My friend Andre asked me for some disco suggestions.
"I thought disco was dead," he said.
It just went underground and got dirty. When it decided to come back up, it came back with a polished vengeance.
Take for example, all the wonderful tracks and remixes coming out of Scandinavia, such as Lindstrom, Prins Thomas and Todd Terje
Or sometimes you just want things to be a little rougher.
As I have mentioned before, it's all about THE EDIT.
An edit is what it sounds like. Take a record, edit out the shitty bits, pump up the best bits. Like this edit of a Talking Heads song, put out by Disco Deviance..
Personally, I'm rather fond of this track, which is considered an edit, but could easily be termed a mash-up (which is a term which leads me to negative knee-jerk reactions).
Take one part Candi Staton and one part Electra, and you get this beautiful piece of dark days of disco goodness.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Thursday, December 10, 2009
I've got a tape I want to play.
This is just another reason why I love edits.
Take the best bits, stretch them out until you're begging for more.
Take the best bits, stretch them out until you're begging for more.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
It keeps coming until the beat stops.
LCD Soundsystem's "45:33" is a concept album, an exercise in marketing, a trial for a (then) upcoming album and an exploration into disco, in all of its guises.
From cosmic to leftfield to four-on-the-floor beats to soft and mildly ambient synths.
The 2nd (or 3rd portion, depending on what cuts/edition you have) is probably my favorite. Although I am known to drop the next part when I spin records at parties, this is the one I pull out more often when I am looking for rainy days songs, or for a little bit of disco zen.
The song would later be re-cut and re-edited to be used in the song "Someone Great", my favorite track on "Sound Of Silver". To be honest, it was my least favorite the first time I heard it. I thought of it as a bit of a throw away.
Then one night at a friend's summer party, we sat outside, with the song blaring through the windows. It was in the middle of nowhere, and that lonesome lull of a synth-laden bassline hooked me. Right in the heart.
And then I listened. Really listened. And I understood.
The instrumental version does not have the same lyrical push to it, but I feel that by listening to it, I feel like the two songs are almost palimpsests of one another. You get the feeling it conveys, even without the melancoly lyrics. And you still feel the open space even when you concentrate on the words being spoken-sung to you.
From cosmic to leftfield to four-on-the-floor beats to soft and mildly ambient synths.
The 2nd (or 3rd portion, depending on what cuts/edition you have) is probably my favorite. Although I am known to drop the next part when I spin records at parties, this is the one I pull out more often when I am looking for rainy days songs, or for a little bit of disco zen.
The song would later be re-cut and re-edited to be used in the song "Someone Great", my favorite track on "Sound Of Silver". To be honest, it was my least favorite the first time I heard it. I thought of it as a bit of a throw away.
Then one night at a friend's summer party, we sat outside, with the song blaring through the windows. It was in the middle of nowhere, and that lonesome lull of a synth-laden bassline hooked me. Right in the heart.
And then I listened. Really listened. And I understood.
The instrumental version does not have the same lyrical push to it, but I feel that by listening to it, I feel like the two songs are almost palimpsests of one another. You get the feeling it conveys, even without the melancoly lyrics. And you still feel the open space even when you concentrate on the words being spoken-sung to you.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Why didn't I listen to this earlier: Rufus & Chaka Khan
Disco is not a dirty word #15
Why didn't I listen to this earlier #1
Occasionally you will buy or find something and you might think, "I should really check this out." I'm not talking about a recent album, I'm talking about an album or an artists that is so intrinsic to popular culture (or a particular sub-culture) that you kind of ignore them because you think either:
a.) they're not worth knowing
b.) you'll hear it eventually.
And that's how I ended up buying this album by Rufus & Chaka Khan:
It's been sitting among a pile of other records that I had yet to listen to. "I'll get to it eventually".
And now, I can't take it off my turntable.
Why I didn't listen to this before, I don't know.
Enjoy
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The Phenomenal Handclap Band:
Disco is not a dirty word #14
For fans of Munk, !!!, Liquid Liquid and live disco bands. A 12" was released a few weeks ago, featuring remixed by Horse Meat Disco
Enjoy.
For fans of Munk, !!!, Liquid Liquid and live disco bands. A 12" was released a few weeks ago, featuring remixed by Horse Meat Disco
Enjoy.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Italo.
Disco is not a dirty word #12
I found this today.
It's a short article by Serge Santiago about his love of Italo and twenty of the most fundamental Italo records ever made.
MP3 and crate digging, here I come.
Friday, June 19, 2009
More disco
Disco is not a dirty word #11
I can't help it. I'm obsessed.
I will be posting more about the wonderful world of disco.
In the meantime, enjoy this track which has been stuck in my head for the past few weeks.
I can't help it. I'm obsessed.
I will be posting more about the wonderful world of disco.
In the meantime, enjoy this track which has been stuck in my head for the past few weeks.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Bacon Fat and Black Devils
I wanna listen to this #25
Disco is not a dirty word #10
Give me some soul #3
A few years ago, I discovered a series of book published by ReSearch Publications called Incredibly Strange Music.
The book is a collection of interviews with musicians, collectors, weirdoes and hardcore vinyl enthusiasts. At various points in the book, the name Andre Williams is thrown about, often in regards to his raunchy record. I started seeking out his recordings, many of whom were incredibly hard to find (his stuff had yet to be re-relased at this time, at least in any official capacity) but I did find a quasi-bootleg CD of his early 60's recordings including such songs as "Bacon Fat" (a minor hit for Williams) and his most notorious record, "Jail Bait".
Williams' life is one of incredible ups and downs. The authour of the famous Five Du-Tones hit, "Shake a Tail Feather" who used to hang out and collaborate with Ike Turner later became a strung out beggar and junkie during the 80's but soon cleaned himself up and with the help of musicians and collectors wanting to hear him perform (and with a little help from The Sadies, Williams soon found himself recording and developping a new fan base. His old recordings have, over the last few years, been re-released by various companies. Click here to check some out and scroll down for a video of the man himself performing "Jail Bait".
Every once in a while you'll see something mentioned on a blog and pay no attention to it. Six months later it pops up again. Then someone plays you something. At this point you're kicking yourself for not checking it out earlier. Such is the case with Black Devil Disco Club.
Originally released in 1978 and revered by disco enthusiasts (not to mention hard to find) this album was brought to light in 2004 by Rephlex Records. While this may have caused the album to lose its record-collector-geek-sheen, it soon found itself blowing the minds of many a disco fiend not only for its pedigree, but for the sheer dark and beautiful imagination behind its grooves. The album, written and composed by Bernard Favre, was soon followed, almost 30 years later since its original release, by two more albums, "28 After" and "Eight Oh Eight" (not to mention a few 12"s).
