Parlour
Talking about the 'Amor' song/re-edit/track/cosmicthingy, right?
This summer is going to be great. I feel it.
Personal statistics
This is mainly for personal use, actually. Anyway, some numbers:
1. Special forums I visit a lot during the day: 2
2. Music blogs in my Google Reader: 70
3. Music blogs I go over that are not in my Google Reader stream: 90
4. Other blogs I check everyday, a couple of times a day: 7 (among them: Valleywag, Fimoculous, Waxy, Laughing Squid, Polls Boutique and Lifehacker)
5. Tumblrs I check: about 40
6. Other blogs I visit once a day: 12
7. Social networks I'm addicted to: 1 (Twitter. Facebook too, a lot less though)
8. Big music magazines I check: 3
9. Personal online activities: this blog, a Tumblr & Twitter
10. Games I play: 1 (Quake 3)
11. Games I plan on playing: 2 (once I finally get to installing CoD4 and Warcraft 3)
12. Internet TV/video podcasts I watch: 5 (among them: 1938 Media, Blank White Cards, Pop17, Jake And Amir)
13. Record stores: 2 (Juno's RSS for disco records and Phonica)
14. Local magazines & blogs: 15
15. People I follow on Twitter: 211 (among them: Mike Arrrington, Jason Calacanis, Yermam, Loren Feldman, Biz Stone, Mat Honan, Charles Forman, Alex Albrecht)
16. Blogs that I bookmarked to check out later: 37 (roughly)
17. Tabs on my Firefox right now (saved sessions as well): 103
18. 'Refresh' per day: 32842839
Oh well.
1. Special forums I visit a lot during the day: 2
2. Music blogs in my Google Reader: 70
3. Music blogs I go over that are not in my Google Reader stream: 90
4. Other blogs I check everyday, a couple of times a day: 7 (among them: Valleywag, Fimoculous, Waxy, Laughing Squid, Polls Boutique and Lifehacker)
5. Tumblrs I check: about 40
6. Other blogs I visit once a day: 12
7. Social networks I'm addicted to: 1 (Twitter. Facebook too, a lot less though)
8. Big music magazines I check: 3
9. Personal online activities: this blog, a Tumblr & Twitter
10. Games I play: 1 (Quake 3)
11. Games I plan on playing: 2 (once I finally get to installing CoD4 and Warcraft 3)
12. Internet TV/video podcasts I watch: 5 (among them: 1938 Media, Blank White Cards, Pop17, Jake And Amir)
13. Record stores: 2 (Juno's RSS for disco records and Phonica)
14. Local magazines & blogs: 15
15. People I follow on Twitter: 211 (among them: Mike Arrrington, Jason Calacanis, Yermam, Loren Feldman, Biz Stone, Mat Honan, Charles Forman, Alex Albrecht)
16. Blogs that I bookmarked to check out later: 37 (roughly)
17. Tabs on my Firefox right now (saved sessions as well): 103
18. 'Refresh' per day: 32842839
Oh well.
Twitter alert #2
So, are you on Twitter yet? If you aren't - sign up and follow me! Lately I've been talking about the magnificent Aeroplane remix of The Shortwave Set, the debut Toby Tobias album on Rekids, Chemical Brothers "Electronic Battle Weapon 10", "Space Oddities" compilation on Permanent Vacation, Mudd's mixes, Muxtape, Ewan Pearson's blog, 40 Thieves and more!
More music
I find these posts most fun to do!
- Mudd's Tea & Biscuit mix and Mystery Mix
- "Space Oddities" on Permanent Vacation (truly & by far highly excited about this)
- Death Before Distemper 2 comp on DC Recordings
- new Peter Visti on Eskimo
- Todd Terje as Wade Nichols on RVNG
- Dixon edit of Ann Brun "Headphone Silence" the Henrik Schwarz remix
- Glossy mix from the Versatile blog
- Lindstrom "The Long Way Home" the Prins Thomas edit
- Girl Talk "Feed the Animals" LP
- Grand Popo Football Club "My Territory" remixes
- new Recloose album on Sonar Kollektiv
- Toby Tobias "The Feeling" and other fresh cuts
- 40 Thieves mix over at Beats in Space
- Idjuts edit of Janet Jackson "R&B Junkie"
- Greg Wilson's new 2020 Vision mix
- The Time and Space Machine stuff
And more things haven't got the time to sort through...
- Mudd's Tea & Biscuit mix and Mystery Mix
- "Space Oddities" on Permanent Vacation (truly & by far highly excited about this)
- Death Before Distemper 2 comp on DC Recordings
- new Peter Visti on Eskimo
- Todd Terje as Wade Nichols on RVNG
- Dixon edit of Ann Brun "Headphone Silence" the Henrik Schwarz remix
- Glossy mix from the Versatile blog
- Lindstrom "The Long Way Home" the Prins Thomas edit
- Girl Talk "Feed the Animals" LP
- Grand Popo Football Club "My Territory" remixes
- new Recloose album on Sonar Kollektiv
- Toby Tobias "The Feeling" and other fresh cuts
- 40 Thieves mix over at Beats in Space
- Idjuts edit of Janet Jackson "R&B Junkie"
- Greg Wilson's new 2020 Vision mix
- The Time and Space Machine stuff
And more things haven't got the time to sort through...
