By Eduardo
Most people don’t realize this, but there’s a huge amount of really cool music out there known as production library stuff. In much the same way that companies and designers use stock photography, there are entire libraries of commercial music libraries out there that directors and producers have used for movies, film, TV commercials, and so on. There are even labels like KPM, De Wolfe, Chappell, and others that were created specifically for this type of music.
Stock photography is usually really, really bad. Stock music on the other hand, particularly funk-jazz-oriented stuff from the 60′s and 70′s, is not.
Jean Claud Pierric was one of the hippest cats around during those days, and put together a ton of funky “stock jazz” and other music for use in television commercials and the like. He’s still around today, and active amongst the reasonably large group of fans he has online. He even shares his old records as MP3′s via his blog, which is in French.
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Listen to JC Pierric – Athena
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I’ve posted the album this song is from here, and recommend checking it out. It’s a good example of the quality of stuff he put out back then – and while definitely quirky and cheesy in parts, you may find it cool.
Check it out and post your comments here.
By Eduardo
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Yep, it’s the Brady home as it looks today on Google Street View.
More info here, here, and here.
By Eduardo
I realize it may be little off-topic, but I wanted to share this.
The next time you find yourself drifting off behind the wheel at 2 AM, you’ll want to pump the song at the link below at full volume. The beat from this relatively hard-to-find track has been sampled by the Chemical Brothers and other groups, but the original is so powerful it’s frightening. Just don’t put it on if you’re in a bad mood, or you may hurt somebody.
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here to download
“The Riot” by Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.
More info here.
By Eduardo
Jaime should have a special appreciation for this, since we both spent a lot of time listening to a certain Bollywood music compilation a few years back. I just found out that it’s available via Netflix, too.
By Eduardo
I must say that the new album by Panda Bear (of Animal Collective) is the best new music I’ve heard in quite a long time. Maybe it’s because I’m getting old, but I generally don’t pay attention to very many new bands – and it takes a lot for one of them to hold my interest for more than a few seconds. However, I gave this one a listen a few nights ago and was more or less blown away. I’d forgotten what it was like to hear new music that was so refreshingly different and well-crafted. Pitchfork can explain the rest much better than I can.
By Paco
How did Ice Cube go from this…
To this?