MP3:Black Devil Disco Club, "Timing, Forget The Timing
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Moody Morning Music for August 19th 2008
Stars, "The Beginning after the end", In Our Bedroom after the war
Hidden Cameras, "We Oh We", Mississauga Goddamn
Buck 65 feat. Laura Peek & Mike Catano, "Kennedy Killed The Hat"
Adem, "To Cure A Weakling Child + Boy/Girl Song", Takes
Islands, "The Arm", Arm's Way
Wolf Parade, "Soldier's Grin", At Mount Zoomer
Beck, "Profanity Prayers", Modern Guilt
Dog Day, "Bullet", Oh Dead Life EP
The Stolen Minks, "Minks Riot"
The Stolen Minks, "Black Widow"
The Stolen Minks, "Rip It Up", Family Boycott
The Stolen Minks. "Peppermint Twist"
Superfantastics, "Tonight, Tonite", Pop-Up Book
Junior Byron, "Dance To The Music"
Kid Creole & The Coconuts, "Double On Back", Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1974-1982
T-Connection, "Groove To Get Down"
Hercules & Love Affair, "Blind", S/T
Cut Copy, "Hearts On Fire", In Ghost Colours
CSS, "Left Behind", Donkey
MSTRKRFT, "Bounce (Feat. N.O.R.E.)"
N.E.R.D., "Everyone Nose"
Holy Fuck, "Milkshake", LP
Moody Morning Music For August 16th, 2008
Stars, "The Beginning after the end", In Our Bedroom after the war
Caribou, "Melody Day (Four Tet Remix feat. Adem, Luke Lalonde & One Little Plane)"
Old Man Luedecke, "Just like a river", Proof Of Love
Ron Sexsmith, "This is how I know", Exit Strategy For The Soul
Belle & Sebastian, "A Summer Wasting", The Boy With The Arab Strap
Tanya Tagaq, "I want (feat. Buck 65)", Ak-Blood
Beck, "Youthless", Modern Guilt
Brednan Canning, "Churches under the stairs", Something for all of us
Bloc Party, "Two More Years"
CSS, "Left Behind", Donkey
Duchess Says, "Black Flag", Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
controller.controller, "Watch", History
Andre Williams, "Bacon Fat"
Buck 65, "Dirtywork", Cretin Hip Hop Vol 1
Danger Doom feat. Talib Kweli, "Old School Rules", The Mouse & The Mask
Hercules & Love Affair, "Raise Mer Up", S.T
Candi Staton, "When you wake up tommorrow",
Bran Van 3000, "Astounded feat. Curtis Mayfield", Discosis
Black Devil Disco Club,
"Free For The Girls", Eight Oh Eight
Yello, "Bostitch"
Holy Fuck, 'Royal Gregory", LP
Andre Williams performs "Jail Bait"
Disco is not a dirty word #10
Give me some soul #3
A few years ago, I discovered a series of book published by ReSearch Publications called Incredibly Strange Music.
The book is a collection of interviews with musicians, collectors, weirdoes and hardcore vinyl enthusiasts. At various points in the book, the name Andre Williams is thrown about, often in regards to his raunchy record. I started seeking out his recordings, many of whom were incredibly hard to find (his stuff had yet to be re-relased at this time, at least in any official capacity) but I did find a quasi-bootleg CD of his early 60's recordings including such songs as "Bacon Fat" (a minor hit for Williams) and his most notorious record, "Jail Bait".
Williams' life is one of incredible ups and downs. The authour of the famous Five Du-Tones hit, "Shake a Tail Feather" who used to hang out and collaborate with Ike Turner later became a strung out beggar and junkie during the 80's but soon cleaned himself up and with the help of musicians and collectors wanting to hear him perform (and with a little help from The Sadies, Williams soon found himself recording and developping a new fan base. His old recordings have, over the last few years, been re-released by various companies. Click here to check some out and scroll down for a video of the man himself performing "Jail Bait".
Every once in a while you'll see something mentioned on a blog and pay no attention to it. Six months later it pops up again. Then someone plays you something. At this point you're kicking yourself for not checking it out earlier. Such is the case with Black Devil Disco Club.
Originally released in 1978 and revered by disco enthusiasts (not to mention hard to find) this album was brought to light in 2004 by Rephlex Records. While this may have caused the album to lose its record-collector-geek-sheen, it soon found itself blowing the minds of many a disco fiend not only for its pedigree, but for the sheer dark and beautiful imagination behind its grooves. The album, written and composed by Bernard Favre, was soon followed, almost 30 years later since its original release, by two more albums, "28 After" and "Eight Oh Eight" (not to mention a few 12"s).
MP3:Black Devil Disco Club, "Timing, Forget The Timing
*
Moody Morning Music for August 19th 2008
Stars, "The Beginning after the end", In Our Bedroom after the war
Hidden Cameras, "We Oh We", Mississauga Goddamn
Buck 65 feat. Laura Peek & Mike Catano, "Kennedy Killed The Hat"
Adem, "To Cure A Weakling Child + Boy/Girl Song", Takes
Islands, "The Arm", Arm's Way
Wolf Parade, "Soldier's Grin", At Mount Zoomer
Beck, "Profanity Prayers", Modern Guilt
Dog Day, "Bullet", Oh Dead Life EP
The Stolen Minks, "Minks Riot"
The Stolen Minks, "Black Widow"
The Stolen Minks, "Rip It Up", Family Boycott
The Stolen Minks. "Peppermint Twist"
Superfantastics, "Tonight, Tonite", Pop-Up Book
Junior Byron, "Dance To The Music"
Kid Creole & The Coconuts, "Double On Back", Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1974-1982
T-Connection, "Groove To Get Down"
Hercules & Love Affair, "Blind", S/T
Cut Copy, "Hearts On Fire", In Ghost Colours
CSS, "Left Behind", Donkey
MSTRKRFT, "Bounce (Feat. N.O.R.E.)"
