btw would anyone mind upping the chinatown version? any good?
― lucas pine, Friday, 16 May 2008 20:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
not sure what to expect with a live band, tho -- don't want to be reactionary hater, but i'd rather not see them try to break into the indie scene, & they're hardly shying away from it judging from their choice in bands to remix
― lucas pine, Friday, 16 May 2008 20:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
there's some videos on youtube of the studio palooza tour from last year. maybe this is a taste of things to come. light show~!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2k5nwddr7s
― uncannydan, Friday, 16 May 2008 22:31 (5 years ago) Permalink
I would much rather see them with a live band than behind laptops to be honest. The thing that's so great about West Coast is how they've made something so carefully constructed, so precisely sculpted, feel so organic and loose. But I'm not sure that approach would translate to the stage - full band all the way for me.
― Matt DC, Friday, 16 May 2008 22:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
how much of the stuff on the last album was live?
― max, Friday, 16 May 2008 22:50 (5 years ago) Permalink
Ah right, you're talking about the second record. Not sure it would make a huge difference to the end product, except maybe the beats, presumably they can afford to hire session musicians this time around.
― Matt DC, Friday, 16 May 2008 22:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
"not sure what to expect with a live band, tho -- don't want to be reactionary hater, but i'd rather not see them try to break into the indie scene, & they're hardly shying away from it judging from their choice in bands to remix"
Although interestingly their remixes are by and large less indie sounding than the album - or at least more obviously enamoured with disco and sans wailing vocals.
Otherwise I get where you're coming from. I guess it depends on how they do it. I'm hoping that live band doesn't = live studio performance, because what's clear from both the first album and the remixes is how much of the magic of their work comes from the editing and overdubbing process.
But I suspect what "live band" means is: a lot of recording of session musicians and then editing/overdubbing everything into one piece.
― Tim F, Saturday, 17 May 2008 00:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
"their choice in bands to remix" = the bands that are offering them cash. It's not like they're phoning up Love is All and begging to remix them. That's not how it goes.
― Raw Patrick, Saturday, 17 May 2008 01:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
it's not a criticism, patrick! but they're pretty hot right now - yearbook 1 / west coast got into plenty year end lists, they're remixing kylie minogue, and they're balearic's ambassador to the ilx-crit world - so yeah, i think they do get some choice so far as who they want to remix
― lucas pine, Saturday, 17 May 2008 02:23 (5 years ago) Permalink
i'm interviewing studio this week. any ideas?
(this is for real and, yes, i've never done an interview before. eek!)
― poortheatre, Friday, 6 June 2008 16:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
(actually i did interview my girlfriend for my blog haha)
― poortheatre, Friday, 6 June 2008 17:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
ask them why the u.s. release is missing 2 cuts~~ >:(
― omar little, Friday, 6 June 2008 17:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah and why did they edit "self service"
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 6 June 2008 17:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
Ask them why I didn't cross reference West Coast with Yearbook 1 before I bought both only to discover the latter's got all of the former.
― dblcheeksneek, Friday, 6 June 2008 19:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
The weather is finally right to give this album another spin.
― Just got offed, Monday, 9 June 2008 15:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
Listened to it this morning, and felt very summery.
― Neil S, Monday, 9 June 2008 15:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
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― jaime, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 21:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
Their rework of AMO1's "Brown Piano" is quite good.
― van smack, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 01:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
none of the Y2 tracks reach the heights of 'out there' or 'west coast' but this is still one of the best releases of the year.
― poortheatre, Monday, 23 June 2008 12:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
Ha ha poortheatre that's like a capsule summary of my review!
― Tim F, Monday, 23 June 2008 12:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
you heard it here first, folks
― poortheatre, Monday, 23 June 2008 12:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
it's a remix compilation
― cutty, Monday, 23 June 2008 14:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
Actually I'd probably rate the "2 Hearts" remix about as high as "West Side" maybe. Hard to say.
