Meth Disco

1. Tuxedomoon- The Waltz
   
2. Brian Eno- In Dark Trees
   
3. Principles of Geometry- Golem
   
4. Moderat- A New Error
   
5. Brassica- The Centre
   
6. J. P. Decerf, G. Zajd & T. Cerrona- Black Safari
   
7. Whomadewho- Raveo
   
8. New Look- So Real
   
9. Sebastien Tellier- L'Amour et la Violence (Allure mix)
   
10. The Glimmers- Music For Dreams
    
11. Desire- Under Your Spell
    
12. The Chap- The Health of Nations
    
13. The Big Pink- Velvet (Gang Gang Dance mix)
    
14. Tones On Tail- Twist
    
15. The Tropics of Cancer- Mood Swings
    
16. Thick Business- Smoothest Runes
    
17. Animal Collective- No More Runnin'
    
18. Chloe- Paradise
    

Meth Disco

Savage-Don't Cry Tonight

After hearing the aforementioned tune on this mix, I thought I would track it down and add it to my ever expanding folder of serious guilty 80's pop/italo pleasures.

I know that this kind of music is deemed "trendy" or "faddy", but the simple fact is, this is good music and the original 80's gear is always miles better than the rehashed attempts of Messrs Feelmybicep, Serge Santiago and other modern "italo" producers.

This is as 80's as it gets. Rumour has it, Molly Ringwald is the exectuive producer here and Judge Reinhold is the lead vocalist of this cheddar masterpiece.

Savage-Don't Cry Tonight

La Música Tremenda

I’ve been listening to lots of music lately. As per usual, most of it has been uninspiring dross, a positively steaming pile of derivative shit which could be used soundtrack my demise to hell, when the time comes (Yes I did listen to Tiga’s new album). Fortunately, throw enough shit at the wall and some of it is bound to stick. And so with this ethos in mind, I bring you a few tracks which I have had on heavy rotation of late. Particular attention should be paid to Señor Stevens’ effort, which is probably the most creative track I have heard all year. Reworking his label mates ‘The Castanets’, Sufjan produces what I perceive to be his answer to Bohemian Rhapsody – a ten-minute epic which traverses various genres and keeps the listener constantly guessing on where the track may go next. The other tunes are rather good too.

Sufjan Stevens – You are the blood

Who Made Who – The Plot (Noze remix)

Faze Action - Dannae’s Journey

Bottin – No Static (Main Version)

Love and Romance and a Special Person

The problem with love and romance is that it is so very hard to tell when someone is truly special. Everyone could probably recall at least one burning passion that lit up a few nights, but grew cooler over time, as we discover that what we thought was love, was little more than lust. Things cool down as quickly as they got hot and that person, who should never have been anything other than a fling, gets chucked.

This also happens with music. If you take an honest look at your record collection, you will be sure to come across a few acts that you fell head over heels in love with, raved about to all and sundry, before realising that they were not really what you were looking for. Once you get passed the shiny beats or the spiky guitars, they become a bit repetitive, or have little to say lyrically; in short, like the hot airhead or the intelligent munter, they are just not ticking enough boxes.

Entire genres can be like this too. Like disco. Its re-emergence a couple of years ago was exciting and the right record played at the right time was enough to sex up even the dullest of nights. However, the allure has proven too much for the public at large and it is D-I-S-C-O every which way you turn your ears. That is not to say that the genre is a washout, far from it, but what was a glittering affair should have remained that. Stretching those moments of guilty pleasure over whole nights is stretching them thin.

Despite this, or perhaps in spite of this we keep on searching for that special someone or something that lasts, that is not only all the things we want, but has the capacity to surprise and excite time and time again.

Like Joakim (and the Disco).

Joakim and the Disco- Love and Romance and a Special Person

Burial/Fourtet EP

The recent release from the secretive Burial and the percussion overlord Fourtet has been met with a warm response.

It's unsure exactly who makes what track, but what is sure is that both tracks on the EP are of a very high standard.

The opener Moth is a fuzzy, deep house number that you would expect to hear from the Sonar Kollektiv camp, so it's a bit of a departure for both Fourtet and Burial, although it does have some elements of Burial littered throughout it(reverb laden vocals).

Wolf Cub is probably the best of the two. From the first second the Aztec-like drums are already warming your cockles, but it's not until around the 2minute mark that the song turns upside down and glitchy kick takes over. I've got a sneaky suspsicion that this is a collaborative effort; the haunting faint vocals associated with Burial are embedded in this track as is the organised drum chaos that Fourtet does so well.

Overall this EP has delivered and one can only hope that this duo have something else in the pipeline.

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