New from the DFA...

the Hercules & Love Affair debut is AWESOME

I seriously can't get "Hercules' Theme" out of my head

hercules theme is truly great.

There's a thread for the Hercules here btw: Hercules and Love Affair

Fuckin shit, man.

First it was the Blind (club mix), then it was Happy House, now there's the Deepchord and Echospace remixes of The Shocking Pinks.

What's stopping DFA from being my label of the year at this point?

one determined GI.

DFA and Rong combine for Notwave

01. Unwelcomed Guest: Quad Throw Salchow
02. Hydration Explosion: Non Stop
03. No Search, No Entry (Tim "Love" Lee's No Search Dub): Striplight
04. Elephants Meandering: Tussle
05. Faces Fractions (Trust): Mr. Chin
06. Pistols At Dawn (Tim "Love" Lee's Fully Bearded Mix) : Circuits
07. I Turn My Camera On: Freshro
08. Smoke Machine: Welcome Stranger
09. Weekend: Free Blood
10. Beautiful Ones: Scotty Coats
11. Eastwest: Research
12. Lude Boy The Rude Boy: Scotty Coats
13. King Heroin: James Chance & The Contortions
14. The River Art: Research

"Rong Music and DFA have joined forces to create a new dual imprint label for the US! We're all very excited about this joint venture and have many great ideas already in the works for 2008.

Rong music has compiled a (somewhat) new take on the early 80's underground of New York City's No Wave sound. We've even coined our own name for the new sub genre - "Not Wave." For those of you asking, what the hell does that mean? Well, have a listen and hear for yourself! But, if ever cornered by some vinyl maniac at the local disco, our knee jerk response will be, "It's kinda like No Wave, but Not." I guess you could say our thoughts on the matter for making any type of compilation are, "every-thing's been done already, so why not start off with something old and work towards a mutated version of itself." Make sense everybody? Nahh... were just foolin with that last uptight quote, what a bunch of horse *bleep* huh? "

there are some joy division knockoff clunkers, but there are some serious killers. especially the Mr. Chin & Circuits tracks

DFA related ...

STICKYDISC

some good choons up in heah

is the syclops record good?

yeah it is! it's real jazzy/kind of funky in places more often than there are true house moments like "Where's Jason's K" (albeit experimental house in that case)

it's like a house fusion album

i think it's kind of strange that it's gotten so little attention considering that it's the first of the new dfa things tog et a full-length out after Herc

h&la are way more salable than syclops though. they may both be great records but a good part of promotion and capturing attention and creating hype is the artists willingness to deal with the media ... mf doesn't do that at all

I don't say this to be snarky, but I wonder if DFA's cred amongst "the kids" has been usurped to some degree by the rise of Ed Banger and their ilk. In comparison to all the "electro bangers" that the fluo masses love, DFA's music starts to seem, in comparison, much more "adult." (cf "All My Friends," of course.) Hercules' certainly isn't a record for the kids -- it's not immediate and garish in the prevailing style, and Syclops's music, while mental, is also difficult and understated in ways that I don't think are terribly popular in the new club culture. I could be wrong, and obviously I'm generalizing. But I do think indie dance culture has changed quite a bit since "Losing My Message" -- in my mind, not for the better -- in ways that don't favor DFA's market position amongst scenesters.

"changed a bit" = "moving on to the next trendy thing" yes?

losing my... message?

Message... lost.

what is the age range of "kids" exactly?

i think there's a constant turn around ... in 2001 i was the same age as alot of the kids who are coming up to me now and freaking out when i play "where's jason's k", and while those kids were weaned on ed banger and still like that stuff ... i find they are also very enthusiastic about h&la, 'happy house' and pretty much all the new stuff coming out on dfa

obviously i mean "kids" very loosely, and maybe what i'm saying is beyond obvious -- that culture keeps changing, new trends supplant old trends, yadayada. i guess i'm used to thinking of DFA as the Hipsters in Chief (said slightly tongue in cheek; i don't mean to belittle them, because their accomplishments go much deeper than that tag would suggest), but it's slowly dawning on me that there's a younger crop rotating in looking for more garish, immediate pleasures.

The Ed Banger thing is almost over. Or so says Mr Oizo (on Ed Banger) and Jerry Bouthier (on Kitsune) and a bunch of others. We've been asking that question in the last couple of weeks and all the artists have been strangely pessimistic. I don't think it helped that Ed Rec III and Kitsune Maison 5 were both a little dull.

NEW DFA RELEASES - EXPECTED SOON

The Juan Maclean : The Simple Life - Inc. Marcus Worgull Remix

This is not a proper follow up single to Happy House but a lo-key teaser for the upcoming album and a limited pressing.

