Category: Music
Untitled 3
The rain is pouring down outside and I’m having a beautiful morning.
Sigur Rós – Untitled 3
( ) (2002)
Ladies room
Oh right, I never told you.. Remember The Weeknd? I got an email when he uploaded a new mixtape to Soundcloud two weeks ago, it’s called “Thursday” and just like before, it can be downloaded from the website for free. The album is like a mellow, drunken maze of naked emotions and whining complaints. It is pretty nice as background music if you like the beats, I find the pitifulness and the voice too irritating to love this though.
Read Ametist Azordegans recent review of the album if you know Swedish and want more.
The photo is taken at Inkonst in Malmö with my HTC Sensation. Click it for big.
Amadou et Mariam
After work today I met with my lovely colleagues and boss and we went to see Amadou et Mariam live at Malmö Festivalen. They are a blind musical duo from Mali and the music is something defined as afro-blues or afro-rock. They mix different styles and the result doesn’t allow you to stand still for a second! The show was great, we danced and had a really good time.. and Amadou & Mariam are WFP ambassadors that our boss in a way knows so we actually got to meet them after the concert! So nice.
Amadou et Mariam – Je Pense A Toi
Sou Ni Tilé (1998)
Good night darlings!
In church with James Blake
Yesterday I freerided my friend’s press-pass to see James Blake playing in a church. We stood in line for almost an hour until they told us that the church was completely full and that we wouldn’t get in, so we went up to the entrance and joined the press-team instead. Apparently the artists have clear preferences to when pictures are to be taken, so we got the instructions to enter the “photographers pit” right in front of the artist during the 1st, 3rd and 4th song, after that we were moved out to the rest of the audience.
I was sitting on the floor 2m from James Blake and I was completely stunned by how talented he is. I knew he was good, but seeing him sample himself live and feeling how the bass made the whole church vibrate was seriously mindblowing.
Today I start working at the festival, looking forward!
Gothenburg with James
I’m in Gothenburg where I will stay for the weekend to go to the Way Out West festival to represent WFP and do some fundraising with the United Nations Association of Sweden. Today we’ve been planning everything and deciding on what the rest of the days will look like, tomorrow the real deal starts..
At the moment I am at the place where I will be staying. It has James Blake on LP and a hammock in the livingroom. Could a thursday afternoon seriously get any better?
James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream
James Blake (2011)
What you need
The Weeknd – What you need
House of Balloons (2011)
I wouldn’t say this song is representative for the rest of the album, some of the tracks are good but this one is easily the sexiest of them all. You can listen to House of Balloons on the Soundcloud of The Weeknd, and if you decide you want the album, you can download it from their homepage for free. Enjoy.
Maldita Dulzura
Vetusta Morla – Maldita Dulzura
Mapas (2011)
hablemos de ruina y espina
hablemos de polvo y herida
de mi miedo a las alturas
lo que quieras pero hablemos
de todo menos del tiempo
que se escurre entre los dedoshablemos para no oírnos
bebamos para no vernos
hablando pasan los días
que nos quedan para irnos
yo al bucle de tu olvido
tu al redil de mis instintosmaldita dulzura la tuya
maldita dulzura la tuya
maldita dulzura la tuyame hablas de ruina y espina
te clavas el polvo en la herida
me culpas de las alturas
que ves desde tus zapatosno quieres hablar del tiempo
aunque este de nuestro lado
y hablas para no oírme
y bebes para no verme
yo callo y rio y bebo
no doy tregua ni consuelo
y no es por maldad lo juro
es que me divierte el juegomaldita dulzura la mía
maldita dulzura la mía
maldita dulzura la míamaldita dulzura la nuestra
Constant Surprises
Mostly good one’s but sometimes very bad things happen as well and then you need to have patience. I’m in Geneva tomorrow, at least for one day, then we’ll see. UPDATE: No Geneva.
Little Dragon – Constant Surprises
Little Dragon (2007)
