Sunday, May 2, 2010

One Life Stand - Hot Chip




One Life Stand - Hot Chip (2010)

What can I say? I like Hot Chip. This album is more of the same from them: energetic pop-electro.

Favorites: "Slush" which is uncharacteristically melancholy & "Keep Quiet"

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Soldier Of Love - Sade


Soldier Of Love - Sade (2010)

I had the unique opportunity to work on a music video for the song "Babyfather", the 2nd single from this album, about 2 weeks ago. For those of you familiar with production & the headaches accompanying it, you know music videos are the WORST and I try to avoid them at all costs. (The last one I did before this was "I'm On A Boat" over a year ago!) But this one was actually ok. Even though the hours were long and the budget was surprisingly low, at least the song is charming and didn't grate on my nerves, even after innumerable takes with playback. Now that's the sign of a quality song!

Really, the whole album is solid. it's hard to choose a favorite, so instead, I'm linking to a remix of "Soldier of Love" with Raheem Devaughn.