Decadance: La storia della musica dance anni '90

Luca "Dj Lukagee" Giampetruzzi e Giosuè 'DJ Gio MC-505' Impellizzeri hanno scritto a 4 mani questo gioiellino sulla musica dance, regina assoluta degli anni '90.
Tra curiosità, retroscena, classifiche ed interviste agli artisti che hanno dominato la scena dance per un decennio intero, questo libro di stampo enciclopedico è uno scrigno contenente rarità e segreti tenuti sino ad ora celati in rigoroso silenzio.

Per ora disponibile solo previa prenotazione online - decadancebook@libero.it - al costo di € 18.

Decadancemix


01) R.A.F. "We Gonna Get"
02) BASE OF DREAMS "The Only One"
03) ALPHABET MODE "Alphabet Mode"
04) COPERNICO "Got The Power"
05) RONNY MONEY "Money's Back"
06) D.R.A.M.A. "Won't You Find A Way"
07) Z100 "On The Low"
08) ANTICO "What I Gotta Do (Hardcorezzzz Albertino Remix)
09) REXANTHONY "An.Tho.Ny."

07.12.008 Magazzini Generali + iPogo = BOYS NOIZE!

From 11 p.m.

Beck "Youthless"

Franz Ferdinand "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand"

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand is music of the night: to fling yourself around your room to as you psyche yourself for a night of hedonism, for the dance-floor, flirtation, for your desolate heart-stop, for losing it and loving losing it, for the chemical surge in your bloodstream. It’s for that lonely hour gently rocking yourself waiting for dawn and it all to be even again.” - Alex Kapranos, Franz Ferdinand.

01. Ulysses
02. Turn It On
03. Kiss Me
04. Twilight Omens
05. Send Him Away
06. Live Alone
07. Bite Hard
08. What She Came For
09. Can't Stop Feeling
10. Lucid Dreams
11. Dream Again
12. Katherine Kiss Me

WhoMadeWho "TV Friend"

Fabriclive.43 - Switch & Sinden present "Get Familiar" mixed by Sinden

After 8 days in the cold - and snowy - Berlin, I wanted a new burner album.
Switch & Sinden set fire to our bodies with their selection of electrofied hip hop and fat groove.
Fabriclive.43 will be a wildfire on Himalayas on 1st December!

01. Juiceboxxx & Dre Skull - Center Skull
02. Yo Majesty - Club Action
03. Aquasky feat. Acafool - Have A Good Time (The Count & Sinden Mix)
04. Armand Van Helden - This Aint Hollywood
05. Scottie B & King Tutt - African Chant
06. Mujava - Township Funk (Sinden Remix)
07. Tigerstyle feat. Vybz Kartel, Mangi Mahal & Nikitta - Balle! Shava! (Sinden Remix)
08. MixHell - Highly Explicit (Brodinski Remix)
09. Buraka Som Sistema - Luanda-Lisboa
10. Radioclit - Secousse (Instrumental)
11. Alan Braxe feat. Killa Kella & Fallon - Nightwatcher (Show Me) (Instrumental)/Double S & True Tiger - From Day
12. Joker - Gully Brook Lane
13. JME - AWOH
14. Skream - Fick
15. Zomby - Strange Fruit
16. Caper - Hybrid
17. Project Bassline - Drop The Pressure
18. Piddy Py - Giggle Riddim
19. Róisín Murphy - Owerpowered (Hervé & Róisín In The Secret Garden Mix)
20. Machines Don't Care - Beat Bang
21. Kudu - Lets Finish (Sinden Remix)
22. M83 - Couleurs
23. SALEM - Redlights

In Flagranti "Sexx Piss Tool"

In Flagranti are back with "Sexx Piss Tool", their new release on Codek Records.
For their return the first-time singer Natalie Smith ("Brush My Beat") drags us since the first minute into their new sex delirium.

Bang! Bang! You shot me down...

01. Brush My Beat
02. I'm Sorry, I'm Terrible Sensitive
03. I Chatted Up The Nympho Secretary (part 1)

The Prodigy: New Album in February

The Prodigy are currently mastering their new album, which is planned to be released on 27th February, in New York.

Tracklist and title aren't confirmed yet, stay tuned for updated news or when someone will have it would be nice share it to me!

Here you can listen to a new track, "Run".

Spektrum "Hotsteppa"

"Hot Steppa" is a funk-punky-soul anticipation track of the Spektrum's third album.
The vinyl features the Original Mix plus Dub Mix and a great remix by Hanna Holland.

Spektrum "Hotsteppa"

Flaming Lips "Christmas On Mars"

In production since 2001, The Flaming Lips' eagerly anticipated "Christmas On Mars" - A Fantastical Film Freakout featuring The Flaming Lips will be released on CD/DVD format on November 11th on Warner Bros Records / Cinema Purgatorio.
Directed by front man Wayne Coyne alongside co-director George Salisbury (the band's audiovisual technician), many of the film's Mars sets were constructed in Coyne's back garden at his home in Oklahoma City. The film does indeed take place during Christmas time on Mars, as the colonisation of the Red Planet is underway. But when an oxygen generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis (The Lips' Steven Drozd) and his team (including the Lips' bassist Michael Ivins) fear for the worst. Syrtis hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and many other strange things. Meanwhile, a compassionate alien superbeing (Coyne) arrives, inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts. Also appearing in the film are the band's road drummer Kliph Scurlock, manager Scott Booker, and many other familiar figures from The Lips' community.

85 mins in black and white with some sequences in color.

CD Soundtrack tracklist
01. Once Beyond Hopelessness
02. The Distance Between Mars and the Earth - Part One
03. The Horrors of Isolation: The Celestial Dissolve, Triumphant Hallucination, Light Being Absorbed
04. In Excelsior Vaginalistic
05. Your Spaceship Comes From Within
06. Suicide and Extraordinary Mistakes
07. The Distance Between Mars and the Earth - Part Two
08. The Secret of Immortality: This Strange Feeling, This Impossible World
09. The Gleaming Armament of Marching Genitalia
10. The Distress Signals of Celestial Objects
11. Space Bible With Volume Lumps
12. Once Beyond Hopelessness

Feist "Honey Honey"

Aeroplane x Grace Jones

Oh, my...

