There's been talk on various threads but I think it's time for these dudes to have their very own, as the barrage of excellence is now reaching a critical mass. "Full Grown Man". "What I've Lost". "Midnight People". "Walk & Talk". "Principles". "Let Me Count The Ways (Autumn Version)". And judging on youtube clips from DJ sets, "Everybody" (b-side to forthcoming "Principles" single) is gonna be the dancefloor anthem of the year. Check Ellen Allien playing it here (from about 25 seconds):
So basically if these guys can pull out an album this year it might be the equivalent of the mindblowing album Schaeben & Voss ought to have made in about 2004.
― Tim F, Sunday, 5 June 2011 11:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hear "Everybody" in hi-res in the middle of Seth Troxler's Essential Mix:
http://soundcloud.com/r_co/seth-troxler-essential-mix-07
― Tim F, Sunday, 5 June 2011 12:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=60&threadid=85284
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 5 June 2011 14:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
'everybody' sounds great. Is it referencing yello via. ruffneck?
― forest zombie (Vasco da Gama), Sunday, 5 June 2011 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
What I've Lost is AMAZING, but I've not been able to get into Boy Trouble very much. These dudes seem to get better the further away they get from 'songwriting'.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Okay Everybody, purely on the basis of that Ellen video, sounds like a tune-of-the-year contender.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
WHOA @ "what i've lost"
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
man, this stuff is raw
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah these guys are classic.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
i really love "walk and talk" (LOVE the vocal treatment) but i can't get into anything else i've heard by these dudes (the boy trouble ep, midnight people). think they're kinda boring tbh.
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Sunday, 5 June 2011 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can't tell a single thing from that video? it's a fucking horrible quality youtube clip that sounds like ass, how can you possibly tell what anything sounds like
between this and the thread of people going nuts over the-dream demos that you can't actually hear, i wonder about you all
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Sunday, 5 June 2011 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
been listening to ridic amounts of this since spring, young small discography but cultivated so perfectly wish everyone released so little music of such consistently high quality, like u dont have to ever listen to the other songs bc they dont exist
― flopson, Sunday, 5 June 2011 21:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh god so not boring, imo theres something abt the way their stuff moves, its got a lithe, floating quality, it doesn't sound grounded at all. its a mystery (to me) how they pull it off its so subtly suggested by light pops clicks, little internal rhythms
― flopson, Sunday, 5 June 2011 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Matt, I purposely left "boy trouble" off my opening list bc while it's okay I think it falls out their sweet spot between vocals and longform house. But I think they grow less interesting when they run away from vocals as well - like "where the freaks have no name" is fine but nowhere near as good as "full grown man" et al.
― Tim F, Sunday, 5 June 2011 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
― flopson, Sunday, 5 June 2011 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
think it's cut from seth troxler's essential mix.
these guys are the most exciting thing happened lately in dance
― cuteforce, Monday, 6 June 2011 06:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's a bit too dad house for me, nice enough and all that but I dunno it makes me feel really young for not enjoying it very much but to be fair I kinda like that about it. They do have a nice atmosphere about them and I think flopson nailed it, they kind of float but they leave me aching for a little more kick and groove, they're kinda rigid somehow dispite how well they keep that dreamy floaty atmosphere going. It sounds like a track you'd hear in some place called bar oblong where 40 something ex-dance heads meet on a sunny afternoon where the music is played at low volumes, just loud enough so you can strike the odd pose that reminds you of when you enjoyed to dance but just quiet enough so you can order a cocktail without any trouble. Sounds like a nice day out really. Can't wait until I'm old.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 6 June 2011 08:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Where is this Oblong bar?
― mmmm, Monday, 6 June 2011 08:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
No idea its just one of those places every city has that are like an up market weatherspoons that play funky trad house with those oblong beats. You can usualy see a branch in the back of the shot of hedkandi album front covers.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 6 June 2011 08:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jimi no offense given you've tried to be reasonable with how you've expressed yourself here but do you like any vocal house / deep house / funky house (non uk funky) et al?
