Azari & III - Hungry For The Power (and suggest me some similar stuff)

'she's an illusion' is another goddamn winner from these dudes

see 20jfg

as for similar, brings to mind parallels, also from toronto (?). canada at least.

'she's an illusion' is another goddamn winner from these dudes

― andrew m., Monday, November 16, 2009 3:10 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

see 20jfg

― andrew m., Monday, November 16, 2009 3:13 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

they do have another song bro

http://www.20jazzfunkgreats.co.uk/wordpress/2009/11/02/basement-suns/

― hoos-kingofthedrugs (deej), Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:08 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

movie never loads. what is?

hmm really? it's a certain 11-month-old shakin it down to azari & III

works for me.

did anyone mention this mix they did for 20jfg yet? it's pretty fun, tho not without it's mistakes

did anyone mention this one yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd9vWeUZkF8

really starts around 3:30

these guys are remixing a single by one of my best pals from Dublin coming out on Tensnake's label soon. check it out!

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.

Well the words would seem to back it up too.

Of course, the star of this video might not really get that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y5Wlowr8T4

(That's a more reliable link than the one I posted just above)

bless!

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 love
You. Just. Give it up
Fearless with your life
But no-one can you trust
Reckless with your love
You. Just. Give it away
Fearless with your life
Living day to day...

It could just as easily be about being risky with your emotions in general. Which is one reason the lyrics are great.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb4g5zTwjMo

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

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.

i know it's not diva vocal house, and just another chicago/detroit derivative, but this is so dope. (friends of 69)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ce8kAGWjzY

http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2010/01/18/trax-to-release-new-azari-iii-material/

That's perfect.

why do i have to buy records from germany in order to get a 'reckless' 12"

finally heard this out on the weekend. BIG tune.

i'm fuckin freakin out about how great Reckless is, I'M FREAKIN OUT MAN

http://www.youtube.com/v/bdnOlBTMLMs

ack....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdnOlBTMLMs

new vocal version of B-Side of HUngry For THe Power

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...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3vwRsevDfY

i'm pretty sure both sides of the single/EP whatever are at 33 already, jerk orbison

great name, btw

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/

just found this:

HEALTH - We Are Water (Azari & III remix).mp3

http://www.mediafire.com/?zdjk00j5nmy

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...

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?

they're working on an album deal right now, according to their press dudes...i'm asking about that...

any other takers?

Ask them about the "Hungry for the Power" video!

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

I'm not sure what a straight Canadian dude is supposed to look like but they're not.

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.

also, is their production analogue/digital? probably a mix of both?

i think they've said they use ableton live + hardware.

a few things:

1) the two white guys— Alixander and Alphonse— are amazingly nice and articulate
2) 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.

when/where is your interview gonna be up?

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, 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.

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.

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!

@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

those lyrics are making my eyes water.

Haha, yeah. I heard the first line and was like....ok, I'm just gonna tune out the lyrics now.

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 18:28 (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the melody from that reminds me of "walking away" by craig david!

― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Thursday, 2 June 2011 19:07 (4 months ago) Bookmark

heh this mix is getting picked up by uk garage/funky guys (pioneer, cameo) now! wouldnt have expected that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyMPmEcMQC8

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

it is sick and trounces the og anyway

<3 maceo plex

does this go here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvHE069X44

NSFW VIDEO

Does it feature Maceo Plex's trademark growling bass noise? If so count me in.

finally caught them live at White Heat tonight. worth the wait x 1000000000.

Damn. Was too ill to get to that show. Glad it was great.

yeah it was packed and their live show is sooooo much fun. can't wait to catch them again.

oh hey they finally made a video for "reckless"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMEhf9iw55M

Possibly supporting Madonna's tour?

for the "suggest me some similar stuff" part of the thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulnSIrierFE

Mowgli featuring Amber Jolene - Back In The Day

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.

So are we just not discussing the pretty good solo Dinamo Azari album?

This album is SO GOOD STILL jaysus! Also this was the last gig i went to at Madame JoJo's and it fit that venue perfectly.

yes. i'm rarely buying vinyl these days i picked up the 10th anniversary reissue a couple months ago.

i didn't even know that had happened, i may just grab that