N.E.R.D., "Everyone Nose"
Holy Fuck, "Milkshake", LP
Moody Morning Music For August 16th, 2008
Stars, "The Beginning after the end", In Our Bedroom after the war
Caribou, "Melody Day (Four Tet Remix feat. Adem, Luke Lalonde & One Little Plane)"
Old Man Luedecke, "Just like a river", Proof Of Love
Ron Sexsmith, "This is how I know", Exit Strategy For The Soul
Belle & Sebastian, "A Summer Wasting", The Boy With The Arab Strap
Tanya Tagaq, "I want (feat. Buck 65)", Ak-Blood
Beck, "Youthless", Modern Guilt
Brednan Canning, "Churches under the stairs", Something for all of us
Bloc Party, "Two More Years"
CSS, "Left Behind", Donkey
Duchess Says, "Black Flag", Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
controller.controller, "Watch", History
Andre Williams, "Bacon Fat"
Buck 65, "Dirtywork", Cretin Hip Hop Vol 1
Danger Doom feat. Talib Kweli, "Old School Rules", The Mouse & The Mask
Hercules & Love Affair, "Raise Mer Up", S.T
Candi Staton, "When you wake up tommorrow",
Bran Van 3000, "Astounded feat. Curtis Mayfield", Discosis
Black Devil Disco Club,
"Free For The Girls", Eight Oh Eight
Yello, "Bostitch"
Holy Fuck, 'Royal Gregory", LP
Andre Williams performs "Jail Bait"
Friday, August 15, 2008
Girls On Stage And Boys On The Floor!
I'm in the mood for this #24
Disco is not a dirty word #9
New releases #7
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it.
Image by Yo Rodeo!
One of my favorite Halifax bands, The Stolen Minks are launching a new CD on Friday, August 22nd at Gus' Pub, here in Halifax.
(It's a bit of a contentious trifecta between them, Dog Day and Windom Earle. It's only contentious for me, because I don't like to choose.),
Apparently, there will be a cupcake eating contest, which makes me incredibly giddy. Also playing are Halifax wunderkinds-cum-legends The Maynards (one of whom is actually my next door neighbour, howya doin' Heath?), Bloodsport as well as Memories Attack.
I'll be there with bells (and my Stolen Minks t-shirt) on. Check the thread on Halifax Locals for more info.
Strut Records has done it again.
Kid Creole & The Coconuts's latin-inflected disco magic has been collected on various compilations (see below) yet remains mostly forgotten save by die hard disco fanatics. I remember seeing his records in bins at record stores, but I never really gave them a spin. This compilation, entitled "Going Places: The August Darnell Years" makes me regret my poor selector choices. The Kid (Darnell himself) worked as a producer before starting his own band, working on tracks for Cristina among others.
One of these tracks, the compilation's opener, is by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band entitled "Sunshowers". Sound familiar ?
MP3: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, "Sunshowers"
And speaking of disco...
A big shout out to my friend Frank B for giving me a copy of the Mutant Disco compilations as well as the first two Disco (Not Disco) comps. I, my blog and my record collection are forever indebted to you. If you wish to be indebted to Frank and myself, simply click on the links to discover the aweseomness of these albums. Also, for your perusal, scroll down for a video of one of the tracks from the second Disco Not Disco compilation, Laid Back's anti-coke disco tirade, "White Horse". The track, as well as a few others, are played on this week's episode of Moody Morning Music. Also played on this week's episode is a classic bollywood track sung by Geeta Dutt, called "Meera Naam Chin Chin Choo" (My name is Chin Chin Choo)". It's one of those songs that you can NOT get stuck out of your head, so might as well indulge it and put it on repeat.
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Moody Morning Music for Tuesday, August 12th, 2008.
Dig it
Stars, "The Beginning after the end", In Our Bedroom after the war
Antony & The Johnsons, "Frankenstein", The Lake EP
Great Lake Swimmers, "Song for the angels", Bodies & Minds
Sun Kill Moon, "Moorestown", April
Bloc Party, "Blue Light (Engineers Blue Light Remix)",
Ron Sexsmith, "Thoughts & Prayers", Exit Strategy For The Soul
Laura Peek & The Winning Hearts, "A Name", From The Photographs
Brendan Canning, "Something for all of us...", Something for all of us
Beck, "Youthless", Modern Guilt
The Superfantastics, "Van Gogh", Choose your destination
The Stolen Minks, "Stop Talking", Family Boycott
Windom Earle, "Kitten Vs Pegasus", Gold Wave
Geeta Dutt, "Meera Naam Chin Chin Choo"
Dr Buzzard's Original Svannah Band, "Sunshower", Kid Creole: Going Places
Laid Back, "White Horse", Disco Not Disco 2
Was (Not Was), "Wheel Me Out", Mutant Disco
Yello, "Bostitch", Disco Not Disco 2
Ghislain Poirier feat Face-T, "Blazin' (Modeselektor Remix)"
Laid Back, "White Horse"
Geeta Dutt (as performed by Helen ), "Meera Naam Chin Chin Choo"
Disco is not a dirty word #9
New releases #7
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it.
Image by Yo Rodeo!
One of my favorite Halifax bands, The Stolen Minks are launching a new CD on Friday, August 22nd at Gus' Pub, here in Halifax.
(It's a bit of a contentious trifecta between them, Dog Day and Windom Earle. It's only contentious for me, because I don't like to choose.),
Apparently, there will be a cupcake eating contest, which makes me incredibly giddy. Also playing are Halifax wunderkinds-cum-legends The Maynards (one of whom is actually my next door neighbour, howya doin' Heath?), Bloodsport as well as Memories Attack.
I'll be there with bells (and my Stolen Minks t-shirt) on. Check the thread on Halifax Locals for more info.
Strut Records has done it again.
Kid Creole & The Coconuts's latin-inflected disco magic has been collected on various compilations (see below) yet remains mostly forgotten save by die hard disco fanatics. I remember seeing his records in bins at record stores, but I never really gave them a spin. This compilation, entitled "Going Places: The August Darnell Years" makes me regret my poor selector choices. The Kid (Darnell himself) worked as a producer before starting his own band, working on tracks for Cristina among others.
One of these tracks, the compilation's opener, is by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band entitled "Sunshowers". Sound familiar ?
MP3: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, "Sunshowers"
And speaking of disco...
A big shout out to my friend Frank B for giving me a copy of the Mutant Disco compilations as well as the first two Disco (Not Disco) comps. I, my blog and my record collection are forever indebted to you. If you wish to be indebted to Frank and myself, simply click on the links to discover the aweseomness of these albums. Also, for your perusal, scroll down for a video of one of the tracks from the second Disco Not Disco compilation, Laid Back's anti-coke disco tirade, "White Horse". The track, as well as a few others, are played on this week's episode of Moody Morning Music. Also played on this week's episode is a classic bollywood track sung by Geeta Dutt, called "Meera Naam Chin Chin Choo" (My name is Chin Chin Choo)". It's one of those songs that you can NOT get stuck out of your head, so might as well indulge it and put it on repeat.
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Moody Morning Music for Tuesday, August 12th, 2008.
