I think Arpjam (and Jam City in general) is strictly at the end of the spectrum I don't like, but I'm trying to be nice here.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i haven't liked other Jam City stuff but i really like that one. obviously it's not a full-blown technicolor dream like some of the other tracks on this comp but i find the beat irresistable
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
irresistIble... jesus what is wrong with me
would love Arpjam a lot more if he'd thrown a big extra hook on top - not necessarily the mentalism extent of Ecstasy Refix but it doesn't outstrip that imo
― modrić in paradise (blueski), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
my 2nd fav jam city track might be "in the park" - on his myspace - http://www.myspace.com/jamcitytrax - no idea whether there are plans to release it, he made it quite a while ago now, but i absolutely love the gothiness of it - the sample of blowing wind in the background and that sinister melody
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
this is not on night slugs, but the dance partisans thread doesn't seem to get many responses, so in the vein of "banging bass music with r&b samples", gotta recommend brenmar's at it again ep (out this week), in particular this a-ma-zing marques houston-sampling joint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD70jxSwCZ4
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 09:55 (thirteen years ago) link
hmm, i don't usually like brenmar's live stuff at least but i think this is the first production i've heard from him, don't hate it
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
my idea of hell is being stuck in a room listening to this
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
describe this room
― modrić in paradise (blueski), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Chiming in on this being my favourite thing in the dubstep/bass continuum so far. Early dubstep I found a bit slow and dull, didn't mind the nosebleed Caspa stuff but it got boring after not very long at all, then all the Zomby/post-step stuff came out and was pretty good but seemed a bit IDM-y and missed the point of "bass" music. This is great stuff - a nice mixture of colour, danceability, poppiness and menacingness. Love the way dance music is going at the moment.
― What are you doing here? (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
That Brenmar track is fun, I like it. All these dudes need to stop fannying around with samples and instrumentals and start working with some actual vocalists a bit more.
I like the Velour EP as well, Booty Slammer and Kick It Til It Breaks in particular.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
All these dudes need to stop fannying around with samples and instrumentals and start working with some actual vocalists a bit more.
Haha I said almost these exact words to Steve Braiden on the radio.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Like it feels like British dance music is approaching some kind of Wild Bunch style tipping point but not getting there due to a) lack of vocalists, b) lack of record labels to put the good stuff out (WHY are there no dedicated funky record labels?) and c) a residual hangover from dubstep that values bass over beats and hooks. It's getting there though.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
the vocalists closer to this scene that spring to mind - ahu, fatima - tend to veer towards off-kilter/abstract/skewed hip-hop stuff themselves rather than club bangers
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i have said to girl unit that what i really want to see, maybe in about a year's time, is for the "wut" ep to be scored for orchestra
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Scoring dance music for orchestra never really works, it either sounds like remedial classical music or loses something else in translation. Unless they're going to somehow orchestrate for an airhorn and pitched up vocals it would just ruin it.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i was listening to the night slugs comp today and my itunes jumped from Jacques Green to the Jonzun Crew, which was kind of mind blowing
― /\/K/\/\, Thursday, 9 December 2010 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Umm... On "Booty Slammer" by Velour, is the sample saying "Inside of Me" or "Sodomy"?
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFjwPTJIM6Y
It's definitely saying "inside of me". Isn't it...?
― Number None, Monday, 2 May 2011 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Just got the Egyptrixx album, pretty great upon first listen. Also, lots of excellent mixes are available on the night slugs web site.
― Moodles, Monday, 2 May 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
― Number None, Monday, 2 May 2011 16:17 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
I don't know... is it?
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i suppose you think the cover art is phallic symbolism too huh
― gainfully trˆᴥˆlled (blueski), Monday, 2 May 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Probably not that many songs mentioning sodomy they could have sampled it from
― Number None, Monday, 2 May 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
bury fc's 92-93 away shirt successfully reminding me of both night slugs and teh lex
http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/0dc2d03fe217f8c83829496872af24a0/i/m/image_3682_1.jpg
tags: too much time on ilx, kind of lol but mostly sad, funky house sceptics let me draw your attention to this
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
That's an MIA shirt, not a Night Slugs shirt. Maybe a Klaxons shirt as well.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://assets.gearlive.com/music/blogimages/MIA.jpg
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
!!!
even spells my name right
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
i see the NS thing, i'm fairly sure i've seen bok bok wearing a shirt with a similar pattern
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://cdn.worldcupblog.org/mexico.worldcupblog.org/files/2010/06/campos.jpg
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
enjoy wonky beats and the rinse fm breakfast show?
http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/0dc2d03fe217f8c83829496872af24a0/w/i/willem-96-homej.jpg
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/media/catalog/product/i/m/image_7444.gif
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
talking of dva i am totally in love with this release on his label - http://soundcloud.com/scratchadva/dva008-shy-one-the
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/0dc2d03fe217f8c83829496872af24a0/i/m/image_17343.jpg
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ The 1994 mediocre Premiership goalkeepers jersey is surely one of the most unnoticed fashion influences of our time.
Pretty sure there's an actual dubstep record sleeve with that exact pattern on it.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
on reflection matt might be right and mia might even have designed that shirt herself ...in 92 she'd have been what... 35?
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
fucking hell those shirts
― LocalGarda, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
thought this revive was gonna be about the claude von stroke 'wut' remix
― Let me help you with your URL problems (blueski), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
bahahaha
re mia
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.premiershirts.net/wearthat/wearthatshirts/hereford.jpg
the "uncle who is a pimp" look
― LocalGarda, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda puts a new complexion on the brostep debate.
― Tim F, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.oldfootballshirts.com/img/shirts/58/huddersfield-town-goalkeeper-football-shirt-1993-1994-s_2350_1.jpg
Belter.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/0dc2d03fe217f8c83829496872af24a0/i/m/image_42139.jpg
mate of mine's actually got this one - exquisite
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
"roman glass" is a pretty little pair of words imo
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
think if i ever did go night slugs again i'd have to wear this with a screwface
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
"not that kind of musician", they'd tell me
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, May 2, 2011 10:49 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Had this exact same discussion at age 12 with friends about Smashing Pumpkins' "Disarm".
― skip, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
think if i ever did go night slugs again
...again? :o
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
this is more like night slugs uniform
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/11847_344178410470_723080470_9809607_6752171_n.jpg
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link