Woah, Bodyform
Despite threatening to move my blog to Wordpress as Blogger wasn't working & I couldn't get anyone to tell me why, I discovered that due to how the site is set up it was going to be easier said than done. I spent ages importing all my stuff into the easy version of Wordpress (wordpress.com), only to discover from my web host that I wouldn't be able to use my domain name. Gah! I then started tackling the rather more terrifying techie version... wordpress.org. But by 2am the 'world famous 5-minute install' was starting to make my head explode. You find me someone who reckons they can do that in 5 minutes and i'll find you a liar.
Fortunately the next day Blogger seemed to return to some kind of life. So I think for the time being i'll leave things as they are. I know this place is starting to look a bit dated, but hey, like my crappy Ford Mondeo it still goes. So I think i'll keep things as they are for now.
It seems like a long long time since my last proper post, since when i've been drowning in CDs and emails. And then there's the myspack as well. Jeepers! So i'm hoping this post will be high on tunes & low on words so I can clear some of the backlog.
I've also had a few things on my mind with work, and I decided to hand my notice in today. Woo! Trouble is I don't have a job to go to, so if you come across something you reckon I could do then please drop me a line!
But anyway, the music! Well probably the album that's impressed me the most recently is the 'Italians Do It Better' Tour CD... a compilation from the Chromatics / Glass Candy camp, who'll be very familiar to readers of 20JazzFunkGreats.
The CD is packed with icy italo grooves, conjouring up images of dirty days and cocaine nights. There's also some great cover versions of 'Computer Love' and 'Last Night a DJ Saved my Life'. Here's a couple of the other highlights.
MIRAGE - LADY OPERATOR
GLASS CANDY - MISS BROADWAY
Buy it from Troubleman Unlimited. It's a bargain at $12, and even has a hand-screened sleeve.
This next one's from The Black Ghosts, and came as a bit of a surprise to me after their previous singles and the mix they sent me. This one has 'Big Chill Anthem' written all over it, with the Ashley Beedle mix edging it over the original version for me (although i'm hard pressed to find too much difference between the two). This really brings the sunshine. And christ we need it.
THE BLACK GHOSTS - IT'S YOUR TOUCH (ASHLEY BEEDLE'S HEAVY DISCO EDIT)
I got another Black Ghosts remix in my inbox today, with two of the heavyweights of dubstep turning in what is naturally a bass-bin-botherer of a mix.
THE BLACK GHOSTS - SOME WAY THROUGH THIS (SKREAM & PLASTICIAN REMIX)
If he keeps writing tunes this good, Simon Lord might be up there with his old band mates from SMD pretty soon....
Some more indie-ish fare now. Apparently this track by The Loyal Trooper is coming out on This is Fake DIY records on 6th August. Shit, is it nearly August? This interminable rain had better stop before the summer finishes!
Well I don't know much about the fella, but it sounds like he's realised that records with spoken word bits in are generally good, and has put this knowledge to great effect on this charmingly catchy single. Check it.
THE LOYAL TROOPER - NOTHING TO SAY (DEMO)
Bricolage have lurked at the edges of my consciousness for a while, and this forthcoming single is rather a toe tapper. Called 'The Waltzers', it does have something of the fairground about it. As well as something of The Franz Ferdinands, who they recently supported on tour. It's out on the lovely Memphis Industries, er, sometime.
BRICOLAGE - THE WALTZERS
The lyrics for this are a bit rubbish, but you gotta love the Hadouken! style crunk from 'MOBO Winner Akala'. 'We are not sad for Baghdad' (?)
AKALA - ELECTRO LIVIN'
I've just this second had a comment flash up from my previous post saying "Any chance of an Eddy TM related post? He's not very blogged, but I think he should be!" Well Mr 1KG, i just yesterday received an email containing quite a stonking Eddie Temple-Morris remix, in which the XFM DJ turns Alex Gopher's 'The Game' into a squealing frenzy of synths. I also just got an email about Eddie's forthcoming Remix all-nighter starring Kissy Sell Out. Look:
ALEX GOPHER - THE GAME (EDDIE TEMPLE MORRIS REMIX)
Enough Eddie for you Mr 1KG?
Currently riding high in Mr Sell Out's DJ chart is this new shit by the Switch man. Do I have to tell you that it's awesome? Kissy says 'Played loud enough that bassline is dangerous'. Well I'm only up to about '2' on my amp and I can feel strange things happening already.
'Cos I can guarantee you, I can do it better than you'. You ain't wrong mate. Really. Rather. Good.
SWITCH - BRICK 'N' LACE
As is this new cut from Switch's mates Sinden & Herve - as The Count of Monte Cristal. Beeper is a bad ass piece of fidget house on the Counterfeet label. If you like the switch, take a sip of the cristal.
SINDEN & THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTAL - BEEPER
An album i've enjoyed much more than I expected is the new one from the Chemical Brothers. Not because I don't like the Chemical Brothers but because their Glastonbury show was so lame. I'm sure that Klaxons have influenced the Crowley-esque album sleeve, so it's no surprise to hear them chanting their faux-mysticism on one of the tracks inside. It's a good 'un.
