1. How did you get into 29?
The Dandy Warhols
oh wow, ummmm, earliest memories of them was like early childhood, parents listening to them, moving house and the new house being empty, with nothing but a bean bad and a stereo. dandy warhols playing.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
John B
"Stalking you on myspace"

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33?
Oh.. i don't have a 33 i have a tie at 32, Jesper James & The Jetset and Autechre
and well i only know one song by JJ&TJ, so for them
"wont you see all the fillowy pillowy stuff that you thought you wanted was a dream,"

and autechre.. well they don't really have any lyrics.
i guess they have some random speaking in some tracks.. but welll err. yeah.

4. What is your favorite album by 49?
TV on the Radio
"return to cookie mountain"

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Modest Mouse - Three

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Combichrist
"This shit will fcuk you up"

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nope.

8. What is your favorite album by 15?
Yann Tiersen
Le Phare i think it is

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
The Verve
oh harrrrd, well i am really not a fan of bittersweet symphony, maybe "Sonnet" or "The drugs don't work"

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
3 Doors Down
not really, and they really shouldn't be in my top 50, its just they get heaps of shuffle time because i have their discography.

11. What is your favorite album by 40?
Nada Surf - High/Low


12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Marcy Playground- Opium


13. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Au Revoir Simone
Well, my fav song by them is Sad song... not prompting good memories really.

14. What is your favorite song by 38?
The Ark
"This piece of poetry is meant to do harm"

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Digitalism
hahah yessss. Pogo and Apollo-Gize

16. How many times have you seen 25 live?
The Presents
err, sorta saw them at the fringe, not really. got there late. XD

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Bloc Party
no idea

18. What is your favorite album by 11?
of Montreal
The Sunlandic Twins

19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
The Dandy Warhols
Courtney Taylor-Taylor

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Mogwai
Nope

21. What is a good memory involving 27?
Shiny Toy Guns
Chrish babe, and I singing Don't Cry at Out. Kiah and i singing Putting on the Ritz on king william street. but that's not so much a good memory anymore :|

22. What is your favorite song by 16?
Placebo
Every You & Every Me

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
The Postal Service
"Such Great Heights"

24. What is your favorite album by 18?
Explosions in the Sky
The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

25. What is your favorite song by 21?
The Killers
Well that's a hard question. With hesitation i say Mr Brightside.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
Moby
No idea.

27. What is your favorite album by 3?
Goldfrapp
We Are Glitter

28. What is your favorite song by 2?
Metric
Rock Me Now

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
Autechre / Jesper James & The Jetset
No idea / This House

30. What is your favorite song by 8?
Shitdisco
ummm, haven't listened to these guys in ages umm, Disco Blood

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Britney Spears
None

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Guh everything ties, ill just pick one.
The Great Lake Swimmers
Your Rocky Spine

33. What is your favorite album by 12?
The Apples in Stereo
- New Magnetic Wonder

34. What is the worst song by 45?
Tegan and Sara
The con! D:

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Alkaline Trio
Not sure.

36. What is your favorite album by 48?
!!!
Myth Takes

37. How many times have you seen 42 live?
Deep Dish
None

38. What is your favorite song by 36?
Powderfinger
The Day You Come

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Moloko
The Time Is Now

40. What is your favorite album by 7?
Scott Matthew
I have no idea what albums he has - I just know that he has like 63563543 songs on the Short Bus Album.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy?
A Perfect Circle
I wouldn't say happy, but Passive -always- reminds me of Gregface and that makes me happy.

42. What is your favorite album by 41?
Blue October
Foiled

43. What is your favorite song by 24?
Pendulum
Fasten Your Seatbelt / Painkiller

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46?
Gregorian
Late night listening, a long while ago.

45. What is your favorite song by 35?
The Smashing Pumpkins
1979

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Apocalyptica
Bittersweet

47. What is your favorite album by 4?
Electrelane
The Power Out

48. Who is a favorite member of 37?
Basia Bulat
... her.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43?
Silversun Pickups
Lazy Eye

50. How many albums do you own by 20?
Brand New
Two

my fucking god that took along time.

