melodysheep - remixes for the soul & symphony of science

melodysheep - remixes for the soul & symphony of science: Our Story in 1 Minute: "A tapestry of footage tracing the cosmic and biological origins of our species, set to original music" by Melodysheep (John D. Boswell). Aside from this latest video, Melodysheep has also recently posted a Bill Hicks/George Carlin remix - The Big Electron ("Two legendary comedians offer their perspectives on life, through song"); a remix of comedian Jim Breuer called Metal Songs for Kids, and a new Symphony of Science - Our Biggest Challenge: "A musical investigation into the causes and effects of global climate change and our opportunities to use science to offset it; featuring Bill Nye, David Attenborough, Richard Alley and Isaac Asimov."

"Our Biggest Challenge" is the 16th episode of Boswell's well-loved "Symphony of Science" series.



15 - We Are Star Dust featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Feynman and Lawrence Krauss

14 - The World of the Dinosaurs featuring Alice Roberts, Bill Nye, Nigel Marvin, Dallas Campbell and more

13 - The Greatest Show on Earth (re: evolution, natural selection, DNA) featuring David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and Bill Nye

12 - Onward to the Edge! (re: space exploration) featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Cox, and Carolyn Porco

11 - The Quantum World! featuring Morgan Freeman, Frank Close, Michio Kaku, Brian Cox, Richard Feynman, and Stephen Hawking

10 - Children of Africa (The Story of Us) featuring Jacob Bronowski, Alice Roberts, Carolyn Porco, Jane Goodall, Robert Sapolsky, Neil deGrasse Tyson and David Attenborough

9 - Ode to the Brain! featuring Carl Sagan, Robert Winston, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Jill Bolte Taylor, Bill Nye, and Oliver Sacks

8 - The Big Beginning featuring Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Tara Shears, and Neil deGrasse Tyson

7 - A Wave of Reason featuring Carl Sagan, Bertrand Russell, Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, Lawrence Krauss, Carolyn Porco, Richard Dawkins, Richard Feynman, Phil Plait, and James Randi

6 - The Case for Mars featuring Robert Zubrin, Carl Sagan, Brian Cox, and Penelope Boston

5 - The Poetry of Reality featuring Michael Shermer, Jacob Bronowski, Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Jill Tarter, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Feynman, Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking, Carolyn Porco, and PZ Myers (previously)

4 - The Unbroken Thread featuring David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, and Carl Sagan (previously)

3 - Our Place in the Cosmos featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, and Michio Kaku

2 - We Are All Connected featuring Bill Nye, Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman and Neil deGrasse Tyson (previously)

1 - A Glorious Dawn featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking (previously)



Melodysheep has also remixed Samuel L. Jackson - Go the Fuck to Sleep (the original audio previously on MeFi) - Bruce Lee - Billy Mays - Alan Watts - and Yoda; and has been tapped by PBS Digital Studios to make remixes of some of their most beloved icons - Mr. Rogers (previously) - Bob Ross (previously) - and Julia Child (previously).



*Boswell's YouTube channel and Bandcamp page

*Interview with MelodySheep and Symphony of Science Mastermind John Boswell

Raj Pannu's The Old Grey Whistle Twist: Best Audio/Visual Mashup Ever?

Raj Pannu's The Old Grey Whistle Twist: Best Audio/Visual Mashup Ever?:
The Old Grey Whistle Test was a popular British TV show that ran from 1971-1987 and spotlighted “serious” music. DJ Raj Pannu has taken footage from segments on Pentangle, Budgie, Bill Withers, Can, Michael Chapman, and Roxy Music and subtly altered the audio and visual aspects into a wonderful new megamix called The Old Grey Whistle Twist. Raj also weaves in dialogue from show presenter Bob Harris, who has the calmest, coolest TV voice ever. Ever.
You have to stick around for the part where Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” merges with Roxy Music’s “Ladytron.” Holy shit, my ears turned into eyes and my eyes turned into ears, and all four of them started gushing tears. This is one of the greatest things the internet’s tossed up lately.
Watch it at the Space Invasion site.
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Jo Ann Garrett "One Woman"

Jo Ann Garrett "One Woman":
Ah shit...I need to compile another list of Top Five for $10 cause THIS, Jo Ann Garrett's "One Woman," would be number one!! WHAT A GROOVE!

