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Check out: Fall On Your Sword

2008-05-01T00:16:13Z

Electro disco pop direct from Brooklyn. Totally catchy, and totally weird in the same vein. If you dig Black Ghosts, you will definitely dig Fall On Your Sword. Fall on Your Sword - Love is the Drug (MP3) I'm looking forward to catching them play live tomorrow night (May 1) at Sullivan Hall with Menya. Tickets are here.

Popstatic presents Kaleidoscope on Samurai.fm

2008-04-30T22:06:37Z

You know that Chicago-based Popstatic is a good friend of ours, you know he's a talented DJ, but you might not know that he's been quietly slaving away on an artfully produced mix series for Samurai.fm. Kaleidoscope is the perfect name for one of Popstatic's sets, equal parts party and musical education: you can tell the guy knows music inside and out. I really think you can feel the passion that he puts into his selection coming through the speakers. Tune in and space out. Tracklistings for the first two mixes are below. If you haven't poked around Samurai in while, be sure and check out the other fantastic series from Buzzin' Fly, DC Recordings, The Allez-Allez Boys (Samurai link here), and Greg Wilson. ]]> Kaleidoscope Pt. 1 01. Mpb4/Quarteto Em Cy 'Because' - Phillips 02. Aeroplane 'Aeroplane' - Eskimo Recordings 03. Glass Candy 'Miss Broadway' - Italians Do It Better 04. Mirwais 'Disco Science' - Naive 05. Cave Bear Cult 'Spaghettidisco' - Versatile 06. The Avalanches 'Radio' - Modular 07. The Chemical Brothers 'Lost In The K-Hole' - Astralwerks 08. Vincent Markowski 'False Flag' - DC Recordings 09. Osborne 'Outta Sight (Luke Vibert Remix)' - Spectral 10. Chateau Flight 'Baltrinque' - Innervisions 11. Outputmessage 'Bernard's Song' - Ghostly International 12. Bjork 'All Is Full Of Love' (Funkstorung Exclusive Mix) - Elektra 13. Blonde Redhead 'Silently' - 4AD 14. The Beach Boys 'Don't Worry Baby' - Capitol Records 15. Bloc Party 'Where Is Home?' (Burial Remix) - Wichita 16. Trentemoller 'Miss You' - Poker Flat Recordings 17. Pilooski 'Love Is Wet' - Astro Lab Recordings Part 2 01. Susan Christie 'Rainy Day' - Finders Keepers Records 02. Trentemoller 'Take Me Into Your Skin' - Poker Flat Recordings 03. Chica And The Folder 'Perfect Day (Sometimes)' - Monika Enterprise 04. Siriusmo 'W.O.W.' - Grand Petrol Recordings 05. Pinhead 'R-Rok Me' - Atlantic Jaxx 06. Cut Copy 'Hearts On Fire' (Joakim Remix) - Modular Recordings 07. I - Cube 'Freez' - Versatile Records 08. Random Factor 'Digitize' (Emperor Machine Vocal Mix) - 20 - 20 Vision 09. The Chemical Brothers 'The Golden Path' (Ewan Pearson Extended Vocal) - Astralwerks 10. Ellen Allien & Apparat 'Way Out' - BPitch Control 11. Luke Slater 'Love (Loved)' - Novamute 12. Carl Craig 'A Wonderful Life' - Blanco Y Negro 13. Pinch 'Qawaali' - Planet Mu 14. Groove Armada 'Edge Hill' - Jive Electro 15. Phillip Glass 'Heroes' (Aphex Twin Remix) - Warp Records 16. Portishead 'The Rip' - Mercury/Island

New BIG Banksy in London

2008-04-30T20:14:39Z

Hilarious. Speaking of street art, closer to home: check out the Keith Haring reproduction on Houston and Bowery...

Bag of Mixes | Aeroplane, Stefan Goldmann, Trickski, Holy Ghost!, Mark E, Horsemeat Disco!

2008-04-30T18:45:32Z

The good gents over at the Warm Agency (reps for some of the finest in nu-disco, house, and techno) have been putting up loads of mixes from their roster over at their blog. This is going to keep you busy for a while (and soundtrack your weekends)... (All these are Megaupload so click through to download) Aeroplane (Eskimo Records) Stefan Goldmann (Macro/Innervisions) Trickski (Member of the Trick) (Mix 1 | Mix 2) Holy Ghost! (DFA) Horsemeat Disco DJ's Mark E (Running Back)

Chateau Flight at Cielo on Friday Night

2008-04-30T18:23:35Z

Versatile Records boss man DJ Gilb'R and I:Cube team up for the slightly italo, definitely funky tech-house production team Chateau Flight. I'm not sure if they are playing live: Or DJing Chateau Flight live on the Versatile Radio Show (sendspace) Tickets are here.