Я такой псих, что решил подбивать промежуточные итоги каждые три месяца, чтоб легче было сориентироваться при составлении топа-2008 в конце года. Если кому интересно, что я слушаю – willkommen :)

Grand-prix: Schiller- Sehnsucht [new-age, melodic trance, ambient]
Для всех любителей нью-эйдж музыки его альбом, скорее всего, станет лучшим подарком 2008 года. Не знаю, сколько лет работали над ним Кристофер фон Дейлен и Мирко фон Шлиффен, но масштабы впечатляют: 31 композиция, записанная в содружестве с лучшими вокалистами, бонусный третий диск, содержащий компиляцию любимых треков и, в придачу ко всему, DVD с видеоработами по новым и старым хитам. Проходных треков на альбоме просто нет. Атмосфера старогерманской легенды чередуется с видами современного Берлина. Музыка для всех, кто хочет путешествовать во времени.
Key tracks: Black, Sehnsucht, Den Wer Liebt, Forever, Let Me Love You.

1. Olga Kouklaki – Getalife [idm, electro, minimal]
Греческая певица выпускает свой дебютный альбом во Франции, заручившись поддержкой таких монстров электронной музыки, как Блекстроуб и Волга Селект. В итоге мы можем встречать новую восходящую звезду. Модные тенденции минимал-техно сочетаются с айдиэм-ритмами и невероятно цепляющим вокалом. Так могла бы звучать Elektrochemie, перейдя в idm.
Key tracks: Afissos, Getalife.

2. Kirsty Hawkshaw – The Ice Castle [ambient]
Кристально чистый звук и невероятная атмосфера северного полюса. Наслаждение пустотой и одиночеством посреди ледяных глыб. Невероятный эффект присутствия. Музыка, созданная для того, чтобы под нее мечтать.
Key tracks: Ice Castle, Eclipse

3. Miss Kittin – Batbox [electroclash]
Фирменный юмор, невероятная энергетика и заряд бодрости на каждый день. В новом альбоме стало чуть больше экспериментов со звуком: Кэролайн пробует свои силы даже в трансе. Всем ведьмам и вампирам слушать обязательно.
Key tracks: Kittin is High, Metalhead, Pollution of the Mind.

4. JES – Into the Dawn [lounge, melodic trance]
Просто очень приятный альбом, под который можно расслабиться, отдохнуть или погрустить. Эмбиентные ремиксы на песни с дебютного альбома - Disconnect и пара новых треков, один из которых является кавером на Пинк Флойд.
Key tracks: Heaven (Myon Remix), It's You I Need, Breaking Me.

5. Portishead – Third [trip-hop]
Портисхед вернулись после десятилетнего перерыва, почти не изменив своего фирменного стиля. Это особая музыка, требующая особого настроения. Эх, лучше бы альбом вышел осенью)
Key tracks: Magic Doors, Small.

6. Raz Ohara & Odd Orchestra - Raz Ohara & Odd Orchestra [leftfield]
Дебютный альбом человека, которого мы знаем благодаря альбому Аппарата - Walls. Раз Охара, оказывается, не только вокалист, но и талантливый клавишник, сопровождавший Сашу Ринга во время мирового тура Аппарат Бенда. На альбоме мы слышим как его фортепианные опусы, так и уже довольно знакомый голос. Некоторые треки довольно неплохи, но все же, до уровня Аппарата, сравнений с которым тяжело удержаться, здесь далековато.
Key tracks: Kisses, Agony.

