― etc, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― jimmy glass (electricsound), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link
(the first track reminds me of "Billie Jean"!)
― etc, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 00:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Idle Idle (idleidleidle), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 01:50 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.modularpeople.com/03/preset/preset.htm has videos, sound, plus the guys doing a track-by-track runthrough of the album (which jars a bit w/my actual experience of the album, heh...)
― etc, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link
& for contrast, the Midnight Juggernauts - "Raised By Wolves"
― etc, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 16:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― vacuum cleaner (electricsound), Thursday, 13 October 2005 03:44 (eighteen years ago) link
(btw, if anyone could tell me what to expect from "Unc0ntrollable Urg3, Ja1me D00m from B4ng G4ng in Sydney and the Modul4r DJ's", that'd be fab. forewarned is forearmed, &c.)
― etc, Thursday, 13 October 2005 04:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― telephone thing, Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
(& this is probably more of an indictment of auckland that teh genius of the modular guy who DJed, but when, post-presets, he played "crescendolls" => "paris hilton" => "flat beat" => (something) "hey you (what's that sound)" => "saturdays", I almost cried tears of joy on the dancefloor (haha & the usual suspects were like "where's the schmindie? I don't know if I can dance to this music with 'beats'!"))
― etc, Sunday, 16 October 2005 23:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Monday, 17 October 2005 01:06 (eighteen years ago) link
yes!!
― haitch (haitch), Monday, 17 October 2005 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link
that gold-leaf effect on the cover's a bit much though!
― haitch (haitch), Monday, 17 October 2005 01:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― danger dave, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 23:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― telephone thing, Wednesday, 19 October 2005 00:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― vacuum cleaner (electricsound), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― telephone thing, Wednesday, 19 October 2005 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Idle Idle (idleidleidle), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 12:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― kris kris, Monday, 24 October 2005 00:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― glenny g2003 (glenny g2003), Monday, 24 October 2005 04:25 (eighteen years ago) link
they seem to have a fair few remixes knocking around of late too. the cut copy 'girl and the sea' is much better than the original (which I liked fine enough). not as pretty but great bassline.
― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Friday, 26 May 2006 06:05 (seventeen years ago) link
i think the presets best tune is i go hard, i go home. i hope they release that on 12" soon with remixes too.
― benny and the jets, Sunday, 28 May 2006 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link
need to hear the midnight juggernauts rmx, stat.
― etc, Sunday, 28 May 2006 23:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― etc, Monday, 29 May 2006 03:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Monday, 29 May 2006 05:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, Midnight Juggernauts badly need to release an album if "Raised by Wolves" is any indication. AYEEOOOWWW etc.
― Telephonething (Telephonething), Monday, 29 May 2006 05:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Monday, 29 May 2006 05:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― grapple (grapple), Monday, 29 May 2006 05:39 (seventeen years ago) link
+yes I do the handclaps to 'are you the one'! there is a 'club edit' on the 12" which alas I still haven't heard due to my turntable being outta commission (along with simian mob disco and van she (roffle) mixes).
-- lil' merzbow wow (birthday.part...), May 29th, 2006
wait, "are you the one?" 12"? if so, what/where/when/&c? would be nice to spin the original or a bonus beats/extended mix . . .
― etc, Monday, 29 May 2006 05:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― grapple (grapple), Monday, 29 May 2006 05:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Monday, 29 May 2006 06:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Monday, 29 May 2006 10:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― etc, Monday, 29 May 2006 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link
new thing to have nightmares about: indie kids with glowsticks.
― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Monday, 5 June 2006 00:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Telephonething (Telephonething), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link
What have Pitchfork got to do with this?
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 08:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― haitch (haitch), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 11:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― haitch (haitch), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 11:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 28 August 2006 10:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Monday, 28 August 2006 11:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 28 August 2006 15:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― captain reverend gandalf jesus (nickalicious), Monday, 28 August 2006 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link
The DJs were fucking great but the support act was horrible.
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 07:44 (seventeen years ago) link
they have done the right thing - 12" is out with club edit of the original + hell and juan maclean remixes!
― H2-H4 (H2-H4), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 10:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Telephonething (Telephonething), Monday, 20 November 2006 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link
they were great at Daft Punk & the new single My People is a rockin' good time. not clever or original in any way but it pushes my buttons.
also i like the fact that one dude looks like marc almond in the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1ufW2INWmM
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 06:05 (sixteen years ago) link
idleidle upthread is australian dance heavyweight and chart superstar muscl3s, fact fans
― electricsound, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 06:19 (sixteen years ago) link
There's that one song that gave me a fright because of where that girl's voice is in the mix that makes you think someone has just crept up on you.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 13 March 2009 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Just such a loser for those hypercamp Moyet vocals.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 13 March 2009 10:37 (fifteen years ago) link
i played an austrailian wedding the other day and the (totally fun for once, but still) wedding crew were like "oh, you have the presets?!?!? play that one!" which made me think that these guys must be massively popular in austrailia. cause weddings are like my musical barometer of total middle-of-the-roadnesss. so these guys are basically pop stars in sydney?
― messiahwannabe, Friday, 13 March 2009 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
this kinda stuff is always huge in Australia though, right? List me some more Reaganomic synth-fop with bloated, swishtastic vocals plz. The more airbrushed and flamboyant the better!
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 13 March 2009 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
pacifica is out. not heard yet but reviews are effusive so far.
