Azari & III - Hungry For The Power (and suggest me some similar stuff)

There's very little house, not less "diva", on the Katy B record I'm afraid dude. It's mostly funky, r'n'b, dubstep, slow d'n'b etc...

Although Katy B is spearheading whatever this new Brit-Skool dance-pop movement that seems to be emerging right now. I mean those new young singers/songwriters/producers like Ben Westbeech, Jamie Woon, James Blake(?) who write "proper songs" around nuum and house tracks, who also seem to hold more integrity and charm than predecessors like La Roux or Lily Allen.

This seems to be happening on the other side of the Atlantic with Sergio & Benoit, Soul Clap etc who are more routed in house and diva styles.

yeah no one ever wrote songs over british electronic/dance music before o_0

did i say they hadn't?

"hey i like this spate of new bands who are writing songs in a particular way and come from a particular place"
"OMG, have you never heard songs before? jeez wake up, it's 2011"

None of this is remotely relevant to what I was saying, which is that Katy B has already taken a very Inner City/diva house record* into the top five, and hopefully it'll be the first of many.

*Albeit with added Ms Dynamite and filtered through a funky prism, but it's very 90s as well.

oh yeah, forgot about "good life". Matt, you heard the Dirtbombs' cover of the song that came out recently as well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5XU1CeZD_k

I think the new Hercules album was so disappointing because, having loved the deep/tribal vibes on their recent dj mixes, I was hoping it would sound like "Reckless", which is the one recent track which really *gets* the era. I mean, the album had some of the sounds and signifiers, but it just doesn't work as well.

Just got in from seeing these and they were amazing. Anyone in the SE of the UK should try and get to see them over the weekend. They're playing some venue I can't remember the name of tomorrow and Dalston Superstore on Saturday Night. They opened with Indigo, Reckless and Hungry For The Power before doing about half an hour of new (?) stuff, which got progressively faster, tougher and more electro/acid as it went along. Really good live manipulation of the vocals. On Hungry For The Power one of the vocalists sounded like the frontman of Dethklok.

album announced to drop July 29 on Modular:
http://www.modularpeople.com/news/azari-and-iii-debut-album-on-modular/6111.html?comments

I want to not be too excited after what happened with Aeroplane, but I can't help myself.

fiiiiiinally. excited for this.

Interview in Quietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/06131-azari-iii-interview

Psyched. They're playing at Glastonbury, hopefully live.

It's awesome that Cedric seems to be integral to the band's future and albums; and also wow! o_O !!! at this, considering how incredible he is on Reckless/Hungry/Into The Night

Cedric: At the time we were just trying to make something different in dance music. The boys [Christian and Alphonze] have been in that scene for a while but I had no idea what house was three or four years ago

I've often seen him at house events in Toronto. He is consistently a) better dressed than anyone else (well, at least more flashily dressed) and b) dances better than anyone else (well, at least dances more flashily).

http://soundcloud.com/purplepr/azari-amp-lll-hungry-for-the

Art Dept remix of "Hungry...."

I love both acts but right now this seems more like a curio than anything great. All this might change when I hear on a proper system

azari >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> art dept

k i'm no expert but why am i not seeing any mention of the jamie jones mix around here????? SO GOOD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwQT-r-lXWg

the melody from that reminds me of "walking away" by craig david!

haha i wish i could hear that but i can't

totally addicted to this tune though - i actually agree with deej way upthread that the original seemed forced but this mix makes me want to go out and gorge on someone's brain

i meant the bit at the start, that synth melody. i don't like the original hungry for the power much but i love reckless with your love...

so bummed that all the photos from their first Sydney Opera House show seem to have been taken after Cedric removed his enormous fuzzy hunting cap

Yeah I've never been able to get into Hungry For The Power that much but the remix is fun though as most Jamie Jones is. RTC you've heard Ruckus from last year, right? Essential for fans of the deftly-used Curb Your Enthusiasm sample.

Azari & III are playing at Glastonbury and I'm kinda looking forward to seeing what they do with their live show.

nice remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuuO7Km0HCs

New video, no NSFW concerns this time. I really like the part where the four of them are in the pool during the first "chorus".

most anticipated album of the year and im barely anticipating anything else

Hungry for the power is utter perfection - this remix, while decent, is totally superfluous.

most anticipated album of the year and im barely anticipating anything else

― flopson, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 10:21 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

they have 1.5 good songs imo ... i dont get the anticipation. everything else ive heard by them has been fairly mediocre

(this is where you point me in the direction of tracks that prove me wrong)

yeah otm...love "restless with your love" but don't believe they have an album in them based on rest of their stuff. prove me wrong by all means dudes.

reckless with...oops

haha 'restless with your love' would make for a p good song too i think

"indigo" was really good i thought - they're certainly two of the most interesting interviewees i've had, i feel like writing them off at this stage is uhhh premature

two unbeatable singles is enough to get me excited about your next album.

Ehhh. One gimmicky solid retro single, one instant classic, several halfassed tracks...

well, i'm not saying they're at the heights of say OJ da Juiceman or Kreyshawn

I never said I was expecting a great album from kreayshawn

just OJ?

Oj has more good songs than azari and iii. Maybe not any as good as "reckless", but def some at the level of "hungry"

Or better

I thought your bias against contemporary rap production made that point invalid so I initially chose not to engage it

you're kinda funny

"Into The Night" is incredibly great too! I think I prefer it to Reckless but don't like it as much as Hungry. PLUS there's that remix of Eurodancer, they're all solid gold.

I find myself reaching for the Prince Language version of "Into The Night" more than the original, it's such a perfect record.

I would love for this album to come out in both an "original" and "pitched up" format, the vocals sound so much better when set to +5.

so bummed that all the photos from their first Sydney Opera House show seem to have been taken after Cedric removed his enormous fuzzy hunting cap

― all cats are gay (sic), Friday, 3 June 2011 11:39 (1 week ago)

hey guys stop worrying! he was behind me in the queue for the bar just 14 hours after that post and:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/kitbrash/canadia_hat.jpg

:D

Just been listening to the album and liking it. But since I'm rockist that's probably the kiss of death.

Saw their live show last night and it was pretty good - would have been even better if the sound had been configured so you could hear them singing and not just the bass, but the spectacle of it, particularly the dancing, was really fun. I think it also helps to think of them as being in vein of Cut Copy/Junior Boys rather than the likes of Tensnake and Aeroplane; they're more like a pop band drawing from dance, and that perspective helps make more sense of what they're doing.