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I've been listening to Balduin's 2001 debut album Creative Cookery Set. It was released in 2001 on Germany's Crippled Dick Hot Wax label. Balduin is from Switzerland. I've had my eye on this one since it came out but I never got it. I really wish I hadn't waited. A lot of reviews make comparisons to say that Balduin is a master chef when it comes to cooking up a tasty tune. I can agree with that. This album cooks! There's a lot of loop and delay shenanigans at work here. According to The Story of Balduin he's been at it since the age of 8. He only has two albums and and EP so far. He's been making music for years though. You can check out older works on his website http://www.reitschule.ch/balduin/. Balduin is apparently influenced by psychedelic pop/rock, sunshine pop, jazz, film music, and techno. His beats remind me a lot of Wagon Christ's beats because they are so tight. One thing I like about this album is how crisp all of the sounds sound. Sometimes when artists use samples the quality of sound can get pretty muddy. He makes them all sound really fresh. Fresh ingredients make for a good cook. I also had fun looking at his blog http://balduin.wordpress.com/. He has some cool pictures of old video game advertisements, old synths, and just other bits of fun things to look at. I'll definitely be purchasing his second self-titled album. This one was delicious.
It's a good thing I occasionally save things. I was contacted this weekend by Jay Bharadia. He liked my review of his album The Yeti Cave that I did last year. You can check that out HERE. Still such a cool album. He dropped a link to a new track and a link to a trailer for a new video being made for "Snowy Day". I am passing that along to the nets and my fellow Moggers. The track is located HERE and the video can also be seen on YouTube HERE. As Hermes has pointed out before you can hear The Yeti Cave on Jay Bharadia's website http://www.yeticave.co.uk/. I totally dig this new track. It's got a bizarre kind of drama to it. Check it out and check him out if you haven't already. How cool is he to share with fans like that?!
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I think I've got a man crush on Hideki Kaji. His albums are just so refreshing and well produced. I've been listening to his 1998 album Tea a whole lot lately, particularly the song "Made In Sweden". I have an instrumental of the song that I think is absolutely top notch. I had no idea there was a vocal version until I got this album. I stuck it on a mix recently and cannot get enough of it. This album has a very Swedish sound to it and after much research I found out why. Swedish tweepop band Eggstone play on a lot of the tracks, as well as Cardigans and Franz Ferdinand producer Tore Johansson. Drummer and solo artist Rasmus Kihlberg contributes. He's got this cool site where if you send him a song he'll put drums on it. That's HERE. There are also some supporting Cardigans musicians that contribute. They are Ulf Thuresson, Jens Lindgård, and Petter Lindgård. The final artist is Måns Block who has a few solo albums and is in the Swedish latin soul group A Bossa Elétrica. They sound really cool. It's a pretty Sweden-centric album and I love it. There are some Japanses artists on two tracks. Those include Yoshie, Hirohisa Horie, and Yasunobu Arakawa. If only I knew what Hideki was singing I'd be set. I figure eventually I'll learn Japanese by osmosis. This album is really smooth and freakin sweet. Check it out if you get the chance.
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sweet and lovely. some catchy stuff, for sure and easy to hear whence the man crush originates:)
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