KIDS WITH GUNS

Erol played the Soulwax remix of "Kids" by MGMT at T in the Park. (Really the only track I can stand from MGMT.) Fast is the new slow? Plus I'm pretty sure that's MGMT on the screen behind him; they were on at the same time. That shit is epic.

Does anyone have any sets from Erol for 2008 that aren't Disco 3000 or Beyond the Wizards Sleeve? I looked a little while ago and couldn't find anything.

TOMORROW

I'm joined at Too Much Love tomorrow by DJ Bach. It's his birthday, so come down and partay with us.

LINKS

• Tecktonik: the trademarked dance craze that's everywhere in France - Los Angeles Times
  It's as much of a movement as it is a way of moving. Some see the trend as simply a tool to sell merchandise. And it's starting to go mainstream, which may mean it's about to lose its cool.
  
  
• DISCODUST: jokers of the scene interview.
  i had to find out more about it so i tracked down dj booth from jokers of the scene on ichat.
  
  
• Richie Hawtin: how to organize a digital music collection | Beatportal
  
  
• Digitalism - live concert video on Fabchannel.com
  In case it wasn't clear already, you're now watching Digitalism live in concert. This isn't just one track. No, this is a video of the entire live Digitalism concert at Paradiso - Main Hall.
  
  
• Batman Fight Graphics
  list of all the 60's Batman sound effects (and the episodes they appear in)
  
  
• Just Say Yaz: Critic's Notebook: The New Yorker
  Called Yazoo in England—and Yaz over here—Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet were a duo only from 1982 to 1983, just enough time for them to score three dance hits ("Don't Go," "Situation," and "Nobody's Diary") that, by themselves, justify...
  
  
• Pedro Winter/Ed Banger | Pitchfork
  We talk to Ed Banger owner Pedro Winter, aka Busy P, about Kanye dissing his bands, his graduation from Daft Punk's School of Business Management, and the internet-fueled success of his five-year-old label.
  
  
• CSS' Lovefoxxx Talks Donkey, Band Shakeups, Alt-Rock | Pitchfork
  We spoke with Lovefoxxx about the dirt behind Donkey, the recent departure of bassist Ira Trevisan, and just how hard it is to improve on the Breeders' "Cannonball".
  
  
• Abba - the music: why everyone loves Abba - Telegraph
  As 'Mamma Mia!', the movie based on Abba's songs, is released, Ivan Hewett dissects the secret formula that brought them pop immortality
  
  
• Exclusive Video Interview with Kanye's DJ A-Trak About His New Nike 'Running Man' Mix | Spin Magazine Online

LINKS

• RA: Who's afraid of Claude VonStroke?
  No one apparently, as Todd L. Burns finds out in a phone call to Berlin, except for house music purists and 'Heater' haters. We investigate why the DJ/producer can't stop laughing...
  
  
• The 20 Healthiest Foods for Under $1
  


• Nonsense
  best comics ever
  
  
• RA: Prins Thomas: Adult oriented disco
  Deep cuts, deep digging, deep passion: Norwegian DJ/producer Prins Thomas is very much a self-made man. RA caught up with him on the eve of his label's first compilation release to talk hip-hop, Wham and adult oriented disco.
  
  
• RA: A Dusty Kid in space - Feature / Interview
  With otherworldly tracks on labels like BPitch Control, Boxer and Systematic, Dusty Kid is a rising star in the world of electronic music. RA's Rick Warner brings The Kid back to Earth for a few questions.
  
  
• The FADER - Schnipper's Slept On
  This week he gives you a light reminder to not sleep on Vampire Weekend.
  
  
• Ableton - Hot Chip
  We met Felix from Hot Chip to talk about the details of how they use Live and why.
  
  
• FactMagazine - Invisible Conga People
  On the trail of New York dancefloor melancholists Invisible Conga People...
  
