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hey, mia (trapez, loads others i expect) is djing at my local discotheque on saturday. anyone know what to expect from her?

nebbesh (nebbesh), Thursday, 29 January 2004 13:00 (9 years ago) Permalink

no, but you you should go and report back to this thread! m.i.a tracks = niceness.

tricky disco (disco stu), Thursday, 29 January 2004 14:57 (9 years ago) Permalink

you mean mia from germany?

k (blue), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:25 (9 years ago) Permalink

yeah, mia from germany, did she do that 'tied to the 80s' track, i used to dance in my bedroom to that. i wasn't sure how deep/minimal/thoughtful she'd play it, i want to bring friends with and don't want them all to stare at me balefully.

she must be doing some dates in london too i expect.

nebbesh (nebbesh), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:38 (9 years ago) Permalink

Tied to the '80s -- isn't that MRI?

Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:40 (9 years ago) Permalink

Out of the MIA stuff that I do know, "Milchreiter"'s (on a Sub Static 12" from last year, I think) my favorite.

Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:41 (9 years ago) Permalink

yeah, that's my favorite, too. i put that one in a bunch of mixes...

tricky disco (disco stu), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:44 (9 years ago) Permalink

also i think there might be some confusion here as there's MIA and M.I.A. - two different artists that are quite different from what i gather. M.I.A. is the trapez/substatic artist

tricky disco (disco stu), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:46 (9 years ago) Permalink

This is getting even more confusing... What about the U.K. hip-hop-ish act? "Galang galang galang" etc. Also called "M.I.A."

flightsatdusk (flightsatdusk), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:49 (9 years ago) Permalink

And the 80s hardcore band, which was what I thought this'd be about

DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:53 (9 years ago) Permalink

the two artists i refer to are both from germany

and i think there's a us punk bank by this name, too

xpost

tricky disco (disco stu), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:57 (9 years ago) Permalink

From my understanding, the MIA who runs Sub Static and has releases on Trapez and Traum is the same person. There's also the MIA that's had a couple UR releases.

Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 29 January 2004 16:00 (9 years ago) Permalink

okay, it's M.I.A. from germany. will she make me dance? i'm sure i've heard stuff of hers on trapez and itiswhatitis which were okay. i don't want it to be too techy and drawn-out. i mean, she may dj on a totally different tip. i will probably go anyway so will post back monday with update.

nebbesh (nebbesh), Thursday, 29 January 2004 16:02 (9 years ago) Permalink

I don't think she's done anything on ITISWHATITIS, but as Andy says, she's released stuff on Traum, Trapez, and Substatic.

I've never seen her dj, but judging from her releases I'd wager she'll play on the softer and dreamier side of minimal house.

Philippe, Thursday, 29 January 2004 16:23 (9 years ago) Permalink

6 years pass...

born free already being discussed somewhere already?
read yr. blogs

forksclovetofu, Friday, 23 April 2010 15:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

read yr blogs, ppl

bamcquern, Friday, 23 April 2010 15:35 (3 years ago) Permalink

does the synth just sound like suicide or is it a sample? song's alright.

LaMonte, Friday, 23 April 2010 15:44 (3 years ago) Permalink

How much of the new album did Rusko produce? If he did the whole thing, it's likely to be dreadful.

Matt DC, Friday, 23 April 2010 15:54 (3 years ago) Permalink

well this new song doesn't sound like it had anything to do with him, but it's still definitely dreadful

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:57 (3 years ago) Permalink

someone tells me this new track has was produced by suicide?

nakhchivan, Friday, 23 April 2010 15:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

read yr threads

imma sb (samosa gibreel), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:59 (3 years ago) Permalink

samples suicide def
but did they produce it

nakhchivan, Friday, 23 April 2010 16:04 (3 years ago) Permalink

this is great anyway

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nakhchivan, Friday, 23 April 2010 16:04 (3 years ago) Permalink

pretty sure it's just a sample. writing credit is her, martin and alan. it's gash, but they'll get some cash so that's great.

Jamie_ATP, Friday, 23 April 2010 16:19 (3 years ago) Permalink

it's cash, but they'll get some gash so that's great.

nakhchivan, Friday, 23 April 2010 16:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

I get that its cool to hear Paper Planes in indie discos nowdays, but can't she go back to the intense buzzy skeletal beats of Arular, they're so much more fun

Also, poor German MIA

boxedjoy, Friday, 23 April 2010 16:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

iDig this. Arular is neanderthal MIA and...and that's saying something given her overall aesthetic.

Blancminaj (Spinspin Sugah), Friday, 23 April 2010 16:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

Don't like the lo-fi karaoke thing on her voice in this particular song... I could see how it's supposed to fit with the punk aesthetic of the song but it just sounds like lazy production... hope the rest of the album feels less like a demo.

Moka, Friday, 23 April 2010 18:51 (3 years ago) Permalink

And it's a shame because the sample is good.