Grace Jones "William's Blood (Aeroplane Remix)"

I've read on Discobelle that remix was rejected by the label with no reason.
They will regret about that!

Prime Suspect "Bang!"

American artist Ariel and German electronic music producer Jan Muller have joined forces to produce the criminal sounds of Prime Suspect. With a blend art pop disco, industrial techno, new wave, electro, go go punk and live vocals this duo creates a distinctive, futuristic hybrid of dance. The compelling mix of electronic punk features both Jan and Ariel's emotive vocals, adding a taste of yesterdays anarchist sarcastic flavor but never interferes with the music. Jan as progammer and composer uses as many analogue sounds as possible, bringing musicians into the studio and creating a virtual band. Featured on various tracks on "Bang!" is the guitar mastership of the legendary east bay Ray of The Dead Kennedys. Supporting members are Johann Bley on drums (ex member of KMFDM and Juno Reactor) and Jasper Scholtz (bass guitar and vocals).

"Bang!" is out today, released by Nachtstrom Schallplatten.

01. Intro
02. Nightlife
03. Attraction
04. You're My Drug
05. Bad Girl
06. Irresistible
07. Entertainment
08. Dr. Wright
09. Attraction (Club Mix)
10. Oblique Blasphemy
11. Casque A Boulons
12. Megalomaniac
13. Boys Build Bombs
14. Pussycat

Last Year's Model "New Wave Of Attack Mode Robot Pop"

Are you collectors of modern 8-bit and synthpop albums?
Are you falled in love with To My Boy, Crystal Castles and Kap Bambino?
Are you searching for a new funny band?

Ladies and gentlemen, Last Year's Model are what you are searching for: funny, punky and synthesized!

01. Welcome to New Wave of Attack Mode Robot Pop
02. Plastic Toy
03. Wish
04. Sleep
05. Computer Says, "No!" Episode IV: Prelude to the Cyberspace Rebellion
06. Computer Says, "No!" Episode V: Video Game-senpai Challenges Last Year's Model-kun
07. Computer Says, "No!" Episode VI: Video Apocalypse
08. Never Cared
09. Stupid Machine
10. Thank You For Your Cooperation
11. Down

Listen to all tracks here.

The Model "Physical"

Playloop Records is ready to release "Physical", The Model's debut album, on 18 November.

Inspired by geometry and Russian literature, by Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, in old black and white photos, The Model are over simply electro pop music, "Physical" will be the electro rock album of the year.

01. What Does It Look Like I’m Doing?
02. I Won’t Be Hanging Out Anymore
03. Do You Believe In Angels
04. N_A
05. Immigrant
06. Cowboys
07. Wrong Number
08. Success
09. Boy
10. Pleasure

MGMT "The Youth"

Video of the month.

Jazzanova presents "Secret Love 5"

"With the release of the Secret Love compilation series Sonar Kollektiv have succeeded in encapsulating this spirit shared among friends and fans of the label and in delivering a very personal vision of what soul-folk music is. And given the success of the previous volumes of Secret Love with more than 30.000 copies sold, JAZZANOVA faced something of a challenge in putting together this 5th issue in the series. Of course, expectations are high following the acclaim received by the previous four Secret Love compilations. But JAZZANOVA have hit the nail on the head yet again this time with another delightfully diverse compilation rich in some of the best new soul-folk around."

01. Nikolaj Grandjean - The First Picture
02. Choir Of Young Believers - Things I Stole (Evil Death Machine Cover)
03. Brent Cash - This Sea, These Waves
04. Quiet Village - Broken Promises
05. Recloose feat. Joe Dukie - Deeper Waters (Eva Be’s Secret Lover Remix)
06. Pop Levi - Love You Straight (Astral Version)
07. Crowdpleaser & Ly Sanders - Walking Home (LEXX' 7” Version)
08. Boom Clap Bachelors - Combiner
09. Savath & Savalas - Estrellas De Dos Caras
10. Lars Bartkuhn - Harmony Of The Spheres
11. Woolfy vs. Projections - Absynth
12. The Rubies feat. Feist - I Feel Electric (Tiedeye Remix)
13. Thief - Down, Down (Owusu Remix)
14. Clutchy Hopkins - Song For Wolfie
15. Stee Downes - Destruction Of Ourselves

Anthony Rother presents "We Are Punks 3"

Third episode for the Anthony Rother's electro punk compilation! Available on vinyl and CD, "We Are Punks 3" will be released on 10 November.

Finally here is the official tracklist:
01. Anthony Rother - When The Sun Goes Down (Underground Resistance Ain't No Sunshine Remix)
02. Stephan Bodzin - Bremen-Ost
03. Loco Dice - Consequently, Eccentric and Delicate
04. Patrick Zigon - Only She Knows
05. Anthony Rother - Digitalvision
06. Hell + Rother - Bodyfarm (Telekfrat Dub Mix)
07. Väth vs Rother - S'kränkt
08. Pig & Den - Dreams of Bells
09. Broombeck - Temperature
10. Rother vs Telekraft - Planet Telekraft (Original Mix)
11. Frank Kusserow - Dead and Turn

And here the teaser again:

Small Feral Token "Digipop"

While pop music is trespassing pop music it's time to release "Digipop", the full lenght debut album of the Swedish girl duo Small Feral Token.
Lotta & Natalie has produced their own album with the collaboration of Aron Lamm, creating electronic music mixed with poppy melodies.

The result is brilliant. It's not a pretentious record but it's something you can listen to it easily, you can forget it for 2 years and when time is passed by you'll recover it and listen to it again like the first time.

Do what you want, just buy it! It's out since Monday 13th on Mondo Nuevo Records.

