lexpretend has been pointing how great this is on a couple of threads (video nsfw), and he's right. I can't get enough of it.
its evocative of late 80s / early 90s club mixes / house trax but i'm flailing trying to recall specifics.
Adventures of Stevie V "Dirty Cash" and for some reason Sly & Robbie "Boops" come to mind, but what else?? I'd love to play a set of more stuff that sits well with this.
Go.....
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Thursday, 12 November 2009 03:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
on yeah, here's the video
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Thursday, 12 November 2009 03:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
"reckless with your love" is also pretty great. maybe someday this azari & iii will have more than 2 songs?
― psychgawsple, Thursday, 12 November 2009 06:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
they do have another song bro
http://www.20jazzfunkgreats.co.uk/wordpress/2009/11/02/basement-suns/
― hoos-kingofthedrugs (deej), Thursday, 12 November 2009 07:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
fwiw i think 'reckless with your love' is their best jam -- 'hungry for the power' feels like, i dunno, a bit forced
― hoos-kingofthedrugs (deej), Thursday, 12 November 2009 07:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
were talking the diff between a 9.5 and an 8.5 but still
maybe insomnia by faithless is similar?
― hoos-kingofthedrugs (deej), Thursday, 12 November 2009 07:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
actually video version is better but u cant embed because record companies are idiots
― hoos-kingofthedrugs (deej), Thursday, 12 November 2009 07:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
steakmate (2 days ago) Show Hide+1Marked as spamReplyjeez, this song, is amazing, I love it, and it describes me perfectly -.-
― hoos-kingofthedrugs (deej), Thursday, 12 November 2009 07:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
haha otm:
Yogaro0 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide+7Marked as spamReply2:19 !!!
― hoos-kingofthedrugs (deej), Thursday, 12 November 2009 07:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah otm - ralphi rosario's "you used to hold me", frankie knuckles' "baby wants to ride", kym sims' "too blind to see it" might fit too.
was listening to "reckless with your love" and "hungry for the power" last night trying to work out which i liked better - the answer so far is that i like them the same. the american psycho x paris is burning video for "hungry..." might push it over the top.
uk people, there's an ep on itunes which includes "hungry for the power", "she's an illusion", matias aguayo remixes &c
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 November 2009 09:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
Did Stevem and I kick this off by tweeting about them last night? I like 'Reckless With Your Love' the best because of the diva vocals. It's totally aping late 80s/early 90s copies of Chicago house but this is pretty much the one style of music where I really do not care if it's the most derivative thing in the world.
Permanent Vacation is a scarily consistent record label, isn't it? Sally Shapiro albums aside, there's hardly anything on there I don't love.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Thursday, 12 November 2009 10:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Okay... been diggin' through old records and spotify and contenders for similar sounds are:
Virgo Four - In A Vision (instrumental)The Rude Boy Farley Keith - Give Yourself To MeMaster C & J - Face ItM.E. - Ride
all of which helpfully appear on the Dave Clarke compilation "Back In The Box" from 2008 (and on spotify)
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Thursday, 12 November 2009 10:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's worth checking out the recent House Of House mix on Beats In Space - the East Village Loft Society intro (produced by Ashley Beedle :o) is brilliant
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 12 November 2009 12:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Thanks will check out the House of House mix.
Also, closest in mood to "Hungry For The Power" that I think of is Secret Knowledge "Ooh Baby" - its got the same darkness and spoken vocal hinting at menace, and sung soul/disco-diva style chorus
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Thursday, 12 November 2009 13:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
oooo hot damn another track!
― psychgawsple, Thursday, 12 November 2009 21:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
(mult xposts to deej)
they have another track on their myspace. http://www.myspace.com/azariandiii
and 20 jazz funk greats called their label Hungry For the Power.
― jaxon, Friday, 13 November 2009 00:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
That video has effectively changed the way I will walk through business district of Toronto at night.
I noticed you mentioned Canyons on the bobbins thread, so it would be moot to mention it here, but still.
― EDB, Saturday, 14 November 2009 15:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
first post. hai guys. was also going to mention canyons, fire eyes is similar-ish.
eli escobar is making (and playing) this kind of music. see his solo glass house, and money lotion re-edits of people like stevie nicks, the police, feist etc
― haido, Saturday, 14 November 2009 18:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://rraurl.com/podcasts/frisson/204/Azari__III (podcast w/a few unheard to me tracks)
can download from here http://feeds.rraurl.com/~r/_podcasts/~5/JDJcsoh8fHE/frisson_022.mp3
― jaxon, Saturday, 14 November 2009 19:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
thks haido and jaxon!
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Saturday, 14 November 2009 19:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
"reckless (with your love)" is definitely giving me some robin s. flashbacks
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 14 November 2009 23:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah i actually had that one on my hd for a month before i realized it was from this year & not some decades old house track i got off some blog
― hoos-kingofthedrugs (deej), Saturday, 14 November 2009 23:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
this tune precedes "hungry for the power" on the tensnake beats in space podcast...
maybe slightly more low key but definitely in the same vein
― psychgawsple, Sunday, 15 November 2009 00:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Alright, in literally 3 listens, Hungry for the power has gone from awful, to OK, to amazing for me.
Whats the deal with these dudes, for me at least they seemed to very suddenly come out of nowhere, and I am curious.
― EDB, Sunday, 15 November 2009 01:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
Don't know too much about these dudes. I was mega-disappointed when research revealed that the two magnetic black dudes aren't actually Azari & III. The black dudes are Fritz Helder (with the long hair / wig) who's in a band called Fritz Helder and The Phantoms.
