Anoraak es uno de los alumnos aventajados de la factoría Valerie , y hoy le ha quitado el post a Lady Gaga y su “Bad Romance”, que ha sido la revolución de la blogosfera durante las últimas 24 horas, y que he estado a punto de colgar. El tema es que como Aeroplane, ese chico ha creado un mixtape con sus temas favoritos, y algunos de sus colegas. Entre los artistas destacados están Jupiter, Metric, Friendly Fires, Passion Pit, Zoot Woman o Pacific! y Château Marmont a los que les debo un post. O sea medio moderneo francés y algunos más….

Anoraak – Wild Geek Mixtape

Music has demanded that we try on sunglasses at night, start wearing purple, elevate fashion models to goddess status and, most important of all, respect the power of orange knickers. And we follow in droves, don’t we? Because most of us are ‘dedicated followers of fashion’.

We opened the show with the very fashion-forward David Bowie and the track FASHION from the 1980 album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) and followed with the equally style-conscious Prince with RASPBERRY BERET.

Then it was something a little obscure. I’m sure there is a point to preacher’s daughter Tori Amos’ song, THE POWER OF ORANGE KNICKERS, with it’s references to terrorist attacks, bitchy girls and little pills, but I’m afraid it escapes me. Never mind, great song nevertheless. Here she is performing live:

Amy Winehouse calls the kettle black with her critique of footballer’s wives and their F….. ME PUMPS. Gotta love a good stiletto! Here’s the official video, showing a healthy, happy Amy at her best:

Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins rendition of RABBIT FUR COAT, a song that spells out a mother’s devotion to her wardrobe, is an extraordinary, dark tale of how one woman hangs on to her fur when everything else in her life is lost.

The Pipettes turn the tables on certain rock stars by pointing out how nice those little schoolboys look in their matching blazers in I LIKE A BOY IN UNIFORM. And as the Happy Mondays explain, it’s not what you wear but how you wear it – it’s got to be a LOOSE FIT. Check them out:

Bob Dylan got to wondering how your head feels under that LEOPARD SKIN PILL-BOX HAT. Thanks to listener Phil for reminding me about that one. And while I am it, thanks to Zoe, Kira and Lynden, as well, for all your suggestions this week. Keep them coming.

Disco had its own fashion statement going on and a great example of this crazy superficial genre is Amanda Lear’s 1983 recording FASHION PACK. A Vietnamese transsexual, Amanda was born male, had a sex change, became a model and for some time was Salvador Dali’s muse. Now that’s what I call an interesting life! Here’s the video clip, in all it’s camp glory, for you to enjoy:

I love the satire in Jill Sobule’s ode to the ultimate clothes-horse, the SUPERMODEL. The song was perfectly placed in the soundtrack of one of my favourite comedies, Clueless. Also pretty funny is Minor Threat’s GOOD GUYS DON’T WEAR WHITE.

When it comes to fashion victims, there’s one stand-out anthem: It’s the Kinks with DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF FASHION. Two other classics in the playlist – The Hollies with LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS and Wilson Pickett’s DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON.

Lady GaGa summed up our topic of FASHION with her song of the same name. Of all the contemporary pop singers she stands out for her obsession with her image. She claims that: “When I’m writing music, I’m thinking about the clothes I want to wear on stage. It’s all about everything altogether — performance art, pop performance art, fashion. I want the imagery to be so strong that fans will want to eat and taste and lick every part of us.” Okaaaay. Check out this news item and you’ll get an idea of her fasion sense. Or nonsense. Whatever.

Then it was time for a blast from the past: Timmy Mallett’s ITSY BITSY TEENY WEENY YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI, which we partnered with PINK SHOE LACES from Connie Stevens.

Fats Waller does a good job of sprucing himself up when LULU’S BACK IN TOWN. And Big Bad Voodoo Daddy gave us the low-down on the ZOOT SUIT RIOT. The Zoot Suit, in case you didn’t know, is a suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. This style of clothing was popularized in the U.S. by African Americans, Latinos and Italian Americans during the late 1930s and 1940s. In England brightly coloured zoot suits with velvet lapels, that bore a slight resemblance to Edwardian clothing, were worn by Teddy Boys.

Next up it was a triple play dedicated to the gals that fire the frenzy for all things fashionable. Yep, three songs about models: CATWALKIN’ from Tony Tisdale, GIRLS ON FILM by Duran Duran and a cover of Kraftwerk’s MODEL by Zoot Woman.

Gwen Stefani’s ode to the HARAJUKU GIRLS of Tokyo has a special meaning as her back-up dancers are exactly that. The Harajuku District is one of the fashion capitals of the world, renowned for it’s unique and influential street fashion and it’s obviously had a lot of influence on Stafani’s own fashion label. I usually wouldn’t upload a video of a slide show but this one features Stefani’s song behind lots of pics of Harajuku fashion, so worth a look:

We all know that fashion is frivolous and silly but isn’t that what makes it so appealing, surely?  In order to keep things in perspective we closed the show with a bit of satire: A tune that sums up the objectifying gaze of fashion like nothing else. Yup, it’s I’M TOO SEXY FOR MY SHIRT by Right Said Fred. Go boys:

I bet you thought I wouldn’t play that one. Nah, I have no pride or any fashion sense for that matter. But style? Well, that’s another matter.

