http://www.popround.com sharing our aural wealth Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:47:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Popround is a collective of music enthusiasts who want to share mixes and wonderful aural findings. We try and feature new or obscure artists and remixes across most popular music genres. Let us know if you would like to be a part of this collective. Popround no Popround darylapereira@yahoo.co.uk darylapereira@yahoo.co.uk (Popround) Popround - the mixtape collective popround, mixtapes, electronica, dance, techno, dubstep http://www.popround.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.popround.com http://www.popround.com/2010/12/29/the-end-of-the-beginning/ http://www.popround.com/2010/12/29/the-end-of-the-beginning/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:40:20 +0000 kiterae http://www.popround.com/?p=856 http://www.popround.com/2010/12/29/the-end-of-the-beginning/feed/ 0 Clicks & Whistles,daft punk,nightmares on wax,telepopmusik Quite a year. At least that's the feeling from behind this laptop. Nine+ months of expectation led to the fruitful delivery of what is now a wonderful smiling bundle of puke and poop. I can safely say I'm having a time like no other in my life. - Quite a year. At least that's the feeling from behind this laptop. Nine+ months of expectation led to the fruitful delivery of what is now a wonderful smiling bundle of puke and poop. I can safely say I'm having a time like no other in my life. Other new adventures this year include a foray into the world of jazz following a trip to New Orleans. One rambunctious night turned us on to the new interpretations of an old time style courtesy of the Smoking Time Jazz Club and I've since been digging into the old style proper courtesy of Coleman Hawkins, amongst others. I say all this, but this mixtape installment goes in a wholly different direction dipping more into the world of indie-inflected dance music. I understand that this is the festive time of the year, but this one is more winter than Christmas. And it's not a best of 2010 compilation: that would be a major disservice to the bunch of tracks I received in December which I still haven't worked my way through. Kicking things off with the ultra-ambient tinkles of George Lenton, the mix moves into the more muscular direction of Kings of Tomorrow before dropping down a notch with White Hinderland's rendition of Timberlake's 'My Love'. Clicks and Whistles is an American outfit indicative of the new sounds coming out of the US. As you can probably tell by the occurrence of two tracks in this mix, I'm a fan of their Idiothouse EP. Other notable mentions are Peo de Pitte's reworking of Telepopmusik's Breathe (I'd urge you to check out the full version which I didn't have the courage to feature here) and the exciting direction Daft Punk have taken the movie soundtrack genre. The skinny Sine A (here here) - George Lenton Feyd Rautha Dark Heart - Grimes Yorokobu (Craig Heneveld Remix) - The Malah Ego Trip - Kings Of Tomorrow My Love - White Hinterland Hello - Clicks & Whistles Twilight Galaxy (JSaxton's 2552 Remix) - Metric Give It Up - Diamond Rings Breathe (Peo de Pitte remix) - Telepopmusik Raw Passion - Clicks & Whistles Passion - Nightmares On Wax Solar Sailer (Basic Slack Edit) - Daft Punk Popround no 40:27 http://www.popround.com/2009/07/15/all-shades-of-funk-in-latest-sparkletone-mix/ http://www.popround.com/2009/07/15/all-shades-of-funk-in-latest-sparkletone-mix/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:33:39 +0000 harry covert http://www.popround.com/?p=510 http://www.popround.com/2009/07/15/all-shades-of-funk-in-latest-sparkletone-mix/feed/ 0 daft punk,hot biscuits,justice,lykke li,soulwax,sparkletone,the gossip,the juan maclean It's surprising that in this day and age there are some artists that you just can't find on the web. Sparkletone is one. - I checked Myspace - nothing there. - Next the personal website - lovely design with a bunch of remixes, and that's about it. - It's surprising that in this day and age there are some artists that you just can't find on the web. Sparkletone is one. I checked Myspace - nothing there. Next the personal website - lovely design with a bunch of remixes, and that's about it. Coming full circle back to the mix that originally triggered the Sparkletone hunt, I thought there could have been some clues in there. All I can say is that Sparkletone has some funk. A funk that comes in many shapes and sizes - starting with upbeat hip hop beats and by the end freaking out with The Gossip. For me the classiest piece of this mix is when Daft Punk's crazy riff solo drops with a ding into Justice Soulwax remix. There's a lot of familiar tracks blended in here, but the sequencing injects energy by slowly lifting and sharp mixing lifts what all too easily could have become yawn-worthy nostalgia trip. For the full tracklisting, see Hot Biscuits. If you like this, check out more mixes or follow Sparkletone on Twitter. Who knows, you might even find out who exactly Sparkletone is. Popround no