01. I Am Entertainer
02. A Girl's Best Friend
03. Passionate Glue
04. Sound Trekking
05. Shine
06. Reptile Mind
07. Black Current
08. Maneater
09. It Will Still Be Night
10. Sinners Within
11. The Voice of Reason
12. Grim Fandango

Those Dancing Days "In Our Space Hero Suits"

Do you remember a young Blondie? And The Go-Go's?
If the answer is 'yes', put them on today and you would have the five girls Those Dancing Days giving us a freshy retro sound with this debut album.
I know CD quality is better of any other format but you should listen to "In Our Space Hero Suits" on a whooshing vinyl.

This is 60's, baby.

01. Knights In Mountainfoxjackets
02. Falling In Fall
03. I Know Where You Live
04. Run Run
05. Hitten
06. Actionman
07. Shuffle
08. Home Sweet Home
09. Duet Under Waters
10. Kids
11. Those Dancing Days
12. Spaceherosuits

Out now(!) on Wichita Records.

Mr. Oizo "Lambs Anger"

...!

01. Hun
02. Pourriture 2
03. Z
04. Cut Dick
05. Two Takes It (feat. Carmen Castro)
06. Rank
07. Bruce Willis is Dead
08. Jo
09. Positif
10. Lambs Anger
11. Erreur Jean (feat. Error Smith)
12. Steroïds (feat. Uffie)
13. Gay Dentists
14. Pourriture 7
15. W
16. Lars Von Sen
17. Blind Concerto

Telepathe "Chrome's On It EP"

I don't know what I'm listening to. Ambient pop? A sort of communication from space? Björk's son?
This EP will come with remixes from Diplo's Mad Decent Crew, The Mae Shi, Frankmusik, Free Blood and Bobby Evans and it will be out digitally and on vinyl on 14th October, released by Iamsound Records.

Telepathe are also on tour with Diplo, Abe Vigoda and Boy 8-Bit. Check the tour dates here.

A1. Chrome's on It
A2. Chrome's on It (Mad Decent Remix)
A3. Chrome's on It (The Mae Shi Remix)
A4. Chrome's on It (Frankmusik Remix)
B1.Bells
B2. Bells (Free Blood Remix)
B3. Bells (Bobby Evans Remix)

"I Love Techno 2008" mixed by Boys Noize

The new ILT compilation mixed by Boys Noize and it features 21 tracks with some unreleased tracks, such as Proxy - Raven, Jan Drives - Wet Alert, ZZT - The Worm, Bingo Players - Get Up (Diplo Remix), Mr. Oizo - Positiv and Mixhell - Highly Explicit (Brodinski Remix).

The compilation will be released on 13th October.

01. DMX Krew - White Noise
02. Proxy - Raven + Boys Noize feat. I-Robots - Frau (Acapella)
03. Jan Driver - Wet Alert
04. ZZT - The Worm
05. Poni Hoax - Hypercommunication (Alter Ego Remix)
06. Steve Rachmad - Bot
07. Smith ’n Hack - Devils Run
08. Popof - Electric Circus + D.I.M. - Is You (Acapella)
09. MMM - Nous Sommes MMM (Live Version)
10. Bingo Players - Get Up (Diplo Remix)
11. Mr. Oizo - Positiv
12. Les Petits Pilous - Wake-up
13. Mixhell - Highly Explicit (Brodinski Remix)
14. Alter Ego - Jolly Joker (Dj Koze Remix)
15. Patrice Baumel - Roar
16. Len Faki - Death By House
17. The Subs - Papillon (Brodinski Remix)
18. Zeus - Zeus
19. Joey Beltram - Game Form
20. Boys Noize - My Head (Para One Remix)
21. Errorsmith - In A Sweat

Luomo "Convivial"

Fourth album for Sasu Rapatti aka Luomo. For this latest episode he collaborates with some electronic stars, in addition to his long-time collaborator Johanna Iivanainen: Sascha Ring (aka Apparat), Robert Owens, Sue-C, Cassy from Panorama Bar and Jake Shears from Scissor Sisters.

The title "Convivial" reflects the state of mind behind the making of the album, the first ever real collaboration between Luomo and other artists.

On Huume from 24th October.

Tracklist
01. Have You Ever (with Cassy)
02. Love You All (with Sascha Ring)
03. If I Can’t (with Jake Shears)
04. Nothing Goes Away (with Sue Cie & Johanna Iivanainen)
05. Robert’s Reason (with Robert Owens)
06. Slow Dying Places (with Johanna Iivanainen)
07. Sleep Tonight (with Johanna Iivanainen)
08. Gets Along Fine (with Chubbs)
09. Lonely Music Co. (with Johanna Iivanainen)

If someone knows who is Chubbe, please let me know too.

"Love You All (with Sascha Ring)" (thanks to Stereogum)

Agoria "Go Fast"

An album. To 'Go Fast', because that's its title. With a composer who also goes very fast, often.
A composer who is also a DJ. A DJ who goes around the world to make it dance by mixing his three turntables, fast. Often.
The speed that scratches at the faces so harsh that it disfigures them also possesses a few virtues. Amongst which that of putting every creator in a state of ultimate trance to bring a project to the top. Often.

The most difficult being to do something well and fast. Going fast to attain one's mission can become perilous. Go Fast is hence the title of Olivier Van Hoofstadt's movie. The flick that should give the French thriller genre a brand new energy and a top speed almost capable of breaking the wall of sound.

The sound here is Agoria's, the luminous prodigy of the French electronic scene is capable of teletransporting dozens of thousands of clubbers in a state of ultimate joy that gives them feet of wind.
This same DJ composed and produced the two albums that are necessary and indispensable for any proper immersion in the complex heart of electronic music. 'Blossom' in 2003 (with the classics La 11ème Marche, Spinach Girl) and 'Green Armchair' (including Code 1026, Europa and Les Violons Ivres) in 2006 have hardened the Lyon born musician who found himself glorified with the greatest awards: Best DJ with Laurent Garnier in 2004, Best Album for France Inter in 2006, most startling ambassador DJ for the Lyon Nuits Sonores, an award that he reaped once again this year at the term of a 7-hour battle with big brother Laurent Garnier.
All 15000 dancers who attended came out worn out and shattered by the intimate, abrasive dialogue between the two giants of the electronic planet who invented the language of turntables.