To finish off this topic here’s something for you that I didn’t have time to mention on the show: favourite films about fashion. From my all time favourite film on the subject, a compilation of some of the best quotes from, ZOOLANDER.

If you would like to contribute your ideas for next week’s show, the topic will be: SONGS TO MAKE SANDWICHES BY. Yes I’m looking for songs about sandwiches, (has she gone completely bonkers? You may well ask!). You can include hot dogs or hamburgers. In fact, anything between bread qualifies. Or any ingredient that can go into a sandwich, like chicken or peanut butter, or honey. Come on guys, you can do it!

Here’s this week’s complete playlist:

Otto Santral’in yolunu tutacağımız günler geldi çattı. Havalar soğuyor diye üzülmeye başlamışken Otto Santral’de de hareketli haftasonlarının başlayacağı haberi yüzümü güldürmeye yetti de arttı Ekim ayı boyunca haftasonları adres belli: Önce Asmalı sonra Otto Santral.

Konser furyası 10 Ekim Cumartesi akşamı Zoot Woman ile başlıyor. Arkadaşlarla toplanıp gitmek için müthiş bir fırsat. Kendime not: Sakın kaçırma.

Derken sıra gelir Bedük‘e. Kaç kere Bedük’ü dinlemeye – izlemeye gittiğimi hatırlamıyorum bile. Ama listedeki adını görünce “Aaa Bedüüük” diyorsam hala, 16 Ekim Cuma günü nerede olacağımı söylememe gerek yok – diyecektim ki gözüme ilişen pasaportum haftaya Las Vegas’ta olacağımı hatırlattı bana. Bu sefer kaçıracağım anlaşılan Bedük’ü.

Sonraki hafta burada olduğuma göre FG’nin Godskitchen Urban Wave partisiyle kaldığım yerden devam edebilirim Gecenin ev sahipliğini FG 93.7 DJ’lerinden Uhr yapıyor. Eğlence garantisi var, tarafımdan tescillendi ve onaylandı

Ekim ayı kapanışını 31 Ekim Cumartesi akşamı yapan Digitalism için yollara düşeceğiz anlaşılan.

Bu ay ne yapsak, nereye gitsek derdi kalmadı. Oh rahatladım

Otto Santral’de olan bitenleri takip etmek için: Web sitesi, Twitter,  Facebook, MySpace.

Zoot Woman's Johnny Blake performs with the band at Hoxton Bar & Grill, 2007

It’s six years since synth-rockers Zoot Woman released their last LP and now they’re back with a new album,‘Things are what they used to be,” which proves the old adage ‘if it aint broke don’t fix it.’ At the Berlin HQ of their new German record label Snowhite, the very affable Blake brothers are already showing some signs of promotion fatigue, but are happy to talk about band dynamics, influences and covers that they just wont do.

How do you write songs as a band? What are your individual roles?

JB: I think 9 times out of 10 with a lot of these songs, Adam will start off. He might have a song title and I might then work on a vocal, lyrical idea, and that’s kind of the start. Certainly on this record, most of them have started off that way

You’re brothers- doesn’t that create huge potential for inter-band conflict during the creative process?

AB:  Someone said to me: “How can you work with your brother? I can’t even walk down the same street as my brother.” It’s funny because the ideas that have gone onto this record or things that actually work, are the ones that we haven’t actually sat down and talked about. Usually the things we talk about doing, don’t happen. If we just come up with something and give it a try or whatever, things tend to come from that. When we sit down and say ‘This is what we should do,” it’s like anything – it’s all talk and no action. It doesn’t matter that we’re brothers, because usually you communicate and argue as brothers. If you let the music do it, it works for itself.

JB: We will do a lot of our work on songs individually but there’s always a time in our band where the actual result only gets done when the three of us work on it together, but a lot of our creative ideas we do separately.

But is not a case of one waiting for the other?

AB: But it’s just like that. We can only put the feelers out, you can just say “Well, I’ve tried this, what do you think?” You can think it’s the best thing ever, but if you get no feedback, you leave it. Johnny will send me something and I’ll think, “Its good but its not as good as the other ideas you’ve had.” It’s the same with Stuart, it’s the same with me. I’ll think “Can’t anyone see how good this is?” If it’s not to be, it’s not to be.

JB: Yeah, and I think, the three of us have been working together for a long time, I think there’s a certain confidence you have in each other’s opinions. And I’ll give an idea, and I know from the reaction I get, if it’s worth pursuing.

AB: Yeah, I think it is quite democratic. We’ve all got respect for each other’s ideas

Do individual tastes in music within the band lead to conflicts in the creative process?

JB: I think I can often go down too songy a road and I think Adam will say ‘You’re getting to songy’. Its important to have that cross-section, because we approach things differently. I’m not really a producer, but I do melodies and stuff.

AB: We’ve all known each other for so long, so no-one holds back. And the phrase that gets used on everyone, by everyone, is ‘who do you think you are?” You come up with an idea and you go “OK, its great but this isn’t going to work.” I think that’s the beauty of it. You’ve done two records before ,and you think, ‘What can we get away with?” and we tend to cut out the crap, because we can talk to each other and say “I don’t understand that. Who do you think you are?”

