My third bootleg, made back in April 2004. A filthy affair between m83 (remixed by Jackson), Aphex Twin and Khia.

Dopplebanger – Pussylicker (mediafire)

And, as it has been often requested over the years, here’s the bonus PG version (without the Khia vocals):

Dopplebanger – Flowerlicker (mediafire)

Illustration by Julien Drochon

GENERALLY GOOD VIDEOS

STOP MOTION AWESOME

NICE NICE NICE

ALTHOUGH IT’S A MASSIVE COPY OF THIS VIDEO. AND THIS ONE FEATURES ALMOST NAKED CHICKS WALKING DOWN. KICKS MATT AND KIM ANYDAY

rather than a post about an artist in particular, i’ll be writing about a genre that many attribute to starting the rise of electronic music. dating to the late 70s, italo disco was really only popular in europe and was the first genre to produce music using only electronic means. synthesizers, drum machines, apreggiators… the future! even the human voice (see moskow diskow) was vocoded and given that spacey robot sound.

as my favourite italo disco blog puts it: “the future is 25 years old” or, from wikipedia: “…the genre featured love-song lyrics sung in English with heavy foreign accents. English was more often than not the artists’ second language, creating lyrics that were often considered to be almost nonsensical. Along with love, italo disco themes deal with robots and space, sometimes combining all three.”

so… robots + space + love = italo disco… sounds like my favourite musical!

anyway, all of these funky robotic foreign accents have definitely influenced modern music (aeroplane comes to mind.. and eiffel 65, that italian one hit wonder whose blue permeated your young minds in the late 90s)

ok, so maybe those are not the best examples… little boots? rod stewart? M83? alan braxe? new order?

it’s simple. all electronic music was influenced, directly or indirectly, by the mind warping arped synths of italo disco, because italo disco was the first! have a listen to the tracks below and think about it the next time you’ve got something else playing… you’ll be surprised.

utter nostalgia!

telex – moskow diskow (1979)

charlie – spacer woman (1983)

casco – cybernetic love (1983)

international music system – dancing therapy (1984)

Ok, so here is the final session of 2009….

As usual, there’s a good slab of fresh drum & bass, this month from artists such as Spectrasoul, Blu Mar Ten, Rockwell and more. Following on from last month, there’s a little bit of Bat For Lashes too.

Also, in keeping with the diverse nature of these mixes, I’ve included a bit of 70s Underground Disco from Two Man Sound, and a Fender Rhodes jazz-funk anthem courtesy of Gil Scott Heron. A special thanks must be given to DJ DMT for sourcing the Edú Lobo track for me. I’m very grateful, I love that song!

M83 – America
Craig Armstrong Feat. Antye Greie-Fuchs – Waltz
Bat For Lashes – Moon And Moon
Craig Armstrong – Amber
Two Man Sound – Que Tal America (Extended Mix)
Edú Lobo – Upa Neguinho
Rockwell – Underpass
Unquote & Mr Sizef – Hours Have No Reverse Motion
Spectrasoul – Suppression
Blu Mar Ten – Grey Area
Stray – Timbre
Spectrasoul – How Strange
Spectrasoul – Guardian
Heinrich Mueller – Drone FX
Instra:Mental – Leave It All Behind
Gil Scott Heron – Peace Go With You Brother

…as with all the other podcasts, there are a number of ways you can obtain this one. Firstly, via itunes. Alternatively, you can download the mix via Beatplexity, or MixCloud.

exams are nearly done. after that ill get back into this blogging thing.

anyone know how to write Access control configuration scripts for Apache servers?

mp3: M83 – Run Into Flowers (Midnight Fuck Remix By Jackson)

This is the latest album from the young Hamburg team who play their post-rock with a pinch of electronica.

Opening track Captured Moments is a promising start with its bleary-eyed guitars that explode into white noise, layered by fuzzy underwater strings and piano. Matthew Jason and Chris Burda then continue this winning streak with former single Crawling and the vibrant, dramatic title track.

But further in, the album collapses under its own weight. Tranquillity is an uncomfortable mix of hair-metal guitar and rigid, sequenced backing tracks. Lacking the ragged rock rush of Mogwai, much of this album has the synthetic sound of an overproduced bedroom recording. Angle Of Incidence and the unfortunately titled A Smell Of Boiled Greens drift in to the sterile realms of Muzak, whilst Far To The Past could be an Editors’ instrumental outtake.

Intelligence and Take A Shot On Me do however give the album a rousing end, almost returning to the impressive form of the opening tracks. But ultimately, despite the flashes of brilliance, this duo doesn’t do enough with this well-trodden genre to warrant repeated listens.

