Everybody Needs Two or Three Friends
I suppose I should be talking about the Radiohead album. I don't know about the music, but it's pretty interesting how they're delivering it. In case you don't know, you can download the album from 10th October, and basically pay however much you want for it. Which may be nothing, if that's what you want. Alternatively there's a pretty lush looking vinyl & CD box set that'll set you back 40 smackers.
Personally, I have never paid for a download. I buy plenty of vinyl & CDs, but I can't get my head around paying £6.99 for an album in mp3 format when you can get the original CD for 8 quid. Chances are that MP3s will be obsolete in a couple of years, and I also don't fancy the financial consequences of a busted hard drive. Plus I like to hold the case or sleeve in my hands while listening to the music. So yes, despite the best efforts of the music industry I have not been sold one iota on this itunes lark. So it's rather ironic that an album that is potentially being given away for free is probably the first one I will pay for. I'm quite happy to pay 2 or 3 quid for an album's worth of MP3s, and that's what i'll do. I really don't see how mp3s cost so much when there are no manufacturing costs and very little cost of distribution. I think the industry may be surprised at how many people opt to pay what they consider a fair price despite being given the option to get it for free, so it wouldn't surprise me if this model is used far more often in the future.
But i'm sure you can read about that on roughly 100,000 other sites on the web. So I'll leave it at that.
It's been a while since i've posted up some dancefloor riddims. Well, if there's one thing that's been more ubiquitous in clubs the last couple of years than the Human League's 'Things That Dreams Are Made Of' it's Kissy Sell Out. So it makes sense that KSO has remixed the aforementioned synthpop classic. It's a little restrained by Kissy's standards, and lovingly produced. I suspect though that it may be augmented by the odd air horn when played out...
THE HUMAN LEAGUE vs KISSY SELL OUT - THINGS THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF
I've also just discovered this on my hard drive, and since it's caused me a momentary twinge of recollection & the onset of a dose of chair dancing i'll post it up as well...
KISSY SELL OUT - LET THERE BE BLAZING LIGHT
Ah, so looking at hype machine it seems that as usual i've prevaricated before posting my tunes up, and therefore as usual i've been beaten to the punch when it comes to posting up the hottness. But as a wise man once said, 'it's not a race'.
(that's what used to greet me on the M4 into London)
So as you probably know by now, if you read other blogs, there is a retrospective of Trevor Jackson's Output label coming out on 12th November. It's a triple CD / DVD pack and will no doubt be quite lavishly packaged if it's in keeping with the rest of the label's...err... Output.
Accompanying it is a remix single called 'I Hate Remixes', and it features this bitching Optimo remix of Colder. 'To The Music' was a decent track from Colder's second album 'Heat', but Optimo have just perfected it for playing out. I'm not saying they're old, but they've been playing in discos long enough to know what works. A lolloping bassline; glacial chimes; emotionless vocals & a squelching ravetasm erupting half way through.
COLDER - TO THE MUSIC (OPTIMO ESPACIO MIX)
Trevor Jackson has also mixed one of the CDs in the forthcoming 'Kings of Electro' compilation. It sounds to me what a mix CD should be about... someone who knows their stuff delivering a perfect mix of the familiar & unfamiliar. It's a strange term though 'Electro'. Although in my eyes it can be interpreted many ways, i wouldn't have done what Alter Ego did on the other CD which is put together a Techno CD. Particularly since the last one in the series was 'Kings of Techno'. Get with the brief sunshine... Maurizio, Plastikman, Kenny Larkin, DBX & Underground Resistance = Techno.
Thankfully our Trevor got the right idea. These are electro.
WHODINI - MAGIC'S WAND
DYNAMIX II - JUST GIVE THE DJ A BREAK (REMIX)
DYNAMIX II - DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL
I'd really love to talk about all the awesomeness that's been coming out on DFA, however they're not very keen on MP3 bloggers, and if I put a track up i'll just get shouted at by EMI within about 10 minutes. So instead i'll just have to tell you to go & seek out the new stuff. Carl Craig's mix of 'Sound of Silver', the Soulwax mix of 'Get Innocuous', Hercules & Love Affair, LCD Soundsystem's 45:33 and Still Going Theme by Still Going are all essential. In a way it's good that I don't have to decide which tracks to post as it'd be a tough decision. The new Death From Abroad sublabel is going to be worth keeping an eye or two on also...
One thing I can hopefully post is this new remix from Justus Kohncke... a man who always gives good mix. This time it's on a single by Half Cousin, that also contains very good versions of 'The Absentee' from Zero 7 & Fujiya & Miyagi. Justus' mix is the highlight though... one that spends half the track hitting you with some wonky techno before some lovely chords herald the arrival of the vocal, and the whole mood of the track changes.
