― lou (lou), Thursday, 25 August 2005 12:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― lou (lou), Thursday, 25 August 2005 12:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― James Jung, Thursday, 25 August 2005 13:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― James Jung, Thursday, 25 August 2005 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link
For some reason I had been led to believe that Leyers was doing the vocals, not Aguayo. Maybe it's just 'cause Dirk sounds more like a frontman's name than Matias.
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 25 August 2005 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 August 2005 15:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Curt (cgould), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 25 August 2005 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jacobs (LolVStein), Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 25 August 2005 23:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 26 August 2005 00:05 (eighteen years ago) link
Three or four good tracks, two or three awful ones. Not the best, overall.
― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Sunday, 28 August 2005 22:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― nocure, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 08:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jedmond (Jedmond), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 11:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― nocure, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:11 (eighteen years ago) link
(That is at least the 20th time I've mentioned Wally Badarou on ILM.)
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:15 (eighteen years ago) link
To my non-expert ears it sounds really something. Quite different to Closer Musik, but obviously in the same tradition (minimal yet melodic, slow, sultry tempos & vocals). Kind of a fusion of the best things about traditional style house (Chicago/Deep? I'm barely knowledgable about all this really) & minimal/electro-house (Get Physical-esque foggy synth cloudbursts). The first Kompakt full-length I've been tempted by in a long while really!
― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 15 October 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Saturday, 15 October 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― telephone thing, Saturday, 15 October 2005 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Multiplyin shitPut the dope out your headIf I...Me stick around got a flesh up in your mouth.
― dd_____ (dayvidday), Saturday, 15 October 2005 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
*hovers on 'buy' button*
― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:14 (eighteen years ago) link
1. I'm one of the most fickle people on this board.2. Maybe the lyrics, yes.3. it only has two half-decent songs on it.
― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Nowhere near the quality of the Closer Music and Ferenc albums, both of which still baffle me because they're two of the strongest full-lengths in Kompakt's entire catalog, and yet they've both been pretty much ignored (especially the Closer Music album).
But there is no way this is as bad as the recent Justus Kohncke album, i.e. two great tracks surrounded by absolute rubbish....
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
"Anyone who drives faster than 125 will be pulled over, enjoy the journey around 119 bpm, as the sweat will drench your body equally as much if you were travelling this fantastic road at a faster speed and you are destined to come out of it reeking of great sex"
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 15 October 2005 22:54 (eighteen years ago) link
I'll take a guess at 'De Papel', 'Drums & Feathers' and 'New Life'?
The whole thing sounds almost like the exact opposite of the Closer Musik stuff to me, and in a good way. I'll save the tedious explanations why until I've actually y'know, heard it. I'm not going to write this off. I think it might actually be good and there be wrongness abounding on this thread!.
― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 15 October 2005 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jacobs (LolVStein), Saturday, 15 October 2005 23:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Saturday, 15 October 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
But that was KaitO. Silly me.
― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 15 October 2005 23:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― biz, Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:12 (eighteen years ago) link
It's the Ferenc album I'm not really getting (I mean it's good but never really leaves an impression.)
― Omar (Omar), Sunday, 16 October 2005 07:29 (eighteen years ago) link
both doppelleben and are you really lost? are fantastic though. hard to pick between the two.
kompakt is turning into warp. (if it hasn't already)
― tricky (disco stu), Sunday, 16 October 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Especially if you consider the respective mp3 shops & the other labels they take under their wing or help distribute.
