New from the DFA...

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!

http://a202.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/95/m_31b1dfe3798db90378e650e8b1771069.gif

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

if you subscribe to the fabric series, you get them way before (4-6 weeks) the american shops do.

is it possible to get the Fabric Mix in the US?

obviously not the US, but worth a shot.
http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/285817-01.htm

what are the US shipping terms for fabric?

£2 shipping and £6 per mix (roughly $16.50 as of today)

ok Punkin' Machine's "I Need You Tonight" on the Fabric mix is fucking killing me eight ways to Saturn. I really didn't want to love this mix so much, fought against it and everything, but no, this thing can have its way with me for as long as it likes

i subscribe and i got it two days ago, even with the shitty canadian postal service

yes that punkin machine track!!! i had heard the suzy q version before on a rub n tug mix (last track on this) but not this version.

the whole mix is sorta endearingly rough round the edges, you can tell they're straining to make it work at points but it all comes off. that chic > was not was > GQ > mudd section is so so good.

you sure the Suzy Q and Punkin Machine versions aren't identical?

you know, they may well be!

I only have the 12" credited to Punkin Machine but was under the impression it's just the same song. Still don't know for sure!

i too love the Hercules b side "roar"

The b-side to the new Shit Robot is kinda eh but HOLY FUCKING FUCK FUCK @ the a-side.

also the Holy Ghost! 12" is a pretty damn great deal - the kickass original version and dub, and then the Blackjoy remix on the flip which could pass for the best Escort track since their mix of "It's All True".

I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THIS!

still waiting for the follow-up to "casual friday"

Yeah they have gone kind of release crazy this fall, huh? I haven't gotten around to any of the DFAbroad stuff and most of these new 12"s are on kind of a "which should I try to digest first" level so I'm just ignoring it all at the moment.

xpost.

they are pretty much all good. dive in, dudes!

apparently the casual friday follow up is never coming.

RIP formal saturday

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WORST POSSIBLE NEWS

I like "Hold On" very much.

I grabbed "Hold On" (excellent!) from Fluxblog, then later that day read an interview with Galkin where he talks about how much their single sales have nosedived since the advent of MP3 blogs (he says early 12"s sold 15,000-20,000 copies, and now they generally do about 2,000-3,000 of each one, which he blames on blogs). Intersting...

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/11/louis_pattison_thurs_am_pic.html

that DFA article re blogs

I think Galkin is being slightly disingenuous if he thinks mp3 blogs are why say, the Shocking Pinks, are selling less than HoJL (which I'll bet sold a LOT more than 20,000 12"s anyway, if you count the Output UK version and so on).

It would be more interesting to see what Pixeltan or whatever sold.