All this does tend to give a taste for speed. Agoria does remain a discreet person. Indeed, when we first met him on the occasion of the Nuits Sonores, he failed to tell us that he was working on a project for an original score for a film co-produced by Luc Besson.

This action movie focuses on these famous 'Go Fasters', the automobile pilots with a fury for ultra-powerful, armed convoys who transport over a ton of hashish at 200 km/hour or more on the European motorways, with an aim of outsmarting the police forces. It just so happens that producers Emmanuel Prévost and Stéphane Lecomte listened to Agoria's album 'The Green Armchair' completely by chance. They were soon to fall head over heels in love with the album, and decided to synchronise two scenes of the film with tracks 'Code 1026' and 'Europa'. Agoria asks to see the scenes. Soon, he enjoys it so much that he is asked to compose the entire score for the film. Apparently, imagining music over images is a job in itself.

Agoria soon realises this when someone tells him. But it does not deter him as he tools to compose another album, which could naturally become his third, simply inspired from the images and the scenario of 'Go Fast'.

Didier Varod

"Go Fast" will be released on 13th October on [PIAS].

Tracklist
01. Tender Storm
02. Altre Voci
03. Memole Bua
04. Dust
05. Pending Between Two Worlds
06. Eden
07. Solarized
08. Last Breath
09. Around The Corner
10. Go Fast
11. Run Run Run
12. Diva Drive

Audio samples

*** the text above is copied from Agoria's blog hosted on his MySpace profile.
Hope you forgive me but I have no words to describe this huge album.

SoKo: debut album on Because Music

The signature is arrived! According to the official website of the french label Because Music, Soko has signed with them for the release of her debut album, in 2009.
The album will be released in France, Belgium, Mid, East and South Europe.

After the collaboration with So Me, who has used her voice to make the intro of Soulwax "Part Of The Weekend Never Dies", and the huge success of her song "I'll Kill Her", it's time to make a step forward for her real - and not only virtual - success consecration.

While waiting for some other news, you should (re)watch her first and homemade video.

"I'll Kill Her"

Armand Van Helden "You Don't Know Me: The Best Of"

Limited edition package which contains 30 tracks divided in 2 CDs.
First disc is dedicated to a selection of his 20 best tracks, the second is a special mix of his 10 best remixes (but where is Cerrone?).

Clap your hands and say yeah to the funk phenomena!

CD1 - Unmixed
01. Armand Van Helden - You Don't Know Me (Feat. Duane Harden)
02. Armand Van Helden - The Funk Phenomena
03. Armand Van Helden - My My My (Feat. Tara McDonald)
04. Armand Van Helden - I Want Your Soul
05. Armand Van Helden - NYC Beat
06. Armand Van Helden - Full Moon (Feat. Common)
07. Armand Van Helden - Witch Doctor
08. Armand Van Helden - Koochy
09. Armand Van Helden - Ultrfunkula
10. Armand Van Helden - Touch Your Toes (Feat. Fat Joe & BL)
11. Armand Van Helden - This Ain't Hollywood (Feat. Will "Tha Wiz" Lemay)
12. Armand Van Helden - Playmate (Feat. Roxy Cottontail & Lacole "Tigga" Campbell)
13. Armand Van Helden - Je T'aime (Feat. Nicole Roux)
14. Armand Van Helden - Why Can't You Free Some Time
15. Armand Van Helden - Flowerz (Feat. Roland Clark)
16. Armand Van Helden - Necessary Evil
17. Armand Van Helden - Sugar (Feat. Jessy Moss)
18. Armand Van Helden - Into Your Eyes
19. Armand Van Helden - Hear My Name (Feat. Spalding Rockwell)
20. Armand Van Helden - When The Lights Go Down

CD2 - Mixed
01. Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big) (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix)
02. Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix)
03. Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For (Armand Van Helden Remix)
04. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Armand Van Helden Mix)
05. CJ Bolland - Sugar Is Sweeter (Armand Van Helden Drum And Bass Mix)
06. Britney Spears - Toxic (Armand Van Helden Club Mix)
07. Goldie feat. KRS One - Digital (Armand's Speed Garage Mix)
08. Justin Timberlake - Sexyback (Armand Van Helden Mix)
09. Basement Jazz - Plug It In (Armand Van Helden Remix)
10. Daft Punk - Da Funk (10 Mins of Funk Remix)

Arnaud Rebotini "Music Components"

After his previous album "Burn Your Own Church" with Black Strobe released in 2007, Arnaud Rebotini returns with a new album and a live 100% electronic.
No laptop or external sequencer was used for this album but only machines (TR 909, TR 808, HS 101, JUNO 60, KORG MONOPOLY) 'cause he wants to share with us his live studio experience.
"Music Components" is a techno album which reminds the sounds of his first productions and it's set to be released on 13th October in vinyl, CD and digital version.

Tracklist
01. Spirit Of Boogie
02. Un Cheval D'Orgueil
03. 1314
04. CM
05. The Sawmp Waltz
06. Horns Of Innocence
07. Conakry Filter Sweep
08. 777
09. Mnll

You can listen to it simply clicking here.

The Presets "Apocalypso (Collectors Edition)"

On 4th October, "Apocalypso" will come in a special pack containing the original album and a special disc that contains remixes from D.I.M., Jence, Optimo, Mouse On Mars, Lifelike and others.