The other guy is a Rwandan emigre in Toronto called Cedric Gasiada, who also sings on another (and more straight up classic house/disco) song called "Reckless With Your Love"
Azari & III - the producers / beat makers - are the white dudes in the video. I don't know why I was so gutted, but I was. I want more house producers to be more extrovert, making and frontin' their music, like Green Velvet used to do.
These dudes are all from Toronto, I think.
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Sunday, 15 November 2009 03:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
xxpost makes me smile!
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Sunday, 15 November 2009 03:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
― jaxon, Sunday, 15 November 2009 03:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
Even has a "III" in it!!!!!
― EDB, Sunday, 15 November 2009 04:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Aeroplane played 'Reckless With Your Love' in their set at Bugged Out earlier :)
― mdskltr (blueski), Sunday, 15 November 2009 05:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
'she's an illusion' is another goddamn winner from these dudes
― andrew m., Monday, 16 November 2009 21:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
see 20jfg
― andrew m., Monday, 16 November 2009 21:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
as for similar, brings to mind parallels, also from toronto (?). canada at least.
― andrew m., Monday, 16 November 2009 21:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
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― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 November 2009 11:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
movie never loads. what is?
― jaxon, Thursday, 19 November 2009 18:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
hmm really? it's a certain 11-month-old shakin it down to azari & III
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 November 2009 19:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
works for me.
did anyone mention this mix they did for 20jfg yet? it's pretty fun, tho not without it's mistakes
― psychgawsple, Thursday, 19 November 2009 19:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
did anyone mention this one yet?
really starts around 3:30
― one time, Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
these guys are remixing a single by one of my best pals from Dublin coming out on Tensnake's label soon. check it out!
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's gotten to a point where I just infer the shadow/spectre of homophobia/aids/etc/etc in pretty much any male diva house. "Reckless With Your Love" probably isn't about promiscuous unsafe sex but I can't help but hear it that way.
― Tim F, Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Well the words would seem to back it up too.
Of course, the star of this video might not really get that:
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 20 November 2009 12:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
(That's a more reliable link than the one I posted just above)
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 20 November 2009 12:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
bless!
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 20 November 2009 13:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah Tracer I'm basing it on the words - i just wonder if I'm justified in just assuming that's what it's about:
Reckless with your loveYou. Just. Give it upFearless with your lifeBut no-one can you trustReckless with your loveYou. Just. Give it awayFearless with your lifeLiving day to day...
― Tim F, Friday, 20 November 2009 16:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
It could just as easily be about being risky with your emotions in general. Which is one reason the lyrics are great.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 20 November 2009 16:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah exactly.
Of course the very practice of deploying ambiguity in diva house lyrics generally feels historically loaded as well...
That's one thing I love about this kind of camp poppy Chicago house (or in this case recreations of it) - its historical/geographical/cultural specificity and its all-embracing pop universality tend to work with rather than against one another.
― Tim F, Friday, 20 November 2009 22:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 18:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
anyone wanna work on a SONG ID for the 20JFG Mix? some great stuff on there and all sounds so familiar but i'm blanking on a lot of it
― space cowboy (san frandisco), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 23:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
rebotini, "spirit of the boogie"?late nite tuff guy, "eurotrac"?
whether or not they totally fit here, i'd like to hear more based on these tunes and hear thoughts upon.
― andrew m., Sunday, 6 December 2009 03:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
i know it's not diva vocal house, and just another chicago/detroit derivative, but this is so dope. (friends of 69)
― jaxon, Thursday, 17 December 2009 22:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2010/01/18/trax-to-release-new-azari-iii-material/
― jaxon, Thursday, 21 January 2010 20:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
That's perfect.
― Tim F, Friday, 22 January 2010 06:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
why do i have to buy records from germany in order to get a 'reckless' 12"
― not a playa but i ilx a lot (deej), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 07:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
finally heard this out on the weekend. BIG tune.
― well-hung parliament (haitch), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 07:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'm fuckin freakin out about how great Reckless is, I'M FREAKIN OUT MAN
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 3 February 2010 20:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/v/bdnOlBTMLMs
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 20:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
ack....
new vocal version of B-Side of HUngry For THe Power
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 20:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
whoa am i the only who got a rip of the instrumental of this track that must be at 33 or something?? i thought it was their slow jam...
― jerk orbison (another al3x), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 23:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
― jed_, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 23:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'm pretty sure both sides of the single/EP whatever are at 33 already, jerk orbison
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 10:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
great name, btw
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 10:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
Only posted a couple times so not sure if own-tumblr-linking is frowned upon here, but mine is mostly devoted to this kind of stuff and so far has mentioned Azari, Tensnake, Permanent Vacation, etc. Also has a very slight Toronto slant to it. Check it out if you like.http://www.streetsoundswirling.com/
― SSS, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
just found this:
HEALTH - We Are Water (Azari & III remix).mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?zdjk00j5nmy
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Thursday, 25 March 2010 22:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
interviewing one of these dudes in 40 minutes. if anyone has any burning questions— i'm already asking about influences and the whole spectre of AIDS/homophobia thing— do post them here and i'll try to get to them...
― The Portrait of a Lady of BJs (the table is the table), Thursday, 13 May 2010 23:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
Ask 'em if they're gonna do more work with Fitz Helder/Cookie Monster dude from Hungry For The Power.
More music, when? and more Cedric diva house please
okay, these are more requests for themn to follow through with. I think I heard that Cedric is doing something with Friendly Fires, but they may not know much about that.
Erm, album drop?
