Showing posts with label FUTUREDISCO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FUTUREDISCO. Show all posts

4/6/11

Actual disco: surprise! it's all your favorite songs.



Flight Facilities' Disco set could also be called an "exposé". It identifies every awesome beat that's been laid down in the last 10 years... as having actually been laid down >30 years ago.

And also, it's awesome. I really, really love these guys. And their sweet aviator hat, emblem, and float plane. Or photoshop skills, whichever it is. They're responsible for one of my favorite tracks: Crave You (although my favorite is Go Go Bizkitt!'s remix thereof).

Flight Facilities - Paris Social Club - 70's DJ Set by flightfacilities

2/3/11

IT'S ALMOST SPRING IF YOU LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM

Much more effective than any subterranean rodent you might have heard of, Mr. Gonzo has released an album that is dripping with french funk vibes. This is the daft punk you remember, before they released Human After All and made a Tron single that will never work in the club. Except only Mr. Gonzo could be daft punk in the 2010's. It's jumpin', it's downtempo and loungey, it's whatever it needs to be for you to take your clothes off. I'm sure RB already has, and JJ was never wearing them to begin with.

Pairs well with cocktails, swimsuits, and a seductively raised eyebrow.

Extended Play Area EP by Mr. Gonzo

11/18/10

Shake it cross the dancefloooooor



There are plenty of remixes coming from this song, ranging from Chromeo's synthy remix to some more electro stuff with the Laidback Luke remix. But Chromeo's is too saucy and doesn't keep the bpm at an acceptable level. And the Laidback Luke mix is just a little too electro, and not enough funk.

But the Lifelike remix is just right, mostly. I think the deeper more progressive beat is awesome. But I think the beatsmooshing that's going on throughout most of the beat drops is generally annoying and could have been done much much better (maybe with some lessons from Bmore club), and so it really suffers. And so I've set up plenty of loop cues on the track to try and get the good parts out without including the fancy stuff because i can put that in myself and half the time it sounds better. See if you can figure out where I put them!

Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor (Lifelike remix) by Iggy


But none of this is really the original artist's fault. When you compare the vocal smooshing in the Lifelike remix to some of Treasure Fingers' original stuff, it's apparent that this guy knows how to arrange his shit. The use of melodic sampling (that the Helenator and I like from pogo) in Lift Me is totally sweet, and the beat and vocals in It's Love are right on. This is the stuff that's stuck in my head now, and probably my roommate's too because it's on my decks every fucking night. Not that I do anything successful with those decks, but it's on there damnit!

Treasure Fingers - Lift Me (Original Remix) by valternylima

It's Love (Original Mix) - Treasure Fingers by arrhythmiamusic