peterson_-_worldwide-sat-06-07-2007.html

I kicked of my day listening to this in the car on the way to work.. rocked my little cotton socks off!! :p