Memoryhouse- Modern, Normal

Free download peoples. Memoryhouse is just bringing the ethereal beauty as always.

Jamie Harley Videos

A lot of people cropping up these days doing the video editing thing. It's interesting to see people who are not 'professionals' doing their own thing and finding their own voice. It's also interesting to see old footage re-contextualized. Jamie Harley has definitely stood out and, well, here's why:

Memory Tapes - "Bicycle" from Jamie Harley on Vimeo.

I have to say I far prefer this video to the proper video for said Memoryhouse track. In fact, I think it's one of the best audio-meets-visual displays I've seen in quite some time.

Memoryhouse - Lately (Deuxième) from Jamie Harley on Vimeo.

Memoryhouse - Minor White

Memory House - Minor white from quatuorlindsay on Vimeo.

Memoryhouse - 'Lately'

Mmemoryhouse's 'lately (deuxieme)' is built around a smaple taken from Jon Brion's score to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . For me, when you borrow a sample from a brilliant score to a brilliant film, you've put pressure on yourself to create something at least as good as the source material. In this case Memoryhouse live up to the expectation. This song has slowly grown on me and there are enough things that make this song memoryhouse-ish sans the Brion sample to earn the chance to reference such brilliant source material. 'Lately' really taps into the more melancholic side of what makes a film like ESOTSM work. There is something dreamy about that film, and dreamy is what Memoryhouse does best.

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Memoryhouse multiplied by Millionyoung

Memoryhouse are a band from Toronto who make dreamy pop music. They've been getting a bit of hype lately, and it's nice to see considering they write consistently interesting material. 'To The Lighthouse' showcases the magic and the quirks that make what they do work. It's slightly off kilter and almost drone like in its movement, but the strong melody keeps it all flowing. Denise Nouvion's vocals have an odd delivery that I found took some getting used to, but it actually makes the band stand out and compliments the production in a really nice way.

Now, I'm also posting the remix by MillionYoung, which I have to say I almost like better than the original. MillionYoung makes pretty dreamy music in his own right, but he's much more synth/beat driven than Memoryhouse. Here, he does a really good job of building a rhythm around Nouvion's unique delivery, and it almost makes the whole song feel even more melodic. He really does a great job of highlighting all the things that make the original great and simply brings them to the forefront. Still dreamy, just heavier on the beat.