Here you can pre-order the Online Collector's Edition Pack (2CD version of Apocalypso + The Presets hi-gloss print + The Presets scarf)

CD1
01. Kicking And Screaming
02. My People
03. A New Sky
04. This Boys In Love
05. Yippiyo-ay
06. Talk Like That
07. Eucalyptus
08. If I Know You
09. Together
10. Aeons
11. Anywhere

Bonus Remix CD
01. My People (D.I.M. Remix)
02. This Boy's In Love (Lifelike Remix)
03. Talk Like That (Jence Remix)
04. Are You The One? (Lifelike's 1 Serious Extended Remix)
05. Anywhere (Still Going Remix)
06. My People (Mouse On Mars Acid Pretzels Remix)
07. Talk Like That (An Optimo (Espacio) Mix)
08. Anywhere (Compuphonic & Kolombo Remix)
09. This Boy's In Love (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)

JETLAGTOUR 2008: Ellen Allien + Modeselektor

“Jet lag is a physiological condition which is a consequence of alterations to circadian rhythms. such disturbances result from rapid transmeridian travel as on a jet plane.
They are known as jet lag. The condition is generally believed to be the result of disruption of the "light/dark" cycle that entrains the body's circadian rhythm. Even when we live in a 24 hours per day – circle; the natural rhythm of our interior clock is programmed to 25 hours per day mainly.”

The antidote is:
ELLEN ALLIEN + MODESELEKTOR

These are the remaining dates:
19/09/008: Barcelona @ Nitsa
20/09/008: Paris @ Technoparade Day & Night
26/09/008: Milan @ Leoncavallo
27/09/008: London @ fabric

You can abuse it.

Tiga "Mindimension"

Brand new track by Tiga, ripped from 2 Many DJ's' set at Creamfields.

Come on!

Cake On Cake "Hymns I Remember"

Helena Sundin is the swedish singer who whispers her songs on fluffy sound waves. She makes a candy indie pop with some soft electronic elements.
Until 2007 Cake On Cake was a one-woman band but now the family grew up and we can find Andreas Gabrielsson on bass and Kristina Sundin on metallophone and vocals.

After two albums on Desolation Records, this Cake On Cake's third album will be release on 1st October on Sleepy Records.

Sunday Girl


Visiting The Venice Biennale


myspace.com/cakeoncake

Datapunk News: Hell+Rother and "We Are Punks" episode #3

Original


Telekraft Dub Mix


Teaser

I'm sorry but this time I have no words. Datapunk is Datapunk, you know.

Joakim "My Best Remixes"

After 3 albums ("Tiger Sushi", "Ghosts" and "Monsters And Silly Songs") Joakim will release his best works as a remixer.
He's one of the best producer on the scene and when he puts himself in the shoes of "Joakim 'The Remixer'" he gives a new energy and he reveals the real potential of each original track.

Even if I'm really excited about this collection, I'm a little bit surprised for the absence of his "Hypercommunication" (Poni Hoax) and "Hustler" (Simian Mobile Disco) remixes.
I think it would be a very complete "Best Remixes" collections.

Anyway, another release on 27th October 2008.

01. Annie "Always Too Late"
02. The Chap "Ethnic Instruments"
03. DJ Mehdi "Pocket Piano"
04. Zombie-Zombie "Drive This Road Until Death Sets You Free"
05. Tiga "Pleasure From The Bass"
06. Late Of The Pier "The Bears Are Coming" (Dub version)
07. Clashing Egos "Aiming Nebere"
08. Alter Ego "Why Not?"
09. Cut Copy "Heart On Fire"
10. Lionel Hampton "Vibromatic"
11. Antena "Camino Del Sol"
12. Max Berlin "Elle & Moi"

Poni Hoax "Hypercommunication (Joakim's Cartoon Muscles)"

Röyksopp: the new album in October!

After 3 years, the Norwegian duo, is ready to return with their 3rd album scheduled for October.
Expectations are so high: musically Röyksopp has quite unique ability in creating melody and set the perfect vocals on it.
They also recruited 2 new guests: Robyn and the actual most played singer Lykke Li.

That's all, I'm waiting for any news soon.

Magnolia Parade 05-06/09/008

Ok, è iniziato ieri con Frankie Hi-NRG in veste da dj, lo stesso per DJ Lord (Public Enemy), Meg, Ninja dei SubsOnicA e Useless Wooden Toys.
Il meglio, per me, però parte da questa sera con il live di Vitalic e Motor sul Bigfrog Stage, Gino (mente del Sonica Festival) insieme a Marco Bogani e System 7 (ex Egg) sull'Outfrog Stage.
Sabato si chiude in bellezza, sperando di riuscire a sdoppiarmi. Sul Bigfrog Stage si alterneranno Feadz, The Bloody Beetroots, Victeam, Sangue Disken e Fucked From Above 1985 mentre sull'Outfrog ecco Carl Craig, i Goose, Sasse nelle vesti di Freestyle Man e Lele Sacchi.
Sull'Infrog roba da palati sopraffini: hosted by Warp, arriverà il duo Vono Box insieme al DJ's team della Warp.

Non dimentico il Swimming Stage con l'open bar, è un segreto. Oops!

From 6 p.m. to 4 p.m.
€ 10//night

Circolo MAGNOLIA
Via Circonvallazione Idroscalo, 41 – Segrate (MI)
www.myspace.com/magnoliaparade
www.circolomagnolia.it
www.myspace.com/circolomagnolia

S***R "Grant 27"

Another winter with S***R.
Buy the black or white model here.

Late Of The Pier "Broken"

Cosmic Balearic Beats

Eskimo Recordings reaches another space dimension with this compilation that will be released on October 2008.
The sound on "Cosmic Balearic Beats" is between space, slow disco and balearic sound that flows through 13 exclusive and unreleased tracks, mixed by the psychedelic Skinny Joey.

I wish I can find that compilation when I'll be in Belgium.

