New from the DFA...

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i take that back, this bot'ox track gets good towards the middle.

I really like the new Juan Maclean track Happy House (played on last week's Beats In Space). It's the one that goes "Excellent" a lot. Who is on vocals?

not really sure about the shocking pinks stuff - touches of new order are nice enough, but the vocals drag, and after starting out reasonably pretty, the songs don't really seem to go anywhere. the glimmers remix sounded quite nice though.

we talked about 'still going theme' yet? piano-house revivalism too self-conscious by half? i could see it working well in a set, i suppose, but as an exemplary example of retro-futurist perfection it's a little shaky, no? i think osborne's "outta sight" pulls off the same trick with twice the smooveness and none of the winking knowingness.

I like that Hercules and Love Affair track

alba: it sounds like nancy whang (who has done a bunch of female vox on the LCD and juan material in the past). it's a great track!

Ah right - I guess I'm used to her shouting more.

no disrespect but osborne's "outta sight" ain't got nothin on either side of the still going 12". heard the both the theme and on and on at horse meat the other night and the crowd went mad at each take... i'll take winking knowingness over a so called smooveness any day!

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Still Going Theme and On & On are both great but I don't understand why they'd release it in September - it's such a summer tune.

Ha ha - I was just listening to the latest beatsinspace and just before Tim S played Happy House again there was another tune that sounded great and I thought "I'll look up what that was in the tracklisting later". Then I looked at this thread, got interested in talk of Still Going, so Googled them and their MySpace page had a news item about how Still Going Theme was played on beatsinspace. Turned out it was the very track I was listening to.

DFA $#@%! up on tha release date. Both Still Going cutz are most definitely summer tunes (guess sept 18 is technically summer). also looks like Still Going remixed !!! Anyone heard this yet?

I picked up the Hercules and Love Affair 12" today, which is okay (I listened to it all the way through at 33rpm, as it says on the label, but it actually should be 45rpm).

Speaking of DFA labels (actual sticker labels, I mean) - almost everything I get from them has a warped/creased or off-center label sticker. I'm sure it's a sloppy machine doing that, but it's kind of irritating.

They had a couple of the Death from Abroad 12"s as well, but they were £7.99 each, which seems pretty insane.

will have to check out "still going" again, i guess. 'sides all you believers, todd terje mentioned it today in our brief exchange (namedropping alert!).

juan maclean's HAPPY HOUSE samples 'do it now' by dubtribe i notice.
is this the early-00's-house revival gathering apace?

where are you people finding that Hercules & Love Affair single? I was going to hold off on buying it until I could pick it up from DFA's insound store properly, but I don't see it available therewards or anywhere else in the US of States (I do see it available at Rough Trade, but frankly I'd rather spend my money somewhere else after staring down their ongoing reluctance to honor the gift certificates my friends got me for my birthday)

also I got all three of the Death From Abroad releases off iTunes yesterday and they're pretty good! I think my favorite one so far is the Gucci Soundsystem track - shame that there's no Joakim remix on the flip. The Altz single is completely as good as advertised too.

Yeah, I got the Hercules 12" at Rough Trade. Didn't know the DFAbroad tracks were on iTunes!

Are you in the UK? Last time I checked (Tuesday) the US itunes store only had the Altz and Mock & Toof twelves available.

nope - I'm in the US of States

Ah, just doublechecked- they do have it, but the reason there's no Joakim remix on the flip is that it's the original release on Bugged Out.

anyway I just said fuck it and ordered from Rough Trade - minor buyer's remorse since I live within walking distance of both Amoeba and the LA branch of Turntablelab, but this way I get to pick up the LA Priest single too.

Was the Still Going Theme actually released on Sept 18?

Much love for the Hercules & Love Affair - Roar

Really looking forward to the C2 remix of Sound of Silver, also.

when's the juan maclean song officially (and unofficially) out?

Was the Still Going Theme actually released on Sept 18?

Not out until Sept. 25 in the States.

I get to pick up the LA Priest single too.

Holy shit is that "Engine" song great. I can't find it digitally anywhere, but I keep playing the 12". I like the original version best. Does anyone have this as an mp3?

I am really loving "Babylon by Car" by Bot'Ox (http://www.myspace.com/babylonbycar). I look forward to a CD collecting all the Death From Abroad stuff.

a new cosmo vitelli thing, nice one.

so yeah, when's the juan maclean song officially out?

