official i love music thread for AEROPLANE

maybe people would like it more if it sounded more like indie rock.

are you reading the words in between 'indie' or are you just sorta seeing that word in print and reacting here? no, it doesn't sound exactly like indie rock, but yes it is a lame pastiche of the same types of things indie acts make lame pastiches out of.

you're probably just taking the piss anyways tho so can we just move on?

indie rock?

okay, sorry - it's a slow work day today.

my biggest problem with this album isn't the limp genre experiments or the vapidity of the lyrics or the dearth of b@ng0rz ("My Enemy" aside), it's that Aeroplane's music used to have the most amazingly well-constructed builds and everything on here just kinda happens, then keeps happening for four or five minutes, then stops. I'd be 1000000% on board with an album full of John Carpenter/Alan Parsons/etc. ripoffs if the tracks resolved themselves as effectively as the Das Pop remix or the Coyote remix or the Low Motion Disco remix. but alas.

OTM

Dorian interview with Vito

(Three weeks after we meet, the album leaks online and many fans of Aeroplane's club-oriented output to date bemoan the record's florid guitar solos and vocal melodrama. "I'm reading people's reactions," he tweets glumly. "They are pretty much awful …")

poor vito

have any other forums/blogs had so many people reacting negatively to this album? wondering if this thread is the main cause of that tweet

Nah, it got ripped a new one on t'Erol forum. I'd think, given the prevalence of well known DJs and producers as lurkers on that forum, that's most likely the source.

More likely still that Vito typed "Aeroplane album" into Twitter. I just tried that and everything prior to his now famous tweet is uniformly negative.

The thread I saw on Erol's forums looked like it was written by 17 year old electro fans. One guy's main complaint was that there were too many instrumentals on the album.

They are written by 17 y.o. electro fans. But that, unfortunately, is the market most people seem to be shooting for.

I didn't see this mentioned above, but here is Stephan's first mix as The Magician. I'm only about 5 minutes in and it's pretty good. For those of you crushed by We Can't Fly maybe this will help you feel a little better.

oh this is fun, thanks!

"beam me up, beam me up, beam me up"

What's that track?

Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up

So good.

thanks for the id, great track.

diggin this. v sad to say i finally listened to we can't fly and it managed to live up to the hype :\

Aeroplane Late July Mix

Featuring the Aeroplane remix of Chromeo's "Don't Turn the Lights On"

Pretty darn good.

"return to form" etc. Especially liking that odd italo version of Yalla Yalla wtf but pushing my buttons, natch.

loooove this 'magician' mix, great track selection. makes you realize that there are plenty of people out there making the type of music i think most of us expected to be on the album. that ali love "smoke and mirrors" track is so excellent, same with "chain of diminishing returns" from a prior aeroplane monthly mix. also there is always classixx to fill this niche

Wow. That's the best monthly mix in absolutely ages. Wonder if it's a bit of a reaction to the reception the album got.

almost finished the mix. love it. i mean, they're never great in terms of the actual mixing part, but really i suppose it's just a showcase of tracks rather than showing off dj proficiency.

chromeo remix sounds exactly as it should, which is great, because i hate that breakbot remix

That Lindstrom remix of the Chemical Brothers track is everywhere right now, not sure what I think of it.

i think i love it

^ me too. it's on both of these new aeroplane-related mixes!

definitely love it, well the first six minutes or so

what's that at ~38mins? sounds like the theme from the equalizer or something

ah, knew I recognised it - simple minds' "theme for great cities"

I love Chemical Bros Swoon. I love Lindstrom & Prins. I do not love that remix. ::sadface::

we can't fly is getting airplay on irish "indie" radio now.

thats cos theyve been at oxegen and EP every year

From The Magician's Facebook page:

"Known as the other half of “Aeroplane”
Stephen left before the release of their anticipating album to focus on his own project!
He’s currently working on a remix for The Aikiu and he is planning his first EP for Autumn this year!"

and he is planning his first EP for Autumn this year!

Over/under on how much this smokes the Aeroplane album?

http://www.discobelle.net/2010/08/10/dont-turn-the-lights-on-2/

still not heard it but has anybody re-assessed the album yet?

still hoping that this guy is right and everyone here is wrong please please please

too bad he's wrong

When is the actual release date for this?

http://toomanysebastians.net/2010/08/22/george-michael-aeroplane/

Official remix of Faith by George Michael!

It's becoming more and more clear to me that we, as a people, severely overrated Aeroplane from the beginning. In what world is that George Michael remix anything more than "zzzzzzzzz"? But because we just got done hearing a terrible album, the remix seems brilliant in comparison.

doesn't seem to build with the song at all. it must be an existing track with vocals dumped on it.

Magician Magic Tape 2

opens with arcade fire btw

the one good song on that record thank god

this mix kills it imho

that mix according to a soundcloud commenter:

1. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) (Tommy Sunshine's Quaalude Edit)
2.Mark Seven - Sermon ( Serotonin Edit )
3.Kolombo - Waitin For
4.Blamma Blamma - Beyond 17
5.Roman Salzger - Alpha Century
6.Mark Ronson - Bang Bang Bang (U-Tern's Disco Dub)
7.Hannulelauri -
8. Keane - Clear Skies (VillA Dub Remix)
9.Chilly Gonzales - Knight Moves
10.Bubble Club - Violet Morning Moon

ah wondered what the stevie nicks "edge of seventeen" track was

that mix is very, very good *indeed*.

August mix

http://soundcloud.com/aeroplane/aeroplane-august-2010-mix

never followed these ppl before but i like the album already