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[albumswapping]

Black Mahogani by Moodymann [via xwd]

One of the reasons I never say I listen to everything, is that the number of electronic dance music (and related) genres I can identify by sound is very small. Trip-hop, breakcore… that's pretty much it! So when xwd asked me if I liked house music, I only knew that I had no idea what it was! He then asked if I'd be interested in listening to a house album that also had jazz elements. I listen to jazz. I can even identify three or four subgenres. And I like to discover new genres of music.

Having listened to this album several times, I can say with certainty that I like it. The music is varied but quite coherent and it's physically impossible for me not to move to the beat when it gets more pronounced. At this point I can't really pick out favourite tracks; I've just been enjoying the ride.

Do I know what house music sounds like now? My point of reference coming to Black Mahogani was jazz. I can tell that parts of the music are totally not jazz, but I don't know how much would be left if you took away the jazz elements.

I need to listen to more house music.

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[albumswapping]

Beautiful Lifestyle by George & Jonathan [via xwd] ... I'm ... at a loss for words here ... for the past 2 weeks or so, I've been listening to this album, still have no idea what to write about it. Let's try this, all of the songs are good, really really damn good. They mixed in varying styles of music in each song, so you have very dubstep songs, funky as hell songs, but a common trait is all round pretty happy, kinda poppy songs. I like what they've done here a lot, just can't really describe it. You've got songs that are totally different coming back to back to each other, like The Next Best Thing, Dubstep Daycare, and Burning Up Inside; then again another trio of confusing placement with Hissy Snake Popout, Unicorns Forever, and Planet Funk, where all of the songs are completely different styles ... yet it works so well. I highly recommend you check it out ASAP, because it's damn cool what they've done. Just a warning, their site uses lots of flashy colours with their music player, so if you are prone to epileptic seizures due to flashing lights, may want to click play and change tab, because the songs are really damn good. Site can be found here. Great album, loved the songs.

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