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Above the Clouds

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on August 15, 2008

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Close your eyes and shut off everything that engulfs your mind and surrounds your inner-body. Make sure you are laying down on something comfortable, something that makes you feel “in the zone”. Take a deep breath followed by some more if you feel like you need it… Oh wait, stop stop stop… I forgot to tell you the most important thing - you can probably tell I’m pretty crappy when it comes to this relaxation stuff, best left for the experts ey? What you should do first is cue up some tracks by my current (well, they have been under my radar for a while) favourite downtempo/dreamy disco Belgium wonders Aeroplane and hit the play button and the rest will come naturally.

With their dreamy melodies, divine bass lines and scrumptious disco beats, you would think you were living it up large in heaven already; or somewhere above the clouds (either one is good). I really don’t know why these guys were not given the Waves at Night treatment earlier but alas, other blogs have got that all under wraps. This post is long overdue. Their music is magic. Period.

Aeroplane is made up of Stephen Fansano and Vito de Luca, whom I was lucky to get into contact with for a little interview:

WAV: Firstly lets begin with a quick introduction; please the tell the readers a bit about your background? Also, what musical talents do you guys have?
VITO: Stephen started to dj at the age of 15 or so , I started learning music at the age of 8 or 9. I play guitars and keyboards. That’s all we have

WAV: How and when did Aeroplane form?
VITO: I owned a record shop something like 6 years ago. Stephen use to come and buy records. He wanted to produce music and at that time, I started buying some gear and producing. We talked and felt like we could do something together. We went trough different projects and Aeroplane is the one.

WAV: Does the name ‘Aeroplane’ have a hidden meaning behind it? Any significance?
VITO: Not really, it was the name of a track, and we thought that it was good sounding for a band name, and it was also fitting with the music we do. No legend behind it…

WAV: What artists have made a special impact on the way you view music?
VITO: We are really impressed by pop artists who can make good pop music in an original way. We are also big fans of the psychedelic years, from the 60’s and the 70’s. Also really influenced by the 80’s italo disco synths and drum machines, all this mixed together…
To name a few and without being really original let’s say Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Lucio Battisti, Moroder, Vangelis, Elton John, The Beach Boys…

WAV: Favourite all time album and artist?
VITO: I will say Pet Sounds, from The Beach Boys, that’s the only one that I’m sure Stephen will agree with me

WAV: Lindstrom and Prins Thomas are two producers I really admire that create the space/italo disco sound. Obviously those two and of course others are a huge inspiration, as illustrated in your music. Do you see yourself working with either Lindstrom or Prins Thomas on a project in the future? (not including the the remix of the Lindstrom & Solale track)
VITO: We have a lot of respect for them, they helped us a lot by playing our first 12″ in their DJ Sets… Working with them ? Why not ? Even if our sound is now different… Less disco…

WAV: There seems to be a great hype emerging for the space disco/italo disco sound. Has this genre of music always been your first love?
VITO: Not really, it’s a part of what we like, we will now explore other things, but to make people dance, for our dj sets, disco is the word…

WAV: Could you please go into detail about the song writing process and what techniques are used in the studio.
VITO: I’m afraid that there’s nothing relevant to say… We just have an idea, can be a beat, or something else. And then we start working on chords and melodies, the most important part for us. Technique is not the big part of our work, we produce with what we have, even if now we are really deep into analog!! And we hope that are sound will be more “True”…

WAV: Do you and Stephen play different roles when it comes to production or do you both work together on every aspect of a track?
VITO: We have our particularities; Stephen is about structure, programming sounds, and the final mix, effects and all that stuff. I’m more about arrangements, chords progression and playing instruments.

WAV: You both have done a wide range of remixes for artists like Das Pop, Coyote, Lullabies in the Dark (Vito’s side-project), Cobra Dukes, etc. etc. Tell me the thought process involved when making a remix. Do you have a clear direction from the start?
VITO: When there’s a vocal we only keep it first, and we rebuild the whole arrangement. Then we see if we can use some sounds from the original, if not, we only keep the vocal. But the idea comes quick, if not, we don’t do the remix.

WAV: The Cut Copy “Hearts on Fire” remix is magical. Were you surprised when you were approached to do a remix for them?
VITO: Yes ! It was very cool ! And we had a lot of fun doing it !

WAV: Will the remix of MGMT’s “Electric Feel” get a proper release?
VITO: No it will not be released, and to tell the truth, I don’t know where all these people found it… That’s the blogs problem

WAV: You both are residential DJ’s at Ghent club “Make Up”. Have you always had a passion for DJing? How did it all come about?
VITO: Stephen is THE deejay. I came seriously to deejaying when we start to produce and people asked us to deejay. I’ve done it before but for fun. Stephen really knows how to make anybody dance.

WAV: A debut album is expected to be released on Eskimo at the end of 2008. Very exciting news indeed! What can we expect to hear on it?
VITO: It will be for 2009, we are hard working on it. You can expect something different from our 12″… but not really different, it’s still Aeroplane, but … I don’t know how to explain that That’s the music we really want to do.

WAV: Not many people would know about your other alias - Javelo and also The Spankers. Can you give a quick run-down of what these two other musical projects are about?
VITO: Oh my god… The Spanker’s is our very first project, we did two remixes and that’s it, no original track were released even if we played a bit live. It was rock’n'roll.
Javelo is when we start working seriously, but we were not experienced enough, and the sound is not as big as it should… But you can hear the beginning of Aeroplane coming behind the early Javelo tracks.

