We interrupt the attempt to try to convince anybody that I listen to anything else than French house, to bring you a fresh set from the Ed Banger 10 years-in-business party by none other than Justice!
I'm just listening to it now, myself, and there's some interesting stuff - we are, for instance, treated to a progression from a remix of Justice's own D.A.N.C.E. into Junior Senior's good old Move Your Feet, and back into a remix of Justice's Canon.
A quite 'rave-ish' set from my initial listening, but suits well enough for keeping the pace up in my hacking (in the "coding for fun"-meaning, not the "accessing others servers illicitly").
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
A Surprise Guest
Continuing the theme from the last entry, I've been pushing this little set of videos to friends and family the last few weeks, ever since I tripped over them in a random YouTube-search.
We're at a birthday party for a certain Mr. Busy P (those French with their funny names and their funny accents) in LA in 2009, as far as I can gather. Busy P is a DJ and incidentally also the owner and manager of Ed Banger Records, the main French house label. Mr. Busy P is the smiling long-haired gentleman with the well-trimmed beard.
The concentration of French DJs on the scene is silly. "Geek cool FTW", as my dear friend, the Theoretical Computer Scientist tersely stated. For instance, Gaspard from Justice ✝(!) and Kavinsky, with the long hair and sunglasses, can be seen. I only recently saw the remarkable Drive by Danish star director, Nicolas Winding Refn, where Kavinskys Nightcall is prominently featured in the intro. (Yeah, also Ryan Gosling. I know.)
However, to get to the point - as it turns out, Mr. Busy P has invited a special guest to attend the stage. It is quite entertaining to hear parts of the crowd slowly discovering who the special guest is and that he is going to be given the mixer. (At around 2:35 a girl is heard saying "Is he really going on?! Oh my god!") He is never formally introduced. There is some street-smart ✝ to Δ sign throwing by some the DJs, but that's it.
Thomas Bangalter seems quite thin. I do hope that he is well. He is also quite the cool customer. His mouth only curls into a small smile when he throws on the last track, Prince's Raspberry Beret (my absolute favorite Prince-track, and that is no lie).
His seeming coolness may also be related to the fact that he is quite concentrated. I suspect that he has to adapt to the CD mixer table in front of him. He doesn't seem entirely comfortable with it, and gets a few pointers from Busy P and DJ Mehdi here and there. (DJ Mehdi - "If you don't [know who he is], go home!"). However, the fact that the set is somewhat messy and the recording very shaky does in no way detract from the fact that this is extremely nerd cool!
... I should just rename this blog the French house and Daft Punk blog, shouldn't I?
Oh. And I got some more injections, also. Didn't hurt as much this time. Didn't really work so well, either. So there's that.
We're at a birthday party for a certain Mr. Busy P (those French with their funny names and their funny accents) in LA in 2009, as far as I can gather. Busy P is a DJ and incidentally also the owner and manager of Ed Banger Records, the main French house label. Mr. Busy P is the smiling long-haired gentleman with the well-trimmed beard.
The concentration of French DJs on the scene is silly. "Geek cool FTW", as my dear friend, the Theoretical Computer Scientist tersely stated. For instance, Gaspard from Justice ✝(!) and Kavinsky, with the long hair and sunglasses, can be seen. I only recently saw the remarkable Drive by Danish star director, Nicolas Winding Refn, where Kavinskys Nightcall is prominently featured in the intro. (Yeah, also Ryan Gosling. I know.)
However, to get to the point - as it turns out, Mr. Busy P has invited a special guest to attend the stage. It is quite entertaining to hear parts of the crowd slowly discovering who the special guest is and that he is going to be given the mixer. (At around 2:35 a girl is heard saying "Is he really going on?! Oh my god!") He is never formally introduced. There is some street-smart ✝ to Δ sign throwing by some the DJs, but that's it.
Thomas Bangalter seems quite thin. I do hope that he is well. He is also quite the cool customer. His mouth only curls into a small smile when he throws on the last track, Prince's Raspberry Beret (my absolute favorite Prince-track, and that is no lie).
His seeming coolness may also be related to the fact that he is quite concentrated. I suspect that he has to adapt to the CD mixer table in front of him. He doesn't seem entirely comfortable with it, and gets a few pointers from Busy P and DJ Mehdi here and there. (DJ Mehdi - "If you don't [know who he is], go home!"). However, the fact that the set is somewhat messy and the recording very shaky does in no way detract from the fact that this is extremely nerd cool!
... I should just rename this blog the French house and Daft Punk blog, shouldn't I?
Oh. And I got some more injections, also. Didn't hurt as much this time. Didn't really work so well, either. So there's that.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Modern Sounds
You're not going to let that stand are you?
A "musical roots" blog-entry, where you explain your infatuation with Elton John and have a YouTube-video with the Muppets? Is that going be the final entry on this site, your online diary of very many white pages?
No. I cannot let that stand.
Hmm. I know. I'll recommend a cultural experience from this century.
Silence should be broken with sounds. It should be no surprise that I have thing for french house. Yeah. During the last year, I've become a heavy fan of Welsh house, as well(!) At least, as funkily expressed by the young welsh DJ duo Vanguard. Over the last year, the songs and remixes they have on their soundcloud-page have been competing with Daft Punks Tron-soundtrack for most heavily played on my work playlist.
They've been releasing new stuff here and there over the last month or so. I am listening to a new lied, "Aurora", as I write this - a joyful light thumping beat built around a Michael Jackson sample.
It encapsulates two of the most important properties that I like about Vanguards music. It makes me happy, and it gives me energy.
A "musical roots" blog-entry, where you explain your infatuation with Elton John and have a YouTube-video with the Muppets? Is that going be the final entry on this site, your online diary of very many white pages?
No. I cannot let that stand.
Hmm. I know. I'll recommend a cultural experience from this century.
Silence should be broken with sounds. It should be no surprise that I have thing for french house. Yeah. During the last year, I've become a heavy fan of Welsh house, as well(!) At least, as funkily expressed by the young welsh DJ duo Vanguard. Over the last year, the songs and remixes they have on their soundcloud-page have been competing with Daft Punks Tron-soundtrack for most heavily played on my work playlist.
They've been releasing new stuff here and there over the last month or so. I am listening to a new lied, "Aurora", as I write this - a joyful light thumping beat built around a Michael Jackson sample.
It encapsulates two of the most important properties that I like about Vanguards music. It makes me happy, and it gives me energy.
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