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About Aurgasm

Launched two years ago, Aurgasm has developed into a destination of passionate music lovers around the globe. Its audience includes music mavens, critics, journalists, and bloggers—a highly influential audience. It has been profiled in The Boston Globe and mentioned on MSNBC.com, BoingBoing, Kottke, del.icio.us, and digg. Aurgasm specializes in everything not under the American rock umbrella—music such as: downtempo, folk, nu jazz, chanson, scandinavian, jazz, cuban, brazilian, electro, soul, jump blues, bluegrass, film score, and electronica.

About Paul Irish

A young man of twenty-five years, Paul's interest in music was initiated by his parents' rock band, playing The Standell's 'Dirty Water' in his basement. Since the mp3 format appeared on the internet, Paul has been eager to find his next favorite song.

His interests include: user experience design, emerging web trends, ecommerce, branding, maps, product design, typography, information design/overload, & sustainability.

Contact

Paul Irish
email: paul [atsign] aurgasm.us
AIM: Paullll Irish
Myspace: Paul's myspace
I listen to everything I'm sent, but I prefer music that isn't by a 'band'.

Contributors

Julija is an art student in Vilnius, Lithuania fond of wine and contemporary design. Andrew (blog) is a travelling Scot who writes and currently lives in London.

Bernadette Seacrest

retro vocal jazz // torch singer-songwriter
Femme fatale, enchanting heroine of film noir, Bernadette Seacrest, creates mystery around her, triggers conflicted emotions and desire. Following the jazz vocal standard and torch singing without syrup sweetness in it, she sings to rip your heart out. Dark vintage jazz blends with the modern, drenches with her sultry voice and noir atmosphere of a smoky bar.

Sweet romantic demon.
Bernadette Seacrest And Her Yes Men - Money
Bernadette Seacrest And Her Yes Men - Sweet Salvation
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Julija on 7/29/2007 4 comments

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Love Trio

turkish electrojazz // jamaican dub
Sometimes the back-story is as intriguing as the music. The seeds of Turkish Ilhan Ersahin's music career were sown upon hearing dub legend U-Roy as a child in Sweden. Now a successful jazz saxophonist and the driving force behind many experimental side projects, as well as Nublu - an eclectic Lower East Side club and label - his musical experience came full circle when he recorded with U-Roy to produce Love Trio In Dub. "Lovers Rock" combines traditional Turkish notes with elegantly programmed and languid dub bass, and features vocals by Sabina Sciubba of the Brazilian Girls.

Intercontinental blunted jazz ripe for Sunday morning repose.
Love Trio - Lovers Rock

Music and words contributed by Kerry Harwin
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Paul Irish on 7/28/2007 3 comments

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CéU

brazilian fusion // bossa
Just when you think that Brazil must have surely exhausted its supply of irresistibly jazzy, funky, sexy, soulful electro-pop singer-songwriters, a girl named CéU comes along to release an irresistible album full of samba, reggae, dub, electronica, love, heartbreak, chaos and sweet tunefulness. Her influences start with her musicologist father and spread out to genres like valsa, choro, soul, rhythm and blues, hip hop, afrobeat and electrojazz. Isn't it obvious this deserves a spot on Aurgasm? :)

Quite a mature sound for this Brazilian songstress' debut
CéU - Rainha
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Paul Irish on 7/24/2007 6 comments

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5'nizza

ukrainian acoustic reggae // hip hop
The duo of Ukrainian guys 5'nizza (pronounced pyatnitsa) experiments with layers of vocals and an acoustic guitar like no-one else. Harmonizing the most unexpected, humming, rappin' and improvising, they bring a smile to your face. Using human voice they create the best quality break-beat rhythms, instrumentation of drums and trumpets. 5'nizza throws together reggae-like sounds, rock influences, bossa nova melodies, random energetic ska, enjoyable hip hop and the greatest fun from Eastern European underground.

