Spent about 16 hours painting the apartment this weekend, and I’m beat… Driving back and forth across Lake Washington, these two popped up sequentially in the shuffle and it felt post-worthy. Love this stuff — I was calling it ‘disco punk’ earlier, but seems like ‘nu disco’ has seemed to stick.
Disco:
The Fresh Band - Come Back Lover
Nu-Disco:
Curses! - The Deep End (Holy Ghost! remix)
Got a number of podcast potential playlists swimming through my head, but no time for now. Sigh. A little longer.
Goddamn, everything these guys get their hands on is pure gold. Love love love them. And their original stuff is just as hot. I’m tempted to do a fanboy mix of all Twelves tracks… I hope someone I know went to their recent LA show.
The only problem for blogland is that they know they’re awesome, and usually only toss 128 scraps our way. These are actually decent quality though. Rock and roll.
Erlend Oye - Sudden Rush (The Twelves remix)
Radiohead - Reckoner (The Twelves remix)
Zeitgeist - Humanitarianism (The Twelves remix)
The Twelves - Works for Me
Andre 3000 ain’t got shit on a PacNW winter. It isn’t technically even winter yet, but has been pretty wintery for this SoCal transplant. I saw the snowflake icon on my dashboard for the first time (looks like pac-man above) and scraped snow off my car for the first time.
I didn’t think I needed to clear off the hood or roof because it would just blow off when I was driving. This was correct, but the handiness wore off quick when I got on the freeway and all the snow made a mini-blizzard on my windshield. Funny to write here, but was a bit panic-inducing for a minute. Good thing everyone drives 55 on the freeway up here. (not really)
<cheesy transition>Good thing I have some red-hot house music to keep me going!</cheesy transition> Not much to say about 4 to the Floor or Pierce since they are new to me, other than they rock. Hard. And I’m lazy.
Phonat - Learn to Recycle (4 to the Floor remix)
Pierce - Love Conga
Time to throw another log on the fire.
Been getting caught up on blog haus now that all the school crap is done, and here are a few tastey grooves to expedite your weekend. First up, a breezy jam by Vyle, produced by wunderkind, Shazam. A special shout-out to my homies in San Diego on this one, makes me think pool party all the way. Maybe just wishful thinking since Seattle will have a HIGH of 36 tomorrow…
Not to preach to the choir, but how blowing up is Little Boots?!? As much as I dug Stuck on Repeat, I didn’t pay as much attention to Meddle once everyone and their mother started posting remixes. That is, until Treasure Fingers worked his magic. I think watching several videos of her singing in various living rooms won me over — Little Boots is the girl next door of house music.
This final quarter of classes is over next week, which means final exams and research projects are upon me. This also means that I have been spending time on a new podcast instead, naturally.
Been digging hard on this remix by Klumpfisk lately, which kind of set the vibe for the mix. Give it about a minute of build and then it blows the fuck up.
Studio - West Side (Klumpfisk remix)
oh ah oh, oh oh, ah ah ah oh, oh ah, ah ah oh oh oh, oh ah ah ah oh….
Big ups to my peeps down in the bay! This song makes me happy, with the usual uplifting melodies of Fred Falke and all the fun memories of tomfoolery that come to mind — most recently the robot invasion that is Labor Day Dom.
See you soon.
This isn’t a political blog, but Adam Freeland is a political DJ/producer. I just got my hands on this remix that he dropped in his Coachella set, so I figured tonight would be a pertinent time to post it. Freeland rules.
Daft Punk vs. Adam Freeland - Aerobama
Next Thursday’s VP debate should be both interesting and entertaining. The training wheels are coming off, Sarah!
Enrolling in classes again has reminded me just how powerful procrastination can be… This is totally old news by now, but it’s not like this this blog tries to keep pace on late-breaking stuff anyway.
I was listening to Justice’s Planisphere runway epic for the Dior Homme Summer 2009 Fashion Show that made its way around a little while ago, and it reminded me of their rejected Fabric (aka “christmas”) mix that they leaked. The mix wasn’t a dance floor killer by any means, but it was very cool to hear some of the music that Justice likes, since Justice’s music is so unlike anything else. Influences perhaps?
So I thought it would be interesting to put said influences right next to the duo’s latest production efforts for comparison — it also proved to be a great way to not get reading done.
Sparks - Tryouts For The Human Race
Rondo Veneziano - La Serenissima
Goblin - Tenebrae04 Daft Punk - Ouverture
Surkin - Next Of Kin
SymbolOne - Love Juice
Korgis - Everybodys Gotta Learn Sometimes
Midnight Juggernauts - Ending Of An Era
The Paradise Ft Romauld - In Love With You
Justice - TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY (Acapella)
Chic - Everybody Dance
Frankie Valli - Who Loves You
Das Pop - Underground
Julien Clerc - Quand Je Joue
Daniel Balavoine - Vivre Ou Survivre
Richard Sanderson - Reality
Zoot Woman - Grey Day
Fucking Champs - Thor Is Like Immortal
The Rave - Mother
Fancy - You Never Know
Frank Stallone - Far From Over
Sheila - Misery
Todd Rundgren - International Feel
Please excuse my feeble photoshop skills. Chew Fu gave the new Kanye track his usual b-boy treatment and Annie Mac played it recently on her Radio 1 show. Here it is, along with his fix of the Sinatra classic.
Kanye West - Love Lockdown (Chew Fu small room fix)
Frank Sinatra - New York New York (Chew Fu fix)
Just got a link to the new single by Esser that releases next week on the Merok label. Was excited given how much fellow label-mates Klaxons and Crystal Castles rock. Equally so to see that he’s touring with the Mystery Jets next month. Serious street cred.
If only more downtempo indie music had such funky big beat drum loops–I would definitely listen to more. The fuzzy bassline and interesting vocals also make large contributions to the fun. “Love is no excuse for bad art”. I see plenty of bad art at work, so that struck a chord…