  
• 8 Keys to Instant Charisma | ThinkSimpleNow.com
  
  
• PAPERMAG: WORD UP!: A Sleep-Deprived Tommie Sunshine's Fuzzy WMC Memories
  
  
• Goals: How to Create Your Life Plan
  Everyone hates the dreaded "Where do you see yourself in five years?" question, but it's a lot easier to answer when you've got written goals and a plan to achieve them.
  
  
• See the New Graphic Novel by My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine
  After the jump, check out an exclusive twelve-page preview of the book, which is out now from Dark Horse.
  
  
• Covert Curiosity - Simian Mobile Disco, live
  I saw these British-electro gents for the first time at SXSW this year, and they made a huge concrete parking garage tremble under my feet.
  
  
• twentyfourhours - Peter Visti mix
  Our favorite Danish producer/DJ, Peter Visti, just sent us his new bangin´mix and like always it´s nothing short of excellent

BEAUTIFUL FUTURE

Things I did not know about the new Primal Scream album:

• Paul Epworth/Phones is a producer (YES!!!)
  
  
• The Peter in Peter Bjorn & John is a producer (W...T...F...!?!?  Why?)
  
  
• There is a Fleetwood Mac Cover (YES!)
  
  
• Lovefoxxx (CSS) is on it (Really?)
  
  
• Josh Homme is on  it (YES!!!)
  
  
• There is an Andrew Weatherall "Long After The Disco Is Over" remix of a song (OK SOUNDS COOL!)
  

Primal Scream invariably goes through crappy periods, so I didn't bother to even listen to their last album all the way through... but this one is crazy-sounding.  Primal Scream and QotSA and the Mac and Phones... some of my favorite things ever. I want to hear it.   Loud.   

HOODWINKED

This week at Too Much Love I'm joined by Chicago's DJ STV SLV of the Hood Internet. Steve will be dropping a set of the indie/hip-hop/whatever mash-ups that have made the Hood famous. For a taste, check out their Myspace for a few tracks, or check out their latest Chicago-themed mixtape. Get back into it after the July 4th weekend, and we'll see you there.

COSMIC

Daniele Baldelli talks a bit about cosmic.

LINKS

• We Are Wolves on Love, Hate and Violence | Dazed Digital
  The Montreal post-punk trio interviewed at Nottingham's Dot to Dot Festival.
  
  
• Exotic dance revivals doing your head in? Thank God for Tony Naylor | guardian.co.uk
  To the outsider, the vibrant Italo disco, cosmic disco and nu-Balearic revivals may all sound the same.
  
  
• RA: Sooner or later: Chaz Jankel - Feature / Interview
  Todd L. Burns catches up with the former Blockhead/producer of irresistible '80s synth-pop to find out why he's back in the spotlight after a number of years in the pop music wilderness.
  
  
• Words & Joy
  Blackjoy's blog
  
  
• How to mix disco | Cosmic Boogie
  I guess the real title would be "How I started to understand how to mix disco and other earlier genres of dance music and what advice I can give."
  
  
• Gridface: Ron Hardy Playlists
  Lately I've been researching pre- and early-house, and there's no better source than the playlists of Ron Hardy.
  
  
• News - Erol Alkan - Strongroom
  We caught up with the producer and friend of Strongroom, Erol Alkan and had a chat about his time with the band and about the man himself...
  
  
• DAVID BOWIE: I went to buy some shoes - and I came back with Life On Mars | Mail Online
  For this CD compilation I've selected 12 of my songs that I don't seem to tire of. Few of them are well known, but many of them are still sung at my concerts. Usually by me. I'll start off with the hit.
  
  
• The Feelies, Reborn for the Fourth of July - NYTimes.com
  Back when punk and new wave were new, the Feelies might well have been the band with the oddest calendar: they became known for playing on holidays.
  