― Tim F, Monday, 6 June 2011 08:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
You can't hear the piano chords and the chiming noises? Even from the terrible sound quality it sounds like a Coma Cat-style anthem in the making.
― Matt DC, Monday, 6 June 2011 08:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah I like a load of deep/funky house, can't stop playing every Underground Quality release I can lay my hands on at the moment. I think this was the last vocal track I really dug.
I like that they keep it kind of raw and loose while keeping that funky/deep hosue sheen, its a vibe I feel is missing from these guys.
Everybody is alright but it just makes me want to hear.
That, its got that sunny loved up vibes but there is way more groove going on.
Are these guys on DFA? They sound a bit like a less messy more house The Juan McLean somehow.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Underground Quality is a great deal more prestigious / underground than I meant! You might as well say Moodymann at that point.
― Tim F, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can't hear how they fit into the track or really what they sound like at all - you literally cannot hear how a song sounds properly from a shaky 2-min youtube clip
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 6 June 2011 09:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
NB. cuteforce made this debate a non-issue upthread you know.
― Tim F, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
True. They give me a simular vibe though. Benoit & Sergio give me more of a DFA-esq vocal version of someone like Pantha Du Prince rather than Tensnake on everything I've heard bar 'Everybody'. I <3 Pantha Du Prince.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
They've got a nice little chart on Juno with a nice slice of that kinda thing too: Steffi, Kassem Mosse, Moodyman, Theo Parrish. I feel they're kinda on the edge of what I dig from this end of house but before I can get into it fully they double back on themselves and it gets a little stagnent. Worth keeping an ear on maybe we'll see how they go I guess.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Egad! Is that a Chameleons bootleg?"
"Egad! Is that a Chameleons bootleg?"
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 10 June 2011 13:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
what i've lost is unutterably gorgeous, wow.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
when the vocals come in it reminds me of a prettier version of a song by suicide
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
the little hollow "PTCHOO" accent that gets used something like six times in the entire song. so brazen, so precise.
haha there's kind of a bruce springsteen vibe somehow too, like "racing in the streets"
they kind of float but they leave me aching for a little more kick and groove
that's what turntables are for i guess!
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
hurray for these guys finishing that xlr8r mix with my favourite fennesz tune
― straightola, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
^_^ http://soundcloud.com/dfa-records/everybody/s-jWkZ8
― just sayin, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 19:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha this is where i 1st heard these dudes
surprised by the ilm love
"walk & talk" is fffffantastic, everything is also is ok
― neti pot, kombucha, how to die alone (Lamp), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
eh, why would you be surprised?
their xlr8r mix is perfectly thriling until the last four tracks, who wants to listen to that pish? total downer of an ending.
― jed_, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 23:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's no The Weeknd.
It's very Dream Baby Dream actually. Sort of reminds me of something else, like a Lou Reed remix that doesn't actually exist, or something?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 09:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
But yeah, there's totally a 70s American rock vibe in the mix somewhere (okay maybe not on Everybody). When are they going to do their Steely Dan house track?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 09:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
thread needs more PRINCIPLES
― gr8080, Saturday, 25 June 2011 12:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not to be a complainer, but there really needs to be a single-length edit of Everybody. The original is great for the club, but I need a 3-4 minute version.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 June 2011 12:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost principles used v well in soul claps social experiment 002
― just sayin, Saturday, 25 June 2011 12:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
and johnny fever u r crazy
I just can't get past the pitched down PRINCIPLES every 5 seconds. Murders a great song for me.
― She Got the Shakes, Saturday, 25 June 2011 12:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
don't really get the buzz with "everybody", like...it's just not very good. i mean, i like a lot of the music that is associated with these guys, except not them. i mean, it's called "everybody" and the hook is someone singing "everybody" but the music doesn't really reach the standard you'd expect given those promising signs. it just sort of falls between too many poles for me, not quite french house, not quite trance.