June Chart
The Dissident Records compilation // Dissident
Morten Sorensen - Start Something // Tirk
Kasper Bjorke - Doesn't Matter (The Juan Maclean Remix) // CDR
The new Bill Brewster edits // CDR
Discodromo - Cosmorama (Ace!!!) // Internasjonal
Toby Tobias - The Feeling // Rekids
Studio - Yearbook 2 // Information
Padded Cell - Word of Mouth // DC Recordings
Mike Dunn - Phreaky MF // Robsoul
Phantom Slasher - Nicoteen // Noid
Soft Rocks - Disco Power Play //
Waltz - Folkesta (Prins Thomas El Skumlo Miks) // Loose Joints
In Flagranti - Firmly Planted Memories // Codek
Phil Collins - Im Not Moving (Idjuts Edit) // CDR
David Byrne - Make Believe (Acid Mambo Edit) // CDR
David Rubato - Circuit (Aeroplane Remix) // CDR
Kool DJ Dust - The Quest //
Bot'Ox - Babylon By Car (Richard Sen Remix) // I'm A Cliche
Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Pilooski Remix) // 679
Rubies - I Feel Electric (Tiedye Remix) // Italians Do It Better
Oh, and one incredibly special mix I'd love to say more about later.
I'm off to Sonar festival in Barcelona for a couple of days, hopefully come back with brilliant music for this hot summer.
Morten Sorensen - Start Something // Tirk
Kasper Bjorke - Doesn't Matter (The Juan Maclean Remix) // CDR
The new Bill Brewster edits // CDR
Discodromo - Cosmorama (Ace!!!) // Internasjonal
Toby Tobias - The Feeling // Rekids
Studio - Yearbook 2 // Information
Padded Cell - Word of Mouth // DC Recordings
Mike Dunn - Phreaky MF // Robsoul
Phantom Slasher - Nicoteen // Noid
Soft Rocks - Disco Power Play //
Waltz - Folkesta (Prins Thomas El Skumlo Miks) // Loose Joints
In Flagranti - Firmly Planted Memories // Codek
Phil Collins - Im Not Moving (Idjuts Edit) // CDR
David Byrne - Make Believe (Acid Mambo Edit) // CDR
David Rubato - Circuit (Aeroplane Remix) // CDR
Kool DJ Dust - The Quest //
Bot'Ox - Babylon By Car (Richard Sen Remix) // I'm A Cliche
Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Pilooski Remix) // 679
Rubies - I Feel Electric (Tiedye Remix) // Italians Do It Better
Oh, and one incredibly special mix I'd love to say more about later.
I'm off to Sonar festival in Barcelona for a couple of days, hopefully come back with brilliant music for this hot summer.
Epic Fu
Since Twitter killed the blogger in me, I'll stick to linking around to fun places on the web for this post:
1. John Daly, John Daly, John Daly. The guy is on fire. After I fell in love with his works (the Santana one in particular) that he half-seldom features on his re-edits blog, and "Move" (via the wonderful Keytars & Violins blog), which is a real destroyer, I really can't wait for his LP. Here you can listen to "Solitaire", alongside other great gems (new Mark E, Casinoboy, 40 Thieves, etc). Great radio show/record store, by the way.
2. 2nd part of the latest Beats in Space show is full of new stuff: new T&T remixes (Sweeney + Goldsworthy, which means Goldsworthy has 3 remixing aliases now), Invisible Conga People, 40 Thieves remix, Discodeine, and more.
3. By the way, what do you think of the new BIS T-Shirt? Didn't like it that much, I personally prefer the Simian Mobile Disco one much more.
4. Stickydisc! Is it going to be Eric B's year? Babytalk is blowing my mind right now, with an emphasis on that Hercules & Love Affair remix of 'Chance'. By the way, have you noticed the same pattern in Andy's remixes as well? The vocal sample looping he did in 'Whispers', 'A&E', and here too (oh, and as a layout for his own mad 'Classique #2' 12"). Not that it's a bad thing, I suppose an artist's fingerprint is something you mostly see today in the likes of Carl Craig (via Daughters of Invention).
5. The forgotten Smylonylon mixtapes are probably among the best tapes in the world (via Dalston Oxfam Shop).
6. Juju & Jordash are two ex-Israelies with an epic taste (which is almost an oxymoron round these parts), their latest mix effort for Trackwerk is really good, and the site also features an ace a-la Cosmic mix done by none other than Andy Weatherall (via Trackwerk).
7. Yura Yura Teikoku are brilliant.
8. The Virgins:
9. Are the Holy Ghost! remixes what the old DFA ones used to be? RCRDLBL, which is becoming a rather cool digital label sort of thing, is streaming the epic (!) remix of Moby's 'I Love To Move In Here' (via RCRDLBL).
10. PERFECT SUMMER JAM: Steel An' Skin's 'Afro Punk Reggae Dub'.
11. Wrapping up with ultra-classic Italo action in the form of Barry De Vorzon's 'Baseball Furies Chase', which - excuse my ignorance - sounds like a wonderful parody on John Carpenter's behalf (via Perfect Love Affair).
1. John Daly, John Daly, John Daly. The guy is on fire. After I fell in love with his works (the Santana one in particular) that he half-seldom features on his re-edits blog, and "Move" (via the wonderful Keytars & Violins blog), which is a real destroyer, I really can't wait for his LP. Here you can listen to "Solitaire", alongside other great gems (new Mark E, Casinoboy, 40 Thieves, etc). Great radio show/record store, by the way.
2. 2nd part of the latest Beats in Space show is full of new stuff: new T&T remixes (Sweeney + Goldsworthy, which means Goldsworthy has 3 remixing aliases now), Invisible Conga People, 40 Thieves remix, Discodeine, and more.
3. By the way, what do you think of the new BIS T-Shirt? Didn't like it that much, I personally prefer the Simian Mobile Disco one much more.
4. Stickydisc! Is it going to be Eric B's year? Babytalk is blowing my mind right now, with an emphasis on that Hercules & Love Affair remix of 'Chance'. By the way, have you noticed the same pattern in Andy's remixes as well? The vocal sample looping he did in 'Whispers', 'A&E', and here too (oh, and as a layout for his own mad 'Classique #2' 12"). Not that it's a bad thing, I suppose an artist's fingerprint is something you mostly see today in the likes of Carl Craig (via Daughters of Invention).
