Something that always turns us on here at Nylvi is people with dedication and passion. People like the great guys at Secret Stash Records who have just released the first volume of Soviet Funk, a compilation of funky rarities recorded in Soviet between 1971 and 1976! Here they have, together with Pavel Sysoyev, dug up some really fascinating stuff.
Check it out for yourself below:
Graphic designer Michael Deal has a great project going visualizing and exploring The Beatles music through infographics. Through his amazing visualizations (see below) you can track things like The Beatles’ work schedule between 1963-66, song keys, authorship and collaboration and The Beatles’ use of self referential lyrics.
Like we pointed out earlier, 2009 was great year for vinyl records. The Nielsen Soundscan numbers reveals a 33% growth in 2009 with about 2.5 million vinyl records sold in the US! On a even more positive note 2 out 3 vinyl records was purchased at a independent music store!
The top ten best selling artists on vinyl in 2009:
We have already covered some great album cover recreations with Lego and perlplättor, now we turn to the magic of MS Paint. Since 2007 members of the foreverdoomed.com forum and stonerrock.com forum have showed of their MS Paint skills with some great results. Here are some of our favorites:
Scratch, a Doug Pray directed documentary about turntablism featuring among others DJ Shadow and DJ Premier is now airing in its entirety over at Pitchfork for one week only. A must see for all turntable fans and aspiring DJs.
In November Art Vinyl with the help from Creative Review’s Mark Sinclair, Rough Trade’s Spencer Hicks and John Doran from The Quietus shortlisted 50 record sleeves and invited everyone to cast their vote. The results are in and the winner of the best vinyl album cover of 2009 is:
Limited Edition, Special Edition, Anniversary Edition, Collectors Edition, Deluxe Edition…, all much used words when talking about music releases in 2009. As both new releases and old classics were often released in various edition and levels of bonus material and deluxe packaging. Some were obvious cash-ins for the industry, others were prepared with much more love and care.
Below, we have collected some of the best and most beautiful Special Editions and almost-over-the-top box sets of 2009. Enjoy the list and feel free to tell us who we forgot in the comments!
Figuring out the exact number is tough since quite a bit of vinyl is sold through independent stores and directly from artists/labels, but judging from recent numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, which is measuring sales from the major retailers, vinyl is doing even better than last year with an increase from 1.9 million to 2.8 million records sold this year. That should be very close to a sweet 50% increase.
pic via nightmaresanddaydreams
2009 might not have been the greatest year in music, however it was a pretty good year for turntables. Especially, when it seems that the much talked about rumor of Technics shutting down has been quashed.
Here’s a recap of some of the most exciting turntable news in a year where turntables outsold CD players 5 to 1 (at least in Norway, they did..)
This company, which we think make glue for a living, made one.
via DOIS PONTO OITO