Moka, Friday, 23 April 2010 18:52 (3 years ago) Permalink

this is pretty weak imo

emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Friday, 23 April 2010 19:36 (3 years ago) Permalink

iDig this.

you just came sooooo goddamn close to a suggest ban you have no idea

sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Friday, 23 April 2010 19:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

ok this is awesome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinky_Blink (The Reverend), Friday, 23 April 2010 20:03 (3 years ago) Permalink

I DONT WANNA TALK ABOUT MONEY CAUSE I GOT IT-GOT IT-got it-got it
AND I DONT WANNA TALK ABOUT HOOCHIES CAUSE I BEEN IT-BEEN IT-been it-been it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinky_Blink (The Reverend), Friday, 23 April 2010 20:04 (3 years ago) Permalink

lol she has definitely been hanging out with Santigold

HI DERE, Friday, 23 April 2010 20:10 (3 years ago) Permalink

she does Santigold better than Santigold does

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinky_Blink (The Reverend), Friday, 23 April 2010 20:11 (3 years ago) Permalink

the buildup to this is great

HI DERE, Friday, 23 April 2010 20:13 (3 years ago) Permalink

between this and the clip of Gorillaz from The Colbert Report, I am very happy I followed a Pitchfork link today

HI DERE, Friday, 23 April 2010 20:17 (3 years ago) Permalink

In 2009, Time magazine placed M.I.A. in the Time 100 list of "World's Most Influential people" for having "global influence across many genres".

nakhchivan, Friday, 23 April 2010 20:51 (3 years ago) Permalink

"genre influence across many globes"

yo gotti or notti (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 April 2010 20:51 (3 years ago) Permalink

do we even have entryist pop any more? she ought to be commended for such a leftfield move

collaboration with mika vainio and kk null awaits

nakhchivan, Friday, 23 April 2010 20:57 (3 years ago) Permalink

she does Santigold better than Santigold does

Uh... Santigold >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MIA.

I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 23 April 2010 20:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

ugh son

The Reverend, Friday, 23 April 2010 21:02 (3 years ago) Permalink

i would buy an album of MIA punk songs

imma sb (samosa gibreel), Friday, 23 April 2010 21:04 (3 years ago) Permalink

Its modernist punk. It makes me interested. Sounds good.

Hinklepicker, Friday, 23 April 2010 21:50 (3 years ago) Permalink

Just sounds like bad Atari Teenage Riot. Nothing really new going on here.

Jamie_ATP, Friday, 23 April 2010 21:55 (3 years ago) Permalink

I love the beat but those vocals sound really half-assed.

adamj, Friday, 23 April 2010 22:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

Except MIA hasn't done 'bad atari teenage riot' before. Its pop music. Did you expect some sort of Stockhausen experiment? What is new etc, etc...

Hinklepicker, Friday, 23 April 2010 22:38 (3 years ago) Permalink

she had this album called kala that pulled from some great honkies: richman, pixies, clash
She made them her own and made them parts of something great

thought she'd do suicide justice. she did not.

Fellini.Kuti, Friday, 23 April 2010 23:10 (3 years ago) Permalink

Shit. And here I was just thinking she went and made a song.

So can we get this straight: Is it 'Bad Atari Teenage Riot' or 'Bad Suicide'. Is someone going to say sounds like 'Bad M.I.A?' Prefer these kinds of influences than Beach #**!@$ Boys.

Hinklepicker, Friday, 23 April 2010 23:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

Prefer these kinds of influences than Beach #**!@$ Boys.

word the fuck up

it ain't trickin if yo gotti (The Reverend), Saturday, 24 April 2010 00:10 (3 years ago) Permalink

I love how passionate that SFJ piece is. Being on the blog liberates it from that New Yorkerish sense of distance. It reads like an angry fan: "Fuck you, MIA rules!"

Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

The artist, of course, is M.I.A. About seven years ago, I praised her for several things, including turning the noxious generalization of “world music” into an idea that represents life as it is lived, and affords huge aesthetic possibilities. She made two albums that received all the praise they deserved, and then a third album called “/\/\/\Y/\,” which received a deeply weird and negative review in Pitchfork (unless you think M.I.A. is here only to provide “bangers” and hasn’t already vaulted way past her “potential as a pop artist” many times) and, most damagingly, the worst profile ever written about a musician, in the New York Times Magazine.

except for this one magnetic fields piece i read somewhere once, maybe...

omar little, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

unless you think M.I.A. is here only to provide “bangers”

And mashups.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

galang

lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

Good article but SFJ is completely off if he thinks M.I.A. did it simply as a performance and not a publicity stunt. If flipping the finger was allowed she would've thought of the next 'offensive' thing to do on live tv. She did it because she knew exactly the reactions it would get.

Moka, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

SFJ OTM RE MIA

great post

max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

i feel like people have lost the ability to distinguish between "performance" and "publicity stunt." i mean any 'look at me!' gesture by a professional entertainer/celebrity is what it is, you can just choose to look at it in one light or another as part and parcel of what they do or something unnecessary or sinister or calculated.

