The million year old blog
10 Apr
My latest musical discovery has been more of a re-discovery.
4AM in the morning of April 1st, for a rather long list of reasons I was still awake and trust me, this time around I was in fact quite tired. So I thought I’d relax to some nice music for a bit before the day officially started. I was about to serve myself up some Mike Oldfield [I had “Amarok” in mind!] when incidentally I noticed the news of a new release on the Kahvi Collective page. The EP called “Little Man Entered a Big Village”, is the latest by the Finnish electronic musician Aleksi Eeben. This was interesting news, seeing how I hadn’t listened to anything from this artist in a reeeeeally long while! A very long time ago I had come across a number of truly great tracks by the same artist under the alias “Heatbeat”, but since then somehow [unlike me, I know! =P] I had in fact lost track.
So, well, I downloaded the EP and began listening. It started with my head resting on the pile of papers on my desk. Then came the feeling of blood rushing into my brain.. then I found myself sitting straight and totally conscious… Then, of course, came the track “Linen & Linseed”, and I have to admit I’m glad none of you could actually see me at that point. Messy hair, googly eyes, mildly head banging to the track, in my PJs, 4AM in the morning. =D Needless to say I luuuuuuuvvvvvv the EP and even more so this track.
Of course then I went ahead and downloaded the artist’s entire set of available albums off of Bandcamp in FLAC [YAAAAAAAY yes it’s all available in FLAC]. And if you want to get your hands on what I’ve been loooooping in the past week, you can do the same HERE. Oh, and I really do mean looping. To say that I’ve gone completely nutz over “Linen & Linseed” would be an understatement. Check out my Last.fm profile if you don’t believe me. =D So, well, I really do suggest you check this out. =)
12 Responses for "Current Listening :: Aleksi Eeben – Little Man Entered a Big Village"
See this is why I love your blog! 😀 The best of the most unusual treasures always show up here!! I just listened to your favorite track, liked it. The album in general is pretty strange and pretty good. Thanks for this! 🙂
LOL googly eyes? :)))))))))) Wish I could see you, sounds like it would have been fun! Ok I'm going to give the album a go now.
me likes!
Well I knew this should be one hell of an album to receive a review like this from you. And I was right. It's a great album, I enjoyed listening.
Yeah same here. I've been listening to this album quite often too lately. There's something about it eh?
I just listened to "Linen & Linseed". Damn that's good music!
Btw do you EVER sleep?
AHH! You didn't tell me you were into Heatbeat stuff! Such a strange nostalgic feeling, I haven't listened to this guy forever now! Do you happen to still have those old tracks you've mentioned? If you do, I want them please. 😀
@ Lucian: Eh?! Seriously? You too? What are the chances? =D
It's also quite funny you ask me now if I have the old tracks.. cause just a few seconds ago I actually requested for an alternative link to Heatbeat's archive of really old Amiga mods on FB. We'll see if that happens.
Yeah I do actually have a rather large load of the old tracks… some from scene.org, some from here and there, and my friend xo actually just sent me his full archive too. So yeah you could say I have a rather big collection. =)
Hi
Heatbeat is one of the legendary amiga composers from back in the oldschool demoscene days. The link at the end collects most of the music from that time. And if you already know about this, ignore me 🙂
http://www.mono211.com/modsoulbrother/heatbeat.html
have a nice day
Waveshaper
=) Hehe yes, I know about that page but thanks a lot anyhow. And yes, Heatbeat is indeed legendary. Oh, and I should tell him to read this comment. =D
Wow. I sounded abit arrogant. 🙂 That was not my intension.
I am a big fan of Heatbeat. I like both older and newer material. But his ear for detail is stunning. Just like the piano sound in "Linen & Linseed". Its clear sound goes like a ray through the song when it first attacks. Ah, I gotta listen to it again.
Waveshaper
Arrogant? Nah.. =)
Yup, I fully agree. "Linen & Linseed" is truly amazing in that quality. =)
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