7. AGF – Words Are Missing [idm]
Очередной альбом берлинской королевы айдиэм и просто самого творчески сумасшедшего человека в мире. Ну кто еще кроме нее сможет додуматься петь html-код? Музыка получилась яркой, вызывающей различные образы и ассоциации, альбом концептуально продуман, но все же, слишком сложен для восприятия.
Key tracks: I-War, Mohr Und Die Raben Von London

8. Autechre - Quaristice [idm]
Эту работу фанаты Отекр ждали очень долго. И ожидали чего угодно. От механического истязания ушей и музыки, которую смогут слушать только роботы до возвращения к истокам - мелодичным композициям, приятным для слуха. В итоге получили что-то среднее. Есть здесь и эмбиент и страшные нагромождения ударных. Не знаю, что хотели показать Отекр, укоротив все треки до 2-3 минут и перемешав их в абсолютно хаотичном порядке, но получилось что-то абсолютно нелогичное. Нет никакой общей нити, связывающей все эти композиции. Мастера головоломок сделали свое дело.
Key tracks: plyPhon, rale, The Plc, Notwo

9. Orkidea – Metaverse [uplifting trance]
Этот альбом был очень громко проанонсирован: совместные работы с Энди Муром и Соларстоун. Ремиксы на Nightwish, Way out West и заглавную тему с "Реквиема по мечте". А в итоге получилось серо. Для трансовой дискотеки подойдет, но ждали мы намного большего.
Key tracks: Year Zero, Requiem.

10. Sander van Doorn – Supernaturalistic [tech-trance]
После просто отменного трека Grasshopper, я надеялся, что весь альбом будет выдержан в подобном духе. То есть, Сендер сможет удержаться на шаткой грани между трансом и минимал-техно. Но, в итоге, он не смог. Или просто не захотел.
Key tracks: Apple, Sushi, Grasshopper

Десятитысячным треком стааааал JES - Heaven (Fonzerelli Remix).И не случайно :).Знакомство с ней началось именно с этого трека,а именно ремикса,потому что оригинал меня почему то не вставил... :).Трек Heaven надолго завоевал мое сердце,ибо редко в трансе встретишь хороший вокал да и очень чарующую музыку,от которой у тебя потом идут мурашки... :) Следующая песня которую я услышал,была People Will Go (Steve Forte Rio Remix).Как то случайно увидел комментарии к этой песне на одном сайте,все они были только положительные,ну я и решил заценить...И не капельки не пожалел !! Я не слышал оригинала,но думаю мне он не очень понравится.В ремиксе Steve Forte Rio это тааак охрененно.Такой вокал,тааакие ритмы...просто охренеть !!!! Уже идет второй день,а я слушаю только ее...потом посмотрю сколько заскробблилось треков :).Этот трек впервые появился в альбоме DJ Tiësto - In Search of Sunrise vol.5 (Los Angeles).Я очень большой фанат творчества DJ Tiësto,но почему то этот трек в его альбоме я пропустил...да и как я узнал потом позже от одного человека,он был плохо разрекламирован,его мало где ставили на радио,и мало включали в сборники транса...Но я удивляюсь не этому,а тому что этот трек 2006 года,и он в стиле progressive trance,а в те годы рулил trance.Прогрессив только развивался,и почти вся музыка в этом направлении была гауном...)Эх плохо что только сейчас меня зацепил этот трек,да и вообще все творчество этой исполнительницы...=).Но я все равно не жалею,потому что сейчас я только и делаю что наслаждаюсь музыкой JES... =)

I feel slightly accomplished. My artist page on Last.fm has reached over 100 listeners, which is kind of a strange feeling knowing as of right now 184 other people have listened to something I wrote and produced.

I've just released and uploaded on Last.fm my new single, See You Smile / Hear You Laugh. I definitely feel that the first track, See You Smile is my best work to date.

I hope anyone that happens across this journal at least listens to both tracks, and anyone who does listen, any comments you have are very welcome and appreciated.



Now for some name-dropping, people who enjoy these artists might enjoy my single.

