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
― lex pretend, Monday, 11 November 2013 09:22 (ten years ago) link
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
― Tim F, Monday, 11 November 2013 09:35 (ten years ago) link
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
― nashwan, Monday, 11 November 2013 10:45 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 11 November 2013 11:35 (ten years ago) link
credit where it's due
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Monday, 11 November 2013 11:37 (ten years ago) link
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
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Friday, 25 September 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
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
― etc, Thursday, 21 January 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
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.
― etc, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 00:20 (six years ago) link
could you post that playlist etc? i don't use spotify.
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 00:41 (six years ago) link
Pretty new to Spotify myself, so found the first tool I could that converts something to plaintext:
Metro Area: Album X-RayJoin 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 ReactionGino Soccio - Try It OutBobby Thurston - You Got What It TakesDance Reaction - Disco TrainMetro Area - MiuraJamaica Girls - Somebody New (Larry Levan Dub Mix)Lipps Inc. - FunkytownEddy Grant - Living On the FrontlineMetro Area - PiñaSylvester - I Need Somebody To Love TonightKid Creole And The Coconuts - I'm A Wonderful Thing, BabyBalil - 3/4 HeartMetro Area - Square-Pattern AuraIndian Ocean - School Bell / Treehouse (Mixed with Love by Walter Gibbons)Wet - That's The Game - InstrumentalThe Human League - Only After DarkMetro Area - Machine VibesRon Trent - Morning Fever - Album EditMikki - Dance Lover - Extended MixTime Zone - WildstyleMetro Area - EvidenceMichael Wilson - Groove It to Your BodySyreeta - Can't Shake Your Love - Larry Levan MixTouchdown - Ease Your Mind - Extended MixMetro Area - AtmosphriqueDaniel Wang - Like Some Dream I Can't Stop DreamingEl Coco - Cocomotion - Single VersionNew Order - Bizarre Love Triangle - (7'' Remix Edit) [2015 Remastered Version]Metro Area - Soft HoopThe S.O.S Band - High HopesBrandi Wells - Watch Out - RemixCurtis Hairston - I Want You (All Tonight) - JM After-Session M&M MixMetro Area - Let's Get...War - GalaxyCloud One - Atmosphere StrutDebbie Deb - When I Hear MusicMetro Area - Orange AlertPrince - ControversyPal Joey - Gettin' HotStephen Duffy - Kiss Me (1985)Metro Area - StrutMr. Fingers - Can You Feel ItGayle Adams - Love FeverWest Phillips - Sucker for a Pretty Face - I'm Just aMetro Area - Caught UpKleeer - Happy MeInner Life - I'm Caught Up - In a One Night Love AffairAdvance - Take Me to the TopPeter Brown - Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me [Long Version]
― etc, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 00:54 (six years ago) link
excellent, thanks a lot!
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
oh hell yeah
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
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.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 02:04 (six years ago) link
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.
― skip, Saturday, 2 December 2017 08:28 (six years ago) link
and you can get it on cassette.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 2 December 2017 13:01 (six years ago) link
I'm ready for my Storm Queen album, Mr. Geist.
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Saturday, 2 December 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
sometimes i think this album is the best thing that ever happened to me
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 December 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
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.
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 December 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
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
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 11:12 (three years ago) link
new storm queen single!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9EToZqCACI
― donna rouge, Friday, 5 February 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
wow! I'm so happy :D
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
although I hope this doesn't mean that Damon C. Scott is no longer part of the project.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
New project Au Suisse, a collaboration with Kelley Polar, second "single" up today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi7GqFRAIac
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 June 2022 16:56 (one year ago) link
(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
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 08:19 (one year ago) link
(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.
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.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 08:20 (one year ago) link
I had to open up 20 year old quark files in indesign to make that artwork. They were a mess.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:05 (one year ago) link
i heard you ripped something off for that artwork ... but i don't know what. please tell us
― the late great, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:18 (one year ago) link
late 70s/early 80s Virgin Records vinyl labels.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
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
― the late great, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
oops sorry for large img
think it was used on more new wave releases, which was very much the vibe when listening to Atmosphrique.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
i am old wave, like the laurie spiegel jam
― the late great, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link