JB: I think if we didn’t have that, those contradictions, we’d have a lot of dodgy ideas. At the time, when you’re working on it, it can be quite annoying, but you don’t always see the result until you realise that that’s there for a reason.

So friction can produce good ideas as well?

AB: Yeah, if someone says “Who do you think you are? That’s not going to work.” There’s a challenge there. You go back and you try to make it work. You can be quite relentless, in trying to make it work. But there comes a point where you go, ‘Fair enough, let’s leave that” you just focus on what’s working and that’s kind of what we did in the last month of this record. It’s funny, because that doesn’t mean to say that the songs that we rejected won’t appear in the future. It just means that you need to have a bit of an epiphany, production-wise or lyric wise. You just all have to feel the same.

Zoot Woman's new album: 'Things are what they used to be'

Onto the new album… What was the idea behind the cover?

AB: There was a team of artists. ‘Destructed’ is the magazine, and they had some brilliant ideas, which we wanted to include in the booklet, but what actually happened in the end, was that Matthias Krauser and Norman Perker came up with this (shows me album sleeve). I just saw this bust idea and thought “that’s fantastic.” The idea is, depending on how you’re feeling when you listen to the record, if you’re feeling like looking to the future, you have the face, facing forward, if you feel like referring to the past, it’s looking back. We just thought it was a good concept.

And that’s basically the idea behind the new album title?

AB: It’s all related to that. Referencing the past, or moving forward and not referencing the past and moving forward. It’s all about youthful ideas. I feel like I’ve said it too much.

JB: It’s quite a popular feeling, I think a lot of people feel like they want to return to certain points in time. There’s a certain universal feeling about it, I think. Yeah, I’ve said it too much as well (laughs).

Speaking of looking forward, your melodies can be quite optimistic-sounding, especially the more dancey tunes. Yet the lyrics seem to often be fairly melancholic – ‘Taken it all’, ‘Snow White ‘ and on TAWTUTB: ‘Lonely by your side’, ‘Friend of mine’ etc.

AB:  Someone else said that to me, “Maybe its your British reserve”. It’s easier to express the confusion than anything else, isn’t it?

JB: Often what you don’t normally talk about in conversation, you can often find yourself coming up with in lyrics. Whilst some people’s lyrics are quite conversational, and some people can sing a shopping list and make it sound really good, I’ve never been able to do that. I think it’s a theme that lends itself well to our music.

Speaking of contradictions – your music also combines the two opposing ends of the musical spectrum – rock and electronica. Not many bands are able to carry that off.

AB: Yeah, that’s really dangerous territory. I think of things that have done that in the past, and I think,”Hmmmm,is that going to work?” But yeah, it’s one of those things you can’t always help. I think you just do what you do and try and pull it off.

Although the new album does take some new musical paths, it also has what I regard as ZW trademarks, such as building up layers of sound.

AB : It’s funny, because I’m thinking in my head is – I think you are totally right -  next time I don’t want to do that, I want to do something different. I think we kind of tended to try to build on the whole emotional thing with the production.  We tried to create drama by bringing things down and then for choruses, bringing them up. We tried to do things we wouldn’t normally do.

JB: I think we also tried to go a step further with the songwriting, I liked what we put out before this record, but I’ve always thought that we could go a step further with the actual songwriting.

You’ve done a few cover versions. Have ZW ever thought about collaborating with other musicians?

AB: I think it’s the kind of thing where if I did do it, I’d want to do it differently. Speaking on behalf of ZW, it’s important to have a consistent sound, and the thought of giving someone else the responsibility of changing your sound, I find it quite tough.

JB: What’s funny, is that it’s always the most unlikely song that you end up doing a good cover of. I think there’s something in the challenge of doing a song that really isn’t you, and that’s often why it sounds good. If I covered a song by an artist I really liked, it’d probably be awful.

So no David Bowie covers then?

JB: Exactly! Well, I haven’t tried it.

AB: We covered ‘The Model’ on our first record, and we did that out of respect, and it was quite difficult, because if we tried to do it like their version, you just stay away from that, because they got it so right. And it was our debut album and it helped association, to show people what we were doing, but a lot of people think ‘why are they doing that?” It’s dangerous territory, the cover version, unless you do a lot, and you pull them off in your style. I think you’ve got to be quite selective.

So you basically don’t ‘need’ to do covers now?

JB: I think when you’re a debut act there’s quite a pressure to hit people in the face. I think that we have quite a loyal fan base, and when we were writing this, we were thinking of the people who like our stuff. I think you can’t really do it more than once, because you start to look a bit nichey. Well nichey’s good in its place, but you like to think that songs can go a bit further than that.

AB: It’s funny though, cause you don’t really have a plan do you? You kind of follow what works, whether it’s live, or what people say they like.

Could the same be said for your image? Do you think in retrospect, the emphasis on image (when you were starting out) has overshadowed your music a bit?

AB: It probably did, but I don’t think you can have one without the other. If we’d put out one record and hadn’t been given the chance to evolve, then I’d begrudge it a bit. If you’ve got anything for people to get into, then that will happen over time, and I think we’re lucky to have that.

