Where are your friends tonight?
What a package the new LCD Soundsystem single is. Cover versions by Franz Ferdinand & John Cale; a 'Whatever We Want' Voodoo Funk style remix by DJ Harvey; a cover of a Joy Division song & a new track excitingly called 'Freak Out', which is a marvellous beardo disco epic (mind you if it wasn't epic (or 10 minutes long) it wouldn't be beardo disco!) .
So I'm loving 'Freak Out', but also this cover of 'All of my Friends' by John Cale. The backing sounds quite loose compared to most modern production, and there's certainly elements of Velvet Underground in there. It's also interesting to compare singing styles with James Murphy. They could both be described as 'anti-singers' but are of course both incredibly good. We all know that Simon Cowell + vocal coaches do not emotional music make. Actually Cale sounds rather like Ian Curtis here.
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM vs JOHN CALE - ALL MY FRIENDS
Here's the video of the single to remind you of how good the original is...
The Mash-up scene seems to have died a death a bit, perhaps because people began to see the challenge as splicing together two disparate records no matter how crap... rather than to produce good music.
Back from Japan has decided that the way to go is to splice together two excellent records. And as such I like it lots. I imagine that the Spank Rock vocal sounds awesome over most things (and indeed even i've managed to rock my bedroom to the rafters with it, my decks and a.n.other record)... but i'm thinking it sounds particularly good married with this 'Thunderous Olympian' remix of Justice. Tension, riffs and rapping. It's what the kids go for.
JUSTICE vs SPANK ROCK - THUNDEROUS BUMP (BACK TO JAPAN EDIT)
EDIT: Kevin (aka Back to Japan) has just finished an updated version of this...
"I extended the middle of Amanda Blank's rhyme so that it doesn't clash so much with the synths on the track and so that it lines up better on the end. If you like this version better, switch it up, if not, fuck it."
I haven't had the chance to compare the two & work out which I prefer, however if Kevin says this is better then it probably is!
JUSTICE vs SPANK ROCK - THUNDEROUS BUMP (BACK TO JAPAN EDIT #2)
So I'm loving 'Freak Out', but also this cover of 'All of my Friends' by John Cale. The backing sounds quite loose compared to most modern production, and there's certainly elements of Velvet Underground in there. It's also interesting to compare singing styles with James Murphy. They could both be described as 'anti-singers' but are of course both incredibly good. We all know that Simon Cowell + vocal coaches do not emotional music make. Actually Cale sounds rather like Ian Curtis here.
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM vs JOHN CALE - ALL MY FRIENDS
Here's the video of the single to remind you of how good the original is...
The Mash-up scene seems to have died a death a bit, perhaps because people began to see the challenge as splicing together two disparate records no matter how crap... rather than to produce good music.
Back from Japan has decided that the way to go is to splice together two excellent records. And as such I like it lots. I imagine that the Spank Rock vocal sounds awesome over most things (and indeed even i've managed to rock my bedroom to the rafters with it, my decks and a.n.other record)... but i'm thinking it sounds particularly good married with this 'Thunderous Olympian' remix of Justice. Tension, riffs and rapping. It's what the kids go for.
JUSTICE vs SPANK ROCK - THUNDEROUS BUMP (BACK TO JAPAN EDIT)
EDIT: Kevin (aka Back to Japan) has just finished an updated version of this...
"I extended the middle of Amanda Blank's rhyme so that it doesn't clash so much with the synths on the track and so that it lines up better on the end. If you like this version better, switch it up, if not, fuck it."
I haven't had the chance to compare the two & work out which I prefer, however if Kevin says this is better then it probably is!
JUSTICE vs SPANK ROCK - THUNDEROUS BUMP (BACK TO JAPAN EDIT #2)
posted by headphonesex @ 1:24 AM
