Bloc Party have unveiled the new video for “Signs (Arman Van Helden Remix),” which is the new single from their forthcoming album “Intamacy Remixed” to be released on May 11. The video has some major Silent Hill suppressed sexuality in it. Remember the MSTRKRFT remix for DFA1979′s “Sexy Results“? Now think: “Lower…lower…” You’ll get what I mean when you watch the video.
March 16, 2009
December 20, 2008
(New Music!) A Truly Beautiful Disaster Strikes Greece and London!
Gold seems to be a fashionable color for up and coming electro artists. First MSTRKRFT, then Heads We Dance, and now Truly Beautiful Disaster. The band is composed of one member from Greece and one from London. Combined they make the kind of electronica that makes me want to put on a cape and mask and fight crime with Hong Kong inspired impossible martial arts.
September 20, 2008
Edwin Van Cleef Remixes Data’s Rapture (ft. Sebastien Grainger)
Edwin Van Cleef has remixed the newest single from the up and coming French producer Data, “Rapture”. The song features Sebastien Grainger from Death From Above 1979 and some sublime retro synths and guitar work and if it’s possible, Van Cleef has injected the song with even more ideal 80′s nostalgia.
Data – Rapture (ft Sebastien Grainger)
August 24, 2008
Walter Meego
Chicago based electro pop-group Walter Meego is comprised of Guitarist/singer Colin Yark and Keyboardist Justin Sconza. Imagine a quirky singer songwriter fuzed at the hip to a keyboard and drum machine; that comes pretty close to what Walter Meego sounds like. Just add in some sweet guitar riffs, some vocoder, and it becomes pretty clear that Walter Meego is a winner.
Walter Meego – So You Wanna Be A Star
August 8, 2008
MSTRKRFT Greenlight Remix
MSTRKRFT are releasing their latest bangin’ remix of John Legend’s “Greenlight” featuring Andre 3000 through their Myspace page. When will the deadly DJ duo from Toronto drop a new album on us? Not nearly soon enough.
John Legend – Greenlight ft. Andre 3000 (MSTRKRFT Remix)
MSTRKRFT – Bounce (Radio Version)
June 15, 2008
Does it Offend You Yeah?
Does it Offend You Yeah? is a UK band preying on the innocent with their electronic/dance influenced indie rock. Their debut “You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into” teeters on the edge of crazed samples and angry distorted bass ala MSTRKFRT or Justice and emotional charged dance punk akin to The Rapture or Bloc Party. This schizophrenic nature gives the band a depth of sound beyond current musical trends and provides some interesting compositions and transitions.
The songs themselves are pretty bangin’ all around. As much as I love vocoder, I actually like it better when they don’t use the heavy electronics over their live rock sound. Don’t get me wrong, their use of vocoder and electronics is top notch, particularly on “Weird Science” but the standouts are the songs with unprocessed vocals like “Epic Last Song” and the most true return to form of Sebastien Grainger post DFA 1979 in “Let’s Make Out”. There’s even a a fantastic instrumental theme song to a movie that doesn’t exist, “Attack of the 60 ft. Lesbian Octopus”. In the end the album’s name serves as an accurate description of it’s sound, but as wildly as Does it Offend You Yeah? switches between electro and dance punk it’s all dance music of superior quality.
Does it Offend You Yeah? – Attack of The 60ft Lesbian Octopus
Does it Offend You Yeah? – Let’s Make Out
Does it Offend You Yeah? – Epic Last Song
February 4, 2008
Laromlab
Laromlab produces the funkiest sounds you’ll hear this year made off of 8-bit machines and vintage keyboards. Imagine a more coherent Crystal Castles with less screaming and the hardest working analog bass in electronic dance music and you’re coming close to what LaromLab sounds like.
In August the fine music blog MissingToof posted some covers that LaromLab did of Daft Punk favorites “Around the World” and “Aerodynamic”, they were soon taken down on some legality, but the fact that they were released into the public consciousness cannot be undone. The covers are used often to get the L.A. and San Francisco night life riled up. Like in this video of DJ AM playing their around the world cover in front of MSTRKRFT.
After you’re done enjoying how drunk these party goers are there’s also a video of LaromLab himself introducing you to his methods of music making.
If that wasn’t enough, here’s his upcoming tour schedule:
Laromlab Live (w/ Robot Cowboy)
02/04 Phoenix, AZ Trunk Space
02/05 Los Angeles, CA Motion Lounge
02/06 Isla Vista, CA Biko Garage Co-op
02/08 San Francisco, CA House of Shields
02/09 Davis, CA Delta of Venus
02/11 Eugene, OR Cozmic Pizza
02/13 Portland, OR Holocene
02/14 Olympia, WA Le Voyeur
02/15 Seattle, WA Dog Park (House Show)
02/16 Missoula, MT The Palace
02/17 Bismarck, ND Youthworks
02/18 Minneapolis, MS 400 Bar
02/19 Ames, IA TBD
02/20 Chicago, IL AV-Aerie
02/21 Detroit, MI Scrummage University
02/22 Toronto, ON Sneaky Dees
02/23 Albany, NY Valentines
02/24 New York City, NY 200 Orchard
02/25 New York, NY Cake Shop
02/26 New Brunswick, NJ Hidden Cities
02/27 Philadelphia, PA The Fire
02/28 Arlington, VA Metro Gallery
02/29 Washington, DC TBD
03/01 Fredricksburg, VA TBD
03/03 Bloomington, IN The Cinemat
03/05 Louisville KY TBD
03/06 Bowling Green, KY Retrograde Studios (End of Tour Party!)
Albany eh? I may have to make a trip.
June 11, 2007
AZLTRON Summer Dance Mix 2007
Ladies and gentlemen, it is summer, that means that I will soon be driving to and from a sweet job lifeguarding at a state park. Since I will be driving this means that I must have a series of the sweetest bass-tastic supergrooves. I have dedicated the better part of a day to compiling some bangin’ (In my opinion) dance tracks that should sound great blasting out of your car stereo. So without further ado, I give you the first annual AZLTRON Summer Dance Mix.
1. Erlend Oye – Prego Amore (w/ Jolly Music)
3. Ghosthustler – Parking Lot Nights
4. Sally Shapiro – By Your Side
5. Sebastien Grainger – When You Go Out
6. Panther – How Does It Feel?