01. Stratus "Footprints"
02. Phoreski "80's Boy"
03. Coyote "Grow Your Hair"
04. Maelstron "Petrichor"
05. Homerun "The Killer Storm"
06. Bottin "Fondamente Nove"
07. Rubberroom "Cockroach"
08. Massimiliano Pagliara "Bu"
09. Spektrum "Fit Together (Cosmo Remix)"
10. Lullabies In The Dark "Estrella"
11. Ichisan "Radar Pulse Is Sent"
12. In Flagranti "Personal Angst"
13. Lovelock "Don't Turn Away (From My Love)"

Lovelock "Don't Turn Away (From My Love)"

From Myspace: LX-iR

LX-iR is a 19 years old French guy who produces a very nice electro tracks.
Across 3 decades, from mid 70's to the present, he makes together his influences (to the golden age of disco era and pop stars such as Michael Jackson from the French touch) in a single way.

When the Bee Gees plays Daft Punk.
When Hercules and Love Affairs are the new pop stars, keep an eye on LX-iR.

LX-iR "Chocolate"


Estelle feat. Kanye West "American Boy (LX-iR Remix)"


myspace.com/lxirproduction

Teenage Bad Girl x Nike

Nike goes dirty electro for Windrunner 82!
Thanks Nike.
Thanks Teenage Bad Girl.
Thanks Jonas & François.

Stereolab "Neon Beanbag"

Andreas Herz "Ego & Psycho"

Ennesimo orgoglio italiano Andreas Herz aka Andrea Merlini.
Questo mini LP è gioiello electro, uscito in edizione limitata a 300 copie sulla romana MinimalRome, testimone di come il nostro Paese sia fucina di enormi talenti che prima o poi riescono ad uscire allo scoperto.

Music for robots.

A1. École Des Cadavres
A2. Ego & Psycho
A3. Rebis
A4. Sinister
B1. Hier Geht Es Nicht Durch
B2. Hamburg Fairgrounds
B3. Mystic Pentagram
B4. Rebis (reprise)

Andreas Herz "Ego & Psycho"


Andreas Herz "Hier Geht Es Nicht Durch"

The Bamboos feat. Megan Washington "King Of The Rodeo"

DFA Presents Supersoul: Nobody Knows Anything

L'impero si estende. Questa doppia compilation non mixata, selezionata da quelle geniali menti della DFA, raccoglie tracce rilasciate dalla berlinese Supersoul Recordings.
L'etichetta ha una forte personalità tedesca (leggi: techno) che si manifesta in chiave sonora attraverso le battute in 4/4 dal sapore minimale, le sonorità sintetiche 80's che si rincorrono tra strutture glitch, sequenze asimmetriche e riff electro-pop.

Una compilation da acquistare per conoscere un'altra etichetta che ha fatto dell'informalità sonora la propria carta vincente.

CD1
01. Xaver Naudascher "Lost"
02. Mogg & Naudascher "Moon Unit Pt. 2"
03. Mogg & Naudascher "Moon Unit Pt. 1"
04. Walter Jones "Deuteronomy Brown (I-f Edit)"
05. Plastique De Rêve "Resist" (feat. Radical Cheerleaders)
06. Strangelets "Riot On Planet 10"
07. Xaver Naudascher "Afterlife"
08. Maxx Brannslokker "Stropharia"
09. Walter Jones "The Odyssey Sound (Mogg & Naudascher Edit)"

CD2
01. Skatebård "Marimba"
02. Plastique De Rêve "Lost In The City" (feat. Ghostape)
03. Xaver Naudascher "Motor City"
04. Strangelets "Riot On Planet 10 (Blitz Gramsci Remix)"
05. Mogg & Naudascher "Moon Unit Pt. 4" (feat. Rosalind)
06. Skatebård "Pagans"
07. Mogg & Naudascher "Moon Unit Pt. 3" (feat. Arthur Hornig)
08. Maxx Brannslokker "Sun Trip" (feat. Katya Tyukova)
09. Skatebård "Flexy"
10. Walter Jones "A.I.P. (X.L.N.'s Maison Vumbi Edit)

Plastique De Rêve "Lost In The City" (feat. Ghostape)


Mogg & Naudascher "Moon Unit Pt. 4" (feat. Rosalind)

September is... Belgian.

Every 6 weeks I have 4 days (3 nights) to spend away from Milan and, when I can travel, I do it!
So, now, I'm planning my new weekend! Hurrà for me!

From 20th to 23rd September I'll be in Belgium. Atm I'm so confused about where I'll sleep.
Bruxelles?
Bruges?
Gent?

I know there is someone who come from these 3 cities and is reading now, so let me hear your suggestions about where I can sleep, where I can find some music shops or/and where I can buy some quite unique clothing (t-shirts, especially) or/and where I can eat something special.

Thanks in advance.

BNR Vol 1

8th September 2008: the first Boys Noize Records' compilation will see the light.

01. Siriusmo "Mein Neues Fahrrad (Boys Noize Edit)"
02. Shadow Dancer "Poke"
03. The Faint "The Geeks Were Right (Boys Noize vs D.I.M. Remix)"
04. PUZIQUe "Don't Go"
05. Boys Noize "Volta 82"
06. Djedjotronic feat. Spoek "Dirty & Hard"
07. John Starlight "Shadowbreaker (Boys Noize Mix No. 1)"
08. Les Petits Pilous "Dodo Electro"
09. Strip Steve "Ready Steady"
10. D.I.M. "Is You"
11. Housemeister "We Need Cash"
12. Shadow Dancer "Cawbois (Das Glow Remix)"
13. Boys Noize "Kill The Kid"
14. Darmstadt "Out Of The Blue (D.I.M. Remix)"
15. Einzeller "Schwarzfahrer"
16. Housemeister "Hello Again"
17. Siriusmo "Simple"
18. PUZIQUe "Thomas"
19. Shadow Dancer "What Is Natural"
20. Les Petits Pilous "Wake Up"
21. CLP "Ready Or Not"
22. I-Robots "Frau (Pandullo vs UND Mix)"
23. Boys Noize "Lava Lava (Feadz Aval Aval Remix)"
24. D.I.M. "Is You (Brodinski Remix)"
25. Eatwest "Psychedelic Disco"
26. PUZIQUe "Chemie"
27. Les Petits Pilous "Jolie Fille"
28. Strip Steve "You & I"
29. Housemeister "Sonne, Monde & Stern"
30. Siriusmo "Last Dear"

Sportsday Megaphone "I Think It's Love"

Klaxons: un nuovo album melodico?

