Dirty Girl Things
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Number Fifty-Seven
Listen as these artists shine.
This is an occasional feature focusing on musicians that will capture both your ear and your soul with their music and melodies. And when you hear them, you’ll stop what you’re doing...and listen.
SomaFM offers 11 unique channels of listener-supported, commercial-free, underground/alternative radio broadcasting from San Francisco. These choices are from Groove Salad, a nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves.
Note: If you love internet radio, start counting the days until it might be gone. From the Washington Post:
SoundExchange Executive Director John Simson says small operators who play music and don’t try to sell ads “will have a hard time paying the rates” and that he thinks there are too many internet radio stations now, so it’s OK if a bunch of them go off the air. The heyday of advertising-free Internet radio might be coming to an end. SoundExchange is the royalty agency that was formed by the RIAA after they successfully got legislation passed in the US requiring high royalty fees for internet radio stations. Simson and SoundExchange are heavily driven by the major record labels. They don’t want to competition from independent webcasters playing great music from independent and unsigned artists, because it’s a threat to the major labels’ business models.
SomaFM has a sample message here you can use if you’d like to send to your elected representatives requesting that they reject this effort from the major labels. You can also go here and send a message to your elected representatives.
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Zero One: “I Like That” from their debut cd Zero One.
You can also listen to samples from their debut cd here.
Rena Jones: “The Passing Storm” from the Driftwood cd.
A multitalented composer, producer, audio engineer, sound designer, violinist, cellist, and vocalist, Rena Jones has been described as “the revered daughter of San Francisco’s electronic music scene”—OEM Radio.
“An anomaly in modern electronic music, she writes, performs, produces, programs, electronics and plays virtuosic strings all by herself. In a music scene dominated by men, she has proven herself to be more capable and more original than her contemporaries. Not content to be an addition or continuation of anyone else’s work, she has created a modern electronic statement, which is entirely unique. Her work is sophisticated, delicate, touching, and personal. The music connects to people instantly in an emotional way, and allows them the freedom for an experience of depth as they journey through the worlds she has created.” Bluetech
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Afterlife: “Clear Blue Sky” from the Speck of Gold cd.
Nacho Sotomayor: “I Can Feel Your Heart” from the La Roca 1999/2004 cd.
Nacho Sotomayor, born and bread in Villanueva del Arzobispo, Jaen (Spain). During the early 80´s he moved to Granada to continue with his Art studies and deepen his already very promissing knowledge of music. During the following two decades his constant drive and admiration for the way new technologies were being applayed with in the musical realm, lead him together with his brother to form an electronic based sound due, called INTRO. This lead to the release of four rather unusual and innovating projects, very refreshing for the spanish record industry (Visiones,1994; Eden, 1996; Melismas, 1998; Dies Irae, 2001). In 1995, Nacho Sotomayor settled down in Madrid and began his outstanding solo career, combining his own projects (Traxforma CD, 1997) with, remixes, advertising productions and motion picture sound tracks.
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Crazy Penis (England’s Best Kept Secret): “3 Play It Cool” from the Midnight Soul cd.
Art of Noise: “Camilla” from the Ambient Collection.
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Sincerely.
Eve and JW3 and Mélisande
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