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Mei Yau and I were recently discussing the unusual relationship that France has with American popular culture. We came to the conclusion that despite (or maybe partly because of) France’s general resistance to the sort of full-scale Americanisation that we have experienced in the UK, for years the French have appeared to be fascinated by a mythical, archetypal vision of America that bears little relation to historical or current reality. That is to say that whilst American culture and ideas have permeated almost every insignificant aspect of British life – due in part, no doubt, to our shared linguistic and cultural heritage – this has perhaps not happened to quite the same extent in France. Therefore, French film-makers, musicians and other artists have been able to explore and cultivate an idea of America that might seem ludicrous and contrived in a country such as the UK, where every other television programme or song on the radio is from the USA.

Examples of this can be seen in many different strands of French culture: the slightly bizarre popularity of Western-themed French language cartoons such as Lucky Luke and Willie Boy; the French film industry’s hero worship of such Hollywood outsider figures as Samuel Fuller and Mickey Rourke; Serge Gainsbourg’s scabrous yet also somewhat enchanted take on American trash culture in many of his most famous songs; the sincere fascination displayed by young French musicians like M83 and the Valerie Collective towards American teen films such as those of John Hughes, along with other more ephemeral aspects of 1980s US youth/pop culture that are often held up for derision and ridicule here in the UK.

This topic could clearly be discussed at much greater length, and maybe I will do so at some point. For now though, I’ll just leave you with a nice homemade video (not by us!) for a classic song that – along with the above links – hopefully illustrates to some extent what I’ve been saying.

Little while back M83 had this video contest for their song “We Own The Sky” with Pitchfork. Mad people submitted really good videos. Just finished checking out a bunch of em on Vimeo. Crazy to see how people interpret the music differently and turn them into visuals. Most of the videos were pretty damn good. Some were trash. Video above won. Directed by Alex Takacs. Deserved to win. Video below also caught my eye though. Done by David Altobelli. I love the completely different ideas for the same song.

M83 is an electronic/dream pop act comprised of French musician Anthony Gonzalez. The band was founded in 2001 by Gonzalez and former member Nicolas Fromageau in Antibes. The musical style of the band owes something to the shoegazing genre in its extensive use of reverb effects and lyrics spoken softly over loud instrumentals, though M83’s songs employ considerably less guitar than most shoegazing bands.

With these guys you either love ‘em or hate ‘em. I just happen to love their fifth album Saturdays=Youth. One good friend I know said its hard to listen to them because they feel like they should be watching a movie. Their songs are perfect for a soundtrack, maybe they’ll be the soundtrack to your life. Check ‘em out.

The spectacular new camera installed on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of the nearby spiral galaxy M83.

Source: HubbleSite

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Don’t be afraid of the dark
don’t be afraid of the dark
I’ll be there to hold you
don’t be afraid of the dark

You might tremble
you might shake
scream out loud
maybe even pray

Don’t be afraid of the dark
don’t be afraid of the dark
I’ll be there to hold you
don’t be afraid of the dark

-  Robert Cray “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”

We’re guessing that you’ve had your fill of Halloween treats the last couple of days (well, one last Twix bar couldn’t hurt). But have you ever stopped to think about the allure of this peculiar holiday? The influences on this (mostly secular) day of celebration are many. And although Halloween’s popularity spikes in the United States, many other countries now join in the fun. For some individuals, the opportunity to play dress-up and reinvent themselves is too exciting to pass up. For others, an entire population masking who they are and reveling in anonymity can be a bit disturbing.

In past years, Great River Radio has used this occasion to dig into our shared library and play music with an emphasis on Saints, Souls and Goblins. This afternoon we’ll take a little different tack as we bring you music inspired by the things that raise the hair on our arms (or backs!). You’ll hear music about darkness and shadows, homicidal maniacs and victims, graveyards and wild things. Don’t think of this as a stereotypical or clichéd attempt at playing Halloween music. We’ll have tracks from Great River Radio-endorsed artists such as Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Tom Waits, Joe Henry, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, M83, Eels and Band of Horses. We’ll have local music from Roma di Luna, Trip Shakespeare and the Suburbs. And we’ll even fit in listener request segment with some of your favorites. In other words, it’s the sort of quality music you’ve come to expect from Great River Radio. You’re not going to want to miss it.

We’re live from 4-6 p.m. (CST) today via http://www.kustradio.com
Chat with us in the studio via iChat or AIM at screen name: kustradio

Next week is our annual SJAW (Social Justice Awareness Week) show. In order to maintain our club status at KUST, each semester we must devote a show to a topic or theme that has some social relevance. Our theme next week is health care. Do you have any health- or illness-related songs you would like to hear? Send us a an email or post your requests on our Website.

