― simon 803 (simon 803), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 02:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 02:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 10:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― michael wells (michael w.), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 11:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'd rather to that stupid Iio song.
― Vic (Vic), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 13:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 14:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
I think if the album had dropped 18 months ago your impression would be very different, especially if you are/were a dance music obsessive. When those 12"s dropped they were something very special. They were "12 inch of the year" caliber releases when they were new. Perhaps a bit of the sheen has faded over the last few months, especially after all the press they did.
When those records hit the streets they were the shit, still haven’t bothered to buy the album. Not sure I will, either.
― Mike Taylor (mjt), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 20:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 22:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
each track also sounds a bit like they have taken 2 or 3 half finished things and slapped them together.
― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Thursday, 9 January 2003 05:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'd much rather dance albums that are just a collection of club aimed / based releases, instead of huge sprawling ideas albums that meander through dancefloor styles....
...but even so, guess I missed the initial Metro Area hype, yet can't help feeling that if these tracks were presented in a series back then, I would have been scratching my head at some point about the point...
But "Muira" and 1 other track are down right essential. And Morgan Geist rules.
― Nik (Nik), Sunday, 12 January 2003 02:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 12 January 2003 22:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― matt2 (matt2), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 16:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― midi sanskrit (sanskrit), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― nique (nique), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link
I couldn't help but feel that these tracks, with very few exceptions, were UN-classics for a reason. They're, uh ... boring. I'm not being lazy, I just think that's the truth. I mean, anybody can walk into a record store, look for unknown records on West End, Emergency, Profile, Unidisc, TSR, or whatever ... is it really that great? I don't think so.
Although, it does predate Lindstrom who kinda takes the whole Metro Area thing and runs into a big cloud of psychedelia. You know ... stripped down, half tempo prog-disco.
But, not to sound cheesy, but the track with Erlend Oye is my favorite Morgan Geist production by far ... and I don't even really care for Mr. Oye's vocals.
― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― nc, Thursday, 2 March 2006 05:21 (eighteen years ago) link
He's a great producer, and I do like several Metro Area tracks quite a bit ... this was just boring to me. I mean ... I realize that they weren't HIS tracks, but if I went to his house to listen to records I'd be bummed out if that was the best shit he had within that genre.
Like the post above my last one said ... ones he could buy rights for, etc. I realize it's limited, and it's not like "Unclassics: Best of Morgan Geist's Influences," but I was just bored.
My personal opinion.
Morgan Geist = goodUnclassics = pretty "eh ..." for all the attention it has gotten.
― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Thursday, 2 March 2006 05:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 2 March 2006 05:40 (eighteen years ago) link
p.s. thanks for not yelling at me. haha. i was scared somebody was going to lampoon me.
― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Thursday, 2 March 2006 05:42 (eighteen years ago) link
metro area goes from alternatively making me slightly dully tap my feet to make me swoon, in a sexy smoove dance smile-a-thon
― ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 2 March 2006 10:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― gaseous (gaseous), Friday, 28 April 2006 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― matt2 (matt2), Monday, 1 May 2006 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link
Anyone know what's up with Metro Area these days? Dan Selzer?
― admrl, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Metro Area 7 is out soon on Environ...
― BATTAGS, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
that took a while
― admrl, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Metro Area 7 will be a triple gatefold and when you open it up there's a pop-up cartoon drawing of Morgan and Darshan.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
someone should do a gatefold with one of those little plastic tinny music-playing gadgets they put in greeting cards that plays the song!!
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Has Morgan Geist released a full album since "Driving Memoirs"? That album is OK, but a bit too pre-electro to be as great as that Erlend Øye song.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
pre-electro?
do you mean post-electro? or pre-electro revival? I'm confused.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
baby oliver's stuff is hot. i dunno who he is, assumed name maybe? 'primetime' is great and i like the new one, 'shotcallin'
― jaime, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
most people are guessing Baby Oliver is Morgan Geist. i like the new one a little less, but i've only played it once so far. maybe it'll grow on me.
Metro Area 7 soundclips over at flexx.be!
― one time, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link
and it has vocals!
"This release finds Metro Area continuing on their quest for fresh sounds and timeless production, expanding the compositional palette while retaining the emotional spirit of their early influences. Metro Area have pushed themselves to once again make heartfelt, personal music that stands out from what the rest of the dance music pack is doing and the duo feel this EP is their strongest work since the release of their 2002 self-titled album. "Read My Mind" is the first full-on vocal track to actually be released by Metro Area (they had amassed a small catalog of unreleased vocal tracks since starting the project). Featuring the incredible pipes of Philip Owusu (of Ubiquity Records' Owusu & Hannibal), "Read My Mind" is a dynamic boogie romp full of contrast: sweet yet meloncholy, warm yet raw. It hearkens back to the days where songwriting and arrangement still had a place in dance music and we hope you'll love it. And for the beat purists, there's an irresistible "RMM Special Dub" version - perfect for doubles! Flipping to the B-side yields "Erodyne" - an incredible space-disco epic that rocks time and space, looking forward with angular arpeggiated riffs and futurist moods while anchored by an undeniably D.I.S.C.O. groove."
