Archive for January, 2008

Artist Spotlight - Praveen

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

MGT ASKS
What’s your hometown?
Hyde Park, New York
What instruments do you use in your music making?
Piano, Drums, Guitar, Vibraphone, Harmonium, Drum Machines, Synths…
What albums inspired you to start making (electronic) music?
Not so much an album but when I first heard Run DMC and Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” I swore to myself I’d figure out how those […]

Happy Birthday Jakub!

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Today Jakub Alexander, founder  and co-partner of Moodgadget turns 26.
To mark the occassion, A Setting Sun has released a moodgadget.com exclusive track.

 
 A Setting Sun - 26/23: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Artist Spotlight - Viul

Monday, January 14th, 2008

MGT ASKS:
What’s your hometown?
nyc
What instruments do you use in your music making?
mostly guitars, an old half-broken sony cassette recorder, lots of tapes and other extraneous stuff. garageband and live and a few smaller programs. sometimes a Moog Prodigy as well.
What albums inspired you to start making (electronic) music?
around the time i began to record […]

G.O.D. DAY 2

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Hello and welcome again to another day of G.O.D. (Get Our Data) a Moodgadget concept where every sunday, Moodgadget musicians will share with the public a file and an mp3 preview of their unfinished melodies, loops, etc. under the creative commons license.
This week we have Praveen

JDSY - Understander EP available everywhere digitally

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

buy from:

Emusic
Boomkat
Juno Download

G.O.D. Day I

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Today marks the first week of a new Moodgadget concept G.O.D. or “Get Our Data.” Every sunday, Moodgadget musicians will share with the public a reason file and an mp3 preview of their melodies, loops, etc. under the creative commons license.

What can come of this you ask?
• Moodgadget will gather the best of the finished […]

 
 Aarnio - Canary and Miner: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

NEW SIGNING: Andre Obin readies single for Moodgadget

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Andre Obin who is half of the Boston electronic rock band Matters and Dunaway received some love on The Phoenix.
Look for his single “Colorwheel” on Moodgadget in early spring 2008. The single features 2 tracks, one of which will also be on the highly anticipated 20-track compilation “The Synchronicity Suite” coming June 3rd.

 
 Andre Obin - Premonition: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Andre Obin’s Myspace

JDSY’s Understander available this Tuesday January 8th

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

The long awaited debut EP from JDSY “Understander” will be available Tuesday, January 8th from iTunes and other fine digital distributors.
Check out the “Understander” single in anticipation of this excellent avant-pop release.
TRACKLIST:
1. Sentinel
2. Understander
3. Understander (interlude)
4. Minuse
5. Gold Maneuver
6. Hey Why Not
7. CTZN Machine
8. Jeepers Creepers
9. So Lost In Nothing

 
 JDSY - Understander: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Adam E. Hunt’s Top 3s of 2007

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Albums:

Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer?
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Singles:

Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling into Place
Of Montreal - Bunny Ain’t No Kind of Rider
Battles - Atlas

Movies:

Hot Fuzz ( dir. Edgar Wright)
No Country For Old Men (dir. Joel and Ethan Coen)
28 Weeks Later (dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo)

Podcasts:

Skeptics Guide to the Universe […]

Jakub Alexander’s Top 75 mixes / albums / EPs / singles / Ringtones / Videos / Shows of 2007

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Its a singles world…please note i decided not to include friends or anyone that is related to my work because then this thing would be waaaaay lopsided
75. [Track] Strategy - Can’t Roll Back - Kranky
74. [Track] Crystal Castles - Air Waves - So Sweet
73. [Track] A Shoreline Dream - New York - Latenight […]