Mallory's Picks of 2012

Top 3... Rebirth, catharsis, and subterranean rivers.

Dead Can Dance - Anastasis. Intensely calm and ancient, like the sea of grass slowly rising and reaching out to the sun. They made the top of my list, as a sign of gratitude for the experience this music has given me.
Swans - The Seer. The darkest and weightiest of them all, as powerful as black earth, Swans destructure and restructure your soul. Yet the flipside of this darkness is catharsis. This is sheer slow-burning force cleverly disguised as music.
In Death It Ends - Forgotten Knowledge. Eminently bewitching and tension-fueled, this music makes me think of the strong, pitch-black current running underneath reality as we know it.

The rest:

Aimon - Flatliner
Morten Harket - Out of My Hands
School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
Trust - TRST
In Strict Confidence - Utopia
Tristesse Contemporaine - Tristesse Contemporaine
Julia Holter - Ekstasis 

2012 Jazz Releases I Love

This Sunday's 9 to 11 set will highlight some of the best jazz albums of 2012. In my opinion, these include: Trio Libero features a trio with saxophonist Andy Sheppard and Michel Benita and Sebastian Rochford. It's a beautiful album with master musicians who are exemplars of what jazz musicians can be. Brad Mehlbau Trio's Where Do You Start is another beautiful jazz album featuring Mahlbau's stunning piano playing. I will be highlight several others as well - all from 2012. There's great music from 2012 and I look forward to even more great music in 2013.

Santa!

If you are following Dangerous Minds (My god, why aren't you? Aren't you a music geek?), then you would have seen this earlier this month.

This is a good exercise for any DJ: come up with a playlist for a movie. This one is fun, so I share it with you.

2012 cds I'll remember after the Apocalypse....

First of all I want to thank everyone for passing by yesterday and had  a very peculiar but great Christmas party .It was not intentional and although we were few people,we had a good time..
My 20 (+ 2) favourite albums this year are :

1. Bloom – BEACH HOUSE
2. The Seer – SWANS
3. III – CRYSTAL CASTLES
4. Serenity – BVDUB
5. Lonerism – TAME IMPALA
6. Mature Themes – ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI
7. Today Bread ,Tomorrow Secrets (cd+lp) - MOON WIRING CLUB
8. Ekstasis – JULIA HOLTER
9. Mtmtmk – THE VERY BEST
10. Mechanimal - MECH▲NIMAL
11. Quarantine – LAUREL HALO
12. Anastasis – DEAD CAN DANCE
13. Trst – TRUST
14. Top Ten Hits Of The End Of The World – PRINCE RAMA
15. The Money Store/ No Love Deep Web – DEATH GRIPS
16. Love Will Prevail – CULT OF YOUTH
17. Mmxii – THE KILLING JOKE
18. Centipede Hz – ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
19. Born To Die(Paradise Edition) – LANA DEL RAY
20. Synthetica – METRIC
     

Merry Christmas..( A 2012 Musical Oddyssey !!! Part2)

Merry Christmas to all of you! I'll be playing at THE VELVET today 3-5 pm slt as usual,spinning my 2012 songs vol.2 !
Join me to share warm feelings and comments about the music of 2012. Don't stay at home ....

Worst. Apocalypse. Ever.

Well, as the world DIDN'T end, it looks like I'll be playing a set tonight.

See you there at eight!


This would be great if Peter Greenaway ever makes a film about the end of the world.

Christmas Jazz on Sunday Morning for Sway

The world of jazz is full of wonderful Christmas music and it will be on display on Sunday morning at The Velvet during my regular 9 to 11 AM SLT Jazz time slot. I will be spinning John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson, Dexter Gordon and dozens of other jazz greats who celebrate the holidays with that special jazz panache. In the holiday spirit, all tips will go to the Together For Sway fundraising event. Sway is a Second Life® furniture-maker who has always been among the first to volunteer for charitable events. She is now facing several months of recovery after surgery and the community of Second Life is working to help sustain her during her recovery. Please swing by for the Christmas Jazz and to make a contribution in the spirit of the season. 

Solstice bells

The Velvet's Xmas party gathers the seasonal solar celebrations all under one roof in a celebration of goodwill and excellent music! Live DJs and no shortage of reindeer, fine wines, festive fodder and dancing elves. 

DJs Kanjena the Solstice Witch from 3-5pm. 

Paradox the demonic Krampus from 5-7pm 

Maht the Merry Lord of Misrule 7pm onwards.

Expect the usual selection of predictably unpredictable sounds from disparate genres 

Happy Sunshine.

A 2012 Musical Oddyssey !!! Part 1....

It's that part of the year that everyone involving with music prepares or launches lists ''of the favorits of the year'' .
Chrisodd will be at the VELVET today spinning  for two hours from 3-5 pm slt,what his ears embraced and will remember most of the 2012 releases. This the first part! Songs and albums that shook the shack part 1 ,that is...
A spectacular event ! A party that noone should miss !!!!

After today....

I can promise, however, that tonight's show will not be so somber. It's the final night of Hanukkah--the one with the most lights to fight the darkness.

Dox's 2012 Favs tonight

Hey all, I'm playing part 1 of my sets of personal favs from 2012 tonight. Hope you can come by and check out what I think rocked 2012. I'll be playing Django Django, Thee Oh Sees, Tame Impala, Bob Mould, Deerhoof, Crocodiles, Fresh & Onlys, Ramona Falls, Imperial Teen, Tindersticks, Grizzly Bear, Micachu, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Wedding Present, Jack White, Islands and more 5-7pm at the Velvet

Yet Again

2012,is ready to disembark from the ship our lives and still, there are many music releases that went under my radar. 
Today, I listened one of them. A tune that it will,probably,be featured in my singles list at the end of the year.
Not  a fan of the band,can't stand singer's falsetto, but this song from their latest ''Sheilds'' release, is quite warming and bittersweet. A kind of song I welcome in my heart all the time...

Once again, December's come
And we all get to watch Maht run
His never-ending marathon
To help those world-wide suffering from
The lack of cows (not even one!)
Later, when he finally succumbs
To sleep...that should be fun.

The King will come ..and He no who u r

A preview is a hole piece of gold. His knew album is out on the13th of February or earlier from the usual lick sights.I can;t call or right his name and his bud group. I am not worthy ! I am not worthy !
Find the syntax errors or try to correct the grammar this text and u will waist ur time.. Better wait for my set tonight/today at The Velvet....3-5 pm slt....

Have you seen this cat?

Because it's awesome.