Okay Everybody, purely on the basis of that Ellen video, sounds like a tune-of-the-year contender.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
WHOA @ "what i've lost"
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
man, this stuff is raw
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
yeah these guys are classic.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Sunday, 5 June 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
i really love "walk and talk" (LOVE the vocal treatment) but i can't get into anything else i've heard by these dudes (the boy trouble ep, midnight people). think they're kinda boring tbh.
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Sunday, 5 June 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
i can't tell a single thing from that video? it's a fucking horrible quality youtube clip that sounds like ass, how can you possibly tell what anything sounds like
between this and the thread of people going nuts over the-dream demos that you can't actually hear, i wonder about you all
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Sunday, 5 June 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
been listening to ridic amounts of this since spring, young small discography but cultivated so perfectly wish everyone released so little music of such consistently high quality, like u dont have to ever listen to the other songs bc they dont exist
― flopson, Sunday, 5 June 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
oh god so not boring, imo theres something abt the way their stuff moves, its got a lithe, floating quality, it doesn't sound grounded at all. its a mystery (to me) how they pull it off its so subtly suggested by light pops clicks, little internal rhythms
― flopson, Sunday, 5 June 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
Matt, I purposely left "boy trouble" off my opening list bc while it's okay I think it falls out their sweet spot between vocals and longform house. But I think they grow less interesting when they run away from vocals as well - like "where the freaks have no name" is fine but nowhere near as good as "full grown man" et al.
― Tim F, Sunday, 5 June 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQQRdV1hiGs&feature=related
― flopson, Sunday, 5 June 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvqRrN0qono
think it's cut from seth troxler's essential mix.
these guys are the most exciting thing happened lately in dance
― cuteforce, Monday, 6 June 2011 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
It's a bit too dad house for me, nice enough and all that but I dunno it makes me feel really young for not enjoying it very much but to be fair I kinda like that about it. They do have a nice atmosphere about them and I think flopson nailed it, they kind of float but they leave me aching for a little more kick and groove, they're kinda rigid somehow dispite how well they keep that dreamy floaty atmosphere going. It sounds like a track you'd hear in some place called bar oblong where 40 something ex-dance heads meet on a sunny afternoon where the music is played at low volumes, just loud enough so you can strike the odd pose that reminds you of when you enjoyed to dance but just quiet enough so you can order a cocktail without any trouble. Sounds like a nice day out really. Can't wait until I'm old.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 6 June 2011 08:12 (twelve years ago) link
Where is this Oblong bar?
― mmmm, Monday, 6 June 2011 08:19 (twelve years ago) link
No idea its just one of those places every city has that are like an up market weatherspoons that play funky trad house with those oblong beats. You can usualy see a branch in the back of the shot of hedkandi album front covers.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 6 June 2011 08:24 (twelve years ago) link
Jimi no offense given you've tried to be reasonable with how you've expressed yourself here but do you like any vocal house / deep house / funky house (non uk funky) et al?
― Tim F, Monday, 6 June 2011 08:49 (twelve years ago) link
You can't hear the piano chords and the chiming noises? Even from the terrible sound quality it sounds like a Coma Cat-style anthem in the making.
― Matt DC, Monday, 6 June 2011 08:54 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I like a load of deep/funky house, can't stop playing every Underground Quality release I can lay my hands on at the moment. I think this was the last vocal track I really dug.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGNS-c_e_NU
I like that they keep it kind of raw and loose while keeping that funky/deep hosue sheen, its a vibe I feel is missing from these guys.
Everybody is alright but it just makes me want to hear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlqvE4nK6Fg
That, its got that sunny loved up vibes but there is way more groove going on.
Are these guys on DFA? They sound a bit like a less messy more house The Juan McLean somehow.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:00 (twelve years ago) link
Underground Quality is a great deal more prestigious / underground than I meant! You might as well say Moodymann at that point.
― Tim F, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:04 (twelve years ago) link
i can't hear how they fit into the track or really what they sound like at all - you literally cannot hear how a song sounds properly from a shaky 2-min youtube clip
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 6 June 2011 09:08 (twelve years ago) link
NB. cuteforce made this debate a non-issue upthread you know.
― Tim F, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:11 (twelve years ago) link
True. They give me a simular vibe though. Benoit & Sergio give me more of a DFA-esq vocal version of someone like Pantha Du Prince rather than Tensnake on everything I've heard bar 'Everybody'. I <3 Pantha Du Prince.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:19 (twelve years ago) link
They've got a nice little chart on Juno with a nice slice of that kinda thing too: Steffi, Kassem Mosse, Moodyman, Theo Parrish. I feel they're kinda on the edge of what I dig from this end of house but before I can get into it fully they double back on themselves and it gets a little stagnent. Worth keeping an ear on maybe we'll see how they go I guess.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:30 (twelve years ago) link
"Egad! Is that a Chameleons bootleg?"
"Egad! Is that a Chameleons bootleg?"