5. The forgotten Smylonylon mixtapes are probably among the best tapes in the world (via Dalston Oxfam Shop).
6. Juju & Jordash are two ex-Israelies with an epic taste (which is almost an oxymoron round these parts), their latest mix effort for Trackwerk is really good, and the site also features an ace a-la Cosmic mix done by none other than Andy Weatherall (via Trackwerk).
7. Yura Yura Teikoku are brilliant.
8. The Virgins:
9. Are the Holy Ghost! remixes what the old DFA ones used to be? RCRDLBL, which is becoming a rather cool digital label sort of thing, is streaming the epic (!) remix of Moby's 'I Love To Move In Here' (via RCRDLBL).
10. PERFECT SUMMER JAM: Steel An' Skin's 'Afro Punk Reggae Dub'.
11. Wrapping up with ultra-classic Italo action in the form of Barry De Vorzon's 'Baseball Furies Chase', which - excuse my ignorance - sounds like a wonderful parody on John Carpenter's behalf (via Perfect Love Affair).
<3
Imagination "Lights & Music"
Moby "I Love To Move In Here (Holy Ghost! Remix)"
Discodeine "Joystick (Tomboy Remix)"
Fontän "Early Morning"
Led Zeppelin "Trampled Underfoot (John Daly Edit)"
Simian Mobile Disco "It's The Beat (Shit Robot Remix)"
Babytalk "Chance (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)"
King Crimson "Elephant Talk (Mix)"
The Zombies "Time Of The Season"
Invisible Conga People "Cable Dazed"
Moby "I Love To Move In Here (Holy Ghost! Remix)"
Discodeine "Joystick (Tomboy Remix)"
Fontän "Early Morning"
Led Zeppelin "Trampled Underfoot (John Daly Edit)"
Simian Mobile Disco "It's The Beat (Shit Robot Remix)"
Babytalk "Chance (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)"
King Crimson "Elephant Talk (Mix)"
The Zombies "Time Of The Season"
Invisible Conga People "Cable Dazed"
The medium is the message in less than 140 chars
Three quick things:
1. Follow me on Twitter, especially if you're a blogger or into really good music - we can start our blogger's thing there and push all the tech geeks away a bit. It's a really nice platform for exchanging tips and thoughts about music. Also, I suggest you sign up so I can follow you as well. I wouldn't want an army of passive stalkers.
2. For those of you who don't see why Twitter is the most interesting and exciting idea online in the past 5-6 years (yep, even more than Facebook in a lot of ways), this little flash-based website concept can do a better job than a long and tedious (albeit quite thorough) post of mine. Um, which will definitely arrive later.
3. This week I'm gonna be listening to: the Discodeine mix of Photonz (thanks d-i-r-t-y!), the fabulous Syclops album on DFA, Andy Weatherall's new "Watch The Ride" mix (amusing to see that even he has gone the "rock band playing disco" path, so to speak), Low Motion Disco remixes, the new Jona on Planet E, the new Mark E (the dude rocks), Booka Shade remixes, Osborne's album, new Quarion 12", John Daly edits, Diskjokke's edit of Harry's Gym, Hercules & Love Affair remix of Yazoo, Munk LP, Brennan Green remix of Professor Genius, and much more.
1. Follow me on Twitter, especially if you're a blogger or into really good music - we can start our blogger's thing there and push all the tech geeks away a bit. It's a really nice platform for exchanging tips and thoughts about music. Also, I suggest you sign up so I can follow you as well. I wouldn't want an army of passive stalkers.
2. For those of you who don't see why Twitter is the most interesting and exciting idea online in the past 5-6 years (yep, even more than Facebook in a lot of ways), this little flash-based website concept can do a better job than a long and tedious (albeit quite thorough) post of mine. Um, which will definitely arrive later.
3. This week I'm gonna be listening to: the Discodeine mix of Photonz (thanks d-i-r-t-y!), the fabulous Syclops album on DFA, Andy Weatherall's new "Watch The Ride" mix (amusing to see that even he has gone the "rock band playing disco" path, so to speak), Low Motion Disco remixes, the new Jona on Planet E, the new Mark E (the dude rocks), Booka Shade remixes, Osborne's album, new Quarion 12", John Daly edits, Diskjokke's edit of Harry's Gym, Hercules & Love Affair remix of Yazoo, Munk LP, Brennan Green remix of Professor Genius, and much more.
Slagsmalsklubben, basically
Whoa, this shit has the most exploding energies I've seen in a long time.
Happiness
Those Norwegians! Again!
My listening routine for these days:
Lullabies in the Dark - Song For Marie & Elise (Aeroplane Remix) // Eskimo As the new Aeroplane remix, I think everyone realized by now that those two Belgians ('the new Glimmers') have a fetish for predictable, delicious, multi-layered a-la space melodies. It's actually fine as long as we still want to get on their aeroplane. I'd add here that the Belgians seem to like formulaic sounds: The Glimmers' tendency is for over-produced "disco" ('Nu-Disco') and Soulwax is, well, known for their very own pop-saturated over-produced formula. Over-produce. Over-produce! Ok, that was the last time.
Quiet Village Project - Can't Be Beat // !K7 The album of film editor Joel Martin and UK's brightest techno talent in ages Radio Slave is finally out, and it's a really great record. One of those early released you're gonna hear lots about in 2008. Though most of the songs were previously releases on Whatever We Want Records, it's still fun listening to it all in a complete album format. It actually makes the most sense for a record like this. I think the thing about this record is that it was made by people who are music listeners more than they are musicians. In a weird modern twist, this sounds better than most self-proclaimed musicians sound today. Something about the combination of the gifted Berlin School producer Matt Edwards and movie buff editor Joel Martin create the right atmosphere for something that otherwise would be viewed as filthy Chill Out music. There's of course lots more to say here that I hope to say later.
