http://audiorave.blogsome.com feel the music Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:44:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 He’s gone from Soundgarden to Audioslave, and now to himself, with a touch of Timbaland. You have to give them points for doing a pretty good job of fusing their genres, hip hop and alternative rock. I like the end result. A nice selection of beats, laid out with the ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2009/03/24/chris-cornell-timbaland/ I’m not sure if I’m being slow on the uptake, but I noticed an increasing trend in hip-hop type artists heading into electro/house beats. Or vice versa. It’s an interesting combination, which did catch me by surprise at first. Check out Benny Benassi ft. Farenheit’s "Free Your Mind". Beyonce also ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2008/11/24/techno-hop/ Funky house music. They’re a mix of electro, progressive and dance. A fresh mishmash. They have their own unique sound; the heavy bass line and the crazy effects. It’s like hearing Benassi. You know it’s him. When you hear the Crookers, you know it’s them. They’ve remixed a number of ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2008/11/18/the-crookers/ Great voice, catchy tunes, all blended to perfect smoothness. Alternative/pop rock. He’s got two albums ‘Beneath These Fireworks’ and ‘Some Mad Hope’. Both are equally awesome!   http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2008/11/18/matt-nathanson/ She had me captivated just by the first few words in most of her songs. Her lyrics are lively and energetic. Her music has a lot of acoustic  sections (guitar, piano etc). I’d call it adult contemporary/pop/pop rock. Something along those lines. Beautiful stuff! Be moved. http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2008/11/06/sara-bareilles/ The diva has genre hopped again, and done a great job again! After her last disco/dance heavy record, she’s gone pop/RnB-heavy this time. But don’t get me wrong here, the rhythms flow and the tunes are catchy. "4 Minutes", "Miles Away", "Beat Goes On" and "Incredible" are my top picks. ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2008/04/24/hard-candy-madonna/ Wicked beats. Lots of spunk. Different rhythms, lots of variation, but each one funky in it’s own. I’m talking about The Crookers. A brilliant blend of music. They’ve got loads of originals as well as remixes. Techno/electro house at it’s best. My kinda flavour. And if you like that, you will ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/electrohouse-flavour/ Check out the smooth emo rock sounds of Daes Vail! Could be compared to the sounds of Something Corporate, with  the emo-boy voice and the piano amidst the guitars and drums. They’ve got a female in there too, and I’m sure I heard a violin somewhere. They range from soft ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2007/11/21/well-cut-rock/ Hed Kandi is a UK-based record label and a music brand, established 1999, specialising in house music. Founded by DJ and A&R man, Mark Doyle, Hed Kandi’s catalogue includes both artist albums and various genres of club compilations. Ministry of Sound bought them over, and now they even have a ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2007/04/28/hed-kandi/  A band coming from Texas with an interesting flavour of music. No it’s not country music, not at all. No vocals, just music. Chill-out electric-guitar riffs with slow drumming to go along, and lots of other instruments/noises too! Ambient…eerie…ghastly…whatever you wanna call it. I’ve only heard the latest album ‘All ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2007/04/27/67/ I thought I’d start putting up more than just artiste reviews on my site, so here goes! Heard some cool tracks today, on the radio and on the net. Just Jack’s "Starz in Their Eyes" - An interesting indie disco track. Nice chill-out music. Watch out for the RnB remixes, they ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2007/04/25/catchy/ Following a fairly unexceptional geeky art and music-filled, rejection-driven high school experience, I went off to the University of Michigan to study classical voice. Whereas high school was not what you might call a real social Mecca for me, I had been told that college would be different. It was ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2006/10/21/terra-naomi/ A Danish percussion duo composed of Uffe Savery and Morten Friis, initially classically oriented, were discovered by a label executive working on classical music back in 1999. After they signed on, they teamed up with a trance producer for an experimental project by the name of Safri Duo. And before ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2006/10/03/safri-duo/ It’s a single off their new album. You can probably recognise their ’sound’ but what’s cool about this track is the music. It plays to a very different rhythm you probably wouldn’t have heard before. A roll-along beat with sing-along lyrics! Nice. http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2006/02/26/yeah-yeah-yeahs-let-me-know/ This intense emotionally driven band is the brainchild of 19 year old Nick Thomas, a native from South Dakota, who happens to be a skilled guitarist, pianist and bassist! What began as an acoustic project has since evolved into the amazing full band line up jamming at venues all across ... http://audiorave.blogsome.com/2006/02/26/the-spill-canvas/