Holy Ghost! : Hold On - Mock & Toof Remixes

LCD Soundsystem : Big Ideas - Inc Babytalk Remix

There is some talk over at the DJ History forum that Theo Parrish is remixing some part of 45:33. This is beyond exciting for me.

http://www.thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/mstrkrftuk/images/IMG_2606.jpg
I WANT

andy butler is kinda juiccccyyy

a polite request : can the DFA label please sort out Chapter Three.
now.
thank you.

There is some talk over at the DJ History forum that Theo Parrish is remixing some part of 45:33. This is beyond exciting for me.
man i hope it's that bit at the beginning that sounds like stand on the word. that would be so so awesome

Yes indeed t_g, that would be great. But honestly, I'm excited to hear what he did with any of it. Does anybody in the know have any idea when it's supposed to be released?

http://www.residentadvisor.net/images/reviews/2008/va-nobody-knows-anything.jpg

slept-on

Is it just me or did the Rong Music 'Promo Only' compilation put that 'Notwave' one to shame?

http://www.discogs.com/release/1378252

LOL "Death from Abroad"! I love it.

Anyone heard the new Mock and Toof, Underwater? Very interesting. A proper song from them. The demo's on their MySpace but it doesn't prepare you for the full version.

Very earnest, confessional songwriter style - but over pretty disco stylings. Makes you wonder if they've got a whole album if this stuff in them?

psychgawsple, you are not rong. but perhaps set of cheeky (and rare) disco edits provide faster cheaper thrills than regular ol' new artist comps? i mean, an edit of Gloria Taylor will knock the socks off of just about anything most days of the week.

it has that fantastic rub n tug edit of chicago too, right? not many things are better than that.

Ha just want to point out that one of those tracks is a god forsaken Spoon cover. It seemed like they were going for far different aesthetics for each, and the Notwave one wasn't representative of what I have come to enjoy about the Rong label.

In other words, this crosspromotional thing DFA has been doing doesnt seem to be doing these labels much justice. The Supersoul comp suffered from farrr too much of the same, when if they'd have (I duno) commisioned a mix and just released the 12"s internationally I think the reception would have improved.

That being said, I think Kompakt pulled off that Walter Jones 12" rather well. And I like the 12"s on Death From Abroad too.

Anyone heard the new Mock and Toof, Underwater?

i quite like the samples of this, it reminds me of the beta band (but i say that about everything)

woah the demo version REALLY sounds like the beta band

just came to post about that track except to say the opposite .... not into it AT ALL. the vocals ... ugh. and I like the beta band (and mock&toof)

can we s/d some of the other new 12"s, there are a bunch now:

runaway "brooklyn club jam" co-release w/ Rekids -- love it! piano-house like Still Going but with a dark boomy warehouse vibe instead of summer sunshine

has anyone heard ... yacht? panthers? new holy ghost?

brennan green version of brooklyn club jam on the b side is pretty sweet too

sweet!

Free Blood - The Singles

1. Never Hear Surf Music Again
2. Quick and Painful
3. Grumpy
4. Royal Family
5. Parangatang
6. Weekend Condition
7. Never Hear Surf Music Again (Barfly Remix)
8. Weekend Condition (Scotty Coats & Wes The Mes Mix)
9. Royal Family (Brothers Mix)
10. Grumpy (Greg Wilson Version)
11. Parangatang (Tim Love Lee Mix)

that reminds me, anyone hear the latest DFA/Rong 12"?

Scotty Coats & Wes The Mes - Double Fisted

Catalog #: RONGDFA08
Street Date: 11/18/08
UPC: 829732000818
Format: 12" vinyl

Tracklisting
a1. Double Fisted
a2. Double Fisted (Prins Thomas Disko Miks)
b1. Double Fisted (Prins Thomas Version)
b2. R.I.P. Mike Conley

how could anyone resist with such an enticing title

haha

there was a 'double fisted demo' 12" last year, on rong proper rather than the joint label. never bothered ordering it tho, it only had the one track!

this, like the yacht and panthers, are enjoyable but totally preaching to the choir

free blood more interesting but somehow i like it a bit less

juan maclean, and the mock and toof mixes of holy ghost were best of the recent lot i think. the original mix of that juan track sounds like a toughened-up human league or something.

panthers was good, i have the permanent vacation pressing of it (it's the same mixes). still not heard yacht tho.

wonder when they'll get the black meteoric star stuff out there, i got high hopes for that.

woah ye, acid-house from gavin sans delia. sounds fun.

also wanted to say that i finally got around to the brennan green version of "brooklyn club jam" and it was more than worth the effort

gavin russom has done a remix for ronan's fave tracksuit-sex-trancer, petar dundov, on this. sounds pretty frantic!

Really, really liking the new Woolfy single on Rong/DFA, "Oh Missy."

^totally agree. dig the cage & aviary single too

'oh missy' is way way old btw