I haven't posted on this blog in about 5 years but I'm gonna start posting again. I'm a bit older now and things have changed and I'm not even sure if people blog shit these days! But anyway hope you like the info....
Back in the Summer Nils Frahm guested and co-hosted on Giles Peterson's six music show. Its old now but the tracklist is something special and well worth checking out. Lots of interesting obscure shit going down and the interview is in depth. Hear Nils talk about his process of creating his amazing part on the score for the film Victoria, what really makes Nils tick, his piano or his electronic modulers. Also find out the real meaning of DJ Koze's name...
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Tracklist
Victoria Film Trailor
One of the Social's own, Chris Perks, hitting the ground running with this banging 80's freestyle mix! Put together on sound forge but if you wanna here the real deal, Perks will be DJing on Friday night at Video Clash at the Star of Bethnal Green. Its FREE to get in so come on down.
VIDEO CLASH
VIDEO CLASH
Monet - Give In To Me (1987, Ligosa Records)
Le Foxxe - French Kiss (1985, Telestar)
Shantelle - Love Attack (1985, Pandisc)
Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music (1983, Jam Packed)
Shannon - Let the Music Play (1983, Emergency Records)
Midnight Fantasy - Come Back To Me (1987, Tropical Heat)
PSO - Wanna Be Startin' Something (1986, Sunnyview Records)
Noella - Lonely Days (1987, Magic Man Records)
Le Foxxe - French Kiss (1985, Telestar)
Shantelle - Love Attack (1985, Pandisc)
Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music (1983, Jam Packed)
Shannon - Let the Music Play (1983, Emergency Records)
Midnight Fantasy - Come Back To Me (1987, Tropical Heat)
PSO - Wanna Be Startin' Something (1986, Sunnyview Records)
Noella - Lonely Days (1987, Magic Man Records)
Burial, Thom Yorke, and Four Tet collaborate on new 12" release for Text Records, TEXT010. Side A is called Ego and on the Flip is Mirror. There's no surprises here either, it sounds exactly how you would expect it to. Each collaborator putting their unique sound on the table and it weaves together quite perfectly. Fans already showing their support as it sold out on pre sale before anyone had even heard it! Shops are getting it on the 17th March and it will probably appear on ebay for hilarious prices very soon. Check it out below.....
Side A
Burial, Four Tet, and Thom Yorke- Ego
Side B
Burial, Four Tet, and Thom Yorke- Mirror
More new stuff out on 7th March on Hebden's Text label worthy of note is a split 12" with Four Tet and Daphni. Daphni being a new alias from Dan Snaith of Caribou. Both tunes pretty dance floor friendly following in simular veins from the previous LP's from both artists. Check em out......
Four Tet- Pinnacles
Jamie xx remixes the whole Gil Scott-Heron 'We're new Here'. Everybody knows about this album and everyone knows its gonna be a great listen. The Deluxe Box set has especially caught my eye, as you can see from the image it looks pretty smooth. Purpose built record box with die cut sleeves, 2 x 180 gram coloured vinyl, one record with the full album and the second with all the instrumentals, CD digital copies of the same, and two limited art prints. All this for £25, not bad.
The album speaks for itself, so just gonna leave you with the closing track which is a synth disco number; Jamie twisting Gil's crackling voice between piano stabs and those famous echoing guitars that defined The xx's LP.........
BLISS.......
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Buy the Standard LP
Check the flyer, check the band, turn up at the venue, buy the 12", thats all you got to do to have a wicked Saturday night.
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I recently purchased this book which shows an amazing portrayal of Joy Division through an extensive series of mostly unseen photographs by photographer Kevin Cummins. A 208 page hardback book covering live performances, practices and general downtime with the band. Cummins became big in the late 70s photographing musicians such as David Bowie, Patti Smith, and The Sex Pistols, going on to a 25 year career for NME magazine for which he was chief photographer. The iconic images are also accompanied with concert tickets, unreleased record sleeves, fan club badges, and Factory Records flyers. Also included are original lyrics from notebooks written by Ian.
