Napolean IIIrd is James Mabbett, formerly of Little Japanese Toy. Mabbett records his experimental music for London DIY label Brainlove. Since coming to Brainlove, Mabbett's music has been an interesting, and seemingly contradictory, confluence of Lo-Fi and extremely complex layering of sounds. It's all DIY--stuff he cooks up in his own studio, often with a 40 year old reel-to-reel player. Napolean IIIrd, who won't be finished with his next album until 2013, has given a techno dance beat to "Deck The Halls" and combined that with a vocal performance that's vaguely punk. It's really a pretty cool vision--one that has very little in common with the FaLaLaLaFolderol we usually associate with the song. You can download "Deck The Halls" using the widget above, and vistit Napolean IIIrd on Facebook.
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1. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 2. White Christmas 3. Silver Bells 4. O Holy Night 5. Toyland 6. We Three Kings 7. I'll Be Home For Christmas NAME YOUR PRICE AT BANDCAMP This is the kind of thing that I just don't get at all and yet I know others will love it and it will be all over mixtapes everywhere next year. Sam Mickens is a member of Dead Science and The Parenthetical Girls, two acts that I have liked in the past. Zac Pennington is the front man for Parenthetical Girls and, allegedly, "A Christmas Gift To You, Zac Pennington" was a private gift recorded last year in the spirit of friendship from Sam to Zac. This is a "name your price" deal at Bandcamp. And you can also listen to "Dark Christmas", a Sam Mickens track recorded with Zac Pennington for an upcoming split 7", at Brooklyn Vegan. I might be getting a little too old for this. |
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