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Thursday, 13 May 2010 23:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
they're working on an album deal right now, according to their press dudes...i'm asking about that...
any other takers?
― The Portrait of a Lady of BJs (the table is the table), Thursday, 13 May 2010 23:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
Ask them about the "Hungry for the Power" video!
― i am giving you the viking of compliments (The Reverend), Friday, 14 May 2010 08:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'm already asking about influences and the whole spectre of AIDS/homophobia thing
with reference to "reckless with your love" ? i'm curious, not that it totally matters, but are they straight? they LOOK like two straight canadian dudes... could be wrong tho
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Friday, 14 May 2010 17:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm not sure what a straight Canadian dude is supposed to look like but they're not.
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Friday, 14 May 2010 17:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
I mean they could be, but it would come as a surprise.
have you seen the two white dudes who makes this stuff? the two black dudes who do vocals in hungry are not the production.
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Friday, 14 May 2010 17:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
also, is their production analogue/digital? probably a mix of both?
i think they've said they use ableton live + hardware.
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Friday, 14 May 2010 18:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
a few things:
1) the two white guys— Alixander and Alphonse— are amazingly nice and articulate2) they use 95% analog equipment.3) the AIDS and homophobia associations with "Reckless" are not far off the mark.4) Fritz and Cedric, the two non-white dudes in the "Hungry" video, are full members of the band, though they don't have a hand in production. sort of like Kim Ann Foxman in Hercules.
― The Portrait of a Lady of BJs (the table is the table), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 17:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
when/where is your interview gonna be up?
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 20:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Friday, May 14, 2010 12:28 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Yes I have, and I'm aware of this.
I just want to know what, as that, a "straight canadian dude" is supposed to look like.
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 20:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
it'll be in the next issue of XLR8R, which comes out in july. which also means it will be online sometime that month, too, along with my review of the new wolfgang voigt album....which is fucking intense listening, to say the least.
― The Portrait of a Lady of BJs (the table is the table), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 20:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
looking forward to it table. they were hated on quite a bit by the local SF DJs when they came and played at the Mezzanine here, but i was dancin the whole night. thanks for answering my questions too!
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 22:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
@EDB
two white dudes wearin jersey and caps and shouting HOUSE MUSIC SUCKS at the end of the night is what led me to think they were ironic straight white hipsters into "rediscovering" early house music
sorry if this somehow offended the typifying of this growing demographic
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 22:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
Alright. I still take it you've probably never been to canada though.
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
is this what a straight white canadian guy (in a tuxedo) looks like?
― jaxon, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
― what a horribly formed "groke" (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Being from the same city as A&III, I just resent the implicit comment on some supposed canadian provincialism, and that there's some sort of look to back this up. Ultimately, however, they do look like straight canadian dudes, that is, fairly nondescript. Nevertheless I don't see how this should conjure doubts about their homosexuality; they need not be tom of finland drawings incarnate for there to be queer subtexts to their work.
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 01:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
Incidentally, they only GIS you get when you enter "straight canadian dudes" happens to be a picture of them, from this thread, actually.
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 01:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
"1) the two white guys— Alixander and Alphonse"
Christian and Alphonse
― jaime, Thursday, 20 May 2010 05:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
ha, okay, was trying to get the other proper name right. thx.
― The Portrait of a Lady of BJs (the table is the table), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
from that article upthread...
Azari & III, who featured in our recent “Ones to Watch in 2010” spread, will release “Indigo” on March 30.
this never happened did it?
also, anyone dig any of their remixes? the munk rmx on their myspace is a kinda chicago acid + spanish-language vocals thing that reminds me a bit of that crystal ark track gavin russom put out recently. and like that song, it is amazing. also their voltage remix is pretty solid (the original is nice too, i guess voltage is a project of one of the guys from cut copy)
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Sunday, 13 June 2010 18:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/retaildj/04-la-musica-azari-iii-remix (actually only goes acid a couple times tbf)http://soundcloud.com/hypetrak/voltage-all-night-azari-iii-remix
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Sunday, 13 June 2010 18:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
chilled a bit with these guys in Detroit during DEMF/Movement. Cool peoples and they destroyed with their dj set at The R&R Bar.
― ¿Can Your Gato Do the Perro? (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 13 June 2010 19:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
when is that tensnake remix dropping in full
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Sunday, 13 June 2010 19:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
So how are these dude's live set?
They're doing a free outdoor show for Toronto's Pride week, and I'm debating whether it's worth it for a timid straight individual who doesn't fare well in big/chaotic crowds to trek out in serious heat-wave weather to hear them play (and since there's no one else worth seeing, it would be me arriving at 9 and leaving an hour later, which in itself is kind of weird).
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Friday, 2 July 2010 00:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
end of August
― du mein bestie (micarl), Friday, 2 July 2010 00:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
EDB I would relax and just go if nothing else comes up on your to dolist .... speaking as someone who decided to go to a one day festival in London by myself to see one act when finding myself bizarrely friendless one weekend.
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Saturday, 3 July 2010 21:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
the XLR8R piece is up: http://www.xlr8r.com/files/magazine/pdf/XLR8R_134.pdf (page number 48, but 23/43 on the .pdf)
and this:!!
http://this.bigstereo.net/2010/07/16/sunday-girl-azari-iii/
Sunday Girl – “Self Control” (Azari & III remix)
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Monday, 19 July 2010 21:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Btw I nearly puked in disgust when I listened to the original Sunday Girl track - go ruin a classic why don't you. Azari & III do a decent salvage job
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Monday, 19 July 2010 21:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
ugh acid in pop tunes... :(, i feel like acid house is about to blow up
tbh the remix isn't great either. kinda lackluster.
