Category: Hobbies and Projects

For PDX-ers still mourning the loss of local coffee chain Coffee People (summarily bought out of existence by Starbucks, who coveted their two drive-in locations on MLK Blvd.) might feel a little bit better knowing that there is somewhere that is still carrying the flame. There is a shop on SE Grand Ave and approximately [...]

I have been thinking about it for some time and I’ve decided I’m comfortable with declaring that my favorite electronica/dance/trance song ever (and I really, really mean this) is: Hybrid – Unfinished Symphony To wit, I played the Soundtrack Mix (just strings–the Russian Federal Orchestra) as the procession music at my wedding, which is a [...]

I took, like, at least three linguistics classes in college in the 1990′s, so I’m a dangerous and ignorant, but curious, dilettante. I remember learning something about people who are multi-lingual, that they store rules and vocabulary for each language in completely separate “pockets” of the brain. This keeps people from switching between languages mid-sentence–uncontrollably, [...]

Morgan Page — Longest Road feat. Lissie (Deadmau5 Remix) Tranciness: Medium Progressiveness: Medium-High Vocal: Female/Pervasive (song-like structure) Intensity/Danciness: Medium-Low Cheesiness: Medium-Low Lyza-ness: Medium-High If you like your dance songs to be songy, this is a good one for you. Lissie’s vocal is distinctive, less ethereal and flighty than most trance sounds. A slight edge, slightly [...]

Today: Shiloh — Bleed (Baroque Records) Warning: This track is not new. It’s from June, 2006. I’m just saying. Tranciness: None Progressiveness: Yes Intensity/Danciness: Low Cheesiness: Low Vocals: Nope Lyza-ness: Medium A wah-wah chiller from Shiloh, who usually do good things. Has a nice progressive plinking to spur your day.

Today: The Magnet Men — Arm’s Length (Original Mix) (Hardcore Beats) Tranciness: Very Low Progressiveness: High Intensity/Danciness: Medium Vocals: Sort of/Female/Yes Cheesiness: Pretty Low Lyza-ness: Medium Low This is a new icy breaks track with a slightly haunting and downcast female motif. Not bad. Exclusive on Beatport.com.

Today’s pick: Static Blue/Harris Briggs — Watch The Skies Fall (feat. Airplanes) (Illuminate Records) (Comments based on Original Mix; several others available) Factors: Tranciness: High Cheesiness: Moderate Progressive-ness: Low/medium Anthemicness: Med-High Vocals: Male Intensity/Danciness: Med-High Lyza-ness: Med-High I like this one. The vocals somehow sound 80s-ish angsty, kind of New Wave almost.

Barstool Sports: New Jersey Freakshows Spray tans gone horribly, horribly wrong. (tags: funny jersey)

Quick, boring note. Exceedingly boring and useless for RSS subscribers. I’ve been tinkering with the site over the past week or so. Comments are now visible (for the most recent posts) right on the landing page, so you don’t have to go digging for them. It’s my opinion that no blog software has ever quite [...]

FerryCorsten.com > Corstens countdown Tracklistings for Ferry Corsten’s countdown show. (tags: music dance)