Mar 10, 20083
Ed Banger Releases: Justice D.V.N.O 12", Feadz "Happy Meal", SebastiAn "Motor", DSL "Invaders", Ed Rec Vol. III
Mar 6, 20080
Scenario Rock x SebastiAn
Feb 24, 20081
Motor
Dec 15, 20071
Asian Dan’s Best of 2007
Top 10 Albums of 2007
1. Daft Punk – Alive 2007
2. Midnight Juggernauts – Dystopia
3. Radiohead – In Rainbows
4. Justice – †
5. Menomena – Friend and Foe
6. Klaxons – Myths of The Near Future
7. Battles – Mirrored
8. Minus the Bear – Planet of Ice
9. Explosions in the Sky – All of the Sudden I Miss Everyone
10. Kanye West – Graduation
Honorable Mentions:
– Blonde Redhead – 23
– Ratatat – Remixes Vol. 2
– Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
– Chromeo – Fancy Footwork
Best Tracks of 2007:
1. Justice – D.A.N.C.E
2. Klaxons – Golden Skans
3. Radiohead – Reckoner
4. Midnight Juggernauts – Nine Lives
5. Battles – Atlas
6. Danger – 11h30
7. Menomena – Wet and Rusting
8. David Rubato – Circuit
9. Blonde Redhead – Silently
10. The Tuss – Shiz Ko E
Best Remixes of 2007
1. Klaxons – Golden Skans (SebastiAn Remix)
2. Justice – D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix)
3. The Rakes – We Danced Together (SebastiAn Remix)
4. Timbaland – Miscommunication (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
5. Fancy – What’s Your Name Again? (Busy P Remix)
6. TEPR – Minuit Jacuzzi (DatA Remix)
7. Midnight Juggernauts – Road To Recovery (D.I.M. Remix)
8. Space Cowboy – Running Away (MSTRKRFT Remix)
9. Feist – 1 2 3 4 (Van She Technologic Remix)
10. LA Priest – Engine (Erol Alkan Remix)
Best Shows of 2007
1. Justice @ Ed Banger Records 4th Year Anniversary @ Pierre Cardin- Paris, France – 2.11.2007
2. MSTRKRFT – Studio B – Brooklyn, NYC – 10.19.2007
3. Daft Punk – Coney Island – Brooklyn, NYC – 8.9.2007
4. Menomena – Paradise – Boston, MA – 11.9.2007
5. Midnight Juggernauts – Terminal 5 – NYC – 10.20.2007
6. Battles – Paradise – Boston, MA – 7.17.2007
7. Klaxons – Paradise – Boston, MA – 9.23.2007
Oct 11, 20070
Daft Punk & Louis Vuitton
First it was Cat Power performing at the Chanel fashion show in Paris, now Daft Punk spinning a mini-mix at the recent Louis Vuitton Paris show. Of course Mr. West was there.
Daft Punk spins a concise version of their live set from the past tour with a few awesome tracks mixed in like, the new SebastiAn remix of the Guy-Manuel Homem Christo produced track, Sexual Sportswear by Sebastien Tellier, Ratatat-Lex & Kanye West-Stronger.
Sep 26, 20072
DANGER.
Danger is the future of this French Touch revival. Justice pioneered that distorted heavy metal dance music but that can only be taken so far and ripped off by many. This is exactly what happened to Daft Punk, Alan Braxe, Cassius, Stardust in the late 90s, everyone began taking their sound which led to a rise of mediocre dance tracks. Danger fuses the nostalgic synth sounds of early video games with slap bass, distorted guitar/synth creating this epic sounding dance music, cerebral dance music.
Danger is releasing his first EP on Ekleroshock Records (Ekleroshock Records) in a few months with a remix by DatA. Danger just posted a new track on his myspace, Revolte at 22H10, so check it out.
This is my fav track by Danger fusing 90s Freestyle future female robot vocals with Rick Wakeman-esque weaving synth lines puncated by a tight drum and power chord rhythm secion. Try to figure out the lyrics. It is some Dada shit.
Danger, Para One, and SebastiAn are at the forefront of this electro revival. Cerebral Dance Music for all!!
Sep 15, 20070
Led Zeppelin didn’t write tunes everybody liked. They left that to the Bee Gees.
Disco Nouveau.
Sceanrio Rock – Both Gotta Move On (SebastiAn Remix)
SebastiAn and Para One are 2 of the new french touch artists that will be making some great tracks in the future and will definitely be making a name for themselves. Para One can be the next Aphex Twin but hipper. Para One has just finished scoring NAISSANCE DES PIEUVRES which showcases a more intellectual and introspective side to his music.
On the other side of the world, down under the Midnight Juggernauts are creating a new sound of shoegaze cinematic disco funk, just think if Alan Braxe & Kevin Shields decided to start an epic synth rock band in the 70s. Midnight Juggerenauts are a Justice fav and are opening up for them on their upcoming US tour. I’ll be at their show on Oct 20 in NYC.
Midnight Juggernauts – Shadows
Giorgio Moroder would love David Rubato, a Frenchmen classical trained in jazz piano who decided to start making dance music. This track “Circuit” is a live recording which is very unorthodox for a dance track these days. Notice the great slap bass. Funky. David Rubato is treating and manipulating all the sounds in real time. David Rubato is releasing a 12″ Single of “Circuit” that includes sheet music so that you can all play along and cover this tune. Check out his myspace where he posted some new tracks.