Noze - Danse Avec Moi // Get Physical Creatively titled "Songs on the Rocks" album is out on Get Physical too, and it's a great - complete - piece. They're French, they aren't afraid to steal hooks from "Strings of Life" and they have the most joy of life and shiny eyes in a second of a song that I've heard in a very long period of time. The LP's crispy as hell, I'd call it "drunk electro" but it sounds like it was played by the most expensive lo-fi orchestra ever. "Ethiopo", one of the closing tracks, is one cleverly composed epic that reminds me of classics llike "Throw" with its smart arrangements.
Jose Gonzales - Killing For Love (Todd Terje Mix) // CDR Terje is on fire. As seen in the video embedded above, he's the stand-out star of the Norwegian scene right now. This mix endorses some of the most tried and tested ideas by colleagues Prins Thomas, Lindstrom, Rune Lindbaek, Mungolian Jet Set and more. None of them really have Terje's charm, the one that's going to make him a worldwide name. I know that in some places he's ironically called "The Todd", but I definitely see why. If Villalobos is the poster producer hippie for the minimal crowds, Terje is giving us great disco.
Luke Solomon - Demons (Brennan Green Remix) // CDR Uplifting, emotional and amazingly good track from Luke Solomon & Brennan Green. This kind of perfection in music can make me shed a tear. Jeez, excellent stuff.
Kawabata - Persuasion // Drumpoet Community Well, I like Lexx (aka Kawabata). He's a cool guy - does both creative disco edit production, and contemporary house. Sadly, I find most of the things happening in dance music right now rather boring - techno isn't vital as before, house is pretty much dead for a long time, and "electro"/"blog house" aren't very worth mentioning. It's sad but true - Headman, Kitsune, even Fluo Kids (!) aren't at the top of their game. So yeah, I think you should sample some Kawabata.
Goldfrapp - Happiness (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Remix) // CDR When all fails, we're always left with Erol Alkan. Good old Erol, and mate Richard Norris, steadily produce new vitalized dance content. I feel they're just getting better, just like their previous effort - the Late of the Pier remix - this is big. The piano chords sound amazing, the psychedelic atmosphere is still dominant, and Erol is proving again he understands the art of "club" from extremely many different and exciting points of view. He's constantly pumping life into dance, connecting all the right dots for us. Erol is a dance rockstar, and intellectual. He has the theory complete with the practice. Really happy he's playing Sonar this year, and I hope to hear him there. Happiness.
ELSEWHERE: I really like muxtape - great design and funny idea. Also, the lovely Stephane has got a mix I made for his blog up there. Check it.
My listening routine for these days:
Lullabies in the Dark - Song For Marie & Elise (Aeroplane Remix) // Eskimo As the new Aeroplane remix, I think everyone realized by now that those two Belgians ('the new Glimmers') have a fetish for predictable, delicious, multi-layered a-la space melodies. It's actually fine as long as we still want to get on their aeroplane. I'd add here that the Belgians seem to like formulaic sounds: The Glimmers' tendency is for over-produced "disco" ('Nu-Disco') and Soulwax is, well, known for their very own pop-saturated over-produced formula. Over-produce. Over-produce! Ok, that was the last time.
Quiet Village Project - Can't Be Beat // !K7 The album of film editor Joel Martin and UK's brightest techno talent in ages Radio Slave is finally out, and it's a really great record. One of those early released you're gonna hear lots about in 2008. Though most of the songs were previously releases on Whatever We Want Records, it's still fun listening to it all in a complete album format. It actually makes the most sense for a record like this. I think the thing about this record is that it was made by people who are music listeners more than they are musicians. In a weird modern twist, this sounds better than most self-proclaimed musicians sound today. Something about the combination of the gifted Berlin School producer Matt Edwards and movie buff editor Joel Martin create the right atmosphere for something that otherwise would be viewed as filthy Chill Out music. There's of course lots more to say here that I hope to say later.
Noze - Danse Avec Moi // Get Physical Creatively titled "Songs on the Rocks" album is out on Get Physical too, and it's a great - complete - piece. They're French, they aren't afraid to steal hooks from "Strings of Life" and they have the most joy of life and shiny eyes in a second of a song that I've heard in a very long period of time. The LP's crispy as hell, I'd call it "drunk electro" but it sounds like it was played by the most expensive lo-fi orchestra ever. "Ethiopo", one of the closing tracks, is one cleverly composed epic that reminds me of classics llike "Throw" with its smart arrangements.
Jose Gonzales - Killing For Love (Todd Terje Mix) // CDR Terje is on fire. As seen in the video embedded above, he's the stand-out star of the Norwegian scene right now. This mix endorses some of the most tried and tested ideas by colleagues Prins Thomas, Lindstrom, Rune Lindbaek, Mungolian Jet Set and more. None of them really have Terje's charm, the one that's going to make him a worldwide name. I know that in some places he's ironically called "The Todd", but I definitely see why. If Villalobos is the poster producer hippie for the minimal crowds, Terje is giving us great disco.
Luke Solomon - Demons (Brennan Green Remix) // CDR Uplifting, emotional and amazingly good track from Luke Solomon & Brennan Green. This kind of perfection in music can make me shed a tear. Jeez, excellent stuff.
Kawabata - Persuasion // Drumpoet Community Well, I like Lexx (aka Kawabata). He's a cool guy - does both creative disco edit production, and contemporary house. Sadly, I find most of the things happening in dance music right now rather boring - techno isn't vital as before, house is pretty much dead for a long time, and "electro"/"blog house" aren't very worth mentioning. It's sad but true - Headman, Kitsune, even Fluo Kids (!) aren't at the top of their game. So yeah, I think you should sample some Kawabata.
