Lindstrom & Prins Thomas are the shit

this time last year, lindstrom was pretty much unknown. i think all the 'hype' has come from a grass roots level caused by more and more people hearing his music. the fact that l&t are so prolific has certainly aided this but neither feedelity nor eskimo have really pushed the releases at all. there has been hardly any advertising, editorial or interviews, at least as far as i've seen. i think they just arrived to fill a gap at the exact right time. much as i love the idjuts, i feel they had been coasting for eons.

Obv. if you're opposed to micro/electro/etc. house then the notion of all these Tiefschwarz etc. fans suddenly getting into Lindstrom will prob. be offensive, but the fact remains that stuff like "I Feel Space" fulfills a very specific and effective function in the context of a harder electro-ish mix.

plus this news for anyone who isn't on the Feedelity mailing list:

new L&PT single, dunno which label, due in Feb. called "Mighty Girl"
new remixes of Roxy Music(!), Franz Ferdinand, & Allez Allez soon
Feedelity on iTunes soon

I smell the handiwork of Heywood Jablomi!!!!!

yes yes, that's me alright (although i've changed my handle...)
the record in question would have been the supremely fantastic Six Cups of Rebel 12" on Feedelity. Susan - did you like it?
I tried turning a good friend on to this recently but he returned it with the complaint that it was "too balearic". ;) I can't get enough of it. enjoyed best with herbalisms after dark.

also susan, if you bought the album i would DEFINITELY recommend the single (with the wood-carved owl on the cover), which is a more uptempo, extended version of 'turkish delight'. it's exactly what l&pt do so perfectly.

i also just got email from eskimo that they've done a US distro deal with forced exposure so expect CDs of the L&PT album to be in the shop shortly. great news, i think.

dominique, i hear what you're saying, but i think there's less of a direct comparison to LCDS than trends in rock/indie/live music to be influenced by disco and krautrock. i think there's more techno in LCDS, more balearic in L&PT, more italo in Putsch 79. definite overlap though...

Try this: play the L&PT remix of Juan Maclean's "Tito's Way" and proceed with Roxy Music's "India" (from Avalon). It has the same feel/atmosphere, imo. Knowing Avalon by heart (my parents used to play it a lot), a lot of L&PT's music/remixes hit the same spots as Avalon did/still does.

I find Justus Kohncke in disco mode to be closer to these guys than Metro Area, perhaps because both Kohncke and L&PT are more obviously disco-as-in-house (live-sounding but still heavy four-to-the-floor beats - hence the DFA resemblance), whereas Metro Area are like disco-as-in-not-house. And Kohncke gets that slightly swirly smudgy quality as well (see esp. "Krieg") which is the one point where the Faze Action comparison falls short for me.

i believe i have a few records that are labelled "dope!"

jacobs OTM on LCD vs. Lindstrom.

Goettsching!

like ronan, i sometimes think prins thomas is the good one as he doesn't noodle quite as much, but then i'll listen to something like 'arp she said' and change my mind again.

it seems they're in japan doing live sets this weekend, let's hope some audio makes its way onto the intarwebb for our listening pleasure. and because i'm spending way too much money for my first ipod tomorrow. :)

also, just got word from my distributor that the lindstrom "another station" 12" is out next week, white labels only with no artist credited (just like arp she said). fingers crossed, we'll be getting some here in SF...

btw SF folks: "Another Station" is in stock NOW. come'n'git it.

and gukbe, if you live anywhere near san francisco, i've got one copy left here at the shop...