feeling inspired_ a few tracks

my mind is racing.
pencil in hand.

Boards of Canada - Left Side Drive

TTTTurrrrn up that bass baby. you know how i like it. mmmmmyeahhh.... this track is right fucking on. get on it.

Everything but the Girl - Before Today

an older track i discovered on my hunt for the best downtempo albums out there. sweet vocals.

The Future Sound of London - Cascade

...while on the hunt...ambient sounds swirled, a rhythm inspired movement. get on this movement.

Inner Peace

I've been thinking lately about living a peaceful life. I am always questioning myself. Questioning my feelings and my thoughts. When I started reading more personal development/ minimalist/ zen blogs I realized that my questioning is my self awareness. I think I am a pretty calm person. I don't like to fight and I believe conflict to be very unnecessary. So when I find myself in these situations I try to find a way out.

I read this article on Zen Habits and it really resonated with me. It helped make that crazy feeling inside of me subside. I guess that's what he means about being tied up in knots.

It really is an amazing article.

love

Giving Without Expectation

I read an article about giving without expectation. A good thing to be conscious of.

I wrote in my journal last week about it. I guess it's just something I've been thinking about lately. The article just really resonated with me. Remembering how my dad used to quote JFK, "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."

"Giving without expectation will elevate your personal awareness of others.

When you expose your limiting beliefs to your conscious awareness, then you can let them go."

Here is another article from Tiny Buddha. Good read.

_boundless <3 xoxo

Bonobo's Black Sands

Their 2010 album is touching. Delivering nothing less than what I expected. Sweet rhythms, drums and vocals. My heart melts.

Andreya Triana .... I can't get enough. What a beautiful soul voice. Definitely right to the soul.

The Keeper

Eyesdown

El Toro

Do yourself a favour and get this album.

mae's chill sessions

discovered this Adam Shaikh track yesterday. it's called Infusion (Bombay mix). wai groovy.... some sweet ass chill.

then we have Kick Bong's Pure Love from ChillCode Music's Chiller Vol1. Compilation followed by Kuba's The Place it Starts. wicked bassline.

emotional music

i discovered Slackbaba about a year ago and just melted. their album And the Beat Goes Om was my introduction to psychedelic/ambient/downtempo. i first fell in love with And the Beat Goes Om and still love love love it.

at eclipse sunday dawn at the temple DJ Aikido played the most amazing psychedlic/ambient/chill set. he played Slackbaba's Sea of Green and that was it - i was just blissed out. one of the best moments of my summer. now i can't stop playing it. it just has everything. it has the power to make me cry and dance. right to the core. the fucking epitome of amazing production! i just can't get over it.

i'm about to download Slackbaba's new album. i'll let you know how it goes ;).

next up is Shulman. which i discovered last week was also played during the same set. carlos played it for me and wow.... this track called Transmission in Bloom just blows me away with its magestic beauty. take me on a trip. the actual track is over twelve minutes long and its all worth it. in fact by cutting off the end of that track they cut the story short. that's off the album Endless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart. i'm still making my way through it.

this track called Beyond the Dome by Alex Rize and remixed by Elfsong & Aeron Aether. it reminds me of my early electronic music days. i really miss progressive house/ trance. it reminds me of Deadmau5's early days. Deadmaus's set called Tech Trance Electro Madness is pure magic. i don't really listen to it anymore but it was my top set for like three years. it is a must share if you like this type. right to the core- it just moves me, you know? i need moarrrrrrrr.

much love

now is the time

i am so happy. with life and everything. sometimes i just sit a romanticize about my life and my loved ones. my lover, my friends....everyone. everyone is just so beautiful.

it's solid now, i'm going to eclipse!!! the number one thing i knew i just HAD to do this summer is actually manifesting. i am just glowing with excitement. i have manya clothe making project i will -try- to complete before i'm off. i'm mostly excited about how EVERYONE is going to be there! the festival of festivals. and the music...... it's just going to be off the fucking hook.

okay, okay. it's been a while. let's talk music!

tell me you love the new bluetech album. because it is just fucking FIRE. absolute fire.

i linked the first two tracks that i fell in love with last post. here is another. waiting for initiation

....honestly, i would just link you the entire album. just go download it already! it's just amazing.