Goldfrapp - Happiness (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Remix) // CDR When all fails, we're always left with Erol Alkan. Good old Erol, and mate Richard Norris, steadily produce new vitalized dance content. I feel they're just getting better, just like their previous effort - the Late of the Pier remix - this is big. The piano chords sound amazing, the psychedelic atmosphere is still dominant, and Erol is proving again he understands the art of "club" from extremely many different and exciting points of view. He's constantly pumping life into dance, connecting all the right dots for us. Erol is a dance rockstar, and intellectual. He has the theory complete with the practice. Really happy he's playing Sonar this year, and I hope to hear him there. Happiness.
ELSEWHERE: I really like muxtape - great design and funny idea. Also, the lovely Stephane has got a mix I made for his blog up there. Check it.
Someone sent this mix in
Ah, yes. Some random fellow named 'Celery Moon' sent me this mix, and it's pretty nice. The guy's doing some stuff for NYC hipster stable Misshapes. There's not so much to say (I cut off the promotional links too) except check it out (also: of course we all love Fujiya & Miyagi, Juan Maclean/Prince Language, etc). Later - even more posts.
Good Morning Stardust II Mix
01 The Black Dog - Floods V3.1 (Bass Soldier Remix)
02 Fujiya & Miyagi - One Trick Pony
03 The Embassy - New Plans
04 Scott Sunn - Emergence (Let's Go Outside Remix)
05 Orbital - Sad But True
06 Sasha Dive - Annihilating Rhythm
07 Deadmau5 - The Reward Is Cheese
08 Toddy Terry - Get Down (Kenny Dope Remix)
09 D1 - I'm Loving
10 Future Sound Of London - Hardhead
11 Feadz - Brand New Car Instrumental
12 Quando Quango - Love Tempo
13 Alphabeat - Fascination (Linus Loves Edit)
14 Celery Moon - Drugs v. 1
15 The Juan Maclean - Happy House (Prince Language Dub)
16 Pest - Pat Pong (Solid Groove Remix)
17 Martin Landsky - Man High
18 The Rapture - The Sound (Max Pask Mix)
19 Charles Schillings - Spin It Right
20 Infamous Upstarts - Everything In It's Wrong Place
21 Eric Prydz - Sweet Genesis
22 Kylie Minogue - Wow (Death Metal Disco Scene Remix)
23 Buy Now - Bodycrash
24 Hercules And Love Affair - Athene
25 Let's Get Invisible - Spices Of Love Chesty (C.M. Quick Edit)
26 The Teenagers - Sunset Beach (CFCF Remix)
27 Yannick Labbe - Gallieni (Skwerl Remix)
28 Midnight Juggernauts - Nine Lives
29 Autechre - Altibzz
Good Morning Stardust II Mix
01 The Black Dog - Floods V3.1 (Bass Soldier Remix)
02 Fujiya & Miyagi - One Trick Pony
03 The Embassy - New Plans
04 Scott Sunn - Emergence (Let's Go Outside Remix)
05 Orbital - Sad But True
06 Sasha Dive - Annihilating Rhythm
07 Deadmau5 - The Reward Is Cheese
08 Toddy Terry - Get Down (Kenny Dope Remix)
09 D1 - I'm Loving
10 Future Sound Of London - Hardhead
11 Feadz - Brand New Car Instrumental
12 Quando Quango - Love Tempo
13 Alphabeat - Fascination (Linus Loves Edit)
14 Celery Moon - Drugs v. 1
15 The Juan Maclean - Happy House (Prince Language Dub)
16 Pest - Pat Pong (Solid Groove Remix)
17 Martin Landsky - Man High
18 The Rapture - The Sound (Max Pask Mix)
19 Charles Schillings - Spin It Right
20 Infamous Upstarts - Everything In It's Wrong Place
21 Eric Prydz - Sweet Genesis
22 Kylie Minogue - Wow (Death Metal Disco Scene Remix)
23 Buy Now - Bodycrash
24 Hercules And Love Affair - Athene
25 Let's Get Invisible - Spices Of Love Chesty (C.M. Quick Edit)
26 The Teenagers - Sunset Beach (CFCF Remix)
27 Yannick Labbe - Gallieni (Skwerl Remix)
28 Midnight Juggernauts - Nine Lives
29 Autechre - Altibzz
Wonky is a state of mind
Justus Kohncke - Parage // Kompakt Some people say: fuck re-edits. Justus, a pretty underrated character, makes great disco - new, fresh, original - with all the familiar mannerism, while keeping everything so easy going. This track is fun, meaningless, and has a very clean and soft production. It's wonky, but not in a way that gives you caries. The next track I'm posting is a bit wonkier, with a fat layer of cheese on top, which can possibly jam up your veins. Being wonky is a double edged sword: it's a good way to get the listener's attention, but if done incorrectly - it makes you look ridiculous. Don't wanna be rude, but that's what happens on some (well, most) of the stuff The Glimmers do on their own (not talking about remixes/edits), and - alas - some of the Reverso 68 stuff, and I suppose you could put Partial Arts' 'Telescope' on that list too. Although I do want to point out LSB's stuff (Pete Herbert and Baby G) is really really good, and they manage to take the predictability factor out of the equation, and assemble disco grooves that sound about 99.9% complete (see their 'Original Highway Delight', based on Michael Heart's 'Some Girls' for reference).
Mugwump - Boutade // Misericord Both of the tracks I'm posting today have great names - Parage and Boutade. That's cool. This song, as I said earlier, is much wonkier. But I think I'm in a real wonky mood right now as I've been basically listening to these two most of the time lately. I guess this state puts you in a certain mood which is relaxing and fun, and that's what I probably need. It's coming out on Ewan Pearson's (of the aforementioned Partial Arts fame with Al Usher) new label Misericord. It's quite effective, big chords, violins, everything. I suppose this track could dance nicely with the walls of a club. I expect more cool stuff on this label, and I'll definitely be keeping an eye on it.