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Monday, 19 July 2010 23:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
that said the cover blows.
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 00:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
remix is boring
― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 00:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
won't front when i say that i think their originals are miles above any of their remixes.
would love to hear thoughts on the xlr8r article. i was just shocked at how LONG it turned out to be.
― The Portrait of a Lady of BJs (the table is the table), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
I was surprised at how SHORT the articles in the issue were. Maybe it's just that I haven't read magazines in years but I guess the online magazine format lends itself to the perils of taking on a variety (as in variety show, not variety magazine) format of offering a lot of se;ir (short enough, i'll read) articles.
I enjoyed the article though, a readable, informative snapshot. They seem like pretty pleasant guys.
I'm curious about the AIDS subtexts though, if you have more you're willing to elaborate on.
― Where Time Becomes A Loop, Where Time Becomes Aloof (EDB), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 02:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
ahem:
"Reckless with your loveYou just give it upFearless with your lifeBut no one can you trust
Reckless with your loveYou just give it awayFearless with your love Living day-to-day......Living a lie never been trueBut I get stronger everydayWhile you're reckless with your love.."
I mean, it's not a stretch to read the singer as a poz individual addressing a young street hustler? Or just any sort of person who is simply 'giving away' their love to lots of people? It's dangerous out there, obviously. Tim also talked about it upthread.
― The Portrait of a Lady of BJs (the table is the table), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 02:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Well I figured out the whole "Fearless with your life" part, I was wondering if they said anything beyond that.
― Where Time Becomes A Loop, Where Time Becomes Aloof (EDB), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 02:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
"won't front when i say that i think their originals are miles above any of their remixes."
maybe if they stuck their singers in the remixes i'd be into it. the guy who does the lead on reckless is so awesome.
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 08:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
EDB, also, "ooh, you're just a stranger in a room" - seems to be about picking up in a club/beat/sauna, at least in context.
Of course none of it is done in a way such that it couldn't possibly have an alternative meaning.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 08:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/yesyesrecords/02-diamond-lights-and-amy-b-move-on-azari-iii-remix
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow boring
― blap...tremendo (deej), Thursday, 5 August 2010 02:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
you play me day and niiiight
― jed_, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 13:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 14:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
Reviving this because I could use more stuff like this in my life.
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Thursday, 10 March 2011 09:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
Seconded!
i feel like acid house is about to blow upMonday, July 19, 2010 11:56 PM (7 months ago)
this didn't really happen, did it.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 10 March 2011 09:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
There was a lot of discussion on this thread:a thread for Art Department (Canadian house duo)
― farieling thosder chout a bagh an i ballme crantuman (dog latin), Thursday, 10 March 2011 10:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Still feel like an early 90s diva house revival is just around the corner, if it isn't happening already. Katy B being the obvious reference point.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 10 March 2011 10:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
There's very little house, not less "diva", on the Katy B record I'm afraid dude. It's mostly funky, r'n'b, dubstep, slow d'n'b etc...
― farieling thosder chout a bagh an i ballme crantuman (dog latin), Thursday, 10 March 2011 10:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Although Katy B is spearheading whatever this new Brit-Skool dance-pop movement that seems to be emerging right now. I mean those new young singers/songwriters/producers like Ben Westbeech, Jamie Woon, James Blake(?) who write "proper songs" around nuum and house tracks, who also seem to hold more integrity and charm than predecessors like La Roux or Lily Allen.
This seems to be happening on the other side of the Atlantic with Sergio & Benoit, Soul Clap etc who are more routed in house and diva styles.
― farieling thosder chout a bagh an i ballme crantuman (dog latin), Thursday, 10 March 2011 10:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah no one ever wrote songs over british electronic/dance music before o_0
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 March 2011 10:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
did i say they hadn't?
― farieling thosder chout a bagh an i ballme crantuman (dog latin), Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
"hey i like this spate of new bands who are writing songs in a particular way and come from a particular place""OMG, have you never heard songs before? jeez wake up, it's 2011"
― farieling thosder chout a bagh an i ballme crantuman (dog latin), Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
None of this is remotely relevant to what I was saying, which is that Katy B has already taken a very Inner City/diva house record* into the top five, and hopefully it'll be the first of many.
*Albeit with added Ms Dynamite and filtered through a funky prism, but it's very 90s as well.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh yeah, forgot about "good life". Matt, you heard the Dirtbombs' cover of the song that came out recently as well?
― farieling thosder chout a bagh an i ballme crantuman (dog latin), Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
― farieling thosder chout a bagh an i ballme crantuman (dog latin), Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think the new Hercules album was so disappointing because, having loved the deep/tribal vibes on their recent dj mixes, I was hoping it would sound like "Reckless", which is the one recent track which really *gets* the era. I mean, the album had some of the sounds and signifiers, but it just doesn't work as well.
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 20 March 2011 15:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just got in from seeing these and they were amazing. Anyone in the SE of the UK should try and get to see them over the weekend. They're playing some venue I can't remember the name of tomorrow and Dalston Superstore on Saturday Night. They opened with Indigo, Reckless and Hungry For The Power before doing about half an hour of new (?) stuff, which got progressively faster, tougher and more electro/acid as it went along. Really good live manipulation of the vocals. On Hungry For The Power one of the vocalists sounded like the frontman of Dethklok.