Alshipleyan Goalpostmover (some dude), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

simply as a performance and not a publicity stunt.

these things are not distinct/separate

max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol xp to some dude

max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

but but MAYBE the apology was the ultimate provocation, makes u think

lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

it IS kind of a way to disappoint both sides of the argument

Alshipleyan Goalpostmover (some dude), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

Did she actually apologize? I know the NFL and NBC did, but I can't find an apology from M.I.A. herself (not even a "I'm sorry you found the gesture offensive" dealie).

Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

tour rider: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/mia-2011-backstage-rider-975123

genuinely disappointed there are no truffle fries on that, i thought this girl could troll better

first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

She issued a statement about "getting caught up in the moment" iirc.

(xpost)

Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

i really think this is NBC or the censors' "fault" to the extent that it matters at all -- i mean it's a live event, with hundreds of people on camera doing unscripted things for hours and hours with millions of viewers watching, and something went wrong on the air in a very high profile way less than 10 years ago. how can they not have some kind of tape delay or guys with lightening fast reflexes in the control room?

Alshipleyan Goalpostmover (some dude), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

i thought there was tape delay but they missed it (the gesture)

pandemic, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

the sneaky thing she did was curse and flip the bird simultaneously

lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

Right after, there was a weird horizontal pattern on tv for about half a second. Since I missed the birdflip, I assumed it was some technical glitch.

Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

well that's what i mean, they shouldn't have missed it! how hard can it be for the single most lucrative annual event on television to hire a guy or two who do nothing but make sure stuff like that doesn't get on the air?

Alshipleyan Goalpostmover (some dude), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

i kind of believe that she did it spontaneously b/c who would ever have thought something so minor would cause a kerfuffle at all? and it's a pretty natural gesture to make at that point in the song. then again she didn't do it in rehearsals

WHY did my brain spend time thinking those thoughts :(

first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

like if you were gonna do a PUBLICITY STUNT for ATTENTION why do something that most people would miss if they blinked?

first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

exactly!! i finally rewatched to see the infamous bird and maybe it's just me but she sorta pulls the punch - it's up for like a half second. come on MIA! i'm offended by your lack of commitment!

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

'quality chocolates' - Fererro Rocher! amazing.

no salt and pepper for her mango i note.

piscesx, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

she should've just given the 'v sign' so british viewers would've known she was being offensive but americans would've been like oh how nice a peace sign

Alshipleyan Goalpostmover (some dude), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

should torn up a photo of the pope

max, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

or diplo

Alshipleyan Goalpostmover (some dude), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

always, always tear up a photo of the pope

lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah sinéad knew how to cause controversy properly

our standards have fallen since then

first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

its too bad tearing up a photo of the pope didnt become a celebrity meme that they all did whenever they were on tv

lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

nothing compares to u_u

Alshipleyan Goalpostmover (some dude), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

and a week later at some bob dylan concert (?) which just goes to show how conservative and moronic dylan fans are imo

first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

for the record, no she hasn't "apologized".

She issued a statement about "getting caught up in the moment" iirc.

that was an unnamed source "close to the singer", saying something to some tabloid.

sean gramophone, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

she should hold a press conference to apologize then tear up a picture of the superbowl trophy

lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

she should say rye rye put her up to it because she was pissed about the ravens losing in the playoffs

Alshipleyan Goalpostmover (some dude), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

that was an unnamed source "close to the singer", saying something to some tabloid.

Yeah, my mistake.

Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

some dude OTM, lol

I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

FREE RYE RYE

that albums never coming out, is it

Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 9 February 2012 12:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

interesting how neither Madge nor MIA have said owt 'official' either way. clearly 2 ladies who know how to play the meeja game.

piscesx, Thursday, 9 February 2012 12:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

damn, bad girls is really a jam

drop these whiners on a island (Surviver style) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 March 2012 18:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

yes, yes it is

Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Friday, 2 March 2012 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

you have inspired me to bump the Vivki Leekx mixtape again

Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Friday, 2 March 2012 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

Maya mostly kills, it's just the three sluggish songs on the middle ("It Takes A Muscle", "ItIz What It Iz", to a lesser degree "Story To Be Told") that make it seem interminable

OTM - it sounds like she was able to afford a higher grade of weed circa MAYA. The world doesn't really need MIA doing stoned-out cod-reggae jams though.

o. nate, Friday, 2 March 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

still love it takes a muscle fuiud

Totes le Héros (contenderizer), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

^

marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Friday, 2 March 2012 20:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

young drometheus (dayo), Monday, 19 March 2012 12:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

man, that was definitely not not worth the wait

Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Monday, 19 March 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

at least Lex will be happy

thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Monday, 19 March 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

He won't, this is a different German act from the one at the thread beginning.

if, Monday, 19 March 2012 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

at least it's closer!

thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Monday, 19 March 2012 18:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

http://open.spotify.com/album/1JV2adHIREQSZWTCrn6CbW

this is fucking great

keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 15:01 (10 months ago) Permalink


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