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.
― Chap With Wings... Five Rounds Rapid (Doran), Thursday, 7 April 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
album announced to drop July 29 on Modular:http://www.modularpeople.com/news/azari-and-iii-debut-album-on-modular/6111.html?comments
― ashra williams (san frandisco), Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I want to not be too excited after what happened with Aeroplane, but I can't help myself.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Thursday, 12 May 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
fiiiiiinally. excited for this.
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 12 May 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Interview in Quietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/06131-azari-iii-interview
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Friday, 13 May 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Psyched. They're playing at Glastonbury, hopefully live.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 May 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Friday, 13 May 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
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).
― EDB, Friday, 13 May 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Monday, 16 May 2011 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link
azari >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> art dept
― flopson, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Thursday, 2 June 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
the melody from that reminds me of "walking away" by craig david!
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Thursday, 2 June 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Thursday, 2 June 2011 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
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...
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Friday, 3 June 2011 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link
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 01:39 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 June 2011 08:59 (thirteen years ago) link
nice remix
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 June 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
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".
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
most anticipated album of the year and im barely anticipating anything else
― flopson, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
Hungry for the power is utter perfection - this remix, while decent, is totally superfluous.
― jed_, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
― 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
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
(this is where you point me in the direction of tracks that prove me wrong)
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
reckless with...oops
haha 'restless with your love' would make for a p good song too i think
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
"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
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:20 (twelve years ago) link
two unbeatable singles is enough to get me excited about your next album.
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
Ehhh. One gimmicky solid retro single, one instant classic, several halfassed tracks...
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
well, i'm not saying they're at the heights of say OJ da Juiceman or Kreyshawn
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
I never said I was expecting a great album from kreayshawn
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
just OJ?
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Oj has more good songs than azari and iii. Maybe not any as good as "reckless", but def some at the level of "hungry"
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
Or better
I thought your bias against contemporary rap production made that point invalid so I initially chose not to engage it
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
you're kinda funny
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
"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.
― jed_, Friday, 10 June 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Friday, 10 June 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
― 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
― all cats are gay (sic), Friday, 10 June 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
:D
― The Reverend, Friday, 10 June 2011 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
Just been listening to the album and liking it. But since I'm rockist that's probably the kiss of death.
― Trudi Styler, the Creator (ithappens), Sunday, 12 June 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i will agree with lex and say that the two 'main dudes' were among the more nice and interesting interviewees i've ever worked with.
― bitch u ain't british (the table is the table), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
when i saw them dj it was p weak which has def colored my experience ... they played good songs & seemed like characters, but they just werent reading the crowd or something. idk maybe it was an off night
but they actually played much more like a tensnake/aeroplane dance-y style than a cut copy / jr boys one (if i get that dichotomy which im not sure i do), at least relative to classixx, who i had seen just before
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
what they DJ isn't really an indication of how they play live.
(totally disagree with Cut Copy comparison though)
― underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have pwned (sic), Monday, 20 June 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
the album is vg btw
undecided!!!!!!!
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 20 June 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't see them DJ so I can't comment, it was a live show with the two singing and the two at the back generating the music on their equipement.
I don't mean that they sound like Cut Copy or Junior Boys; what I'm trying to get at is that Azari & III's own catalogue seems to be about songs rather than tracks. I think it was Tim who said on another thread that "Reckless" is a great song that you could present in any form, and that's the impression I get from these guys - it's as much about songcraft and their identity as it is about producing dancefloor bombs, it just happens that they can do both simultaneously.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Monday, 20 June 2011 08:55 (twelve years ago) link
Hercules & Love Affair probably a better comparison point?
Really want the album to leak in the next couple of days so I can be familiar with the songs before Glastonbury.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 June 2011 09:01 (twelve years ago) link
Also <3 vogue-off in the crowd story.
xpost yeah that's the best comparison point, so obvious and yet I don't understand why it didn't spring to mind.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Monday, 20 June 2011 09:41 (twelve years ago) link
Azari & III LP Stream
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 25 July 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link