I have no problems stating that my favorite DFA release this year (so far) is the Hercules and Love Affair 12". It deserves more love.

anyone heard that Holy Ghost record? who is he / are they?

haven't seen the Hercules in the shops yet .... def. want to get that one

Hercules and Love Affair Roar/Classique - Good stuff, but not amazing. Slow chicago house-y retro-ness. I prefer that Athene track that's around, which is more, er, disco.
Shocking Pinks Smokescreen (+ glimmers remix) More cowbell than you know what to do with. Are dfa just getting all their cowbell out the way in one go?
Gucci Soundsystem Acarpenter/ Lord a Mercy Erm OK. I get the two confused, and haven't heard the Joakim mix.
Still Going Still Going Theme Yeah! A lovely dance record full of poise and funk. A four-note bassline with a blues-y piano bit then chattering synths.

How are the others?

So dfa are increasingly becoming a sort of retro house label, no? Is that OK?

Saw Shit Robot and James Murphy DJ at the Fabriclive launch thing, and had a great time. Shit Robot played System 7 and Vooday Ray and lots of old stuff. James Murphy still can't beatmatch, but it was cool, although left just as the old disco was turning into new disco (Sly Mongoose was about the last thing I heard).

I prefer that Athene track that's around, which is more, er, disco.

oh crap. yeah that's the one I like too, didnt know that wasn't on the 12"

listened to the new Shit Robot 12" the other day too, wasn't that into it

LOVING "still going theme" right now

tho it's sold out at basically every online shop right now

the (two?) main guys in holy ghost used to be in automato, that undie hip hop thing that got produced by DFA a few years ago. 'hold on' is a nice breezy bit of disco revivalism; possible club hit maybe?

they have a good logo!

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I'd have to switch your reactions (and comments mostly) on the Hercules and Love Affair and the Still Going Jamie. I still don't quite understand what the big deal is with Still Going. It is absolutely perfectly gorgeous, but it doesn't move me. It's the one about which I would say, "Good stuff, but not amazing. Slow chicago house-y retro-ness." "Classique" on the Hercules and Love Affair is a perfect acid update to me. But to each his/her own.

I agree with the turn towards a retro house sound for the main label though. Right now I'm perfectly happy with it, but we'll have to see where it goes I suppose. Is the Holy Ghost logo supposed to look like the Knicks logo?

Athene IS the b-side to the Hercules and Love Affair 12". Yes, that is a psuedo-Knicks logo. The Bot'Ox stuff is less house and more Italo, with some bonus weirdness (I love it). Oh, and nobody's mentioned the Pylon re-issue since it came out (I haven't heard it yet, and I've never heard them before, but I am curious).

Actually Roar is the b-side.

i really like roar. and "hold on". and the sound of the holy ghost remixes on his myspace. and still going's remix of chk chk chk's "yadnus".

I'll admit that I don't keep up with all the (nearly impossible to find) vinyl releases, but I've been loving that Shocking Pinks album lately. The Prinzhorn Dance School disc was really solid as well.

Actually Roar is the b-side.

Shit, I'm an idiot, sorry... I could have sworn!

So dfa are increasingly becoming a sort of retro house label, no? Is that OK?

Yes.

Good. Thanks for putting me straight.

I realise I was a bit unfair about the Shocking Pinks single, as it's great.

I've actually only got the two different Glimmers mixes, not the original, and the longer one in particular is fab - beneath the mad insistent cowbells it's full of murky, dirty bass and the guy intoning "Take the medicine, that's all you know" over and over. Nice.

So dfa are increasingly becoming a sort of retro house label, no? Is that OK?

as opposed to a retro postpunk/disco label?

I was just asking. I suppose the source material was more distant in time and (to me) more obscure.

The Fabric mix might be my favorite album of the year.

i love the fact that the new cd single snubbed the rules re charts and was basically a mini remix album of Sound Of Silver.

is it possible to get the Fabric Mix in the US? I'm not seeing it on iTunes.

I'm lost without a certain torrent site...

it's not out yet ... villalobos just came out in the US about a week ago, give it another month.

fabric are utter masters of prerelease hype.

i think it comes out 11/13