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 10 June 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
what i've lost is unutterably gorgeous, wow.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
when the vocals come in it reminds me of a prettier version of a song by suicide
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
the little hollow "PTCHOO" accent that gets used something like six times in the entire song. so brazen, so precise.
haha there's kind of a bruce springsteen vibe somehow too, like "racing in the streets"
they kind of float but they leave me aching for a little more kick and groove
that's what turntables are for i guess!
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
hurray for these guys finishing that xlr8r mix with my favourite fennesz tune
― straightola, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
^_^ http://soundcloud.com/dfa-records/everybody/s-jWkZ8
― just sayin, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
Hear "Everybody" in hi-res in the middle of Seth Troxler's Essential Mix:
haha this is where i 1st heard these dudes
surprised by the ilm love
"walk & talk" is fffffantastic, everything is also is ok
― neti pot, kombucha, how to die alone (Lamp), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
eh, why would you be surprised?
their xlr8r mix is perfectly thriling until the last four tracks, who wants to listen to that pish? total downer of an ending.
― jed_, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
It's no The Weeknd.
It's very Dream Baby Dream actually. Sort of reminds me of something else, like a Lou Reed remix that doesn't actually exist, or something?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 09:21 (twelve years ago) link
But yeah, there's totally a 70s American rock vibe in the mix somewhere (okay maybe not on Everybody). When are they going to do their Steely Dan house track?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 09:22 (twelve years ago) link
thread needs more PRINCIPLEShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRCYPbXG6xU
― gr8080, Saturday, 25 June 2011 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
Not to be a complainer, but there really needs to be a single-length edit of Everybody. The original is great for the club, but I need a 3-4 minute version.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 June 2011 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
xpost principles used v well in soul claps social experiment 002
― just sayin, Saturday, 25 June 2011 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
and johnny fever u r crazy
I just can't get past the pitched down PRINCIPLES every 5 seconds. Murders a great song for me.
― She Got the Shakes, Saturday, 25 June 2011 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
don't really get the buzz with "everybody", like...it's just not very good. i mean, i like a lot of the music that is associated with these guys, except not them. i mean, it's called "everybody" and the hook is someone singing "everybody" but the music doesn't really reach the standard you'd expect given those promising signs. it just sort of falls between too many poles for me, not quite french house, not quite trance.
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Saturday, 25 June 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
I saw one remix of Walk & Talk in YouTube but that's it iirc: any official remixes?
― gr8080, Sunday, 26 June 2011 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
Cheers to MikoMcha for the find:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ya0XpOpAl0
― Tim F, Sunday, 17 July 2011 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
this is the b-side - even better imo http://soundcloud.com/getdowngood/slow-hands-sweetest-taboo
why is it a vinyl-only release? WANT AN MP3 GODDAMNIT.
re: "around the world", that's a great bassline but i hate that vocal so much (a fault of the original really but i'm never going to enjoy hearing it)
― lex pretend, Sunday, 17 July 2011 10:02 (twelve years ago) link
mean, i like a lot of the music that is associated with these guys, except not them.
i pretty much agree with this re: benoit & sergio in general. i like the whole soul clap/sade house thing but they don't seem to do it that well? idgi.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 17 July 2011 10:03 (twelve years ago) link
I finally put my finger on the ghost I could sense lurking around these guys.
And it's, uh, Paul Simon.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
okay "around the world", THAT'S more like it, so so so much better than "everybody". love that.
― LocalGarda, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
i can get w/ paul simon. im all about these guys but paul simon is by far my most listened to.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:03 (twelve years ago) link
i mean full grown man is straight up peter gabriel though, i would have said peter gabriel.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:04 (twelve years ago) link
"Full Grown Man" is still my favourite I think.
― Tim F, Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:44 (twelve years ago) link
From FB:Benoit & Sergioit is with outstanding pleasure to announce that BENOIT & SERGIO's slow motion homage to daft punk's "AROUND THE WORLD" (COVER) will be released on VINYL ONLY.....NEXT WEEK......
― du mein bestie (micarl), Thursday, 21 July 2011 11:10 (twelve years ago) link
Yah I totally hear paul simon on this stuff, as I did on that ndf song from last yr
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Thursday, 21 July 2011 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
"around the world" is the first thing by these dudes that i'm not feeling
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 24 July 2011 07:55 (twelve years ago) link
all three sound fucking awesome tho
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
mmmmmmmm
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
This new EP is really good, yes.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 19 October 2012 09:49 (eleven years ago) link
It is EXCELLENT
plus I just heard "boy trouble" for the first time yesterday and am HOOKED
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
Lipstick and Lace reminds me of Prince in some weird way
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 8 November 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
Benoit & Sergio - Bridge So Far (Lee Foss Cut)
― MikoMcha, Saturday, 17 November 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
"Bridge So Far" coming out on Hot Creations in a few weeks. SUCH A BANGER.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RJ6hE8a29E
― Tim F, Saturday, 19 January 2013 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
I was weary of this because "lol Hot Creations" but this is brilliant. Is the intro meant to sound like they're singing the words "walk and talk" with some sort of self-referencing?
