Fool’s Gold - Surprise Hotel (2009)
This band has been generating a lot of hype lately, and gauging from this amazing single, they certainly deserve it. Only issue is, they hail from seasonless L.A., and mistakenly are releasing this would-be summer jam in the fall. Minor details I guess.
Check it out:
Fool’s Gold - Surprise Hotel (2009)
Oh and other hot newness from Ernest Greene, AKA Washed Out. MDMA anyone?
Washed Out - Feel It All Around (2009)
Love, Latham
Blondie - “Good Boys (Scissor Sisters Remix)” (2003)
Blondie in 21st Century Reunion Limbo, as revisited by American Eurotrash….sounds like a recipe for disaster, but I’m actually kinda into this right now.
Blondie chillin w/Giorgio Moroder circa 1980 - Call Me
bedroom version (circular bed & smoke machine!):
beachside version (cartwheels!):
BITCH ASS DARIUS - “Follow the Sound” (2001)
This mix “FOLLOW THE SOUND” has been with me for years. IT IS SO GOOD. It was a turning point for me in terms of loving dance music back when I was 18 and listening to The Microphones. I just included here a little snippet from the middle, but go and download the whole thing here: http://www.kevindriscoll.info/todomundo/2007/08/26/bitch-ass-darius-follow-the-sound-my-fave-mixtape-ever/
GET IT, THROW IT ON, AND THROW DOWN
And while you’re at it, here is an essay that my friend Kevin Driscoll wrote about his experience of this music: http://henryjenkins.org/2008/05/bitch_ass_darius_follow_the_so.html I recommend.
POSTED BY REH GORDON
6th Borough Project - “Do It To The Max” (2009)
This song is a serious BANGER.
In other disco news:
Check out Marianne Faithful performing Why D’ya Do It live in ‘05
And why not throw in a little Chicks On Speed for good measure?
Remember Glamour Girl ?!?!?
Not quite sure how any of this fits together, but I hope you enjoy it all the same!
—posted by Latham
Ono - “I’m Not Getting Enough” (Dave Aude Club Mix) (2009)
I could do without the majority of the recent catalogue of Yoko Ono remixes, with the exception of the highly effective Walking On Thin Ice Remixes and the politically sincere Everyman…Everywoman Remixes.
I’m pretty excited about this new remix by Dave Aude however. It takes the cheekiness of the original recording (from Ono’s 2001 album Blueprint For A Sunrise) and covers it with joyous dancefloor sincerity and sleaze (not necessarily opposing forces in my opinion). Whereas most of the other Ono remixes opt for drowning out Yoko in favor of 4-to-the-floor one-offs and subsequently losing much of her soulful, humorous nuances in the translation, this remix feels like a cross-generational conversation on desire and longing. But you can hear for yourself!
check out the original reggae-heavy song below:
ONO - I’m Not Getting Enough (2001)
and the Blow-Up reworking of Everyman Has A Woman Who Loves Him, queered and retitled:
BLOW UP - Everyman Everywoman (2007)
and if you’re still “not getting enough,” check out the animated video for:
ONO - Walking On Thin Ice (Pet Shop Boys Remix) (2003)
—posted by Latham
Polmo Polpo - “Kiss Me Again and Again” (2005)
Polmo Polpo (loosely translated as “octopus lung” in Italian) is one of Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist Sandro Perri’s musical projects. This is a beautiful and sprawling cover of Dinosaur’s 1978 Disco freak-out “Kiss Me Again.” It’s over 20 minutes long, and seriously it just needs to be that long. Sadly, I had to seriously reduce the bitrate so a little quality will be lost, but I went for content over form this time around. Enjoy!
Check out the original below which features David Byrne on guitar and Arthur Rusell on production!
Dinosaur - “Kiss Me Again” (1978)
—posted by Latham
Alan Braxe - “In Love With You” (2005)
Flashforward to the present day and enjoy some euphoric sounds courtesy of the tradition honored on 1— dias del disco.
Three am, driving at night in the streetlights, 82 degrees farenheit.
And, while we are here in the present, let’s enjoy this summer’s big radio jam:
POSTED BY REBECCA
BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB - “The Devil In Us” (2006)
Black Devil is the alias of french producer Bernard Fevre. For almost 30 years his only release was 1978’s Disco Club. It is a hugely influential early example of dark cosmic disco. Since 2006 he has released three new albums and begun to tour. ”The Devil in Us” is from 2006’s 28 After. “H Friend” is from the original 1978 record. Also check out “No Regrets” (it’s on the myspace,) and “With Honey Cream” from Eight Oh Eight. BURN OUT THE NIGHT!!!
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