How did we ever function without Wikipedia? According to the ultimate resource on everything the word Qualia is a term used by philosophers to describe the subjective quality of conscious experiences. It is not, as I had initially [...]]]> The Qualia Lulls Listeners Into Alternate Consciousness
The Qualia’s second release is uninspiring.
By: Mike Stern

How did we ever function without Wikipedia? According to the ultimate resource on everything the word Qualia is a term used by philosophers to describe the subjective quality of conscious experiences. It is not, as I had initially suspected, a renegade society discovered by Captain Kirk and the Starship Enterprise. Examples of qualia are things like, “the pain of a headache,” “the taste of wine,” or “the redness of an evening sky.”

Ironically, while listening to The Qualia’s new release “Secret Weapons” – which I did prior to looking up the word’s definition – I was left without many words to describe my conscious experience. It wasn’t painful nor was it scintillating exciting or even salty. In fact, to my ears, there was very little that stood out about The Qualia’s new release. The song structure, lyrics and production were fine but nothing really jumped out and grabbed me. If I had to pick a word to describe my qualia of listening to The Qualia it would be flat.

This is only the second release for the Brooklyn-based trio whose first effort, “Nevada’s Greatest,” emerged primarily from the mind of Lars Casteen who finished the record then formed the band. Before that Casteen was the leader of the band t.o.t.s. which was signed to Invisible Records. The current incarnation of the Qualia includes Casteen along with Chvad SB on keyboards and Rossen Nedelchev on drums.

For a sophomore release, where many bands hit the creativity wall head-on and are stopped in their tracks, “Secret Weapons” isn’t bad. It’s just not great either. The best track on the record is the single, “Station Wagons,” which has a unique, quirky structure reminiscent that might be found on a Weezer CD. There are a couple other tracks in this vein but none that are particularly noteworthy.

Unfortunately, overall “Secret Weapons” isn’t that exciting and I’m hard pressed to suggest running out to grab a copy. Instead, I recommend following one of two possible courses of action. You could listen to “Station Wagons,” which is available on iTunes along with a few exclusive remixes, and see what you think. But, even if you like what you hear, proceed with caution. Not every song on the record will live up to the single. Or file The Qualia away under bands with great potential and wait until their next release to see where they go from here.

Original Post here:

ニューヨークのエレクトロポップバンドThe Qualia。どうやら彼らはThe Diogenes Clubのリミックスをつくったようで、私達がポスト後に連絡を頂きました。The [...]]]>
The Qualia is an electro-pop band from New York. They got in contact with us after we posted some stuff from The Diogenes Club, because they have a remix from them. As we are already gathering, The Diogenes Club only do ‘very good’ and this remix is exactly that.

ニューヨークのエレクトロポップバンドThe Qualia。どうやら彼らはThe Diogenes Clubのリミックスをつくったようで、私達がポスト後に連絡を頂きました。The Diogenes Clubは素敵なトラックを作ると信頼していますが、このリミックスだって負けてません。

♫ The Qualia – Volcanoe (The Diogenes Club remix) [M]

We also checked out some of The Qualia’s original material, which also happens to also be very good. They have single called ‘Station Wagons’, it’s definitely worth checking out on their website or buying it on iTunes.

せっかくなのでThe Qualiaのオリジナルもチェックしてみたんですが、こっちもナイスだったり。’Station Wagons’というシングルはチェックする価値大アリですよ。彼らのウェブサイトまたはiTunesでゲットしてみては。

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Den Brooklyn-baserade elektropop-trion The Qualia har under en tid svävat någonstans i utkanten av NMB-radarn, främst på grund av brist på mp3or. Från och med nu befinner de sig dock precis mitti, för idag kom äntligen lite nya låtar som er käre björn ska få dela med sig av. Anledningen till att det [...]]]>

Den Brooklyn-baserade elektropop-trion The Qualia har under en tid svävat någonstans i utkanten av NMB-radarn, främst på grund av brist på mp3or. Från och med nu befinner de sig dock precis mitti, för idag kom äntligen lite nya låtar som er käre björn ska få dela med sig av. Anledningen till att det nu händer grejer är att gruppen kommer släppa sin andra platta Secret Weapon den 27 april genom WTII Records. Station wagons heter första singeln och här får ni smaka på dennes a- och b-sida varav den senare i form av en remix på Should be home signerad Millieu. Och som om inte det vore nog bjuds vi även på låten Volcanoe, också den från nya albumet. Men nu till det viktigaste: NMB ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Rough Translation:
The Brooklyn-based electropop group The Qualia has over a period floated somewhere in the outskirts of the NMB-radar, primarily because of lack of mp3s. From now on, they are however just Mitti, for today was finally some new songs that you dear bear to have to share. The reason that the stuff happening now is that the trio… See More will be releasing their second album Secret Weapon April 27 through WTII Records. Station Wagon named first single, and here you get a taste of his a-and b-side, the latter in the form of a remix at home Should be signed Millieu. And as if that were not enough, we also put on the song Volcano, also from the new album. But now to the most important:

Original link: http://nomodestbear.blogspot.com/2010/02/qualia.html

We’re doing something different this time. In addition to wanting to put on another show for you guys, we wanted to get some live video shot to go along with our new record coming out [...]]]> Hey! It’s December, and we’re back with another show, and this time it is FREE. Here’s the story:

We’re doing something different this time. In addition to wanting to put on another show for you guys, we wanted to get some live video shot to go along with our new record coming out this February, so we’re playing this free show at the showcase room at The Sweatshop in Williamsburg, and we’re asking you guys to come and have some beers and hang out. It’s a small space, so it’s going to be pretty awesome, right? Since we’re doing this in such a small space, and since we’re doing this for free, it would be really helpful for people to RSVP on this facebook event page, to help us be able to predict how many people are coming.

What: The Qualia FREE SHOW!
Where: The Sweatshop, 573 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn
When: Saturday, December 19th, 9:00 p.m.
How much: Free, damn it.
Drinks?: We’re going to bring some beers, but to prove that you’re a cool person, you should BYOB and share and be cool and stuff.

Samples, as usual, are up at http://myspace.com/thequalia