ChicaneToby EmersonCosmic GateAbove & BeyondTiëstoDJ TiëstoBTTranquility BaseDJ DeanDJ ShogDJ SammyDJ TatanaArmin van BuurenRising StarAndré VisiorAngel BeatsDarudeATBPaul van DykDeleriumFerry CorstenSystem FGouryellaMirco de GoviaRobert MilesSmith & PledgerOliver SmithMark PledgerMaor LeviEnvioFirst StateJESDeadmau5Albert VorneMichael DowRonski SpeedMike FoyleSophie SugarChris LakeDJ ShahSunloungerKyau vs. AlbertArksunM.I.K.E.SignumJohn O'CallaghanBlank & JonesGabriel & DresdenAndy MoorMarkus Schulz4 StringsFragma

Interview with JES

JES the beautiful vocalist of 'Motorcycle - As the Rush Comes' whish is a collaboration with Gabriel & Dresden, and the voice of 'DJ Tiësto - Everything' and also 'Solar Stone - Like A Waterfall' which was featured on the 'In Search of Sunrise' series that Dj Tiesto produces, has released her own artist album 'Disconnect' on the well known label Black Hole in Europe and is now being released on Ultra Records in the United States of America and Canada. We were able to sit down with Jes prior to her appearance with Dj Tiesto's Element of Life Concert tour in 2007.

If You would like to read the interview, please click the link below, cheers :)

Exclusive interview with Jes for TranceSound.net

Interview made by Mike Schirtzer aka southbound24 (TranceSound.net forum moderator)

Links:

http://www.myspace.com/jes
http://www.trancesound.net
http://www.myspace.com/trancesound2

Eva Avila – Fallin' For You
Eva Avila – Meant To Fly
Eva Avila – Bittersweet
Eva Avila – This Kind Of Love
Eva Avila – I Don't Wanna Cry
Eva Avila – Some Kind Of Beautiful
Eva Avila – Old Love Song
Eva Avila – Got A Feelin'
Eva Avila – Weak In The Knees
Eva Avila – Should I Fall
Eva Avila – Stop Cryin'
Eva Avila – Not So Different
Eva Avila – I Owe It All To You
Frou Frou – Hear Me Out
Atrium – In Love With You
DADA feat. Sandy Rivera & Trix – Lollipop
Niels Van Gogh Vs. Eniac – Pulverturm 2.0
WI-FI feat. Melanie M – Be Without You
RICKY L Feat. M:CK – Born Again
David Kane – CLUB SOUND
Alex Gaudino Feat Crystal Wate – Destination Calabria
Starkillers – Discoteka
Jeckyll & Hyde – Freefall
Lucky & Strike – Get Laid
JES – Ghost
tisto feat. christian burns – in the dark
Dj porny – Me So Horny
SUPERSTAR DJ – Meet her at the Love Parade
Cascada – Miracle
Coone & Ghost – Pitch Up
Roy Gates – Radio 538 Queensday Anthem
Junior Jack – See You Dancin
Gregor Salto & Chuckie – Toys Are Nuts
DJ Jose – Turn The Lights Off
funkerman & fedde le grand pre – wheels in motion
Liz Kay – When Love Becomes A Lie
VanVelzen – Baby Get Higher
VanVelzen – Burn
VanVelzen – Chasing The Sun
VanVelzen – deep
VanVelzen – Fool For Life
VanVelzen – I'll Stand Tall
VanVelzen – One Angry Dwarf (bonustrack)
VanVelzen – Rise
VanVelzen – Shine A Little Light
VanVelzen – Someday
VanVelzen – Unwind
VanVelzen – Waiting For The End
Texas – Guitar Song
Texas – Halo
Texas – In Our Lifetime
Texas – Insane
Texas – Prayer For You
Texas – Put Your Arms Around Me
Texas – Say What You Want (All Day Every Day) (Featuring Method Man & The RZA)
Texas – Tired of Being Alone
Texas – When We Are Together
Texas – Black Eyed Boy
Texas – Everyday Now
Texas – I Don't Want a Lover
Texas – In Demand
Texas – Inner Smile
Texas – Say What You Want
Texas – So Called Friend
Texas – So in Love With You
Texas – Summer Son
Radio – Radio G-FM
Paula DeAnda – So Cold
Paula DeAnda – When It Was Me
George Michael – I Knew You Were Waiting for Me ft Aretha Franklin
George Michael – Faith
George Michael – Freedom
Damien Rice – 9 Crimes
Sean Paul – Give It Up To Me(Remix)
Timbaland – Give It To Me (Remix) ft Ja Rule, Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado
Rihanna – Don't Stop the Music

For whoever read journals, following are my thoughts of the day...

