Asian Dan

All Photos taken by Gabbie de Lara

Dita x Cazal
Cazals Myspace
Brit dance punk x ill street cred x tight basslines x old school brit punk vox = Cazals – Poor Innocent Boys
OK, so let’s begin with some things you may already know about Cazals:
1. They’ve known Pete Doherty since they were boys, and have toured with Babyshambles.
2. On account of living in London and – y’know – knowing how to dress well, some people think they’re fashonistas;
3. All five of ’em used to live together. In Whitechapel;
4. A couple of them made cameo appearances in Nathan Barley.
5. They used to put on all night warehouse parties – most notably Cazalaid, organised to raise money after ALL their equipment got stolen – in London’s east end. Bloc Party played. It was a great night.
6. They opened for Daft Punk in Japan.

Just wait till Kanye becomes a fan.

Check this great remix that I just rediscovered today as my iPod was on shuffle. It is a remix of Death from Above 1979 R.I.P. , by Girls are Short aka ALP, 1/2 of MSTRKRFT. It is a totally paying homage to French Filter House. Note the psuedo- Stardust guitar part.
Death from Above 1979 – Romantic Rights (Girls are Short Remix)

I also just started listening to Cassius today and just found out that they are now a band. After being on the French scene for years as an influential French duo they decided to acoustify and translate their songs into the rock and roll world. Pharrell is boys with them so that gives them some street cred as well as having Ghostface make an appearence on their 2nd album, Au Reve. Here is a track from their album 1999. Cassius – Feelings for You
Pharrell & Cassius chatting.

Cassius Myspace

Chromatics are on the New Jersey based label, Italians Do it Better. A label that is in love witht he classic Italo-Disco sound pioneered by Giorgio Moroder. The vocals on their tracks remind me of the sexy. whispery vocals of Donna Summer.
Simple and catchy, yet dark and sophisticated:Chromatics – I Want You Love
This track reminds me off a “Shadowplay” by Joy Division especially the lead guitar. This is like a sexy Joy Division cover bandChromatics – Healer
Chromatics Myspace

This track exemplifies the amazing Italian Baroque sense of melody that The Bloody Beetroots have just like past Italian disco greats, Rondo Veneziano. They are a versatile duo that I believe are going to do big things in the future. The Bloody Beetroots – Verra La Morte e Avra i Tuoi Occhi
The Bloody Beetroots PIG Radio DJ SetDownload
The Bloody Beetroots Myspace

Paper Thin Walls: Exclusive track by track interview with BattlesUnited Visual Artists
Time Magazine’s Top 10 Albums of the Year
Striped V-Neck wearing indie kid: “Wow Time Magazine when did you get so indie?!”

1/2 JUS†ICE x 1/2 Daft Punk = Imagine the music they could make!!
Courtesy of the House Music Lovers Forum. Holla.

NT89 MyspaceNT89 is an up and coming Italian DJ who has done remixes for Justice, Boys Noize, and Busy P. His free ep that he just released online reminds me of Giorgio Moroder meets Kavinsky’s nostalgic 80s synth sounds cranked to 11. I love his disorted synth arppeggios. NT89 & The Bloody Beetroots are opening for Justice during their Italian tour dates.
NT89 – Killer 89 EP – Free Download

Kavinsky x Sega Genesis

Fred Falke MyspaceFred Falke is the other half of another famous French duo, Alan Braxe & Fred Falke, another famous French Touch duo. Fred Falke was a funk bass player before he began to dabble in electronic music. You can hear his great funky compressed basslines on many of his own tracks as well as remixes such as the.
Fred Falke – Omega Man *Highly Recommended*

Wow.
Karlheinz Stockhausen “Sounds”

Courtesy of the NY Times
Radiohead in the NY Times
The “Reckoner” that was part of the band’s live sets sounds nothing like the “Reckoner” on the album, which includes the lyrics “in rainbows.” When the band returned from touring, it decided the song needed a second part, and then a third one; eventually it discarded the original. For “All I Need,” Mr. Greenwood said, he wanted to recapture the white noise generated by a band playing loudly in a room, when “all this chaos kicks up.” That sound never materializes in the more analytical confines of a studio. His solution was to have a string section, and his own overdubbed violas, sustaining every note of the scale, blanketing the frequencies.
“The first time we ever did ‘All I Need,’ boom! It was up on YouTube,” Mr. Yorke said. “I think it’s fantastic. The instant you finish something, you’re really excited about it, you’re really proud of it, you hope someone’s heard it, and then, by God, they have. It’s O.K. because it’s on a phone or a video recorder. It’s a bogus recording, but the spirit of the song is there, and that’s good. At that stage that’s all you need to worry about.”– Thom Yorke
Thomas Bangalter Pitchfork Interview:Pitchfork: Speaking of the visuals, why isn’t there a DVD of this tour? Do you ever look up yourself on YouTube just to watch audience members go nuts?
Thomas Bangalter: We are really excited by the idea that so many different people captured a video of their experience of the show in their own way. The thousands of clips on internet are better to us than any DVD that could have been released.Thomas & Thom both share a love for Youtube.
I’m sure all of you have seen this but I can’t get enough of how hilarious/genius it is.

From At Ease Web:One of the goals set for ‘In Rainbows’ was to prevent the album from leaking on the internet beforehand, as had happened with the previous three albums.
Colin: “It felt like a gigantic risk. Like Mission: Impossible, almost. We destroyed all CDs after every day of recording. And on the master we’d always write a name which would probably nobody would listen to if we had lost it; ‘Eagles: Greatest Hits.’ ‘Kula Shaker Demo’s.’ ‘Phil Collins’s Hip Hop CoversHa!

Sébastien Tellier – L’amour et la Violence * Link Removed by Request*
Another new track off his up and coming album, Sexuality coming out next year, co-produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo. This is a fusion of his classic overcompressed piano with his new found love for 70s synths. Dark & epic.