Dig Ms. Garrett's story, she started at 15, making her, maybe, 17 when this side came out...DAMN!
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Best Song Ever (This Week): Eat Lights Become Lights' "Bound for Magic Mountain"

Best Song Ever (This Week): Eat Lights Become Lights' "Bound for Magic Mountain":

Dunno much about the cumbersomely named Eat Lights Become Lights, but they have a fab new album titled Heavy Electrics out now on England’s Rocket Girl Records. They’re an LA/London trio led by Neil Rudd, and their list of influences should excite people with refined taste: Neu, Loop, Kraftwerk, Twelve, Holy Fuck, Glenn Branca, Miles Davis, Pete Kember, Michael Rother, Cluster, Harmonia. I can get behind those musicians.
The lead-off track, “Bound for Magic Mountain,” recalls the relentless, awe-inspiring, maximalist space-rock ascension of Holy Fuck. That is a rare commodity these days, so cherish it wherever you can find it. The rest of Heavy Electrics cruises, soars, and hovers in spine-tingling krautrock/kosmische climes, employing plenty of mantric, motorik rhythms, sweetly FX'd guitars, and celestial synthesizer motifs in familiar yet non-stale ways. Some formulas are simply superior to others, and spinning variations off of them can still result in exhilarating music decades after the templates have been set.
I'll be keeping close tabs on Eat Lights Become Lights—and encouraging them to change their name, as well.
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Los Bravos "Going Nowhere"

Los Bravos "Going Nowhere":
Everyone EVERYWHERE should know Los Bravos via their Top 10 hit "Black Is Black," but this Spanish beat group, based in Madrid, kinda never did much wrong. Dig their fuzz-filled jam "Going Nowhere," which of course, went nowhere; still, it's a solid dancer.

This song was first on the soundtrack for the film Los Chicos Con Las Chicas and later included on the compilation set Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969. Um...if "Going Nowhere" don't do it for you, then dig their version of the Easybeats' "Bring a Little Lovin'"... that bass line is fucking endless.
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Holly Herndon's Fabulous "Fade"

Holly Herndon's Fabulous "Fade":

• RVNG Intl.
• Photo by Suzy Poling

Holly Herndon's "Fade" has it all: vibrating vocals, clattering dance beats, and an intricate arrangement that allows her to take it from a low simmer to a rolling boil. If you like Kraftwerk, Laurie Anderson, and the Cocteau Twins—some of the reference points shared by her label mate Julia Holter—you might also enjoy her elegant, otherworldly approach to electronic music (in addition, the pulsating rhythm recalls the Who's journey into techno funk).
For the first few seconds I thought, "This is nice, but a little... dull." Then Herndon ups the ante, and I've always preferred songs that gain interest as they unfurl over those that hit you in the face from the start before succumbing to conventionality (and I feel the same way about films that fail to live up to their attention-grabbing opening credit sequence).
A doctoral candidate at Stanford, Herndon graduated from Mills College. The photo above also indicates that she'd be perfect for a remake of Sleeper.
Check out the sweaty album teaser from the San Francisco musician below.

RVNG Intl. releases Herndon's debut, Movement, on Nov 13 (LP, CD, and digital).
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Best Song Ever (This Week): Daniel Higgs' "Leontocephaline Rhapsody"

Best Song Ever (This Week): Daniel Higgs' "Leontocephaline Rhapsody":

Lungfish frontman Daniel Higgs has had a strange and rewarding solo career since his excellent drone-rock group went on hiatus in 2005. Right now, after careful consideration, I have to say my favorite album by Higgs is Metempsychotic Melodies (Holy Mountain Records). The highlight of that 2007 record is “Leontocephaline Rhapsody,” an eight-minute magnum opus marked by staunchly strummed acoustic guitar hypnosis and what could be a wildly modulating electric guitar (or is it a harmonium? shruti box? bagpipes?) that whirls, soars, and ululates in articulate sweet and sour tones. I could listen to this for eight hours.
Higgs plays Cairo Fri. Nov. 9 with Arrington de Dionyso and Calvin Johnson. Here's my Stranger Suggests blurb on him.
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