Recommended for sunny summer days.
5'nizza - Son
5'nizza - Voda
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Julija on 7/22/2007 3 comments

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Mareva Galanter

french electro-pop // yé-yé
A former model expanding her work into music or cinema is not surprising. However, it is rare and surprising when she does it so good, and does it in such a fun way. With her debut album Ukuyéyé (2006), Mareva Galanter, once Miss Tahiti and Miss France, delivers a collection of mostly catchy pop-rock songs from the 60's. Her coquettish charm and ukulele manage to give it fresh sound and a lovely feeling to it.

Delightful interpretation of the classic.
Mareva Galanter - Les Filles, C'est Fait Pour Faire L'Amour
Mareva Galanter - Miss Hinano
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Note From Paul: I'm looking to bring on some additional writers to Aurgasm. If you like the kinds of music featured here and can find similar stuff, we should talk. This is a paid gig. Current bloggers are welcome, too. Email me at paul -atsymbol- aurgasm.us.

Julija on 7/18/2007 8 comments

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  • Tobias Weisserth said on 7/18/2007 08:14:00 PM :

    Wonderfully relaxing. Thanks for this post.

  • daysleeper said on 7/19/2007 08:36:00 AM :

    definitely like the kinds of music you recommend!! have just stumbled on your site a few days back and i'm addicted!

  • Anonymous said on 7/19/2007 01:13:00 PM :

    Cheers Julija! Always love your selections.

  • Blonde on Blonde said on 7/19/2007 11:37:00 PM :

    Anyone who's interested in checking out some cool new music, the Lovemakers have a new album coming out July 24, and its going to be great. There new single, Whine and Dine, is very fun and everyone should check it out!

  • Nick said on 7/20/2007 08:11:00 PM :

    I could probably post if it was a paid gig, I find alot of good music by reading other sites. I dunno if it would always be artists nobody ever heard about becuase I'm constantly finding artists I like that actually have a large fan base. But yeah I blog http://www.nickcast.tv. Anyways love this site and the tunes. My email is Nicka102@gmail.com.

  • Morgan said on 7/22/2007 10:15:00 AM :

    Julija - Sweet. Wish you all the best. Thanks for the intro to Mareva.

  • Guuzbourg said on 7/24/2007 07:21:00 PM :

    One of my Albums of 2006. From Paris and on ukelele too: The Ukelele Girls. Check out their Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/ukulelegirls) for a great cover of Coolio (or Stevie Wonder, if you like)

  • Julija said on 7/25/2007 02:10:00 PM :

    Cheers everyone!
    @Guuzbourg, merci beaucoup!

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Budos Band

staten island soul // afrobeat
(Sorry, no real post. I'm on vacation. :)
Budos Band - Budos Theme
Budos Band - T.I.B.W.F.
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Paul Irish on 7/12/2007 6 comments

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  • Blonde on Blonde said on 7/12/2007 11:18:00 PM :

    That has a pretty unique sound, kind of like big band or something along those lines. If anyone is looking for some cool music, the Lovemakers are dropping a new album soon and its going to be great! Keep an eye out, because the album drops soon and they are going to tour as well.

  • Kerry said on 7/13/2007 05:13:00 PM :

    Paul -

    Just a quick follow up to mention that Sound Exchange announced a compromise a few hours ago that will delay the enactment of the new royalty schema for internet radio.

    It's not a fundamental change of any kind - more a short term stay of execution - but it will give us a little more time, and hopefully give the parties at the table more time to work something out.

  • Mokawi said on 7/18/2007 05:02:00 PM :

    Looks like it's gone... can't get anything but a 404

  • Paul Irish said on 7/18/2007 05:15:00 PM :

    Fuck. you're right. I'll fix soon.

  • Paul Irish said on 7/18/2007 05:26:00 PM :

    @Mokawi, thanks. fixed now.

  • Guuzbourg said on 7/24/2007 07:18:00 PM :

    As I understand it, members of Budos Band are also in Amy Winehouse's band (or,as we in Holland like to call her, Amy 'No Show' Winehouse)

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