JB: Yes, I think the first time around, the image possibly was eclipsing the music, but there’s nothing wrong with that, I think it happens with a lot of bands. I think it’s quite important to get through that.

AB: I think a lot of people don’t realise how they get turned onto things, and you can see something and wonder why you get into the music. It depends on how your brain works, you can listen to things and get turned onto things, I really think the two go hand in hand. Its important to look like your music.

You gigged a lot in 2008 . You tend to re-work a lot of your songs live. Have you ever thought about releasing them?

AB We’ve never wanted to do songs just like they appear on record. I think there’s always strength in a song when you can hear it in different forms. And I think especially with electronic acts, when people hear that something’s been produced a certain way, people can be quite sceptical about how it sounds, how it is as a song. You hear this thing in an acoustic fashion it makes you appreciate it in a different way.

JB Yeah, that’s true ,and there’s always a part of you that wants to record songs in that way. I think it was Elton John who said that in the days of the 70s, they used to record something and it’d be 15 minutes writing it, 15 minutes playing it, and then 15 minutes recording it, but that was a different thing. And I think there’s a romantic part of you that’s like, “Wouldn’t it be great to do stuff like that?”

AB You can only do what you’re used to. He was a club singer or a piano player. He played piano for blues bands before he did his own thing. And we grew up children of the 80s, and so we grew up with Midi and technology, and the synthesizer. That’s what we’ve always referenced, and you can’t shake that, no matter how much you try and write in a more traditional way. It’s always there.

JB: And a lot of the time, the actual creative idea you have is really quite fast, and I think the labour part is the actual getting the song to sound just how you want it to sound. That’s probably what takes the longest. And I think that more and more – ’cause nowadays there is so much more music coming out. It’s harder to sound individual, so that’s probably what takes quite a lot of time, I think.

Zoot Woman’s upcoming tour dates:

02 October – Melkweg, Amsterdam, 1017 PH – NL

03 October – Rotown, Rotterdam, 3014 GB – NL

05 October – Dingwalls, London, NW1 8AF – UK

10 October – Otto Santral, Istanbul – TR

Zoot Woman on MySpace

Video for Zoot Woman’s new single ‘Memory’

(apologies to the band for this interview’s non-appearance in SP!)

Memory – Zoot W0man

Bom som, interessante conceito, excelente vídeo assinado por Mirjam Baker e Michael Kren. Fica a sugestão. Bom dia.

Ya esasında öyle komiklikler, öyle güzel anektodlar geliyor da aklıma, tespitler falan yapıyorum sağda solda gezerken, not alma huyum olmadığından unutuyorum hep. Not alsam ortalama 2.76 kata kadar daha enterestant daha komik falan olurdum gibime geliyor. Evet merhabalar, aklıma bir şey gelirse unutmiyim diye açtım yazıyı. Durun şimdi elimde bir iki fotoşop işi var onları bitireyim yazmaya devam edicem.

Hm en son 24 Eylül’de yazmışım üstteki paragrafı, birazdan gelicem diyen kendime olan güvenimi kaybettim adeta.

O değil de, erkeklerin ne zaman pembe tşörtler giymeye başladığını anlamadan taşlı tşörtlerin bedenlerini ele geçirmesi ? Olmaz olsun derecesinde çok taşlı tşört giyen delikanlı, 3 ü 1 arada 10 kaplan gücünd2 yer yer 3 düğmesi açık pembe gömlekli erkekleri nasıl da çabuk kabullendin ey halk ? Kaç para yedirdiler modacılar, neler vaad ettiler de bu kadar sus pus kabullendiniz bu felaketi? Erkeği geçtim, dişi insan da bile sırıtacak kadar çok taş & pul ile süslenmiş göze, beyne zarar tşörtleri böyle çabuk kabullenmek affedilir gibi değil ? 5 yıl önce olsa giyeni gaylikle itham edecek cihandaşlarım nerelerdesiniz ? Ha banane giyen giysin, diycem ama gerçekten çevre kirliliği be yahu! Sürekli olarak insanların göbeğinin üzerinden seken güneş ışınları yüzünden kendimi arzulamadığım bir uzay filosu savaşı içerisinde hissediyorum, gerginim anlıyor musunuz!

Ayrıca sırf yalakalık yapıcam diye sevgilisinin çantasını (bildiğin bayan çantaları olandan bahsediyorum) taşıyan erkek… yardım amaçlı ve kısa süreli müdahaleleri küme dışı bırakıyorum…mümkünse görüşmeyelim.

Ekim de Zoot Woman konseri var, otto santral’de, gitsem ya?

Komün halinde fotoğraf çekmenin kime faydası var diye düşündüm geçen gün. Misal bir fotoğraf topluluğuna üye oldum bir arkadaşımdan sebep gel gelelim daha bir etkinliğine gitmiş değilim. Sanki 30 kişi gezip herkes aynı şeyi çekecekmişiz gibi geliyor, bir sağından çekecek sokağı biri solundan. Olur mu elbet fark olacaktır diyenler olacaktır. Bence olur. Benim yanıma sıkılmayayım diye bir kişi verin o bana yeter.

