Organico: file with Mahjongg
A week after discovering Mahjongg, a band playing exactly my kind of music, I've found another one without even trying. The Vintage Library Emporium sharity blog shares old albums (1978-1990, mostly) of library music, instrumental music intended to be used in soundtracks of promotional films, slideshows (these are from pre-PowerPoint days), or any other production that needs music but can't afford to commission it. The albums were typically quite expensive, as built into the price was a flat fee for royalties. Thus the music could be used royalty-free in unlimited quantities (per purchaser). They're all instrumental, they're all competent, and they're perhaps even more reflective of their respective time periods than pop music. The most sought-after library albums prominently feature synthesizers as lead instruments, Moog and ARP in particular; there's also a lot of good car-chase music to be found. The Vintage Library Emporium blog is based in France and run by Paul Durango, and in yesterday's post he put up some videos from his band, Organico. And as I just mentioned, they play exactly my kind of music! They use 1980-era synths and drum machines to make real rump-shaking synthbeat music (as opposed to happier-sounding, finger-snapping "synthpop"). Here is the intriguingly-titled "Fevers as a shemale"--
Comments
Hi there!
Thanks for the kind words about Organico and me blog !
The band is 2 guys
(Alden Volney / http://www.myspace.com/chldsl
and meself as Lando A.P. Guru / http://www.myspace.com/landoapguru
(been cut off)
We're currently working on a 1 hour live set.. laptop + synths + drums + bass + video and i'm creating a label for all this nouvelle music to be published..
Anyway many thx for being the 1st one to ever 'blog' Organico!
Cheeros,
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Paul Durango