Pare stia prendendo una direzione più melodica rispetto al debutto "Myths Of The Near Future", vincitore del premio Mercury battendo mostri come Dizzee Rascal ed Amy Winehouse.
Attualmente la band è impegnata con le sessions di registrazione in Francia, dopo essersi fermati a Giugno in Italia, a Milano.

In un'intervista per la BBC, il produttore James Ford - metà dei Simian Mobile Disco - ha dichiarato che il gruppo sta provando a fare dei passi in avanti invece che rimanere sulle stesse sonorità che ha portato l'enorme successo del debutto, puntando sulla melodia e sulla voce.

La stessa cosa che ha fatto con Alex Turner degli Arctic Monkeys per il progetto The Last Shadow Puppets.

In chiusura c'è stata anche una sorpresa: James Ford ha speso qualche parola anche sui Simian Mobile Disco. In cantiere c'è un album, previsto entro la fine dell'anno, a cui hanno partecipato molti special guests. Un paio di brani sono già pronti, uno con Gruff Rhys dei Super Furry Animals ed un altro con Beth Ditto dei Gossip.

That's it.

Justice "A Cross The Universe"

Tutto confermato, il DVD si farà!

Attualmente i Justice, insieme a So-Me, stanno lavorando al booklet che verrà inserito in "A Cross The Universe", che pare sarà composto da dvd+cd in cui saranno contenuti documentario+live set.
Alla lavorazione verranno coinvolti anche i fan, e non, del duo che possono inviare qualsiasi immagine libera da copyright che sia legata a loro.

Il tutto deve essere inviato a justicematerial@edbangerrecords.com.

Attendiamo aggiornamenti.

The Shapeshifters "In The House"

Et voilà, nuovo capitolo della serie "In The House", questa volta curata dai Shapeshifters.
Tre volte 'hurrà!' per loro che hanno plasmato questa tripla compilation in modo eccellente, per non essere il solito prodotto cool dell'ultimo momento, perfettamente allineato con il trend attuale, ma un riflesso della loro personalità artistica guardando al presente ma anche al passato.

Info and audio samples: here.

Amy Winehouse ed il Mago di Oz

Si dice che Amy Winehouse, tra la prenotazione del suo soggiorno alla Focus 12 Clinic per iniziare il suo rehab ed una visita al marito in prigione, abbia registrato una nuova canzone utilizzando un sample tratto dal musical "The Wizard of Oz".

La fonte, anonima, afferma anche che la colonna sonora del musical sarà un tema ricorrente in tutto il nuovo album, che sembra abbia iniziato a prendere forma, in quanto uno dei suoi film preferiti nonché ossessione in questo periodo.

Che abbia in cantiere anche una cover di "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"?

Cocoon Morphs Tokyo

Riunito nel supporto cd il riassunto del Cocoon sound che ha conquistato il Womb ed il Phazon, due club di Tokyo tra i più importanti - e belli - nel mondo.

Da questi eventi è nata la compilation "Cocoon Morphs Tokyo", animata da artisti tra cui Ricardo Villalobos, Guy Gerber, Pig & Dan, Tiefschwarz e lo stesso Sven Väth vs Anthony Rother.

La copertina, come tutta la parte visiva degli eventi, è stata curata da Andreas Gursky che ha saputo catturare l'entusiasmo - e la grande concentrazione - dei clubbers accorsi per non perdere lo spettacolo.

In uscita il 25 Agosto, ovviamente su Cocoon Records.

01. Gerber & Kalbata "Akropolis"

02. Tiefschwarz "Liquid Cherries"

03. Pig & Dan "Hope"

04. Väth vs Rother "S'kränkt"

05. Schneider & Galluzzi "Too Late To Land"

06. Ricardo Villalobos "Akklää"

07. David K "Mayann (Patrick Zigon Remix)"

Ladyhawke "Ladyhawke"

Mentre il nuovo singolo comincia ad impazzare ovunque, sappiate che è possibile pre-ordinare l'album - in uscita il 20 Settembre - con un pacchetto speciale in edizione limitata composto da CD+Borsa in canvas+Vinile di "Back Of The Van"+spillette varie, semplicemente cliccando qui.
Se invece siete fan del digitale, è possibile pre-ordinarlo su iTunes ed oltre alla tracklist ufficiale l'album digitale include "Danny & Jenny", "Back Of The Van (Fred Falke Ultimate Beverly Mix)" e la banging "Paris Is Burning (Peaches Remix)".

01. Magic
02. Manipulating Woman
03. Another Runaway
04. Better Than Sunday
05. My Delirium
06. Love Don t Live Here
07. Back of The Van
08. Paris Is Burning
09. Professional Suicide
10. Dusk TilL Dawn
11. Crazy World
12. Morning Dreams

Bloc Party "Intimacy"

Togliamo di mezzo "Mercury", che se non fosse per il remix dei CSS probabilmente non ascolterei mai, il terzo album dei Bloc Party - disponibile da domani la versione digitale mentre per il cd bisognerà attendere sino al 27 Ottobre - sembra quasi un ritorno alle sonorità punk-funk delle origini (ascoltate "Trojan Horse" per credere) pur non lasciando completamente la strada intrapresa con "A Weekend In The City" e probabilmente risolleverà le sorti della band, visto i segnali negativi mandati dai fans negli ultimi tempi.

