Metronomy has released one of my favorite albums of the year with “The English Riviera” – an album that exercises the power of subtly through production, songwriting, lyrics, and musicianship. At first it took over 5+ listens to really appreciate and understand the album, especially after not being a fan of their previous LP’s. “The Look” was the tune that won me over and after seeing them live in Tours, France back in February I was ready to accept Metronomy into my life. Listen to this teaser of Erol Alkan’s remix of “The Bay” – a tune that makes slap bass cool again.
Me & the Karmaloop TV crew had the opportunity to catch up with Boys Noize & Housemesiter at the official Boys Noize Records SXSW 2011 party where both of them DJed along side a performance from Spank Rock. Both German gents spoke about Techno, Acid and their future releases. Boys Noize reveals some his exciting new projects with Sirisumo, Erol Alkan and the productions he made for Spank Rock’s upcoming album.
Here is an amazing tag team mix by Jamie xx & Oneman care of the Boiler Room and Fact Magazine. So many disco gems and even some Hall & Oates – proving that no one is too cool for Hall & Oates. Bump this mix and get ready for multiple “Oh man THAT song” moments. Enjoy the musical journey…
It is no surprise that I am a big Stepkids fan as you can tell by the numerous posts recently. I had the opportunity to meet the guys down at SXSW and talk about their upcoming album, their experience being on Stones Throw Records as well as their amazing love for the one and only Steely Dan.
The Beastie Boys return with some old school party jams. The trio embraces their electro/hip hop roots and enlists Mr. Zdar to take helm of mixing duties. Squelching synth, dirty breakbeat drums and a funky bassline takes the foreground setting up a vibe that is more forget about Tibet and all your problems and party, responsibly…?
“Mind Bokeh” is everything I expected from Bibio – a schizophrenic yet smart look into his musical mind often exploring territories that he should not be in but somehow pulling it off in his own “Bibio” way. “K is For Kelson” is summery Brazilian pop song made for Sesame Street. His latest music video for the “K for Kelson” with its 90s VHS public television/Sesame Street look at “Speak n’ Spell” theme proves that Bibio has been in on this joke the entire time. Bibio is everything a contemporary producer/artists/band should be – a self-aware musical chameleon that always should over-step their musical boundaries.
What more of an appropriate day for a Mini mix from the LOL Boys. The LOL Boys officially have one of the greatest names for a duo out today. Jerome P. & Markus G. are the LOL Boys – 1 part LA and 1 part Montreal, a potent mix of cities and characters that contribute to their version of Bass music. LOL Boys “123” was a track I discovered a few months ago that really caught my attention with its Pan Flute hook. Jerome and I spoke via iChat about his love of Memes, .gifs, and all things Internet.
BTW if you want to stalk Jerome and want to know what he looks like he is actually the Car Wash Kid that makes a cameo in SebastiAn’s “Embody” music video.
[audio:http://diestruktur.com/asianmandan/music/MARCH%202011/LOL%20BOYS%20APRIL%20FOOLS%20DAY/LOL%20Boys%20-%20Asian%20Dan%20presents%20LOL%20Boys’%20April%20Fool’s%20Day%20Mini%20Mix.mp3] Download: Asian Dan presents LOL Boys’ April Fool’s Day Mini Mix
In honor of LOLZ day aka April Fool’s Day here is the Das Racist interview me and the Karmaloop TV gang caught with the Das Racist dudes. A bunch of trolls but in the end a lulz filled interview.
Holy Ghost!’s debut LP is one of my favorite albums of the year. In the age of making indie-chic-disco-dance-rock-pop, Holy Ghost! shines with an album that is a genuine attempt in making synth music that respects the synth dance greats. The synth gods such as Depeche Mode, New Order and Giorgio Moroder all look down with approval at this album. Instead of exploiting the cheesy, fake plastic feeling of synthesizers and all that its culture embodies, Holy Ghost! proves that they are disco disciples that have studied every synth manual and vinyl they have ever laid their hands on.
Oh yea and they write some undeniably amazing melodies and hooks. Dance 😉
[audio:http://diestruktur.com/asianmandan/music/MARCH%202011/Holy%20Ghost%20-%20Wait%20And%20See.mp3] Holy Ghost! – Wait & See
Numbers is a label that releases quality music that refreshes electronic music, especially with acts like Kavrsave, Deadboy, and Rustie. Redinho is no less. He could definitely be the “mainstream” sounding act that will push Numbers to the forefront. His latest release the “Edge Off” EP is a collage of electronic genres. The title track is a big boogie bass jam full of talk-box hooks and fat synth stabs, imagine if Zapp & Roger
was produced by Timbaland in his heyday. “Slap” sounds like a juke remix of Squarepusher while “Power Look” and “Whips” are big bass dancefloor destroyers. Really wish I had caught Redinho live down in SXSW.
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