Dig it
Stars, "The Beginning after the end", In Our Bedroom after the war
Antony & The Johnsons, "Frankenstein", The Lake EP
Great Lake Swimmers, "Song for the angels", Bodies & Minds
Sun Kill Moon, "Moorestown", April
Bloc Party, "Blue Light (Engineers Blue Light Remix)",
Ron Sexsmith, "Thoughts & Prayers", Exit Strategy For The Soul
Laura Peek & The Winning Hearts, "A Name", From The Photographs
Brendan Canning, "Something for all of us...", Something for all of us
Beck, "Youthless", Modern Guilt
The Superfantastics, "Van Gogh", Choose your destination
The Stolen Minks, "Stop Talking", Family Boycott
Windom Earle, "Kitten Vs Pegasus", Gold Wave
Geeta Dutt, "Meera Naam Chin Chin Choo"
Dr Buzzard's Original Svannah Band, "Sunshower", Kid Creole: Going Places
Laid Back, "White Horse", Disco Not Disco 2
Was (Not Was), "Wheel Me Out", Mutant Disco
Yello, "Bostitch", Disco Not Disco 2
Ghislain Poirier feat Face-T, "Blazin' (Modeselektor Remix)"
Laid Back, "White Horse"
Geeta Dutt (as performed by Helen ), "Meera Naam Chin Chin Choo"
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Disco Reaffirmations
This Man Is
Saving My Life
Saving My Life
So in a world where any kid with Torque, a laptop and the "right" MP3's (320KBPS if you're going to play those MP3's in public please?) can call themselves a DJ, i've kinda lost my faith in disco dancing.
Enter Jacques Renault, the man can throw down, he plays the "wrong" records in the right order, on occassion he trainwrecks, he can re-edit a record within an inch of it's life, and along with production partner Marcos Cabral as Runaway produced one of the best dance jams of 2008.
It's called "Brooklyn Club Jam", It's out on a Rekids/DFA (those DFA boys are getting into the cross Label pollination aren't they) and it will tear your ass apart.
http://www.myspace.com/rrrunaway
(I was going to post the MP3, but that feels kinda cheap, just go buy it)
Jacques Renault along with Mike Simonetti (who I shook my shit to several weeks ago in Toronto) and Tim Sweeney are keeping my disco elitist ways alive.
Respect!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
The Stars Are On Fire
I'm in the mood for this #21
Cover Me #6
Disco Is Not A Dirty Word #7
Give me some Soul #1
The night starts here.
On Sunday, July 20th, the Stars are playing in Halifax, along with The Black Keys and local heroes Wintersleep and I See Rowboats.
The last time I saw Stars was when they opened for Broken Social Scene in 2004. It was one of those cases where the opening act blew the main attraction out of the water. Vocalists Torquil Campbell was emphatic at his worst and beyond stunning at his best. Amy Campbell serenaded us over the hard guitar for "Ageless Beauty" and someone passed me a Heart shaped potato which I passed to Torquil. He told the crowd that after the show he would make a bong out of it.
I'm not expecting another one of those, but I am expecting a great show.
Speaking of shows, this week's edition of Moody Morning Music contains a few fun covers, as well as a few more tunes from my rapidly expanding collection of soul 45s, hence a new category for this blog, aptly titled, Give Me Some Soul. But more on that later. Right now, I wanna talk about girls with pretty voices.
The Watson Twins have released a full length album to follow up their teaser of an EP, "Souther Manners". The album includes a remarkably sincere cover of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven". Scroll down to the track list to hear the original.
So I'm digging through that infamous stack of 45s I just mentioned and I find one by some dude named Wayne Cochran. I drop the needle and all of a sudden, this crazy voice and rhythm ripples through the grooves. Holy Shit! Who is this dude? I google him and am confronted with a white guy in a crazy blonde pompadour. Once again, Holy shit! I need some more tunes. Check him out by scrolling down and clicking on the link in the track listing.
As for this week's dose of disco, a (somewhat)unlikely candidate who goes by the name of Gonzales.
After having worked with Feist, Peaches and Jamie Lidell and having released a critically lauded album, Gonzales has put out a love song to all things AOR Friendly, influenced by everything from Yacht Rock to french disco strings. The latter can be found in wonderful abundance on this week's download called "Let's Ride".
Gonzales, "Let's Ride", The Soft Power
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Enjoy
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano
Watson Twins, "Just Like Heaven", Fire Songs
She & Him, "You've really got a hold on me", Volume 1
Ron Sexsmith, "Brandy Alexander", Exit Strategy of the soul
Betty Harris, "I'm evil tonight", 7"
The Joe Tex Band, "Chocolate Cherry", 7"
Wayne Cochran, "Some a your sweet lovin'" 7"
Duffy, "Mercy", Rockferry
Gnarls Barkley, "Who's gonna save my soul", The Odd Couple
Stars, "Elevator Love Letter", Heart
Stars, "Your ex-lover is dead", Set yourself on fire
Stars, "Ageless Beauty (Most Serene Republic Remix)", Do you trust your friends?
Stars, "The Night Starts Here", In Our Bedroom after the war
Stars, "Take me to the riot", In our Bedroom after the war
Bloc Party, "She's Hearing Voices", Silent Alarm
Architecture In Helsinki, "Like it or not (version 2)"
Gonzales, "Let's ride", Soft power
CSS, "Believe Archive", Donkey
Crystal Castles, "Knight", S/T
M.I.A. "Paper Planes (DFA Remix)", 12"
Girl Talk, "Give me a beat". Feed The Animals
N.E.R.D., "Everybody Nose"
Swayzak, "Smile & Receive", Some Other Country
Cover Me #6
Disco Is Not A Dirty Word #7
Give me some Soul #1
The night starts here.
On Sunday, July 20th, the Stars are playing in Halifax, along with The Black Keys and local heroes Wintersleep and I See Rowboats.
The last time I saw Stars was when they opened for Broken Social Scene in 2004. It was one of those cases where the opening act blew the main attraction out of the water. Vocalists Torquil Campbell was emphatic at his worst and beyond stunning at his best. Amy Campbell serenaded us over the hard guitar for "Ageless Beauty" and someone passed me a Heart shaped potato which I passed to Torquil. He told the crowd that after the show he would make a bong out of it.
I'm not expecting another one of those, but I am expecting a great show.
Speaking of shows, this week's edition of Moody Morning Music contains a few fun covers, as well as a few more tunes from my rapidly expanding collection of soul 45s, hence a new category for this blog, aptly titled, Give Me Some Soul. But more on that later. Right now, I wanna talk about girls with pretty voices.
