Electrik Red- How to be a Lady Vol.1 Terius 'n' Tricky make girl-pop magic

haven't read rich's piece - and don't intend to until i've finished my own piece - and briefly, as am distracted by the tennis, but the-dream told me that all the ideas and concepts re "femininity" came from the girls, and they bullied him into following what they thought rather than what he'd intended to do with them - i mean as much as they're "his" project, he didn't put them together or anything - they were already a group prior to hooking up w/him

This is better than the Dream's own albums due to not having The Dream's annoying persona all over them.

― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Tuesday, June 2, 2009 11:13 AM (23 minutes ago)

*grinds teeth*

also "devotion" is my favorite!

So which song should I play tonight?

Do I have the ... heh ... "Balls" to play W.F.Y. out? I've already had a Payne request it, so I might have to.

I wanted to play Freaky Freaky but I've got to keep the BPM high just to stay awake.

they bullied him into following what they thought rather than what he'd intended to do with them

HA HA YES YES I LOVE IT!!!!

is it a club or pub, k8? actually i'd say 'we fuck you' or 'on point' regardless...

unless it's outdoors and summery in which case 'so good' or 'friend lover'!

In 93 Feet East. Think I'm gonna go with We Fuck You.

"Go Shawty"! Sexy time in the club

(I'd tell you to come down, but that really depends on how you feel about crafting - I mean, it's riot grrl derived crafting not beardy folky crafting but still. I understand it's not for everyone. But 3 out of 4 Shimuras will be DJing. Anna has promised an all Italo Disco set which I'm a bit worried about, eep.)

i'd have asked where it was so i could come down if i didn't have a ton of work to do tonight :(

Aw. I think no one would mind if you sat down and worked! That's kind of the point. I like to draw there.

I was gonna do, like We Fuck You -> Grace Jones - Williams Blood (rejected Aeroplane mix) but, you know, like, I. Do Not. Beatmatch.

(I've already been in a massive row with some dude out of Shadow Dancer about how beatmatching is the guitar soloing of DJing.)

sit down... in a club? is this a british thing?

it's more of a bar, brainwasher...can't remember if it has wifi. if it does, text me or something k8...might well need to get out of the house.

jesus if you're djing in a bar like 93fe of course you don't need to beatmatch

my favorite part of "friend lover" is the way she sings "i gotta be at work by nine"; dream's debt to kelly has never been more apparent or awesome

i want to strap a boombox to the back of my bike and go everywhere with this record playing

For some reason, I think they do have WiFi, but maybe I'm confusing it with Cargo.

This is the event:
http://www.93feeteast.co.uk/diary/index.cfm?View=Day&EventDate=2009-06-02

Love the way they namecheck us on the front page now, ha ha "Are you looking for a venue to host your new tech-knitting craft night?" Coz like, knitting is the new clubbing. Ha ha ha.

I suspect they'll probably wait to see how The Dream's album does over here before even making a call on a release date. Despite the Electrik Red album being like 20 times better.

― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Tuesday, June 2, 2009 1:33 AM Bookmark

I would think ER would have a lot more UK-appeal than -Dream. His singles generally seem pretty specific to US r&b radio, where ER is a bit more straightforwardly pop.

Terius is -Dream now btw

yes, things can only get better for dream in the uk.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifuxzq0ldhe

kells' review of lady will end up being the one i'm most disposed to, i wager - persuasive last line in partic. as far as other takes go: i'm a choosy lover, I PICK MY BOOOONES... with yall later cos i'm not ready just yet.

(i chuckle at that line every. single. time.)

oh aren't we on tenterhooks, wtf happened to you today? even worse than usual

A Kells has never been wrong.

When I first heard "Bed Rest" (and without looking at the title) I thought they were singing "you've got me on benefits."

I interpreted this to mean that the loving was so good that Ms Electrik Red had been recognised by the Govt as suffering from a total and permanent disability meriting a pension.

ha! not far off!

Sexual obsession qualifies one for income support? woot! sign me up!

(I've already been in a massive row with some dude out of Shadow Dancer about how beatmatching is the guitar soloing of DJing.

Beatmatching is clearly the rhythm section of DJing – scratching is the guitar solo! This would make harmonic mixing the singer-songwriter??? I guess beatmatching with software is the equivalent of a drum machine.
Hmm, I wonder what other analogies can we come up with?

Anyhoo, loving this album – would love to get my hands on a vinyl copy, but I guess that’s fairly, ahem, tricky in the UK?

Ha ha, no, that's not what I meant at all. I meant that it's a sheer technical skill which is appropriate in some settings, but by no means necessary to good musicianship, either as a guitar player or a DJ.

I really don't want to rehash this whole argument all over again!

which did you play in the end, k8?

YOU DON'T FUCK US, N*GG*, WE FUCK YOU!!! YOU!!!!! YOU!!!!! WE FUCK YOU!!!!

Even the barman started shaking his ass behind the bar. It was great.

(Isn't it weird that I feel the need to bleep out a racial epithet, even when directly quoting lyrics, but don't feel the need to bleep out the blatant swearing?)

Ha ha, no, that's not what I meant at all. I meant that it's a sheer technical skill which is appropriate in some settings, but by no means necessary to good musicianship, either as a guitar player or a DJ.

I really don't want to rehash this whole argument all over again!

(^_^)

Definitely, I know what you mean! Tune selection, setting the tone, or its flipside, “reading the crowd” (for better or worse) and are all equally as valid skills as beatmatching in DJing, but which some (most?) DJs seem to be less aware of.

Exactly.

And I do think that's something that you can only really learn from experience - which is why the kind of bedroom DJs on that forum will always big up technical skills like beatmatching - while people like me (who never intended to be DJs at all, but just kept being asked to come down and play some tunes) tend to stress tune selection and tone/crowd mood.

If you're DJing house music in a club, beatmatching is more like the equivalent of being able to keep basic time. I mean, it's pretty fundamental. DJing in a bar, it doesn't matter at all.

technical skill which is appropriate in some settings,

My own personal bugbear are the vinyl DJs who go on about how lifeless mixes made using software are, which seems likes an exact analog of “real” musicians moaning about DJs or drum machines/samplers/synths etc.

It’s just a tool, you tools.

I find it amusing (ironic, even?) that CDJs now sneer at MP3-Js the same way that vinyl DJs used to sneer at CDJs.

Anyway, sorry, this is NOT a thread about DJing, I'm not even a DJ, honest!

This is about ELECTRIK RED and how awesome they are.

TRUE DAT!

YOU DON'T FUCK US, N*GG*, WE FUCK YOU!!! YOU!!!!! YOU!!!!! WE FUCK YOU!!!!

Even the barman started shaking his ass behind the bar. It was great.

― If My Body's A Club You're My Disco Ball (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 10:17 (3 hours ago) Permalink

hot!

the Y is for YESSSS! ooh - VANILLAHHHHH!

if u wanna try, boy u betta buy

CD has pretty cool packaging

if it exists

bought it today!

yeha I found a copy in Best Buy buried behind a bunch of ELO albums.

after going to 2 Targets and a bunch of other stories and not having any luck

btw this is the biggest flop ever, it sold under 5,000 copies 1st week

haha yeah the employee at the store i got it from was kinda like "???" and then proceeded to recommend the new eminem upon finding me checking out the rnb/rap section and adding "relapse 2 comes out in october!!"

but all of those 5,000 started a band, etc.

I'd probably attempt to break his fingers at that point. xp

ilm r&b crew makes up like 1/500th of their fanbase