last night carlos and i went on a pink floyd journey. that was pretty epic.

i know i have more to share but my ipod decided to erase all of its contents. thank god i backed up my shit on my terabyte. data suicide. it still really sucks though cause i had some good compilations and playlists on that shit. its okay, its okay. it's a sign that i need to organize my shit now.

that's all for now. back to eclipse excitement.

tell me what you think of the new bluetech album!!!

epic day

i have such interesting friends you know... amazing.

the day is like half done for me and i got like four hours of sleep last night. i guess i was too excited though it was quite frustrating why i couldn't get back to sleep this morning. at least i feel i'm halfway through my epic to do list. there is no sign of rest tonight. i guess i am really excited about shaman tales!

sooooooooooooOOOOooOOOoOooOooooo i downloaded the new bluetech album!!!!! it's called Love Songs to the Source. this one hit me hard...mmmmmm Two River Sisters

i spent the afternoon on my bike. must have gone to five different places to get everything i needed to get. and i still don't have everything. i really wish i had hoops. i was trying to buy stuff to make my own hoop. looks like that project is gonna have to wait. i have a huge list of projects to get done before tomorrow comes. all sewing related. i made my own one piece bathing suit!!!! its so amazing. i love it so much. i made it from an old dress and it fits me like a glove. - a good glove! because you know, it's hard to find fitted gloves with these hands sometimes!

a solid chinese meal with mom tonight. she is leaving for the homeland so bye bye mama. au revoir! it was nice to spend some time with her.

and here is another bluetech track that just started playing that i hadn't heard before and this bass line is fucking killer. Hanuman. Woah... another amazing album! i'm already convinced.

okay okay, i really procrastinated yesterday and the day before that so i have a lot to do! yay! great day about to get better!

xoxoxo

blog makeover

changed things up a bit :) i like it!

still listening to a lot of streaming radio lately. frisky is still number one!

listening to DI.fm Progressive Channel right now.

here's a track for you.

Aphrodite - Tower Bass of the jungle DnB genre. pretttttttty jammin! crowd captivator! rock the funky beats!

i'm OM-bound tomorrow. should be a great four days. gonna miss my lover though. Om sounds pretty epic!

//love// over and out kshht-

it was a mistake to pick up my phone again after leaving it dead for a day.

itunes radio and DI.fm

i've been listening to streaming radio for about a day now.

pumping BassDrive now. Digitally Imported's Minimal, Exposure NYC (House) and Progressive channels are b o m b !

yeye...

oh wow, bonobo < 3

sorry i'm late jumping on this train but yummmmmm....

it started with The Plug (Quantic Mix)

morphed into: Days to Come

suddenly -pouf! Recurring

omg drool.... ketto

lovely and sweet

Reeves ft. Alanah - Lonely

inspired by the sounds

just landed on some amazing music. slowly making my way through what Khalil has given me. already found manya gem. this is going to be a heavy post. take your time...

first up, some sweet sweet chill.
Quantic - Wider Than the Sky so amazing... heart melting.

next, some more sweet chill. Bonobo - The Plug (Quantic mix) mmmmm.....

some SICK minimal. jamming. right on. Piemont - Dockyard

more Piemont: Cargo and Shipyard.

some seriousssssss minimal. i would only suggest listening if you're really into minimal. but this track is still mad awesome. be patient with this track, it will be rewarding. trust. John Dahlback - Vitamin (Extrawelt mix)

some house...maybe tech house. Marco Carola - Sirens

pure house. this song was all over the place last summer. it doesn't really go anywhere but it sounds pretty fucking PUMPING, driving, deep..... bass.... yeahhhhhh you know how i like... Nick Curly - Pujante

okay okay. i think that is enough for now. let me know what you think!

love love

live from montreal having a musical adventure with a friend

love love love peoples!!!

hanging out with khalil here in montreal sharing music. currently listening t deadmau5 - fifths.

amazing. more deadmau5. a classic. The Reward is Cheese. mmmmm...... dirty....

have an amazing montreal trip planned.

a quickie

been a crazy couple weeks. last i wrote i just got back for montreal. and hell, i'm leaving for montreal in about two hours!

heres a few tracks i've been playing lately.

