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
I listened to this album (+ Yearbook One tracks) during the coach trip from Roma to Firenze. Perfect.
― blueski, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 14:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
I can't see this album working well while travelling, but I'll try it next week when taking the train to Marseilles.
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:03 (4 years ago) Permalink
wow really? i can't think of anything but travelling with this music, or at least certain locations, landscapes, destinations (not as specific as the album title and imagery suggests). the Balearic tag is obv a big factor in this...but other than that it's progressive, atmospheric, rhythmic music generally - how's that not perfect for travel?
― blueski, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
I see it more suited to open spaces. Maybe playing on a small boombox poolside or on the terrasse of a rented house somewhere in the South of Europe, very late or very early.
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
i would listen to it en route to said rented house. and then again in the rented house. and then again on the way home. it transcends environs.
― blueski, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
I often think of taking it to the beach with me, but it might seem forced. now, if i stumbled onto a beach...
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
I have listened to this album since my last summer hols and just the thought of putting it back on next week in the south of france is getting me excited. yumm
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
Am going to Corsica soon and this is going to get maximum plays
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah I listened to this on the beach in tel aviv and it was an A+++++ experience
― czn, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 17:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
i can't find the long version of Self Service anywhere! loving absolutely everything i've heard from these guys. really hope their live show is as good as it looks on those Studio Palooza clips on YouTube.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 17:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
i listen to it on my commute.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 19:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
Dan Lissvik of Studio produced The Embassy's new single "State '08" and it's ace. Blissful indie-pop with a balearic touch. It's topping my summer jams right now.
http://www.theembassy.info
― uncannydan, Thursday, 26 June 2008 06:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
argh holy fuck, MY EARS!
― jed_, Thursday, 26 June 2008 07:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
You can get Studio t-shirts from Phonica at the minute. They're 30 fucking quid though.
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 26 June 2008 08:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
25 if you order them through the Information website (I'm wearing mine now! beautiful off-white)
― willem, Thursday, 26 June 2008 08:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
25 fucking quid!
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 26 June 2008 08:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
I can't find a proper image of the shirts!
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 26 June 2008 08:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
lemmetry:
― willem, Thursday, 26 June 2008 09:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
There's also this one:
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 26 June 2008 10:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
nice one
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 26 June 2008 10:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
I just absolutely love the fact Pitchfork never reviewed West Coast. They've been on a hot roll lately, reviewing "it" bands (mostly honestly very good ones, like Fleet Foxes). Similar to Cutty's thread, the inner hipster in me is frustrated by people who only use Pitchfork to listen to new music. However, it seems Pitchfork has been quick to spot (or influence) the newest trends, and finging West Coast on my own is a rare victory.
I'm lame.
― skygreenleopard, Thursday, 26 June 2008 16:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
I think a review of the rereleased West Coast after having already reviewed Yearbook 1 would probably have been a bit redundant though.
― Tim F, Thursday, 26 June 2008 16:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
i listen to it on my commute.-- gr8080, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 19:31 (Yesterday)
-- gr8080, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 19:31 (Yesterday)
um, that's the east coast dawg. :-p
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 26 June 2008 16:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
finding West Coast on my own is a rare victory.
i don't really see the difference between finding out about a record on pitchfork and finding out about a record on ILM.
― poortheatre, Thursday, 26 June 2008 16:50 (4 years ago) Permalink