Life in Plastik
If you're at a loose end this Friday night, you might want to head over Camden way, where you'll find me DJing at Adventures Close to Home.
I suppose if you're there you may want to listen to Paul Epworth as well (that's Epic Man btw), and you may also know Ali Love from the great Erol Alkan (Mustapha 3000) remix of K Hole that came out recently. Whatever, it'll be a night with the usual ACTH stamp of musical quality shitting all over its face.
One thing I expect i'll play is the new Simian Mobile Disco mix of Klaxons. It's great, as you'd expect. In the old days i'd have it up here now, however the (fluo)kids have well and truly come up from behind, and as is now customary they got their hands on it first. Go check it out.
So what's left for me? Well someone else that first Fluokids, and then Music For Robots turned me onto is this French kid called Yuksek.
This is the b-side to his new single 'Sorry', forthcoming on the excellent Relish Records. It kind of sounds like a phones / erol alkan / justice remix of an indie band. But he's skipped the band & gone straight for the remix.
YUKSEK - PLASTIK
I do love this, but the track that Fluokids posted is killer. I have been told that I have unlimited bandwidth, so fuck it, let's stick it up. It's slamming and glitchy, but is actually tuneful rather than over-abstracted.
YUKSEK - BREAK YA
If you like those two, you'll like this also.... a headbanging acid squelcher with a touch of Justice.
YUKSEK - CROSSWORDS
The talented bugger is also in an electro-poppy group called Klanguage. What i've heard on their myspace sounds rather good.... 'All This Time' and 'Priceless Things' come very highly recommended.
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Talk of the French brings me onto who else but Kitsune. Yeah I probably shouldn't post up EVERY record they release, but then they shouldn't make EVERY record so fucking good. Admittedly for the beginning of the song I was feeling a bit 'meh'... but how could I be so lacking in faith. This is Kitsune goddamnit. I don't know whether they found Alex Gopher in the same retirement home for house legends as Adamski, but i'm glad they did. This is a fine record that really gets going once the 'Washing Machine' style synths come into play.
ALEX GOPHER - MOTORCYCLE
By the way, since I mention Kitsune... remember that mysterious (and fantastic) 'JD Mix' of Fox 'n' Wolf I posted up a while back? The one that goes 'Put your left hand up in the air, put your right hand down in yr underwear'? Well anyway i picked up the vinyl at Record & Tape Exchange at the weekend, and it turns out that the JD is Jesper Dahlback. Just in case anyone is still wondering, like. I think that must be out on 12" soon....
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Finally, the new single on Carl Craig's Planet E imprint seems to have been named single of the week in every new release mail I get... and is also topping lots of DJ charts. Seeing this, and being a complete Carl Craig / Planet E nut, this was something I had to get hold of. And well, it's pretty good, but I don't think you'll be humming it in Tescos. If you like things deep and minimal and very well produced this will probably be right up your street. Personally I live on the corner of that street, and although I do walk down it occasionally it's not somewhere I like to hang around too long. There are plenty of familiar Detroity synth stabs and sounds, but I find the rhythm a bit druggy and tribal, rather than the motor city funk I love so much. Still, see what you think. On the right dancefloor this could do some damage.
MARTIN BUTTRICH - FULL CLIP
According to Piccadilly Records, they're expecting a new Carl Craig remix (of Japanese Synchro System) next week, so that should be worth keeping an ear open for. If anyone gets hold of it, do send it my way! ,-)
I suppose if you're there you may want to listen to Paul Epworth as well (that's Epic Man btw), and you may also know Ali Love from the great Erol Alkan (Mustapha 3000) remix of K Hole that came out recently. Whatever, it'll be a night with the usual ACTH stamp of musical quality shitting all over its face.
One thing I expect i'll play is the new Simian Mobile Disco mix of Klaxons. It's great, as you'd expect. In the old days i'd have it up here now, however the (fluo)kids have well and truly come up from behind, and as is now customary they got their hands on it first. Go check it out.
So what's left for me? Well someone else that first Fluokids, and then Music For Robots turned me onto is this French kid called Yuksek.
This is the b-side to his new single 'Sorry', forthcoming on the excellent Relish Records. It kind of sounds like a phones / erol alkan / justice remix of an indie band. But he's skipped the band & gone straight for the remix.
YUKSEK - PLASTIK
I do love this, but the track that Fluokids posted is killer. I have been told that I have unlimited bandwidth, so fuck it, let's stick it up. It's slamming and glitchy, but is actually tuneful rather than over-abstracted.
YUKSEK - BREAK YA
If you like those two, you'll like this also.... a headbanging acid squelcher with a touch of Justice.
YUKSEK - CROSSWORDS
The talented bugger is also in an electro-poppy group called Klanguage. What i've heard on their myspace sounds rather good.... 'All This Time' and 'Priceless Things' come very highly recommended.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Talk of the French brings me onto who else but Kitsune. Yeah I probably shouldn't post up EVERY record they release, but then they shouldn't make EVERY record so fucking good. Admittedly for the beginning of the song I was feeling a bit 'meh'... but how could I be so lacking in faith. This is Kitsune goddamnit. I don't know whether they found Alex Gopher in the same retirement home for house legends as Adamski, but i'm glad they did. This is a fine record that really gets going once the 'Washing Machine' style synths come into play.
ALEX GOPHER - MOTORCYCLE
By the way, since I mention Kitsune... remember that mysterious (and fantastic) 'JD Mix' of Fox 'n' Wolf I posted up a while back? The one that goes 'Put your left hand up in the air, put your right hand down in yr underwear'? Well anyway i picked up the vinyl at Record & Tape Exchange at the weekend, and it turns out that the JD is Jesper Dahlback. Just in case anyone is still wondering, like. I think that must be out on 12" soon....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Finally, the new single on Carl Craig's Planet E imprint seems to have been named single of the week in every new release mail I get... and is also topping lots of DJ charts. Seeing this, and being a complete Carl Craig / Planet E nut, this was something I had to get hold of. And well, it's pretty good, but I don't think you'll be humming it in Tescos. If you like things deep and minimal and very well produced this will probably be right up your street. Personally I live on the corner of that street, and although I do walk down it occasionally it's not somewhere I like to hang around too long. There are plenty of familiar Detroity synth stabs and sounds, but I find the rhythm a bit druggy and tribal, rather than the motor city funk I love so much. Still, see what you think. On the right dancefloor this could do some damage.
MARTIN BUTTRICH - FULL CLIP
According to Piccadilly Records, they're expecting a new Carl Craig remix (of Japanese Synchro System) next week, so that should be worth keeping an ear open for. If anyone gets hold of it, do send it my way! ,-)
posted by headphonesex @ 5:30 PM