Hercules & Love Affair LIVE at Studio B May 17

2008-04-30T17:48:23Z

Wow, I didn't think we were going to get a live performance from Andy Butler and the crew before they take off for Euro Festival mania... Saturday May 17th at Studio B Hercules And Love Affair - live! DJs: Andrew Butler + Kim Ann Foxman T+T (Tim Goldsworthy + Tim Sweeney) Horsemeat Disco (James Hillard + Jim Stanton) Hosted by: Opening Ceremony Emcee: Linda Simpson Light Installations by: Joie Iacono Tickets are $15 and on sale now at Ticketweb. Horsemeat Disco on Beats in Space October 23, 2007 (MP3) Andy Butler on Beats in Space September 11, 2007 (MP3) T&T Live at Moma/DFA Color Series Pop Rally March 1, 2008 (MP3) Also, great news that Mute will be putting out HLA in the US on June 24! Rest of the HLA Euro tour dates below...]]> May 23 - Brighton, England @ The Parlure Spiegeltent 24 - Manchester, England @ Warehouse 25 - Bristol, England @ Thekla (Dot to Dot Festival) 26 - Newcastle, England @ Evolution (Baltic Stage) 28 - Nottingham, England @ Rescue Rooms 29 - Liverpool, England @ Sound City @ Barfly 30 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Classic Grand 31 - Leeds, England @ Wax on Lotherton Hall June 3 - London, England @ Soho Revue 4 - London, England @ Soho Revue 5 - London, England @ Heaven 20 - Barcelona, Spain @ Sonar Festival July 18 - Berlin, Germany @ Melt Festival 19 - Dorset, England @ Camp Bestival

The Chap!

2008-04-29T22:22:36Z

Not sure how or why, but the The Chap's most recent album Mega Breakfast ended up on my Ipod. File under wierd...esoteric, genius, lo-fi? I'd reference Hot Chip in terms of quirky, slightly dancey, firmly leftfield pop music. Hot Chip also turned in a remix for the band on last year's The Chop, but don't expect any "Over and Over" jams from these guys. I would say its Dada Pop. Hop over to Myspace and listen to "Ethnic Instrument" to see what I'm talking about. Another bit of evidence of the genre defining, electronic pop creativity that seems to be bubbling under in the UK...more on that later. The album is out now on the delicious Lo Recordings (UPDATE: you can actually stream the whole album directly from the Losite). If you are in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, or Belgium: check below for tour dates. If you are in the US, just buy the album and send them a note to come visit us. (Cool appropriation of the Koons dog for their album work, huh? Anyone gone to the rooftop of the Met to see them in person?)]]> 1 May - Edinburgh, Limbo @ Voodoo Rooms 2 May - Hull, New Adelphi 3 May - Manchester, Futuresonic Festival w/Dirty Projectors 4 May - Coventry, Taylor John's * 7 May - Bristol, The Croft * 17 May - Tunbridge Wells, The Forum * 20 May - DE Berlin, Privatclub 22 May - DE Leipzig, Conne Island 23 May - DE Hamburg, Astrastube 24 May - DE Trier, Exhaus 25 May - DE Darmstadt, Oetinger Villa w/Enon 26 May - DE Köln, Tsunami 28 May - FR Brest, Salle du Clous (with Tank) 29 May - FR Paris, Batofar 30 May - FR St Etienne, Festival des Musiques Innovatrices 1 Jun - FR Lille, La Malterie 2 Jun - FR Metz, Le Tunnel 5 Jun - NL Haarlem, Patronaat 6 Jun - NL Amsterdam, DNA 7 Jun - BE Antwerpen, Petrol

Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem) DJs Tonight at 205 Tuesdays

2008-04-29T15:03:51Z

Yes, I do post about 205 Tuesdays every week. You know why? Cause its that good. Mr. Pat Mahoney, drummer extraordinaire and disco DJ, does a rare NYC set tonight with Jacques and Justin down in the basement of 205. He's also DJing the GBH 10 Year anniversary party (w/James Murphy) on May 16th (if you feel like braving Webster Hall on a Friday night). It might be fun to go and see what that crowd thinks of disco (unlikely bill mates = MSTRKRFT).

My Bloody Valentine curate All Tomorrows Parties NY!

2008-04-25T18:06:07Z

Awesome. Who's coming with me?