Gui Boratto - Opus 17
amazing fucking bass. just killer. deep and mmmmm. changes from hopeful melody to darkness late in the track. beautiful.

and Trentemoller - Polar Shift. wicked awesome track.

and this track called Tizia by Jona which i fell in love with a couple years ago but my friend, Khalil, reminded me of it. i can't find it on youtube but here is a link if you really care to listen to it. go to play all and find Tizia.


don't forget to fucking crank it! feel it in your bones peoples.

love love

montreal soundtrack

montreal is treating me very well. so far many adventures have been had. been taking my time doing what feels right though. which includes naps in the late afternoon.

last night went to this tribal vision party that was held at a huge indoors volleyball facility. sand everywhere. expensive but very wicked party. music was pretty awesome until about 4am when Brisker & Magitman put on their live set. fucking killer. absolute fire. i was pretty tired but goddamn i couldnt help but bust out my best moves! hahaha... it was amazing. completely worth getting to bed at like 6:30am. what a mess, and i mean like dirty, that party was though, with the sand.

spent most of my time here so far listening to Eat Static, Electrypnose and Gui Boratto. absolutely in love with Terminal and Mr.Decay by Gui. Both of which i have heard at parties and such.

thursday night i went to an experimental house jam. amazing event. totally different feel from toronto scene. music was wicked. never ever doubt my love for house music. there was a mirror diagonally placed on the ceiling right above the DJ booth. that was pretty awesome. i enjoyed watching the mirror lol.

looking forward to more time here this summer. so far quite content about my musical adventures here... and just about all my adventures...

sing my heart out

one of my favorite vocal songs.

Telepopmusik - Into Everything

fully ripened i am falling
into your hands for you to taste.
like a child my eyes are open.
ambushed by your pretty face.

sweet vocals

Delerium - Innocente

You can't see my eyes, you can't see my eyes. They don't see yours. Hear me when I say they don't mind at all. It's the rain that I hear coming, not a stranger or a ghost. It's the quiet of a storm that I fear the most. It's the pain that I hear coming. The slightest crystal clear tear drops to the ground in silence when my love is near.

Darling, when did you fall? When was it over?

I suppose it is the price of falling in love.

~

losing sight of your once warm heart
now out of range to feel it radiate
i doubt

music by association

i haven't posted in a while. i got sick and so that kind of knocked me out for a bit. i haven't got anything new to share. nothing epic or particularly amazing. i downloaded some Beats Antique and it was alright. ran through it once. nothing striked me but maybe i'll give it a second shot or download a different album. i discovered the one circus song that i've heard on many occasion though. it's annoying.

today has been one of those music nostalgia days. and these come to me regularly. sometimes when i'm actually feeling nostalgic and maybe sad. sometimes when i'm just out of new amazing music and want to revisit some stuff i loved not too long ago.

it's just interesting to me how connected i am to music. i'm sure a lot of people are. we all have those songs that bring back some memory that will be forever printed in our hearts.

for me i feel the music i listen to corresponds to different stages in my life. i will associate certain artists or genres with a specific time in my life. sometimes i think i base my relationship with people on how much they have impacted my life musically. haha which is kind of ridiculous, i know. but i am astonished at the feelings i experience and the memories that arise when i listen to music that reminds me of someone and the time we had together.

i call it my music history. it tells the story of my life.

sometimes i fight with myself because the music is just so good but it will bring up some things in me that i don't want to deal with at the time. it's hard. it's hard to have amazing music associated with some thing or someone that has left you with a bad after taste. even harder to have a lot of good music associated with that thing. i remind myself to appreciate the sounds and with that appreciate the good things that came with that thing or person. there is beauty in the breakdown.

i say i let the music choose my mood but of course sometimes it's also the other way around. sometimes i play around with that concept and play some things that usually make me feel good when i'm down. most of the time though i will follow my heart. even if i am sad i will play the saddest most moving song i know because i love to feel every emotion to the fullest. i love finding music that will make me cry (and i have quite a few tracks like that). i just think it's so beautiful.

that all being said i will leave you with this track. it has a very specific, strong memory and a very solid place in my heart. no personal attachment to this song -a safe choice. beautiful vocals and lyrics and definitely has the power to make me cry at the right moment. my track of summer 2009.

