Justice clearly don't need a sports brand to make a point.
The electro kingpins behind the latest adidas campaign had the benefit of exposure but also meant that very few people got to see or hear their first new track in years as it was originally intended.
Enter the official 'Civilisation' video, directed by Edouard Salier who has previously worked with Air and Massive Attack. As testament to the duo's gargantuan sound, the video comes complete with a one-minute, scenic romp around some abandoned ancient wasteland before a herd of buffalo go AWOL and have some kind of existential war against what appears to be a statue of Jesus and his mates. You'll notice that the whole scene gets flipped around a lot, which means they're actually running on the sky while the ground falls on them. No, it makes no sense to us either. Which is precisely why it's AWESOME.
After a couple months of teasing us with clips, screen-tests and storyboards, legendary video interlopers Megaforce have finished their video treatment for our next single, The Greeks. Filmed in a sleepy French suburb in god-knows-where, and starring a group of the coolest kids in the cul-de-sac, The Greeks’ video reflects the song — it’s about everything, and kinda nothing, and being young, or something.
Part Rumblefish, part Die Hard, part Akira, we wanted to work together to create something both visually appealing and aesthetically relevant to the band. We like kids, we like gangs, we really like daydreaming and imagination; the video straddles the line between nostalgia and the visual death-porn of our generation – the action film. Don’t get carried away by politics – this is a straight-up kid brawl the way it played out in your head when you were stealing your mums mascara to be like Arnie in Predator. It isn’t a shocking rebuke to our drama queen, populist news culture either – just naive, blissful shoot-yr-mate until he’s definitely dead war-games – the way you wish it still could be.
When we asked MEGAFORCE how they came up with the concept, they simply answered : “we’ve been wanting to make such a video since the age of 6 !”
You can also download the original plus the Moonlight Matters Remix. both winners!
The new MUNK single is a Barrio-Beach House Hit with vocals by Joyce Muniz from Brasil. Dirty and Funky with a Salsa Piano Riff that sounds like Spanish Harlem 1977. Taken from the "The Bird and the Beat" album that since its release this year has been creating huge waves, including a 4 page story in London's DJ magazine that described it as "already one of the best abums of the year".
Check the BLACK VAN remix and for some hot dancefloor action and let the JOYCE MUNIZ remix set your summer parties on fire.
Enjoy the new Trash Yourself single featuring the great treasure fingers. you can download the instrumental for free and get to hear the whole release including the French Horn Rebelion, Willy Joy and many more
"Because I find this new cd is taking us yet one more step towards maturity. We’re perceived as a club label when really we’ve always been between ‘club’ and ‘indie’, and this new compilation sits right at the crossroad of the two." explains Kitsuné’s head-honcho Gildas Loaec.
"I find the combination of guitars + electronics is one of the most exciting areas in music today. Kitsuné’s always supported this fusion and believed a good part of the future will come from that. So here’s Kitsuné’s selection of what’s best in the genre at the moment."
1 : Let’s Go All The Way (early version)
A band without a name just signed to Kitsuné. We won’t even tell you if it’s a guy or a girl singing. This is their first ever appearance, they’ve not even put a track on the net yet. They’re currently working hard in the studio with Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand. Yes and they’ve still to come up with a band name. Album in 2012.
2 : ALEXANDER DEXTER JONES Phantastic Phone Call
The son of Mick Jones is a New Yorker who does everything on his own, writes, programs and plays all the instruments, his future’s looking bright. A bit of drama in his voice. Adorning pink nail varnish and wearing leggings, he made a splash when visiting the Kitsuné offices telling us how he awaits hurricanes on Montauk beach hand in hand with his sister.
3 : HOUSSE DE RACKET Roman
First French band to sign to Kitsuné for an album out this summer. They’re produced by Zdar who fit them in between Phoenix and The Rapture. Their name’s written on 2011. Highly recommended live.
4 : POLARSETS Sunshine Eyes
Super mega cool band. They record their tracks almost live so that they can translate them effortlessly to the stage. Their reputation is fast growing.