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
album announced to drop July 29 on Modular:http://www.modularpeople.com/news/azari-and-iii-debut-album-on-modular/6111.html?comments
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
I want to not be too excited after what happened with Aeroplane, but I can't help myself.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Thursday, 12 May 2011 18:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
fiiiiiinally. excited for this.
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 12 May 2011 18:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Interview in Quietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/06131-azari-iii-interview
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Friday, 13 May 2011 17:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
Psyched. They're playing at Glastonbury, hopefully live.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 May 2011 17:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's awesome that Cedric seems to be integral to the band's future and albums; and also wow! o_O !!! at this, considering how incredible he is on Reckless/Hungry/Into The Night
Cedric: At the time we were just trying to make something different in dance music. The boys [Christian and Alphonze] have been in that scene for a while but I had no idea what house was three or four years ago
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Friday, 13 May 2011 17:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
I've often seen him at house events in Toronto. He is consistently a) better dressed than anyone else (well, at least more flashily dressed) and b) dances better than anyone else (well, at least dances more flashily).
― EDB, Friday, 13 May 2011 17:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/purplepr/azari-amp-lll-hungry-for-the
Art Dept remix of "Hungry...."
I love both acts but right now this seems more like a curio than anything great. All this might change when I hear on a proper system
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Monday, 16 May 2011 23:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
azari >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> art dept
― flopson, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 00:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
k i'm no expert but why am i not seeing any mention of the jamie jones mix around here????? SO GOOD.
― r|t|c, Thursday, 2 June 2011 17:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
the melody from that reminds me of "walking away" by craig david!
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Thursday, 2 June 2011 18:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha i wish i could hear that but i can't
totally addicted to this tune though - i actually agree with deej way upthread that the original seemed forced but this mix makes me want to go out and gorge on someone's brain
― r|t|c, Thursday, 2 June 2011 19:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
i meant the bit at the start, that synth melody. i don't like the original hungry for the power much but i love reckless with your love...
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Friday, 3 June 2011 00:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
so bummed that all the photos from their first Sydney Opera House show seem to have been taken after Cedric removed his enormous fuzzy hunting cap
― all cats are gay (sic), Friday, 3 June 2011 01:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah I've never been able to get into Hungry For The Power that much but the remix is fun though as most Jamie Jones is. RTC you've heard Ruckus from last year, right? Essential for fans of the deftly-used Curb Your Enthusiasm sample.
Azari & III are playing at Glastonbury and I'm kinda looking forward to seeing what they do with their live show.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 June 2011 08:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
nice remix
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 June 2011 14:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
New video, no NSFW concerns this time. I really like the part where the four of them are in the pool during the first "chorus".
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
most anticipated album of the year and im barely anticipating anything else
― flopson, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hungry for the power is utter perfection - this remix, while decent, is totally superfluous.
― jed_, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 23:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
― flopson, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 10:21 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
they have 1.5 good songs imo ... i dont get the anticipation. everything else ive heard by them has been fairly mediocre
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 23:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
(this is where you point me in the direction of tracks that prove me wrong)
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 23:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah otm...love "restless with your love" but don't believe they have an album in them based on rest of their stuff. prove me wrong by all means dudes.
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 23:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
reckless with...oops
haha 'restless with your love' would make for a p good song too i think
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 23:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
"indigo" was really good i thought - they're certainly two of the most interesting interviewees i've had, i feel like writing them off at this stage is uhhh premature
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
two unbeatable singles is enough to get me excited about your next album.
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 17:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ehhh. One gimmicky solid retro single, one instant classic, several halfassed tracks...
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 18:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
well, i'm not saying they're at the heights of say OJ da Juiceman or Kreyshawn
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 18:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
I never said I was expecting a great album from kreayshawn
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
just OJ?
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oj has more good songs than azari and iii. Maybe not any as good as "reckless", but def some at the level of "hungry"
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Or better
I thought your bias against contemporary rap production made that point invalid so I initially chose not to engage it
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
you're kinda funny
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Into The Night" is incredibly great too! I think I prefer it to Reckless but don't like it as much as Hungry. PLUS there's that remix of Eurodancer, they're all solid gold.
― jed_, Friday, 10 June 2011 20:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
I find myself reaching for the Prince Language version of "Into The Night" more than the original, it's such a perfect record.
I would love for this album to come out in both an "original" and "pitched up" format, the vocals sound so much better when set to +5.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Friday, 10 June 2011 23:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
― all cats are gay (sic), Friday, 3 June 2011 11:39 (1 week ago)
hey guys stop worrying! he was behind me in the queue for the bar just 14 hours after that post and:
― all cats are gay (sic), Friday, 10 June 2011 23:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
:D
― The Reverend, Friday, 10 June 2011 23:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just been listening to the album and liking it. But since I'm rockist that's probably the kiss of death.
― Trudi Styler, the Creator (ithappens), Sunday, 12 June 2011 14:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Saw their live show last night and it was pretty good - would have been even better if the sound had been configured so you could hear them singing and not just the bass, but the spectacle of it, particularly the dancing, was really fun. I think it also helps to think of them as being in vein of Cut Copy/Junior Boys rather than the likes of Tensnake and Aeroplane; they're more like a pop band drawing from dance, and that perspective helps make more sense of what they're doing.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah, i will agree with lex and say that the two 'main dudes' were among the more nice and interesting interviewees i've ever worked with.
― bitch u ain't british (the table is the table), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
when i saw them dj it was p weak which has def colored my experience ... they played good songs & seemed like characters, but they just werent reading the crowd or something. idk maybe it was an off night
but they actually played much more like a tensnake/aeroplane dance-y style than a cut copy / jr boys one (if i get that dichotomy which im not sure i do), at least relative to classixx, who i had seen just before
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
what they DJ isn't really an indication of how they play live.
