Things I love | April 2011

I know, I know, it’s almost may. But today is still april and that’s sanction enough for still squeezing in some april love regarding those things that make my cookie crumble this month.

//MUSIC

Breakbot

I have always been a sucker for cheesy synth lines and electronic pop music. Maybe that’s because I am a child of the eighties and was subconsciously breastfed my mothers obession with Icehouse. However, these kids just do it right. Whenever I listen to their cleverly produced, light and melodic tunes and excellent mixes, my heart melts with synth pop goodness and summersun spring excitement. Sounds good to you, too?

Check out these:

• Without Lies (Breakbot Remix) by Aeroplane
• Baby (Breakbot Remix) by Pnau
• Baby I’m yours by Breakbot
• Roche (Breakbot remix) by Sebastian Tellier

//Life

Authenticity

My life, mainly my job life, is rimmed by a few douchebags and I am continously making an effort to stay away from them as far as I possibly can. And it works out. What makes someone you have to deal with on a weekly basis almost unbearable to me is the lack of authenticity. Because if someone is authentic, you know what you’re dealing with, even if you don’t like that person so much on an emotional level. So, this shouldn’t only be limited to the month of april but to the whole universe, now and for ever. Be authentic, love what you do and do it properly!

//Architecture

An old farm house near Dresden/Germany

Since my early childhood, I have been mesmerized and simoultanously scared shitless by old houses. But imagining the history and lives of the people who once inhabited a house is one of my favorite past time daydream hobbies. Last weekend, I was invited to go to Dresden with beloved Chrissi to see her family there and also visit their spooky old DDR farm house that happens to sit on a piece of land they recently acquired. We found straw filled walls, broken windows, decaying wooden floorboards that gave way when we stepped on them, residues of old kitchen furniture and many, many spiders => I was pretty stoked and my dreams were filled with images from cold winters in dark rooms whithout heating, wireless internet and cable television. Have a look at some of the pictures I took there…

//VIDEO

Musicvideo for Woodkid  “Iron“

Horses, wolves, an Armageddon-y air, and, Aggy Deyn, of course, make this video a visual masterpiece not to be missed by those who love beautiful moving images. Sit back and watch it on fullscreen:

Woodkid – Iron from WOODKID on Vimeo.