5 : GALLOPS Miami Spider (Ponciau edit)
Already acclaimed by Radio 1 with far out influences (Aphex Twin, Fugazi, Vangelis, Sun-Ra, Steve Reich…). A well focussed track. 6 : COSMONAUT Say What You Want
Oh yes… makes you wanna shake your rump after 3 seconds. They’re Aussies and we suspect their music is designed for people to come down to.
7 : CREEP Days (Azari & III remix)
It is indeed The XX’s Romy on vocals who does a rare guest appearance for this Brooklyn trio. And it’s Casey the singer from Fischerspooner who directed the video. We’re not just name-dropping here, we’re right in the thick of it.
8 : IS TROPICAL The Greeks
They’re masked, they’re mental, you already know of them, they’re a human molotov cocktail. Kitsuné is producing and releasing their debut album, which is coming out in the next few weeks, on the 13th of June to be precise. We reckon they’re the new The Cure.
9 : PETER & THE MAGICIAN Twist
In case you didn’t know Stephen has left Aeroplane and started his own project The Magician. Here he teams up with the ubiquitous Yuksek (real name Pierre, get it ?) for a slice of italo-disco.
10 : THE TOUCH Sermon
These Swedes understand well the nostalgic dimension you sometimes find on the dancefloor, beer tears or wine sad more like, heartbroken and sleepwalking… the kind of stuff that builds lasting memories. The track’s about an oxygen-less civilisation that’s about to collapse. Beautiful !
11 : LOGO x ICONA POP Luvsick
Two Swedish girls and two French guys, a civil partnership signed for this compilation. Because receiving demos just isn’t enough anymore for Gildas, he’s now orchestrating musical marriages. Logo are set to big things and Icona Pop is another proof that it’s kicking off too in Sweden.
12 : BEAT CONNECTION Silver Screen
The indie-dance peak of the compilation, which reminds us of Madchester’s flowery and idyllic atmosphere, extra-wide flares, bowl cuts for boys… The track’s about spring, being lazy, girls, sunday mornings, all that…
13 : NIGHTBOX Pyramid
They’re Canadians produced by Al from MSTRKRFT, which is legendary in its Toronto hometown. ‘Well groovy’ as my dad would say. We can tell they’re going to do rather well on Hype Machine.
14 : GUARDS Resolution Of One
These Americans were already on Kitsuné Maison 10. Their garage rock is typically New York, brutal and energetic. Chairlift, Cults and MGMT are buddies and pop in during recording sessions. Richie, the guy behind it all, tends to put the tracks on line for free. So this is especially for those who don’t have the right bookmarks or the time to download.
15 : FICTION Big Things
The indie-dance peak of the compilation (there are several, just like in Twin Peaks). Gildas likes the Tom Tom Club vibe of the track. Klaxons love them. A London trio that’s so much cooler than you, it could become depressing.
16. EXOTICA Conte d’Eté (afrofunk version)
These Frenchies were on the recent Kitsuné Parisien compilation. They’re part of the new Paris breed and nicely mix pop and electro. The kind we can never get enough of at Kitsuné.
Edgar and Jay are the two pioneers behind The Zombie Kids. These two revolutionary Producers/ DJs from Madrid, have totally changed the Spanish club scene. They have been called music terrorists because of their punk attitude while they are mixing electro, punk, hip hop, metal and every thing in between. Their style is not a music genre. It's just pure attitude!
Right now The Zombie Kids are the most wanted DJs in the Spanish nation. They played beside Major Lazer, Boys Noize or Pendulum and after becoming favourite DJs of NIKE and VANS, they called the attention of national press like ROLLING STONE & FHM magazine! The Zombie Kids were recruiting 2.000 clubbers in Madrid every Wednesday at their own ZOMBIE CLUB, one of the most popular clubs that had ever been seen in the Spanish club culture.
The Zombie Kids have succeeded with their debut track - 'Kiss my Ass', co-produced by IKKI, reached #13 on Beatport, the most important platform for electronic Dance Music worldwide! Now The Zombie Kids follow up with 'Drums Of Death' and 'Jack Hammer 05', two fantastic intoxicating Club Tracks, a perfect mixture of tribal Organ & Bass sounds, that make you Scream, Jump & Dance!
