shitty dads need music too.
― haitch, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 06:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha, well then why listen to Map of Africa at all? You can go to any bar and see baby boomer white guys playing classic rock covers and embarrassing attempts at blues.
― Dan I., Wednesday, 25 July 2007 07:05 (sixteen years ago) link
did you listen to the rest of the record? that's only like 3 songs
― jaxon, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 07:08 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, I was just about to say that it's probably just the last few tracks that skewed my perception of the rest of it. But a few people have mentioned how much they like "Bone", which is the one I really detest, so I guess whatever it is I'm hating is exactly what some other people like. Anyway, really strange.
― Dan I., Wednesday, 25 July 2007 07:14 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/outandabout/?p=2568
― deej, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 09:41 (sixteen years ago) link
That looks great. I love "Ain't Afraid To Beg".
Back to MoA - why press it so quietly and craply? You'd think if you were into some collector limited vinyl fetish type vibe, you'd do a quality pressing. I know there are a lot of tracks but they could have either done a double (and charged EVEN more) or lost a couple of the rockier tracks. Anyway, I'm sure I've got single albums with that many tracks that don't sound that bad. I love "Here Come The Heads" and it sounds really shitty as the last song on the side. (Moan grumble dad-house dad-rock grumble moan.)
I also recently got hold of the first Otterman Empire thing and that's got a great chunk out of the side of the record!
― Jamie T Smith, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 09:58 (sixteen years ago) link
anyone picked up that Mudd lp yet? "Claremont 56" on Rong? almost bought it the other day but I put it back for something else ....
cool cover
http://www.musicmine.com/img/disco/IDCA-1025_b.jpg
― dmr, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 14:54 (sixteen years ago) link
hi i'm a shitty dad and I don't care for this MoA LP much at all.
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 14:56 (sixteen years ago) link
oh crap now i will never get signed to their label
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i wish that TOC mix i linked wasn't in 128, it sounds like shit
― deej, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Claremont 56 is pretty uneven for me, some great disco stuff, maybe too much acoustic guitar "balearic" noodling.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i've been listening to it all week and i love it. gets very deep-housey as it progresses but that isn't a bad thing. very nice, spaced out album. not too 'beardo' though...
― BATTAGS, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Back to MoA - why press it so quietly and craply? You'd think if you were into some collector limited vinyl fetish type vibe, you'd do a quality pressing.
funny, i was listening to a buncha records last night and totally thought this about the MoA.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link
This looks interesting, if maybe a bit opportunistic:
http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/releases/?id=9403
"The Original Sound of Ibiza" mixed by Alfredo:
1. Henri Mncini & his Orchestra — Pink Panther Theme 2. Art of Noise — Moments in Love 3. Funk Inc — Give me Your Love 4. Yellowman — Strong Mr Strong 5. Soul II Soul — Keep on MOvin 6. Timmy Thomas — Why Can't We Live Together 7. Tears for Fears — Shout 8. Rufus — Ain't Nobody 9. William Pitt — City Lights 10. Elkin & Nelson — Jibaro 11. Atahualpa 1530 — Andino 12. Antena — Camino Del Sol 13. James Brown — How Do You Stop 14. Mike Post — Theme From Hill Street Blues 15. Mr Fingers — Can You Feel It 16. Orange Lemon — Dreams of Santa Anna 17. A Guy Called Gerald — Voodoo Ray 18. Richie Rich — Salsa House 19. Acid Tracks — Phuture 20. Liasons Dangereuses — Los Ninos Del Parque 21. KC Flight — Planet E 22. The Residents — Kaw Liga 23. Joe Smooth — Promised Land 24. The Nightwriters — Let the Music Use You 25. The Housemaster Boys — House Nation 26. George Kranz — Din Daa Daa 27. Richie Havens — Going Back to My Roots
― Telephone thing, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
are there Alfredo mixes out in the interweb?
― jaxon, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
None that I'm aware of. Discogs says he's got a couple of older mix CDs out there.
― Telephone thing, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Baldelli's been a bit more opportunistic, no? I think he's has had more than few cosmic/baia mixes out the past couple years.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Baldelli's definitely cashing in on cosmic/beardo/new-balearic whatever's newfound popularity; good for him, I say. The accusation of opportunism was aimed less at Alfredo (who seems a good egg) than at Ministry of Sound who are putting this out and can bandwagons with the best of them.
