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Years ago it was the newest thing using fragments of other songs and adding it to your own songs. It was an amazing time when me and my mates counted the samplings in a song and to realize the original artists. After various trials massive sampling stopped and was used in our days very seldom. The more I was surprised to hear a new song using a sample. When I first heard Home by Canada born electronic musician Caribou I thought that this sample must be from a very old song. And right, it was from 1981 and was sung by a chanteuse called Gloria Barnes. A fine combination of soul and electronic.

14 from 2014

2014 is gone and many list about the best albums/songs were made. During the last weeks I had plenty of time to listen to music - especially records that was released last year. I have to admit that it was a very good year for music. Lot's of new good bands appeared on the scene and old heroes came back with great music. So I decided to name 14 records that impressed me much in 2014. The list is in no real order and so let's go ...

Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit: Fierce postal punk's bass; functional, insignificant beats, now and then cheap keyboard reef and apathetical guitars. 

Aphex Twin - Syro: He's back with more piano parts. Hope we don't have to wait another 13 years for his next record.

Caribou - Our love: An avant-garde, electronic, living album with soul and R&B for body and soul.

Jungle - Jungle: Future Pop? J and T mix the best of the last 40 years into a great record. Compatible to a lot of listeners.

Neneh Cherry - Blank Project: An economically orchestrated album - intimate and directly

Lost on the River - The new basement tapes: Old songs discovered again by Elvis Costello

Jamie T. -: Astonishing comeback. The former rage in favour to quieter songs is given way

Holly Cook - Twice: My record from last summer. Perfect reggae based songs.

Jane Weaver - The Silver Globe: A crystal clear voice and psych-folk. Awesome.

Pete Molinari - Theosophy: Molinari pushes his music into the swirling space of the psychedelic 60s

The Ravonettes - Pe'ahi: Lastes release by the underrated Danish indie-rock duo.

Slow Club - Complete Surrender: Maybe the greatest surprise this year. A record full of fantastic songs. Pure 60s soul for 2014.

The Amazing Snakeheads - Amphetamine Ballads: Another band from Glasgow - and they made a well-worn fusion of late punk and raw Rock and Roll.

Ellis Island Sound - Regions: One of the albums I listened most last year. An intensive mix of African-influenced guitar lines, a steady percussive background added with dub effects and wailing trombone. Nearly meditative and often making an atmospheric mood.

Our Love

Hi, I'm back after more than a week. Not that I would have allowed myself a break, but I could not log in with my laptop any more according to the Internet. I tried any tricks my friends told me but finally I had no chance as to bring my laptop to a specialist. Although I have thought that I have well protected my computer I must have caught to me a virus and a trojan. The mistake was hidden so deeply in the system that him himself professionals only about the endless scan to the hard disk could find and destroy. him The mistake was hidden so deeply in the system that him himself professionals could find and destroy him only about the endless scan to the hard disk. Finally the laptop runs better and faster now than before. So I'll continue my blog with the title track of Caribou's newest release. Back with a fantastic mixture of 90s club music, Ibiza-rave-sound and a little bit of prog and Krautrock.

Caribou

Back in 2010 one of the biggest things in dancefloor and electronica was Daniel Victor Snaith a Canadian composer and musician. He released under his stage name Caribou one of the best dance records at the beginning of the new decade - Swim. I owned this record after listening to a late night radio show that featured Caribou. Mixing the best of early psychedlica with electronic and loops. He knows like a few to build up it with every song a tension curve from which one cannot avoid any more. Give yourself a chance to this.

Enjoy.

Caribou - Found Out
Caribou - Sun