The new Hercules and Love Affair album called Blue Songs. Eagerly awaited and due for release on Moshi Moshi on 31st Jan (can't wait to get the 12"). As I expected its fucking amazing, housey beats and some nice down tempo bits all with smooth, smooth as hell vocals, cant really ask for anything better to dance to. Nice one to Andy and Kim for totally killing it on this record!!
The xx have taken over the world recently and thats a real good thing for a band like them. Its not very often a band puts together an album as seamless as it is, a pure body of work, solely made by themselves and totally for themselves. The world deserves to hear what they have created and they deserve to show us.
To celebrate this, listen to these remixes/tunes that have that same emotion embedded into each bar, wait for the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up.......
The following track is a solo track from beat maker Jamie xx, entitled Far Nearer, its being released on Numbers Records soon. Sounds a bit like if Burial were a steal band....enjoy....
Jamie xx- Far Nearer
This next track is a mindblowingly good Four Tet remix of The xx- VCR. Starting out with the classic Four Tet shuffling drum rhythms with Romy and Oliver's soft ghostly vocals overlayed. Then at 2.57 a slightly speedier VCR melody kicks in and your ears prick up as it starts rolling from this point, gently growing and swirling you into dreamland. Amazing track....
The xx- VCR (Four Tet Remix)
Up next is a remix of a remix of a cover (complicated? its not). The xx remix of Florence's cover of The Source and Candi Staton's '86 disco track gets remixed by The Very Best. It has been done amazingly well keeping the xx version fully alive but adding vocal harmonies, and tropical percussion. All together very tasty....
Florance and the Machine- You Got The Love (xx remix) (The Very Best Version)
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Been quiet on the blogging front as summer was too much fun. Lots of time spent riding bikes and playing in parks, out drinking and partying till late every night. This left very little time for updates, but now its time to start over as the nights draw in and I spend an increasing amount of time on the net.
This awesome remix/tribute to Arnold Schwarzenegger, made by Luke Million, (keys player in The Swiss) with the help of an edit of the Original track by ATBC. The original track coming from Arnolds Total Body Workout LP released in the early 80s. (Yes he had his own work out LP- Discogs)
Anyway enough background bullshit, this tune is a dirty synth disco, groove laden dancer. When Arnold starts instructing its just ridiculous. Check it out!
Border Community head honcho James Holden has been the next in line to release a compilation in the DJ-Kicks series.
In true Holden style he oozes seamlessly through krautrock, cosmic disco, 80's new wave, electronica and techno, in a way only James Holden can.
If you were lucky enough to go to the launch party last friday at Village Underground you would have witnessed a mindblowing evening of fun with the music running over till 8am! Unfortunatly I was in Greece and missed out but reports have made me very jealous.
Back to the mix, Holden has made a new tune exclusively for the mix which is is first bit of new material since 2006! It sounds sweet as hell, check it out below:
Tracklist
01. Piano Magic - Wintersport / Cross-Country
02. Grackle - Disco (Musiccargo Remix)
03. Mordant Music - Olde Wobbly
04. Maserati - No More Sages
05. Caribou - Lemon Yoghourt
06. Luke Abbott - Soft Attacks
07. Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Loud (Holden Remix)
08. Kieran Hebden / Steve Reid - Departure
09. Ursula Bogner - Punkte
10. Eric Copeland - Auto Dimmer
11. Mit - Rauch (Luke Abbott Remix)
12. ARP - Potentialities
13. Lucky Dragons - Open Melody
14. Holden - Triangle Folds (DJ-KiCKS)
15. James Ruskin - Definition Of
16. Legowelt - Flight Of The Jupiter
17. Walls - Gaberdine
18. Lukas Nystrand - Never Fail (Vocal)
19. Didier Pacquette - Arwen, Namarie
20. SS Pyramid Snake - Catacomb City
02. Grackle - Disco (Musiccargo Remix)
03. Mordant Music - Olde Wobbly
04. Maserati - No More Sages
05. Caribou - Lemon Yoghourt
06. Luke Abbott - Soft Attacks
07. Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Loud (Holden Remix)
08. Kieran Hebden / Steve Reid - Departure
09. Ursula Bogner - Punkte
10. Eric Copeland - Auto Dimmer
11. Mit - Rauch (Luke Abbott Remix)
12. ARP - Potentialities
13. Lucky Dragons - Open Melody
14. Holden - Triangle Folds (DJ-KiCKS)
15. James Ruskin - Definition Of
16. Legowelt - Flight Of The Jupiter
17. Walls - Gaberdine
18. Lukas Nystrand - Never Fail (Vocal)
19. Didier Pacquette - Arwen, Namarie
20. SS Pyramid Snake - Catacomb City
One of our residents here at the Social, Jack Wilson, has recently started broadcasting his musical thoughts on XStream East Radio.