FAQ About Me

Yazıyorum yazıyorum cevap vermiyorsun ?

* Msnimin açık olması her dakika ona bakarak yaşadığım anlamına gelmez.

Bazı gerçekleri açıklıyorum; facebook’da girdiğiniz bir grup ile Türkiye’nin, Türkiye’yi geçtim oturduğunuz semtin ve hatta onu da daraltıyorum oturduğunuz ilçenin bile dengelerini alt üst edebileceğinize inanmaktan vazgeçmenin tam vaktidir. Anarşizim bu kadar, baş kaldırış, isyan, karşıt duruş, hak talep etmek gibi kavramların bu kadar sanallaştırılmasının ne kadar saçma olduğunu fark etme zamanı geldi de geçiyor genç insanlar.

Ernesto Che Guevara ABD’den ve Emperyalizm’den Nefret Eden 1.000.000 Kişi Bulabilirim ! grubunu kurdu.  Böyle hareket mi olur yavrum, Fidel Castro Barack Obama’yı Dürttü!  Karl Marx – Bu videoyu mutlaka listendekilerle paylaş! (Sağcıların gerçek yüzleri!!!)  Martin Luther Katolik İnançlarına Karşı Gelenler adlı gruba katıldı.

Oldu mu şimdi ? Ayak üstü becerildikten sonra Zeitgeist’i izleyerek acılarına merhem arayan pasifize bir toplumuz. Ha gerçi koy götüne 25 yıl sonra sular altındayız küresel ısınmadan mütevellit, bırakın sabahlara kadar partileyelim derim orası da ayrı, çipsler benden.

Ayşe Arman’ının yazılarını hayranlıkla okuyan var mıdır? Ya da Oray Eğin ? Oh wait…

Lost artık baymış olabilir mi, heyecanı kaçmadı mı biraz? Nerde ilk 2 sezon…

Esasında kalem kağıt taşısam aklıma gelenleri yazsam çok daha yazarım ben, dedim ya hep unutuyorum yazacaklarımı *telaşlıüzgünümsü surat*. Neyse geç oldu, ben kaçar.

Zoot Woman machen den unbestreitbar besten Electro-Pop der Welt. Das haben sie mit ‘Things Are What They Used To Be’ wieder mal bewiesen.Das Album kommt erst sechs Jahre nach dem letzten, was an der knapp bemessenen Zeit des Frontmanns Stuart Price lag, der in letzter Zeit zig-fach Tracks und Alben für (u.a.) Madonna, The Killers und die Scissor Sisters produziert hat. Daneben rotzt er auch noch Remixes im Hunderterpack raus. Ein vielbeschäftigter Mann eben, der erst 2009 wieder die Zeit fand, mit und für Zoot Woman aktiv zu werden.

‘Things Are What They Used To Be’ ist Ohrwurm-Pop der besten Sorte: aalglatt, simpel, kitschig und klebrig. Aber umwerfend funky und gut. Besonder gefallen mir “Memory”, “Just a Friend of Mine” und “Saturation“. Mit auf dem Album ist auch “We Won’t break”, welches schon seit knapp eineinhalb Jahren durch Clubs und Elektrophilen-iPods geistert.

Reinhören kann man auf der Zoot Woman MySpace-Seite oder unter zootwoman.com.

Kaufempfehlung.

Fresquinha para vocês, a mais nova mixtape do Twelves!

The Twelves – The Twelfth Hour [Mirror 1] [Mirror 2]

Methusalem – Robotism
Groove Armada – Drop The Tough (The Twelves Remix)
Glass Candy – Miss Broadway
Daft Punk – Da Funk
DJ Agent 86 – Wavestate
Gossip – Standing in the Way of Control
Gaz Nevada – I-C Love Affair
Phoenix – Lisztomania
Arpadys – Mystery Rock (Vlad Maywad edit)
The Do – On My Shoulders
Zoot Woman – Information First
The Jacksons – Shake your Body
Mr Oizo – Two Takes It
Bushy – Sqezy Soul
Zeigeist – Humanitarianism (The Twelves Remix)
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Sensual Seduction
Juan Maclean – No Time
DJ Agent 86 – Magic
K.I.D. – Hupendi Musiki
Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses
Siriusmo – Discoding
Dan Hartman – Vertigo / Relight my Fire
Air – Sexy Boy
Fever Ray – Seven (The Twelves Remix)
Pacific – Hot Lips (The Twelves Remix)
Patrick Alavi – Power
Dynasty – I Dont Wanna be a Freak
Metronomy – Radio Ladio
Siriusmo – Last Dear
Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream
Elitechnique – Spectral Escape
The Virgins – Rich Girls
Black Kids – …Dance With You (The Twelves Remake)
The Juan Maclean – Happy House
M.I.A. – Boyz
Cut Copy – So Haunted
Space – Magic Fly
PNAU – With You Forever
Eddie Tour – Up The Glitter
Mr. Oizo – Hun
Cerrone – Give Me Love
Mr. Oizo – Steroids (ft. Uffie)
Tiga – Shoes
Kano – It’s a War
Daft Punk – Revolution 909
Radiohead – Scatterbrain (The Twelves Remix)
Terry Poison – Comme Ci Comme Ça (The Twelves Remix)
Sebastien Tellier – Sexual Sportswear
Chemical Brothers – It Doesn’t Matter
Database vs. French Horn Rebellion – Beaches and Friends (The Twelves Remix)