Playlist
Thriller Intro-Michael Jackson
Full Moon-The Black Ghosts
I hear Noises-Tegan and Sara
Things That Scare Me-Neko Case
Don’t Be Scared-Andrew Bird
My Beloved Monsters-Eels
Monster Lve-Goldfrapp
Is There A Ghost-Band of Horses
City Full of Ghosts-Mike Scott
Bruised Ghosts-Amy Millan
King’s Highway-Joe Henry
Psycho Killer-Talking Heads
Cold Blooded Old Times-Smog
Heads Will Roll-Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Skeletons-Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Shadows-Au Revoir Simone
Shadows-Gospel Gossip
The Romance of Wolves-Roma Di Luna
Rattle My Bones-Suburbs
Dry Bones-Herman Munster
Adams Family Intro
Here Come the Martian Martians-Jonathan Richman & Modern Lovers
In Germany Before The War-Randy Newman
You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth Intro-Meatloaf
Graveyard-Trip Shakespeare
Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard-Tom Waits
Pretty Girls Make Graves-The Smiths
Graveyard Girl-M83
The Unquiet Grave-Solas
All Is Love-Karen O.

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M83 – Tsubasa

Antville has a list of the 101 best music videos of the 2000s, and the list is fairly canonical. I recommend a look.

I would, however, like to point out five of the best videos not included on Antville’s somewhat limited list…

M83 – Don’t Save Us From the Flames: A sweet unrequited high school love story with a great tune, plus girl on bike meets dream boy on bike in ghost outfits! Come on, don’t pretend like you didn’t enjoy it.

Juvenile – Get Ya Hustle On: Post-Katrina, Juvenile’s drug rap seems somehow anachronistic, but the video itself highlights the relevance of the genre. The rather blunt political imagery — marching street thugs in Cheney and Bush masks, a rims-clad Escalade towed by horses — has nothing on the stark image of a man amidst the rubble holding a sign: “STILL HERE.” Katrina changed everything, and nothing.

Kanye West – Throw Some D’s (remix): Kanye’s old ass cousin? Stripping sign-language translator? Spirit fingers for Alicia Keys? “That just happened.”

Electric Six – Gay Bar: OK, it’s a gimmick. But how could you go wrong with Abraham Lincoln(s) in various states of undress? Also, bonus points for bleeping out “war” and “nuclear war.”

E-40 – Tell Me When To Go: This Face alone would have sold me on this video, but everything about it screams the do-it-yourself amateur joy of hyphy. I love how E-40 has just the right amount of nonchalance to carry this video; he vaguely acknowledges the camera, but on the whole, it’s clear that he is enjoying himself behind that smirk. Hip-hop had suffered from a downer phase, before the ignorant bliss of hyphy brought it back. Then Soulja Boy and Auto-Tune had to come ruin things…

Uff…è stata una giornata abbastanza massacrante…che dire mattinata rincoglionimento totale…solite rotture di coglioni da parte dei miei e poi via alla volte di trieste (italiaaaannnaaaa..la la la la) per la manifestazione contro il welfare regionale che discrimina (se ce ne fosse ancora bisogno) gli extracomunitari con una serie di leggi che non permettono l’integrazione…discriminando e non tutelando chi lavora e cerca di mantenere in modo onesto la propria famiglia…ma del resto se uno stato non tutela i propri cittadini..figurarsi…gli altri..vabbè non volevo parlare di politica…alla fine sono arrivato a casa con un mal di panza terriffic dovuto secondo mia madre al brodo…quando si è visto un brodo che fà venire mal di stomaco non si sà…comunque per fortuna mi sono ripreso grazie al mitico buscopan e adesso ho la teeesttaaa leggerraaa e viaggio.Per quello il titolo del post…stò veramente viaggiando..e ultimamente mi capita molto spesso.Faccio veramente una serie di viaggi onirici…che mi permettono di alienarmi ancora di più e che dire si stà piuttosto bene.Comunque la manifestazione è andata bene c’erano 5000 persone e per un martediì di manifestazione è un buonissimo risultato.Con tutte le sigle cosa non da poco..CGIL,CISL e UIL..insomma un miracolo per questo periodo..ma parlavo di viaggi onirici.Ultimamente mi sento veramente in un limbo sospeso…lo zio è andato da una sorte di analista del chackra..mi ha fatto venire in mente di andarci per poi sentirmi dire..stai viaggiando..e io gli direi anche hai ragione!Probabilmente stà condizione dev’essere una deriva interiore per rissolevarmi un pò dal negativismo (fomentato dal black metal) della scorsa settimana.Dalla serie stai un pò nel limbo così ti ripigli dal delirio che hai addosso…devo dire che questa cosa funziona ma ha una controindicazione…la stanchezza..in stì giorni sono più stanco che mai e non ho mai voglia di fare un cazzo.C’è Pamuk che vorrebbe essere letto,miriadi di disegni e progetti da finire…ma proprio un cazzo..anche adesso andrò a dormire…come un durione senza aver fatto un Kayser e per soundtrack a questo stato di torpore dei sensi mi stò ascoltando una serie di gruppi Shoegaze da paura..fantastici…Tipo gli M83 francesi che miscelano shoegaze all’elletronica e i Catherine Wheel di cui ha preso anche un disco ieri…Chrome dove c’è la bellissima hit Crank…oltre a questo consiglio i mitici Slowdive…i God is an Astronaut (da viaggione totale)…e i sempiterni Klimt 1918….Per cospargere l’alloro a Soellner (cantante,chitarrista della band) riporto uno stralcio della sua intervista….mi trovo assolutamente daccordo con te Marco…Eccola di seguito:

