i guess the Eskimo mix is a good place to start?
Haven't heard their Eskimo mix yet, but the Ce Soir On Danse! mix on Disque Primeur is aces.
― Telephone thing, Saturday, 30 June 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/release/794987
...wow, that's not very helpful, is it? Disque Primeur and Chromeo's websites are both useless as far as getting the tracklist and horrifyingly Flash-heavy; their Myspace doesn't have it; and Arcade Mode, which I'm fairly sure used to have a tracklist, is out of stock. Ah well.
― Telephone thing, Saturday, 30 June 2007 20:51 (sixteen years ago) link
i was talking w/ tremendoid about this, but my initial instinct is to be wary of the mixes; what makes them so great? I'd be afraid of it being a sort of generic 80s touchpoint mix or something and i really do enjoy their own music as 80s pastiche more than i think i would enjoy a random 80s mix from hipster dilettantes
― deej, Saturday, 30 June 2007 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link
try this then. not hipster dilettante
kenny dope's roller disco mix. completely breautiful http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/8411.html
― jaxon, Sunday, 1 July 2007 03:33 (sixteen years ago) link
a random 80s mix from hipster dilettantes
these dudes are serious business about the 80s shit. i met p at a record fair and he was diggin deeeeep!
― Confounded, Sunday, 1 July 2007 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
that said i havent heard the mix
― Confounded, Sunday, 1 July 2007 03:43 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/s/swadewithth_backtothe_101b.jpg
thoughts on this? less hipsteur cheese, more collectro authenticity type shit, more r&b less pop than chromeo, i don't think i like it quite as much tho. Still some great songs on it (omg "too young to love")
― deej, Sunday, 1 July 2007 06:46 (sixteen years ago) link
more revivalism, less pastiche
"I'm Your Paradise" is prob the best song actually
― deej, Sunday, 1 July 2007 06:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Chromeo playing for free in SF. I have been digging this for months now and will probably check it, seeing its around the corner from my work. http://www.mezzaninesf.com/calendar.asp
― oscar, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 04:45 (sixteen years ago) link
they are tight live.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 05:00 (sixteen years ago) link
that 'tenderoni' joint is awesome. i wasn't so into the last record but i might get the new one.
― haitch, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 05:31 (sixteen years ago) link
'bonified lovin' and 'call me up' are my joints
― deej, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 05:36 (sixteen years ago) link
U CAN CALLLLL ME UP LATE AT NITE!
so drunkhigh
― deej, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 02:41 (sixteen years ago) link
i am going to see them live with 'fl0sstradamus'
― deej, Monday, 9 July 2007 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
haha i might too. but i might die if i do.
― s1ocki, Monday, 9 July 2007 17:07 (sixteen years ago) link
bf just saw them in williamsburg, had a good time even tho it was barely tolerable, venue wise
― Surmounter, Monday, 9 July 2007 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
There is a pre-self-titled album mix floating around called "le mix." Obligatory Klymaxx, Cameo, etc., but some other good stuff. I'm going to the show this saturday @ empty bottle (fits 7.5 people), should be riot-inducing.
― valoss, Monday, 9 July 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah thats where i'll be
― deej, Monday, 9 July 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Going to see them in a couple of days, LOVED needy girl and some of the rest of that album grew on me... hopefully will be a good time! (venue is kind of budget but not lacking in space)
― now more than ever, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 06:32 (sixteen years ago) link
loving the baltimora-style "oh-oh-wa-oh" on "bonafide lovin"
― max, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:20 (sixteen years ago) link
i cant believe ppl i respect/tolerate are feeling this garbage
― and what, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
nile rodgers : chromeo :: big daddy kane : edan
― and what, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
i enjoy the hipster cheese of it. its certainly a part of the appeal
i dont think anyone would argue this is as great as roger troutman or something
― deej, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
also chicks dig on this
― max, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
look im not hating just cuz hipster douchebags or whatever (my gf likes hot chip) but unless you own every 80s r&b 12" ever produced theres no excuse to waste time on the vice magazine edition
― and what, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
for the price of 1 chromeo record you could buy 15 dollar bin classics
i d***loaded the chromeo record and will gladly see cameo if i catch them touring for 12 dollars
― deej, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i dont know that id necessarily spend $$ on this but i dont really have a problem w/ this kind of pastiche/revival/whatever; id take zapp over these guys any day but ive heard more bounce to the ounce about six million times
― max, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:46 (sixteen years ago) link
plus if i can use them to get babes into lisa lisa & cult jam then im all for it
― max, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
There's something about the best parts of the new one, though, that don't really feel like pastiche -- god knows how, since every individual element seems like pastiche, but there's something about the whole that winds up feeling to me a bit like the difference between Daft Punk and whatever Daft Punk are sampling. (I.e., not really different in content, but somehow vastly different in feel and application and whatnot.)