(totally disagree with Cut Copy comparison though)
― underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have pwned (sic), Monday, 20 June 2011 00:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
the album is vg btw
undecided!!!!!!!
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 20 June 2011 01:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
I didn't see them DJ so I can't comment, it was a live show with the two singing and the two at the back generating the music on their equipement.
I don't mean that they sound like Cut Copy or Junior Boys; what I'm trying to get at is that Azari & III's own catalogue seems to be about songs rather than tracks. I think it was Tim who said on another thread that "Reckless" is a great song that you could present in any form, and that's the impression I get from these guys - it's as much about songcraft and their identity as it is about producing dancefloor bombs, it just happens that they can do both simultaneously.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Monday, 20 June 2011 08:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hercules & Love Affair probably a better comparison point?
Really want the album to leak in the next couple of days so I can be familiar with the songs before Glastonbury.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 June 2011 09:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also <3 vogue-off in the crowd story.
xpost yeah that's the best comparison point, so obvious and yet I don't understand why it didn't spring to mind.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Monday, 20 June 2011 09:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
Azari & III LP Stream
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 25 July 2011 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
did this not get mentioned yet?
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Monday, 25 July 2011 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
art dept remix of "hungry for the power" is still my shit
the album's being streamed? EVERYONE GO AND LISTEN TO "UNDECIDED" RIGHT NOW because holy shit that song has been blowing my brains
― lex pretend, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Undecided and Tunnel Vision. This is not a disappointing album.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Monday, 25 July 2011 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, Manic is definitely the stand out track for me.
― viborg, Monday, 25 July 2011 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Undecided is interesting but a little rough sounding, I could see some incredible remixes coming from it.
― viborg, Monday, 25 July 2011 18:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ok..I actually didn't listen all the way through before. Did he just say "the final solution" in Manic? Wtf?
― viborg, Monday, 25 July 2011 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow, undecided really develops!
― generous doler out of lollies (forksclovetofu), Monday, 25 July 2011 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Manic is SO !!!by which i mean chik chik chik not EXCLAMATORYthough it's kinda that too
― generous doler out of lollies (forksclovetofu), Monday, 25 July 2011 18:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
stoked
― night of the living based gods (flopson), Monday, 25 July 2011 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
LOVE this album.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 25 July 2011 23:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
this album is p hokey
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
how so?
it's a lot better than i was expecting. actually it's properly good, no caveats.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
makes me think of the first chromeo record. directionless pastiche w/out the songwriting. aside from reckless, obv, which is still amazing
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
obviosuly amazing but still only their 3rd best single imo.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
after what
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
hungry >into the night >reckless.
i have no idea if those are all on the album though.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
They are but no way are any of them touching reckless. "hungry" is exactly what i'm talking about wrt pastiche. And "into the night" works well as an intro track but no way is it as good a song... Its all buildup
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
i've never heard it on the album and so i don't think of it an an intro track. i really love it.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
This album is killer. The comparison to Chromeo is way off mark. It's not some ironic joke for students who wear flat caps.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
really that comparison makes no sense.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
i dont think chromeo was an 'ironic joke' either esp by the 2nd album, but it was str8 revivalism much like this
azari's camp-revivalism is too cynical
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
I guess there's never any way of determining a band's motives unless you're in the band, so fair enough, but I've been to see them live and it was a fucking blast. They obviously put their heart and soul into it, whatever their 'deeper' motivations may or may not be.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Which is certainly not something I could say about Chromeo.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
what do you mean, cynical? if anything you could accuse it of being too reverent but what's cynical about it? tbh i think you're just giving it a name like "camp revivalism" then criticising it based on the tag you yourself gave it.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
hmmmm....
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Come on! That's an awesome cover. It's slightly camp but in a straight up superb way.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, August 3, 2011 5:26 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
where did i say anything about motives or reverence?
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
i brought up the reverence to counter your accusation of cynicism which i don't understand.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
You can't be cynical without having some kind of ulterior motive in this context.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
idk it taps into a strain of revivalism that doesn't really strike me as particularly coy or ironic (the daniel wang school maybe). there was a discussion i think somewhere here about how reckless makes more explicit the AIDS context of early house/boogie that they're drawing on and that seems to say something about the particular approach to appropriation they're taking.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
can't really understand not thinking reckless is the best though
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh yeah no one has ever agreed with me about that.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
thread got deej'd
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
uh oh someone's harshing gr8080s good timez
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
my concern is that the cynicism w/ which they appropriate the past too often on this record (although not exclusively) expects the signifyers of past dance hits to do most of the work, which means they dont worry about songwriting / track construction. its too much of a game of 'remember this 90s house trick??' + frankly a somewhat weird homosploitation vibe for two straight producers (i.e. a track called "manhooker" and a BUILDING IS LIKE A COCK cover art) + general laziness
can i flip this question and ask, what are these guys bringing to the table that old songs dont already have? they dont sound very reverent at all, that i agree with.
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
i agree with plax, there's a brittle menace to azari & iii that transcends the obvious pastiche. plus a very well-defined aesthetic that isn't just retro at all.
"reckless" probably is the best but "indigo", "undecided" and "manic" run it pretty close
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
homosploitation vibe for two straight producers
fyi the two gay vocalists are officially part of the group as well, isn't it slightly dodgier politically to overlook their (huge) contributions
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
i do like "indigo" a fair amount
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'd guess that the two "straight" producers have enjoyed dabbling, too
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
― lex pretend, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 6:20 PM (31 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
im not overlooking them & they were added to the group retroactively iirc?