HALF COUSIN - THE ABSENTEE (JUSTUS KOHNCKE REMIX)
It's only when I start writing these things that I realise how much stuff i'd like to talk about & post up. I won't overload y'all though. Soak these up & i'll be back with more sometime soon...
Personally, I have never paid for a download. I buy plenty of vinyl & CDs, but I can't get my head around paying £6.99 for an album in mp3 format when you can get the original CD for 8 quid. Chances are that MP3s will be obsolete in a couple of years, and I also don't fancy the financial consequences of a busted hard drive. Plus I like to hold the case or sleeve in my hands while listening to the music. So yes, despite the best efforts of the music industry I have not been sold one iota on this itunes lark. So it's rather ironic that an album that is potentially being given away for free is probably the first one I will pay for. I'm quite happy to pay 2 or 3 quid for an album's worth of MP3s, and that's what i'll do. I really don't see how mp3s cost so much when there are no manufacturing costs and very little cost of distribution. I think the industry may be surprised at how many people opt to pay what they consider a fair price despite being given the option to get it for free, so it wouldn't surprise me if this model is used far more often in the future.
But i'm sure you can read about that on roughly 100,000 other sites on the web. So I'll leave it at that.
It's been a while since i've posted up some dancefloor riddims. Well, if there's one thing that's been more ubiquitous in clubs the last couple of years than the Human League's 'Things That Dreams Are Made Of' it's Kissy Sell Out. So it makes sense that KSO has remixed the aforementioned synthpop classic. It's a little restrained by Kissy's standards, and lovingly produced. I suspect though that it may be augmented by the odd air horn when played out...
THE HUMAN LEAGUE vs KISSY SELL OUT - THINGS THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF
I've also just discovered this on my hard drive, and since it's caused me a momentary twinge of recollection & the onset of a dose of chair dancing i'll post it up as well...
KISSY SELL OUT - LET THERE BE BLAZING LIGHT
Ah, so looking at hype machine it seems that as usual i've prevaricated before posting my tunes up, and therefore as usual i've been beaten to the punch when it comes to posting up the hottness. But as a wise man once said, 'it's not a race'.
(that's what used to greet me on the M4 into London)
So as you probably know by now, if you read other blogs, there is a retrospective of Trevor Jackson's Output label coming out on 12th November. It's a triple CD / DVD pack and will no doubt be quite lavishly packaged if it's in keeping with the rest of the label's...err... Output.
Accompanying it is a remix single called 'I Hate Remixes', and it features this bitching Optimo remix of Colder. 'To The Music' was a decent track from Colder's second album 'Heat', but Optimo have just perfected it for playing out. I'm not saying they're old, but they've been playing in discos long enough to know what works. A lolloping bassline; glacial chimes; emotionless vocals & a squelching ravetasm erupting half way through.
COLDER - TO THE MUSIC (OPTIMO ESPACIO MIX)
Trevor Jackson has also mixed one of the CDs in the forthcoming 'Kings of Electro' compilation. It sounds to me what a mix CD should be about... someone who knows their stuff delivering a perfect mix of the familiar & unfamiliar. It's a strange term though 'Electro'. Although in my eyes it can be interpreted many ways, i wouldn't have done what Alter Ego did on the other CD which is put together a Techno CD. Particularly since the last one in the series was 'Kings of Techno'. Get with the brief sunshine... Maurizio, Plastikman, Kenny Larkin, DBX & Underground Resistance = Techno.
Thankfully our Trevor got the right idea. These are electro.
WHODINI - MAGIC'S WAND
DYNAMIX II - JUST GIVE THE DJ A BREAK (REMIX)
DYNAMIX II - DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL
I'd really love to talk about all the awesomeness that's been coming out on DFA, however they're not very keen on MP3 bloggers, and if I put a track up i'll just get shouted at by EMI within about 10 minutes. So instead i'll just have to tell you to go & seek out the new stuff. Carl Craig's mix of 'Sound of Silver', the Soulwax mix of 'Get Innocuous', Hercules & Love Affair, LCD Soundsystem's 45:33 and Still Going Theme by Still Going are all essential. In a way it's good that I don't have to decide which tracks to post as it'd be a tough decision. The new Death From Abroad sublabel is going to be worth keeping an eye or two on also...
One thing I can hopefully post is this new remix from Justus Kohncke... a man who always gives good mix. This time it's on a single by Half Cousin, that also contains very good versions of 'The Absentee' from Zero 7 & Fujiya & Miyagi. Justus' mix is the highlight though... one that spends half the track hitting you with some wonky techno before some lovely chords herald the arrival of the vocal, and the whole mood of the track changes.
HALF COUSIN - THE ABSENTEE (JUSTUS KOHNCKE REMIX)
It's only when I start writing these things that I realise how much stuff i'd like to talk about & post up. I won't overload y'all though. Soak these up & i'll be back with more sometime soon...
posted by headphonesex @ 2:41 AM
