who are the anglophiles?
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 08:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
This is one of those records I hardly ever listen to in its entirety because I can't stop playing Out There.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 09:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
Aw, 'Out There' is good, but when I type its name into iTunes search, it's only the second-best long-form electronic odyssey that comes up. :-D
It is, however, one of those songs that actually keeps getting better throughout its run-time, and for that I love it.
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 09:26 (5 years ago) Permalink
Agreed - the key to the success of this track is that every different sonic motif seems more magical than the one that preceded it.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 09:42 (5 years ago) Permalink
am i the only person hearing shades of Screamadelica in this?
Screamadelica the song, definitely; Screamdelica the album, not so sure.
― energy flash gordon, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 14:52 (5 years ago) Permalink
people comparing this to primal scream, happy mondays, cure, disco inferno, ar kane. all bands (besides maybe the cure) that i would never listen to. what i'm hearing is closer to this description from the warm HQ blog
Taking its influences from the rhythmic structure of Krautrock, mixing electronic beats with beautiful looped cosmic guitar work, Ashra / Gottsching style and at other times tracks are reminiscent of early 80s work by Arthur Russell, having a similar kind of post-punk alt-disco fragility. Part Balearic, part cosmic, part new wave, part Krautrock, "West Coast is one debut not to be missed!
― jaxon, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 18:56 (5 years ago) Permalink
plus lots of roxy music (yes i know they're british)
― jaxon, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 18:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
Well, you should listen to Disco Inferno but that's a separate matter (as I mumbled above, I didn't quite hear them in West Coast). The Cure connection in the vocals and bass at a couple of points is pretty clear, I think, and AR Kane were Russell freaks so there's that. Anyway, larger point -- rather than saying, "Instead of THAT batch of influences I hear THIS (because I like it more and therefore I am validated)" wouldn't it make more sense to say, "This can all be part of it."
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
Jaxon let us know when Ned webmails you to get your address for mailing the D.I. cdrs.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
if that was ever gonna happen, it woulda been 3 years go Does one need to be British to enjoy Disco Inferno, Bark Psychosis & AR Kane?
― jaxon, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
jaxon, the influence of the mondays and the cure on he record is pretty large on this record - just because you don't like them, or think you don't, doesn't mean it's not a big part what's going on here. "i hear good times calling me... solid good times!" is pure sean ryder as is the vocal on the next track. No Comply could so easily be reconfigured in my head as a mondays tune.
― jed_, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 20:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
srsly, the guitar hook from kinky afro could fit pretty easily play over self service.
― jed_, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 20:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
lol jaxon u on ILM.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 20:16 (5 years ago) Permalink
i meant loose fit riff not kinky afro riff.
― jed_, Thursday, 20 September 2007 00:39 (5 years ago) Permalink
Hmm, not so sure about the Mondays. For me the that "solid good times" is pure Cure (say Japanese Whispers era).
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 20 September 2007 08:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
"i hear good times calling me... solid good times!" is pure sean ryder
Reminds me more of Flowered Up "Weekender", perhaps because there's a slight cockney lilt to the accent. ( I do realise they're Swedish)
― Iain Macdonald, Thursday, 20 September 2007 10:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
Thing is "Part Balearic, part cosmic, part new wave, part Krautrock" is a perfect description of the Mondays. So it might be a matter of shared influences. I mean, it was Oakenfold in his post-summer of love ibizan incarnation who produced pills and thrills, you know. Have you heard Bob's Your Uncle?
Studio def have more lead guitar and the slight reggaeish thing.
Anyway, it's a great record.
― Jamie T Smith, Thursday, 20 September 2007 10:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
There;s definitely a faint thuggishness about the vocals sometimes, that may be a borrowed thing, too. Leaning on a vocal style from another language without quite realising the feel - maybe you US/Aus people don't pick that up, but it's (and I shudder to write this) almost reminiscent of Hard-Fi or something at times.
― Jamie T Smith, Thursday, 20 September 2007 10:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
OK - Studio has been doing some great remixes (or remakes as they call it themselves)recently. Shout Out Louds "Imposssible", Rubies "The Keyes" and most recently the B-side to A Mountain of Ones new 12 "Brown Piano". The latter can be found here: http://www.discobelle.net/2007/09/18/a-mountain-of-one-studio-remix/
Good stuff while you're waiting for a follow-up to West Coast/Yearbook 1
― Per, Thursday, 20 September 2007 10:36 (5 years ago) Permalink
I don't know wtf "balearic disco" is, but I'm surprised no one has compared this to Out Hud.