Connan Mockasin has the kind of deliciously off-kilter and gloriously idiosyncratic worldview that rapidly proves addictive. Once you’ve heard it, you can’t help but wish to go back for more. On his rather unusual childhood activities: “when I was really young my mum got me a welder and just let me turn all the discarded pipes and rubbish on our property into a proper junk yard. I got really obsessed with carnival rides and ghost trains that folded up. Mum said a lot of the neighbours were a bit disgusted…”
Welcome, folks, to the delightful, slanted and enchanted world of Connan Mockasin. The New Zealand born, current London resident Mockasin makes beautiful, off-kilter music which subverts as it compels, challenges as it mesmerists, startles as it seduces, even drawing fans as diverse as Johnny Marr and Radiohead to Ed Banger chief and ex Daft Punk manager Pedro Winter into its wide-eyed, childlike exploration into the final frontiers of pop music. It is all too rare, in this current climate of manufactured pop acts, grey over produced 'alternative' guitar music and press-fuelled mania for the next-big-thing, to hear something truly striking and original, but a strong case can most certainly be made for Connan to be a true pop auteur, taking his rightful place in a proud lineage which includes past mavericks such as Joe Meek and Brian Wilson, right through to current cult heroes like Ariel Pink, Sufjan Stevens and John Maus.
Written from start to finish one hot summer, while camped outside his parent’s church-like house in a tent, his album “Forever Dolphin Love” is an LP which brims with the beauty and solitude of summer evenings, a miasma of psychedelic tangents, jazz interludes and echoing guitars which hum with a distant, haunting resonance. Indeed, it is so unique a first-time listener may have to listen to it again just to take it all in, so powerful is the spell it casts. It exists in its very own, free-floating parallel universe; a world where lush psychedelia morphs unpredictably into Spanish salsa (“Faking Jazz Together”), breathtaking, short interludes (“Grandpa Moff”) nestle alongside languidly unravelling epics (the title track) and above it all, Connan’s feather-light, alien vocals gently hover – not always in English, by the way, but sometimes in their own, made-up language – tantalisingly, beguilingly out of reach.
This record (packaged with a special live recording) is, however, only the beginning for Connan – the next few months will see him unfold his unique charm in myriad ways and working with people as iconoclastic and idiosyncratic as he is, beginning with him scoring the first short film from acclaimed video director Kinga Burza, called “Candy”. In addition, alongside the likes of Villagers and Noah and the Whale, Connan has also been working on new music with the inimitable Charlotte Gainsbourg, with a brand new collaboration set to appear on a “live and unreleased” edition of her album in the summer, and he has also been working with Sam Eastgate of Late of the Pier on an offbeat upcoming project called Soft Hair. Throw in the fact that he has just been confirmed as main support on Warpaint’s UK tour in May, and a path is cleared for the once perennial outsider as one of the most vibrant and engrossing musicians on the map. You’d do well to clutch him to your hearts now.
Self Help For Beginners is set for release on 30th May and features guests from Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Andrew Innes (Primal Scream) and Jagz Kooner.
autoKratz announce that their eagerly awaited second album SELF HELP FOR BEGINNERS will be available on CD and digital download from Monday 30thMay 2011.
Having started off by releasing a string of EP’s tailor-made for pummeling dancefloors, the bands 2009 Kitsuné debut Animal shone like a gem at a time saturated with electronic music. Always More and Stay The Same resonated through airwaves and clubs wherever you went.
It’s now two years later, and the stunning Self Help For Beginners will blow you away. It’s an innovative journey through dark electronic pop, hands-in-the-air garage techno and carefully nurtured moments of beauty.
The album sees the band collaborate with some of their heroes including New Order bassist Peter Hook, Primal Scream guitarist Andrew Innes and Primal Scream & Kasabian producer Jagz Kooner.
Of the collaboration Hooky said “I was delighted to be asked by autoKratz and knowing their music I completely understand why. Playing on the track was very easy and the boys made it very enjoyable. I’ve just listened to the track and then gone for a walk and found myself singing it over and over again - It’s great!”
