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Beth Ditto – I Wrote the Book

davidaarong — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:38:03 +0000

Simian Mobile Disco has just produced Beth Ditto’s self titled EP, which was released today on Beatport. The EP sports four tracks of disco house music with the seductive voice of one Beth Ditto of Gossip fame.

Beth Ditto – I Wrote the Book

Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Lovesick

davidaarong — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:48:55 +0000

Chilled disco house from Norway’s very own Lindstrøm & Christabelle. To my ears, it sounds like Lindstrom is a big fan of Micheal Jackson’s “Off the Wall” album that was produced by the master Quincy Jones. I can hear echo’s of the production through out their full length release, “Real Life Is No Cool”. Lovesick is the standout track for me, with it’s syncopated guitar work and Christabelle’s smooth as silk vocals.

Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Lovesick

bio from Last.fm

After the release of Lindstrøm’s critically acclaimed solo album Where You Go I Go Too, in 2008 and 2009`s collaborative album with Prins Thomas, II, … Norway’s maestro of disco returns once again. This time he teams up with sultry vocalist Christabelle, to bring us Real Life Is No Cool, an edgy pop album of structured chaos and hypnotic beats.

Hans-Peter Lindstrøm actually began work on Real Life Is No Cool before Where You Go I Go Too, it just so happened WYGIGT was finished first. It was his work on this new album, containing 10 short pop songs with vocals, which became the impetus behind creating the epic and colossal masterpiece, WYGIGT (with only 3 long tracks and a opening track clocking in at 28 minutes). Essentially, WYGIGT was a kind of reaction to his work on Real Life Is No Cool. When WYGIGT began making waves around the world, Lindstrøm went back into his studio to complete Real Life Is No Cool.

Christabelle (also known as Solale to Lindstrøm followers) has been working on and off with Lindstrøm since 2001. Their relationship began when she immediately fell in love with his sound after hearing her brother Dennis (a friend of Lindstrøm) play some of his tracks at home. Upon listening, she proceeded to lay down vocals on some of his tracks, and her brother then delivered them to Lindstrøm. His first impression was, “Wow! This sounds totally fresh, wild and quirky”. A meeting was set up and the two found a common ground. ”We found out that we shared many of the same musical references, such as Motown, Grace Jones, 80s soul, Vanity 6, etc.” says Lindstrøm. “We even tried to make a cover of Zapp`s ‘Computer Love’. This meeting led to a collaboration resulting in two 12”s — 2003’s “Music In My Mind” and 2005’s “Let’s Practice” (then under the name Lindstrøm and Solale). They never planned on making an album together, but the collaboration slowly evolved into a collection of songs that ended up becoming Real Life Is No Cool. (The title is a line taken from the album track ‘Keep It Up’ — a track about violent relationships.)

Christabelle, whose full name is Christabelle Silje Isabelle Birgitta Sandoo, was born in 1981 to a Norwegian mother and a father from Mauritius (an island in the Indian ocean) in Oslo, Norway. Her father is a musician and music teacher, her mother a vocalist, and her brother a drummer. “All my life I have been surrounded by music, musicians, and instruments, so it was kind of obvious that I would also make music”. She started working with some of the best producers in Norway, but got off to on the wrong foot as she soon rebelled against their slick sound and attitude. As she said, “There was simply no room for going crazy and having fun, and I didn’t want to sell my nomad soul”. One of the things that attracted Lindstrøm was this rebellion against being “produced”. He would just let Christabelle do what she was inspired to do – she found room for improvisation and was able to let herself loose working with him. She created most of the lyrics on the spot, while the two were jamming, and recorded half of the tracks’ vocals at home and on her own, using a simple Shure SM55 “elvis”-mic, which gave her vocals an intimate and raw character. Lindstrøm would then edit and produce the jams later. Christabelle was not into the house music that Lindstrøm was into at the time, which forced him to think differently. The result was a more loose and improvised sound than what Lindstrøm had done before.

Lindstrøm calls their collaboration “structured chaos”, him being the structure and Christabelle bringing the chaos. This chaos is also very much a part of Christabelle`s personal life. She has always been a nomad — impulsive and restless, she’s a self-described “on-the-road girl”. She moved to London when she was 16, and, since then, has lived in Paris, Marseille, Mauritius, and Stockholm. She now lives in Oslo. She is, in many ways, the total opposite of Lindstrøm, who lives a quiet family life and makes disco nine to five, Monday to Friday, traveling to play one gig a month so that he can have time with his family. Real Life Is No Cool is a meeting of these two different personalities.

Silver Columns – Brow Beaten

davidaarong — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:54:42 +0000

Think Jimmy Somervile meets Hercules Love Affair on this one,which is a delightful mix. Not much is on the web about these guys (Adem Ilhan and Johnny Lynch), but here is there myspace page.

Silver Columns – Brow Beaten

Here’s a remix of the track by Joe Goddard of Hot Chip:

Silver Columns – Brow Beaten (Joe Goddard Remix)

Here are various remixes of tracks from their forthcoming full length:

Silver Columns – Cavalier (The Time And Space Machine Remix)

Silver Columns – Yes and Dance (Silver Columns Remix)

Silver Columns – Yes and Dance (Weirdo Police Remix)

Silver Columns are due to release ‘YES AND DANCE’ on May 24th.

Tracklisting:

1. Cavalier
2. To Wake You
3. Yes and Dance
4. Always On
5. Brow Beaten
6. Columns
7. Warm Welcome
8. Is It Still You
9. Heart Murmurs
10. Way Out

Woolfy – Odyssey

davidaarong — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:23:35 +0000

“If You Know What’s Good For Ya!!” is the Solo debut from former UK native now LA transplant Woolfy. Woolfy lays down some smokey smooth vocals over a bed of groovy drums and flanged out synths.

Woolfy – Odyssey

myspace

last.fm bio:

Originally hailing from London, Woolfy started hitting the clubs in Los Angeles in 1991, back in the Flammable Liquid era and later Does Your Mama Know, and onto The Harvey Sessions. Started dj’ing in 1995, founded the deep house & funk club Pressure, and went on to be resident for Stereophonic at the legendary Fais Do Do. He started Projections with Dan Hastie (Breakestra / Orgone) in 2000 as well as the rudy band Sounds From The Ward. Projections went on to be signed by Guidance recordings and released the lp Between Here & Now and various singles. He’s also worked with Plant Life, Orgone & Pharcyde. While in New York around 2004, he met DJ Spun of Rong Records playing at his local. A few bottles of rum later, Rong records was releasing the Woolfy / Projections split single. A few spliffs later and If You Know What’s Good For Ya!! was complete. His influences include dirty disco, the rare 12”s from 73-84, a bit of English punk, pub funk, and booze.

Siriusmo – Last Dear

davidaarong — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:34:15 +0000

From Berlin, Siriusmo is the side project of the male part of German Duo DANA & SIRIUSMO. This track is Fresh, funky, and has energetic house flare, enjoy!

Siriusmo – Last Dear

Moby – Disco Lies

davidaarong — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:00:32 +0000

Here’s a new track from the forthcoming full release from Moby. It’s o.k., not great, not really bad, but just ok… so what do YOU think?

[Moby - Disco Lies]

To download this track just right click on the link and select, “Save Link As…”

Harrison Schaaf – Zombie Outbreak

davidaarong — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:00:35 +0000

Out of LA, Harrison Schaaf creates killer dance tracks with a song structures that remind of Daft Punk, but a little harder hitting than Daft Punk.

[audio:http://highrize.wordpress.com/files/2007/11/harrison-schaaf-zombie-outbreak.mp3]

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