“Who Killed Sparky?” sounds like “The Sky is Pink”

Posted on: August 11, 2008

If you like excellent dancefloor fillers — COMPARE! Esp. towards the end:

Sasha - “Who Killed Sparky?”

Nathan Pink - “The Sky is Pink (James Holden Remix)”

The first came second. I haven’t heard the two mixed adjacently in a set yet, but here’s an op. Both are magnificent tracks, but I prefer the former because it has a subtle edge of variation and excitement which I’ve hardly heard since Holden’s own “A Break in the Clouds”, prolly one of the bestest electronic musics of ALL-TIME.

Another slice of delicious melodic + minimal (melinal? Minodic?) techy tuneage is Dada Life’s “Sweeter Than Fever (David West & Ida Engberg Remix)”:

It’s difficult to create something repetitious which grips and suspends you, pulling you into the next 8-bar section. But this does so, masterfully.

Shame they’re relative rarities. But then again, those are the true gems, innit?

4 Responses to ““Who Killed Sparky?” sounds like “The Sky is Pink””

  1. Joga Luce Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 1:41 AM PDT

    Thanks for the share. Lately I've been getting more into … melinal as you put it.
    ^_^

    The second one [Nathan Pink - “The Sky is Pink (James Holden Remix)” ] reminds me of some stuff I've heard James Lauer mixing. Through him I found Trentemøller, whose "The Last Resort" I find to be pretty incredible. It's one of those albums where at first I thought it was just a bunch of individual tracks that were mixed together with some overarching tempo/melody thematics, but then I realized it actually tells a story.

    Also, on a mostly unrelated note, I think you might appreciate Alex Mauer, a pretty dedicated chiptune musician I came across. He released the first [as far as I'm aware] album strictly on NES cartridge.

    Also slightly related is my recaptcha, "eagerly motor", which ties it back into it's kraftwerkian roots.

    Anyway, enough rambling, Thanks Again for a great post Torley!

  2. Amphithetre Andalso Says:
    August 16th, 2008 at 8:06 AM PDT

    Very nice, I like being introduced to new music, the Torley way–stumbling on it at odd hours on your blog :)

    I listened to Nathan Pink's track first, then gave the Sasha one a listen.
    Love the first, will be adding it to my collection! Love both!

    The second is decidedly Sasha esque. Would have guessed it was Sasha without having seen the title.

  3. Torley Says:
    August 17th, 2008 at 10:52 AM PDT

    @Joga: I've heard some Trentemøller and enjoyed it. Also enjoyed your description. I <3 a lot of chiptune remixes and will check out Alex Mauer; the description sounds familiar and I may've heard his work before without knowing.

    @Amphithetre: ;D Do you know "Xpander" from the "good ol' trance days"? It still stands as one of my Sasha (co-produced with the boys from Spooky) faves!

  4. Amphithetre Andalso Says:
    August 17th, 2008 at 6:41 PM PDT

    @ Torley: Yup, I first heard Xpander on the Wipeout 3 soundtrack and haven't let it go since.

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