The weekly show called Rhythmatism is broadcast every Tuesday night and is also available on demand from the show website for catch up.
Jack aims to bring us music and sounds from the underground, and far reaches of the musical spectrum, giving us the chance to find out some new and intriguing musical gems, from artists, to labels, to influences.
Listen to the great first show here. (The first song is breathtaking)
Tracklist:
Wanderings- Spirituals
Tremel- Glasser
Imuhar- Group Bombino
Electriconne- The Lloyd Miller Trio
Onset - Beyond Clouds- Dolphins Into The Future
Camera '84- Growing
...And the World Laughs with You (ft. Thom Yorke)- Flying Lotus
Latin Lover- Mi Ami
Ghostrider- Suicide
Fright Night (Nevermore)- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
antherm berlin (for the kingdom of elgaland-vargaland)- Alva Noto
Erosion of time- The Advisory Circle
Bear Creek- Rangers
Tremel- Glasser
Imuhar- Group Bombino
Electriconne- The Lloyd Miller Trio
Onset - Beyond Clouds- Dolphins Into The Future
Camera '84- Growing
...And the World Laughs with You (ft. Thom Yorke)- Flying Lotus
Latin Lover- Mi Ami
Ghostrider- Suicide
Fright Night (Nevermore)- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
antherm berlin (for the kingdom of elgaland-vargaland)- Alva Noto
Erosion of time- The Advisory Circle
Bear Creek- Rangers
Disco is the name of the game, and who better to be the dealer than disco diva Bottin.
Here he is repin' hard with a disco podcast for PIG magazine.
Bottin had this to say:
“This mix is called The Right Knobs and I guess it different from my usual
mixes, where I normally feature quirky music for listening purposes.
In this one I put all tracks that I’ve been playing out and brought with my
on the road. So I guess it’s almost a club mix.
It also features 2 still unreleased (and therefore exclusive to this mix)
re-edits. No tracklist, though :)”
Get your dancing shoes on for this one and give it a last dance for the bank holiday!!!
Pure disco sexyness......... WOOOWEEEEE
Punk funkers and all around live party act !!! are coming back with a new album around mid Augest. If the past albums and eps are anything to go by the new album titled 'Strange Weather Isn't It?' will blow your mind with mesmerising drum loops and mental dance enducing vocal melodies. The album is produced by Eric Broucek who worked on the last LCD record and the Hercules record so be sure to hear some tight production skills.
For more info on the new album Pitchfork have a interview with frontman Nick Offer here
Listen to the first track from the new album below:
!!!- AM/FM
Tracklisting for the new album:
01 AM/FM
02 The Most Certain Sure
03 Wannagain Wannagain
04 Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass
05 Steady as the Sidewalk Cracks
06 Hollow
07 Jump Back
08 Even Judas Gave Jesus a Kiss
09 The Hammer
I don't really follow straight up indie bands anymore but something about Chapel Club rings loud and takes me back to my early days of watching bands like The Stills or British Sea Power.
And of course loving every minute.
Those days have passed now but this band are doing it and doing it very well. Chapel Club wear thier influences on their sleeves but with a new and intriguing twist. If you got a moment go check them at Village Underground (an amazing new venue, if you've been you'll know- moodily lit epic railway arches) on May 27th to experience the live show.
Chapel Club- Five Trees
Chapel Club- Oh Maybe I
Check the Myspace for more info and music here.
Where have all the good indie nights gone!? up the wall?? Well thats about to change as Modern Romance becomes London's best indie night.
Straight off the back of packing out The Old Blue Last and Lock Tavern, the Modern Romance party takes up residency at The Camp on City Road near Old Street. With a string of nights in the pipeline, the first happens tomorrow (29/04/10) with live music from Strangeways and Inner City Pirates, followed by Modern Romance DJs playing the best indie dance party your ears will have had the pleasure of being introduced to. On top of all this its FREE FREE FREE to get in!!