L’umore nostalgico è ciò che più caratterizza le canzoni dei Klimt, evidente non solo nei testi ma anche nei minimi dettagli musicali. Cosa ti ispira simili sentimenti?
Mi piace il fatto che la nostra musica abbia un filo conduttore sentimentale, rappresentato dalla nostalgia. Un sentimento che mi affascina molto e che ho recepito da certa dark-wave e da Robert Smith in particolare; le sue erano canzoni splendide, al tempo stesso malinconiche e terribilmente felici. Questa sensazione di piangere ridendo, o viceversa ridere con le lacrime agli occhi, mi ha sempre affascinato e ispira molto una delle suggestioni che sta dietro alla nostra band, il tema della giovinezza, della caducità.

Ascoltare un vostro disco è come sfogliare un album fotografico, una cascata di immagini di memorie e sensazioni. Mi sembra che la vostra musica sia molto influenzata dalle arti visive.
Assolutamente vero, io sono un consumatore istancabile di fotografia e di cinema. “Dopoguerra”, ad esempio, è stato molto ispirato dal neorealismo, da Rossellini, De Sica. Il mio rapporto con l’immagine è profondo e questo si ripercuote anche nella musica: adoro le band che fanno musica “cinematica” come GYBE, Mono, Mogwai, Sigur Ròs. Adoro la musica che lascia spazio totale all’immaginazione, per questo mi sono molto avvicinato al post-rock e sto anche pensando di creare un mio progetto rivolto in questa direzione. Trovo che questi generi siano anche molto congeniali alla musica dei Klimt, ma per noi non è facile muoverci in questo senso, dato che la nostra è una band che vuole restare molto diretta e legata alla forma-canzone. Insomma, siamo pur sempre una band rock ‘n roll, e fieri di esserlo. Ti faccio però l’esempio dei Dredg, un gruppo americano che ci sta influenzando moltissimo per come riesce a unire in maniera molto interessante post-rock e forma canzone; con il nostro prossimo album vorremmo provare a muoverci verso una ricerca sonora di questo tipo.

Presa…da ondarock…e ascoltatevi tutti stì gruppetti eh…che vi portano nel liiiimboooo…dove soooonooo iooooo…ohhhhhhhhhhhhh

M83…..YEAHHHHHH…questa canzone è bellissima..chi ci sente un richiamo dell’ultimo dei Placebo??Secondo me il Molko se li è sentiti stì qua..uahaha

Il cantante è il cugino di Bruce Dickinson…ma và…

Adorarli e poco…malinconia a pacchi..

Li adoro…ti fanno fare dei viaggi sopratutto la notte…sotto le coperte quando non dormi…fantastici…

Good mashups are like your grandma’s famous chocolate chip cookies: even though you don’t want to share them with everyone because they’re so special, you always wind up pleasing the moochers anyway.

Key Three:

Frail Limb Purity-Wale & Lady GaGa vs. Justice
Smile Like You’re Bulletproof-The Killers vs. LaRoux
We Own the Paris Sky (Akilles’ Dirty Sexy Smash)-Friendly Fires vs. M83

I was definitely a goth in high school and like every black-clad rocker girl in the late 90’s, I loved Nine Inch Nails.  I was pretty sure I was going to marry Trent Reznor and have all of his angry little babies.  In 2005 I had the opportunity to spend about half an hour in a room with the man (and 2 other people) and I could have sworn he’d realised I was the love of his life.

