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Early Friday music
Nov. 29th, 2012 04:57 pmIt's been about two weeks since I posted music and I'm not likely to be online much for the next couple days, so here we go. If I wasn't rushed I'd try to write something about how the nu disco is going back to its funk roots and recapturing what made that music good way back when. Instead let me just give you a few examples and let you figure it out for yourselves.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/11/french-horn-rebellion-love-is-dangerous-chrome-canyon-remix.html
Another of the strongly funk-influenced nu disco tracks that are popular right now. French Horn Rebellion (http://frenchhornrebellion.com/news/) is a US-based synth duo that's been getting a decent amount of press since their debut last year (MTV, Rolling Stone, etc). This is a remix by Chrome Canyon (http://chrome-canyon.com/) of the title track from their new album. It's a decent remix.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/11/sharam-jey-dirty-disco-youth-till-we-drop-tocadisco-remix.html
"Dirty" disco is apparently what happens when you put the funk back in, a trend I'm all in favor of. This "'Till We Drop" is originally a collaboration between Sharam Jey & Dirty Disco Youth that has been thoroughly worked over by Tocadisco (http://www.tocadisco.com/). It's an awesome slam-banger of different styles. Seriously, about every 60-90 seconds the song seems to morph into something else. Toscadisco is a German/European DJ and remixer who's been gigging around for something like 15 years and pours a lot of that variety in here.
http://soundcloud.com/kolombo/yazoo-dont-go-kolombo-edit
Yazoo (Yaz) were by far my favorite offshoot of Depeche Mode. This is a delightfully funky, slightly bluesy, rework of their "Don't Go" hit single.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/11/aldo-vanucci-youre-all-show-dsteph-remix.html
I almost turned this track off after the first few seconds, as it's a standard (boring) thump-thump-thump dance intro. But be patient - about 30 seconds in Kylie Auldist (http://kylieauldist.com/) starts her vocals and the track becomes backing for her. How a half-Samoan Australian learned to sing the funk this well is anyone's guess, but man does she nail it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDs6KIwyJjY
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Duran-Duran/track/Man-Who-Stole-a-Leopard-Gosteffects-Remix/
Duran Duran have kept on well past the time one would have expected them to go away. Somehow they manage to remain serious, without taking themselves too seriously. This is their 2011 track "The Man Who Stole A Leopard" first in video form directed with appropriate spookiness by David Lynch and then remixed by Gosteffects. The original is a gently intense vocal duet with the kinds of complex orchestration they've been using lately. The remix strips out the orchestration in favor of energetic dance beats and electronic fuzz-fills. Both are worth your time.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/11/french-horn-rebellion-love-is-dangerous-chrome-canyon-remix.html
Another of the strongly funk-influenced nu disco tracks that are popular right now. French Horn Rebellion (http://frenchhornrebellion.com/news/) is a US-based synth duo that's been getting a decent amount of press since their debut last year (MTV, Rolling Stone, etc). This is a remix by Chrome Canyon (http://chrome-canyon.com/) of the title track from their new album. It's a decent remix.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/11/sharam-jey-dirty-disco-youth-till-we-drop-tocadisco-remix.html
"Dirty" disco is apparently what happens when you put the funk back in, a trend I'm all in favor of. This "'Till We Drop" is originally a collaboration between Sharam Jey & Dirty Disco Youth that has been thoroughly worked over by Tocadisco (http://www.tocadisco.com/). It's an awesome slam-banger of different styles. Seriously, about every 60-90 seconds the song seems to morph into something else. Toscadisco is a German/European DJ and remixer who's been gigging around for something like 15 years and pours a lot of that variety in here.
http://soundcloud.com/kolombo/yazoo-dont-go-kolombo-edit
Yazoo (Yaz) were by far my favorite offshoot of Depeche Mode. This is a delightfully funky, slightly bluesy, rework of their "Don't Go" hit single.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/11/aldo-vanucci-youre-all-show-dsteph-remix.html
I almost turned this track off after the first few seconds, as it's a standard (boring) thump-thump-thump dance intro. But be patient - about 30 seconds in Kylie Auldist (http://kylieauldist.com/) starts her vocals and the track becomes backing for her. How a half-Samoan Australian learned to sing the funk this well is anyone's guess, but man does she nail it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDs6KIwyJjY
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Duran-Duran/track/Man-Who-Stole-a-Leopard-Gosteffects-Remix/
Duran Duran have kept on well past the time one would have expected them to go away. Somehow they manage to remain serious, without taking themselves too seriously. This is their 2011 track "The Man Who Stole A Leopard" first in video form directed with appropriate spookiness by David Lynch and then remixed by Gosteffects. The original is a gently intense vocal duet with the kinds of complex orchestration they've been using lately. The remix strips out the orchestration in favor of energetic dance beats and electronic fuzz-fills. Both are worth your time.
