Chick Corea & Hiromi Uehara
—————————— September 6th, 2010 ——————————
I watch this on a weekly basis. I imagine it’s even better if you know the original song.
Space, A Mix
—————————— August 29th, 2010 ——————————

(♪)The Greatest Conversation – Space
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Subtraction With Kumon Plaza
—————————— August 20th, 2010 ——————————

When I was seven I was in a violin maker’s workshop in Germany. His instruments sounded amazing, and in a corner he had a big ugly rock he called his “antiquing stone”; apparently lots of players won’t buy a violin that doesn’t look 300 years old, regardless of how good it sounds. That’s sort of how I’m feeling about all the bedroom artists out there who are trying SO hard to sound like dirty cassette recordings of giant synth studios from the late 1970s; why hide behind all that stuff? If the songs are good, step away from the “vintage” filters and the krazee field recordings. It’s like buying pre-faded jeans.
Kumon Plaza is some guy from the prairies, who puts out sleepy, catchy, simple tunes. After being on a bit of a Dimlite/1000Names/Ras G trip, it is kind of nice to not have to search for the melody. At some point it gets pretty brave to just put your melodies out there without any trappings.
My name is Brian Park and I like music.