| sofa rockers - sofa surfers remix by richard dorfmeister |
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realised by timo novotny
Each beat has its own speed, each tempo
suggests certain images: Timo Novotny's video
for Richard Dorfmeister's Sofa Surfers remix,
which was shot in Japan on Super-8 film,
begins with an aerial view of a construction
site and a crane. As the bass begins softly,
the images start to move up along a vertical
line, apparently reflecting the path of an
elevator. Everything is transparent,
everything is structured: The scaffolding is
echoed in the picture's frame, which rolls
across the screen in a way similar to a poor
film projection, offsetting the illusion of
movement. Or the images accentuate the music
through superimpositions, short zooms and
shots through cloudy glass. A small model of
the Statue of Liberty then briefly disorients
the viewer, and the vertical movement becomes
horizontal, moving from Tokyo to Kyoto:
Analogously to the laid-back drum'n'bass, the
images then begin a relaxed and aimless
journey through Japan's urban spaces. In this
phase, the two elements almost unite, in
smooth parallel movement. Near the end, the
rhythm materializes in the human body. Three
kids break-dance in a city park and are then
joined by others. While this is not an
arrival at a certain destination, it is
definitely more than a chance meeting. The
escalators at a large train station continue
to run mechanically, and the space does not
come to rest until the music has faded away.
(Dominik Kamalzadeh)
Tags : sofa surfers timo novotny tokyo super8 richard dorfmeister k&d remix |
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Affichage : 50620
Durée : 272 s |
| Willie Bobo - Spanish Grease (Dorfmeister remix) |
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Willie Bobo was the stage name of William
Correa, an American jazz percussionist.
William Correa grew up in Spanish Harlem, New
York City. He made his name in Latin Jazz,
specifically Afro-Cuban jazz, in the 1960s
and '70s, with the timbales becoming his
favoured instrument.He met Mongo Santamaria
shortly after his arrival in New York and
studied with him while acting as his
translator, and later at age 19 joined Tito
Puente for four years. During the early '50s,
the nickname Bobo is said to have been
bestowed by the jazz pianist Mary Lou
Williams.
His first major exposure was when he joined
George Shearing's band on the album The
Shearing Spell. After leaving Shearing, Cal
Tjader asked Bobo and Santamaria to become
part of the Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet,
who released several albums as the mambo
craze reached fever pitch in the late '50s.
Reuniting with his mentor Santamaria in 1960,
the pair released the album Sabroso! for the
Fantasy label. He later formed his own group
releasing Do That Thing/Guajira with Tico and
Bobo's Beat and Let's Go Bobo for Roulette,
without achieving huge penetration.
After the runaway success of Tjader's Soul
Sauce, in which he was heavily involved, Bobo
formed a new band with the backing of Verve
Records, releasing Spanish Grease, of which
the title track is probably his most well
known tune. Highly successful at this
attempt, Bobo released a further seven albums
with Verve. Later he worked as a session
musician for Carlos Santana.
Kruder & Dorfmeister, named after members
Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, is an
Austrian duo most known for their
downtempo-dub remixes of pop, hip-hop, and
drum and bass songs. Their mixes are usually
flavored with sampler-processed vocals, deep
bassline dub, trip-hop elements, bossa
grooves and smoothly-shaped echoes to achieve
their unique sound.
Verve Remixed is a series of albums released
by Verve Records centered on the concept of
classic Verve tracks, remixed by contemporary
electronic music producers and DJs. The
series has proven to be very popular, both
with fans of the original recordings and with
younger generations of music listeners, many
of whom are exposed to the classic jazz and
blues artists for the first time.
In addition to the albums that include the
remixes, each volume of the series has a
companion album titled Verve Unmixed,
containing all of the music in its original
form. The three original Verve Remixed albums
are also available as a boxed set, The
Complete Verve Remixed Deluxe Box, along with
a bonus album, Verve Remixed Plus.
willie bobo - spanish grease (dorfmeister con
madrid de los austrias muga reserva mix)
nu-jazz electro chill
Tags : Willie Bobo jazz percussionist percussions Spanish Grease Harlem Dorfmeister remix mix verve remixed electro Electronic |
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Affichage : 11650
Durée : 442 s |
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