Bike Music Scene

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In the new Mattias Johansson video for the Rubies song "I Feel Electric", the three members of the group first appear standing over cruiser bikes tricked out with the Down Low Glow.

 

See also: http://www.rockthebike.com/node/1211

http://www.pleasantrevolution.net

Here's a cool video compilation of the Down Low Glow shots we've posted to Flickr over the last two years.

The music in the video is a track called "Boda Boda Rap" I worked on when I was working in Kisumu, Kenya for Worldbike.org .

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=662120

For a healthy Friday afternoon dose of bike culture inspiration, follow the link above and check out Peter Mulvey's video.

After making a career as a singer/songwriter he admits "I've had a great old time" touring Europe and North America by plane and car, "and I've burned a lot of gasoline doing so."

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Let's say you're inspired to create a music system for your bike that has the ability to rock a social ride with 10, 20, 50, or more people.

Unfortunately, there are no products on the market that allow you to do this. The only bicycle audio products on the market are ones that include speakers 3" or smaller. There's no way a three-inch speaker can generate the amount of bass that makes you or the people around you feel like they're 'in the music'. To do it properly you have to build your own. And while that may be appealing to some people, others, you perhaps, may not have the time or workshop space to make it happen. But you still want to have the awesome experience of leading social rides with a righteous music system, with beautiful integrated lighting, great bass, crisp vocals, controls on the handlebars, you know, the works.

To answer this need, Rock the Bike is creating a proper Cruising platform for bicycles. It will include the Soul Cycle Head Unit, which we've had on the market for two years, and a new beautiful, streamlined fiberglass bicycle-specific speaker box, which will be available in early '08. The new fiberglass cabinet will initially be compatible with the Xtracycle platform, but we will be releasing other versions (for the Mundo Utility Bicycle and potentially for standard rear racks.

Check out our Flickr photoset we're creating that shows the process of creating the Soul Cycle Mothership, as we call the new music cabinet. When you see the care and attention to detail that is going into the new music system, you'll get psyched about it's debut this year.

 

Download link: http://download.yousendit.com/E2EB4F057D7B2644

 

My goal was to take some the music that hit me hardest in 2007 and mix it seemlessly into an hour long cruising mix. The tempo and mood starts kind of chill and cruisy, then gets a bit more headnoddy, and progresses to set-down-your-bikes-and-dance level.

It features a lot of musicians I met or hung out with in 2007:

• Hernan Battiato opens up the mix with a digeridoo song
• Kid Beyond "Wandering Star"
• Mafiosa Felice "Wayaya"
• Sahaja Uprockers "Hear This"
• A DJ Sergio mashup
• Isaac James and Borinna Mapaka

So play it in Hermosa, play it in Boulder, play it on the Pleasant Revolution, play it in Austin, play it in Rochester, play it in Carrboro, and whereever you are, bike people. Please let me know what you think. Please join or login to post your comments.

Here's a track listing:

Here's the Ginger Ninjas performing '10 cents' at a recent Southbay Cruiser ride...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L0Vz_may-s

I recorded "I am a Fossil Fool" again last night. Only Rock the Bike members can download it -- look for the "attachments" link below after you register or log in. My throat was pretty scratchy from the flu, so I'll have to redo the vocals again soon . But I wanted to get something out on Rock the Bike so you all can play it at your New Year's Eve rides and parties. I'll be performing this one live tomorrow at Bike Culture Night. Hope you can make it if you're local.

I spent most of the winter break learning Ableton Live and making music in the attic studio.