― nabisco, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah and even on the point about shows, cuet girls go to chromeo shows and formerly-cuet 30/40-somethings go to SOS Band reunions
is there an sos band reunion? i would go to that too probably
― deej, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
i dont think they ever broke up
― strongohulkington, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i would like to take my mom to a chromeo show. she would be a good bellweather to their fidelity and authenticity
― strongohulkington, Thursday, 12 July 2007 19:00 (sixteen years ago) link
look im not hating just cuz hipster douchebags or whatever (my gf likes hot chip) but unless you own every 80s r&b 12" ever produced theres no excuse to waste time on the vice magazine edition -- and what, Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
but i do own them all. also, i am hipster douchebag
― jaxon, Thursday, 12 July 2007 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
i think im saying i like it because hipster douchebags. hipstersploitation
― deej, Friday, 13 July 2007 02:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I like most of the songs but some of them are duds. I get embarrassed when the female voice comes on about the telephone number. Great legs on the cover though.
― Maria :D, Friday, 13 July 2007 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I like this a lot, except for the Momma's Boy song.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
going to see these guys @ the echo next thursday
― max, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
they played a short set in chicago but it was fun. the ladies there were hot yes
― deej, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
haha deej im glad youve caught on to why i like chromeo
― max, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
see also: why i owned dave matthews band "crash"
― max, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
tho i listen to chromeo by myself way more than i ever listened to dave
haha i totally suspected you had a dmb past
― deej, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
no offense
― deej, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
none taken, im finally able to admit that 90% of the music i listen to i choose specifically to attract girls.
― max, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
i am so far pretty unsuccessful.
I like the first album better, but the new one is definitely fun. They're playing for free on Monday here in SF as part of a going.com promo. Probably be tons of people there I guess.
― Dare, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
show was really fun. girls got on the stage and danced with them. P played drums on a girls butt.
― jaxon, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I've heard half of this - I like the opener a lot; some of the lyrics are a little clunky.
The lede in your pitchfork review was a little bit weird though j0rd - is it really a thing now that all decent albums must have significant written and oral retrospectives on their tenth birthday before officially joining the canon?
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Thursday, 15 May 2014 23:27 (ten years ago) link
is it really a thing now that all decent albums must have significant written and oral retrospectives on their tenth birthday before officially joining the canon?
sadly yes?
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 May 2014 02:22 (ten years ago) link
i admit that it was a bit awkward though. i felt like it was the easiest route to get to my thesis, which is that this album in particular feels like something that really benefits from not being weighed down by expectations and the way people discuss music online writ large (a contrasting album would be like... the EMA record or something)
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 May 2014 02:24 (ten years ago) link
This is a lot better than it needed to be! Little things like the outro on "Play The Fool" & the bridge on "Sexy Socialite" are gorgeous.
(& since nobody's posted it to the thread & the existence thereof cheers me up, here's "Fancy Footwork" getting used in Step Up 3D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9nkv4z6-aE)
― etc, Sunday, 18 May 2014 10:32 (ten years ago) link
Oliver co-production is the secret weapon here. Likewise for that new Camron/A-Trak joint. Watch out for those guys. Big pop things in their future I think.
― anza808, Monday, 19 May 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
I love the new album, and especially the extended tracks. They feel like updated 70s/80s funk 12"s that are still fun and listenable despite somewhat weak hooks because of good instrumentation and flow. Jealous is the clear standout and the only one that really works as a sub 4 minute pop track.
― skip, Friday, 23 May 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
Really didn't expect Chromeo to be the first people to be given a shot at the Lorde single, but I'm quite taken with this:
https://soundcloud.com/lordemusic/green-light-chromeo-remix
― etc, Friday, 26 May 2017 22:26 (seven years ago) link
"Jealous" got a lot of mainstream and background music play... good for them. The album went to #11.
― skip, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
this is so pleasant, and works great next to the Calvin Harris songs on my summer playlist (which is still funny to meānever would have believed a year ago would be a statement that made any sense)
― austinb, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
hmm maybe calvin harris and chromeo will start the Premature Bloghouse Revival That Was Foretold
― austinb, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 13:49 (seven years ago) link
I'd really love for Chromeo to become bigger stars now that even Bruno Mars has stole their thunder.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 13:52 (seven years ago) link
New video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j-ED6tL85o
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
<3
― Spottie, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 05:32 (six years ago) link
it seems amazing that in the post-Uptown Funk world Chromeo are still a second-tier act but then you see a video like that and it all makes sense
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 11 November 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
Haha
― Spottie, Saturday, 11 November 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7w-Dp16hH0
New single with Morgan Geist production!
― etc, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 08:19 (one year ago) link
The relationship dynamics as depicted in the new video are...intriguing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIGIWKfbUiw
― read-only (unperson), Monday, 2 October 2023 17:48 (eight months ago) link