The Studio - West Coast

maybe i should try to download the 2 Life's a Beach remixes and actually, you know, like listen to them. i just figured it wasn't something i'd ever play out (like that happens so often), so i didn't need to own the vinyl

i was really surprised to read your comment upthread! the bassline in the terje is just too boogie to be house. it reminds me of the mary jane girls. so there's the rick james thing and on top of it there is cure (meets basic channel) san francisco summer beach atmospherics. and then fat techno claps and cowbells and a sense of humor. i am so smitten by this song.

What the where the who. This all sounds potentially interesting.

i love how enigmatic the band name and album title are. cover art is great too.

jaxon - for some reason when i ripped the promo CD i got, iTunes listed the artist as "A Studio" so I would guess your rip came from that as well...

you know, you fellas are right! this is great! agree w/ all the aforementioned reference points, but would add in the mood of all those great Associates 12"s w/ the cool b-sides. and special commendation for the exquisite guitar. thank you ilx!

Ned I sincerely believe you will love them.

It's kinda of odd how similar the Prins Thomas and Todd Terje remixes of "Life's a Beach" are - both have the funky bassline, the endless layering of effects, the faithful redeployment of the guitar. The Terje remix is slightly more brisk and uptempo, and I slightly prefer it, but they're both great.

Cutty those Strategy samples are excellent. Will have to track that album down.

fwiw, Out There is my least favorite track.

now to track down the remixes...

http://www.myspace.com/aeroplanemusiclove

^ sooo good.

i downloaded Life's a Beach remixes. eh. prins thomas remix is cool. kinda spaced out, but i still stand by what i said. it lost the balearic rock edge that i liked and just became sorta "dance music". no need to keep 12"

"West Side" does = the Balearic Cure. Out've the forest and onto the beach.

this has been repressed. hooray!

That Yearbook cover art is fantastic.

Has Spencer seen it or heard this, I wonder?

Cutty! That Strategy album is like... Luomo making a post-rock record? Or a post-rock group making a Luomo record? Whatever, if I had a Microsoft Wizard program that made albums for me at least one of them would probably turn out like this. Not sure if I love love love it yet but will def. keep listening.

2007 is so the year I became a corny balearic fuxx.

i think balearic is one of those words like minimal. it has meaning that is more like residue. i like a lot of recent music like this because it is musical as opposed to most of the contemporary dance music i immerse myself in which is music that for most of the 00s has been design-obsessed (similar to a lot of contemporary pop and hip hop and even alterna-rock). it's just tiring after awhile.

tim have you heard kuniyuki takahashi?

i'm glad you like it tim--i've been listening to it quite a lot, maybe it needs its own thread

I want this and the Strategy record. I want them now.

Was 'West Coast' just an EP then? Does 'Yearbook 1' have different versions of these songs?

yearbook 1 has longer versions of two songs, a shorter version of one, and two extra songs from this 12". those aren't on the west coast reissue that's just come out, but it has the full versions of everything else (and is a double 12" if you have it on vinyl).

this is really fantastic. up there with the LCD record, for me.

i'm glad you like it tim--i've been listening to it quite a lot, maybe it needs its own thread

yes please!

Has it even gotten a legit release yet?

am i on everyone's killfile or something? yes, it has been reissued.

i thought they were talking about the Strategy record, lil man

Strategy record has definitely been released - saw it in the shops the other day.

I have a real copy of it in my office now and am listening to it - released mid-July in the UK, got it from Amazon.

Very good indeed, btw.

HAS L0u1s J@gger HEARD STRATEGY?

Taking L0u1s J@gger (By Strategy)

Hahaha I like how L0u1s J@gger is auto-encrypted.

Also, Ned would like this.

You would, Ned.

please don't spoil a good thread

Have I not recommended this to Ned before? It's like a birthday cake for Ned with sparklers that explode when you light them forming fireworks in the shape of "NED RAGGETT!!!"

You totally recommended it to me upthread! And quite happily I am getting a promo copy this week.

I thought that was The Studio? Which should be waiting at home for me. Is there a separate Strategy thread now?

apparently there is an epic studio remix of the new a mountain of one single!

leo?

no, LEO!

that strategy album is just ok. first 2 songs and "Stop Spinning" are nice balearic disco dub (not dubby disco), but the rest of it is kinda mellow shoegazy m83 stuff which didn't do anything for me.

same here

xpost - we should probably just have a nü-balearic thread to differentiate it from the beardo disco thread.

The piano in track 3 of the Studio album is totally AR Kane.

whatevr jaxon

also have a new remix of "west side" by brennan green

I'm liking Strategy WAY more than Studio.

new remix of "west side" by brennan green

Meantime, the Studio album is here in the mail, and I will listen in a bit.

Okay, the Disco Inferno connection I don't sense either, though I can see what Tim is driving at. But the comment in the first post from him -- "superbly glistening eighties art-rock sheen" -- is appropriate for the album as a whole, no question. I'm not feeling immediate overwhelming "Whoa, LUV" yet, but I am v. impressed.

if you check the ghostly page, there's a picture of the CD...

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0023/2122/files/GI-437cd_1200x.jpg

so my guess is no. vinyl is just a single lp too

Makes sense, that's what I figured. Still get 'em with the digital download, was just curious.

it's not like they need to include extra stuff to get people to buy the physical

Sorry stupid question but does this CD edition have anything more than the original one?

oh "self service" is listed as being 6:48 so it's a new edit (i think? i haven't seen this 7-minute version before) and not quite the full-length 8-minute version?

Sorry stupid question but does this CD edition have anything more than the original one?

appears to be a different track order from the original cd to match the original lp, and "self-service" is 7 minutes, not 4 minutes (like the original cd) or 8 minutes (like the original lp)

oh the new "self service" edit is surely so they could fit it onto a single lp, but a bit weird to not include the original as a digital bonus track or on the cd?

minidisc is wild. when is someone going to make a new portable MD player

Dan made a playlist for Test Pressing
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/48jMyxUrVrf2PIpl9pVVuz?si=2WShpzkHTJKYjB9JCNNMpQ&pi=vjwNXBFaQcaxY

just noticed that Studio has its own IG page now: https://www.instagram.com/officialstudioinformation

most likely it’s just to promote this repress but here’s to hoping other activity could be in the works

followed, thank you!

vinyl copy just arrived!

The “cdr” versions of West Side, Life’s a Beach, and Indo are very cool to have. Early versions of the recordings which give a little insight in to how the songs came together.

The version of "Self Service" on the vinyl is, I think, a different edit? And the sequencing of the tracks has changed too as compare to my old CD version!

now do Yearbook 1!

Now available on the streaming service of your choice!

Not really feeling the new version of 'Self Service' as I always loved how the original kicks off with the beat.