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Big Love from Electro Hearts: Radio Happy Music Compilation for the Haiyan​/​Yolanda Victims

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76 tracks/artists. 9 hours of electro heaven. This is the first compilation album to come out of the Radio Happy community. Yolande  got in touched with her music community after hearing the tragedy that hit my country late November this year. The musicians were quick to respond eagerly contributing their best tracks. There were more who tried to contribute but it was decided that 76 tracks were enough.

I listened to the album for two days. You are in for a surprise if you think this is another dance album. It isn’t. It covers the wide spectrum of electronic music from dance, ambient, new age, space music and even pop. If you want a quick education about electronic music then this compilation is the best that you can find. There’s even an interesting cover of Feels Like Heaven(originally done by Fiction Factory) by Among the Echoes.

These musicians have spent much of their lives crafting electronic music in their own style so expect quality on top of excellent musicianship that I always find in electronic artists. I’ve done my cursory study of these musicians and they have devoted fans who try to tweet or post on facebook this interesting compilation. Even if you are not into electronic music, this album will change your mind.

What’s the reason behind this compilations?

“It is just a bit what we can do. I think it is more the thought of feeling helpless. Nobody can do a thing…
Children are the future. This is important.
This looked good and felt good to me ( maybe because I am a mother as well)
I hope the chaos can be rebuild, and people can start a live again in a few years…”-Yolande.

You can download the album for 7.50 Euros here: http://radiohappy.bandcamp.com/

All proceeds will go to www.savethechildren.org.

Notes from the album:

Radio Happy would like to help the Philippines, since one of our DJs lives there.  We wanted to create an album with Electronic music, in several styles, ambient, berlin school, synthpop, experimental, drones and more. I think we can be proud with the result! The money from the compilation will go to Save the Children.

credits

   Released 15 December 2013
    A big thanks to all the DJ’s from  Radiohappy.eu,  you’re the best!! Could not have done it without you! Many thanks to all the artists who donated one ( or more) tracks. Also a big thanks to Bert Hülshoff, for helping me with the artwork. And a major thanks to Xan Alexander and Hans, who were always there for me when I needed it and Phil Booth and Ian Boddy for their wise words! And last but not least the biggest thanks to the people who buy this great album, because of you we can donate to “save the children”

So I Did a Skype Interview with Patrick Brazel jr of Von Shakes Today…

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I sent Patrick “Paddy” Brazel jr an email sometime within this week for an interview. It’s for my radio show called The Baxteria on Radio Happy. He was cool in replying me asap about Friday as a perfect day. Since I live in the Philippines, it took place Saturday morning around 10 A.M. my time. He’s currently in New York, still in the middle of their American tour. Everything was doing fine until I discovered the audio was not working. That was a crappy situation considering this never happened before. I then found out the problem. It’s my USB mic that was not configured correctly. He said it’s ok and I should not make a big deal of it. But I was making a BIG deal of it because that’s Paddy of Von Shakes! I mean hey this band is really fantastic and I’ve been a supporter since they got introduced to me two months ago. So I did some fidgeting then I look for my old headset and wala! It worked.

The guy was really awesome. The interview was like a normal conversation that you would have with someone young, knows his stuff and likes many things.  We had this nice rapport talking about the super storm that hit my country recently, and how they were worried because their friends experienced Sandy when it hit the east coast of the United States. Then we talked a bit about Ireland and I love how he tested my basic knowledge in common Irish phrases. He said he would be recommending more Irish alternative rock bands when he has the time and would email me the list. I told him that would be awesome!

The interview covered things I meant to ask about the band that was not covered in my email interview. It was a wonderful moment and yes I am so excited putting the audio on my show. I am going to edit it after posting this blog and see what happens later. Check out that new video of their latest single above.

More from their official site: http://www.vonshakes.com/

Buy Bohemia from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/von-shakes/id351879465

Visit my websites:

www.celticmusicfan.com www.spheremusic.me

My podcast channel: http://www.mixcloud.com/thecelticmusicfan/

and also www.radiohappy.eu

 

TRESE: The Roadside Bums

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blsk FRONT

1) THE START (0:03)
2) THE BLOOD @ BALETE DRIVE (3:32)
3) THE Q and A (5:49)
4) THE PIECES (8:52)
5) THE DUEL (11:51)
6) THE CONFESSION (15:57)
7) THE CUT (19:08)
8) THE VIEW FROM ABOVE + (21:59)
BONUS TRACKS
9) TRESE’S THEME (KAMBAL VERSION)

10) THE CUT (MORE STRINGS VERSION)

I am spending the night listening to the music of The Roadside Bums.They are based in the Philippines, the province of Negros Occidental. The EP is called TRESE:Case One. Just to give you a heads up, this project is actually based on a comic book of the same title. You can find more information here: http://tresekomix.blogspot.com/ and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trese. There are ten titles  woven  seamlessly to create a fluid feel to the whole album.

The music is electronica. It is also composed of classical, worldbeat, and industrial metal influences. All of the tracks are melodic laden with synth effects morphing from danceable beats to floating and sometimes eerie ambient. They give out the sense of suspense, and adventure into the supernatural as what the comic book is all about.  I have known these guys since the 90s and they released albums through different monikers and genres. Perhaps that’s what you get when you own thousands  of records in your music library, which lead man Bong Tan has. The Roadside Bums are part of FoodShelter and Clothing.

Here is the youtube video for the single View from Above:

You can download the whole EP with other goodies here: http://s3records.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-sss-triple-pack-trese.html

Additional info:

NOTE: Songs 1-8 are specially sequenced as 1 whole track, with no gaps.
All songs written, arranged, and produced
except where indicated.
(+) Music written, arranged, and produced by
FoodShelterAndClothing and The Roadside Bums.
Voice and words by JJWeekz on tracks 8 and 10.
Original sleeve artwork is owned by Alamat Comicbooks.
TRESE the motion picture is a thesis film directed by Joms Robles.