Reflekt Feat Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved (Adam K & Soha Mix)

come and catch a fire, babe. don't let me fade away. come and catch a feelin'. it's electrifying me.

KAYA FUCKING PROJECT

soooooo......yesterday was absolute hell. came down with a horrendous illness in less than twelve hours on tuesday evening. i wont go into the details but note that i felt so awful that i wanted to die and didn't even have the energy to cry.

my brother came to my rescue around lunch time and took me to the walk-in. i'm feeling a little better now. i just want to eat damnit.

....half an hour later...so my brother just delivered me some watermelon. life never tasted so sweet. gotta slow downnnn. scarfing it down might make me barf again.

i'm really feeling the love. from my brother of course for taking care of me. from my amazing friends for extending their hands. so grateful. so appreciative. i love you all!

and so i can't think of anything more fitting than this for this moment.

right now Kaya Project to me is the epitome of beautiful fucking music. it takes the best of ethnic music and really makes you feel fucking amazing. such a unique sound. moving, grooving, upbeat and just an all around sound orgasm. my thanks goes to carlos for introducing me to this... and Hol Baumann actually. love.

the first track of his (Sebastian James Taylor) that i fell in love with is called ...& so it goes off the album with just that title. go figure. i know good music when i hear it peoples. trust. the best i can do for you is a preview on last.fm.

and here is some more for you to check out:

Good Morning London off their album Elixir

Dark Roads and Saranghi Breaks off of And So It Goes.

Kanzaman Breaks from Walking Through. Fukin rite.

get your hands on Elixir. listen to the track From Mumbai. love the fucking wicked smoothe guitar melody in the back that comes in at 1:20.

in fact, do you download torrents? here! i searched it for you at pirate bay.

and BAM! they just released a new album this year! gotta get onnnnn that sheeeeeeitt!!! you! get on this shit! you will love me for it ;)

mmmmmrrrrrggggrrrmmmm...im gonna lay down again....maybe after some more watermelon... <3

Exposure NYC

oh yeah! i love house music! haha i haven't listened to it in so long i almost forgot. boat party with Beats Ahoy May 30 bitchezzzz!!!!!

BAM!

D I G I T A L L Y I M P O R T E D R A D I O

back when their station on itunes was capitalized. now its just DI or DI.fm. back then i was listening to Exposure NYC, which is still bomb. Then i moved on to the progressive channel which was quite good. now it's all about PsyChill!!!!!! and now i'm listening to Breaks. streaming radio doesn't get better than this.

honestly, i just love saying D I G I T A L L Y I M P O R T E D R A D I O!!!

this is a call out to anyone that has any suggestions for downloads in the genres of Breaks, Dub (step) and DnB!

readers! comments are much appreciated! i like to know when people are reading :)

love and light!!!

you live within me

three years today my dad left this physical world.

three years is not that long but i have come a long way and there is just so much more to come. i am living on my own, doing well in school, exploring the world, discovering myself and finding my path. i feel he is proud of me when i am proud of myself.

my family will come together tonight for dinner in honour of our father. they, too, have come so far and accomplished many things. my next oldest brother is also living on his own, doing well at work, following his heart. my oldest brother and his wife have a house, a beautiful son and one more gift to come. i am so proud of them too.

thank you, dad. you taught us some vital life lessons that we experience and apply to our lives every day. thank you for showing us the meaning of unconditional love, the meaning of family. i can't wait to pass that on. thank you for giving us the gift of life, the greatest gift of all. though we come together today, we honour you every day. we are not sad; we are eternally grateful.

your body may not be here with us but your essence is ever present. your spirit lives within the hearts you've touched. you live within us.

you live within me.

i can't think of a more appropriate track. moving and hopeful. a definite favorite of all time. (turn up the bass)

Vibrasphere - Ensueno

this one hit me today too.

Vibrasphere - Breathing Place

great album -Lungs of Life -how appropriate

i'm a little beeee sippin' on that BassNECTARRRR

HERE WE GO

a wicked first track to their album Timestretch. a wicked start to my day.

yesterday was a full 24hrs of memorable conversation with various people. it was great. i'm very appreciative. i'm constantly learning.