― Telephone thing, Thursday, 26 July 2007 00:57 (sixteen years ago) link
er, can jump bandwagons, don't know where my verb went.
― Telephone thing, Thursday, 26 July 2007 01:09 (sixteen years ago) link
baldelli is putting out new records on gomma, too, so it's not all ca$$$h-in.
― haitch, Thursday, 26 July 2007 01:22 (sixteen years ago) link
specifically this, which is pretty good.
― haitch, Thursday, 26 July 2007 01:24 (sixteen years ago) link
even if baldelli wasn't putting out new stuff to cash in, he's got tons of tapes that people digitized that you can find on slsk. that didn't happen with alfredo? how does everyone (djh especially) know all the tracks he played?
― jaxon, Thursday, 26 July 2007 01:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I approve of the Baldelli cash-ins. His "Cosmic Sound" studio album from last year was hot too. His other funky house album: not so much.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 26 July 2007 02:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I approve of the Baldelli cash-ins.
Same here. Dude already did most of the work, why should all the younger artists have all the fun?
His "Cosmic Sound" studio album from last year was hot too. His other funky house album: not so much.
Ah, now this has me curious. I've seen his non-Gomma/Amarkord releases on Discogs and wondered what's up with them, but I can't find any English-language info. So...what is up with them?
― Telephone thing, Thursday, 26 July 2007 03:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I think the funky house one was called "My Funky Side". It's miles away from anything beardo/cosmic, I remember it being pretty conventional/generic sounding. I didn't even listen to it twice.
"Cosmic Sound" was only released in Italy or Europe or something. I believe the tracks used old skool equipment and were modeled in homage to the Italian cosmic sound. I have the info somewhere. It's pretty sparse melodically, but pretty great on the percussion - Liquid Liquid-esque.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 26 July 2007 03:55 (sixteen years ago) link
At least that mix is about "Ibiza" and includes house music and whatnot, as opposed to being the Messthetics of a Time/Life Yacht Rock comp.
― dan selzer, Friday, 27 July 2007 01:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I just have to say, love Lee Douglas - New York Story. Out of all the music coming out of the "Brooklyn scene" these days, sthis space disco shit's probably the best
― uhrrrrrrr10, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, "New York Story" is pretty much perfect.
― matt2, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
LA people please try and check out Christine Renee. No beard, but she knows how to rock a party.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, what's her deal? i get emails from her. she musta taken my email from the blackdisco/lovefingers list or something?
― jaxon, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I used to DJ Christine's parties at the Coral Room. Really nice person.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
She was out here last weekend. She mentioned you, Dan!
She's the real deal. Great DJ, lovely lady.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
oh stop teasing.
I may have a gig in SF next weekend. Still hoping to get something mid-week in LA.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
let us LAxors know if youre coming to the city of angels, dan!
― max, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 23:15 (sixteen years ago) link
middle of next week I think but haven't pinned down any kinds of DJ gigs. I did buy the book We've Got the Neutron Bomb and am making a mix CD of The Doors, X, GnR, Love, Mamas and Papas, Beach Boys and the Byrds.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 2 August 2007 02:54 (sixteen years ago) link
shit im going to be home in NJ. maybe next time.
dont forget the germs and WAR
― max, Thursday, 2 August 2007 05:45 (sixteen years ago) link
the guys at aquarius really are clueless when it comes to anything dealing w/hip hop and electronic music unless it sounds like aphex twin or company flow.
LINDSTROM It's A Feedelity Affair (Smalltown Supersound) cd 15.98 Beardo Disco? That's a term we have heard bandied about lately when referring to the new wave of mutated house/electroclash/indie dance-rock sounds of acts like Ratatat, Justice, and Norwegian duo Lindstrom and Prins Thomas. Whatever it means, we've been digging it a lot lately. Here Hans-Peter Lindstrom has parted ways with his former collaborator and given us a compilation of solo 12" singles from the Feedelity label released between 2003 and 2006. Arranging with maximal effect without overdoing it, Lindstrom takes cues from Italo Disco, Morodor electro, and Loft-era party mixes to give us a set that will keep us bopping through the holidays. Recommended!
― jaxon, Monday, 13 August 2007 02:43 (sixteen years ago) link
hahaha, christ.
hey, for those who own 'it's a feedelity affair': is the version of 'the contemporary fix' on there the version with the banjo and the acid-y breakdown, or the 'serous syntoms' mix?
