Excellent 80’s from Don Johnson

Check out this excellent video from Don Johnson of Miami Vice fame. The video just doesn’t make much sense. He is looking for a “heartbeat” (super hot woman) using a video camera in New York, then fighting rebel guerrillas in a jungle conflict and throwing children over conveniently small walls… I love the modulation halfway through the song, that is a technique lacking in modern music. Also check out the drummer’s body language after the fill at the end of the first chorus, classic 80’s melodrama.

Johnson’s Heartbeat is obviously the primary track Grum sampled for his standout track Heartbeats off the record of the same name.

Easy to see why this was acceptable in the 80’s.

Parklife 2010!

The good people at Fuzzy recently announced the Parklife 2010 line up! Quality abounds throughout the field and we are surely set for some quality synths and beats yet again at this year’s festival.

Numerous quality artists appear on the bill including: Holy Ghost, New Young Pony Club, Groove Armada, Darwin Deez, Cut Copy and Soulwax, along with plenty of premier acts recently featured on Happymusic such as Bag Raiders, Midnight Juggernaughts, Clasixx, D-Cup and finally GRUM! Needless to say this is a must-attend event for any dance-minded music enthusiast.

The P-life tour hits most major cities across Aus culminating in the Sydney edition on Sunday the 3rd of October. Tickets go on sale at Midday on July the first. Better start saving as they have the hefty price tag of $145 attached.

Parklife must-sees below.

Personal Touch – DCUP

Far Away (Bag Raiders Remix) – Cut Copy

Paper Romance (Clasixx Remix) – Groove Armada

Chromeo On Yo Gabba Gabba

This is very cool.

Mad props to McD for the lead.

More Chromeo here soon.

Splendid Splendour 2010

Splendour In The Grass recently announced the line-up for the epic winter music festival and the list is long and impressive. It seems just about all the hottest bands of the past 18 months are here, and it is only the first announcement, which is kind of scary considering what more could be coming. Now with the difficult task of choosing between the festival event of the decade (so far) and the traditional annual snow holiday I find myself in a spot of bother…

The first line up announcement includes: The Strokes, Pixies, Ben Harper, The Temper Trap, Florence And The Machine, Empire Of The Sun, Scissor Sisters, Goldfrapp, Grizzly Bear, Hot Chip, Passion Pit, The Middle East, Angus and Julia Stone, Bag Raiders, Yeasayer, Miami Horror, Miike Snow and that isn’t even half of it. Mouth-watering, I know. I am still wiping the drool from my keyboard.

The 10th installment of Splendour kicks off on July 30th and runs for 3 glorious days until the 1st of August. The venue has changed from the stalwart Belongil Fields near Byron Bay and migrated a few hours north to Woodfordia in Queensland, home of the Woodford Folk Festival. With 20,000 camping tickets available for $450 a pop and 10,000 non-camping tickets at $350 each there are plenty of spaces available, but some might find the burgeoning prices tags slightly prohibitive. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday the 6th of May via Moshtix so you have a few weeks yet to mull it over.

A few of my favorite acts on the bill are available below, just so you know the level of excellence to expect.

Madder Red – Yeasayer

Cult Logic – Miike Snow

Rocket (Grum Remix) – Goldfrappe

Couldn’t resist slipping a bit of Grum in to this one. Who knows, maybe he will be on the second announcement? Fingers crossed.

Welcome to Happy Music.

As my virginal foray into music blogging I make no claims or assertions of consistency or quality, only to give it my best shot. So here goes.

Happy Music is an aptly named blog about good music that will make you happy. Essentially, the basic premise is that original music of a high quality gives the listener a feeling satisfaction and fulfillment whilst also filling the ambient void of everyday silence in the background. Happy Music’s objective is to connect good people with good music, and one another. To promote listening to good music and the artists who create it and in doing so make us all much happier.

So browse away at your leisure and if you find something you like then please leave a comment. If you find something you think I might like then please leave a comment and a link so I can check it out.

Watch this space…