― fandango (fandango), Sunday, 16 October 2005 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 16 October 2005 16:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 16 October 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 17 October 2005 03:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― login name (fandango), Friday, 28 October 2005 13:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― ifeelspace, Friday, 28 October 2005 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jena (JenaP), Friday, 28 October 2005 17:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 28 October 2005 20:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jena (JenaP), Friday, 28 October 2005 20:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jena (JenaP), Friday, 28 October 2005 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Sunday, 30 October 2005 03:05 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=8051
― emil, Thursday, 10 November 2005 15:03 (eighteen years ago) link
orignaaaal for me
― t (tricky), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
love both but the OG is so damn greasy in all the best ways
― hood acumen (The Reverend), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
def the original "minimal"
― lex pretend, Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
can i just
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6257
"Bo Jack," in fact, has more in common with baile funk than house or techno, utilizing cheap synthesizers and drum machines to craft a tune as catchy Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy"—the song he borrows his vocal melody from.
nagl, RA
― hood acumen (The Reverend), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
especially since the title spells it right out
― hood acumen (The Reverend), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
eh?
― fndgo, Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I feel like I shouldn't have to say this, but Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy" is a cover of the Strangeloves' "I Want Candy", which is a note for note rip of one of Bo Diddley's signiture tunes, "Bo Diddley". Aguayo's tune is called "Bo Jack", as in he's jacking themes from Bo Diddley. The RA writer looks rather myopic in his ignorance of this.
― hood acumen (The Reverend), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Especially since the Bo Diddley beat is one of the most basic building blocks of post-WWII pop music.
― hood acumen (The Reverend), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
ok, well I didn't get it either, sorry. I guess I have to go back to having an encylopeadic knowledge of knowing stuff about music (or face the disdain of some internet guy) school.
I don't expect anything much from a site which sees fit to employ ******** anyway, most of their other reviewers seem to be sourced from blogs, and it's not like they're making any pretensions towards publishing a book or anything.
― fndgo, Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Naw, don't get me wrong, I'm not begrudging for not knowing that, just the reviewer, so sorry if I came off as condescending toward you. You aren't the one purporting to be an authority on anything.
― hood acumen (The Reverend), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
While we're having a discussion about Matias Aguayo's thefts, where did he get the vocal melody for Walter Neff? It sounds so familiar, i'm certain it's ripped from another song.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
For me, the older Aguayo stuff is all about the polyrhythms and the sounds he uses for his beats.
You will like the new album.
― Tim F, Thursday, 8 October 2009 22:05 (fourteen years ago) link
First of All, The Koze remix of Minimal destroys the original, which is very good, but it's no Koze remix.
Rollerskate is great, I entirely fail to see how it's not colourful or disco-tinged.
I thought Are You Really Lost was, in a word, good, but not much more than that (I think the problem is I find his sound design to be a bit more on the... dry side, maybe?), it seems Matias has really injected his music with a lot of personality and flavour over the last few years, onto what's already some quality musical aptitude, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if this new album is amazing.
― EDB, Friday, 9 October 2009 14:42 (fourteen years ago) link
But the Koze mix just sounds like a generic dance track with all the spice taken out in favor of mixability and homogeny. Not one of Koze's best efforts.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 9 October 2009 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
The Koze mix is nice enough on it's own terms but it takes out the swanee whistles which is indefensible IMO.
― Matt DC, Friday, 9 October 2009 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't abide the Koze mix: there's something about it that just sounds wrong and makes it really difficult to listen to.
― eazy e street band (c sharp major), Friday, 9 October 2009 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i love water on my skin, i love to lean against the windi love to walk alone at night, i love the city lights'cos i'm lonely but i'm not the only, 2, 3...you don't know me - sssh/
I'll never tire of this.
OTM! That song is such a thrill. I think it might be my favorite Kompakt single, period.
Also, After Love far surpasses Are You Really Lost. Does anyone really think otherwise? Looking forward to the new one anyway.
For anyone who missed it, there's a lovely little Closer Musik live set from the 2001 Mutek festival here.
― lou, Friday, 9 October 2009 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Kind of shocked to see so little discussion of Walter Neff on this thread. Best thing he's ever done solo if you ask me.
(Or maybe Pitaya Frenesi with Rebolledo, though that's not "solo" of course)
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Friday, 9 October 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
agree about walter neff. so fabulous it never gets tired.
