I'm not criticizing azari for being "fake" when compared to "real" house, which is what youre accusing me of, right? I'm not doing that at all. Its simply untrue. Saying that they make 80s/90s dance pastiche is a simple descrption of what they do.
The value judgement is that on the songs I don't like, they arent good enough songwriters or track constructors to bring these elements together into great songs; theres a sort of wishful thinking that hopefully if you pile enough signifyers together ppl will enjoy it simply as a memory exercise in nostalgia
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm actually really interested in heating from people who really like this lp what youthink it is that makes it seem fresh.even with the songs I do like, I've had trouble articulating what pushed this ahead of rote revivalism. Theres definitely an irreverence here for one thing
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Which is part of where the chromeo comparison came from
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm actually really interested in heating from people
lol freudian slip
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Swypian slip
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
For me it would have to sound very like one particular band/producer or label from a certain period for it to be a problem. If, say, it sounded exactly like Virgo IV or Inner City then I probably wouldn't like it but it casts a far wider net than that and gives it all a bit of a reboot to boot. The time frame it covers is too wide for it to be pastiche and there's simply something of recombinant brilliance about it for me.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't see the camp in azari & III's music.― jed_, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 7:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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― Dark Noises from the Eurozone (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
camp is more in their videos i think
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
threads that make u wish Carles posted to ilx
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
The groups presentation certainly dabbles in it. I do find "hungry for the power" to work from in that way in particular, the theatricality of it certainly.
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't see the camp in azari & III's music.
they are megacamp live
Which is certainly not something I could say about Chromeo.
I would btw! They just have shallow hearts and souls.
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 23:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like chromeo btw. The diss was that it was like their first album rather than their 2nd
I'm softening on the first half of this lp
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Thursday, 4 August 2011 00:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, this is avery very good albumMaybe not top 20 for this year but close and growingon me
― I'm a nerd and nerdy things happened (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 August 2011 01:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wish this album was more Reckless With Your Love and less Hungry For The Power. I can sort of appreciate it and all that but for some reason it mostly just leaves me cold.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 August 2011 10:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe it's a drug/club of yore Pavlovian reaction thing. When I hear Indigo and Tunnel Vision, I feel like there's a jet engine going off in my head.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's the weird thing, I would expect to have exactly that reaction but for some reason I don't.
Their live show is fucking awesome by the way - and I think semi-improvised?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, it seemed like mostly songs in the first half, mostly jamming in the second half?
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Thursday, 4 August 2011 13:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is a very modern sounding house/pop album. it is extremely referential, as so much of dance music has been for quite a while now, but it combines so many different influences and yet still has a clear individual style. when they first dropped "hungry for the power" and "reckless" i was worried they would be kind of sampling different house sounds from the late 80s/early 90s as they continued (even tho those are still my classic faves), but with the release of "indigo" they started to identify their sound. they have some really interesting moments on this album. "change of heart" is one for me. pretty stoked on the album as a whole, even though a couple of the more aggressive songs i could take or leave.
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Monday, 8 August 2011 18:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
basically agreed.
― I'm a nerd and nerdy things happened (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
wasted my first listen of this cleaning my apt mad at my roommate :/ didnt really catch much
― back in a .gif ;) (flopson), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
chromeo comparison seems on-point but I'm surprised this bothers anybody that was into herculues & love machine or whatever they were called
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's much colder sounding than that implies though. More like Hercules and Love Affair as remixed by Carl Craig. Except not as good as that sounds. Wish they hadn't gone with that huge cavernous warehouse sound, although it should be catnip to me for some reason I can't connect with it, although Reckless is basically a perfect record.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's like you know that feeling you get when you put on a really great techno record in the morning and have to turn it off because your brain's just not ready for techno yet? That's kind of the feeling I get with this in a lhousier form.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Matt DC captures it exactly i think
fwiw i didnt love H&LA although "Blind" was still a jam .... and that one with the 'little boy herculeees' chorus that i imagine being used in a disney film (in a good way?)
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
i wanna see the live jam sesh incarnation
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 August 2011 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
...but not on youtube
oh xpost
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Friday, 12 August 2011 22:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok deej that statement + complaining about camp & homosploitation = mind fuck
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha this is OTM
― Tim F, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
still feeling the album, but as far as 'suggest me some similar stuff'... this is almost TOO similar to "hungry for the power"- the stabs at least
regardless of that i still can't stop listening to it
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 04:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Don't sleep on the Isolee remix of that either, it really draws out the melancholy drama in the vocals.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 10:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
B.C. x Delivery should have been posted to this thread a while ago:
the Munk remix kills it imo:
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 6 October 2011 07:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
those lyrics are making my eyes water.
― jed_, Thursday, 6 October 2011 13:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Haha, yeah. I heard the first line and was like....ok, I'm just gonna tune out the lyrics now.
― turfin' bird (The Reverend), Thursday, 6 October 2011 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 October 2011 08:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
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
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 October 2011 08:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
it is sick and trounces the og anyway
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 October 2011 08:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
<3 maceo plex
― racks on top of racks on top of rack on racks on racks (tpp), Friday, 14 October 2011 08:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
does this go here?
NSFW VIDEO
― ⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 14 October 2011 08:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Does it feature Maceo Plex's trademark growling bass noise? If so count me in.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 October 2011 08:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
finally caught them live at White Heat tonight. worth the wait x 1000000000.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn. Was too ill to get to that show. Glad it was great.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah it was packed and their live show is sooooo much fun. can't wait to catch them again.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh hey they finally made a video for "reckless"
― The Reverend, Sunday, 15 January 2012 04:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Possibly supporting Madonna's tour?
― du mein bestie (micarl), Sunday, 15 January 2012 10:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
for the "suggest me some similar stuff" part of the thread:
Mowgli featuring Amber Jolene - Back In The Day
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Monday, 27 August 2012 23:55 (8 months ago) Permalink