delia gonzalez & gavin russom - the days of mars

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“I’m the happiest I’ve ever been,” Russom said, “but I have my good days and my bad days. On my bad days, it really sucks and I wait until I get home to go to the bathroom—which is such a basic thing.”

https://www.grindr.com/into/lcd-soundsystems-gavin-russom-comes-out-as-transgender/

from the LCDSS thread:

I suspected that was GR but he's unrecognisable these days. I wonder what made him change from weirdo wizard to... guy in a baseball cap and t-shirt.

― Heavy Doors (jed_), Monday, May 8, 2017 5:46 PM (one month ago)

thinning hair

Good for her!

Love this: https://deliagonzalez.bandcamp.com/track/vesuvius

nice

"horse follows darkness" is really excellent

A new triple-LP by Black Meteoric Star, and a free 2hr 37min DJ mix by Gavilán Rayna Russom to promote it. Plus more new & archival Russom releases at the Bandcamp link!

whoa thanks

casual friday was the best thing released on dfa in its heyday

this is my opinion

Carl Craig mix of Relevee came close

the correct opinion xp

I prefer "Hey Coach! (I Read Your Diary)"

lol rude

I love Casual Friday to death. One I managed to play it during a set, blended into something else around the halfway point, played other stuff for an hour or so, then blended back into the second half of it to end the set; it went over REALLY well.

I would also call Days of Mars the best LP ever released on DFA.

Yeah probably right. Feel like I'm ready to hear some DFA stuff again, most best of stuff focuses on the first golden age (circa 04?) But would really enjoy a recap of the good stuff coming out around 09 that felt like a great second wind

the two Still Going singles (07 and 09) on DFA are great!

always loved “too much love” rub n tug remix fwiw

relevee carl craig mix fuiud

yah to both of these

probably my track of late 2018, early 2019.

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

2007-2010ish stuff includes (the physical release of) 45:33, You Are The Space Invader, Hercules & Love Affair, Happy House, Brooklyn Club Jam, Goblin City, I'll Keep On Loving You, Fire Eyes, I Will Come Back, Still Going, Oh Missy, Shit Robot, and Synchronize, as well as Black Meteoric Star, The Crystal Ark and the release of Track 5. What a label!

I love this late-era Prinzhorn track too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-d9ou2QXsU

https://i.imgur.com/VXDFE60.jpg

I liked that black meteor star “dawn” single that sounded like a distorted 20 minute John carpenter jam

omg that amy douglas track is fire

I like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV1xp6h_D1s

map, check out the crooked man dub of it too.

haha i was just searching for "crooked man" on discogs to see if there are any other good tunes they remixed besides roisin but all i found was this not-great blondie track from 2017

Amy Douglas wrote the new Roisin song, Something More.

It was someone called Bryce Hackford that did that Delia remix brimstead posted (thanks, I had never heard it). I'd never heard of him either but I'm listening to a new album of his, called Safe (Exits) rn, and liking it quite a bit.

first two shit robot singles are gloriously strange and deserve more love

re: 2009, this is evergreen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce5VDZvjWSc

Why does no one ever talk about the "Track 5" 12"? Both sides (including the Âme remix) are to me the duo's peak. Just listened again on a whim and my opinion has not changed.

Gavilán interview:
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/gavilan-rayna-russom-on-why-she-left-lcd-soundsystem/

Not long after unveiling Voluminous Arts, Russom contracted a severe case of COVID-19. “Largely why I didn’t go to the hospital is because my local hospital is Elmhurst [in Queens, New York], and, at the time there were refrigerator trucks of dead bodies outside,” she said. “There were no beds…. At that point going to the hospital seemed worse than dying on my couch.” Russom says that she still experiences persistent post-COVID symptoms, such as migraines and disorientation, which factored into her hesitance to perform live.

:(