Strangeways- Violance and Virtue
Minus The Bear- Fine +2 pts
LCD Soundsystem- All My Friends (live at Lowlands 2007)
The Futureheads- Meantime
Shocking Blue- Send Me A Postcard
So if you want a cheap good time head down and join the party but get there early cos you dont't want to miss this!!
The Camp
Strangeways
Inner City Pirates
At last! the second Hercules and Love Affair album has been finished. The follow up to the self titled first album is yet to be named but will see a release in September this year. Some massive tunes such as 'Blind' and 'You Belong' were the creations of Andy Butler and his Love Affair crew way back in March '08, so its been a long wait!
The only glimse of new material was the housy banger 'I can't Wait' which appeared on the Sidetracked mix that came out last year. Kim Ann Foxman making the dance floor go crazy with that piercing vocal and transporting you back in time.
Hercules and Love Affair- I Can't Wait
To keep you keen here are some videos of the band looking smoking hot in the orange and red light of a beautiful sunset on a rooftop in New York. The gorgeous scene making the band look like disco time travelers from the late 70's. Amazing.
The end of one thing is the birth of another. JD Twitch and JG Wilkes, better known as Optimo have decided to put a hold on thier legendary sunday residency at Sub Club in Glasgow but are starting a new night called "Optimo Presents... Shake It Up" where they invite guests to play.
To celebrate, Glasgow's Lucky Me has a Optimo guest mix for your ears only!
Download Mix (no tracklist)
Optimo are also doing a mix for the fabric live series, Fabric 52, out May 10th 2010. Concentrating more on a dance floor vibe rather than their usual combo of seamlessly mixing any genre they fancy. The pair recently told Resident Advisor "It's our idea of what we'd play solely for when we want to get people dancing, when we’re not trying to freak people out."
Jokes.
Heres the tracklist:
01. Fad Gadget - Lady Shave
02. Discodromo - Cosmorama (Prins Thomas Discomiks)
03. Basic Channel - Q1.1
04. Spencer Parker - YOGOTO
05. Locussolus - Gunship
06. Rebolledo - Amigos Cómeme
07. The Minister - Jack Your Bodey House Your Mind
08. Altz - Get It Down!
09. Thomas Brinkmann - Walk With Me
10. Rheingold - Dreiklangsdimensionen
11. Capablanca & T Keeler - La Konk Fiesta
12. Roska - Feeline
13. Cumbia Moderna De Soledad - Shacalao
14. The Tyrell Corporation - Together Alone
15. Roni Griffith - Spys
16. Levon Vincent - Love Technique
17. Oni Ayhun - OAR003-B
18. Desire - Don't Call
19. Crazy Cousinz - Inflation
20. Matias Aguayo - Walter Neff
21. Nakion - Heartbit
22. Xex - Heartbeat
02. Discodromo - Cosmorama (Prins Thomas Discomiks)
03. Basic Channel - Q1.1
04. Spencer Parker - YOGOTO
05. Locussolus - Gunship
06. Rebolledo - Amigos Cómeme
07. The Minister - Jack Your Bodey House Your Mind
08. Altz - Get It Down!
09. Thomas Brinkmann - Walk With Me
10. Rheingold - Dreiklangsdimensionen
11. Capablanca & T Keeler - La Konk Fiesta
12. Roska - Feeline
13. Cumbia Moderna De Soledad - Shacalao
14. The Tyrell Corporation - Together Alone
15. Roni Griffith - Spys
16. Levon Vincent - Love Technique
17. Oni Ayhun - OAR003-B
18. Desire - Don't Call
19. Crazy Cousinz - Inflation
20. Matias Aguayo - Walter Neff
21. Nakion - Heartbit
22. Xex - Heartbeat
So this is the ash cloud that has totally messed up the European flight schedules. Causing loads of DJs and Bands to cancel gigs all over the place, and leaving airports looking more like refugee camps as passengers are stranded!
Epic photo.
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The last LCD Soundsystem album. Love/Hate the internet. Sorry.
See you 23rd.
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