Techno, Jazz and Dark Cabaret

For my first post, I plan on giving you all a nice big helping of my Music! Aren't you all excited? Haha, you should be. I've got some Jazz, Techno, Dark Cabaret, and much much more. Please, check them out!

~First off, I'm going to share 2 songs from an anime I fell in love with, called Baccano! The anime was quite a refreshing change from the norm, taking place in prohibition US, and involving some quite intriguing characters. I loved it all, and highly recommend seeing it!

The first song is called Gun's & Roses, and is by a group called Paradise Lunch. Good luck finding much about them, because it seems they are very new, and made only a few songs. Very obscure indeed. They are an all girl jazz group from Japan, and boy, they really can play. This is an instrumental version of the song(The one used in the anime) however, there is a vocal one out there, and I'm willing to post it upon request. Loud brass, melodic sax, and great whispering vocals make this an amazing addition to any library.

http://www.4shared.com/file/118460728/11a8b129/Guns__Roses.html

This next song is from the same anime, Baccano!, however, by a different artist. Yoshimori Makoto is a native Japanese pianist, composer, and orchestrator. He is best known for composing the soundtracks to animes, Baccano! not being the only one. Of the same jazz and big band genre as Gun's and Roses, I'm sure you'll enjoy Nagai Nagai Yume no Naka no Utage

http://www.4shared.com/file/118459120/215670f3/Nagai_Nagai_Yume_no_Naka_no_Utage.html

~I have been a long time lover and follower of the drum and bass group, Pendulum, however, I hesitate to continue to classify them as drum and bass. Yes, they still have the elements of techno, but I feel they are branching out more into rock, or at least industrial. I have two of their more recent songs, both from the album In Silico.

The first song is called Propane Nightmares, and starts off with some great brass, and makes you think it may turn out to be a nice jazz, or ska song. They quickly make you reconsider. Strong bass, moving lyrics, and great drive. I love Propane Nightmares.

http://www.4shared.com/file/118464298/7bf53d5e/Propane_Nightmares.html

Second, is another song from the same album, called The Tempest. The title may conjure up some bad memories from your high school drama course, but the song is much better than the Shakespearean form of torture. Echoing electric guitar, drums that you want to play air drums with, and an amazing chorus riff than makes you get goose bumps. I give you, The Tempest.

http://www.4shared.com/file/118464943/55dc757a/The_Tempest.html

~Owl City is a little known Group of one. The artist of Owl City is Adam Young, and his major influences are disco and European electronica. Very mellow, and highly romantic, with amazing lyrics and melodies, On The Wing is a great selection from his second album, Maybe I'm Dreaming.

http://www.4shared.com/file/118466660/5fb6c9f4/On_The_Wing.html

~It's the late 90's and you hear "I'm blue a-ba-dee-a-ba-die" on the radio. Again. I'm not sure I can run into a single person who has not heard of Eiffel 65, or that song, but it seems no one knows of any other songs of theirs. Like all one hit wonders, they disappeared into obscurity, hiding the other masterworks of theirs within their wake. Move Your Body is a great example of the style of Eiffel 65, without the horrid sense of wanting to grab a shotgun and ruining a perfectly good MP3 player. From the their first album entitled Europop, I give you Move Your Body.

http://www.4shared.com/file/118467953/5e72ebd5/Move_Your_Body.html

~The next two songs are so deliciously evil, and they make you want to creep out your close friends by singing along.

Voltaire is an artist who seems to have dark cabaret down to a fine art. Cuban-American, and teacher at the New York School of Visual Arts, he ironically shares his name with the pen name of a french enlightenment writer. When you're Evil is a perfect example of both his musical style, and a peek into his genius. Melodic lyricism, and poetic meter, When You're Evil is a great song to memorize the lyrics to.

http://www.4shared.com/file/118469093/1dc9e865/When_Youre_Evil.html

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a band I'm sure you've never heard of. If you have, you've heard of their album, Murder Ballads. Rife with songs poetically and romantically describing the many joys of smashing in your loved ones head in, while sitting in a bed of roses is just one example of the many grotesquely gorgeous compilations. Told in the perceptive of a homicidal little girl, The Curse of Millhaven is a great little diddy, and makes you just want to sing along.

http://www.4shared.com/file/118471762/10cdd3e6/The_Curse_Of_Millhaven.html

Thanks for taking the time to read, and I look forward to getting even more readers and listeners. As always, if you have a request, or if you know a great obscure song or artist, Please email me at Alexander.the.okay@gmail.com, and I am more than willing to help accommodate!