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 19 January 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
Glad this is finally coming out.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 20 January 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
& it's out!
http://www.beatport.com/release/bridge-so-far/1029404
― etc, Monday, 4 February 2013 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
been jammin $100 bill a lot, <3
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 31 March 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
New EP is out there. Adjustments is really good, Shake Shake... not so much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xk8Kbti7yU
― boxedjoy, Monday, 28 October 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
hm that doesnt really get me, tho i v regularly am still playing like lipstick & lace, new ships, boy trouble, not in your nature, etc etc they have so many incred songs
― johnny crunch, Monday, 28 October 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLTq4M9yv2s Shake Shake is my pick of the new release
― du mein bestie (micarl), Monday, 28 October 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/thump/benoit-sergio-thats-the-party-talking
Almost 30 years ago, metal band Judas Priest found themselves embroiled in a legal proceedings after allegations that subliminal messages in their music drove two Nevada teens to insanity. Benoit & Sergio's new EP That's the Party Talking may land the classy-dance duo in a similar situation, as we're pretty sure it's subtly imploring us to do drugs.
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 29 November 2014 02:49 (nine years ago) link
ban vice
i dig tho
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 30 November 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
there'er previews of the other 2 new (i think?) songs on itunes, i think they sound better than this tbh
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 30 November 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
i like the cut up vocals on this one but they always do cool shit with vocals
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 30 November 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
Waiting for their album already.
Liking this on first listen a bit more than the last single.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 30 November 2014 22:02 (nine years ago) link
Two new eps coming out in the next two months, hoping "Dancing Shoes" still sounds like this:http://soundcloud.com/mathilde-dhjan/benoit-sergio-dancing-shoes
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 17 October 2015 02:34 (eight years ago) link
what ive lost is really elegent & profound & beautiful imo its really been hitting me hard as of late
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 20 February 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's a masterpiece, i put it on a couple times a year and it always kills me. between b&s and those early nicolas jaar singles there was some really beautiful airy tactile post-minimal house in the early 2010s, for dilettantes like me who only find out about music thru ilx at least
― flopson, Saturday, 20 February 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
from their new-ish EP; I don't think there's ever gonna be an LP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QxTU8sshoU
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 02:02 (six years ago) link
an album Lost Decade is apparently finally on the way
― ufo, Thursday, 16 September 2021 03:14 (two years ago) link
!
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 16 September 2021 08:19 (two years ago) link
wow
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 16 September 2021 12:04 (two years ago) link
Appropriate album title
― Tim F, Thursday, 16 September 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
My baby does K all decade.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 16 September 2021 13:14 (two years ago) link
follow your principles
― brimstead, Thursday, 16 September 2021 13:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGkZlqwy8V4
nice textures but I hope they're not moving completely away from the dancefloor and into stadium indietronica
― boxedjoy, Monday, 13 June 2022 15:54 (one year ago) link
Apparently there IS gonna be an actual LP from these guys
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 13 June 2022 19:46 (one year ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/benoit-and-sergio-announce-debut-album-13-years-after-their-first-release-share-new-song-listen/
they've finally announced it properly
― ufo, Thursday, 11 August 2022 09:20 (one year ago) link
https://benoitandsergio.bandcamp.com/album/lost-decade
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 11 August 2022 09:46 (one year ago) link
Back in 2012, when I was describing their ace track "Lipstick and Lace" to friends, I assumed their name was pronounced "Ben-wah and Saire-heo", like some sort of French/Spanish crossover. Is that in any way correct? Or is merely as the English phonetics would indicate?
― Front-loaded albums are musical gerrymandering (Prefecture), Friday, 12 August 2022 04:43 (one year ago) link
out today, sounding good
― nxd, Friday, 26 August 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link
great album, soothing and lush
― nxd, Friday, 26 August 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
Why are they seemingly so ignored / unknown?
― Evan, Thursday, 19 January 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
I thought the album was really underwhelming, one of the biggest disappointments of 2022, especially after it taking so long to arrive
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 19 January 2023 18:28 (one year ago) link
Shame you felt that way. Guess it helps that they're pretty new to me. Years of anticipation is hard to live up to.
― Evan, Friday, 20 January 2023 15:19 (one year ago) link
Ah, makes sense, Evan!
Many of the rest of us have been awaiting that album for a decade, so when expectation is building on the back of “Walk and Talk,” “Boy Trouble,” “Adjustments,” etc …
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 20 January 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link
“Lost Decade,” the title track, is my sole keeper from this record, and it isn’t close to my favorites of theirs overall
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 20 January 2023 15:23 (one year ago) link
Just surprising then that there wasn't a discussion. Though I remember seeing a disappointed comment somewhere that isn't here. Still!
― Evan, Friday, 20 January 2023 17:38 (one year ago) link
“Principles” still completely blows me away. Do people not care about that one for some reason?
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Friday, 20 January 2023 20:40 (one year ago) link
I hadn’t been aware of “Principles” somehow. It’s pretty good!
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 21 January 2023 16:13 (one year ago) link
“Principles” is great, though I do think they peaked early where with “Full Grown Man” and “What I’ve Lost”.
― Tim F, Saturday, 21 January 2023 23:38 (one year ago) link