Futurama theme origins
by Leandro Lucarella on 2010- 01- 11 23:51 (updated on 2010- 01- 11 23:51)- with 0 comment(s)
I have recently found out that the Futurama opening theme was inspired in a very old experimental song by the French musicians Pierre Henry and Michel Colombier. The original song is called Psyché Rock, was created in 1967 and interpreted using bells, percussion, zithers and electronic music!
Fatboy Slim did a version of the song too.
Trip-Hop's not Dead
by Leandro Lucarella on 2010- 01- 11 00:50 (updated on 2010- 01- 11 00:50)- with 0 comment(s)
Two years ago, a new album from Portishead (Third) was released, after 10 years of silence; and Tricky released Knowle West Boy [*]. Now, we are about a month away from the release of a new Massive Attack album, after 7 years of silence (and exactly 7 years after 100th Window's release): Heligoland. Trip-hop is about quality, not quantity ;)
The new album has, as usual, have several collaborations (among others):
- Horace Andy (always there)
- Tunde Adebimpe (TV On The Radio)
- Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, etc)
- Guy Garvey (Elbow)
- Martina Topley-Bird (female voice in several Tricky albums)
- Adrian Utley (Portishead)
The album is already leaked, so if you are really eager to hear it, you can find it in the usual places...
| [*] | But he is probably the most active big artist in the Trip-Hop scene anyways, so it's not very surprising ;) |