electro

frikstailers: foonkie boogie.

FRIKSTAILERS just friended me on the space as I was about to go to bed defeated that I had no good songs to blog about.

Hailing from Argentina, Rafael Caivano (Ralf) & Lisandro Sona (Sandro Lee) are Frikstailers. They are on the label Pino Rec, which seeks “to agglutinate, to promote and to give space of development to different emergent projects from heterogenous Latin American music electronic fusion as far as style and line, but equal as far as initiative and musical sonorous investigation.” Essentially this means that their artists make incredible electro-experimental tunes. Well, it doesn’t actually mean that. But it’s what they do.

On their blog, Frikstailers writes about their song “Foonkie Boogie”…

“it’s our hit at the moment, everybody dance with this in our parties, it’s made with voices of justin, britney , madonna and lot’s of other guys, each and every sound was sampled of some pop tunes we found in mainstream records.”

Unlike Girl Talk‘s pop-music creations, this is a bit more subtle. When I say subtle, I mean that you’d have a very difficult time picking out each pop element. “Suparitmo” seems to take a similar approach to “Foonkie Boogie”, but I’m only saying that because I can kind of hear Justin Timberlake in there somewhere.

The boys of Frikstailers have also completed remixes of Justice and Garbage. Admittedly, the Justice remix isn’t life-changing. However, the “Stupid Girl” remix strips away the poppiness of the original, taking Shirley Manson‘s vocals to a much darker place. In a good way.

dl: FRIKSTAILERS – Foonkie Boogie (YSI)
dl: FRIKSTAILERS – Suparitmo (YSI)
(electro-experimental creations made with pop tunes)
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BONUS TRACK: GARBAGE – Stupid Girl (Frikstailers remix) (YSI)
BONUS TRACK: JUSTICE – D.A.N.C.E. (Frikstailers remix) (YSI)

WEBBYVANDERQUACKIN’: Check out the Boody B remix of Mapei‘s “Belly” over at BIGSTEREO.

namalee: welcome to namazonia.

NAMALEE ‘N THE NAMAZONZ‘s is quite obviously fronted by a girl named “Namalee”.

She appears to have an unhealthy obsession with Spongebob Squarepants, rarely seen in photos without a necklace bearing a plastic figure of the character. She claims to be the child of Jerrica Benton, Jem of the similarly named Jem and the Holograms*. She even has a song called “I WANNA B A KARTOON”. It’s safe to say that she has some sort of preoccupation with cartoons.

Her song “U GLO GRRL” features a video in which she writhes sexually in a bathtub, whipping around her wet hair. Later in the video, she appears in the same tub with pineapple shaped sunglasses, fanning herself with a Spongebob fan. Apparently this video (1 of 3) was filmed in her native land of “Namazonia”. Namazonia is a land characterized by an overdose on color and children’s toys. It has its own national anthem with the surprising title of “NAMAZONIA”. Upon hearing the first twenty seconds of this song, I was a bit hesitant to instantly proclaim my love for Namalee…

“Namazonia! (It’s the place to be!) Namazonia! (You can climb a tree!) Namazonia! (It’s the place to be!) Namazonia! (Let yourself be free!)”

Then the song became awesome after that. Around 1:50, it gets even more awesome. This is grime-y electro-pop GOLD.

“I KNEW I WAS RIGHT”, a punky girl-power anthem, doesn’t even sound like it’s by the same musician who created “NAMAZONIA” or “U GLO GRRL”. This quick ability to change genre is reminiscent of Peaches ability to go from electroclash goddess to punk-rock bitch. But it doesn’t stop there. Two-thirds of the way into the song, Namalee adopts R&B vocals for a breakdown preceded by the ever-so-wonderful “And now it’s time for a breakdown” [popularized by En Vogue's 1992 hit "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"].

With these beats, vocal versatility, and sheer craziness…I don’t think Namalee’s music can be contained by the boundaries of the UK much longer. Her album will be released next year, and a tracklisting can be found on her space.

dl: NAMALEE N THE NAMAZONZ – I KNEW I WAS RIGHT (YSI)
dl: NAMALEE N THE NAMAZONZ – NAMAZONIA (YSI)
(crazy British electro-pop)
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* In a snippet of an interview on her page, she also states that her “mum’s Sri-Lankan”. I never knew Jem was Sri-Lankan.

WEBBYVANDERQUACKIN’: (the return) You’re in luck. Missingtoof has an mp3 of “U GLO GRRL”, which you should definitely check out.

superlover shania d: it’s u.

SUPERLOVER SHANIA D‘s “It’s U” is a dash of Kelis, a sprinkle of Sade, and 100% Shania D.*

In fact, this song could pass as an unreleased slow-jam by Kelis. I don’t say this to imply that it is unoriginal, given that one of the sole characteristics of Kelis is her originality and the fact that she just doesn’t give a fuck about fitting into genres or expectations. In fact, this general attitude seems to propel Shania D forward herself– “Her influences include Nina Simone, Sade, Bob Marley, Santana, Frida Kahlo, Esthero, Tricky, and Missy Elliott. All artists who did it their way with no apologies.”

Similarities to other artists seem to be by mere coincidence. Her song “Brighter Hue” may have a vibe reminiscent of Sly & The Family Stone, but I don’t get the impression that she sat down and said to herself, “I am going to write, sing, and produce a song that is reminiscent of Sly & The Family Stone!” There’s something so incredibly genuine and likable about her. When asked for more details about her tunes, she states– “My music is inspired by life, love, and the belief that we as artists have a voice and can use that voice and power to promote love, peace, fun, joy, and good times.”

Going back to “It’s U”…I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but this song is pure bedroom-babymakin’ music. It’s the type of song that could have you humping your pillow in the absence of your lover. Hypothetically (I swear). “Underwater2U”, a purely instrumental track, has a similar effect…as does “Geneva”, which (for some reason) reminds me of Me’shell Ndegeocello‘s “Andromeda and the Milky Way” in a very positive way.

But it’s not all just sexy, sultry shit. This girl raps, speaks poetry, and did I mention that she produces all of this herself? Because she does. She’s also scoring (scored?) a documentary on the life of John Woo.

Long story short, I totally wish we were friends.

dl: SUPERLOVER SHANIA D – It’s U (YSI)
dl: SUPERLOVER SHANIA D – Underwater2U (YSI)
(sexy jams)
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* In retrospect, I’ve realized that this doesn’t quite make sense, but I like the way it sounds. Perhaps there are trace elements of Kelis and Sade that weren’t quite significant to include? Or I’m stupid.

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