― jaymc, Friday, 21 September 2007 19:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
i cant believe you didnt hear this til now
― deej, Friday, 21 September 2007 19:36 (5 years ago) Permalink
(because its so jaymc-ish!)
― deej, Friday, 21 September 2007 19:41 (5 years ago) Permalink
I think I must've overlooked the thread because the name of the group/album sounded so generic.
― jaymc, Friday, 21 September 2007 19:43 (5 years ago) Permalink
too bad you found it
― cutty, Friday, 21 September 2007 19:46 (5 years ago) Permalink
cause now yr talking about out hud and shit
u had to realize a lot of this stuff doesnt have quite the same resonance when taken out of balaeric context
― deej, Friday, 21 September 2007 19:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
Out Hud is awesome! RIP.
― jaymc, Friday, 21 September 2007 19:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
I mean, Tim mentioned Arthur Russell in the opening post, and Out Hud were compared to Arthur Russell a lot, too.
― jaymc, Friday, 21 September 2007 19:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
6 degrees of out hud
― cutty, Friday, 21 September 2007 20:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
Cutty is in Holy Hail. Cat from Fannypack is in Holy Hail. Fannypack recorded on Tommy Boy Records. Capone-N-Noreaga recorded on Tommy Boy Records. The Neptunes produced Noreaga. The Neptunes are in the band N*E*R*D. The DFA remixed N*E*R*D. James Murphy of the DFA is in LCD Soundsystem. Tyler Pope used to be LCD Soundsystem. Tyler Pope was in Out Hud.
― jaymc, Friday, 21 September 2007 20:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
way too many degrees, you can get there in two jumps
― cutty, Friday, 21 September 2007 20:44 (5 years ago) Permalink
update .xls lazy zing
― cutty, Friday, 21 September 2007 20:45 (5 years ago) Permalink
Did you suck Nic Offer's dick or something?
― jaymc, Friday, 21 September 2007 20:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
sigh
― cutty, Friday, 21 September 2007 20:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
Cutty has used both LCD screens and soundsystems the words "LCD" and "soundsystem" combine to form "LCD Soundsystem" LCD Soundsystem has a song called "All My Friends" All my friends like Studio Cutty plays music in studios.
― max, Friday, 21 September 2007 20:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
holy hail is on the same label as !!! side project free blood
― cutty, Friday, 21 September 2007 21:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
The DFA remixed N*E*R*D.
this is a cheap connection. ethan does rjd2/no limit blends but that doesn't count in six degrees of master p
― deej, Friday, 21 September 2007 21:09 (5 years ago) Permalink
I don't understand your last sentence at all.
― jaymc, Friday, 21 September 2007 21:16 (5 years ago) Permalink
Does the fact that the DFA remix of "She Wants to Move" was released on one of their official remix albums make it less cheap?
― jaymc, Friday, 21 September 2007 21:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
i want to know that james murphy actually hung out w/ pharell in the sauna or it doesn't count
where is gavin
― deej, Friday, 21 September 2007 21:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
lol @ this turn of conversation
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 21 September 2007 21:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
wtf deej.
― gr8080, Friday, 21 September 2007 22:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
wtf deej all three of you.
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― gr8080, Friday, 21 September 2007 22:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
sorry, didn't mean to turn this into rolling snap
― deej, Friday, 21 September 2007 23:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
they're remixing the new kylie single?!?!
― haitch, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
!
― I know, right?, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
A Mountain of One - Collected Works
Received in the post today.
Tear-jerkingly fantastic. And very earnest too, which is refreshing in today's super cynical climate.
Sniffle.
― Iain Macdonald, Thursday, 25 October 2007 20:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
their "remake" of the kylie single is great! but not as good as their remake of "brown piano."
― max, Thursday, 25 October 2007 20:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
its the same formula, too
― max, Thursday, 25 October 2007 20:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
http://www.discobelle.net/2007/10/18/studio-version/