― Tim F, Monday, 23 June 2008 14:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
But it sounds more like Studio than it sounds like Kylie or Love Is All. On first listen I thought I might prefer it to YB1, but I'll think about that for a while. It's possible that I just prefer other singing to their singing.
I'm probably reading too much into things, but on the sleeve different tracks are described as 'versions', 'remixes' and 'remakes' - does this mean they might have actually re-recorded the songs themselves rather than working with original tracks?
― Bocken Social Scene, Monday, 23 June 2008 14:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
Actually I'd probably rate the "2 Hearts" remix about as high as "West Side" maybe.
this gets a "yup" from me.
just noticed this looks to be upcoming ...
The Little Ones - Morning Tide (Version by Studio) Fontän - Early Morning (Version by Studio)
― jaime, Monday, 23 June 2008 16:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
eagerly awaiting the fontan record
― cutty, Monday, 23 June 2008 16:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
What do Fontan actually sound like?
― Tim F, Monday, 23 June 2008 23:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
You can hear one track on their myspace
http://www.myspace.com/fntn
― van smack, Monday, 23 June 2008 23:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
Intersting comparison to 'Flow Motion' in Tim F's review. I should give that album a new "recontextualized balearic" spin
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 09:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
Weird - that band The Little Ones seem to know people in big time indie remix land. They're pretty standard indie guitar pop, a'la Death Cab, but their last single had Stereolab and Crystal Castles remixes on it. Now Studio. Huh.
― Savannah Smiles, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
tim,
is pitchfork really the most appropriate platform from which to complain about ILE?
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
???
― Tim F, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
The most widespread and painfully boring critical line on "nu-Balearic" music is that its primary function is to render previously intolerable music tolerable-to-hipsters, redeeming Elton John or Paul Simon via the canny addition of a disco beat and some dub echo. This take isn't wrong, exactly, but it's the kind of sociological analysis that makes you hate the world a little bit more after reading it, rather like earnest discussions of how to woo soccer moms for votes.
maybe it was unintentional
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 19:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
^^^ we talked about this on the balearic thread, i think ilm mostly agrees w/ tim
― max, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 20:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
rather than being the targets of his ire
i was referring to: rather like earnest discussions of how to woo soccer moms for votes.
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 20:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
but maybe tim doesn't read rolling primary threads
haha got it
― max, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 20:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
rather like earnest discussions of how to woo soccer moms for votes.
Yes, this is a fool's errand.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 24 June 2008 20:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
the gipsy kings comparison is funny. reminds me of when i was doing the music for a fashion show and suggested some studio tracks ... and was told they might be a little too "world". which i thought was hilarious knowing that they're from sweden and look like this
― jaime, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 20:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
heh, i thought of the primaries thread on that line too.
― Clay, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 22:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
I think I have read the primaries thread once or twice but to be honest I kinda made up that comparison on the spot.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 22:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'm amazed that a mongrel would click on the primaries threads, let alone follow them closely!
― energy flash gordon, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
I certainly didn't follow them closely...
― Tim F, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
i'm amazed that a mongrel knows what a soccer mom is! don't they have rugby moms down there?
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
Australian Football League moms or soccer moms (or rather "mums") where I am - rugby isn't very big in my state.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
The "Balearic" moniker really confuses me. I mean - I have a track on that "Nu Balearica" cd that just came out (yo. I'm broke) but my shit sounds nothing like Gypsy Kings or has sun-kissed-beachy-guitar-jangle/congas/swoops-on-E. What is this "Balearica"?
― Capitaine Jay Vee, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 08:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
BAMBOLEOOO BAMBOLEOOOO
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 09:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
Will balearic help us gain a better appreciation of teh Gypsy Kings?
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 10:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
Teh Gypsy Queen would be a good name for a is the name of my balearic remix/edits outfit.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 13:15 (4 years ago) Permalink