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I'm really excited to be hosting Adam Kesher here in NYC next week.
We get a smashing live performance on Monday Sept 10th at the Knitting Factory for FREE and a booze-fueled Calvin Harris Afterparty on Wednesday Sept 12th. More details to come...
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Tonight!
Slap You in Public favorites Hercules & Love Affair make their long awaited return to the scene at Jacques & Justin's Tuesdays at 205
Seems like the interworld (1 & 2) is catching on to the amazingness of Andy & Kim Ann. Be sure to visit the Hercspace for the stellar "Roar" featuring Antony on vocals.
ALSO Tonight
Bang Gang at the Annex Basement (should be interesting) (note: not at Mr. Black since it was raided on Sunday)
Julien from Adam Kesher gave us a few minutes of his time before hopping on a plane for the band's first North American tour which includes NYC on Monday night!
You know I'm excited.
Adam Kesher - Irene (Strip Steve's MTV Remix) (buy the AK EPs from Turntable Lab)
I often have to tell people that you aren't just one guy. Explain the
origin of the band's name Adam Kesher? Who's in the band? Who plays
what instruments?
Adam Kesher is the name of the director in Mulholland Drive.
We thought that guy was a good metaphor of the tensions encountered by lot of rock'n'roll bands. On one hand, his producers want to impose the main actress of the movie he's making, on the other hand, he wants to make his own stuff without any pressures from the outside. It just feels like art is always impure.
Adam Kesher is not a one man band but the alliance of six french guys : David (bass), Gaetan (guitar), Jerome (guitar), Julien (vocals), Matthieu (keyboards) and Yann (drums).
How did the band get together?
The band got together when all these guys were bored with the hardcore and the experimental stuffs and decided to make songs that could please children and old people. It's defintely not a renunciation, it's really ambitious.
What are some of your main influences? How would you describe your sound?
There are lots of influences, we both love the way Lou Reed sang and the way Daft Punk discovered new ways of making people dance. We're just trying to be part of a rock band that sounds contemporary and not too nostalgic.
You work with the Parisian electro hip hop label Disque Primeur. How
did you get started working with them?
Jerome worked in a record shop, when they asked him if he knew new cool bands, he gave them our demo. That's it. Now, we're totally in love, a really strange love.
French music, particularly dance influenced music, is on the rise
worldwide. How does Adam Kesher fit into the scene?
We dance to their beats, and it's cool to know that these guys made it in such an inert country. But they're quite different from us cause we are not house producers or dj's, we're a band, and sometimes it makes things harder.
You've only released two EPs (Modern Times & soon Allegory of Chastity),
how's work on the album coming? Has your live performance & touring
influenced any changes in your vision for sound of the album?
The album will not sound like the two EPs. Some people told us we were good but we were not doing something really deep. At first, we were just upset about these kind of remarks, and then, we were like "they're right, it's time to break some hearts in two". And of course, touring is such an intense experience that it brings you to a new way of considering what composing and playing music means.
What other bands/producers are you listening to?
Judee Sill, The Black lips, Los Saicos, Gino Washington, Spaceman 3, Mr Oizo, Carole King, James Holden, Country Teasers, Fennesz, Green Velvet, Can, Mighty Hannibal, sixties french pop, Junior Boys, Liars, The Diplomats, Yung Joc, Booba, The Angel of Light...
What's the most exciting new music you've heard recently?
Gui Boratto, The Field, Deerhunter, Matthew Dear, The Soft Lightes, and Strip Steve.
Your live show seems to be extremely energetic...Got any special plans
for your NYC debut?
We wanted to play the american anthem but someone told us a guitarist had already done it.
You covered Para One's "Dun Dun Dun"...Any other dance covers working
their way into your live set?
Not for now. If you recognize a famous melody during our live set, you'll have to admit that we are plagiarists.
The band's official bio is after the jump...
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Guess what? We don't live in Paris but this week we are bringing the best of France to NYC! Plus free booze to get you loose and freak out to some crazy disco jams!
PEOPLE DON'T DANCE NO MORE MOVES TO 200 ORCHARD TONIGHT!
With gracious support from Uovo Magazine, People Don't Dance No More is proud to present
A D*I*R*T*Y PARTY
Friday Sept 7th
featuring DJs
DIRTY SOUNDSYTEM (D*I*R*T*Y Edits, Paris)
MY COUSIN ROY (Wurst Edits, NYC)
+ resident DJs
Robot Blair (Music.for-Robots) + David Bruno (Slap You in Public) + special guest DJ Lauren Flax
21+/10pm/200 Orchard (between Houston & Stanton)
OPEN JIM BEAM BAR 11 - Midnight !!!
Free Uovo Magazines & CDs
RSVP to peopledontdancenomore@gmail.com
ARE YOU READY FOR ADAM KESHER?
FYI Underworld plays tonight at 7:30 in Central Park.
I've been listening to the new album Oblivion With Bells non-stop since I got it last week. Its incredible. I wrote a little bit about it in The Week in Dance over at Brooklyn Vegan...ignore the part about the interview. I really fucked up and put the date of the interview on my calendar on the wrong day. I'm more upset than you are.
No shortage of rave-ups this weekend.
Boys Noise and Pink Skull at Fixed at Studio B
Check out some Pink Skull mixes here
Adam Sparkles did a mix for Rvng
Simian Mobile Disco at Grammercy and Highline
If you want to keep it real and disco it out, go to 205 tonight for some Wursting with Roy
I'm taking a bit of a breather and getting geared back up for this fall, CMJ, etc...
Things of an upcoming nature:
Next Thursday (September 27) I'm DJing at a benefit party for Gildas Club Worldwide at the DKNY Store on Madison Ave and 60th Street. More info and tickets are here.
People Don't Dance No More has officially made its home at 200 Orchard. Round 2 of hard drinking and hard disco is Saturday Sept 29th with our good buddies and Wurst Edits artist RUNAWAY! Put October 12th on your calendar too...
I'm also really looking forward to catching LCD Soundsystem in 2 weeks at Randall's Island. It's been since April since I've seen James and the crew rip things apart and I've been consistently listening to the upcoming DFA releases. I'll refer to them as"the stream of awesomeness:" Still Going is piano mayhem, the new Juan Maclean is sure to destroy, and Holy Ghost! are bound for greatness. Don't even get me started on the Death From Abroad bananas...Bo'Tox, I love you...
CMJ doings coming up soon.
Tuesday Night
LVHRD presents DNCHRD III: VNYL tonight! Get your tickets now, its gonna be wyle!
At 205 tonight, Jacques and Justin welcome Liv from Still Going celebrating the release of the Still Going record on DFA.
Thursday Night
The BIRD is back! Dirtybird honcho Claude Von Stroke, adored by women and men alike, finally touches down at the Dirtybird Monthly at APT. This one is going to be a shitshow!
If you need to get caught up on the 'bird's droppins, check the new Dirtybird MP3 shop or the Dirtybird Mixes page.
Friday Night
Our homies in Guns'N'Bombs are debuting their live set at Studio B, which is awesome. Even awesomer is the fact they are playing with the fucking GLIMMERS! You love the Glimmers. You might not know it, but you love them. They are to disco what 2manyDJs are to techno. Total screwballs that make you freakout to tracks you didn't even know you liked anymore. Flyer after jump...
Saturday Night
More hard drinking and hard disco at 200 Orchard.
People Don't Dance No More rolls on...and we couldn't be more excited to welcome the beautiful boys of RUNAWAY!
October 12th is the next PDDNM with BRENNAN GREEN!
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