Matias Aguayo

i am incredible excited to hear this. i think mr. aguayo and his comeme label have been my favourite thing about 2009.

incrediblY

Haha is it really called 'Ay Ay Ay'?!

man i thought the single was really boring where it was trying to be inventive

Which single jordan?

"rollerskate" - the "radio edit" was reviewed in pitchfork the other day. i guess the title & review threw me off a bit. i was expecting something a bit more... colorful? more disco? i mean, allowing that the guy is on kompakt and all but the idea of the song sounds cooler to me than the actual song does.

it does sound like the work of someone who might be satanic though

"Rollerskate" is one of the more minimal tracks - but did you like the first album Jordan? It strikes me as no less colourful than that stuff.

this is the first that i've heard of him

!!! Okay Jordan, speaking personally I would say don't be too quick to judge, it took me ages to fully click with matias. Your reaction totally doesn't surprise me, I think I felt the same way about a lot of the Closer Musik material at first and then large swathes of his album at first. Not quite sure when and how it all clicked.

Aguayo is playing live at Fabric on 14th nov (w/ Magda, Jennifer Cardini, Tobias Thomas and Superpitcher)

Jordan - search for 'Minimal' and 'Bo Jack Pop'.

I think what I love about Aguayo is his sense of humour, and not in a wacky Bentley Rhythm Ace way. The discourse around dance music can be so dry sometimes and he cuts through that - by acknowledging the slightly ridiculous side of what people are going to do to this music.

His best records are highly functional tracks that nevertheless seem explicitly designed to subtly accentuate the funny side of watching a room full of people gurning and dancing badly while on drugs (or, alternatively, being one of them).

I think what I love about Aguayo is his sense of humour, and not in a wacky Bentley Rhythm Ace way. The discourse around dance music can be so dry sometimes and he cuts through that - by acknowledging the slightly ridiculous side of what people are going to do to this music.

this makes sense to me, i mean this idea certainly apparent in "rollerskate" regardless of its quality

Jordan, go here and to "De Papel," "New Life," and most especially "So In Love."

http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/are_you_really_lost

only listened to Rollerskate once.. didn't really click with it but I am SO looking forward to this regardless.

"Are You Really Lost" I still like as much as I did when babbling on this thread horribly about it in 2005... I'll probably buy Ay AY Ay blind just 'cos this guy is a total dude basically.

I don't really enjoy trying to be desperately up to the minute about music tthese days either but of what Comeme stuff I've heard i LOVE the new Rebodello. Guerrero!!

I'm super excited about hearing this. I don't guess this will have any of the overt sexiness of Closer Musik?

A different kind of sexiness, less pervy and more hot impromptu party.

I find it really interesting how his sound has evolved (even taking into account that Dirk Leyers probably did most (?) of the music for Closer Musik), there's a real erm "logical progression" with each release, to the point where the vewry live-sounding tribal rhythms on this sound totally natural and comfortable.

It's kinda roughly comparable to the difference between Luciano circa Blind Behaviour and Luciano now, though I think Matias has pushed further than Luciano does on Tribute to the Sun towards a kind of blissed out live party jam feel.

'are you really lost' is a record i def regret not voting for in the 00s poll

btw tim, did you ever post your ballot somewhere?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsxV_qNVdec

i like his appearance in this better than the new record, tbh. and i love matias.

also, the BumBumBox parties look so fun. i want one in west oakland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Qmaf4t4wE

this one is from sao paulo...

i love water on my skin, i love to lean against the wind
i love to walk alone at night, i love the city lights
'cos i'm lonely but i'm not the only, 2, 3...
you don't know me - sssh/

I'll never tire of this.

