age is but a number

Henny Vrienten was 32 years old when he had his first succes. 32 is how old James Murphy was when LCD Soundsystem released 'Losing my Edge' as their first single. JJ Cale was already 34 when 'Naturally' came out in 1972. Then again, George Harrison was barely 27 when The Beatles broke up...

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araignée jacques mixtape # 5: just some nice tunes

I just want to share some nice tunes with you guys.... I hope you like them!

caetano veloso - alfomega
hot chip - over and over
cansei de ser sexy - alala
stereolab - french disko
charlotte gainsbourg - just like a woman
the shins - australia (peter, bjorn and john remix)
jens lekman - if i could cry (it would feel like this)

animal collective - #1
broadcast - corporeal
radiohead - reckoner
sigur ros - vaka (heim version)
grizzly bear - alligator (choir version)
nathan fake - the sky was pink (james holden remix)
kylie minogue - 2 hearts (alan braxe remix)

back to mine (18)

labour

We usually have to take a couple of months off between two studio sessions. Mostly because our bank account runs empty with every few days of studio labour. This time around we're going back within a few weeks. We'll return to The Void as soon as November 23th and 24th. There's a feeling of urgence in the group, that's never been there before. We're not gonna rush things, but we do want to finish our record. The boys from 's-Hertogenbosch our doing a lot of work in advance behind WJP's computer. Bits and pieces are coming through to Nijmegen and what I've heard sounds pretty.

no beatnik

reasonable men

Today was a good day. We all met up at Boyke's place. Didn't touch any instruments. Talked instead. There were some choices to make, some could-be-issues to solve. The way we handled this just proves we're intelligent and reasonable people. Your dictionary will tell you that the reasonable person is 'a hypothetical individual who is intended to represent a sort of average citizen'. I don't know just how average we are. I do know or music sounds less and less average every time we leave The Void. There goes reasonable.