The Watson Twins have released a full length album to follow up their teaser of an EP, "Souther Manners". The album includes a remarkably sincere cover of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven". Scroll down to the track list to hear the original.
So I'm digging through that infamous stack of 45s I just mentioned and I find one by some dude named Wayne Cochran. I drop the needle and all of a sudden, this crazy voice and rhythm ripples through the grooves. Holy Shit! Who is this dude? I google him and am confronted with a white guy in a crazy blonde pompadour. Once again, Holy shit! I need some more tunes. Check him out by scrolling down and clicking on the link in the track listing.
As for this week's dose of disco, a (somewhat)unlikely candidate who goes by the name of Gonzales.
After having worked with Feist, Peaches and Jamie Lidell and having released a critically lauded album, Gonzales has put out a love song to all things AOR Friendly, influenced by everything from Yacht Rock to french disco strings. The latter can be found in wonderful abundance on this week's download called "Let's Ride".
Gonzales, "Let's Ride", The Soft Power
*
Enjoy
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano
Watson Twins, "Just Like Heaven", Fire Songs
She & Him, "You've really got a hold on me", Volume 1
Ron Sexsmith, "Brandy Alexander", Exit Strategy of the soul
Betty Harris, "I'm evil tonight", 7"
The Joe Tex Band, "Chocolate Cherry", 7"
Wayne Cochran, "Some a your sweet lovin'" 7"
Duffy, "Mercy", Rockferry
Gnarls Barkley, "Who's gonna save my soul", The Odd Couple
Stars, "Elevator Love Letter", Heart
Stars, "Your ex-lover is dead", Set yourself on fire
Stars, "Ageless Beauty (Most Serene Republic Remix)", Do you trust your friends?
Stars, "The Night Starts Here", In Our Bedroom after the war
Stars, "Take me to the riot", In our Bedroom after the war
Bloc Party, "She's Hearing Voices", Silent Alarm
Architecture In Helsinki, "Like it or not (version 2)"
Gonzales, "Let's ride", Soft power
CSS, "Believe Archive", Donkey
Crystal Castles, "Knight", S/T
M.I.A. "Paper Planes (DFA Remix)", 12"
Girl Talk, "Give me a beat". Feed The Animals
N.E.R.D., "Everybody Nose"
Swayzak, "Smile & Receive", Some Other Country
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
You turn me on, I'm a disco ball
I'm in the mood for this #17
New releases #
Disco is not a dirty word# 6
From the same label that brought you Disco Not Disco comes Disco Italia, a compilation of some of the most essential and influential Italo Disco tracks that have ever graced dancefloors.
If anything, it's thanks to my friend Jeff that I discovered the wonders of Italo, as well as Canadian DJ/musician Dubious with whom I had one of my first ever DJ gigs. Between these two, I began to discover the world of such artists asKano, Kebekelektrik. Through my own research, record digging and conversations/mixes with other DJs, I have come to appreciate and admire the subtleties that come from the world of Italo (and how it's world escapes its eponymously named boundaries) and its (arguable) twin sister, Cosmic Disco.
I've said it once and I'll say it again: Disco is not a dirty word. It is glorious.
Enjoy
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano
Jose Gonzales, "Remain", Veneer
Bonnie Prince Billy, "Love Comes To Me", The Letting Go
Adem, "Warning Call", Love & Other Planets
She & Him, "You've really got a hold on me", Volume 1
Ghost Bees, "Vampires of West Coast", Tasseomancy
Archivist, "Fabulous Muscles"
Lou Reed feat. Antony, "Perfect Day", The Raven
Portishead, "Hunter", Third
Final Fantasy, "Many Lives --> 49 MP", He Poos Clouds
Old Man Luedecke, "Send My Troubles Away", Proof Of Love
Betty Lavette, "Sleep To Dream", I've got my own hell to raise
Bloc Party, "Like eating glass", Silent Alarm
LCD Soundsystem, "Someone Great", Sound Of Silver
Material, "Don't Lose Control (Dance Version)", Disco Not Disco 3: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics, 1974-1986
Red Dragon Band, "Let Me Be Your Radio (Part 1)", Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985
Buck 65 feat Old Man Luedeceke, "Indestructible Sam", Cretin Hip Hop Vol 1
Thom Yorke, "Skip Divided (Modeselektor Remix)"
Moby, "Disco Lies", Last NIght
Crystal Castles, "Courtship Dating (J. La Bootleg Mix)"
Holy Fuck, "Frenchy's", LP
New releases #
Disco is not a dirty word# 6
From the same label that brought you Disco Not Disco comes Disco Italia, a compilation of some of the most essential and influential Italo Disco tracks that have ever graced dancefloors.
If anything, it's thanks to my friend Jeff that I discovered the wonders of Italo, as well as Canadian DJ/musician Dubious with whom I had one of my first ever DJ gigs. Between these two, I began to discover the world of such artists asKano, Kebekelektrik. Through my own research, record digging and conversations/mixes with other DJs, I have come to appreciate and admire the subtleties that come from the world of Italo (and how it's world escapes its eponymously named boundaries) and its (arguable) twin sister, Cosmic Disco.
I've said it once and I'll say it again: Disco is not a dirty word. It is glorious.
Enjoy
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano
Jose Gonzales, "Remain", Veneer
Bonnie Prince Billy, "Love Comes To Me", The Letting Go
Adem, "Warning Call", Love & Other Planets
She & Him, "You've really got a hold on me", Volume 1
Ghost Bees, "Vampires of West Coast", Tasseomancy
Archivist, "Fabulous Muscles"
Lou Reed feat. Antony, "Perfect Day", The Raven
Portishead, "Hunter", Third
Final Fantasy, "Many Lives --> 49 MP", He Poos Clouds
Old Man Luedecke, "Send My Troubles Away", Proof Of Love
Betty Lavette, "Sleep To Dream", I've got my own hell to raise
Bloc Party, "Like eating glass", Silent Alarm
LCD Soundsystem, "Someone Great", Sound Of Silver
Material, "Don't Lose Control (Dance Version)", Disco Not Disco 3: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics, 1974-1986
Red Dragon Band, "Let Me Be Your Radio (Part 1)", Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985
Buck 65 feat Old Man Luedeceke, "Indestructible Sam", Cretin Hip Hop Vol 1
Thom Yorke, "Skip Divided (Modeselektor Remix)"
Moby, "Disco Lies", Last NIght
Crystal Castles, "Courtship Dating (J. La Bootleg Mix)"
Holy Fuck, "Frenchy's", LP
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Duchess Says: I am your MSTR
I'm in the mood for this #12
New releases #4
Disco is not a dirty word #5
Although they're not really disco per se, two bands who are highly influenced by leftfield disco are Canada's own MSTRKRFT and Duchess Says. Jesse Keelor and Al P's respective solo projects owe a lot to dirty disco and dancey post punk as much as the fair duchess. In honour of this connection, I played a few choice tracks in honour of both of these acts putting out new releases for the spring.