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Saturday, 25 June 2011 13:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I saw one remix of Walk & Talk in YouTube but that's it iirc: any official remixes?
― gr8080, Sunday, 26 June 2011 05:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cheers to MikoMcha for the find:
― Tim F, Sunday, 17 July 2011 09:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is the b-side - even better imo http://soundcloud.com/getdowngood/slow-hands-sweetest-taboo
why is it a vinyl-only release? WANT AN MP3 GODDAMNIT.
re: "around the world", that's a great bassline but i hate that vocal so much (a fault of the original really but i'm never going to enjoy hearing it)
― lex pretend, Sunday, 17 July 2011 10:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
mean, i like a lot of the music that is associated with these guys, except not them.
i pretty much agree with this re: benoit & sergio in general. i like the whole soul clap/sade house thing but they don't seem to do it that well? idgi.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 17 July 2011 10:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I finally put my finger on the ghost I could sense lurking around these guys.
And it's, uh, Paul Simon.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 21:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay "around the world", THAT'S more like it, so so so much better than "everybody". love that.
― LocalGarda, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can get w/ paul simon. im all about these guys but paul simon is by far my most listened to.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
i mean full grown man is straight up peter gabriel though, i would have said peter gabriel.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Full Grown Man" is still my favourite I think.
― Tim F, Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
From FB:Benoit & Sergioit is with outstanding pleasure to announce that BENOIT & SERGIO's slow motion homage to daft punk's "AROUND THE WORLD" (COVER) will be released on VINYL ONLY.....NEXT WEEK......
― du mein bestie (micarl), Thursday, 21 July 2011 11:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yah I totally hear paul simon on this stuff, as I did on that ndf song from last yr
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Thursday, 21 July 2011 12:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
"around the world" is the first thing by these dudes that i'm not feeling
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 24 July 2011 07:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
that slow hands "sweetest taboo" cover lex posted is dope tho
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 24 July 2011 07:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Everybodys is still my fave, but 'Let Me Count the Ways' (just heard it this past week) kills it as well, albeit in a more in-your-face kind of way.
― Josh L, Sunday, 24 July 2011 11:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
let me count the waysthe ways that I love y-
Is it just me or is there a much sleazier vibe to these guys than the rest of this Sade-house movement?
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Sunday, 24 July 2011 22:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
otm, and a less stoned, more big-room, poppy vibe imo
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 24 July 2011 23:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think "Sade-house movement" (though a nice coinage) perhaps doesn't capture the "movement" as such, only isolated examples of it.
― Tim F, Monday, 25 July 2011 00:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
ugh "everybody" is so shit and such vapid polar french house, i seldom am moved to criticise but it's really not fun. it's like "take me with you" minus all the joyous hysteria.
― LocalGarda, Monday, 25 July 2011 00:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh shaddap
― night of the living based gods (flopson), Monday, 25 July 2011 00:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
these guys!
:)
― LocalGarda, Monday, 25 July 2011 00:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah a lot of deep house in general could qualify for "Sade house", really
― am I diversified? (blank), Monday, 25 July 2011 01:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Saw these guys play last month at Voltt Loves Summer in Amsterdam. I have to admit I was a little disappointed and left their set early to drink cocktails and watch Scuba. They didn't seem to know how to create a sense of live dynamics, drama or momentum, came across as anti-climatic and flat. Probably didn't help that they came on after Actress, and were so early in the day. Then again, maybe people have had other experiences seeing them play out?
And the new remix: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QYeoUA7dPaI"; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
― MikoMcha, Monday, 26 September 2011 12:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oops, link here:
― MikoMcha, Monday, 26 September 2011 13:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Lovely remix!
― Tim F, Monday, 26 September 2011 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
im going to see them on saturday, will report back
― just sayin, Monday, 26 September 2011 13:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 11 March 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
pretty delightful
― flopson, Sunday, 11 March 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, that's nice
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 11 March 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
superb. so i take it they were commissioned to do a remix but they did a cover instead? like aeroplane did with friendly fires?