― haitch, Monday, 13 August 2007 02:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
― gr8080, Monday, 13 August 2007 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
I AM BEARDO LIEK JUSTICE. I WILL PLAY YOU MY ELECTROCLASHES NOW.
haitch: The version on my (CD) copy is the Serious Syntoms mix.
― Telephone thing, Monday, 13 August 2007 03:09 (sixteen years ago) link
that's a shame, the other one is way better!
― haitch, Monday, 13 August 2007 03:33 (sixteen years ago) link
http://wizardishungry.com/blog/archive/and_the_heat_goes_onand_the_heat_goes_onand_the_heat_goes_on
uh, not totally on topic but the edit of the talking heads song here is porbably of interest to people :D
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 13 August 2007 03:48 (sixteen years ago) link
are you sure? there's no mention of 'serious syntoms' on my cd and plenty of banjo..
― willem, Monday, 13 August 2007 06:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm just comparing it to the Serious Syntoms mix on itunes and, since itunes will switch track names on 12" releases distressingly often, Beatport- it matches on both. Listening to the original, it's much more banjo-y- the banjo part in the Serious Syntoms version is manipulated somehow to sound much more clear and metallic, with none of the drone quality of a banjo. I'm going to have to check out the original in full now, I think I may like it better...
And as far as it not mentioning that on the CD packaging, that is annoying (though more than made up for by the Wong Kar-Wai thing). But then again it kind of fits in with the release; for instance "Further Into the Future" is a Prins Thomas co-production (indeed, the b-side of the 12" is "Run" as featured on the L&PT album), "Arp She Said" was released as Six Cups of Rebel, etc. It's maddening for someone as anal about these things as I am.
― Telephone thing, Monday, 13 August 2007 06:31 (sixteen years ago) link
not "with none of," should be "with less of." There's still some, just not as prevalent.
― Telephone thing, Monday, 13 August 2007 06:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually, does anyone know what happened to the "Contemporary Fix" rerelease? There was supposed to be a CD-EP and 12" release out in early August with remixes from Bjorn Torske and EYE.
― Telephone thing, Monday, 13 August 2007 06:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i didn't know about an EYE mix! the other one cropped up in the L+PT essential mix though, really deep, heavy take on it.
― haitch, Monday, 13 August 2007 07:01 (sixteen years ago) link
It's maddening for someone as anal about these things as I am.
have you gotten to The Studio - West Coast yet?
― gr8080, Monday, 13 August 2007 07:04 (sixteen years ago) link
LOS ANGELES PEOPLE: DEVELOPING!
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/original/crime/siren.gifGARTH & JENO: BACK2BACK HOLLYWOOD & OC THIS MON & TUES http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/original/crime/siren.gif
Garth & Jeno's one way trip to the other...<< BACK2BACK >>taking the on the road for the first time... down south for 2 nights of musical mayhem.Mon 13th: MONDAY NIGHT SOCIAL @ NACIONAL, 1645 WILCOX HOLLYWOOD (10-2)Tues 14th: FOCUS @ TAPAS, 4253 MARTINGALE WAY NEWPORT BEACH (9:30-1:30)we'll be playing all night at both parties in an effort to represent the true spirit of our Back2Back parties in San Francisco, now 2 years strong.expect a full spectrum of sounds... cosmic rock, dub disco & classic house.join us. good times ahead!
<< BACK2BACK >>
taking the on the road for the first time... down south for 2 nights of musical mayhem.
Mon 13th: MONDAY NIGHT SOCIAL @ NACIONAL, 1645 WILCOX HOLLYWOOD (10-2)
Tues 14th: FOCUS @ TAPAS, 4253 MARTINGALE WAY NEWPORT BEACH (9:30-1:30)
we'll be playing all night at both parties in an effort to represent the true spirit of our Back2Back parties in San Francisco, now 2 years strong.
expect a full spectrum of sounds... cosmic rock, dub disco & classic house.
join us. good times ahead!
― gr8080, Monday, 13 August 2007 07:17 (sixteen years ago) link
No, I mean to as soon as possible though. I'd been aware of them for a while from the Prins Thomas mix of "Life's a Beach!" and was driving myself crazy trying to find the Yearbook 1 CD. As far as confusion goes, though, very few things have driven me up the wall quite as much as Future Sound of London's Dead Cities. 15 songs! 13 tracks! WHY DO YOU TORMENT ME, SILLY CONCEPT ALBUM, WHY
― Telephone thing, Monday, 13 August 2007 07:38 (sixteen years ago) link