The first time I saw Duchess Says was at a show at the Marquee in Halifax duing the Halifax Pop Explosion in 2006. I didn't know anything about them, all I remember was seeing this girl with brown hair up on stage, a keytar in her hands and a huge ass sound coming out of the speakers. Screaming, bleeps, bangs and a tangle of hair crowd surfing into the adoring public.
Then last week I was very excited to find and hear their new album when it came into the offices of CKDU. The album, "Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs" comes out April 17th in record stores across Canada. In the meantime, check the links at the end of this post for an MP3 of the opening track, "Tenen Non Neu"
Ever since The Looks dropped in 2006, MSTRKRFT
have been riding a crest of hot press, sweet remixes (of their own work and for others) and capacity crowds. Laurels aside, there is something to be said for a duo who are just as comfortable producing rock records as they are working on remixes for UK Girl bands. In the middle of all that, there is a steady beat, a dirty bass and a sweaty sound. DJs are bored of playing the same records, crowds want something new and with their new single, out on Dim Mak. The single landed on April 1st, with a new album slated for release this fall.
Enjoy
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano
Feist, "Intuition", The Reminder
Richard Buckner, "Desire", Bloomed
Old Man Luedecke, "Little Bird", Proof of Love
Forest City Lovers, "Don't go"
Xiu Xiu, "I do want when I want", Women as Lovers
Nouvelle Vague, "Just can't get enough", Nouvelle Vague
Fred Hughes, "Baby Boy"
Etta James, "Seven Day Fool"
The Flirtations, "Nothing but a heartache"
Mark Ronson feat Amy Winehouse, "Valerie", Version
Gnarls Barkley, "Who's gonna save my soul", THe Odd Couple
Merryn Cadell, "Job Aplication", Angel Food For thought
Buck 65, "Indestructble Sam", Cretin Hip Hop Vol 1
Radiohead, "15 Steps", In Rainbows
Hot Chip, "Shake A Fist", Made In The Dark
James White & The Blacks, "Contort Yourself", Disco Not Disco Vol 3
Maximum Joy, "Stretch (Disco Rap Mix)"
Duchess Says, "Rabies (Baby's got the)', Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
Holy Fuck, "Frenchy's", LP
Crystal Castles, "Vanished", S/T
Modeselektor, "Silikon (feat Sascha Pererra)", Hello Mom
MSTRKRFT, "Bounce (feat. N.O.R.E.)", Bounce EP
***
Duchess Says, "Tenen Non Neu", Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
MSTRKRFT, "Bounce (feat N.O.R.E.)", Bounce EP
Duchess Says, live at the Marquee, shot by StolenDave. That's me yelling at Annie, telling her she's making me moist.
New releases #4
Disco is not a dirty word #5
Although they're not really disco per se, two bands who are highly influenced by leftfield disco are Canada's own MSTRKRFT and Duchess Says. Jesse Keelor and Al P's respective solo projects owe a lot to dirty disco and dancey post punk as much as the fair duchess. In honour of this connection, I played a few choice tracks in honour of both of these acts putting out new releases for the spring.
The first time I saw Duchess Says was at a show at the Marquee in Halifax duing the Halifax Pop Explosion in 2006. I didn't know anything about them, all I remember was seeing this girl with brown hair up on stage, a keytar in her hands and a huge ass sound coming out of the speakers. Screaming, bleeps, bangs and a tangle of hair crowd surfing into the adoring public.
Then last week I was very excited to find and hear their new album when it came into the offices of CKDU. The album, "Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs" comes out April 17th in record stores across Canada. In the meantime, check the links at the end of this post for an MP3 of the opening track, "Tenen Non Neu"
Ever since The Looks dropped in 2006, MSTRKRFT
have been riding a crest of hot press, sweet remixes (of their own work and for others) and capacity crowds. Laurels aside, there is something to be said for a duo who are just as comfortable producing rock records as they are working on remixes for UK Girl bands. In the middle of all that, there is a steady beat, a dirty bass and a sweaty sound. DJs are bored of playing the same records, crowds want something new and with their new single, out on Dim Mak. The single landed on April 1st, with a new album slated for release this fall.
Enjoy
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano
Feist, "Intuition", The Reminder
Richard Buckner, "Desire", Bloomed
Old Man Luedecke, "Little Bird", Proof of Love
Forest City Lovers, "Don't go"
Xiu Xiu, "I do want when I want", Women as Lovers
Nouvelle Vague, "Just can't get enough", Nouvelle Vague
Fred Hughes, "Baby Boy"
Etta James, "Seven Day Fool"
The Flirtations, "Nothing but a heartache"
Mark Ronson feat Amy Winehouse, "Valerie", Version
Gnarls Barkley, "Who's gonna save my soul", THe Odd Couple
Merryn Cadell, "Job Aplication", Angel Food For thought
Buck 65, "Indestructble Sam", Cretin Hip Hop Vol 1
Radiohead, "15 Steps", In Rainbows
Hot Chip, "Shake A Fist", Made In The Dark
James White & The Blacks, "Contort Yourself", Disco Not Disco Vol 3
Maximum Joy, "Stretch (Disco Rap Mix)"
Duchess Says, "Rabies (Baby's got the)', Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
Holy Fuck, "Frenchy's", LP
Crystal Castles, "Vanished", S/T
Modeselektor, "Silikon (feat Sascha Pererra)", Hello Mom
MSTRKRFT, "Bounce (feat. N.O.R.E.)", Bounce EP
***
Duchess Says, "Tenen Non Neu", Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
MSTRKRFT, "Bounce (feat N.O.R.E.)", Bounce EP
Duchess Says, live at the Marquee, shot by StolenDave. That's me yelling at Annie, telling her she's making me moist.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
You've got fabulous muscles when you're disco dancin'
I'm in the mood for this#10
Cover Me #4
Disco is not a dirty word#4
Remember this? #3
It's amazing what can happen when you reconnect with people.
I sent an old friend a quick email, asking what he was doing. Apparently he's doing covers of Xiu Xiu and recording under the name of Archivist. For this latest installment of Cover Me, here he is with his cover of Fabulous Muscles.