Brendan Benson „Don’t Want to Talk” / My Old, Familiar Friend

Brendan Benson “Feel Like Taking You Home” / My Old, Familiar Friend

Zoot Woman “Just a Friend of Mine” / Things Are What They Used to Be

Zoot Woman “Saturation” / Things Are What They Used to Be

Fanfarlo “The Walls Are Coming Down” / Reservoir

Dodos “Time to Die” / Time to Die

Dodos “Fables”  / Time to Die

The Big Pink “Dominos” / The Brief History of Love

The Big Pink “Velvet” / The Brief History of Love

The XX “VCR” / The xx

The XX “Basic Space” / The xx

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We’re on the new Arod FallGaze  ‘09 Mix.

Arod FallGaze ‘09 Mix (right-click and save)

1. Jon Brion – Phone Call
2. Trailer Trash Tracys – Strangling Good Guys
3. Miike Snow – Cult Logic
4. X & Hell – Monster (DCUP Remix)
5. Vinyl Life – Hot Sauce
6. Ghosthustler – Parking Lot Nights
7. Love & Electrik – Sex Video
8. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
9. Human Life – To Forever
10. Zoot Woman – Lonely By Your Side
11. La Roux – Bulletproof (Fred Falke Remix)
12. The Penelopes – Stuck in LaLaLand
13. Hercules & Love Affair – I Can’t Wait
14. Wolfmother – New Moon Rising (YACHT Remix)
15. YACHT – Psychic City (Classixx Remix)
16. Gypsy & The Cat – Jona Vark
17. Au Revoir Simone – Another Likely Story (Neon Indian Remix)
18. Phoenix – Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)
19. Neon Indian – 6669 (I Don’t Know If You Know)
20. Memory Cassette – Asleep at a Party

Dziś znów napięty harmonogram: nowe płyty Dodos, Zoot Woman, Brendana Bensona i debiutu kolejnych młodych zdolnych z Wielkiej Brytanii: The Big Pink oraz The XX. W przeciwieństwie do innych, ci są zdolni bez wątpienia.

Już dziś o 21.00 w Kampusie (97.1 FM – Warszawa, www.radiokampus.waw.pl – reszta świata).

Zapraszam,

Autor.

Zugegeben, diese Überschrift kennt man eigentlich eher aus der Programmankündigung privater Fernsehsender. Ich verspreche aber nicht zu viel, wenn ich den SoundSempf-Blog mit den Worten “Der Herbst wird heiß” einläute. Ganz sicher nicht!

Allein das Wetter zum Herbstbeginn erinnert ja schon mal eher an verspäteten Hochsommer, aber damit wollen wir uns lange noch nicht begnügen. Viel sicherer als heiterer Sonnenschein sind nämlich Massen heißer Platten-Releases in diesem Herbst. Und damit einhergehend, auch ein Konzert-Highlight nach dem nächsten.

Jan Delay kann man in dieser Hinsicht als Vorreiter des heißen Herbstes betrachten. “Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Soul” wurde von Kritikern zwar zerfetzt, bei mir läuft die Scheibe aber seit Release rauf und runter. Man mag ihn halt oder nicht.

Ganz andere Baustelle: Zoot Woman. Die neue Scheibe “Things Are What They Used To Be” steht ebenfalls seit August in den Läden, reicht für meinen Geschmack aber maximal an das Prädikat Herbstwetter heran. Wer die Jungs trotzdem live erleben möchte, hat am 27. September im Backstage die Möglichkeit dazu.

Weitaus heißer präsentiert sich eine Newcomer-Band von der Insel. The XX bringen mit einem coolen Mix aus New Wave und Pop frischen Wind in die Indie-Szene. Die Songs wirken oft schwermütig und verträumt, sind dabei aber eingängig und legen sich mit sanftem Druck ins Gehör. Das gleichnamige Album-Debüt sollte man sich auf jeden Fall in den Schrank stellen oder wenigstens legal aus dem Netz saugen. Und außerdem aufs Konzert gehen. Am 16. Oktober sind The XX live im 59:1 zu sehen.

Ebenfalls hörenswert: das neue Muse-Album “The Resistance”. Die Platte ist im internen Muse-Standard ein solides Werk geworden, gewohnt pompös aber auch gefühlvoll. Leider erinnern die Songs sehr oft an Queen, was ich persönlich überhaupt nicht leiden kann. Wer hingegen mehr damit anzufangen weiß, hat sich bestimmt schon ein Ticket für das Konzert am 20.11. in der Olympiahalle gesichert. Wenn nicht, Pech gehabt. Ist bereits ausverkauft.

Weitaus mehr nach meinem Geschmack ist da die neue Scheibe von Max Herre. “Ein geschenkter Tag” schenkt einem in seiner Erstauflage nicht nur ein T-Shirt sondern auch große Emotionen des ehemaligen Freundeskreis-Frontmans. Wer Hip Hop erwartet, muss nicht enttäuscht sein, denn anstatt smoothen Raps liefert Max schöne, schlichte Gitarrenmelodien und kaum minder poetische Textzeilen. Max ist immer noch der Alte, aber eben ein wenig älter geworden. Am 6. November besucht er uns in der Muffathalle.