  
• Status Ain't Hood : Status Ain't Hood Says Goodbye
  This could be my last day at the Village Voice
  
  
• FOOL’S GOLD » Blog Archive » Summer ‘O Sammy Tour Diary
  I decided to wait until the end to provide the wrap-up, but hopefully people will actually read this, because its kind of long
  
  
• Fred's YouTube channel is programming for kids by kids | Web Scout | Los Angeles Times
  about hyper youtube kid

GET YOURSELF TOGETHER

Resident Advisor has an interview up with disco/R&B/pop 80's producer Chaz Jankel. The compilation of his work, My Occupation, that came out a little while ago on Tirk, is amazing.  The singles are backed by remixes from Todd Terje and Hercules & Love Affair, but I think I like the originals better. The album sounds both classic and brand new (and it turns out it's a little of both). Plus the recent interest in his work has led him to start making new stuff. Can't wait.

BE KANYE

I'll bite.

LINKS

• What Happens To Your Body Within An Hour Of Drinking A Coke | Nutrition Research Center Health Update
  Don't drink cola if you want to be healthy.
  
  
• Focus, People! There’s Work to Do - NYTimes.com
  Here's a look inside the rooms where the staffs of five of this season's acclaimed series ply their trade.
  
  
• RA: Cher chez la herc: Hercules & Love Affair - Feature / Interview
  New York City's disco revival has been brewing for years. Todd L. Burns talks to the man behind the one band that might be able to send the revival into the mainstream consciousness.
  
  
• RA: Under the gun: Felix Da Housecat - Feature / Interview
  Christian Rose-Day gets involved in a chat with an animated cat called Felix, just days before he slinks off to Ibiza.
  
  
• Michel Gondry Picks 25 Classic Music Videos
  The acclaimed film and video director tells us why he loves clips from Michael Jackson, the White Stripes, Bjork, and more
  
  
• DANCEBLOGGA : news that makes you move: cross-fading the line
  Kudos to Tami Fenwick and Jeremy Armitage, who resigned as editor and reviews editor of dance site Resident Advisor after the business side of the Australian publication allegedly pulled a review of John Digweed's Transmissions 4 mix-CD and replaced it wi
  
  
• RA: Nobody Will Know Anything in August. Music News
  Berlin-based Supersoul Recordings will release a label compilation on DFA's sublabel Death From Abroad in August.
  
  
• RA: Daniele Baldelli gets Cosmic. Music News
  Daniele Baldelli unleashes his Cosmic Disco?! Cosmic Rock!!! on Eskimo this week.
  
  
• philip sherburne: NPR baffled by Hercules and Love Affair
  Something tells me that NPR isn't really feeling Hercules and Love Affair.
  
  
• The Legend of Hidden Beach - City Pages
  The Twin Cities' most infamous party spot has undergone a makeover—but try telling that to the regulars
  
  
• brooklynvegan: Silver Apples @ Knitting Factory, NYC - pics
  Dude put his dead partner into a sampler, essentially... weird
  
  
• Daniel Wang * Crazy questions made by dax DJ
  
  
• THE INDIES ISSUE: THE VISIONARIES
  Billboard Brings You 10 Indie Innovators Who Are Taking Risks And Reaping The Rewards
  
  
• San Francisco Bay Guardian : From our Bay to Norway
  A trip beyond space disco through the super sounds of Oslo and San Francisco
  
  
• SEXY PEOPLE
  This blog is about old photo portaits.
  
  
• Primal Scream's Beautiful Future - Times Online
  The band's shifting line-up has never been afraid to experiment. Now it's covering Fleetwood Mac
  
  
• Shilo™ Presents We Make It Good: Sinden
  "I really wanted the mix to be a kinda preview to a whole bunch of stuff to get excited about in the forthcoming months."
  
  
• Pitchfork: Molly Schnick (ex-Out Hud) Drops Jean on Jean LP
  
  
• Kanye West: I'm 'most offended I've ever been' - CNN.com
  Kanye West defended himself from criticism over his delayed performance at Bonnaroo, saying on his blog that the flak he's taken has left him "the most offended I've ever been."
  
  
• Hercules and Love Affair - Party Titans, Updating the Sound of Disco
  A new song fiercely disregards the thin line between dance and pop, masculinity and femininity, glamour and gloom, art and artifice. In other words, it is disco and proud.


• Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Hercules & Love Affair
  With his group's outstanding new album-- which our own Philip Sherburne said heralded the arrival of "a compelling new voice in American dance music"-- finally actually out in the U.S., we speak to Hercules & Love Affair's Andy Butler about...
  

PRIDE WEEKEND

Dan Cruse is back in town to rock it with me at Too Much Love on Saturday.

Then on Sunday I will be DJing from the First Ave float in the Pride Parade downtown on Sunday June 29 at 11 a.m. See you there!

P.S. While you're out downtown for pride, hit up 414 Soundbar for Dance Quest at 8 p.m. with Naughty Wood. $20 all you can drink... yow!

FADE ME

The latest issue of Fader is out and has some worthwhile reading in the form of a big feature on Crookers, plus bits on Lindstrom, Windsurf, and Rye Rye. Check it out here.

DEFINITELY CAN'T GO BACK

YEAH! NEW PRIMAL SCREAM! HOT CHICKS GETTING KILLED! AY! AY! Sweet.

LOLOLOLOLOL IS GONE

David GUETTA - Vueling @ France2 ( Live Avion)
by SIMaxim

My French isn't good enough to follow all of this, but just keep watching...

PARIS IS BURNING

I think part of the reason I'm choosing to post Ladyhawke's video is because the video for labelmate Cut Copy's "Hearts on Fire", maybe my favorite single of last year, is fucking stupid. And this video is simple but not stupid. But also the remixes for this song from Cut Copy and Chicken Lips are really good, and actually I like the original now, too.

ZE ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Yow... incredible lineup tomorrow (Tuesday) in NYC:

ZE Records 30th Anniversary Party
June 24th at APT Downstairs, 419 W13St. New York
10pm/4am - Free event

With Guest Djs:
Phil South (No Ordinary Monkey)
Darshan Jesrani (Metro Area/Environ)
Dj Spun (Rong)
Brennan Green (Chinatown/Balihu)
Lee Douglas (Rong)
My Cousin Roy (Wurst)
Ron Rogers (ZE Records)
Sal P. (Liquid Liquid)
Lovefingers (BlackDisco/Rvng)
Prince Language (Editions Disco)
Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem/DFA) Tbc
Vincent Vega (ZE Records/Mein Disko)
& More...

LINKS

• The Whip at the Launch of Beck's Fusions 2008 | Dazed Digital
  
  
• Earplug | Chart: Invisible Conga People
  
  
• FactMagazine - Farah
  Since appearing on last year's essential After Dark compilation, Farah's 'Law of Life' - a spellbinding, synthetic disco epic on which the young Iranian-American singer delivers a state-of-the-world address in the kind of sultry, detached manner that woul
  
  
• DJHistory: Claudio Simonetti interview
  
  
• Studio 54: Looking Back At Sex, Drugs, And Disco
  The days of disco were a wild time, full of dancing, drugs, and — of course — lots of sex. Or at least, that's what we've heard.
  
  
• The Donnybrook Writing Academy » Getting Cozy with The Presets
  Stepping into The Presets' tour bus felt like walking into a cave, the blinds drawn tight to keep out the late afternoon sunlight, pupils widening to adjust to the sudden dearth of brightness.
  
  
• . : Harvey Sarcastic Disco : .
  DJ Harvey's website and party
  
  
• Larry Levan's Paradise Garage | DJHistory.com
  
  
• Vice magazine: NEW YORK - FUCK YOU I'M GOING TO ETC.
  Sketches of Andrew WK's new club Santos
  
  
• The FADER - Dollars To Pounds: The Hitman And Hervé
  Another week, another ton of records with Joshua "Hervé" Harvey's grubby fingerprints all over them.

PARTY TITANS

Hercules & Love Affair are featured in the NYTimes, under the headline Party Titans, Updating Disco’s Sound.

The photo is a bit new rave. Remember that? And actually the "You Belong" video is a bit new rave too, albeit in black and white.

FLAK

Monday's live taping of Flak Radio's 80th episode is up for you to listen to. I DJ between segments and then there's a short interview with me in the last "Farewell" segment. Thanks again to Taylor and James for having me on.