Mike Skinner AKA The Streets gives respect to Daft Punk's Tron ....
Mike Skinner is re-known for his appreciation of Thomas Bangalter - one half of Electronic French duo Daft Punk. Theirdebut film score, recorded at AIR Lyndhurst Studios in London, is titled TRON : LEGACY.
Mike Skinner AKA The Streets blogged on his official the-streets blog
"the tron daft punk album is blowing my mind. nothing but synthesizers set to a 160 piece cinematic orchestra."
The original motion picture score for "TRON: Legacy", composed and produced by Daft Punk, was be released by Walt Disney Records / EMI Music on 6th December 2010.
Skinner respectfully noted
"if they’d have done a load of side chained electro with disco loops and chicago soul crooners it would have felt so expected. thomas bangalter is my idol."
The Streets star is due to release the highly praised new single Going Through Hell featuring vocal additions from Robert Harvey on 31st January 2011 and his much awaited new album Computers and Blues on 7th February 2011. You can pre-order Computers and Blues on iTunes now
Skinner concluded
"i need to play with my 909 though for sure. in fact let me hit up logic for a hot min to button a quick cinematic beat…"
UK Rapper Stylah has united faces from the UK urban scene for his directorial debut, "Prologue", filmed in the style of Nickelback's hit video, Rockstar. Each of the 25 + cameos perform a line from the track which happens to be the intro to Stylah's debut album Treading Water, as previously mentioned here on LikeTheSound and out now on iTunes.
STYLAH - PROLOGUE *EXCLUSIVE*
The video, which is the follow up to Stylah's controversial viral hit, Killa, an anti gun track with a graphic video banned by TV and featured on The Sun's website. Features the likes of actor/director Noel Clarke, rapper/radio presenter/entrepreneur Charlie Sloth, radio personalities Ace + Vis, rapper/actor Bashy, comedian Doc Brown, our local celebrity ex ganster Dave Courtney and numerous other rap artists including Sway, Sincere, Lowkey, Smiler, G Frsh, DocChrome, DJ Snips, DJ 279, D Raw, Ill Mill, Mega (SAS), K Koke, Wordplay, Tony D, Strapzy, Fusion, Loudmouth, and Haze.
Stylah remarked "People always tell me that I have an ability to say what other people are thinking so I thought it would be a powerful visual to have the collective UK scene rapping the words to my song. It also gave an opportunity for me to put some people from different sides of the scene who would never normally work with each other on the same project."
Treading Water was released on iTunes in October on Stylah's own LDN Global imprint and get its full release in January.
LikeTheSound is a huge fan of Clare Maguire, click on the name tag below to find more of LikeTheSound's coverage on Clare.
Now here is some more exciting news, Clare Maguire has recorded a cover of one of my favorite artists Antony and the Johnsons incredible song 'Hope there's someone' which you can listen to on Hype Machine!
For what you are about to receive is glorious and highly praiseworthy. What a blessing it is Robert Harvey and Mike Skinner decided to join creative forces, load up the JV1080 and find the Church bells patch.
Whilst achieving everything that should be wonderful about a Christmas tune with Robert Harvey's vocals sounding pleasingly akin to Paul McCartney in the Wings era and Mike Skinner on keys caressed with musical warmth - I Don't Want It To Be Me also comes with a neat video featuring wintery festive and haunting scenes of Nature, Taxidermy, Log fires, Chestnuts roasting, Harvey and Skinner - the squirals being one of my favourite scenes.
Robert Harvey
As Mike Skinner has already pointed out on his
blog http://www.the-streets.co.uk/ - Christmas is also the season to be lonely "...at some point someone scuppered your dreams. and you’re hurting..." The truth in that statement is what makes this song so essential.
A good, full-bodied, well-written, beautifully sung song can meaningfully fill the gaps you need filled in a deeply personal way and this song has got all of those qualities we need to celebrate and release a little of that hidden pain in the process.
I Don't Want It To Be Me is so well put together I feel guilty for not paying for it. Of all the songs I have purchased on iTunes this month - none is as deserving of my 99p than Scrooge and Marley's - I Don't Want It To Be Me.
Here's a date worth noting in your diaries! The Streets new single with vocal additions from Rob Harvey (The Music) titled Going Through Hell will be released on 31st January 2011.
Going Through Hell will be taken from The Streets highly anticipated fifth and final album Computers and Blues due for release on 7th February 2011.
You can listen to The Streets new single Going Through Hell, Going Through Hell (Doc Rotten Rmx) and Going Through Hell (Diplo Rmx) on the latest Mike Skinner and Ted Mayhem Pod ready for Download now ... Casting Down Your Pod 1007
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The 5th single taken from the multi-platinum selling album, The Defamation of Strickland Banks, is available to download from iTunes along with 2 remixes from Danny Byrd and Doctor P.
If you want a little bit more than a regular copy of Plan B’s debut album this Christmas, you can pick up a copy of the recently refurbished 2 x CD edition, which features live performances, bonus tracks and the amazing Pendulum remix of ‘Stay Too Long’.
After endeavoring the consumption of powdered protein drinks, sessions at the gym and brisk 7 mile walks, Mike Skinner headed off to Norfolk to get arty for the creative that is the new Artwork for Computers and Blues. Mike has now revealed the Artwork for The Streets much awaited new album titled Computers and Blues.
The quiet before the storm emits cool glassy tones surrounding the brightly lit rose enhanced room in which Mike Skinner stands - he is probably contemplating his next plan of action after The Streets. This album cover is instantly a very memorable picture, it stays in your mind after just one glance and it is an appropriate subject because the Norwich U.E.A Campus is where The Streets will be performing live on 28th February during the first leg of the Computers and Blues 2011 Tour
From Luxemburg's 'Towering Inferno' for Original Pirate Material, the new Architecture for Computers and Blues is cool, obscure and smooth with a welcoming warm glow beckoning the Outside Inside.
I'm very much looking forward to see the rest of the Artwork for the inlays/booklet.
"Today I ran with the idea that if you dress smart you think smart." Say's Mike Skinner in the latest The Beats video. Skinner looks immensely smart and sounds smart too, so he must have been thinking likewise.
If you like lots of little buttons and studio gear - your attention span will be sucked into your screen!
"I spent the morning with a revived passion for my album Cyberspace and Reds, so I decided to write a new song, I got half way through..." It's a lovely song titled Came Through The Door, I hope we will hear the completed version soon.
Mike Skinner AKA The Streets, tweet / blogged to his followers this new song titled Too Numb.
I love this song with a passion, the additively eloquent vocals of Robert Harvey cascading through the subdued,crystal- clear voice of Mike Skinner...
"Exhaust fumes and the frost look no different from your breath, but for a blueness and a thickness and a depth. The scraping goes through me vibrating my shoes But happy Iam as I pause for the thought Only two moments ago I was dreaming toastie and slowly I showed up in realism"
Too Numb is top quality song, I would be very happy to have purchased it on iTunes and I would be sitting here knowing I had more than got my money's worth. How lucky for us that Mike Skinner is sharing these clever, thought-provoking songs with us - video's include via youtube.
"It's freezing!"
Too Numb has received exciting feedback already, so ride-on, walk-harder, run-faster or just stop what your doing and listen ... it's
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