official i love music thread for AEROPLANE

nooooooooooo

fyi SF heads, Mixmag w/ Disco Balearica mix in stock at Amoeba right now!

i saw them at medusa in l.a. on wednesday! it was really fun, but i was too drunk and i'm not obsessive enough to comment on track selection, though i'm pretty familiar with all of their stuff and their mixes. big cheers for 'paris,' obviously. played the sebastian tellier remix, too. it was just one half of aeroplane, the smaller of the two of them and he seemed quite accomplished with transitions and whatnot. apparently they are also playing at anthem magazine's pool party tomorrow, adjacent to coachella, which i just so happened to get lucky enough to snag wristbands for.

If this means that they're concentrating on finishing the album and getting it out asap then I hope the Americans will consider this taking one for the team.

This link was just posted on their Facebook page so guess they are in the States:

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ok guys, i'm rally digging this aeroplane ra podcast. could you recommend me some mixes like that? either commercial or not. tahnks

so guess they are in the States

only one of them tours as DJ

really?? i'm sure there were 2 dudes standing behind the decks when i saw them.

Durrr Durrr, search their other mixes like their "Flying Mix".

Also any and all Peter Visti mixes.

They both played when I saw them last year BTW, though mostly one at a time.

nah, it was one of them and some non-Aeroplane mate of his in Australia

no love for David Rubato - Circuit (Aeroplane Remix)?? shocking, i tell you.

just starting to round up these mp3s now - last 90 seconds of 'electric feel' rmx is OO_OO

reminds me of when lindstrom drops in incredibly catchy keyboards - such an "ahhhh" moment

any news on the album?

one thing that has really been bothering me is how laptoppy a lot of their stuff sounds. Like I kindof expect something a bit more lush and analogue from my balearo-disco edits, like, texturally these really bother me, they should be more decadent or something. On the other hand, the way they stretch the dynamics of these things and pack them with mad catchy new bits is pretty great imo. So I am of two minds. Luckily Aeroplane and Todd Terje both exist.

you really don't think they're lush and decadent???? have you heard "caramellas"

yeah they're lush and decadent but kinda cheap lush and decadent, like it can get a bit babysham up in this place. fuck that autogooned mgmt vocal.

alright i have no idea what you're talking about \(o_O)/

They do have a kind of plasticky glittering surfaces feel, but I think this is a big part of their appeal. I don't think of Aeroplane's stuff as "balearo-disco edits", but more as, I dunno, a dance music equiv. of stuff like "Bizarre Love Triangle".

What they're definitely not doing is fetishising the organic sound of pre "dance music" dance music. Todd Terje does, and marvelously, but these are two very different approaches.

IKR, your complaints about Aeroplane are how i feel about that solo Lindstrom album. the whole thing sounds like it was made with 1 piece of software, v limited texturally.

i like Aeroplane's plasticky quality in small doses but i dunno how much fun a whole album of it would be.

yeah, those are both probs better ways of saying what I wanted to say.

Got a bad feeling this album is going to be delayed and delayed and come out 12 months after their moment has passed.

who tf wants aeroplane traxx that sound all organic

lindstrom remix is totally next level

You mean the Aeroplane remix of Lindstrom?

How amazing it is when the organ vamps come in!!

(ironically perhaps their most 'organic' effort?)

yeah the aeroplane remix - if i was dancing to this the organs would make me want to do so many diff things- it's like they are trying to make you break your body

I think i've said it before but the interrelationship of all the different instruments reminds me a lot of Fela Kuti. But yeah, there's a sense of "You thought you knew what you were dancing to, now suffer the consequences of our unexpected second attack!"

yeah which is weird for them because their songs/remixes always have such a deliberate intent wrt to build - it's pretty jarring and that's def a part of why it's great (besides just sounding awesome)

Jordan have you heard the Allez Allez remix? That's the one when they really go for broke with the build, to the point of throwing on these ridiculous piano chords at the end. It's pretty much the exact same trick as on the MGMT mix only better cos it's faster.

i have it but haven't listened to it yet - i think i fell immediately for the mgmt remix cuz i know the original inside and out - excited about the allez allez one tho

Listened to their remix of Sebastien Tellier for the first time and the OMG HOLY SHIT moment came when just before the 4th minute that whirling synth (?) hits.