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 September 2012 06:44 (eleven years ago) link
listening to this on Spotify right now; I'm 45 seconds in and this is basically exactly my type of shit, hitting a bunch of Apoptgyma Berzerk buttons
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Monday, 17 September 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
basically the rest of the album could be terrible and I would still call it a win for "Youth In Trouble"
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Monday, 17 September 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
"Ghosts" is kind of sea shanty...? This is fucking great
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Monday, 17 September 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac)
I'm so far behind what's been happening in Aussie music after being in Europe for a year; NZ is confusing enough. Are they likely to chart as well as they did last time around, or is their less Daniel Johns-affiliated stuff boosting it?
― etc, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
...boosting what?
― ┐(´ー`)┌ (sic), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 01:33 (eleven years ago) link
only #3 :(
― upset and upsetting (electricsound), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
That was a slightly mangled sentence, sorry. From what I remember, didn't their last album's crossover nature happen due to Daniel Johns being involved / one of the Presets writing a big song for Silverchair and touring w/him, or something? I wasn't sure if they'd still have the same profile without the association w/Johns.
― etc, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
"Ghosts" is one of my favorite things I've heard this year, which is kind of weird
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
My reaction to this album is every time they veer away from more straightforward synth pop, they hit my buttons and I love it. The more conventional songs fall flat in comparison; I don't dislike them but they don't stand out to me.
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
"Ghosts" is amazing. I've only had time to listen to the album once, but it seems great.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
didn't their last album's crossover nature happen due to Daniel Johns being involved / one of the Presets writing a big song for Silverchair and touring w/him, or something?
nah, 'apocalypso' was one of the biggest australian albums of recent years on its own terms, 'my people' was just the perfect abrasive anthem for that point in 2008 when the one love club and the melbourne DIY electrohouse cottage industry was at its peak commercially.
did johns end up being the singer of the chorus for 'this boy's in love'? he did cameo (and was credited) on earlier stuff.
might have to pick up the new one on thursday.
― the ghost of 29 unicycles (haitch), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Apocalypso blew up v organically on its own and devoid of Johns associations
(Johns played guitar on some of their first EP and both Presets were in the live band of The Dissociatives and Hamilton wrote Straight Lines, but that probably paid for part of his house more than it actually brought any crossover fans whatsoever. MMM's not putting them on the A playlist, you know?)
― ┐(´ー`)┌ (sic), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah The Presets were basically inescapable on mainstream radio in 2008/2009.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
and Hamilton wrote Straight Lines
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
whilst this album has nothing at the "if i know you" level of amazingness it is probably their best record otherwise.
― bansplain (electricsound), Friday, 19 October 2012 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
fave bits so far:
- the forward-reverse-forward-reverse-forward-reverse sequence of the chorus of 'promises'
- the fact that 'a.o.' paints sydney more accurately than anything else I've ever read or heard
- the whole sentiment of 'fall'
― turn left onto bisexual woman (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 21 October 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
Seing them live tonight!
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/http://nofun.thepresets.com/
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
(needs chrome)
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:14 (nine years ago) link
i actually really like this lot.
the mix of hard beats with nitzer ebb styled with shouty vocals, and lush electronica pop hits a lot of my sweet spots.
t/s :- aus electro : midnight juggernauts vs cut copy vs van she vs the presets
i would guess a max of 3 votes should such a poll ever be put in place.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 October 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
Cut Copy > The Presets > Midnight Juggernauts > Van She
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 23 October 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
Cut Copy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Midnight Juggernauts > The Presets >>>>>>>> Van She
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 23 October 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
haha.
expected such responses.
and i almost go with boxedjoys rundown but with less of the '>>' between cut copy and midnight juggernauts as i happen to think the first 2 MJ albums are perfect examples of how to update ELO with modern technology toys.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 October 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
That new Nicky Van She thing is horrifying, a dead-eyed evocation to fun and release that just comes off as empty, desperate - a zombie chant of ill-convincing "life". ..."Liiiiiiife..."
― Starland Vocal Gland (sic), Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
I loved the first Midnight Juggernaut's album but I went to see them live soon after and it was very much Big Rock Music and it put me off them to the point where I only managed a cursory listen to the follow up and neglected the third. Their frontman released a good EP under the name Turkish Prison earlier this year though which I really liked.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
not heard any of the solo projects as mentioned.
when a band starts to break into disparate solo projects then the end is well and truly nigh.
(the 2nd MJ album is full on ELO meets new toys .. never heard the 3rd ... )
― mark e, Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:26 (nine years ago) link
KIM's solo career has always been a v functional side product to The Presets.
and Van She only ever had one good song and were tedious as heck live anyway, but Nick's Daft Punk cover, back when VS were a thing, was both excellent and a harbinger of nothing.
― Starland Vocal Gland (sic), Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
Van She put out a couple of decent enough pop singles 2 years ago. I haven't kept up with midnight juggernauts since, like, "road to recovery"
Still like most of the biggest Presets hits but find the dude's voice fairly grating. Cut Copy are one of my favourite local groups ever.
Also, lol at Muscles posting upthread! Whatever happened to that guy.
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Thursday, 23 October 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
did not deal well with his elevation from message-board troll to pop star, melted down at his label, made up, faded away
― Starland Vocal Gland (sic), Thursday, 23 October 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
blimey, seems to be a lot of detail that i am clearly not aware of this side of the planet
― mark e, Thursday, 23 October 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roGmGWOOcTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpZAtLJftQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P6pJRBYxFI
absolute fucking bangers
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 May 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
these new ones are really brash and ugly and dumb, I love this
― boxedjoy, Friday, 11 May 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
whoa, I like Downtown Shutdown better than anything they've done since Pretty Little Eyes
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Friday, 11 May 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
we'll be hearing it in shoe shops for decades to come
― boxedjoy, Friday, 11 May 2018 23:06 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and the album's called hi-viz! it seems they're going hard at the mainstream, which is just fine if the rest of the album is anything like these
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 11 May 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link