Metro Area (and if you want also Morgan Geist) (and now Storm Queen)

fave. bloody autocorrect.

I'm fully expecting Defected to commission MK mixes of one of the other two singles.

if it was called look right through (MK vocal remix) it probably wouldn't have got to number 1.

What do you mean by this?

large numbers of people are buying a tune not a remix. if they were buying a remix its just confusing for people and the promotional push doesn't gel with that.

So the version that's being sold now doesn't advertise the fact that it's a remix?

the one cog linked upthread one of my favorite "microhouse" tracks

fwiw the original is included in the remix EP, but tim's right, whether a song is the remix or not is hardly ever specified in the official chart listings (see also "professional widow")

loving this at no 1 though

Lol I remember when "professional widow" was on the charts and for some time I just assumed it was the original and was like o_O

It's actually specified as (MK REMIX) on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_Singles_Chart_number_ones_of_the_2010s#2013

which feels needlessly pedantic

but then I'm trying to remember the last time there was a club track at #1 but primarily a remix of the original and struggling

The MK Vocal Remix is the one which will be on Now 86 next week.

Eleven years ago, the first album I reviewed for Uncut was by Metro Area. Now Morgan Geist is number one. This makes me feel good.

credit where it's due

No Galleria chat yet? I think I prefer Mezzanine to Calling Card but the fan-made video for CC is a lot of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzrFOZb8wfY

Hadn't seen that fan video, sweet! Galleria chat happened in other threads (freestyle ones?) but glad it exists & wish it'd had more traction in various EOY things considering what other 80s pastiches did.

Also, breaking news:
https://twitter.com/MorganGeistNYC/status/690235600004321280

Darshan and I put together a @Spotify playlist of some of the music that inspired each track on our @MetroAreaNYC album. Hope you enjoy it. https://t.co/0jGJUkZTfQ

— Morgan Geist (@MorganGeistNYC) November 20, 2017

Fun little "album X-Ray" playlist for the Metro Area s/t - hearing the Larry Levan dub of "Somebody New" immediately after "Miura" is a penny-dropping moment.

could you post that playlist etc? i don't use spotify.

Pretty new to Spotify myself, so found the first tool I could that converts something to plaintext:

Metro Area: Album X-Ray
Join Metro Area on a journey through the music that influenced their eponymous debut album. Each Metro Area title in the tracklist is immediately followed by a sampling of songs that inspired its creation!

Metro Area - Dance Reaction
Gino Soccio - Try It Out
Bobby Thurston - You Got What It Takes
Dance Reaction - Disco Train
Metro Area - Miura
Jamaica Girls - Somebody New (Larry Levan Dub Mix)
Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
Eddy Grant - Living On the Frontline
Metro Area - Piña
Sylvester - I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
Kid Creole And The Coconuts - I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby
Balil - 3/4 Heart
Metro Area - Square-Pattern Aura
Indian Ocean - School Bell / Treehouse (Mixed with Love by Walter Gibbons)
Wet - That's The Game - Instrumental
The Human League - Only After Dark
Metro Area - Machine Vibes
Ron Trent - Morning Fever - Album Edit
Mikki - Dance Lover - Extended Mix
Time Zone - Wildstyle
Metro Area - Evidence
Michael Wilson - Groove It to Your Body
Syreeta - Can't Shake Your Love - Larry Levan Mix
Touchdown - Ease Your Mind - Extended Mix
Metro Area - Atmosphrique
Daniel Wang - Like Some Dream I Can't Stop Dreaming
El Coco - Cocomotion - Single Version
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle - (7'' Remix Edit) [2015 Remastered Version]
Metro Area - Soft Hoop
The S.O.S Band - High Hopes
Brandi Wells - Watch Out - Remix
Curtis Hairston - I Want You (All Tonight) - JM After-Session M&M Mix
Metro Area - Let's Get...
War - Galaxy
Cloud One - Atmosphere Strut
Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music
Metro Area - Orange Alert
Prince - Controversy
Pal Joey - Gettin' Hot
Stephen Duffy - Kiss Me (1985)
Metro Area - Strut
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It
Gayle Adams - Love Fever
West Phillips - Sucker for a Pretty Face - I'm Just a
Metro Area - Caught Up
Kleeer - Happy Me
Inner Life - I'm Caught Up - In a One Night Love Affair
Advance - Take Me to the Top
Peter Brown - Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me [Long Version]

excellent, thanks a lot!

oh hell yeah

Oh wow! Classic album and fascinating playlist to join it! Wish all artists made this for their albums, always love hearing the influences behind each song.

There's a nice remaster now out of the original Metro Area LP, with a cleaner sound (especially in the bass) and segues between tracks removed. No bonus tracks.

and you can get it on cassette.

I'm ready for my Storm Queen album, Mr. Geist.

sometimes i think this album is the best thing that ever happened to me

I've been looking for a Metro Area live dj mix that I lost awhile ago... it started with Queen Samantha's "take a chance" and segued into Visual's "the music's got me"... and it's like 3 hours long, iirc? Wish I had it back.

The world may be falling apart, but if you feel like buying a triple-vinyl package at this juncture may I suggest our 3LP @MetroAreaNYC repress? About 300 copies are hitting stores now. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/vaz1j5qcpH

— Morgan Geist (@MorganGeistNYC) September 21, 2020

new storm queen single!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9EToZqCACI

wow! I'm so happy :D

although I hope this doesn't mean that Damon C. Scott is no longer part of the project.

New project Au Suisse, a collaboration with Kelley Polar, second "single" up today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi7GqFRAIac

(1/3) This past weekend marked 20 years since the first release of our Metro Area album. We wanted to do something nice for the 20th anniversary, but we had already remastered and re-released the album for the 15th. So this time around, we’re doing something a bit different. pic.twitter.com/fVjSr6xQ9G

— Morgan Geist (@MorganGeistNYC) October 24, 2022

(2/3) Environ has remastered and will reissue the first four 12” records: Metro Area, Metro Area 2, Metro Area 3 and Metro Area 4. Unlike the album reissue, these include the original, extended 12” versions of all songs, including some which have never been re-released.

The good news is we have the test pressings and the remastering and cuts by @mattcolton sound absolutely incredible. The bad news is the supply chain is upside down and release dates have been delayed to early 2023. But we wanted to at least announce the news this week.

I had to open up 20 year old quark files in indesign to make that artwork. They were a mess.

i heard you ripped something off for that artwork ... but i don't know what. please tell us

late 70s/early 80s Virgin Records vinyl labels.

ahh!! in my defense, according to discogs i only have one of those (the rest have the "conjoined twins" art)

https://i.ibb.co/P115JCZ/R-14360135-1572958118-7444.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/Bftz2zB/R-14360135-1572958114-5380.jpg

oops sorry for large img

think it was used on more new wave releases, which was very much the vibe when listening to Atmosphrique.

i am old wave, like the laurie spiegel jam