And Ivan Smagghe's Death Disco, and How To Kill The DJ mixes. Not heard his new one yet.
― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 28 March 2004 12:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 28 March 2004 12:58 (twenty years ago) link
― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 28 March 2004 14:48 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Sunday, 28 March 2004 22:55 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 28 March 2004 23:08 (twenty years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Monday, 29 March 2004 01:53 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 29 March 2004 01:58 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 29 March 2004 01:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 29 March 2004 02:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 29 March 2004 12:56 (twenty years ago) link
Vitalic-lite is absolutely fine with me bearing in mind the real Vitalic don't seem to be doing much at the moment.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 29 March 2004 12:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Monday, 29 March 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago) link
I also like Fitting Together and that Sir Drew remix.
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 29 March 2004 15:51 (twenty years ago) link
The Justin/Black Strobe bootleg is brilliant - demonstrates completely that the only problem with "Me & Madonna" was the vocal.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 29 March 2004 21:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 08:19 (twenty years ago) link
What's that?
― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 12:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 12:53 (twenty years ago) link
― ___ (___), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 12:58 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:14 (twenty years ago) link
I played it at work today and felt guilty afterwards it was so dark and menacing. That synth after a minute or so!
Brilliant track, perhaps their best to date.
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 17 July 2004 16:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Not so sold on the "Chemical Sweet Girl" A-side, though -- I guess I just like their italo-influenced stuff more than their Front 242/EBM stuff...
― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Saturday, 17 July 2004 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Saturday, 17 July 2004 17:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 17 July 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― manuel (manuel), Sunday, 10 October 2004 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
I mean "The Abwehr Disco" hinted at their Vitalic style rawness, but this mix really hammers that home, imagine seeing them play!
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 8 January 2005 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Saturday, 8 January 2005 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link
Total acid madness! (although I did seem them play a set for 2 men, a dog and an alien from the planet Trainspotter somewhere in Paris way back when nobody knew them and well...all they're stuff nowaday is a bit facile, you know just jumping on whatever trend passes them by. ;)
imagine seeing them play Yeah they have beards. Cool.
― Omar (Omar), Saturday, 8 January 2005 15:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― JoB (JoB), Saturday, 8 January 2005 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 January 2005 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 28 January 2005 21:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 January 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 28 January 2005 21:41 (nineteen years ago) link
You know - puny humans, people like that.
― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 January 2005 21:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 28 January 2005 21:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 January 2005 23:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 28 January 2005 23:40 (nineteen years ago) link
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY
the essential mix = 10x as good as "suck my deck" or "death disco"
how many times must i tell you people??
smagghe is the fuse ... rebotini is the spark ... BLACKSTROBE IS THE BOMB
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 10 February 2005 05:42 (nineteen years ago) link
from 1991, credited to one morgan lekcirt and one "ellis d." (not to be confused with ellis dee)
also from 1991, i just like this one, i don't know why, it reminds me of blackstrobe but even more of miss kittin
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 10 February 2005 05:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 10 February 2005 06:01 (nineteen years ago) link
the first record has truly astounding cover art
the second is much more minimal but you can see from whence the power flows ... "what are you doing with your hand, beavis?"
well if anybody likes those let me know and maybe i'll get my mp3 blog off the ground.
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 10 February 2005 06:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 10 February 2005 10:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― RickyT (RickyT), Thursday, 10 February 2005 10:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 10 February 2005 11:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 10 February 2005 11:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 10 February 2005 11:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 10 February 2005 11:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Saturday, 17 December 2005 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link
So fickle.
Black Strobe - if you're reading this, you too! I'm sure all the goth kids hanging around the malls of Pleasanton and Hayward would totally dig it.
― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Saturday, 17 December 2005 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― telephone thing, Saturday, 17 December 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 17 December 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
I will, thank you.
― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Saturday, 17 December 2005 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― etc, Thursday, 2 March 2006 05:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― telephone thing, Thursday, 2 March 2006 07:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link
so, I figured they'd be DJing w/maybe a sampler or something, but they were a full on BAND!!! three butch french goths all in cut-off black tees (arnaud's was plain, gtr/bass/keys guy's was sisters of mercy, drummer's was . . . . dandy warhols?!) stomping around, plundering the back catalogue. the drummer was keerazy - had this huge kit that he'd metronomically thrash/recreate everything on while managing to um "mix" between the different tracks - they didn't let up once! arnaud would prowl up & down the stage & terrorise the crowd, & I finally um "got" their vocals - "me & madonna" = excellent live, was nice to hear "bright shining star" for the first time; & me & my friend went absolutely apeshit to "the abwehr disco". came across as such a metal band! no Ivan, sadly. & the DJ before them played a great remix of "all I ever wanted"! didn't get to ask her who'd done it, though.
― etc, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 06:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 07:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― W i l l (common_person), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 07:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Le Baaderonixx de Benedict Canyon (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 10:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― haitch (haitch), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 10:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― H2-H4 (H2-H4), Sunday, 5 November 2006 03:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Douglas (Douglas), Sunday, 5 November 2006 04:12 (seventeen years ago) link
I'd read that he'd just remixed "Shining Bright Star", but yeah I wanna hear this RIGHT THE FUCK NOW
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Sunday, 5 November 2006 10:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Telephonething (Telephonething), Sunday, 5 November 2006 10:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Sunday, 5 November 2006 10:16 (seventeen years ago) link
Is Ivan involved in this album?
― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 5 November 2006 11:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― H2-H4 (H2-H4), Sunday, 5 November 2006 12:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 5 November 2006 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Sunday, 5 November 2006 14:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― haitch, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Philip Philip Philip philip Annoyman, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Philip Philip Philip philip Annoyman, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC, Monday, 7 May 2007 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC, Monday, 7 May 2007 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link
Any thoughts on Arnaud's new one? Sounds pretty good to me, especially the slower tracks.
― mmmm, Thursday, 19 May 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Possibly my fav of the year. Just great.
― mmmm, Saturday, 24 September 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
what the fuck is this shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viaD_9xEo00
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
black strobe : goth electro. hit and miss.
arnaud rebotini : fucking brilliant analogue electronica. 'the first 13 minutes of love' is the best thing that tangerine dream never made in 1979.
― mark e, Sunday, 27 December 2015 21:48 (eight years ago) link
black strobe had a good few hits imo. their essential mix was really great: https://soundcloud.com/ash-bradshaw/blackstrobe-essential-mix-28
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 28 December 2015 10:55 (eight years ago) link
is that arnaud a new record?
Arnaud's album for a couple of years ago was pretty great iirc, it was like a goth Delia and Gavin.
― Matt DC, Monday, 28 December 2015 12:23 (eight years ago) link
LG : this is the album that features the track i mentioned, and the one that Matt is on about :
http://www.discogs.com/Arnaud-Rebotini-Someone-Gave-Me-Religion/master/340983
far better than the black strobe stuff.
― mark e, Monday, 28 December 2015 12:36 (eight years ago) link
For some reason at the time, Black Strobe made me feel like an EBM revival was just around the corner.. there were those Ivan Smagghe mixes around the same time as well that kind of hinted at it. The ~dark~ side of electro-house
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 3 January 2016 00:40 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/arnaudrebotini
arnaud has been playing with his machines while in lockdown and posting the results (and some excellent remixes) on his soundcloud.
'digital lockdown' is very classic era cabs.
― mark e, Saturday, 4 April 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link