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Peach
by Louis La Roché

Once again last.fm has thrown another cracking artist my way! I don’t remember the exact station I was listening to, but I think it was the ‘filtered house’ station. Whatever it was I heard this song, ‘Peach’, by Louis La Roché.

His profile said something about trying to bring back old school french house… Well he is most certainly doing that! He’s got a simple vocal sample which is torn to shreds throughout the track, you can’t move for all the filtering going on and the beat is incessant! This man is a genius!!…

Album: Strength in Numbers
Artist: The Music

I’m sorry it’s taken me nearly a week to write about this album! It was out last Monday, and to be honest, I’ve not really listened to anything else in that time! This album is absolutely amazing!!

Having been away from the public eye for about 4 years seems to have had quite a profound effect on the bands sound. Everything seems to be much more mature - and at times even a little dark. Despite this they’ve kept that unmistakable dance-orientated groove that makes them stand out against an otherwise dull backdrop…

To be honest I don't think I can safely pick just one song to recommend to you by Russ Chimes… But seeing as that is kinda what I do here I'd better carry on in the same style! Therefore, I pick:

Afterburner
by Russ Chimes

Where to begin then… Well I was played some music by Russ on the last.fm radio while listening to the tag 'French House'. Russ is not French, he is English, but his sound is definitely influenced by some of the big hitters of French House. Despite this he has managed to create such…

Left Behind
by CSS

So this is really more of a request than a recommendation. I didn’t really enjoy CSS’s last/first album - except for the song ‘Music is my Hot, Hot Sex’ (which I really must recommend in it’s own post one day!). But, for some reason earlier today I took a trip to their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/canseidesersexy) just to see what’s going on!

What I found was a sample of a song from their upcoming album. Sadly they’ve only posted about a minute or two of the song ‘Left Behind’, but I have had it on repeat…

I Don't Care
by Space Cowboy

Ok, just a quick one. This artist popped up in my last.fm music player today under the "Le Knight Club Similar Artists Station". I'm not really sure whether I am allowed to like this music. The motives seem to be similar to the filtered-house stylings of the Daft Punk lot, and the whole 'French Touch' scene… But it kinda smacks of pop!

Oh well, I still think this record is fabulous! With a great vocoded sample repeated pretty much right through there's plenty of energy to get going! On the whole it's a…

Terria

Earlier this week I recommended the song ‘Nobody’s Here’ from this album. Since then I’ve had more time to listen to the full record and I’ve decided it is very much worthy of being my first recommended album of the week!

As I mentioned in the ‘Nobody’s Here’ post I am not typically a fan of this genre of music - but with this album I can’t help but become mesmerised with the sheer brilliance of the song writing and musicianship. Devin Townsend is nothing short of a musical genius! I’ve seen many people say…

For my first recommended playlist I am going to recommend 10 really good driving songs! It's quite simple, foot down, stereo up. No frills, just that! In no particular order:

Never Again - Nickelback
Freedom Fighters - The Music
Fallin' Down - Goo Goo Dolls
Let's Make History - The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters
No Way Back - Hundred Reasons
57 - Biffy Clyro
Fat Lip - Sum 41
My Curse - Killswitch Engage
Shark Attack - Cryonic Temple

That should keep you moving nicely :) Several genres are covered there, from pop-punk to power-metal!…

Devin Townsend - Nobody's Here

Recommended to me by a friend Devin Townsend (of Strapping Young Lad), is quite simply an awesome musician! Though I am not typically a fan of ‘heavy’ music I absolutely love this track!…