teengirl fantasy, miracles club, mi ami, 100% silk and the rise of HIPSTER HOUSE: S/D

i have heard azari & iii songs in miracles club sets fwiw. also that neurotic drum band single, which sounded excellent.

it's worth noting tho that these sets don't rly include any hipster house at all

not sure if this kind of stuff was discussed already or really fits in here, there's some silkiness to it anyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRp-CWxAMHU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npo5gC6r8bU

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

azari & iii is a pop group with vocals, people dancing to them in a h****** loft party are probably also dancing to things like holy ghost or penguin prison or whatever

Okay that makes sense because I associate Azari & III with Permanent Vacation and similar labels and totally think of all that as 'proper' dance music (albeit of the disco variety). Holy Ghost are kinda the link between Permanent Vacation/nu-disco and DFA, I suppose? All this stuff feels like it's at least linked to the rest of dance music (and also Gavin Russom etc) but the stuff that's being talked about on this thread feels like it's coming from a different direction, which is why Azari being brought in confused me a tad.

Permanent Vacation and similar labels and totally think of all that as 'proper' dance music (albeit of the disco variety)

not sure why this needs an "albeit" caveat

Would prob like some of the stuff in this thread but i never like hearing a block of things all together like oh hello you must listen to this whole new thing these are the things that sound like it....prefer just hearing records in isolation (or in a mix or whatever), not having to represent some other things

it's the 21st century man get with the program

love your username btw!

THIS track from Mr Wolfers recent FACT mix was made for this thread - right down to the fake you tube back story and everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTyZm9qr37A

Maria Minerva was just playing at the local record shop. Sounded better on their system than it does on my headphones.

potential new entry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4T2K-dkxA4&

song's not half bad...

weird (but not really). I haven't really heard them but some friends are really into them. Generally they're a dour post-punk revival band...early Factory records, Joy Division/Section 25 etc? Maybe they're just skipping right to the Hacienda circa 1987? (bypassing the latin freestyle era)

sidescroll dancing

i listened to the factory floor song on the quietus and the soundcloud widget was accompanied by this press photo of them looking just impossibly, immaculately serious and cool and dark

and the song is just like this monolithic cold perfectly crafted thing that has good production but not too good so as to sound slick, disaffected vocals but not so disaffected as to sound lazy, gritty synths and percussion but not too gritty to get in the way of the club-readiness of it, with completely unassailable influences and sound design that will scan as acceptable to dfa fans, to people who like techno, to people who don't usually like dance music, more accessible than what they'd done before but without any obvious pop

i just couldn't find a way into it at all, it's such an unobjectionable piece of music that it seems almost inhuman, wouldn't really group it in here because listening to it really makes me miss the idiosyncratic/anachronistic/wtf qualities this stuff has

that's just me though maybe no one else feels that way

havent listened to that one but for me a lot of this so far sounds really excellent when its on but i have no desire to return to it whatsoever

haha I'd agree with that.

Maria Minerva has a very high "instant wow I love this" / "okay twenty minutes on I'm ready for a change" correlation for me. I think the fuzzy production values make the music somehow more laborious for me to listen to even when I like and/or approve of them (I'm not saying that is some universal property - just me).

that's just me though maybe no one else feels that way

no i think you totally got to the heart of why this band annoys me so much

i wouldn't put factory floor anywhere remotely near this thread. they're total techno and for me, all about their live performances.

Feel like everyone was in a real hurry to rush out a negative opinion on these.

Still not sure what I think about them in general but I like what they're trying to do, and Octo Octa's "I'm Trying" is a jam

If we're putting Future Times in here then the new Maxmillion Dunbar is good

http://soundcloud.com/maxmilliondunbar/loving-the-drift

the maria minerva album is excellent imo. i hadn't listened to any of this stuff when i posted here defending it conceptually. seems quite far from any kind of pastiche of house really...

Octo Octa's "I'm Trying" sounds nice. but what i'm not supposed to like it?

This is a nice 100% Silk mix from Fader:

http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/05/download-100-silks-fader-mix-2/

the maria minerva album is excellent imo.

haha not sure which album you mean but: yes. been listening to this ital remix s0 much l8ly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji8BVXZ0JZc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nya7EENhHw

Feeling Blondes Wine/Water record as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMKK8bRzNfU

blondes rule. they are sort of a one-trick pony but it is a v satisfying trick

http://soundcloud.com/bobbybrowser707/no-appointments

wow, Magic Touch - Clubhouse is really something

here's my hipster house from a few years ago...

http://soundcloud.com/newyorkendless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUN7z_fPpDA

from the new peaking lights remix 12"

not sure what to make of this: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2012/02/lost_in_the_night_haceteria_ke.php

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

Oooh child!

two things jump out at me from that article

it's an attempt by disenfranchised indie rockers and noise musicians to utilize the sound palette and energy of classic house for new ends

fail

We stayed until just the end of his set before catching a cab and making our way towards other destinations at the edge of dawn. (Or, in other words, a truly remarkable set by Roy Davis Jr. at an underground loft in SOMA. You haven't really lived until you've heard an old school Chicagoan work the Rolling Stones' "Miss You" to a packed crowd of house dancers at 5 a.m.)

epic fail

wow, Magic Touch - Clubhouse is really something

i like it a lot! it's a re-edit of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zncX4ckGwfw&

Bopping my own head to Ital's Hive Mind.

http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/22489/2277188/ital_cover-cc_905.jpg

excited to hear it but it's going to be hard to live up to that cover

think it does:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzsXFeB3X9w

yea it turns out that's a damn fine ep. i'm finally starting to be able to discern his aesthetic as something besides a piece of the greater 100% silk-package

it's not a full length?

lol, i listened to the 5 songs earlier today but for some reason didn't realize that it qualifies for a full length, considering it's 42 mins of music

that's shorter than some villalobos tracks

and longer than some Beatles albums

i'm finally starting to be able to discern his aesthetic as something besides a piece of the greater 100% silk-package

yeah the record doesnt sound much at all like his stuff on 100% silk. it makes sense that itd be on planet mu, really, and also as i kind of summation of bunch of different things hes been involved in.

Why didn't I listen to Sacred & Profane Love before last week??? So good. Esp. "Gloria". The Ital remix of "A Love So Strong" that Lamp posted too.

anyone heard the new blondes full length or any of the second disc or remixes?

i'm familiar with like half of it, since this is just a comp of their whole yin/yang ep series thing, but i'm still excited to dig into the record as a whole. plus - the assemblage of remixers is pretty damn admirable (jd twitch, john roberts, andy stott, teengirl fantasy, bicep, laurel halo, etc.)

*second disc OF remixes

http://soundcloud.com/igetrvng/sets/blondes-blondes-disc-1/

also - among the list of remixers is one 'robert miles'. i guess i don't know much about that dude outside of his pure moods jam but it is definitely hilarious to see him sitting right alongside andy stott on the track list

i saw ital play tonight. word of whitney houston death somehow did not spread. :'(

I expect to hear Whitney at the bushwick loft party I'm heading to.