My Bloody Valentine
Built to Spill performing Perfect From Now On
Meat Puppets performing Meat Puppets II
Thurston Moore performing Psychic Hearts
Tortoise performing Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Shellac
Mogwai
Polvo
Fuck Buttons
Autolux
The Drones
Low
Wooden Shjips
Edan with Dagha
Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra

Matthew Dear at American Natural History Museum | Flavorpill One Step Beyond

2008-04-22T21:55:12Z

I've gone to a few of these parties and had a blast. While the drink situation isn't ideal for us boozehounds (Bud Select = not so-good), everyone freaking out to some proper dance music in a super rad venue is what its all about... The good people at Flavorpill have given me a pair of tickets to give to you good people for Friday nights slamdown with Matthew Dear. Now a New Yorker, Dear hasn't wasted any time in destroying any venue that will let him through the doors... ~~Email Slapyouinpublic at gmail.com with the subject One Step and your name for the guestlist by 9 am on Friday and I'll randomly pick a winner for the tickets.~~ If you don't want to try your luck, check out the Flavorpill site for tickets. While you are there, I highly recommend the videos and full sets from past One Step Beyond parties.

Ron Trent at Still Music Monthly at APT Thursday

2008-04-21T15:58:23Z

Jerome Derradji's fabulous Still Music label drops in to APT once a month to host some serious crate digging, genre bending nights. This week Still is putting the legendary Ron Trent behind the decks for a special Prescription Records retrospective and preview of his new label Future Vision....get ready for another sweaty night down in the APT basement. If you haven't had a chance to pick up Jerome's new compilation on BBE: Jerome Derrajdi presents The American Boogie Down, I highly advise buying the download over at BBE. As you might know, Jerome also puts out rare boogie/disco records under his sub-label Past Due Records. This is a fantastic collection of boogie from some of those reissues just in time for your summer boogie BBQs.

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell | NYC Screenings

2008-04-15T23:00:25Z

The Kitchen, where Arthur Russell was Musical Director and performed many times, is fittingly putting on a weekend of music and film celebrating his life and work from May 15 through the 17th. I'm very excited to see the docu-film entitled Wild Combination directed by Matt Wolf. I've been waiting for news on an NYC screening for awhile now after watching this more than a few times: On May 15th there will be two screenings with the director, cast, and crew. Tickets are here for those screenings. On Friday and Saturday evenings, there will be music programs with special guests performing their own versions of Arthur's music. When I have more info on those guests, I'll let you know. Tickets for the evening events (which I think include a screening of the film) are here. Short Summary of the film (Long Summary below):

WILD COMBINATION is director Matt Wolf's visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends, and closest collaborators--including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg--to tell this poignant and important story.