I guess not though, since that isn’t me in the dress.  Frig!

Trent Reznor took Mariqueen Maandig, solo artist and former singer of West Indian Girl, as his bride this past Saturday, October 17th.  I have to say, as details come out, I’m surprised at how traditional the wedding seems to be.

NIN touring member, Danny Lohner, let the cat out of the bag when he updated his Twitter page on the worst day of my life.

Click for the photo.

ExploreMusic has learned from a ‘credible source’ that it was M83’s “We Own The Sky” that took the honor of being the song that Mr & Mrs Reznor are dancing to in the photo that Lohner posted.

If you’re curious, both Mariqueen Maandig’s solo work and West Indian Girl are kind of interesting.  Both projects are heavy on the electronic clicks, beeps, pops, and rhythms, though they are more shoegaze (or nu-gaze) than dancy.  Mariqueen’s solo stuff is definitely darker and more experimental than West Indian Girl, but if you like M83 you’ll probably dig what they have going on.

Today, coincidentally, is also the 20th anniversary of Pretty Hate Machine’s release. We’re getting old, my friends.

mp3: Nine Inch Nails – Sin from Pretty Hate Machine

mp3: M83 – We Own The Sky from Saturday=Youth

With winter well and truly on its way we’re now experiencing dark mornings and dark (early) evenings. Well maybe not everybody gets to see the dark mornings, some may not have the displeasure of having to arise at 6am but i do and by the time i get home from work it’s either half 5 or 6. Sometimes later. Basically at this time of year i feel like a vampire, i hardly see any daylight, between the hours of 8am and 5pm i’m stuck in a garage all day and because it’s cold this time of year the huge shutter door is left firmly closed, opening only to let vehicles enter and leave. So i get the odd glimpse of daylight but not much, apart from when break time comes and it’s outside to bask in the cold, frosty air while i can!

But even though it may seem like i’m complaining about the dark, it’s the exact opposite. Now before you get the wrong idea, i’m not some strange guy who likes to sit in the dark all the time on my own and plot the worlds downfall but there is something very appealing and calming about being in the dark. If you’re alone, it can be relaxing, especially with music and if you’re with someone then it heightens and alleviates everything that goes on, your voice is clearer, your senses get stronger, right through from smell to touch, pretty much everything. I’m sure everybody has sat late into the night with friends and talked in the dark at some point. Especially in the days when you’d have friends staying over. I used to sit up obscenely late into the dark hours of the morning with a really good friend of mine and just talk for hours about everything and anything.

And in the dark there are no illusions, there’s nothing to see, nothing to hide, its just, well, dark i suppose.

So, here’s the most apt tracks i could come up with…

MP3’s
With The Lights Out, It’s Less Dangerous
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1. M83 – Dark Moves of Love
2. The Music – Turn Out The Light
3. Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Follow You into the Dark
4. Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark
5. Placebo – InfraRed
6. Yo La Tengo – When It’s Dark
7. I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness – Lights
8. Free Energy – Dark Trance
9. D.C LaRue – Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark
10. Lamb – Darkness

VIDEOS

DJ Shadow – Midnight In A Perfect World

IAMX – Nightlife

Depending on which way you look at it this video is slightly contradicting the whole post but it’s that good that i couldn’t leave it out….and it’s The Smiths so it’s allowed.

The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

“Take Me Out Tonight. Where’s There’s Music And There’s People And They’re Young And Alive.”

S.I.T Wolf X

Vean este video primaveral y feliz de m83, uno de mis cultores favoritos de la adolescencia pop. De hecho, su último disco se llama “Saturday=Youth”.

Their goal with this video was to interpret the pure, emotional essence of We Own the Sky, and then communicate it through a simple story about young love, lens flares, and a confetti party. They set out to capture the beauty that lies between the daunting uncertainty and eternal optimism of youth, a theme they felt was prevalent in Saturday=Youth and one which resonated in their own lives.

Anthony Gonzalez (aka M83) says of this video:
“I like the atmosphere of it cause it fits perfectly to the music and the lyrics. It’s exactly what I had in mind when I wrote the song.”

Si les gusta, les recomiendo entrar al myspace de m83 y revisar sus otros videos, siempre con protagonistas adolescentes y estética alucinante.

This is a badass tune I’ve been rockin’ for a bit, goes great with minimal house or a nice 808 electro break…

Click Link Below to Download VIA Mediafire:
M83 – Run Into Flowers (Midnight Fuck Remix By Jackson)