I’m going to spare all of you the self-deprecation and head right to the celebration: Borrowed Sounds is BACK for 2010! Yippee! Despite the fact that it’s been AGES since my last post…and my vinylagain.com domain is kaput, I’m determined to make this both stick and work. Or, work and stick?

So, unfortunately, my business/laziness/inability to back things up has made all previous media posted on BS unavailable as of now. Which means, a new order of business is to repost all the old songs, as well as the new ones.

Anyone who’s been following this blog knows that it kind of fell off last spring, when I got really busy. Well, now being officially in an M.Sc. program, my schedule isn’t going to die down anytime soon. For this reason, I want to streamline things a bit. I have decided that Borrowed Sounds would ultimately operate best as a Twitter “tweet’, therefore allowing me to amass followers while cutting the blog crap and linking straight to the music. The site will be updated accordingly, but maybe on a once-a-week basis.

I just really need to get my act together.

Forgive me, I’m kind of mad at myself.

But enough of all that. Happy 2010 everyone!

And I promise you, there is some HEAT to come!

Love,

:: ira

Esquival – “Grenada”

Esquival – “Grenada”

I know absolutely nothing about this track or artist, other than he was considered pioneering enough to be included on a WIRED Magazine compliation of 20th century musical futurists. This album was another gem I picked up at the EPL book sale. Fantastic!

This tune is amazing, though.  It’s something Latin, but different.

Fantastic Plastic Machine – “Bachelor Pad”

Fantastic Plastic Machine – “Bachelor Pad”

About two weeks ago, the EPL held an event that could only be described as heavenly:  a book/cd/dvd SALE! It was definitely a sight that had to be experienced firsthand. There were tables and tables of, well, books, cds, and dvds,  but the really crazy thing was that this all happened in the underground parking lot of the Stanley Milner branch! There was just that much stuff!

I ended up finding some amazing albums! Most of them were electronic releases from the late 90s that were partially responsible for broadening my horizons in that genre around my early teen years. It was like going back in time! Needs to say, I was thrilled to find the first release by Japan’s Fantastic Plastic Machine…appropriately titled, Fantastic Plastic Machine.

I was, and still am, a huge FPM fan. This guy definitely knows his music. He crafts very luscious, luxurious, fun dance music that is, at times, completely addictive. It’s almost as if he’s a fantastic hip hop dj, but instead of breakbeats, he mixes vocal harmonies, sound effects, and odd drum loops from godknowswhere. Check out his Luxury album to see what I mean.

“Bachelor Pad” was one of the first FPM tracks I ever heard, dowloaded off of Napster (yay!) right after I came across the video for “Dear Mr. Salesman” on MuchMusic’s “The Wedge” with Sook-Yin Lee (R.I.P.). This track is FUN with a capital F (and U and N!). If this doesn’t pick you up, nothing will! In the spirit of chosing one’s hypethetical theme music (as per an episode of Family Guy), this would be my “shit, it’s 8:30am and I gotta head to work!” track.

And now, my FPM cataloge is complete! I think…

Enjoy!