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - ALL RIGHTS REVERSED (FEAT. KLAXONS)
I'm also particularly loving the instrumental 'Saturate', where competing synth-lines fight it out for supremacy until the drum roll brings it all crashing together & triggers Ecstacy rushes all round.
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - SATURATE
OK, that little lot should keep you going a day or two while I look for a job.
Fortunately the next day Blogger seemed to return to some kind of life. So I think for the time being i'll leave things as they are. I know this place is starting to look a bit dated, but hey, like my crappy Ford Mondeo it still goes. So I think i'll keep things as they are for now.
It seems like a long long time since my last proper post, since when i've been drowning in CDs and emails. And then there's the myspack as well. Jeepers! So i'm hoping this post will be high on tunes & low on words so I can clear some of the backlog.
I've also had a few things on my mind with work, and I decided to hand my notice in today. Woo! Trouble is I don't have a job to go to, so if you come across something you reckon I could do then please drop me a line!
But anyway, the music! Well probably the album that's impressed me the most recently is the 'Italians Do It Better' Tour CD... a compilation from the Chromatics / Glass Candy camp, who'll be very familiar to readers of 20JazzFunkGreats.
The CD is packed with icy italo grooves, conjouring up images of dirty days and cocaine nights. There's also some great cover versions of 'Computer Love' and 'Last Night a DJ Saved my Life'. Here's a couple of the other highlights.
MIRAGE - LADY OPERATOR
GLASS CANDY - MISS BROADWAY
Buy it from Troubleman Unlimited. It's a bargain at $12, and even has a hand-screened sleeve.
This next one's from The Black Ghosts, and came as a bit of a surprise to me after their previous singles and the mix they sent me. This one has 'Big Chill Anthem' written all over it, with the Ashley Beedle mix edging it over the original version for me (although i'm hard pressed to find too much difference between the two). This really brings the sunshine. And christ we need it.
THE BLACK GHOSTS - IT'S YOUR TOUCH (ASHLEY BEEDLE'S HEAVY DISCO EDIT)
I got another Black Ghosts remix in my inbox today, with two of the heavyweights of dubstep turning in what is naturally a bass-bin-botherer of a mix.
THE BLACK GHOSTS - SOME WAY THROUGH THIS (SKREAM & PLASTICIAN REMIX)
If he keeps writing tunes this good, Simon Lord might be up there with his old band mates from SMD pretty soon....
Some more indie-ish fare now. Apparently this track by The Loyal Trooper is coming out on This is Fake DIY records on 6th August. Shit, is it nearly August? This interminable rain had better stop before the summer finishes!
Well I don't know much about the fella, but it sounds like he's realised that records with spoken word bits in are generally good, and has put this knowledge to great effect on this charmingly catchy single. Check it.
THE LOYAL TROOPER - NOTHING TO SAY (DEMO)
Bricolage have lurked at the edges of my consciousness for a while, and this forthcoming single is rather a toe tapper. Called 'The Waltzers', it does have something of the fairground about it. As well as something of The Franz Ferdinands, who they recently supported on tour. It's out on the lovely Memphis Industries, er, sometime.
BRICOLAGE - THE WALTZERS
The lyrics for this are a bit rubbish, but you gotta love the Hadouken! style crunk from 'MOBO Winner Akala'. 'We are not sad for Baghdad' (?)
AKALA - ELECTRO LIVIN'
I've just this second had a comment flash up from my previous post saying "Any chance of an Eddy TM related post? He's not very blogged, but I think he should be!" Well Mr 1KG, i just yesterday received an email containing quite a stonking Eddie Temple-Morris remix, in which the XFM DJ turns Alex Gopher's 'The Game' into a squealing frenzy of synths. I also just got an email about Eddie's forthcoming Remix all-nighter starring Kissy Sell Out. Look:
ALEX GOPHER - THE GAME (EDDIE TEMPLE MORRIS REMIX)
Enough Eddie for you Mr 1KG?
Currently riding high in Mr Sell Out's DJ chart is this new shit by the Switch man. Do I have to tell you that it's awesome? Kissy says 'Played loud enough that bassline is dangerous'. Well I'm only up to about '2' on my amp and I can feel strange things happening already.
'Cos I can guarantee you, I can do it better than you'. You ain't wrong mate. Really. Rather. Good.
SWITCH - BRICK 'N' LACE
As is this new cut from Switch's mates Sinden & Herve - as The Count of Monte Cristal. Beeper is a bad ass piece of fidget house on the Counterfeet label. If you like the switch, take a sip of the cristal.
SINDEN & THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTAL - BEEPER
An album i've enjoyed much more than I expected is the new one from the Chemical Brothers. Not because I don't like the Chemical Brothers but because their Glastonbury show was so lame. I'm sure that Klaxons have influenced the Crowley-esque album sleeve, so it's no surprise to hear them chanting their faux-mysticism on one of the tracks inside. It's a good 'un.
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - ALL RIGHTS REVERSED (FEAT. KLAXONS)
I'm also particularly loving the instrumental 'Saturate', where competing synth-lines fight it out for supremacy until the drum roll brings it all crashing together & triggers Ecstacy rushes all round.
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - SATURATE
OK, that little lot should keep you going a day or two while I look for a job.
posted by headphonesex @ 7:47 PM