I wonder if that synth line exists in the original song?

Discovered Tensnake's "Tavira" from the Flying Mix and wow..

Yeah "Tavira" is gorgeous. Love the percussion.

That whirling synth isn't in the the original song but it's originally from Supernature. It's one of those remix/production tricks that seemingly always works though - Lindstrom wheeled it out on his last album for the "I am going to be extra extra ostentatious right about... now" moment. It's pretty much the ultimate icing-on-cake disco flourish.

I posted this in the DJ mixes thread, but for folks who haven't seen it and may be interested here's a link to a mix I did that was heavily influenced by Aeroplane and features a few of their remixes/tracks.

1 Give Me Your Love (Tangoterje Edit) :: CURTIS MAYFIELD
2 Caramellas :: AEROPLANE
3 Connections (Ewan Pearson Slo NRG Dub) :: MOON UNIT
4 Connections (Original Mix) :: MOON UNIT
5 Williams Blood (Aeroplane Remix) :: GRACE JONES
6 Down ‘Til 7 (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Vocal Mix) :: SILVER CITY
7 Just An Illusion (Lindstrom Dub/Todd Terje Edit) :: IMAGINATION
8 Woman (A Makhnovshchina Repossession) :: IT’S A FINE LINE
9 Motor City :: XAVER NAUDASCHER
10 Ain’t Nobody (Frankie Knuckles Hallucinogenic Dub) :: RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN
11 Italian Boy :: ENZO PONZIO
12 Moon Unit Pt 2 :: MOGG & NAUDASCHER
13 Let’s Practise :: LINDSTROM & SOLALE
14 Kilometer (Aeroplane ‘Italo 84’ Remix) :: SEBASTIEN TELLIER
15 Underwater (Freak You Remix) :: WORSHIP
16 La Serenissima :: EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK

aaah yes, supernature. no wonder it sounded kinda familiar.

"La Serenissima :: EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK"

I haven't heard yr mix yet groovepanda but that's an awesome tune to finish with.

Yeah that tracklist looks A+++. I really want to hear that Todd Terje edit of Curtis Mayfield as well.

also this: 10 Ain’t Nobody (Frankie Knuckles Hallucinogenic Dub) :: RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN

yeah i'm getting that now groovypanda, looks great. thanks.

xp yes that is amazing.

groovypanda, this is really great. thanks!

the only transition i'm not crazy about is the one out of "williams blood" but it's working for me at home anyway. much appreciated. good work.

jammed to it at work tonight, groovypanda. really fantastic!

Might as well register since I see two things not yet in this thread:

1. They're apparently recording the album with soulwax and au revoir simone: http://vimeo.com/4532012 -- I don't like that snippet, unfortunately. And why are Aeroplane collaborating with Soulwax when Aeroplane are 100000x as good?

2. Also, they made a beautiful 5 minute mash-up for some radio show: the Annie Mac Mini Mix: search and you'll find a mediafire link pretty easily. Tracklist:

Michael Jackson : “Another Part Of Me”
Laura Branigan : “Self Control”
Baltimora : “Tarzan Boy”
Mr Oizo : “Positif”
Mike Snow : “Animal”
Marguaritas : “Marguaritas”
Ricchi & Poveri : “Sara Perche Ti Amo”
La Bionda : “I Got Your Number
The Juan McLean : “One Day”
Gino Soccio : “Remember”
Boney M : “Kalimba De Luna”
The Krays : “We Are Ready When You Are”
The Beach Boys : “Good Vibrations Outtakes”
Macho : “Not Tonight”
Mike Mareen : “Dancing In The Dark”
Empire Of The Sun : “We Are The People”
Friendly Fires Feat. Au Revoir Simone : “Paris”
Kidz : “Miss Mars”
The Golden Filter : “Solid Gold”
D Pulse : “More” - Foto Mix
Droid : “Mito”

I particularly love the bit from dancing in the dark that they use together with the vocals from empire of the sun. That should be a song, damnit!

that's a track from au revoir simone's new album. so seems like a remix.

(the vocal track, that is)

Is the Au Revoir Simone album any good? I didn't know it existed.

yes, maybe their best yet