this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

"is diskjokke too electrohouse for this thread?"

Yeah maybe. He reminds me of this comp. I loved his almost Finger Lickin' track on the Sunkissed mix, need to check his album.

Aeroplane = JLC insofar as with each production they're sounding less and like typical balearic and more and more like the production team for a sequel to Confessions on the Dancefloor - sweeping, epic, trancey, pop, smooth, and not automatically aligned with any clique or revivalist trend. That obsession with hyper-smooth layering in particular is key - there's no warp'n'weft or contrast, it's more like the tide going in and out.

Much in the same way that throughout 2004 and into 2005 JLC was drifting further from lol electro-house (e.g The Faint remix, still one of my faves tho) and more into his own super-sleek soundworld.

I think Lindstrom is the Ewan Pearson of balearic. Todd Terje is maybe the Freeform Five of balearic.

what is lol electrohouse

is this some sort of freakytriggerism i'm unaware of

Yeah I'm being cryptic - I mean "lol..." as in "unashamedly typical of....".

i posted the diskjokke track cearadactylus to my blog when i picked it up of the Full Pupp Greatest Tits comp. super stuff, i dunno if you could call it electro house at all though, there are none of the typical buzzy synth drops and the crescendos arent nearly as predictable. maybe i'm going off of only a few tracks, but I feel he is just a housier version of all this scando disco/house that has been coming off of full pupp. but please dont call him electro house

ok we won't

i think electrohouse is the best description we've got. not necessarily blog house. scando house?

cmon now, he's not Marc Romboy or John Dahlback or anything!

i think electrohouse is the best description we've got. not necessarily blog house. scando house?

well certainly its not blog house, i think all the shitty nurave and rap mashups when i hear that. scando house is something i guess i use for all the scandinavian dance acts appearing on labels such as Full Pupp and even Prins Thomas' own production stuff, usually its loaded with percussion, much more so than most the electrohouse i've heard, sometimes it has acid synths, sometimes lush pads/or pianos, and most of the crescendos happen more gradually...

for example, blackbelt andersen, magunus international, ytre rymden dansskola...

now that i think about it i can't think of any other labels releasing stuff like it, so maybe just full pupp?

As I implied upthread, much of what I've heard by Diskjokke actually reminds me of breakbeaty or big-beaty attempts at house more than electro-house... remember the Bolshi label? Rasmus?

http://www.discogs.com/release/172454

That mix - Bjørn Torske - DJ World Series: Nordic Chill, from DJ Magazine in 2003. Bjørn Torske doesn't get enough love.

A good chunk of Prima Norsk 3: The Space Disco Edition was along these lines as well.

my favorite track on that comp is the ones that uses breaks very overtly, "gul boss". it is refreshingly not serious.

low nrg = nice. the tempos on "balearic" tracks seem to be increasing lately though.

"the tempos on "balearic" tracks seem to be increasing lately though."

Yeah, I get the impression that (in structural terms) nu-disco/balearic is drifting into the space that (2004 era) electro-house used to fill anyway - maximalist, melody-driven mid-tempo dance music that occupies a space equidistant between indie-nichism and populism.

Like, the Tensnake and Lindstrom remixes of Sally Shapiro are the 2008 equivalent of all those old The Knife remixes.

"maximalist, melody-driven mid-tempo dance music that occupies a space equidistant between indie-nichism and populism"

it's neat (or not) because that, minus mid-tempo, also describes lots of techno/tech-house from 2008

i can't tell if "aeroplane doing confessions on a dancefloor pt 2" is clever rhetorical shorthand or the best thing ever.

That Tiga remix of Gary, (the one Moonship got so excited about earlier this year) kind of fits with the newer Aeroplane.

It'd be cool/weird to have this some of this stuff's direct sonic predecessors get in on the act.

So is Tiga going to make more ZZT tracks? Or this?

the Weatherall remix of Primal Scream? great mix either way.

that "gary" remix is so so great! it reminds me of glass candy (and vice versa). it's like music shorn of fashion to become more talismanic: 'spiritual' (not gothic) electro clash. it's no coincidence that "gary" and some of the glass candy tracks feature lyrics that reference being against evil. maybe it's all worked because dick chen3y is soon to be history.

Next time someone asks me what kind of music I DJ I'm telling them "deep electroclash".

That should confuse them long enough for me to get away.

if it didn't exist we would have to invent it!

NU BEAT

yes indeed new beat after 20 years of e-culture.

i claim copyright on "nu beat"

i like moonship disco.

NorBeat? since lots of this sound is coming from Norway/Northern Europe

Norse Step! BINGO!

norbit

so Hatchback is the editor in chief of Dwell magazine.

i'm not sure how i feel about dwell. is it a decor-enthusiast mag like domino or is it strictly architecture pr0n like abitare? seems to me to be an uneasy mix of both and i was never really sure how to approach it.

wow, editor-in-chief, huh?

it's interesting that he's obsessed with scandinavian design as well as scandinavian music, but what a neo-yuppie!

i duno if i'll be able to listen to that album again without images of LEED-accredited interiors or sustainably harvested ipe flooring or whatever running through my mind

yeah i could see how environmentally-sensitive building practices could really harsh your mellow.

it mellows the mellow

double mellow!

i guess i live/work in a place where we're bombarded with that stuff, so my reaction is negative. dwell is an alright mag, but i can't help but have a sour taste in my mouth after hearing that the dude is editor-in-chief there. maybe this isn't completely justified, but surely he kept that little tidbit of info under wraps for a while for a reason

i'm sure he'd prefer just making music for a living. who the fuck cares what he does to pay the bills. jesus christ.

you think he is somehow ashamed of his job? cause it might irritate uptight jaded internet posters?

xp

i know a famous indie rock drummer whos also a lawyer, if u want more details email me

he fronts as a juice bar guy

more like famous ILX personality

i also know a guy who djs with harvey who moonlights as some kind of hotel executive, or something, but i cant tell you his name

but surely he kept that little tidbit of info under wraps for a while for a reason

this is the easiest tid bit of info to discover. i've known forever.

sorcerer, lovefingers, dan selzer, that guy from robotsinheat and i bet a few others do web and print design. now what?

this is a yupsters' music point blank. it's music for people with extra money to spend on cool shit. big record collections don't come for free

hey there defensive

Surely it's kind of impressive that he can be editor-in-chief of a magazine while also working on both Hatchback and Windsurf material. He's effectively had two albums come out on top of one another. I can't imagine juggling that much stuff at once.

but surely he kept that little tidbit of info under wraps for a while for a reason

no he didn't, you're just finding out about it.

FYI SF heads - Windsurf instore at Amoeba next Friday the 21st, 7pm and free.

i always thought print/web design was pretty much a prerequisite for making electronic music. it's the fact that he's the editor-in-chief that's so surprising. dwell has a lot of influence/readership, and this guy clearly has some serious time-management skills. i see that he's mentioned this in interviews before, clearly i was wrong about him keeping things 'under wraps'. i wasn't saying that his job detracts from the music, simply pointing out that the press could be milking this way more than they are-- which is nice, actually.

i know my reactions are largely personal and based on my own prejudices/kneejerk-backlash-impulses, but surely some overzealous reviewer would've come along and make them anyways. i should know better than to play devil's advocate around here anyhow...