The Juan Maclean - Happy House // DFA Obviously I can't share this one (don't want neither pesky EMI lawyers nor the beloved J. Murphy on my back), but you've all probably heard it, whether it was on Sweeney's show or Juan's podcast for RA (look them up), or someplace else - this track is irresistible. Could possibly be the fact my girlfriend has been talking about it ever since she heard it - but it's certainly one of the biggest hypes of 2008 (alongside Hercules & Love Affair and the next Soulja Boy single... or something). It's out on Monday (pre-order it at juno or anywhere. Now!). Meanwhile, I've found some very interesting interviews with the likes of James Murphy, Morgan Geist, Mike Simonetti, DJ Harvey, Thomas Bullock of Rub&Tug and more for you to read. I might write about them too, as they address rather fascinating issues about the relations between disco and punk (and dance/rock in general). The links are over the great Daughters of Invention blog here.
Mugwump - Boutade // Misericord Both of the tracks I'm posting today have great names - Parage and Boutade. That's cool. This song, as I said earlier, is much wonkier. But I think I'm in a real wonky mood right now as I've been basically listening to these two most of the time lately. I guess this state puts you in a certain mood which is relaxing and fun, and that's what I probably need. It's coming out on Ewan Pearson's (of the aforementioned Partial Arts fame with Al Usher) new label Misericord. It's quite effective, big chords, violins, everything. I suppose this track could dance nicely with the walls of a club. I expect more cool stuff on this label, and I'll definitely be keeping an eye on it.
The Juan Maclean - Happy House // DFA Obviously I can't share this one (don't want neither pesky EMI lawyers nor the beloved J. Murphy on my back), but you've all probably heard it, whether it was on Sweeney's show or Juan's podcast for RA (look them up), or someplace else - this track is irresistible. Could possibly be the fact my girlfriend has been talking about it ever since she heard it - but it's certainly one of the biggest hypes of 2008 (alongside Hercules & Love Affair and the next Soulja Boy single... or something). It's out on Monday (pre-order it at juno or anywhere. Now!). Meanwhile, I've found some very interesting interviews with the likes of James Murphy, Morgan Geist, Mike Simonetti, DJ Harvey, Thomas Bullock of Rub&Tug and more for you to read. I might write about them too, as they address rather fascinating issues about the relations between disco and punk (and dance/rock in general). The links are over the great Daughters of Invention blog here.
A MacBook update
Nothing serious, I just wanted to let you all know I bought a new MacBook. That means better, Macier posts from now on, which I'll probably be typing in Safari. Or FireFox. Haven't decided my web browser of choice yet. More updates later.
Come on darling
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beedle Re-Edit) // White Trying to keep a good post rate here, I might have some filler-posts. I think I'm keeping a nice ratio so far. This edit is really good, actually. I'm taking it from my archives, it's nothing I stumbled upon just now, or a real new discovery of mine. It's also not a musical milestone for me. Anyway, the drum programming is ace-- kinda reminds me of 'Nightflight to Venus' by Boney M. It's pretty epic, definitely puts this classic in a huge perspective. Also, check out the Italo-tailored cover of this song by Chromatics. More killer posts soon!
Mixes are our porn #1: Let No Man Jack's mix
Stéphane, a fellow blogger and friend, is a French Literature Professor from Montreal. He has many students who adore his lectures about Lacan and the gang, et al. He also listens to cooler music than me, usually a very long time before I find it. I normally have to beg him to get a dose of the fresh music he stacks. We have been messing around for ages, but now we decided to take it to next real level: he conducted a mix for the blog!
Our tastes are regularly different: he prefers flamboyant electro (more Larry Tee, less Anthony Rother) and techno, and I'm into flamboyant disco. He's also a bit more flamboyant than I am. Still, this Professor has seriously impressive selections, and an edge most of the kids coming up from behind can only wish for.
This mix features some of the better grooves of late, all quite Italo-inflicted, and diverse in the most delightful sense. You have the new Hercules & Love Affair remix of classicist Chaz Jankel, that new sought after SMD remix of Armand Van Helden, David E Sugar on Kitsune, new Zoot Woman, and many more.
Let No Man Jack's mix for Occam (megaupload link)
Tracklisting:
Ajello, Living with Passion, Radius Records
Armand Van Helden, Je t’aime (Simian Mobile Disco Remix), Southern Fried
Camaro’s Gang, Fuerza Major (Tensnake Remix), Radius Records
Chaz Jankel, Get Myself Together (Hercules & Love Affair Remix), Tirk
Rude 66, The 1000 Year Storm, Crème Organization
The Hasbeens, Make the World Go Away, Clone
GoodBooks, Leni (Crystal Castles Remix), Columbia
Golden Bugs, Radio SSG (Rove Dogs Remix), Silicon Square Garden Records
Tiger Stripes, Survivor, Get Physical
Lifelike, High On, Eyezcream Recordings
David E Sugar, To Yourself, Kitsuné
Cut Copy, Lights & Music (Moulinex Remix), Modular
Zoot Woman, We Won’t Break, Wall of Sound
Estelle feat. Kanye West, American Boy, Homeschool Records
Enjoy.
Expect a mix from me posted on HIS blog soon. Fun.
Our tastes are regularly different: he prefers flamboyant electro (more Larry Tee, less Anthony Rother) and techno, and I'm into flamboyant disco. He's also a bit more flamboyant than I am. Still, this Professor has seriously impressive selections, and an edge most of the kids coming up from behind can only wish for.
This mix features some of the better grooves of late, all quite Italo-inflicted, and diverse in the most delightful sense. You have the new Hercules & Love Affair remix of classicist Chaz Jankel, that new sought after SMD remix of Armand Van Helden, David E Sugar on Kitsune, new Zoot Woman, and many more.
