banjo or borat

A couple of songs I recorded with JB aka Borat during a day off in Paris. Actually i din't play anything. I recorded/mixed and did some editing plus added a couple of samples but JB played EVERYTHING you hear. IT'S DOPE!

BANJO OR FREAKOUT (feat JB) - PARIS SESSIONS EP

bedroom/away EP

ok i've been recording some new stuff. nothing special i'd say but in this ep there's the stupiedest song i've ever written. no doubt. it's called 'i looked at myself once more in the morning before i left'. it's a song about leaving my place. actually the lyrics and even the voice melody are quite depressing but the music is just so, i don't know, stupid!? i wanted to record something i could dance to so now i can dance. that's it. i really hope you like it.
xalessio/BoFx

01 - Banjo Or Freakout - 17
02 - Banjo Or Freakout - i will not kill you now.mp3
03 - Banjo Or Freakout - i looked at myself once more in the morning before i left.mp3

banjo vs battles/ banjo vs feist

i think these are the last covers i'll post for a while.
i had lots of fun again recording these two tracks.
battles are an amazing band. they are so good they make me want to stop playing any kind of instrument. atlas was basically the song of the year last year or something like that.
feist is amazing too. completely different stuff but still great. the reminder was a great album.
i'll post new banjo music soon. i've been practing with a new software recording all these covers. i think i'm ready to start recording banjo stuff again.

record labels suck dick. i just wanted to say that.
love
banjo

DOWNLOAD:
- Banjo Or Freakout - Atlas (battles cover)
- Banjo Or Freakout - So Sorry (feist cover)

I know I should forget, but I can't

Now I really don't know why I'm covering a Kate Nash song so don't think about it too much. I think I've heard this song pretty much everywhere in the Uk since the single came out. It's a damn good song. The lyrics are sweet. It's teenager stuff! I mean, the chorus really works. I totally changed the structure and used just a few lines of the original lyrics.
Like always I couldn't stop adding reverbs and delays... Sorry.
boom.
alessio

BANJO OR FREAKOUT - FOUNDATIONS (kate nash cover)

I Died A Hundred Times

Ok, Back To Black by Amy Winehouse.
Why?
This song is simply amazing.
I really don't care who she's buying drugs from and I think her last record was great.
So, yeah, I hope you'll enjoy my version!
love
a/banjo

Banjo Or Freakout - Back To Black (Amy Winehouse Cover)

I wasn't talking about that king

I've been super out of touch lately cause I was without my mac until this morning. I managed to leave it at Stansted Airport last time I travelled back to Italy but I finally have it back in my hands today. YES.
So, here's a These New Puritans cover I was working on before losing my mac. I mixed it quickly this morning only using my phones so I guess it doesn't sound amazing. Of course it sounds quite different from the original... I even changed some words... Enjoy! I have other covers coming up. Good times.
Alessio

Banjo Or Freakout - Elvis (toughmix)

Why

Three new songs/ideas.
I promise next stuff is gonna be more accessible.
It's just that I'm saving the pop stuff for the album of my dreams! :-)

Banjo Or Freakout - Because EP

People And Their Belongings

My gf bought me a violin so I wanted to try and make some sounds with it so I started messing around recording stuff. The first thing I recorded was the 2 violin loops then I built the song on top of them. I can’t play the violin and I really want to learn next summer. The drums are taken from an old song I was working on but I pitched them down and added reverb so they sound quite dark. The synth sound in the chorus is disgusting.

Banjo Or Freakout - People And Their Belongings

Zurich02

Banjo Or Freakout - Zurich 02

Third Banjo song ever.
(june 2007)

YOU CAN MAKE ME FEEL BAD

You can make me feel bad if you want to
I don't need those things you said I was
I can live in my own
There's a place for us in the real world
You can make me feel bad if you want to
You can make me feel bad
I don't need those things you said I want
I can live in my own
There's a place for us in the real world
You can make me feel bad if you want to

This Arthur Russell cover is one of the first songs I recorded as Banjo or Freakout in June 2007.

Banjo Or Freakout - You Can Make Me Feel Bad

COLDINCAMDEN

I spent the whole last week ill in a flat in Camden. It's the coldest place on earth and all I could do was recording stuff next to my heater. Download the COLD EP HERE.

TORINO

THIS BLOG

Hello everyone!
I'm Alessio and I am also Banjo Or Freakout (WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BANJOORFREAKOUT).
This is the place where I'm gonna upload the more different banjo stuff I wanna share with those who care. ENJOY!