Noch mehr halten dann die nächsten Wochen für uns bereit. Und damit mein ich nicht den nahenden Album-Release von Robbie Williams. Schon Anfang Oktober steht die neue Scheibe der Kings of Convenience in den Plattenläden. Dann veröffentlichen LaBrassBanda mit “Übersee” ihr zweites Album und nutzen diesen Anlass gleich dazu, zwei Konzerte im Circus Krone zu spielen (23. und 24 Oktober). Und auch die Rap-Fans sollen vor dem Winter noch auf Ihre Kosten kommen. Blumentopf steht mit einem neuen Album bereit und geht auf Freestyle-Tour. Am 17. November werden im Atomic Café die Reime gekickt.

Wem das noch nicht reicht, für den hab ich zum Abschluss noch ein paar Konzerttipps:

27.10.: Maximo Park – Zenith

25.11.: Gossip – Tonhalle

29.11.: Editors – Tonhalle

10.12.: Wax Taylor – Atomic Café

Dann fangt mal das Sparen an!

Zoot Woman, Lonely By Your Side

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Pero que ganas que tenía de que llegara este día.

Stuart Price y los Zoot Woman han sacado nuevo disco, bueno, matizo, ya hace tiempo que esta hecho pero no sé el porque, por el cual han ido sacando single a single sin estar el disco a la venta, haciendo sufrir así a la gente.

El caso es que ya lo tenemos aquí y que ya lo he escuchado y esta muy bien. Los que recordeis su anterior del 2003, deciros que este es un poquito diferente, mucho más disco que los anteriores.

Aunque ya os digo que no os va a defraudar.

Zoot Woman, Lonely By your Side:

Zoot Woman, Memory:

Zoot Woman, Live In My Head:

I came upon this band about 4 years ago, and I’m glad to say that I’ve finally bought their album.  It took one vulnerable night of studying for finals, and within a matter of hours, I’ve spent at least $20 on Itunes.  Luckilly, this turned out to be a pretty good buy.  Their music is very “mod” and posh, with a slight 80s vintage undertone.  This particular track has a lot of repetitive parts, but I think it works.  God, I love European bands.

Incluindo uma participação da nossa miguxa Beth.

Simian Mobile Disco – “Cruel Intentions (feat. Beth Ditto)”

Zoot Woman – “Lonely by your side”

(foto Vincent Laforet)

If you are a fan of Confessions Era Madonna, you’re probably a fan of Mr Stuart Price– even if you don’t know it yet!

Good news for all of us Stuart fans– his project Zoot Woman has a new album out called “Things Are What They Used to Be,” and frankly– it’s killing me with its utter and complete awesomeness. Here’s a great video for a great track off the new record, “We Won’t Break”

If you’d like to hear more from Zoot Woman, click here!

If you’d like to hear more from Stuart Price, aka Jacques Lu Cont, aka Thin White Duke, aka Man With Guitar, aka Paper Faces, aka a TON of other monikers, please visit our friend Leo’s site, Stuart’s Lounge– where Leo has pretty much cornered the market on available music that Stuart has had a hand in… Thanks for your dedication!!! Now everyone go Jacques Your Body!

A lot of fans thought there won`t be another Zoot woman album, cos mastermind Stuart Price produced so many other artists the lasts years. He did produce Madonna, Seal, The Killers, Frankmusik and many more.

After 6 years the british band is back with their third album “Things Are What They Used To Be”. And they are back at their best. On the album you`ll find 12 superb electronic hits, most of them you can dance to.  The bonus version of the album has a Grand Son remix of “We Won`t Break” on top. The euphoric title track  emphasises the want to return to how things once were in another state of mind, time and place. Also listen to “Just A Friend Of Mine”, “More Than Ever”, “Saturation”,  “We Won`t Break” . all wonderful songs that lift your mood up. Unusual, but also a great song is the sad ballad “Blue Sea”. This album is a burner!

Zoot Woman Cover

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Zoot Woman’s new album has just got to stores, sadly it doesn’t seem to be released here in Mexico… Anyways here is the review of the album and a remix from “Things Are What They Used to Be” which you can download, it’s entitled ‘Desire Mix’. Check out the review and you can tell me what you thought from it.

1. Just a Friend of Mine – You know this song already, there’s a radio rip that I posted about 2 weeks ago, is one of my favorite ones from the album, is more alternative than electronic. The lyrics are great and the instrumentation amazing. I love this one,

2. Lonely By Your Side – Basically a reworked version of the original made by Azzido Da Bass and Johnny Blake, although I like more that original version, this one has more powerful synthisizers, and the chords are altered in this version, interesting song to hear.

3. More Than Ever – Beginning with a calmed sound, the song begins to get more power with every moment you hear. Vocals remind me of the first album ones, although instrumentation is heavier. There’s an acoustic break in the song which I feel quite adequate to it.  The ending is basically inverse to the beginning, and with a vocoder effect in the last words “More Than Ever”.

