BEARDO DISCO (finally fixed for vahid) - not idjuts / lindstrom - harvey, rub'n'tug, map of africa

http://www.timeout.com/chicago/outandabout/?p=2568

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!

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

hi i'm a shitty dad and I don't care for this MoA LP much at all.

oh crap now i will never get signed to their label

i wish that TOC mix i linked wasn't in 128, it sounds like shit

Claremont 56 is pretty uneven for me, some great disco stuff, maybe too much acoustic guitar "balearic" noodling.

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...

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.

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

are there Alfredo mixes out in the interweb?

None that I'm aware of. Discogs says he's got a couple of older mix CDs out there.

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.

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.

er, can jump bandwagons, don't know where my verb went.

baldelli is putting out new records on gomma, too, so it's not all ca$$$h-in.

specifically this, which is pretty good.

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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

Yeah, "New York Story" is pretty much perfect.

LA people please try and check out Christine Renee. No beard, but she knows how to rock a party.

yeah, what's her deal? i get emails from her. she musta taken my email from the blackdisco/lovefingers list or something?

I used to DJ Christine's parties at the Coral Room. Really nice person.

She was out here last weekend. She mentioned you, Dan!

She's the real deal. Great DJ, lovely lady.

oh stop teasing.

I may have a gig in SF next weekend. Still hoping to get something mid-week in LA.

let us LAxors know if youre coming to the city of angels, dan!

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.

shit im going to be home in NJ. maybe next time.

dont forget the germs and WAR

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!

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?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I AM BEARDO LIEK JUSTICE. I WILL PLAY YOU MY ELECTROCLASHES NOW.

haitch: The version on my (CD) copy is the Serious Syntoms mix.

that's a shame, the other one is way better!

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

haitch: The version on my (CD) copy is the Serious Syntoms mix.

are you sure? there's no mention of 'serious syntoms' on my cd and plenty of banjo..

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.

not "with none of," should be "with less of." There's still some, just not as prevalent.

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.

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.

It's maddening for someone as anal about these things as I am.

have you gotten to The Studio - West Coast yet?

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!

have you gotten to The Studio - West Coast yet?

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

You're right about the C.Fix version on the compilation (just heard the original on smalltownsupersound's myspace) - not crediting the remix is pretty lame, indeed. Both versions are great though. There's another version (disco) on Lindstrom's myspace, using "Do ya think I'm sexy?"..

Does anyone have the Crue-L records singles comp?

New Woolfy may be a little too smooth and clean to be beardo but its fucking great.

Vahid - how does it feel to know you may have coined a dance music subgenre term?

i was wondering that this morning. was this the first place that term was used? it's kinda everywhere now.