If we just went ahead and made 4-track CDs standard, with track faders instead of an EQ on your stereo, then interesting people could hear it if they wanted and the rest of you pissy killjoys wouldn't have to.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:19 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah sod commentaries tho, give us individual tracks from the music to mess around with for personal pleasure
― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Well - either way!
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:24 (fifteen years ago) link
how about a few bonus comedy sketches
― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
did ya hear the one about childhood?
its innocence can only ever be approximated, as through a sepia-tinged, melancholic facsimile!
― nm (rent), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 17:24 (fifteen years ago) link
*armpit fart*
― nm (rent), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
sounds lame to me, like director's commentary on DVDs
― tropical beards of paradise (san frandisco), Thursday, 19 February 2009 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
just give me more MUSIC
kind of like a dream, no WORSE - am i right guys?
― s1ocki, Thursday, 19 February 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
1) directors commentaries are often rad 2) this is a fun and hilarious idea 3) f u
― max, Thursday, 19 February 2009 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
lolll slocks
― THE_REAL_BLAP (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 February 2009 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Just reading through this thread for the first time, and although I like Air France, Boat Club are even better. Thanks for the tip.
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 19 February 2009 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
dear max,
i think it's cool that you have the time to watch a movie and then watch it a whole second time without any audio just to hear the director comment on his own film so that the DVD companies can have a special features tab on the menu.
love your biggest admirer
― tropical beards of paradise (san frandisco), Thursday, 19 February 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago) link
also this vvvvi want remixes
― gr8080
― tropical beards of paradise (san frandisco), Thursday, 19 February 2009 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i actually have no problem with this but i do wish they'd do an album and not, you know, an EPK
― s1ocki, Thursday, 19 February 2009 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
this thread made me remember some tracks of "color filter" on "i often think in music" , i refreshed my memory with a listen online at http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=113829&highlight=113841 what do y'all think?back then i had so many favorites, jumping from "give this a whirl" to "fearless" to etc reallymaybe it's a bit too eager or crisp or naive (or what?) for being of now tho
― Sébastien, Friday, 20 February 2009 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm at work so can't listen but it's always good to see you here, Sébastien
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 20 February 2009 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah how bout we skip that and go straight to an album plz
when i met joel, he didn't know if they would do an album. they like the EP format, i guess.. i should really transcribe that thing one day..
― poortheatre, Friday, 20 February 2009 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I don't know if I could handle a whole album of Air France. They're almost too pretty and gorgeous to that much of at once.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 20 February 2009 15:31 (fifteen years ago) link
to TAKE that much of
yeah i said it, pretty AND gorgeous
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 20 February 2009 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
take pretty much gorgeous EP
― you contemptibel nerd you yuppie fukkin homo (Lamp), Friday, 20 February 2009 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
you don't have to listen to the album from start to end tho :)
― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Friday, 20 February 2009 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
also this vvvv
i want remixes
they have remixed 'skeleton boy' by friendly fires. it's pretty.
― or something, Friday, 20 February 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
has anyone heard this? http://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0103.php
― just sayin, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 15:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes I have - very promising.
New Air France song - with someone called Roos. Available as part of this rather sweet site they've put out to celebrate Midsommer in Gothenburg...
http://www.gbgbelongstous.se/
― Treblekicker, Friday, 19 June 2009 12:17 (fourteen years ago) link
It is now officially summer !Thanks for the link, Treblekicker.
― Snowballing, Friday, 19 June 2009 12:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks Treblekicker!
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 19 June 2009 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
topical monicker
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Sunday, 21 June 2009 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link
tropical monicker
― some dudes are bigger than others (s1ocki), Sunday, 21 June 2009 01:58 (fourteen years ago) link
nice song, but srsly can't be bothered to read that site (unless it's really great...?)
― ianmaxwell, Sunday, 21 June 2009 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Pretty sure the beat on this new one is sampled or at least influenced by Saint Etienne - "Only Love Can Break Your Heart (A Mix in Two Halves)"
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 22 June 2009 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i wouldnt be so cagey spencer, it sounds like a st etienne song thru and thru, and im not gonna complain
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 02:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Does Air France demographic consists mostly of gay men? I ask because I love them and I think it's one of the best pop acts this decade but the only people in my city that knows of them, besides me, are my gay friends. I always think twice before dropping Air France at my house if any of my slightly homophobic acquaintances are at sight.
Same thing happened to me with Hercules & Love Affair but with them I know they're gay subculture icons, I've never known for sure with Air France. Anyone care to enlighten me?
― Moka, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 04:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Btw the new song is brilliant and it definitely sounds like some sort of update on that Saint Etienne track.
― Moka, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 04:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I certainly don't break the trend but they've always struck me as more frail-fey-indie than gay.
Somewhere I said that if early Saint Etienne combined Pet Shop Boys with A. R. Kane, The Tough Alliance and Air France start to divide that combination into separate pieces
(not to say that TTA = PSB and etc, rather that TTA sound like the Saint Etienne that reminds me of PSB, whereas Air France sound like the Saint Etienne that reminds me of A. R. Kane)
― Tim F, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 06:25 (fourteen years ago) link
They just seem like an intensification of the dreamier end of early Saint Etienne to me.. and Saint Etienne in their early days were, well, PSB meets A.R. Kane in a way..
― guammls (QE II), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 06:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I should give em another chance, though; their music just kinda seemed to be rubbing my favorite album in my face all the time, which seemed kind of cruel
― guammls (QE II), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 06:34 (fourteen years ago) link
"They just seem like an intensification of the dreamier end of early Saint Etienne to me.. and Saint Etienne in their early days were, well, PSB meets A.R. Kane in a way.."
I think this is precisely what i'm getting at, minus the shrug factor.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 08:14 (fourteen years ago) link
has anyone seen air france live? i feel like it must be the greatest thing ever.
― samosa gibreel, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
The song posted is great but i completely disagree that it sounds anything like Weatherall's mix of Only Love Can Break Your Heart. Not even close. For one, it's about 15-20bpms faster and much more cluttered with percussion.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm pretty sure they sampled the beat, sped it up, eq'd and then started layering; just using it as a starting point.
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
don't know where else to post this but new jj track:http://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0113.php
wow! such a nice one!
― Kiptok, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
so there's a jj album out now
― just sayin, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Would I like this?
Well, I better download the song and find out.
Um, yeah, it's starting out very St. Etienne. Like this.
― Violent In Design (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 09:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Whoops... I just started a jj thread: jj no. 2: A mix of Scandinavian balearic (I know)/outer space R&B/folk-y gloriousness...
― Metro Video Centers, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 09:18 (fourteen years ago) link
There's a tiny clip of Air France's remix of Saint Etienne up on youtube now.
― plazzTT, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Details of the Air France remix of Saint Etienne finally released. It seems it's gonna be on a limited to 200 copies promo (only available through the St Etienne fanclub) for their Foxbase Beta album (that's the Foxbase Alpha album re-worked by Richard X). I don't think the Air France remix is on the CD (or 2xCD) versions of the album. No release date on the 12", only that it's at the pressing plant now.
1. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Richard X extended vocal2. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Richard X extended instrumental3. Spring - Air France Remix4. Girl 7 - Richard X Foxbase Beta album version
― plazzTT, Friday, 11 September 2009 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
New Air France (I think? sounds v different) track on their myspace now called "Balearic Dream"
And another odd blog post http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=63897182&blogId=513029120
― plazzTT, Monday, 5 October 2009 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Arrghh - it's the Levellers.
― Kaliova, Monday, 5 October 2009 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I prefer their earlier work.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 5 October 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link