]]> WILD COMBIANTION begins in the bucolic landscape of Oskaloosa, Iowa. Chuck and Emily Russell remember their precocious son Arthur's early inspirations. As a teenager in the 1960s, Arthur was obsessed with Timothy Leary, John Cage, and Beat poetry. Clashing with his parents' Midwestern conventionalism and inspired by these figures' counter-cultural imaginations, Arthur ran away from home. He joined a Buddhist commune in San Francisco, and he met his lifelong mentor and collaborator, Allen Ginsberg. Allen described Arthur as "delicate, exquisite-minded, youthful, and at the same time oddly reticent." The two collaborated on a number of recordings. But when the commune tried to take away Arthur's cello, forcing him to secretly play in a closet, he followed his greater musical ambition, and he joined Ginsberg in New York. Arthur began working with Philip Glass and other composers in the avant-garde music world, specifically at The Kitchen, where he became musical director in 1974. He composed melodic orchestral music and absorbed the vanguard ideas of the new music scene. Simultaneously Arthur discovered the liberating social and aesthetic possibilities of underground discos. Under the guise of various monikers--Dinosaur L, Loose Joints, Indian Ocean--Arthur produced playful and eccentric disco records that became hits of the pre-Studio 54 era. The rules and codes of established genre didn't apply to Arthur. The serialized patterns of minimalist symphonies resonated with the repetitive rhythms in dance music. Likewise, the utopian social settings of the early discos were like the Buddhist commune Arthur had once known. With childlike innocence and fun, Arthur ambitiously explored all of these possibilities. He fell in love with his boyfriend Tom Lee, and the two moved in together in the East Village, next door to Allen in a building populated by poets, musicians, and artists. But despite Arthur's musical talent and ambition, he was often tempered by self-defeating career choices and alienating perfectionism. It seemed that Arthur was creating a kind of utopia, where the absorbing process of making music was his life. Finishing his work was a secondary concern. Collaborators moved on to new projects, career opportunities passed, and Arthur began working alone in his apartment. What resulted was perhaps his most fully realized body of work, "World of Echo." These transcendent solo cello-and-voice songs were like intimate diaries that fit somewhere between lullabies and art songs. It seemed that popular success was within Arthur's reach: He believed these diverse musical projects would reach a wider audience. But the devastation of AIDS cut Arthur's career short. When Arthur died, he was puzzlingly lost in obscurity. His 1992 obituary in the Village Voice read, "Arthur's songs were so personal that it seems as though he simply vanished into his music." But now fifteen years after Arthur's death, his music is being rediscovered. In the past five years, Arthur has developed a significant, international following. A new generation has discovered Arthur. With a visually experimental form, WILD COMBINATION brings to life Arthur's descriptively rich and emotionally direct music. The film explores the compelling cultural history of New York in the 1970s and '80s, the experience of being gay and confronting AIDS, and the cathartic process of making art and pursuing popular success at a time when those goals were mutually attainable. Intimate interviews with Arthur's family and collaborators, rare archival materials, and an engrossing visual language bring his music to life and give long overdue attention to this ground-breaking artist. Director's Statement Before I even heard Arthur's music, I was intrigued. My friend described a long forgotten gay disco auteur in a farmer's plaid shirt, obsessively listening to mixes of his own music on the Staten Island Ferry. That image alone was enough, but when I heard the emotional intensity and the complex beauty in Arthur's music, I was obsessed. Coming from an experimental filmmaking background, my first instinct was to expressionistically render Arthur's music --on the Staten Island Ferry, by the West Side Piers, or in cornfields. I found an address for Arthur's former partner Tom Lee online and I wrote him, requesting permission to possibly use Arthur's music in an experimental film. Months later, Tom called and I went to meet him in the same East Village apartment that he shared with Arthur, where Allen Ginsberg once lived next door. I was so inspired by Tom--his openness, generosity, and the connection he still feels to Arthur--that it occurred to me that this film could be much larger than I initially imagined. As I spoke to Ernie Brooks, Steven Hall, Arthur's parents and many others, I recognized the need for a biographical film, which would explore the legendary cultural history Arthur was a part of as well as the emotional and personal stories imbued in so many of his songs. Rather than producing an encyclopedic or definitive film that reconstructs Arthur's entire musical trajectory, I chose to make a portrait. I retraced Arthur's footsteps on the Staten Island Ferry and I ran through cornfields with a VHS camera. I interviewed Tom Lee in the small apartment where Arthur once obsessively worked and I met Chuck and Emily Russell in Arthur's idyllic childhood home. These experiences helped me imagine Arthur's point of view and enabled me to form a deeper interpretation of his music. In the process of making the movie, I learned things from Arthur about being an artist and pursuing it at all costs. Arthur struggled: he created obstacles for himself and he frustrated his collaborators and loved ones. But I think, unlike many other people, Arthur was able to connect to a primal place of childlike innocence and fun. I love going there with him.

205 Tonight | Mixes Galore

2008-04-15T16:49:35Z

Despite the rumors, 205 is still rockin. Tonight Justin & Jacques team up with Lovefingers and Nitedog from LA's Black Disco and turn it out and get weird. Speaking of Justin & Jacques, they put out a fantastic "Modern Mix" on the DFA Radio Mixes page with a ton of nu-house tracks including the monster Brooklyn Club Jam. Why DFA you say: remember the DFA Color Series party at MoMa on March 1st? Seems the good folks at MoMa plugged in the tape recorder and got the whole night on DAT. Pop over there for slamming sets from Juan Maclean, Timmy and Timmy (T&T), Holy Ghost!, and of course Justin & Jacques.

Disco Updates

2008-04-15T16:24:33Z

I did a post over at Brooklyn Vegan last week on a few notable items worth reposting here:

Spin did a feature a month or two ago on the resurgence of disco. Andy from Beta Blog did a bunch of interviews with James Murphy, Morgan Geist, Mike Simonetti, Dj Harvey, Johnny Jewel (of Glass Candy), and Thomas of Rub 'n Tug for the piece. He's printed up the interviews in their entirety on his blog and Daughters of Invention has the links to all of them in one little piece. Take some time to read these: all very reccomended. Related: Metro Area does a disco mix for Spinner. A little more recent, FADER caught up with Glass Candy in Portland and put together a nice profile and a few videos. Speaking of FADER, they most properly shed some light on DFA behind the boards producer gone solo Eric B and his Sticky Disc record label. Listen to the fantastic "Keep on Move" over there. Glass Candy is on (and Johnny Jewel and Mike Simonetti run) Italians Do it Better, so is Professor Genius. Stream a Professor Genius track over at Pitchfork.

More news on Sticky Disc coming up soon...

Woolfy Tonight at 205 Tuesdays thats actually at the ANNEX!

2008-04-08T19:46:46Z

I love Woolfy. You might have heard some of his jams at our parties or on my last mix (I know, I know I owe you a new one). Funky, modern disco. They put out records on NYC's own RONG and Permanent Vacation. Buy them right now on Beatport! And they play live! They aren't tonight, but its gonna be sweet. Check them rock Chaz's "Glad to Know You" live in LA...