I need to tell you that the MATTador's reports are one of my weekly highlights....... Please enjoy I am about to take the MATTador's advice, Don my headphones & escape for a little while... for those in Brisbane have a great Ekka Peoples Day, Holiday.........
Cheers Greg
From the Music MATTador................
Well it just keeps coming... 2011 has already produced some amazing music and this weeks artist is no exception, Exceptional, yes!
To be classed as unique in this day and age in an increasingly difficult label to be awarded. In fact so many talented artists are immediately compared to past greats of the music industry that it erks me a little that they are not simply allowed to be themselves.
Jamie Woon (South Londoner) is a fantastic exception, very rarely would we ever hear the words 'gee, you sound like............'. Woon's music would have to fall somewhere in the vicinity of R&B however that tag sits very uncomfortably with me as it is a genre that I have no real connection with. His vocals are simply astonishing, matched with a beautiful sense of timing and an underlying groove that seems to have an almost trance like rhythm.
As you can see by the link, the musicians of yesteryear would be dumb founded by his live setup, every 21st century gadget and programming tool combined with samples and traditional instruments such as guitars and drums combine like a chemical reaction to produce "Jamie Woon".
Once again I found it very difficult to pick a song this week as every you tube video I looked at seemed worthy, difference this week was my recent purchase of quality headphones. Now I'm not saying that you wont like this song without them however it was almost like a completely different song once I put them on. To say that I was transfixed for 6 minutes would be an understatement, arguably one of the most enjoyable musical experiences so far this year.
If you have access to headphones I urge you to put them on, dim the lights or turn them off, pour the beverage of your choice and prepare to enter a trance for the next 6 minutes.
Please enjoy..........................
2 comments:
I caught this one just at the right time.... Just go back from a pub lunch to an afternoon of slow productivity. To me this echoes the sounds and rhythm of the band Saint Germaine that the MATTadore put me onto back at high school. This is just a little more 2011, a little more haunting and more than a bit cooler.
Love it, it has made my Friday afternoon list.
Thanks for the comment Dave, I can just imagine you in slow productivity mode kicking back to this album.....
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