10/4/2023 0 Comments Space age songs![]() The melodies he chooses often match the the beat exactly (“Uhh Huh”) or, like on “Who Get High,” they attempt to harmonize and meander aimlessly through verses. Pi’erre’s croons are quickly swallowed by the drums, crumpling like a used candy bar wrapper. Take “Smokin’ Out,” which opens with pitched-down Juicy vocals barreling through synths and a punishing low-end. On the other hand, Pi’erre’s airy melodies and pun-heavy bars don’t fit over this kind of production. Juicy is in his comfort zone-which isn’t surprising, considering he’s the album’s executive producer-and he floats stories of gun-running and silly sex puns (“She a good girl so before she eat this dick, she gon’ say grace”) across these beats on autopilot. Songs like lead single “This Fronto” and “Uhh Huh” are expansive and gritty, with bass deep enough to power blast the grime off a dirty car. Juicy’s been playing with hi-hats, claps, bass drum, ominous samples, and MIDI instruments for decades, and here they appear on nearly every track. Atmosphere is a big element in both men’s music, and while Juicy has slotted himself into Pi’erre’s hard-hitting dreamscapes neatly before, Pi’erre struggles to stand out over the gothic bounce that dominates this album. But it’s hard to ignore that the album’s stylistic trappings heavily cater to Juicy’s sound over Pi’erre’s. Lyrically, they’re at the same eye level-smoking copious amounts of weed, lounging with women all over the world, stiff-arming people trying to mess with their money. And yours.Unfortunately, their debut collaborative project Space Age Pimpin proves that Juicy and Pi’erre-who raps on every song-are an awkward match. Is it a jazz-, blues-, surf-, rock- or world music album? Who knows? It takes us places. ![]() It covers a lot of ground, as much emotionally as musically. So here’s another instrumental record that we’re very happy to present. Just for the sake of the music itself and for the cure it provides for the Coronatimes Blues. We decide they’ll be released sometime soon, no matter what will follow. A week or two later we have arranged and tracked 12 brand new songs, having had a blast doing so. I call my good friend Sjoerd: “What’s up? I’m either going crazy being locked up in this musical cabin fever or shall we get together and make an album?” There’s still a few unexplored song ideas on my iphone, all studio days are wide open and maybe it’ll ignite something new and exciting. Even if it’s still there, the beauty in sounds and melodies that guide me, it’s not getting me anywhere. I still love what I hear but also experience that my personal musical journey is blocked. I spent days watching a ton of YouTube videos about musicians that never fail to inspire me, move me, teach me but now just as easily make me sad. Cancelled string of liveshows, postponed album production with a befriended singer songwriter, a not happening diner party here or rescheduled meeting there… the usual I guess you can say after two intense, strange, uncertain yes almost surreal pandemic years. Performed by three soulmates with rich musical pasts: here’s the story about Satellite Shuffle: “It’s early Januari 2022 and a lot of things are not happening. The Space Age Travellers play self-penned material by songwriter/ guitarist BJ Baartmans, inspired by the sounds of their guitar heroes springing from the Space Age like Bill Frisell, Richard Thompson, Ry Cooder, Marc Ribot, Brian Setzer or Jeff Beck and their inspirations,too, with the likes of Duane Eddy, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Django Rheinhardt, Dick Dale, The Shadows, James Burton and Jimmy Bryant.Įxtremely dancable grooves, romantic melodies, intriguing soundscapes and craftsmanship with unprecedented velocity and poignancy. Release: 2022 Release date: ApRock & Roll, Surf, Jive and Spaghetti Western instrumentals with a free jazz twist. The Space Age Travellers – Satellite Shuffle
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