The Studio - West Coast

i'm amazed that a mongrel knows what a soccer mom is! don't they have rugby moms down there?

Australian Football League moms or soccer moms (or rather "mums") where I am - rugby isn't very big in my state.

The "Balearic" moniker really confuses me. I mean - I have a track on that "Nu Balearica" cd that just came out (yo. I'm broke) but my shit sounds nothing like Gypsy Kings or has sun-kissed-beachy-guitar-jangle/congas/swoops-on-E. What is this "Balearica"?

BAMBOLEOOO BAMBOLEOOOO

Will balearic help us gain a better appreciation of teh Gypsy Kings?

Teh Gypsy Queen would be a good name for a is the name of my balearic remix/edits outfit.

I listened to this album (+ Yearbook One tracks) during the coach trip from Roma to Firenze. Perfect.

I can't see this album working well while travelling, but I'll try it next week when taking the train to Marseilles.

wow really? i can't think of anything but travelling with this music, or at least certain locations, landscapes, destinations (not as specific as the album title and imagery suggests). the Balearic tag is obv a big factor in this...but other than that it's progressive, atmospheric, rhythmic music generally - how's that not perfect for travel?

I see it more suited to open spaces. Maybe playing on a small boombox poolside or on the terrasse of a rented house somewhere in the South of Europe, very late or very early.

i would listen to it en route to said rented house. and then again in the rented house. and then again on the way home. it transcends environs.

I often think of taking it to the beach with me, but it might seem forced. now, if i stumbled onto a beach...

I have listened to this album since my last summer hols and just the thought of putting it back on next week in the south of france is getting me excited. yumm

Am going to Corsica soon and this is going to get maximum plays

yeah I listened to this on the beach in tel aviv and it was an A+++++ experience

i can't find the long version of Self Service anywhere! loving absolutely everything i've heard from these guys. really hope their live show is as good as it looks on those Studio Palooza clips on YouTube.

i listen to it on my commute.

Dan Lissvik of Studio produced The Embassy's new single "State '08" and it's ace. Blissful indie-pop with a balearic touch. It's topping my summer jams right now.

http://www.theembassy.info

argh holy fuck, MY EARS!

You can get Studio t-shirts from Phonica at the minute. They're 30 fucking quid though.

25 if you order them through the Information website (I'm wearing mine now! beautiful off-white)

25 fucking quid!

I can't find a proper image of the shirts!

lemmetry:
http://www.inf000.com/images/stu004.gif

There's also this one:

http://www.phonicarecords.co.uk/images/sleeves/info001tblkl.jpg

nice one

I just absolutely love the fact Pitchfork never reviewed West Coast. They've been on a hot roll lately, reviewing "it" bands (mostly honestly very good ones, like Fleet Foxes). Similar to Cutty's thread, the inner hipster in me is frustrated by people who only use Pitchfork to listen to new music. However, it seems Pitchfork has been quick to spot (or influence) the newest trends, and finging West Coast on my own is a rare victory.

I'm lame.

I think a review of the rereleased West Coast after having already reviewed Yearbook 1 would probably have been a bit redundant though.

i listen to it on my commute.

-- gr8080, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 19:31 (Yesterday)

um, that's the east coast dawg. :-p

finding West Coast on my own is a rare victory.

i don't really see the difference between finding out about a record on pitchfork and finding out about a record on ILM.

its the same distance either way

xp

Yeah, fwiw we were going to review WC but we knew Y1 was on the way so we waited and only reviewed that.

Is there a thread about yearbook 2 which I did not know existed until five minutes ago?

you're on it.

oh right, i never clicked the skipping posts thing and I didn't see!

Want this, watching it spin would be nice. When I first heard West Side it sounded like an amazing thing and it still does.

I want the "No Comply" t-shirt black on white.

: (

We are what is wrong with the world.

No, I think you'll find that's all the people not digging on Studio.

These guys remind me a lot of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEx7pkmFc6s

i went to their studio in göteborg today. i don't know what the published interview is going to look like, but before i forget everything they said when i wasn't recording...

-that Fact magazine info about scrapping tracks for a live studio album in 2009 was either never true or no longer true. they're working on one new remix, overseeing fontän's debut album (who play live instruments; i got the feeling that studio were going to tour vicariously through them).. they don't have any definite album release plans, although they have three albums worth of material 'in the can.' they're unsure when or if they'll release any of it. (west side was culled from material that dates back to 2003)´
-vahid: they had to edit self-servce to fit it on cd.
-'balearic music' is any music played while wearing a sailor hat.

for the record, these are some of the coolest, nicest, humblest dudes i've ever met. i even got some t-shirts haha

(i met air france, too, if anyone's has q's)

-'balearic music' is any music played while wearing a sailor hat.

poortheatre, where do you write for??

nowhere, really. a friend of mine is starting a small culture magazine (Futureclaw) and asked me if i wanted to write something for it, and it turned out to be an interview with studio. i was going to sweden anyway to visit some friends, so i did the interview in person. and i just e-mailed air france because i was in town.. g-burg is really cool. great time of the year to visit.

I hope it went something like this:
Studio: Ja, ve have tre albums already, how you say, in the can.
poorteater: ysi?

finally getting around to listening these dudes, playing yearbook 2 right now and it's.....kind of boring?

Start with their original stuff at least!

yearbook 2 = major disappointment, good tracks but i already heard it all! :(

none of the Y2 tracks reach the heights of 'out there' or 'west coast' but this is still one of the best releases of the year.

-- poortheatre, Monday, June 23, 2008 5:33 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

Ha ha poortheatre that's like a capsule summary of my review!

-- Tim F, Monday, June 23, 2008 5:44 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

you heard it here first, folks

-- poortheatre, Monday, June 23, 2008 5:57 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

it's a remix compilation

-- cutty, Monday, June 23, 2008 7:40 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Link