I can’t just casually mention that Simian Mobile Disco track like I did in the previous post. The problem with me (is it a problem?) is that my friend’s musical awareness is spread all over the map. To DJs who put my own knowledge to shame, to girls who only listen to pop top 40 and appreciate anything new I throw at them. So I’m always put in an odd position when I post about musicians. Some tracks are so yesterday to my DJ friends, but breaking news to most of my peeps so I guess this is my musical disclaimer: If a track seems old to you I apologize -I’m not always writing to you, my all knowing happen to be DJ friends. My 5 girls who religiously read this site and only know about Neyo and Briteny Spears otherwise will appreciate these posts. So, that being the case I had to post this track with this explanation:
Frpm Naive Harmonies..Last week on The Colbert Report, Steven interviewed Lawrence Lessig, the author of a book called Remix. It is basically about merging art, commerce, and collaboration. He used the example of file sharing and mash-up songs as his main example, claiming that anyone should be allowed to take someones art and ‘remix it’…create more value out of it. Not the easiest argument to make, to some it sounds like justifying theft, but it hits to the core of music today. One great example of Lessig’s argument is the Fabriclive series produced by the London club Fabric. Two of three times a year the blub/label releases a DJ set as an album, and a lot of them are really good.
Here is a track off Fabriclive.33, Spank Rock’s set. Enjoy…and whatever you do DO NOT PAY FOR THESE. Just ask Lawrence Lessig.
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