I felt like re-visiting a little disco for this week's edition of "Moody Morning Music" as well as a bit of early 90's dance. First the disco:
I discovered Kebekelektrik by accident. I was at a record convention in Montreal digging through a box of old 45's when I saw this 45:
It looked interesting. The name sounded vaguely disco so for I picked it up for a buck. When I got home, I was stunned, not by the title track, "Mirage", but by the minute and a half of the B-side, titled "Star Dance". A couple of months later, I came across a copy of their first album, a US issue on SalSoul. I took it home, put the needle on the record and was blown away by its deep cosmic disco beauty. The last track, War Dance included the piece known as "Star Dance". The track is nothing more than pure disco deliciousness.
Another record I picked up by sheer curiosity was The Crown Heights Affair's first release, Dreaming A Dream
The opening and title track is featured twice on the album, once as a vocal the second in an instrumental disco version, featuring a hook-laden "doot doot doot doot" and a sweet little synth that takes you the early glory days of disco.
As for the early 90's dance pieces, I was flipping through some old records and felt the need to play some of them on my show.
Soul II Soul's first album, "Keep on Movin'" was one of the first albums that I bought that made me go, "Wow, this is what dance music could and should be." Admittedly, I was only 12 at the time the album came out, but the album's sound played a huge influence upon me and what I later came to enjoy and seek out in terms of dance music, especially the music which came from the UK and the scene in which the members, especially Jazzy B. and Nellee Hooper were involved, namely, The Wild Bunch.
A few years later, after the sound system based grooves of Soul II Soul had left the clubs, the new inhabitants, hungover from the post summer of love rave daze, were going more and more underground, digging into different genres (and record crates) for new sounds. The Future Sound of London found that sound in an old Dead Can Dance record.
Papua New Guinea was considered by many to be a milestone in the development and growth of underground dance music, as well as the rising popularity and acceptance of this new genre of dance music. The song almost feels like an anomaly when listening to some of FSOL's later works, namely, "We Have The Explosive", a track which went on to have a life of it's own a few years later.
Enjoy the show as well as the video links in the tracklisting.
Gonzales, "Overnight"
Laura Nyro, "Brown Earth", Christmas and the beads of sweat
Archivist, "Fabulous Muscles (Xiu Xiu Cover)"
Jane Siberry, "Slow Tango", City
Jennifer Warnes, "Fanous Blue Raincoat", Famous Blue Raincoat
Sunset Rubdown, "Winged/Wicked Things", Random Spirit Lover
Born Ruffians, "Red, Yellow, Blue", Red, Yellow, Blue
Forest City Lovers, "At The Border"
Superfantastica, "Turn on me", Choose your destination
Immaclate Machine, "Jarhand", Fables
Dog Day, "Oh Dead Life", Oh Dead Life EP
Sugarcubes, "Hit", 12"
Portishead, "Smell", Third
Buck 65, "The abandoned cars of INverness County", Cretin Hip Hop Vol 1
Soul II Soul, "Jazzie's Groove', Keep On Movin'
Future Sound Of London, "Papua New Guinea"
Massive Attack, "Unfinished Sympathy", Blue Lines
Goldfrapp, "Cologne Cerrone Houdini", Seventh Tree
Crown Heights Affair, "Dreaming A Dream (Disco)", Dreaming A Dream
Kebekelektrik, "War Dance", Kebekelektrik
Feist, "My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)"
Soul II Soul"Back To Life", from Keep On Movin'
Cover Me #4
Disco is not a dirty word#4
Remember this? #3
It's amazing what can happen when you reconnect with people.
I sent an old friend a quick email, asking what he was doing. Apparently he's doing covers of Xiu Xiu and recording under the name of Archivist. For this latest installment of Cover Me, here he is with his cover of Fabulous Muscles.
I felt like re-visiting a little disco for this week's edition of "Moody Morning Music" as well as a bit of early 90's dance. First the disco:
I discovered Kebekelektrik by accident. I was at a record convention in Montreal digging through a box of old 45's when I saw this 45:
It looked interesting. The name sounded vaguely disco so for I picked it up for a buck. When I got home, I was stunned, not by the title track, "Mirage", but by the minute and a half of the B-side, titled "Star Dance". A couple of months later, I came across a copy of their first album, a US issue on SalSoul. I took it home, put the needle on the record and was blown away by its deep cosmic disco beauty. The last track, War Dance included the piece known as "Star Dance". The track is nothing more than pure disco deliciousness.
Another record I picked up by sheer curiosity was The Crown Heights Affair's first release, Dreaming A Dream
The opening and title track is featured twice on the album, once as a vocal the second in an instrumental disco version, featuring a hook-laden "doot doot doot doot" and a sweet little synth that takes you the early glory days of disco.
As for the early 90's dance pieces, I was flipping through some old records and felt the need to play some of them on my show.
Soul II Soul's first album, "Keep on Movin'" was one of the first albums that I bought that made me go, "Wow, this is what dance music could and should be." Admittedly, I was only 12 at the time the album came out, but the album's sound played a huge influence upon me and what I later came to enjoy and seek out in terms of dance music, especially the music which came from the UK and the scene in which the members, especially Jazzy B. and Nellee Hooper were involved, namely, The Wild Bunch.
A few years later, after the sound system based grooves of Soul II Soul had left the clubs, the new inhabitants, hungover from the post summer of love rave daze, were going more and more underground, digging into different genres (and record crates) for new sounds. The Future Sound of London found that sound in an old Dead Can Dance record.
Papua New Guinea was considered by many to be a milestone in the development and growth of underground dance music, as well as the rising popularity and acceptance of this new genre of dance music. The song almost feels like an anomaly when listening to some of FSOL's later works, namely, "We Have The Explosive", a track which went on to have a life of it's own a few years later.
Enjoy the show as well as the video links in the tracklisting.
Gonzales, "Overnight"
Laura Nyro, "Brown Earth", Christmas and the beads of sweat
Archivist, "Fabulous Muscles (Xiu Xiu Cover)"
Jane Siberry, "Slow Tango", City
Jennifer Warnes, "Fanous Blue Raincoat", Famous Blue Raincoat
Sunset Rubdown, "Winged/Wicked Things", Random Spirit Lover
Born Ruffians, "Red, Yellow, Blue", Red, Yellow, Blue
Forest City Lovers, "At The Border"
Superfantastica, "Turn on me", Choose your destination
Immaclate Machine, "Jarhand", Fables
Dog Day, "Oh Dead Life", Oh Dead Life EP
Sugarcubes, "Hit", 12"
Portishead, "Smell", Third
Buck 65, "The abandoned cars of INverness County", Cretin Hip Hop Vol 1
Soul II Soul, "Jazzie's Groove', Keep On Movin'
Future Sound Of London, "Papua New Guinea"
Massive Attack, "Unfinished Sympathy", Blue Lines
Goldfrapp, "Cologne Cerrone Houdini", Seventh Tree
Crown Heights Affair, "Dreaming A Dream (Disco)", Dreaming A Dream
Kebekelektrik, "War Dance", Kebekelektrik
Feist, "My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)"
Soul II Soul"Back To Life", from Keep On Movin'
Monday, February 11, 2008
Disco is not a dirty word #3: Poni Hoax, Nuovo-Italo
I don't even remember where I first heard them.