The first glimpse of the new album came in January through the Radio 1 championed ‘Opposite of Love EP’. Self Help for Beginners certainly delivers on that promise and more.
The LP is to be released on the bands new label Bad Life, a new imprint to which they have also signed NT89, TWR72, Sovnger and 10Rapid. The labels first releases are receiving an impressive cross section of support, feted by the likes of Zombie Nation and A-Trak.
In four fast years autoKratz have become sought after remixers, working with the likes of La Roux and Underworld, whilst having developed a reputation for being one of the finest live acts in electronic music. Their never ending world tour continues to take them to all the corners of the globe, with highlights having so far included Glastonbury, Pukkelpop, Lowlands, Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Solidays, Parklife Australia, Dour and Koko in London.
Self Help for Beginners puts autoKratz back at the vanguard of British electronic music, and 2011 will without doubt be their most exciting year yet.
And to kick off the campaign autoKratz are giving away massive new banger ‘A-Train’
Cuando el Rock y la música bailable se topan de frente, a veces da como resultado el surgimiento de bandas tan sobresalientes como DATAROCK, uno de los grupos más reconocidos del New Rave. Autodefinidos modestamente como “el punto más alto en la evolución del pop”, la banda integrada por Rock Steady Freddy y Ket-ill sorprendió a todo el mundo hace algunos años con el lanzamiento de su disco debut DATAROCK. Sus éxitos “Fa Fa Fa” y “Computer Love” impulsaron a la banda a una super gira global de más de cuatro años.
En ese tiempo, la banda se presentó en más de 700 conciertos en 33 países en cuatro continentes, participando de los festivales más importantes como Coachella (CA), SXSW (TX), WMC (MIA), Planeta Terra (BR) y Personal Fest (AR) entre muchos otros. Aliados con el gigante de los videojuegos Electronic Arts, sus canciones aparecen en 22 de los títulos más vendidos de la historia, incluyendo las franquicias FIFA, Need for Speed, Madden NFL y The Sims.
Con dos álbumes editados (Datarock en 2008 y Red en 2009), los noruegos lanzarán en marzo 2011 “Catcher in the Rye”. Llamado “el sencillo más extravagante de la historia”, Catcher… es una canción en el más puro estilo de Datarock donde se pueden reconocer reminiscencias de la canción “Psycho Killer” de los Talking Heads -una de sus mayores influencias junto a Devo y los Happy Mondays. Saldrá a la venta en marzo en formato USB de 4 gigas que incluirá la sí extravagante cantidad de 105 bonus tracks, además de fotos, videos y un concierto integro de la banda.
Carca comenzó su carrera solista en 1993 y al año siguiente lanzó Miss Universo, su primer disco. Como Babasónicos, Los Brujos o Peligrosos Gorriones, Carca surgió de la "movida sónica". Rótulos aparte, hizo stoner antes que Los Natas, transitó el glam antes de Fantasmagoria y fue setentista antes que Pez. Con seis discos solistas en su haber, Carca se encuentra presentando su último disco, Uoiea, un álbum que lo devuelve al grito primal del rock y donde se dejan entrever algunas de sus influencias como Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan, Javier Martínez. Producido por Diego Tuñón y Carca, el disco fue masterizado en Escocia por Dennis Blackham (ingeniero de Marc Bolan y T-Rex) y cuenta con la participación de Diego Uma (percusión y coros) y Diego Tuñon (piano y sintetizadores).
Keem es sin dudas un dj de referencia obligada en la nueva escena electrónioca de Buenos Aires. Cultor del sonido electro en sus regiones de contagio con el rock y el house. Sus sesiones son tan versátiles como contundentes, varían entre explosivos sets de electro rock o eclécticos warm ups de indie, italo, house y rock. En su extensa trayectoria ha tocado en los clubes más importantes de Argentina junto a artistas como Justin Robertson, Erol Alkan, Steve Aoki, The Rapture, Dat Politics, The twelves, We have band, Data, Bobmo, entre otros.