― lex pretend, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 6:20 PM (46 seconds ago)
otm, the vocals are what really sets them apart for me.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
they were on the first single and became members shortly afterwards.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think they were added "officially", more gradually as they contributed more and more
(i asked them this and it's in the i/v recording somewhere but i don't have time to dig out right now)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe its not actually true, but that is the version of the truth that i've come across a few times so i would let that one slide, but they have been in the group for the entire gestation period of this album. they are half the band.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah that's basically right
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
idk i just get a jocular "lol gay" vibe from some track titles like "manhooker" & the cover art & promo photos. maybe im just being a overly cynical myself but instead of camp it feels like, "lol camp"
anyway im curious if gr8080 would play any tracks off this record out to a dancefloor & if so (i imagine there are some) which ones would make the regular rotation?
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
i only really play the tensnake and art dept remixes
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
i might start fucking w/ Manic (the original)
i would not particularly associate their music with camp tbh.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
homosploitation is a great phrase
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
considering the extent to which gay culture has been mined by the mainstream, it seems a little weird to target a band that is 50% homo for this
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I had assumed the two producer guys were gay.
Anyway, I love this album.
― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
plax otm
one of the things that i *like* about this vibe is the homosploitation vibe anyway. it made me realised how many old traxx records have lyrics about, like, girls.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
money quote on the issue from one of the producer dudes during my interview: "i'm pretty sure everyone in this room has had sex with a guy."
(then he paused and said something like "and a girl", at which the singers made little protesting noises)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol plax otm re: old traxx records
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha that's great xxp
― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
afraid my homosploitation comment distracted from the main thrust (nh) of what i was saying
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
please don't say something about real house music
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, it's news to me that the other two guys aren't gay. If there's one problem with this album - and I only have one problem with it - it's that there isn't quite enough of Cedric on it.
I do understand what Deej is saying but it's tedious enough having to suffer the True Kvlt vs. hipster or authentic vs. cynical arguments in black metal and hardcore without having them applied to house music - where the standard response to dance music should be who gives a fuck as long as it's good to dance to and it sounds great. I mean, what would differentiate authentic camp from untruthful camp in the first place?
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
artificial artifice
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:41 (4 minutes ago) Permalink
i didnt. are you reading what im posting at all?
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
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― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
thread needs moonship journey to baja (nb he could entirely disagree w/ me)
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
you are the one introducing phrases like camp revivalism and pastiche so
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
pastiche is a style not a criticism. 'reckless' is pastiche too and i love that song
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
pas·tiche (p-stsh, pä-)n.1. A dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent.2. A pasticcio of incongruous parts; a hodgepodge: "In . . . a city of splendid Victorian architecture . . . there is a rather pointless pastiche of Dickensian London down on the waterfront" (Economist).
the choice of pastiche DIRECTLY INVOKES the binary between the real and copy. seriously use words you understand.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
by saying pastiche you strongly imply that rather than operating *in the tradition of* a particular genre that they are imitating the signifiers of that genre.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
they are doing lol camp pastiches of classic house. i have no idea how i could have read real v fake into that jesus christ let me wipe these spectacles
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. A dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent.
where does this say anything about real vs. copy? imo this music is openly imitating previous works of other artists
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
seriously use dictionaries you understand
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok you're an idiot
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
you seem to have confused things; the problem w/ 'real' vs 'fake' is when someone implies real is inherently better . thats not what im doing here. this is house music made up of lots of different notably 'house'-associated ideas/sounds. that makes it a 'pastiche.' there is no judgement of quality there
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
im·i·ta·tion (m-tshn)n.1. The act or an instance of imitating.2. Something derived or copied from an original.3. Musica. Repetition of a phrase or melody often with variations in key, rhythm, and voice.b. Repetition of a theme in another voice such that each part con
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
whats your point
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol l8r
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't see the camp in azari & III's music.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, August 3, 2011 7:08 PM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol grow up
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
You've done this whole using words that generally carry negative connotations but insisting you are using them in a neutral way while using them to slag something off routine before.
― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Wednesday, August 3, 2011 7:10 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
is that really what im doing? 'pastiche' never means something positive? im slagging off 'reckless,' a pastiche & one of my 5 favorite songs of last year? cmon rev
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
all pastiche means is made up of older parts of songs! thats it!
so. you're criticising them. using words that are synonymous with real v fake. but claiming that because those words don't necessarily carry negative connotations (that's true! well done!) that I am misreading you somehow in saying that *those words are synonymous with real v fake.* I will grow up, but i'd rather do it getting ice-cream than having a pointless circular argument with you as words magically empty themselves of meaning as soon as you use them.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, August 3, 2011 7:17 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
pastiche is not synonymous with real vs. fake
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
∞
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm not criticizing azari for being "fake" when compared to "real" house, which is what youre accusing me of, right? I'm not doing that at all. Its simply untrue. Saying that they make 80s/90s dance pastiche is a simple descrption of what they do.