Let No Man Jack's mix for Occam (megaupload link)
Tracklisting:
Ajello, Living with Passion, Radius Records
Armand Van Helden, Je t’aime (Simian Mobile Disco Remix), Southern Fried
Camaro’s Gang, Fuerza Major (Tensnake Remix), Radius Records
Chaz Jankel, Get Myself Together (Hercules & Love Affair Remix), Tirk
Rude 66, The 1000 Year Storm, Crème Organization
The Hasbeens, Make the World Go Away, Clone
GoodBooks, Leni (Crystal Castles Remix), Columbia
Golden Bugs, Radio SSG (Rove Dogs Remix), Silicon Square Garden Records
Tiger Stripes, Survivor, Get Physical
Lifelike, High On, Eyezcream Recordings
David E Sugar, To Yourself, Kitsuné
Cut Copy, Lights & Music (Moulinex Remix), Modular
Zoot Woman, We Won’t Break, Wall of Sound
Estelle feat. Kanye West, American Boy, Homeschool Records
Enjoy.
Expect a mix from me posted on HIS blog soon. Fun.
Tags: black, gold
Sam Sparro - Black & Gold // Island Records Well, I told myself I'm gonna try to post some more here. My information - which only I possess - clearly shows there's some interest in this corpse of a blog. Some visitors are coming from certain parts of the world. I even have some page views. That's all I can share right now. On with the music then, I suppose that with the increase of posts, more music will be available. This song is cool. It really worked quite nicely for the last couple of plays. Nothing too demanding, or original, but the hook is rather intelligent and interesting. I don't know much about the guy, and I haven't heard the Al Usher remix yet (seriously), so that's it. Black and Gold.
Terje's groove puzzle
Tangoterje - Can't Help It // GAMM So, my girlfriend made this astounding 2-hour special tribute to Michael Jackson's Thriller on the Israeli radio - full of really interesting anecdotes (For example, did you know young Michael was immensely inspired by Julie Andrews?) and great musical nostalgia. She decided to finish it off with this remarkable edit of 'Can't Help It', made by Todd Terje. This re-edit, for its Villalobos-invoking percussion, stretched out unique groove, and the crystal clear elegant singing by MJ (also, it's a bloody 9:39-long epos) make it too obvious that Terje is (still) an unfulfilled promise of a genius: his grasp of the complex inner-boogie ingredient lurking inside Disco Music is almost mathematically accurate, but still full of love and respect for the creation of music, rather than disco itself (as a gay phenomena, an agenda, or born musical preference. He once said that he discovered disco through his sister, and wasn't all that into it before that).
Disco, for Terje, is an amazing musical universe with endless rhythm patterns and possibilities - an ultimate groove jigsaw puzzle made with other people's miniature pieces. He realizes, like all of us, that disco is the perfect balance point between jazz, funk and house (if I was a bit geekier - which I am - I'd call it an equilibrium). The first and final incarnation of body music-- dance music. Just check out his glorious edits discography if you're still suspicious.
'Can't Help It' was released in 2005, on the Swedish label GAMM. The beards (a nickname for the pedantic yet adorable Balearic/Disco nerds --Occam) probably know this little gem already, but I reckon the hairless rest of the population should know about it too.
Disco, for Terje, is an amazing musical universe with endless rhythm patterns and possibilities - an ultimate groove jigsaw puzzle made with other people's miniature pieces. He realizes, like all of us, that disco is the perfect balance point between jazz, funk and house (if I was a bit geekier - which I am - I'd call it an equilibrium). The first and final incarnation of body music-- dance music. Just check out his glorious edits discography if you're still suspicious.
'Can't Help It' was released in 2005, on the Swedish label GAMM. The beards (a nickname for the pedantic yet adorable Balearic/Disco nerds --Occam) probably know this little gem already, but I reckon the hairless rest of the population should know about it too.
Gonzales is back
Hey. I just wanted everyone to know I think Gonzales is a really cool guy. It's kinda shameful Feist and Peaches, who were his homies back in the Kitty-Yo days, got so much more recognition for their music. He released a few very good albums so far, he's totally creative and fluent on the piano, he is actually an off-kilter "composer". Also, he's really weird. In the sense that most 'indie' persons aspire to be - you all look the fucking same. Being Canadian, Jewish too, had his time living in Berlin (hence the Kitty-Yo connection) and now he resides in Paris. That's a pretty cool combo anyway. Now he has a new album coming soon (April 17th) called "Soft Power". That's all cool, and there's a collaboration with Teki Latex, which I kinda like too. That is generally pretty nice, so far.
The new song is called "Slow Down", and it may sound like a stereotypical electro-pop number, but if you take a deeper look within, and judge it in the wider perspective of his previous more-subversive work, you can totally see he's a really funny, emotional, ultra-talented yet underrated type of guy (why did I think of Whitey now?). This video teaser of the new album is exactly - in the meanest marketing mastermind sense there is - real viral content stuff. Also, Gonzales has a captivating Borat-esque presence, and the part where the teacher yelps-sings 'Slow down!' with him is totally precious.
Here is is (via Discobelle):
The new song is called "Slow Down", and it may sound like a stereotypical electro-pop number, but if you take a deeper look within, and judge it in the wider perspective of his previous more-subversive work, you can totally see he's a really funny, emotional, ultra-talented yet underrated type of guy (why did I think of Whitey now?). This video teaser of the new album is exactly - in the meanest marketing mastermind sense there is - real viral content stuff. Also, Gonzales has a captivating Borat-esque presence, and the part where the teacher yelps-sings 'Slow down!' with him is totally precious.
Here is is (via Discobelle):
Slow is the new fast
I want to talk about something. I don't really know what or how. I want to talk about Balearic Mike for a bit. I have been checking him out lately a bit. I don't know much about the guy, so it might just be my need to feel some sort of personal "cultural development", but I really like him right now. In fact, since I listened to his "Cosmic Alphonsus Vol. 7" mix a couple of times (not that many actually), he has become my - hold your breath - favourite DJ.
