I found a great image editor / paint program. It features some really cool effects and a way of creating art that I’ve never seen before – in a visual art package anyway. It uses generators and effects that can be chained together like audio components use cables to route signals. It’s free, but it will stick a watermark on your images unless you upgrade to the 24.99 / year Pro account.
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Brigitte Bijoux – Le Fleuve Profond
Brigitte Bijoux is something of an anomaly in the world of electro. She creates music similar to Hermegerville, but with a more ‘no nonsense’ attitude, as if it is a job that needs to get done and get done right. And get it right she does. Backing the thumping, distorted beats with ethereal sounding strings and samples, and incorporating a sort of down tempo, trip hop feel, this is electro / dj music at its finest.
Sound Set – Plasma / Venus In Flames
Two tracks totalling 13:29. The ep is a nice, rolling maneuver of gentle bass with continuous, droning synth lines. Caffeinated house music that gets you popping.
Kilowatts – Six Silicates
This ‘jewel’ of an EP features a funky and upbeat set of six tracks. The first three tracks move you with staccato melodies that mix together to form a grandiose result of sound. At track four, it mellows out into a beautiful mesh of popping, clicking, almost glitch like rhythmic air. Track five picks the pace back up with a sort of electro / distorted guitar sound, but without disturbing the overall ambience of the entire work. The EP finishes up with a dark, mysterious track named Kyanite, a sweet house tune that goes all over the map and has an almost cinematic quality to it. This is a definite fave for the year, don’t miss it.
Velure – Songbox
Velure is a smooth, downtempo triphop group in the style of Portishead. Filled with overtones of dub reggae and minimalist house, these five tracks mellow and perfect for a late night drive.