― stirmonster, Friday, 9 October 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
judgement on new lp currently torn between amazing bumping grooves vs too many comedy voices
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 08:56 (fourteen years ago) link
i'll prob end up filing it alongside mungolian jet set
a/k/a one of the best dance releases of the year??
― Tim F, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:01 (fourteen years ago) link
ha no, in that the amazing sounds battle with the bits that make me flinch and i end up not going back to it to sort out which are which
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:03 (fourteen years ago) link
best dance release of year sooo omar-s for me, and i think the new redshape may end up alongside it
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:04 (fourteen years ago) link
oh and black meteoric star!!! yes.
i mean if we're talking house/techno end not funky/dubstep/wvs.
srsly this aguayo album could be so much better if the amount of "spooky" voices was halved or possibly quartered, that fluttering synth marimba melody at the end of "desde rusia" is pretty irresistible
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:07 (fourteen years ago) link
they're a lot better when they actually break into a proper vocal chant as on "ritmo juárez" rather than doing that constant sub-beatboxing shite
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:08 (fourteen years ago) link
haven't heard this yet but lex totally otm about the MJS record
― on a top secret challops mission in contraristan (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:17 (fourteen years ago) link
The MJS vocals kind of split between awful and intrusive and annoying (Could You Be Loved, Milano Model) and perfect for the record (Creepy, Ocean 0304).
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm really enjoying this on first listen - I don't hear the vocals as "comedy voices" at all and certainly not in the Mungolian Jet Set way.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Sunday, 15 November 2009 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
anyone go to fabric on saturday?
― djh, Sunday, 15 November 2009 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
they're a lot better when they actually break into a proper vocal chant as on "ritmo juárez" rather than doing that constant sub-beatboxing shite― lex pretend, Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:08 AM (1 month ago)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:08 AM (1 month ago)
Beatboxing is sub-Ay Ay Ay shite imo
― throwbookatface (skygreenleopard), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
sat 12th decemberALLEZ-ALLEZ PRESENTSMATIAS AGUAYOSHUMI (KOMPAKT)CARGO, LONDON
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 23:24 (fourteen years ago) link
enjoying this record a lot i must say. dew dew dew dew dew dew deeewwww deeeewwww
― Roz, Friday, 4 December 2009 07:07 (fourteen years ago) link
It's essentially acapella house music, isn't it? I like this record best when there are no instruments involved at all, just the sound of voices imitating the clicks and snaps and detuning pling plong noises you'd treat as standard in minimal. It feeds perfectly into my argument upthread about Aguayo totally getting the inherent silliness and ridiculousness of even the most po-faced European techno.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Friday, 4 December 2009 10:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I like this a lot too. One of the most refreshing records I've heard in a while.
― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Friday, 4 December 2009 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
like this a lot but up there with Are you really lost and After Love? Not quite sure.
― Pedro Paramore (jim), Friday, 4 December 2009 12:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't really think I've given this a fair shake yet but up to now... hasn't really clicked like I would have expected, am a bit on the fence :/
― fndgo, Saturday, 5 December 2009 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
(also)
Mix:
http://soundcloud.com/sampler_podcast01
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 March 2012 10:50 (twelve years ago) link
He does a remix on the new Afro-Colombian comp on Soul Jazz called "Jende Ri Palenge". The whole collection is great, and it's worth much more than a Matias obscurity.
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Sunday, 11 March 2012 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/comeme/sets/matias-aguayo-the-visitor/s-8mEFq
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 1 June 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
Just released:
http://rionegro.bandcamp.com/album/rionegro-matias-aguayo-sano-gladkazuka
http://remezcla.com/features/rionegro-review-comeme-interview/
― etc, Thursday, 5 November 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg9yZsp8CCM
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 13:37 (five years ago) link
still nuts, then.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 15:39 (five years ago) link
Great track
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
kind of falling off the mati aguayo train in recent years. will give this a listen later
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
video better than track
― or something, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 17:04 (five years ago) link