Mirrorball Tuesday
Feels like a disco day to me.
Fresh outta Detroit is this new platter by Omar-S, a mysterious house legend cut from the same cloth as Moodymann and Theo Parrish - who helps out with percussion on this track (though it sounds like he's rattling his jewelery!).
Omar is now billing himself 'The Grandson of Detroit Techno', and has certainly picked up some tricks from his forebears. Being a Detroit production, subtlety is key, and the different elements quietly fade in & out of the mix; while the drums seem to kick slightly off the beat, bringing a shwing to the sound.
This isn't going to smash you round the face like an Ed Banger production, but will take you out for dinner & bring you home for cognac.
OMAR-S - DIRTY DISTORTIONS
Yet another superb single on Lo Experimental Beats is a new 12" by Black Devil Disco Club. Since Rephlex unearthed & reissued their classic 1978 single, the Black Devils have been at the forefront of this disco revival we're enjoying.
The new one features remixes by Prins Thomas, Unit 4 & Black Mustang (whose amazing single I posted about a month ago). The Prins Thomas one is probably the best and most Disco Club like. But i'm sure you'll hear that elsewhere at some point... cos i'm also hot for the Unit 4 reworking, with it's wobbly bassline and chirping atmospherics.
BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB - AN OTHER SKIN (DAYS OF BACKULA) (UNIT 4 REMIX)
Smith & Hack found fame and fortune through their stunning remix of Herbert's 'Like a Train'. Now they have a new rekkid out, 'Space Warriors' & it's all shimmering disco goodness, but with a few strange noises going on at the same time, which makes it NOW rather than THEN.
On the flip is this marvellous Moroder goes Gigolo track. Blissful 5am jazz.
SMITH N HACK - FALLING STARS (EDIT: LOWER QUALITY MP3 BY REQUEST)
Did someone say 'Moroder'?
USHA UTHUP - I FEEL LOVE
This is taken from Tom Middleton's new compilation 'Crazy Covers Vol. 2'. Now i'm probably one of the world's biggest Tom Middleton fans, and have a good few inches of his records about the place - Reload; Jedi Knights; The Chameleon; Cosmos; Chaos & Julia Set; Global Communication, The Mod Wheel and so on and so on!
So I was very much looking forward to a second volume of 40 'crazy and beautiful cover versions'. I have to say i'm finding it a bit forgettable though. There are two many bluegrass versions of songs, and too much stuff that could have come off a daytime Radio 1 session. The Fratellis? Bleurgh.
There are certainly tracks that are worth hearing - like Paul Anka's version of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', and the Jam covering 'Moving on Up', but overall it tends to blend into an easy-listening mush.
The Usha Uthup track (above) stands out a mile though. A complete bollywood reinterpretation of the original with an entirely new chorus, apart from the title you can't be entirely sure that it's a Donna Summer cover at all. Love it.
Fresh outta Detroit is this new platter by Omar-S, a mysterious house legend cut from the same cloth as Moodymann and Theo Parrish - who helps out with percussion on this track (though it sounds like he's rattling his jewelery!).
Omar is now billing himself 'The Grandson of Detroit Techno', and has certainly picked up some tricks from his forebears. Being a Detroit production, subtlety is key, and the different elements quietly fade in & out of the mix; while the drums seem to kick slightly off the beat, bringing a shwing to the sound.
This isn't going to smash you round the face like an Ed Banger production, but will take you out for dinner & bring you home for cognac.
OMAR-S - DIRTY DISTORTIONS
Yet another superb single on Lo Experimental Beats is a new 12" by Black Devil Disco Club. Since Rephlex unearthed & reissued their classic 1978 single, the Black Devils have been at the forefront of this disco revival we're enjoying.
The new one features remixes by Prins Thomas, Unit 4 & Black Mustang (whose amazing single I posted about a month ago). The Prins Thomas one is probably the best and most Disco Club like. But i'm sure you'll hear that elsewhere at some point... cos i'm also hot for the Unit 4 reworking, with it's wobbly bassline and chirping atmospherics.
BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB - AN OTHER SKIN (DAYS OF BACKULA) (UNIT 4 REMIX)
Smith & Hack found fame and fortune through their stunning remix of Herbert's 'Like a Train'. Now they have a new rekkid out, 'Space Warriors' & it's all shimmering disco goodness, but with a few strange noises going on at the same time, which makes it NOW rather than THEN.
On the flip is this marvellous Moroder goes Gigolo track. Blissful 5am jazz.
SMITH N HACK - FALLING STARS (EDIT: LOWER QUALITY MP3 BY REQUEST)
Did someone say 'Moroder'?
USHA UTHUP - I FEEL LOVE
This is taken from Tom Middleton's new compilation 'Crazy Covers Vol. 2'. Now i'm probably one of the world's biggest Tom Middleton fans, and have a good few inches of his records about the place - Reload; Jedi Knights; The Chameleon; Cosmos; Chaos & Julia Set; Global Communication, The Mod Wheel and so on and so on!
So I was very much looking forward to a second volume of 40 'crazy and beautiful cover versions'. I have to say i'm finding it a bit forgettable though. There are two many bluegrass versions of songs, and too much stuff that could have come off a daytime Radio 1 session. The Fratellis? Bleurgh.
There are certainly tracks that are worth hearing - like Paul Anka's version of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', and the Jam covering 'Moving on Up', but overall it tends to blend into an easy-listening mush.
The Usha Uthup track (above) stands out a mile though. A complete bollywood reinterpretation of the original with an entirely new chorus, apart from the title you can't be entirely sure that it's a Donna Summer cover at all. Love it.
posted by headphonesex @ 8:45 PM