01 - Leno Lovecraft - Planet Sextron 02 - Everything Everything - MY KZ UR BF ( Clock Opera mix) 03 - Datarock - The Pretender (Holy Ghost mix) 04 - Druma Kina - Walking Away (Cosmonaut Gretchko Version) 05 - Wolf Gang - Pieces of You (Disco Bloodbath remix) 06 - Eine Kleine Natch Music - Feuerprobe (Rory Phillips mix) 07 - Ghostland Observatory - Glitter 08 - The Futureheads - Hounds of Love (PHones mix) 09 - Datarock - Not me
EMBASSY es un ciclo mensual de fiestas con shows en vivo de artistas nacionales e internacionales de carácter actual e independiente. La misión del ciclo es la de construir un espacio cultural fresco y moderno que sirva de exposición para bandas, DJs y artistas extranjeros de vanguardia, alentando al mismo tiempo el desarrollo de talentos locales.
LCD Soundsystem Says ‘F.U.’ To Scalpers By Adding Extra Shows
Minds boggled and tear ducts opened wide when LCD Soundsystem sent the blogosphere into something approaching cardiac arrest by announcing their upcoming final show ever, set for April 2nd at Madison Square Garden, with none other than old school NYC punk-funk pioneers Liquid Liquid opening up. And what seemed like a mere nanosecond later, accusations started flying, as all available tickets were snapped up in a heartbeat, and some scalpers were charging well into the thousands for tix. Many cried “foul play,” pointing the finger of blame at everyone from Ticketmaster to the band itself, suggesting that tickets were being held back on purpose to fetch higher prices on Stubhub and the like. The weepy lovefest that accompanied LCD’s initial announcement of impending retirement quickly turned ugly, as hardcore fans found themselves shut out and put out, seething with bitterness and resentment.
What could be done to salvage the soiled vibe and keep the band’s swan song from ending on a sour note? LCD mainman James Murphy apparently had an idea in that direction; he acted quickly, by adding four more shows, from March 28-31st, at the much smaller Terminal 5, at lower ticket prices. Addressing the matter in no uncertain terms, Murphy commented “we’ve come up with the best solution I can think of, as quickly as possible so as to deflate the market for those scalping scumfucks…I just want to give people who actually want to see us a chance to see us. For a reasonable ticket price. And I want to drop the price of the MSG tickets being sold by piece of shit scalpers.” An admirable goal, Mr. Murphy — we wish you luck and eagerly await the inevitable reunion tour, however long it may take you to get around to it.
Tickets for LCD Soundsystem’s four T5 shows go on sale February 18. Ticket holders will be required to show ID day of show to gain entry. There will be a two-ticket limit per customer.
BSTV: Wolfgang Gartner
Currently riding high on the success of his new single, “Illmerica,” Big Shot caught up with the electro master Wolfgang Gartner at the Hudson Hotel the day before his gig at Pacha New York. In this exclusive video Gartner, who is up for a Grammy in the Best Remixed Recording (Non Classical) category for his mix of Andy Caldwell’s “Funk Nasty” featuring vocals by Gram’ma Funk, recounts how he learned about his Grammy nod via Twitter and gives us the lowdown on his upcoming debut album due out later in the year.
British electro DJ/producer, Fake Blood has reworked the latest single from Noah And The Whale titled “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.” The already much praised original song has BBC Radio 1′s Zane Lowe spouting that it’s the “hottest record in the world right now,” which makes you wonder why Fake Blood would want to mess with a good thing.
We’re thrilled he did, ’cause his added layers of percussion and strings elevates the track in all of the right ways. Take a listen yourself and download it below.
Noah And The Whale’s third album titled Last Night On Earth will be landing here in the US on March 15th via Mercury Records. A handful of tour dates will follow surrounding this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin.
Masked Italian electro-punks The Bloody Beetroots have been churning out red-hot remixes since 2006. Now the duo are making it easy for their fans to find some of their best re-rerubs on an upcoming remix compilation out on February 14th. Best Of… Remixes includes Bloody Beetroots interpretations of tracks by The Chemical Brothers, Etienne de Crecy, Shitdisco and MSTRKRFT. To get the party started the boys are offering up their remix of Tiga’s “Mind Dimension” from the compilation for free. Download and enjoy.
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