Conjure One - Free Jeff Martin MP3

God, I love the Internet.

Up until today, I had never heard of Conjure One. I was simply checking out Jeff Martin's website for any new developments. Low and behold, the site mentioned that there was a free Conjure One MP3 with Jeff doing the lead vocals.

So, I say to myself, okay what the hell and check it out.

The track reinvents Jeff as an artist in an electronica, ambient sort of way. Its outstanding. Download and check it out for yourself:

Premonition MP3 (Jeff Martin Lead Vocals)

But that is just half the story. Unlike most electronica groups that sound like generic crap, there seemed to be some real talent and originality. I gave the other tracks from their myspace website a chance.

The master mind behind Conjure One is Rhys Fulber of British Columbia. The guy is damn talented. Poe does a great job with the lyrics as well.

Download and listen:
Center Of The Sun MP3

More music samples and remixes can be found here.

Fulber is a genius at this type of genre. Perhaps lesser known (but seemingly very well respected and sought after) than Moby nevertheless extremely talented. Here's hoping that he sticks to continuing to demonstrate his musical creativeness towards more future LP efforts and not car commercials like others in his industry.

Emusic does have the Conjure One catalog available.
Conjure One (2002)
Extraordinary Ways (2005)

Conjure One Homepage

Tokyo Police Club - Available on Emusic

This is a great download available from Emusic.

It's a really nice Sunday here in Chicago, so my apologies for the extremely lazy post.

Emusic is still offering their 50 free download sign-up program. Take advantage of it and pick this album up:
Tokyo Police Club

Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime

It is next to damn near impossible to find any relevant information on this upcoming Toronto based band. Surprising in the Age of the Internet...

No official band website (doesn't every band have one these days?), no informative bio from the record label (Paperbag Records) and rather limited intel provided on their myspace site. What gives? Oh well, some information on the group can be found here and here.

Sorry, there's simply too much talent here for this lack of marketing exposure. Memo to management - Canadian indie groups are hot right now! Better get that PR machine cranking guys...

Tokyo Police Club's self-description as follows:
If you were to throw Bowie, Joy Division, The Arcade Fire, and two llamas into a blender, you would have one hell of a mess. TOKYO POLICE CLUB is here to help you clean up.

Not sure about the llama reference, but the rest seems apt.

Download and listen (2006 - A Lesson in Crime):
Cheer It On MP3
Nature of the Experiment MP3
Shoulders & Arms MP3
La Ferrassie MP3

Cokemachineglow's review is available here.

Buy the EP from MapleMusic. Hopefully, Paperbag Records will get the band listed (along with other label mates) on Emusic.

Looking forward to future efforts from Tokyo Police Club, hopefully in the form of a full length LP soon.

Tokyo Police Squad Homepage