4. Saturation – The 6:13 version is the one that ended in the final setlist. You all know this one, I posted it long time ago and you can check the extended version which was featured ‘1′. As I explained before it has characteristics of Stuart remixes, the musical arrangements are amazing. Basically is my favorite song from the entire album.

5. Take You Higher – The sound is quite similar to what Price did for Seal, especially in “Rolling” and “Immaculate”. This means that the sound is more relaxed, as the song continues the percussion takes more, however it never matches adequate to the song. Believe it sounds as if it was a takeout from ‘System’-

6. Witness – Distortion is the characteristic element in this song, it doesn’t sound bad. I feel it like a colaboration between Goldfrapp and Pet Shop Boys, the vocals and style are so similar to those groups, specially on the chorus. Interesting song I most say.

7. Lust Forever – The vocals sound so pop, however the instrumentation is totally in other way, distortion is also present on this one. “Make It Lust Forever”, everytime Johnny repeats this words the song goes up in volume. Lol. Sometimes I think it says “Last” instead of “Lust”. Don’t miss this one.

8. Memory – “M-E-M-O-R-Y” this letters gave an intro to the song, as the “Talk” remix Stuart made for Coldplay. Actually is kind of similar, you can hear similar elements of the remix in this song, however this song is way much more faster. Is the one that I have right now in my head, the chorus is so sticky.

9. We Won’t Break – The best known song from the album, it appeared first 2 years ago as a free download on RCRD LBL. It was slightly mixed for ‘1′. The song has extreme changes in the instumentation and vocals, it turns quicky from guitars to synthesizers. I never liked to much this song, however it is so original and decent work from them.

10. Things Are What They Used to Be - The song that brings name to the album, however it doesn’t make it to the top. Sadly it’s the song I like the less in the whole production, the instrumentals are distortioned again, but they are oversaturated, the lyrics are cool and you can even hear Johnny’s laughing at some point. I feel the remix gets a better sound.

11. Blue Sea – The song also has an influence of what Stuart made for Seal, however in this one there are more elements and is even more calmed than “Take You Higher”. I liked this one, you can hear piano on this song, long time I don’t hear a good ballad.

12. Live in My Head – Released one year ago, one of my favorite ones from the album. The song is slighly mixed, you can hear some differences from the original one, specially when it begins with the last part of the song, the strech between the 2nd and 3rd chorus are so evident. The lyrics and instrumentals are outstanding, with a more aggresive sound on it. A Stuart recommended song.

13. Things Are What They Used to Be (Desire Mix) – Don’t know who made this version of the song, maybe the same band made it. It has characteristic sound of Stuart, however I prefer this remix than the original one, the vocals fit more to the new instrumentation and it has a characteristic ending of Zoot Woman’s album with slight fade on it.

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Hope you guys liked the review, you can give also your opinions. And as promised here is the Desire Mix.

Zoot Woman – “Things Are What They Used to Be (Desire Mix)”

I just got some free time, well actually I’m with insomnia so I found this to share with you guys, you’ll like this. Zoot Woman’s new album is just a day ago from today. The band amazed me with the new material they have been taking off during the last months “Live in My Head”, “Just a Friend of Mine”, “Saturation”. All of these great work will be out in their new album ‘Things Are What They Used to Be’, it will be interesting to hear how much have this band improved since their last album.

As part of the promotion of the new album they released ‘1′ which features a new version of “We Won’t Break” which was slightly mixed, still the same length and structure. “Saturation” comes in an extended version which is almost 8min long! Hope you like the new versions guys. And have a great day, don’t forget to buy the album (the ones that can).

Zoot Woman – We Won’t Break (Remastered)

Zoot Woman – Saturation (Extended Version)

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Zoot Woman has a new album entitled, “Things Are What They Used To Be” coming out August 21st. I’M SO EXCITED. I’ve mentioned Stuart Price, who’s a member of the group before. I wish I could fast forward to the day when I will FINALLY see Stuart Price/Zoot Woman live, if he/they ever tour the US. Until that day, I leave you with one new track and one old.

MP3: Zoot Woman – Saturation

MP3: Zoot Woman – Grey Day

Nach ihrem super Auftritt bei dem Berlin Festival haben die UK-Musiker von Zoot Woman weitere Deutschlandauftritte bestätigt. Zu dem wird mit  “Things Are What They Used To Be” auch am 21.August ein neues Album geben.

21.09. – Köln – Gloria
23.09. – Erlangen – E-Werk
27.09. – München – Backstage
29.09. – Hamburg – Uebel & Gefaehrlich
30.09. – Berlin – Maria

Zoot Woman’s new record is just about to get to record stores, after all the songs that we already have heard seem quite good and more moved than in previous ZW records. This one was recorded from BBC 1 radio. So we have to wait for a HQ version, but I can tell you that is a really cool song, you can’t miss it.

“Just a Friend of Mine” is the first track from this new album. The style feels more alternative with the characteristic electronic elements that Zoot Woman has. The song sounds quite Stuart, the chorus it kind of reminds me to “Live in My Head” but with a more quick and electrified instrumentation. Listen to it guys, you won’t be dissapointted.

Zoot Woman – Just a Friend of Mine [Radio Rip]

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