So in 1991 I went to Madrid, Spain to visit family and have a fun time. When I was there I remember watching MTV Espana! And on the TV I saw these videos. I was instantly in love. I was a fan of Synth-Pop music already but I had no idea that there was a Spanish Synth-Pop group. These guys are actually from Chile, and they are one of the main reasons SpekrFreks makes music today. Check out these videos. It’s the best classic Spanish Synth-Pop ever.
Monthly Archive for August, 2008
We are excited. We just signed, sealed, and delivered our latest contract with up and coming electro record label “Bacon Wave”
Our first assignment was to remix a new single by the band Relentless. We made a sort of electro-disco-80’s type of remix. It will be coming out in September.
Tonight we will be going to the San Francisco Minna Art Gallery to hang out with the Bacon Wave boy’s Relentless and Mephisto Odyssey @ their brand new Monthly party “SMUG”.
SMUG will be featuring some of San Francisco’s finest up and coming Electro acts. We will be DJing there in the next couple of months.
Over and out.
This could be just about the best scientific discovery ever: dance music could save your life.
Scientists have found that listening to just 50 minutes of uplifting dance music not only increases the levels of antibodies in your body, but it decreases your levels of stress hormones, which can weaken the immune system.
It gets even better, though. The researchers, from Sussex University and the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, say their findings demonstrate how dance music could be used to help aid patients’ recovery while in hospital.
They found that playing music while a patient was under anesthetic during an operation helped to lower the levels of harmful stress hormones.
“We think the pleasant state that can be induced by music leads to special physiological changes which eventually lead to stress reduction or direct immune enhancement,” said Dr Ronny Enk, a neurocognition expert at the Max Planck Institute. “Stress reduction probably plays an important role, but the stress reducing effect seems to be different for various types of music.”
The researchers tested 300 people, asking them to listen to 50 minutes of happy, joyful dance music or to a random collection of tones (the stuff I usually listen to).
They found:
* People that listened to dance music had significantly lower levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, compared to a control group.
* After listening, the levels of the antibody immunoglobin A, the immune system’s first line of defense, were heightened.
“Listening to music in hospitals might show benefits for patients and may for example lead to shorter recovery times,” added Enk.
So next time you’re sick, remember that a dose of dance music could do your body some good.
Here’s a video from our gig at Lazy Bear. Sooooooo gay yet soooo rave. It was fun. The boys were getting all sexified on the floor.
We had a great set at Yamagata. Lots of friends and lots of love for our electro pop gayness! The floor was packed and the mo’s were happy. Then afterwards, we partied …
This song and video makes me think of Lazy Bear Weekend a little bit.
The Bears are Coming is the name of the song!