So today was the end-of-term day at school after nearly two weeks of leisure, as I wasn't elected for any oral exam. Got up at ~09:10 am after 7 hours sleep... Tired as hell I got ready and went to catch the bus. I could have went by bike, but scool treats me with free bus rides because of the distance and my bus card exipired today, so I wanted to exploit the last chance. Besides I had planned to walk home, just for the sake of it... walking home and listen to the new fresh music I put on my muvo tx yesterday.

I felt really bad from the second I got up this morning; the usual routine feeling; another loop of the evil sircle... Not that a routine is bad, but the feelings connected to mine don't have any good intentions...

Actually I thought it was monday, seeing as I used to start at 10:00 am on mondays this year, until someone in my class asked what day it was and the teacher answered friday. Desorientated? Oh yes. *sigh*

So I got ready, went by the bus and arrived at school. That was when my head phones broke; a set of decent ear plugs by Phillips which managed to prove itself as garbage, seeing this was the second set I've bought from that brand this year, both broken by the same cause: the leader within the line tore apart by the plug... crap. And yet I decided to get another set from Phillips, but of the type that you put around your neck; less wear and tear from causual use, as I would put the player in the pocket and squeeze the line behind my belt to hold back redundant lenght (I like to draw the line under my shirt and let the plugs hang from the collar when not in use). On the other hand, I quickly realized I didn't really enjoy having the mp3-player bouncing on my belly as I walk - thank God it's matchbox sized and pretty light weighted. <3

I was the second person to enter our classroom this morning... feeling sad and quite low because of my anxiety (messed up emotions...), I sat down and just waited for everything to get over and done with... I recieved the print of my (rather tragic) grades and left... I was hoping to see and have a chat with one of the class mates I've got in touch with at school this year, but I couldn't make it... I just felt my guts twist and had to get out of there...

I walked home...really depressed... At first I decided to get a new pair of ear plugs at the local el-store. With doubt in mind, I ended up buying the set I mentioned; phillips neckband style. Then I went to the grocery store in the same street and bought myself a smoothie. Yum. And at last I decided to enter the mall acros the street, intentionally to see if the local record shop had any of the great albums I've recently discovered... which they of course did not. I asked for Poets of the Fall, JES, Röyksopp's album "Melody A.M." and Conjure One (last one's probably not shipping outside of Canada anyway...) But at least they had "Beautiful Intentions (New Edition)" by Melanie C, whom I've gotten quite into over the past weeks... alternative/pop/rock. Pretty nice actually, though I'd rather have her debut album "Northern Star", which has far more variety [ Goin' Down | I Turn to You | Never Be the Same Again (single edit) | Feel the Sun ]. But they only had this one, so it will do for now. Better than nothing. Hopefully it will grow on me.

I went to another grocery shop at the mall after burning a note on a somewhat satisfying CD purchace, and bought a bar of white chocolate - (Delicious! And it's the only shop in town that I know of which sells it) - before I finalized my little mall trip by looking around in some clothing stores. I found a pretty decent pair of trousers/shorts at one store and this lovely snap pant at another -- asked one of the shopkeepers to reserve it for me 'till tomorrow, as both ends didn't meet in my wallet at that point... It was the last remaining in my size..

I left the mall and sat down by some stairs outside the building. I unpacked the new neckband headset, and eagerly put them on and tied the strap to my mp3-player. Nifty! I loved it right away! So I sat there for just a short while, trying to enjoy my smoothie in the sun, listening to my music with new earplugs and feeling the warm breeze passing by. The summer is here...