― one time, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Pre-electro revival. By Morgan Geist's 1997 debut, it was still all about techno.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
the vocal on the new metro area makes my flesh crawl.
baby oliver rules. "primetime" was mega and "shotcaller" is close on its heels.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 23:33 (sixteen years ago) link
but geir...electro-revival was in full swing when Morgan's techno records were coming out. The influence on Metro Area has more to do with disco and boogie and a dash of new wave.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 04:14 (sixteen years ago) link
the string hits on "feelings 2" are insane! and the rest of the stuff sounds a LOT like "the driving memoirs"-era geist
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 04:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Is that a good or bad flesh crawl stirmonster? Those sould clips sound delicious to me. I also love the Baby Oliver releases.
― matt2, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Oooh, I am loving the clip of "Read My Mind."
― jaymc, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, the production sounds just immaculate, and that's from a sound clip on ear buds.
― matt2, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
i have been listening to the kelley polar lp a lot lately. is he on this new release?
― tricky, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i love the phrase neurotic nu-romantics
― tricky, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 20:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Metro Area 7 is on iTunes today. The A-side ("Read My Mind") is a vocal track, unusually enough. Can't download it yet, though, since I'm getting an error message whenever I try to check out. Goddammit.
― Telephone thing, Monday, 12 November 2007 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Yay! iTunes Plus! It's working for me...
― BleepBot, Monday, 12 November 2007 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
"I've been obessively this magical Metro Area live mix from Pittsburgh in 2004. I wish I had a tracklist for the damn this; it's perfect!
-- gaseous (gaseous)"
yeah, where did you find that? that set was awesome, i was one of maybe 20 people in attendance. in fact, when they drop citispeak "don't need your handouts" that was at my request! i can ID many of the tracks on there, if anyone still needs it. a hell of a set!
also, i cant imagine all the criticism of their LP or their EPs that was happening earlier in the thread. that is just complete craziness, i cant think of any MA tracks that i dont like and many of them are classic dancefloor joints in pittsburgh (along with the "moves" and "super" EPs by morgan from the same time period as the first MA records). those are all what i would call classic house records to this day. sure, they owe alot to dub mixes on West End, Prelude, and Emergency, but how is that a bad thing?!?!
― pipecock, Monday, 12 November 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
there's a <a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=4888">review</a> up at Resident Advisor. is the vinyl out yet? i was in Amoeba today and completely forgot to look!
― one time, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 02:38 (sixteen years ago) link
(whoops.) i still haven't listened to the clips. i'm waiting to get the 12 home and hear it in it's full glory. guess i'll check the store tomorrow..
― one time, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 02:40 (sixteen years ago) link
if you're looking in SF, it'll be a week for the vinyl.
― BATTAGS, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 05:48 (sixteen years ago) link
i've got mp3's and have been rocking this nonstop for a week now, 'erodyne' is so sublime, and the vocals on 'read my mind' are like butter!
― BATTAGS, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 05:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Not heard MK version but original is far better than the 2 records that followed it
so wrong!
big congrats to mr. geist.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 10 November 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
don't get this:
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/storm-queen-scores-first-uk-number-1-with-look-right-through-2600/
it's not the OG tune that has gone to no. 1 is it? it's the MK vocal remix? what's been playlisted on R1 for weeks now? yet they're calling it "look right through" full stop?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 10 November 2013 20:59 (ten years ago) link
Got this one cheap recently too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exaR9koGISc
― cog, Sunday, 10 November 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
its the MK vocal remix that gets played on the radio and that got it to number 1, if it was called look right through (MK vocal remix) it probably wouldn't have got to number 1. i really don't like this version but i'm still happy that metro area are making a pile of cash.
fwiw i think i like each original SQ track more than the last. let's make mistakes is the pinnacle.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Sunday, 10 November 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
2nd is my fave.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 10 November 2013 21:23 (ten years ago) link
This is hardly the first time people have conflated a successful remix with an original version (that didn't chart separately) - who bothers to specify that the version of Robin S's "Show Me Love" they like is the Stonebridge Club Version?
― Tim F, Sunday, 10 November 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
i wonder if defected will try to repeat the success by doing the same to the other two records?
"it goes on" is my have too.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 10 November 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
fave. bloody autocorrect.
I'm fully expecting Defected to commission MK mixes of one of the other two singles.
― Use your occlusion (I am using your worlds), Sunday, 10 November 2013 23:26 (ten years ago) link
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?
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Monday, 11 November 2013 00:43 (ten years ago) link
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.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Monday, 11 November 2013 00:47 (ten years ago) link
So the version that's being sold now doesn't advertise the fact that it's a remix?
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Monday, 11 November 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link
the one cog linked upthread one of my favorite "microhouse" tracks
― the late great, Monday, 11 November 2013 03:19 (ten years ago) link
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