― jed_, Sunday, 11 March 2012 20:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, really beautiful, can't stop listening to it. On a side note, from the Metronomy remix record, 'Loving Arm (Soul Clap's Shake A Leg Mix)' is also pretty great.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 12 March 2012 08:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
y'all should be listening to http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=91481#unread
― The Reverend, Monday, 12 March 2012 09:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
like aeroplane did with friendly fires?
iirc all the old-school Aeroplane remixes are Vito playing new parts and keeping the vocals - ARS are on the original track.
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Monday, 12 March 2012 11:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh, i didn't realise that. i think i've only listened to the original track once.
― jed_, Monday, 12 March 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
iirc, Au Revoire Simone's vocals were mixed out of the original "Paris"?
― The Reverend, Monday, 12 March 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
If they're there, they're only doing "ahs" or something
― Number None, Monday, 12 March 2012 18:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah I mean they're barely audible as backing vocals in the chorus, but their whole parts were there on the multitrack for Vito to discover and use
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Monday, 12 March 2012 23:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
woah i never knew that-- i just assumed aeroplane was like "fuck this dude let's re-record the vocals"
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Corrine" is amazing!
― Tim F, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 10:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Their Resident Advisor mix is fantastic. So summery!
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 17:30 (10 months ago) Permalink
ha i am working on a mix right now and had a hard time deciding between using sabbath's "planet caravan" or "laguna sunrise"-- really glad i went with the latter now!
― ♆ (gr8080), Thursday, 28 June 2012 18:23 (10 months ago) Permalink
Loving the RA mix. New Look's "Nap on the Bow" in particular - swoony kate bush disco.
― Tim F, Sunday, 1 July 2012 13:49 (10 months ago) Permalink
yep this mix rules. love it when they translate their k'd out sad indie electro house spiel to a summery context
also - Birds & Souls - Socially Conscious... is this them? it's great! (the "since i heard your name..." one)
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Monday, 2 July 2012 02:34 (10 months ago) Permalink
Birds and Souls is Sergio and Ryan Crosson.
― Tim F, Monday, 2 July 2012 03:16 (10 months ago) Permalink
ahhh. his voice is p recognizable i suppose i should've known. didn't realize that they released something in 2010 - http://www.discogs.com/Birds-Souls-Birds-Souls/release/2260976
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Monday, 2 July 2012 06:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
streaming previews of three new songs http://aboveboarddist.co.uk/visionquest/VQ018
title track = incredible
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 22:43 (8 months ago) Permalink
all three sound fucking awesome tho
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 22:46 (8 months ago) Permalink
mmmmmmmm
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 23:01 (8 months ago) Permalink
This new EP is really good, yes.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 19 October 2012 09:49 (7 months ago) Permalink
It is EXCELLENT
plus I just heard "boy trouble" for the first time yesterday and am HOOKED
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 22:26 (6 months ago) Permalink
Lipstick and Lace reminds me of Prince in some weird way
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 8 November 2012 15:46 (6 months ago) Permalink
Benoit & Sergio - Bridge So Far (Lee Foss Cut)
― MikoMcha, Saturday, 17 November 2012 10:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
"Bridge So Far" coming out on Hot Creations in a few weeks. SUCH A BANGER.
― Tim F, Saturday, 19 January 2013 15:15 (4 months ago) Permalink
I was weary of this because "lol Hot Creations" but this is brilliant. Is the intro meant to sound like they're singing the words "walk and talk" with some sort of self-referencing?
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 19 January 2013 16:18 (4 months ago) Permalink
Glad this is finally coming out.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 20 January 2013 20:42 (4 months ago) Permalink
& it's out!
http://www.beatport.com/release/bridge-so-far/1029404
― etc, Monday, 4 February 2013 20:10 (3 months ago) Permalink
been jammin $100 bill a lot, <3
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 31 March 2013 19:22 (1 month ago) Permalink