Infatuation #44
And why not offer you the song rightaway? So you can play it on your own disco party...
A video from Vitalic
Vitalic is releasing a new album at the end of September... luckily enough, the first single is here, just in time to become a hot summer disco hit, splendid... with a shiny haircut like that.
June 2009 Mixtape: Chocked!
It's been such a busy month, i had zero time for anything, let alone making a mixtape with the impossible theme the mixtape group chose this month... Officially it was called SONGS FOR WHEN YOU ORDER A HOT CHOCOLATE IN A CAFE AND THE GUY ASKS IF YOU WANT WHIPPED CREAM AND YOU SAY NO THANKS AND THE GUY LOOKS YOU UP AND DOWN AND NODS A LITTLE TO HIMSELF.
Well... last Monday i sat myself down and did it. And i couldn't help myself and mixed/mashed/cross-faded the whole lot. And it was done in 3 hours time. I can't believe it myself, but it's true. If i'd had more time, it probably would have been longer, the humor would've been of better taste and all the sex references would have been removed... but a theme like this asks for some crude in return.
So this is it:
Death In Vegas - Lever Street
Forbidden Ensemble - Please Come In
Aeroc - Idiom
Dexter - Mr. Blunt
Telefon Tel Aviv - My Week Beats Your Year
AFX - Crying In Your Face
Animal Collective - Guys Eyes
Whore's Mascara - All I Want
Radiohead - Gagging Order
Eurythmics vs. Chicks On Speed - Sex Cream Song
Deerhoof - Choco Fight
Tiefschwarz - Severed Heads/Dead Eyes Opened (Joakim Edit)
The whole mix is 26 minutes long... the shortest i ever made, but it's because i wanted to catch some kind of speed in the mix.
Download: Chocked!
A video from Simian Mobile Disco
Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity of Huge from ISO FILMS on Vimeo.
With a little help from Yeasayer's Chris Keating, Simian Mobile Disco are releasing the first single of their upcoming album Temporary Pleasure. Nice colours, and you wonder which idea was there first, the crazy lyrics, or the visual references to the lyrics in the video... like the Damien Hirst telephone. Would like one for myself!
Infatuation #43
If you're coming to Cruise Control tonight, expect this song to come along at least once. Canadian electro punks Duchess Says, who have been making music since 2003, perform at golf courses, shop windows, vacant buildings and what more. Not at Cruise Control though. But we recreate their presence by playing a recorded copy of their song Black Flag. You can download it here.
download: Duchess Says - Black Flag
A video from Patrick Wolf
If you invested in Patrick Wolf's new album The Bachelor, like i have, you probably have downloaded it officially by now. The album is in stores as well, all i'm waiting for now is the physical copy, numbered and autographed, to arrive by mail. In the mean time, i watch the video for Hard Times non stop.
A video from Make The Girl Dance
Matt & Kim started some sort of video meme, i suppose? After they ran the streets of New York naked someone must have thought: 'We can do zis better and wiz good looking French Gœurls'. And perhaps these people were right... at least they are not wearing flesh colored underwear, for sure.
And a video from La Roux
Am i obsessed? Just because i tattooed I ♥♥♥ La Roux on my knuckles? Just because i moulded a quiff like Elly Jackson, and peeled off my eyebrows? Or because i'm posting the video to Bulletproof after i spammed you yesterday with that mp3?
May 2009 Mixtape: Charm Grace Elegance & Style
I'm quick with this month's mixtape, but my two week holiday to the Czech Republic starts next week, so i should be. Theme was The Shopping List, and although that sort of implies only groceries, i thought luxury shopping was a much more interesting starting point, lots of dramatic angles. So this mix goes from black leather rock to coked up dance to cold turkey ballads to end with a happy tune by the boys from Blur.
Tracklist is as follows:
1 Ladytron - Blue Jeans 2.0
2 Mando Diao - High Heels
3 Death In Vegas - Leather
4 dEUS - Nightshopping
5 Tiga - Shoes
6 Le Le - International Pants
7 From Namibia With Love - I Need Drugs
8 ケン・イシイ - Cocoa Mousse
9 School of Seven Bells - White Elephant Coat
10 Lou Reed - Make Up
11 Tom McRae - Got A Suitcase Got Regrets
12 Blur - Supa Shoppa