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.
― TOM SHITTYBISSELL (jamescobo), Friday, 30 July 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
OTM
― jed_, Friday, 30 July 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Friday, 30 July 2010 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― NI, Friday, 30 July 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― procedurally generated pidyn (Masonic Boom), Friday, 30 July 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC, Friday, 30 July 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― groovypanda, Friday, 30 July 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
They are written by 17 y.o. electro fans. But that, unfortunately, is the market most people seem to be shooting for.
― pidyn pitch (Masonic Boom), Friday, 30 July 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― bmus, Monday, 2 August 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
oh this is fun, thanks!
"beam me up, beam me up, beam me up"
What's that track?
― jed_, Monday, 2 August 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up
So good.
― bmus, Monday, 2 August 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks for the id, great track.
― jed_, Monday, 2 August 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
diggin this. v sad to say i finally listened to we can't fly and it managed to live up to the hype :\
― my objective was to get the ham (another al3x), Monday, 2 August 2010 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Aeroplane Late July Mix
Featuring the Aeroplane remix of Chromeo's "Don't Turn the Lights On"
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Pretty darn good.
― skip, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
"return to form" etc. Especially liking that odd italo version of Yalla Yalla wtf but pushing my buttons, natch.
― The Wicked Deadache (Masonic Boom), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 07:39 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― haido, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
That Lindstrom remix of the Chemical Brothers track is everywhere right now, not sure what I think of it.
― skip, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i love it
― the itsytitchyschneider (s1ocki), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
^ me too. it's on both of these new aeroplane-related mixes!
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 5 August 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
definitely love it, well the first six minutes or so
― haido, Thursday, 5 August 2010 08:14 (thirteen years ago) link
what's that at ~38mins? sounds like the theme from the equalizer or something
― cozen, Thursday, 5 August 2010 09:08 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, knew I recognised it - simple minds' "theme for great cities"
― cozen, Thursday, 5 August 2010 09:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Chemical Bros Swoon. I love Lindstrom & Prins. I do not love that remix. ::sadface::
― post-graduate education in Ladyology (Masonic Boom), Thursday, 5 August 2010 09:30 (thirteen years ago) link
we can't fly is getting airplay on irish "indie" radio now.
― haido, Thursday, 5 August 2010 10:49 (thirteen years ago) link
thats cos theyve been at oxegen and EP every year
― plax (ico), Thursday, 5 August 2010 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
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!"
― groovypanda, Monday, 9 August 2010 11:14 (thirteen years ago) link
and he is planning his first EP for Autumn this year!
Over/under on how much this smokes the Aeroplane album?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 9 August 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.discobelle.net/2010/08/10/dont-turn-the-lights-on-2/
― haido, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 11:13 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
too bad he's wrong
― sisilafami, Thursday, 19 August 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
When is the actual release date for this?
― van smack, Friday, 20 August 2010 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link
http://toomanysebastians.net/2010/08/22/george-michael-aeroplane/
Official remix of Faith by George Michael!
― piscesx, Monday, 23 August 2010 11:42 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 August 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
doesn't seem to build with the song at all. it must be an existing track with vocals dumped on it.
― jed_, Monday, 23 August 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Magician Magic Tape 2
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Monday, 23 August 2010 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
opens with arcade fire btw
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Monday, 23 August 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
the one good song on that record thank god
― bela guolaosi (cozen), Monday, 23 August 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
this mix kills it imho
― bela guolaosi (cozen), Monday, 23 August 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Monday, 23 August 2010 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
ah wondered what the stevie nicks "edge of seventeen" track was
― cozémon (cozen), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 07:39 (thirteen years ago) link
that mix is very, very good *indeed*.
― Bill A, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:10 (thirteen years ago) link
August mix
http://soundcloud.com/aeroplane/aeroplane-august-2010-mix
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
never followed these ppl before but i like the album already
― nakhchivan, Friday, 27 August 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice mix but it kind of blended into the background at work today.
To Vito's credit, whenever I download the individual songs they seem to be far worse in isolation. Montauk's Holiday was very effective in one of the recent monthly mixes and by itself is super boring and repetitive.
― skip, Friday, 27 August 2010 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, this mix is ace
― dayo, Friday, 27 August 2010 02:11 (thirteen years ago) link
haha having read back some to discover how hated this is, but then i can skip the tracks that start off annoyingly w/out feeling dreadfully disappointed (not quite tabula rasa since i know a few remixes but completely uninvested in them)
the total absence of restraint is kinda endearing
― nakhchivan, Friday, 27 August 2010 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i assessed the album. it's sweet. slow it down like 10% and it's the exact mastery OPN drops on his games mixtapes ok
― fennel cartwright, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 08:04 (thirteen years ago) link