The value judgement is that on the songs I don't like, they arent good enough songwriters or track constructors to bring these elements together into great songs; theres a sort of wishful thinking that hopefully if you pile enough signifyers together ppl will enjoy it simply as a memory exercise in nostalgia
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm actually really interested in heating from people who really like this lp what youthink it is that makes it seem fresh.even with the songs I do like, I've had trouble articulating what pushed this ahead of rote revivalism. Theres definitely an irreverence here for one thing
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Which is part of where the chromeo comparison came from
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm actually really interested in heating from people
lol freudian slip
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Swypian slip
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
For me it would have to sound very like one particular band/producer or label from a certain period for it to be a problem. If, say, it sounded exactly like Virgo IV or Inner City then I probably wouldn't like it but it casts a far wider net than that and gives it all a bit of a reboot to boot. The time frame it covers is too wide for it to be pastiche and there's simply something of recombinant brilliance about it for me.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't see the camp in azari & III's music.― jed_, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 7:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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― Dark Noises from the Eurozone (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
camp is more in their videos i think
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
threads that make u wish Carles posted to ilx
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
The groups presentation certainly dabbles in it. I do find "hungry for the power" to work from in that way in particular, the theatricality of it certainly.
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
they are megacamp live
I would btw! They just have shallow hearts and souls.
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 23:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like chromeo btw. The diss was that it was like their first album rather than their 2nd
I'm softening on the first half of this lp
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Thursday, 4 August 2011 00:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, this is avery very good albumMaybe not top 20 for this year but close and growingon me
― I'm a nerd and nerdy things happened (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 August 2011 01:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wish this album was more Reckless With Your Love and less Hungry For The Power. I can sort of appreciate it and all that but for some reason it mostly just leaves me cold.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 August 2011 10:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe it's a drug/club of yore Pavlovian reaction thing. When I hear Indigo and Tunnel Vision, I feel like there's a jet engine going off in my head.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's the weird thing, I would expect to have exactly that reaction but for some reason I don't.
Their live show is fucking awesome by the way - and I think semi-improvised?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, it seemed like mostly songs in the first half, mostly jamming in the second half?
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Thursday, 4 August 2011 13:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is a very modern sounding house/pop album. it is extremely referential, as so much of dance music has been for quite a while now, but it combines so many different influences and yet still has a clear individual style. when they first dropped "hungry for the power" and "reckless" i was worried they would be kind of sampling different house sounds from the late 80s/early 90s as they continued (even tho those are still my classic faves), but with the release of "indigo" they started to identify their sound. they have some really interesting moments on this album. "change of heart" is one for me. pretty stoked on the album as a whole, even though a couple of the more aggressive songs i could take or leave.
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Monday, 8 August 2011 18:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
basically agreed.
― I'm a nerd and nerdy things happened (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
wasted my first listen of this cleaning my apt mad at my roommate :/ didnt really catch much
― back in a .gif ;) (flopson), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
chromeo comparison seems on-point but I'm surprised this bothers anybody that was into herculues & love machine or whatever they were called
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's much colder sounding than that implies though. More like Hercules and Love Affair as remixed by Carl Craig. Except not as good as that sounds. Wish they hadn't gone with that huge cavernous warehouse sound, although it should be catnip to me for some reason I can't connect with it, although Reckless is basically a perfect record.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's like you know that feeling you get when you put on a really great techno record in the morning and have to turn it off because your brain's just not ready for techno yet? That's kind of the feeling I get with this in a lhousier form.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Matt DC captures it exactly i think
fwiw i didnt love H&LA although "Blind" was still a jam .... and that one with the 'little boy herculeees' chorus that i imagine being used in a disney film (in a good way?)
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
i wanna see the live jam sesh incarnation
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 August 2011 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
...but not on youtube
oh xpost
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Friday, 12 August 2011 22:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok deej that statement + complaining about camp & homosploitation = mind fuck
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha this is OTM
― Tim F, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
still feeling the album, but as far as 'suggest me some similar stuff'... this is almost TOO similar to "hungry for the power"- the stabs at least
regardless of that i still can't stop listening to it
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 04:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Don't sleep on the Isolee remix of that either, it really draws out the melancholy drama in the vocals.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 10:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
B.C. x Delivery should have been posted to this thread a while ago:
the Munk remix kills it imo:
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 6 October 2011 07:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
those lyrics are making my eyes water.
― jed_, Thursday, 6 October 2011 13:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Haha, yeah. I heard the first line and was like....ok, I'm just gonna tune out the lyrics now.
― turfin' bird (The Reverend), Thursday, 6 October 2011 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
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heh this mix is getting picked up by uk garage/funky guys (pioneer, cameo) now! wouldnt have expected that.
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 October 2011 08:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
does this go without saying or is it being slept on...? save for knowing i have to do everything myself i have no idea with these matters tbh
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 October 2011 08:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
it is sick and trounces the og anyway
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 October 2011 08:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
<3 maceo plex
― racks on top of racks on top of rack on racks on racks (tpp), Friday, 14 October 2011 08:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
does this go here?
NSFW VIDEO
― ⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 14 October 2011 08:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Does it feature Maceo Plex's trademark growling bass noise? If so count me in.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 October 2011 08:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
finally caught them live at White Heat tonight. worth the wait x 1000000000.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn. Was too ill to get to that show. Glad it was great.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah it was packed and their live show is sooooo much fun. can't wait to catch them again.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh hey they finally made a video for "reckless"
― The Reverend, Sunday, 15 January 2012 04:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Possibly supporting Madonna's tour?
― du mein bestie (micarl), Sunday, 15 January 2012 10:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
for the "suggest me some similar stuff" part of the thread:
Mowgli featuring Amber Jolene - Back In The Day
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Urgent and key contribution to the similar stuff portion of this thread (i.e. Alex Anwandter - Como Puedes Vivir Contigo Mismo - as discussed in the Paris is Burning thread and here: itt: amazing dancing in music videos.
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Monday, 27 August 2012 23:55 (9 months ago) Permalink