'are you really lost' is a record i def regret not voting for in the 00s poll

^^ Me too, though I'd have to examine to see whether it definitely would have made it (e.g. do I like it more or less than Rhythm & Sound's w/the artists?). I don't want to post my ballot because I'm ashamed of how wrong I got it. Never try to list the 100 best records of the decade in one hour.

haha mine is totally 'wrong' i mean i voted for monster magnet ! but i think a wrong all-over-the-place list is way more fun anyway

f**K an 00's polls in 2009 anyway.

can't wait to hear this! For me, the older Aguayo stuff is all about the polyrhythms and the sounds he uses for his beats. Have not heard the new stuff aside from the youtubes in this thread. I like the random video game-esque themes popping up in tracks this year. You'd think it'd be stale, but it sounds pretty fresh to these ears. That Fabric line-up looks great!!

TS: Minimal (original mix) vs. Minimal (DJ Koze remix)

the original kills the Koze mix, in my opinion, but i've seen other people who prefer the Koze mix. they're wrong though, right?

orignaaaal for me

love both but the OG is so damn greasy in all the best ways

def the original "minimal"

can i just

http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6257

"Bo Jack," in fact, has more in common with baile funk than house or techno, utilizing cheap synthesizers and drum machines to craft a tune as catchy Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy"—the song he borrows his vocal melody from.

nagl, RA

especially since the title spells it right out

eh?

I feel like I shouldn't have to say this, but Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy" is a cover of the Strangeloves' "I Want Candy", which is a note for note rip of one of Bo Diddley's signiture tunes, "Bo Diddley". Aguayo's tune is called "Bo Jack", as in he's jacking themes from Bo Diddley. The RA writer looks rather myopic in his ignorance of this.

Especially since the Bo Diddley beat is one of the most basic building blocks of post-WWII pop music.

ok, well I didn't get it either, sorry. I guess I have to go back to having an encylopeadic knowledge of knowing stuff about music (or face the disdain of some internet guy) school.

I don't expect anything much from a site which sees fit to employ ******** anyway, most of their other reviewers seem to be sourced from blogs, and it's not like they're making any pretensions towards publishing a book or anything.

Naw, don't get me wrong, I'm not begrudging for not knowing that, just the reviewer, so sorry if I came off as condescending toward you. You aren't the one purporting to be an authority on anything.

While we're having a discussion about Matias Aguayo's thefts, where did he get the vocal melody for Walter Neff? It sounds so familiar, i'm certain it's ripped from another song.

For me, the older Aguayo stuff is all about the polyrhythms and the sounds he uses for his beats.

You will like the new album.

First of All, The Koze remix of Minimal destroys the original, which is very good, but it's no Koze remix.

Rollerskate is great, I entirely fail to see how it's not colourful or disco-tinged.

I thought Are You Really Lost was, in a word, good, but not much more than that (I think the problem is I find his sound design to be a bit more on the... dry side, maybe?), it seems Matias has really injected his music with a lot of personality and flavour over the last few years, onto what's already some quality musical aptitude, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if this new album is amazing.

But the Koze mix just sounds like a generic dance track with all the spice taken out in favor of mixability and homogeny. Not one of Koze's best efforts.

The Koze mix is nice enough on it's own terms but it takes out the swanee whistles which is indefensible IMO.

I can't abide the Koze mix: there's something about it that just sounds wrong and makes it really difficult to listen to.

i love water on my skin, i love to lean against the wind
i love to walk alone at night, i love the city lights
'cos i'm lonely but i'm not the only, 2, 3...
you don't know me - sssh/

I'll never tire of this.

OTM! That song is such a thrill. I think it might be my favorite Kompakt single, period.

Also, After Love far surpasses Are You Really Lost. Does anyone really think otherwise? Looking forward to the new one anyway.

For anyone who missed it, there's a lovely little Closer Musik live set from the 2001 Mutek festival here.

Kind of shocked to see so little discussion of Walter Neff on this thread. Best thing he's ever done solo if you ask me.

(Or maybe Pitaya Frenesi with Rebolledo, though that's not "solo" of course)

agree about walter neff. so fabulous it never gets tired.

judgement on new lp currently torn between amazing bumping grooves vs too many comedy voices

i'll prob end up filing it alongside mungolian jet set

a/k/a one of the best dance releases of the year??

ha no, in that the amazing sounds battle with the bits that make me flinch and i end up not going back to it to sort out which are which