I found an MP3 on a blog, somewhere. It listened to it, dug it, asked Jeff about it, but he had never heard of them.
I kind of forgot about it for a couple of months until I started going through songs to put on the new iPod Nano I got for Xmas. I made a list of all the MP3s I had only listened to once or twice and put all of them on the Nano. While taking the bus, I heard thisbass line kick in. It hit me hard. This was amazing. How could I have not realised how good this was? It also didn't hurt that for the past month or so I had gone on a re-discovery of disco and learned all about the wonders of Italo. Believe me, I'm still learning. (Shut up Jeff).
I haven't been able to find out much. They're French. The girl is a guest vocalist, apparently. "Budapest" was produced by Joakim Bouaziz who has worked with Tiga, Annie and Air. They put out a new single in 2007 called "Antibodies". They're wonderful. And they have fanned the flames of my love of disco.
Enjoy.
Video for "Antibodies"by Poni Hoax
I found an MP3 on a blog, somewhere. It listened to it, dug it, asked Jeff about it, but he had never heard of them.
I kind of forgot about it for a couple of months until I started going through songs to put on the new iPod Nano I got for Xmas. I made a list of all the MP3s I had only listened to once or twice and put all of them on the Nano. While taking the bus, I heard thisbass line kick in. It hit me hard. This was amazing. How could I have not realised how good this was? It also didn't hurt that for the past month or so I had gone on a re-discovery of disco and learned all about the wonders of Italo. Believe me, I'm still learning. (Shut up Jeff).
I haven't been able to find out much. They're French. The girl is a guest vocalist, apparently. "Budapest" was produced by Joakim Bouaziz who has worked with Tiga, Annie and Air. They put out a new single in 2007 called "Antibodies". They're wonderful. And they have fanned the flames of my love of disco.
Enjoy.
Video for "Antibodies"by Poni Hoax
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Disco is not a dirty word #2: Disco Not Disco: Addendum
Just a quick follow up to Simon's disco post last week.
originally off of the '85 LP "Home Boy - Sister Out" by
Don Cherry; Strut chose this track for the first installment
of Disco-not-Disco back in 2000. Enjoy.
From the first Disco: Not Disco, I walk, Don Cherry
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
I'm in the mood for this #3, Disco is not a dirty word #1
I recently got a copy of this:
Released by Strut Records and part of a series, Disco, Not Disco has over the course of three compilations unearthed rare records and brought to light gems which had not been heard since their minimal heyday in the dirtiest of genres, disco. I say dirty, because disco is still a dirty word here in North America, imbued with images of ABBA, Bee Gees and Saturday Night Fever. But if that truly were disco, then disco deserved to burn.
But it didn't have to be that way.
And it wasn't.
Take a listen
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano
Old Man Luedecke, "I am a rich man", Hinterland
Lou Barlow, "Legendary", Emoh
Antony & The Johnsons, "Knockin' on heaven's door", I'm not there sndtck.
Cat Power, "Wild is the wind", The Covers Record
Cat Power, "Blue", Jukebox
Great Lake Swimmers, "Put there by the land", Ongiara
Grizzly Bear, "Shift (Alternate version)", Friend EP
Low, "In Silence", Daytrotter Sessions*
The New Pornographers, "Mutiny, I Promise you", Challengers
Stars, "The Night starts here", In our bedroom after the war
PJ Harvey, "Down by the water", To bring you my love
Dog Day, Great Pains", Night Group
Mark Ronson, "Valerie (Feat. Amy Winehouse)"
Sixtoo, "Track 11", Jacks and Vipers in envy of man
Buck 65, "The Beatific", Situation
Shriekback, "My spine is the bassline (12" edit)", Disco, Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics
LCD Soundsystem, "Freak out/Starry Eyes", Confuse the Marketplace 12"
Radio 4, "Dance to the underground"
Modeselektor, "The White Flash (feat. Thom Yorke)", Happy Birthday
Holy Fuck, "Frenchy's", LP
Windom Earle, "Kitten Vs Pegasus", Goldwave
Click on the link for an MP3 of the song. By request for Andy Miller
Released by Strut Records and part of a series, Disco, Not Disco has over the course of three compilations unearthed rare records and brought to light gems which had not been heard since their minimal heyday in the dirtiest of genres, disco. I say dirty, because disco is still a dirty word here in North America, imbued with images of ABBA, Bee Gees and Saturday Night Fever. But if that truly were disco, then disco deserved to burn.
But it didn't have to be that way.
And it wasn't.
Take a listen
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano
Old Man Luedecke, "I am a rich man", Hinterland
Lou Barlow, "Legendary", Emoh
Antony & The Johnsons, "Knockin' on heaven's door", I'm not there sndtck.
Cat Power, "Wild is the wind", The Covers Record
Cat Power, "Blue", Jukebox
Great Lake Swimmers, "Put there by the land", Ongiara
Grizzly Bear, "Shift (Alternate version)", Friend EP
Low, "In Silence", Daytrotter Sessions*
The New Pornographers, "Mutiny, I Promise you", Challengers
Stars, "The Night starts here", In our bedroom after the war
PJ Harvey, "Down by the water", To bring you my love
Dog Day, Great Pains", Night Group
Mark Ronson, "Valerie (Feat. Amy Winehouse)"
Sixtoo, "Track 11", Jacks and Vipers in envy of man
Buck 65, "The Beatific", Situation
Shriekback, "My spine is the bassline (12" edit)", Disco, Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics
LCD Soundsystem, "Freak out/Starry Eyes", Confuse the Marketplace 12"
Radio 4, "Dance to the underground"
Modeselektor, "The White Flash (feat. Thom Yorke)", Happy Birthday
Holy Fuck, "Frenchy's", LP
Windom Earle, "Kitten Vs Pegasus", Goldwave
Click on the link for an MP3 of the song. By request for Andy Miller
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