Label: definitive.
Album: All Star Remixers 2011 Vol. 1
Artist: John Acquaviva & Olivier Giacomotto
Genre: Electronic, Tech-House
Whether you're sitting in your seat at work, driving in your car, or hanging out in the club on a Friday night, these super funky mixes will have you dancing all day long. All four songs on the EP are uptempo tech-house beats with occasional bouts of rather montotone, computer-voiced lyrics. The only exception would be the last track on the album, which contains some rather familiar sampling. With clever play-on-words titles like "While my Wiki Gently Leaks," there's no doubt these guys are masters of the electronic craft. All Star Remixers 2011 Vol 1 is the collaboration of music mixers John Acquaviva and Olivier Giacomotto, both very reputable amongst several genres of music. This is one of two releases by John Acquaviva this week. Both are on the same label but fall under different genres.
Label: FiXT
Album: Wish Upon a Blackstar Chapter 04 of 05
Artist: Celldweller
Genre: Electronic Rock
Celldweller has already achieved much success with a metal-meets-electronica aggressive sound. Their previous release was the number one electronic album on iTunes in three countries and number ten in 12 countries. Celldweller has been featured in more than 200 films, tv shows and video games including Iron Man, X-Men, Spider-Man 2 & 3, The Surrogates, Ninja Assassin, The Spirit, Speed Racer, CSI, American Idol, NCIS, NFL, UFC, Ultimate Gamer, Dead Rising 2 and Crackdown.
Celldweller has been releasing Wish Upon a Blackstar in two-track increments known as chapters since 2005. This is the fourth of five chapters on the album, which has yet to be released in full.
Label: walnut room records
Album: live at the walnut room (Denver) 12.31.2010
Artist: Soul Daddy & Blackfyre
Genre: hip hop
Soul Daddy and Blackfyre's Live at The Walnut Room sounds like an intimate, jazzy, late night poetry reading. Each track consists of slowed down hip hop style rhymes over smooth, mellow jazz music. The second track on the album is a little more upbeat and intense than the rest. In fact, it's got a much larger dose of sillyness which is a nice break from the more serious, mellow tone of the rest of the album. Soul Daddy had previously (though not surprisingly) hosted an open mic night for a year in Denver which was called "The Speakeasy" and a speakeasy is exactly what these tracks are sort of reminiscent of. Soul Daddy and Blackfyre definitely bring back the soulfulness of original jazz music in Live at the Walnut Room.