Alla produzione Paul Epworth e Jacknife Lee, già produttori rispettivamente del primo e del secondo album, che quasi sicuramente visto il successo ottenuto da entrambi i capitoli precedenti hanno deciso di scriverne un nuovo dal carattere più ibrido e meno preponderante verso l'uno o l'altro.

Quel che è certo è che da domani tutto sarà più chiaro.

"Trojan Horse"

The Killers: in studio per il nuovo album

Niente riposo per i Killers. Dopo 4 anni di tour e due album, il tempo libero degli ultimi mesi è stato usato per scrivere circa 30 nuovi pezzi ed entrare in studio per iniziare la registrazione del terzo album.

Il bassista Mark Stoermer ha rivelato che sarà il loro album più pop ma anche più sperimentale. Per scoprirlo non resta che aspettare Novembre, mese in cui ne è prevista l'uscita.

Per il momento sono state rivelate - e suonate a sorpresa all'Highline Ballroom di New York - due tracce: "Spaceman" e "Neon Tiger". Se questo è un assaggio di ciò che dobbiamo aspettarci da questo nuovo lavoro, l'attesa inizia a fremere.

"Spaceman"


"Neon Tiger"

Ladyhawke "Dusk Till Dawn"

Santogold "Lights Out"

DJ Hell: new album + new single

E' uscito dal silenzio durante la chiusura del Sonar ed ha già fatto scalpore, suscitando grande entusiasmo negli addetti ai lavori, come Laurent Garnier, Joakim, Tiefschwarz, Savas Pascalidis, Chloé, Ascii Disko, Delon & Dalcan e Pascal Feos.
Prodotto da Hell, &Me e Mijk Van Dijk, "The Disaster" è una bomba techno dai picchi acid, subendo una rielaborazione nel b-side dai minimalisti Ink & Needle della Tattoo Records.

Non male come singolo che anticipa il doppio concept album "Teufelswerk". Quest'ultimo, previsto per Settembre sempre su Gigolo, è stato suddiviso in 'Day' e 'Night'.
Il lato 'Day' è caratterizzato da atmosfere ambient ed una sperimentazione avant-garde elettronica. Il lato 'Night', invece, è un omaggio a ciò che ha ispirato Hell all'inizio della sua carriera. Da Monaco alla New York acid house, con un tocco del caratteristico sound techno tedesco.

A supporto dell'album partirà un tour che toccherà anche Nord e Sud America e Giappone.

The Disaster

Brazilian Girls "New York City"

Hanno fatto tutto con calma per ottenere un buon disco, gli 8 mesi passati a lavorare su "New York City" sono serviti per conferire all'album una propria identità, non semplicemente un follow up di "Talk To La Bomb" soprattutto per il ritmo frenetico con cui affrontarono la sua registrazione.

Quest'album rivela anche un lato più contemplativo e profondo dei Brazilian Girls e rispecchia il desiderio di creare qualcosa di più che una jam session.
Hanno esplorato un'ampia gamma di emozioni e si delinea una marcata influenza da parte di Feist, così come uno sguardo in direzione di Björk nel periodo di "Vespertine".

New York come il centro del mondo, in cui si può trovare un pezzo di St. Pietroburgo così come Berlino. New York come un abbraccio che cinge ogni individuo, la stessa sensazione che quest'album trasmette durante l'ascolto.

01. St Petersburg
02. Losing Myself
03. Berlin
04. Strangeboy
05. Ricardo
06. I Want Out
07. L'Interprete
08. Good Time
09. Internacional
10. Nouveau Americain
11. Mano de Dios

I Want Out

SebastiAn "A Fine Selection Of Remixes"

Prima che una raccolta dei suoi remixes, ci si aspettava un album. Ma per ora va bene, non esiste niente del genere al momento in casa Ed Banger.
Un concentrato electro di uno degli artisti dell'etichetta di casa francese che detta legge da qualche anno nel panorama clubbing e non solo.

Let the beats control your body!

01. Intro
02. Revl9n - Walking Machines (SebastiAn Remix)
03. Daft Punk - Human After All (SebastiAn Remix)
04. Mylo - Paris Four Hundred (SebastiAn Remix)
05. The Rapture - Get Myself Into It (SebastiAn Remix)
06. Editors - Camera (SebastiAn Remix)
07. The Rakes - We Dance Together (SebastiAn Remix)
08. Kelis - Bossy (SebastiAn Remix)
09. The Kills - Cheap & Cheerful (SebastiAn Remix)
10. Kavinsky - Testarossa Autodrive (SebastiAn Remix)
11. Benjamin Theves - Texas (SebastiAn Remix)
12. Das Pop - Fool For Love (SebastiAn Remix)
13. Bloc Party - I Still Remember (SebastiAn Remix)
14. Sébastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear (SebastiAn Remix)
15. Klaxons - Golden Skans (SebastiAn Remix)
16. Annie - Happy With You (SebastiAn Remix)
17. Nadiya - Tous Ces Mots (SebastiAn Remix)

SebastiAn "Dog"

autoKratz "Down & Out In Paris & London"

Devastante mini album rilasciato dalla Kitsuné di questo duo inglese che in poco tempo ha saputo ritagliarsi un proprio spazio nella club scene, cavalcando ed allo stesso tempo diventano un punto di riferimento dell'ondata dance made in England.
Ispirati dai Kraftwerk, dagli Underworld e dai Daft Punk, in poco più di 45 minuti sono racchiusi gli 8 singoli più 1 inedito che hanno portato gli autoKratz sulla cresta dell'onda e nelle playlist di deejays come Pete Tong ed Annie Mac ma soprattutto ricevendo supporto sulle dancefloor di tutto il mondo da artisti come Tiga, Brodinski ed Alex Gopher.

Una conferma dell'importanza conquistata nel panorama elettronico mondiale.

01. Reaktor
02. It's On
03. 1000 Things
04. Last Show
05. Pardon Garçon (Rewerk)
06. French Girls Play Guitar
07. Stay The Same
08. Just Keep Walking
09. Hearts

"Pardon Garçon"