~flow~

words

here are some words i just sent to my lovely Franziska.

it is so important to flow all the time. remember. allow every feeling to fill you up. fulllly experience every emotion. live in the moment. acknowledge it, honour it. do what feels right. speak your mind.
say what you feel, when you feel it. that is what i learnt tonight. and what i learn every day that i live.

show them your heart. in love they will show you theirs.

//

still loving Laughter Crescendo. i seem to have mixed up day and night. how did it get so late!

The Knife made me want to stab at my ears

i listened to The Knife for maybe 15 minutes today. it was horrible. and YES she is the same vocalist of Fever Ray. her name is Karin Dreiger Andersson. The Knife is apparently an electronic duo with her brother according to Wiki. The Knife is electronic pop! no bass line in sight! how awful. i really like her voice and thoroughly appreciate her unique sound in both Fever Ray and The Knife. needless to say i only listened to like eight tracks most of which i just skipped to the next after like a minute or so. it was almost painful. really.

Fever Ray = muchos better

< 3

totally in love with this track.

Bassnectar - Laughter Crescendo

that whole album is waiiii awesome.

obsessed

i cannot get over this Hol Bauman track called Human. its the first Hol Baumann track i discovered and it gets me every time! i listen to it everyday, several times a day. it's my pick me up, my high.

it moves me every time. <3

now for day 2 of hell week.

a classy track

blow

i just downloaded a bunch Bassnectar so i'm making my way through that.

i'm on a musical adventure

.je t'adore.

music is the best description i'll ever have for the way i feel

and right now i can't stop listening to Hol Baumann. all of it. this track in particular:

Benares (Varanaci)

i'm having a hard day. deep breaths. i can do it. focus. organize. execute.

sigh.

<3

Goooooooooooood morning!!! bring it onnnn monday!

I fell in love with this song a couple weeks ago. This track has been my anthem for a couple days now. I'm having a lot of fun singing it.

Fever Ray - When I Grow Up (Bassnectar mix)

When I grow up I want to be a forester. Run through the moss on high heels. That's what I'll do. Throwing out a boomerang waiting for it to come back to me.

When I grow up I want to live near the sea. Crab claws and bottles of rum. That's what I'll have. Staring at the seashell waiting for it to embrace me.

I put a soul in what I do. Last night I drew a funny man with dark eyes and a hanging tongue. It goes way bad. I never like a sad look from someone who wants to be loved by you -oh ohhhhhhh!

I'm very good with plants. When my friends are away they let me keep the soil moist. On the seventh day I rest for a minute or two, then back on my feet and cry for you.

You got cucumbers on your eyes. Too much time spent on nothing. Waiting for a moment to arise. The face in the ceiling and arms too long. I'm waiting for him to catch meeee.

*dances to the break down*

.love.

this is it. i'm gonna do it.

herro,

i just feel like flowing so i'm going to talk about some music. the first thing i want to say is that my quality of life is exponentially better since i got these AKG headphones.

so the last track i fell in love with is a Hol Baumann track called One Step Behind. hold on- i'm gonna put it on while i write about it. pretty much it makes me melt and quiver. love the fucking progression and then the beat down when the bass comes in. then the complimentary bass line and snare. it's just beautiful.

click here for love

hope you feel it like i do.

another one is also by Hol Bauman called Human.

<3x2

i heard it first on his Live at Sonic set and then i sought it out. fell in love quickly. i love listening to this track on the move. it drives me.

hahahhaha and i just found this on PostSecret...
this weeks edition of PostSecret is actually pretty good!

//over and out.

_i need to learn html again. how do i change the font of the post body?

yes!

what more could i ask for?
nothing.

the universe always delivers.
you have to allow it.

aligned

we need not speak words
our hearts, our eyes, our medium
we feel each other
we move
slowly, smoothly
with the waves of the water
flowing together

It seems my frustrations have turned into me being straight up pissed off.

Sometimes I think that life was easier when I was less rational. Am I actually more rational now? I mean I like to think so but has my rationality just brought me so much frustration now that it has reverted back to irrationality?

Here is something I wrote today:

There are faces in the walls of stone that line the roads. The snow has shaped expression.

It's a hidden cave of sounds here under this hood.
Sounds that evoke the kind of emotions these words lack the capacity to portray accurately.

Condensation fogs the already dirty glass, blurring the view into shades.