Now, yes. Is that all it takes, then, to seduce me these days? With so much, excuse me, rubbish floating around - once I stumble upon something that is so NOW and so ME at the same time, I completely forget my self-phrased musical values and lose my head. What does it take, then? First, the tracklisting is a secret. Yes, thanks Balearic Mike. It is indeed a great idea to first neutralize the nervous namedropper in me. Richard Stallman and his Free Software movement might not like this non-disclosure approach about your songs, Mike, and regarding them as "secrets" might seem kind of weird in a post-soulseek-mp3-apocalypse, but then again: that's why it's so amazing.
Listening to the mix with no song list in front of you (something I now advise everyone to do) feels kind of weird at first. Like someone has shaken your grounds for a second, you immediately go "Where's my wikipedia dammit?", but then you forget about it. Who cares about the tracklisting? Balearic Mike (a seriously cool name indeed) is trying to say: trust me please. And I don't really trust many people, but the music, yesss.
Second, this is a pack full of extremely great songs, of course. I don't know most of them. They sound like everything I like, though: some cosmic, beardo, weird unclassics, "slow is the new fast", hey what's that sound? whoa, it totally sounds like Studio, psych, ultimate guilty pleasures, DISCO. It's basically the unsung soundtrack of me in 2007. A beautiful aural narration of my life this year. Mike seems like the last one standing of the true digger fame. A less nagging version of DJ Harvey, perhaps. His taste is not too personal to alienate, but not too broad to feel cheap. He' both communicative AND passionate about what he's doing. A listener's taste, not a DJ's. Truly delicate and stylish, without making your ears twist and your heart disappear. I'm feeling so balearic.
Now, yes. Is that all it takes, then, to seduce me these days? With so much, excuse me, rubbish floating around - once I stumble upon something that is so NOW and so ME at the same time, I completely forget my self-phrased musical values and lose my head. What does it take, then? First, the tracklisting is a secret. Yes, thanks Balearic Mike. It is indeed a great idea to first neutralize the nervous namedropper in me. Richard Stallman and his Free Software movement might not like this non-disclosure approach about your songs, Mike, and regarding them as "secrets" might seem kind of weird in a post-soulseek-mp3-apocalypse, but then again: that's why it's so amazing.
Listening to the mix with no song list in front of you (something I now advise everyone to do) feels kind of weird at first. Like someone has shaken your grounds for a second, you immediately go "Where's my wikipedia dammit?", but then you forget about it. Who cares about the tracklisting? Balearic Mike (a seriously cool name indeed) is trying to say: trust me please. And I don't really trust many people, but the music, yesss.
Second, this is a pack full of extremely great songs, of course. I don't know most of them. They sound like everything I like, though: some cosmic, beardo, weird unclassics, "slow is the new fast", hey what's that sound? whoa, it totally sounds like Studio, psych, ultimate guilty pleasures, DISCO. It's basically the unsung soundtrack of me in 2007. A beautiful aural narration of my life this year. Mike seems like the last one standing of the true digger fame. A less nagging version of DJ Harvey, perhaps. His taste is not too personal to alienate, but not too broad to feel cheap. He' both communicative AND passionate about what he's doing. A listener's taste, not a DJ's. Truly delicate and stylish, without making your ears twist and your heart disappear. I'm feeling so balearic.
Rubbish
My top, uh, things in music right now, or something:
1. Aeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond - Whipsers (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)
Heard it somewhere. Oh, it's wonderful. Oh, I love it. Oh, oh, oh, yes. Hope you got the message. Yeah, it's great, and, be patient, or something.
2. Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor
Yeah, totally. Of course.
3. Babytalk - Keep on Move
Progressive techno and shit, this is ace ace ace.
4. Studio - Out There
The 16 most beautiful minutes of 2007. Classic.
(even though it was released in 2006)
5. The Chemical Brothers - Battles Scars (BTWS Remix)
Erol & Richard are at the top of their game. Great stuff.
6. El Dukes - Tittle Tattle (Borat Edit)
A friend said that Borat is the best unknown DJ in the world. This edit should support that claim.
7. Holy Fuck - The Pulse
Yes. Approved.
8. Hipnosis - Pulstar / Gino Soccio - Remember
Both tracks from the new Dj Hell 'Hellboy' mix for Playboy. Full of shameless Italo uber-classics (therefore Music classics). These two are premium content for me. Lindstrom has a notebook packed with this stuff.
9. Tiger Stripes - Survivor
Mm, I think I liked this groove for a couple of hours. Kind of stuff Booka Shade eats for breakfast.
10. Roland Appel - Unforgiven
Yeah. Sure.
General notes:
1. Hot Chip
2. Aeroplane
3. Hercules & Love Affair
1. Aeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond - Whipsers (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)
Heard it somewhere. Oh, it's wonderful. Oh, I love it. Oh, oh, oh, yes. Hope you got the message. Yeah, it's great, and, be patient, or something.
2. Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor
Yeah, totally. Of course.
3. Babytalk - Keep on Move
Progressive techno and shit, this is ace ace ace.
4. Studio - Out There
The 16 most beautiful minutes of 2007. Classic.
(even though it was released in 2006)
5. The Chemical Brothers - Battles Scars (BTWS Remix)
Erol & Richard are at the top of their game. Great stuff.
6. El Dukes - Tittle Tattle (Borat Edit)
A friend said that Borat is the best unknown DJ in the world. This edit should support that claim.
7. Holy Fuck - The Pulse
Yes. Approved.
8. Hipnosis - Pulstar / Gino Soccio - Remember
Both tracks from the new Dj Hell 'Hellboy' mix for Playboy. Full of shameless Italo uber-classics (therefore Music classics). These two are premium content for me. Lindstrom has a notebook packed with this stuff.
9. Tiger Stripes - Survivor
Mm, I think I liked this groove for a couple of hours. Kind of stuff Booka Shade eats for breakfast.
10. Roland Appel - Unforgiven
Yeah. Sure.
General notes:
1. Hot Chip
2. Aeroplane
3. Hercules & Love Affair
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