WAV: It’s only one week away till the tour begins and also until you two start performing for us in Australia. How are you feeling about the tour?
VITO: I will not be in Australia, Stephen is in the plane as I’m answering this interview, but I know he is very happy to do this ! If you see him in a club in Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney, just ask him !

WAV: Any closing words you would like to tell the readers?
VITO: Keep flying high !

MP3: Aeroplane - Aeroplane Dub

MP3: Aeroplane - Pacific Air Race (Dubclub Mix)

MP3: Allez Allez - Allez Allez (Aeroplane Remix)

MP3: Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Aeroplane POP Mix)

MP3: MGMT - Electric Feel (Aeroplane Remix)

The tour dates for where Stephen will be cruising and playing in Australia are as follows:

Aug 15: Future Classic Label Night, Bar Soma, Brisbane
Aug 16: Future Classic Label Night, Sydney
Aug 22: Aeroplane, La Di Da, Melbourne
Aug 23: Aeroplane, Sugar, Adelaide

Their songs and remixes are not the only amazing things they produce. For a while now there have been many top-notch mixtapes flying around, quite recently a summer promo mixtape and also a RA mixtape. My hat goes off to twentyfourhours, a brilliant blog that has posted many Aeroplane mixtapes in the past so please check that blog out.

Lastly, buy their records/releases/etc. (here for vinyl); that’s my final request.

Into the Cosmica…

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on August 12, 2008

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I’ve never really been able to go past a Joakim edit or remix before, he always seems to keep producing these epic pieces of music that captivate you over and over again, from his creeping rendition of Cut Copy’s ‘Hearts On Fire’ to the italo disco remix of ‘A Mountain for President’.
Here are two more masterpieces; the first Joakim edit you might recognise from such mixtapes as Hoodrat’s Finger Prince part 2, it makes a sneaky appearance at the beginning. The second remix, for Max Berlin, is an incredibly chilled out little synth journey with beautiful subtle vocals to match.

MP3: Tony Cook - On The Floor (Joakim Edit)

MP3: Max Berlin - Elle & Moi (Joakim Remix)

While keeping with the chilled out, laid back, disco vibe i thought i throw a couple more tracks at you. First one is from legends of the genre, Linstrom & Prins Thomas, with something very mild and trippy. The second and final track is from Tracey Thorn who has one of the most amazing voices of recent times. She’s had the remix treatment from non other than Hot Chip & Beyond the Wizards Sleeve and now she’s been sex’d up by 16 piece disco band Escort from Brooklyn, NY.

MP3: Nemesi - Cosmica (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix)

MP3: Tracy Thorn - It’s All True (Escort Remix)

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on August 8, 2008

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Cut Copy - Live at Studio B: Out There on the Ice

Firstly, HUGE PROPS must go to Pitchfork.tv. Top top toooop notch!

Cut Copy’s May set at Brooklyn’s Studio B had one of the most amped-up crowds of any we’ve shot. The club was denied a cabaret license a month later and shut down, meaning– Footloose-style– all this dancing was illegal.

(The rest of the tracks are available aswell; go onto here [just click the forward/backward buttons on the player to go from track-to-track ;)] )

BAG RAIDERS INTERVIEW!!

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on July 22, 2008

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The Waves at Night crew thought we would catch up with the crazy kids over at the Bag Raiders camp to talk about their upcoming EP release, current remixes and ceral variety packs. Here’s what Jack Sabbath (Brainzar from the B. Raiders) had to say…

WAV: Firstly, how did you both meet?
BRAINZAR: We went to the same school. I was a year above Chris but we used to hang out and smoke cigarettes during breaks in orchestra practice.

WAV: What was your inspiration to start producing your own music?
BRAINZAR: We both got into computers and computer music while we were still at school. When we started out we used to listen to lots of Autechre, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin… Warp records stuff basically. So i guess we started trying to emulate bands like that. It wasn’t until later on that we really got into dance music.

WAV: Which artists are you influenced by today?
BRAINZAR: Fred Falke, Soulwax, ELO, Pilot, Picasso, Nate Danja Hands, Cool & Dre, Jeezy, Weezy, MIyazaki, you know… Little Richard, TLC, Keisha Cole, Nat King Cole, Old King Cole, Coleplay etc etc

WAV: Do you each have individual roles when your working on a new track or remix?
BRAINZAR: I do all the production work and Chris mainly cleans the studio and brings me coffees while i work. haha. No seriously… we both work pretty hands on on everything. It’s not like we have roles like Chris plays all the keyboards or Chris do the drums of whatever. We’re just like everybody do everything. Feel the love

WAV: How did you guys come about collaborating with the Fools Gold label?
BRAINZAR: By the mighty power of the internet. A-Trak hit us up a year or so ago before he came out and we went down to his show and met him and then we just kept in contact on the email etc.

WAV: I’ve noticed from listening to your mixtapes and hearing about your recent guest vocalist for the new EP that you include a lot of hip hop tracks. Is Hip Hop a genre that you’ve always been interested in?
BRAINZAR: Yeah in one way or another. We’ve always been listeners that’s for sure. Recently we’ve also been dabblers. It’s always good to be doing different stuff so things are always fresh. Like a variety pack of cereal. Hip hop = Nutra Grain, Dance music = Coco Pops, Free Jazz = Fruit Loops, Rock Music = Sultana Bran… We’ll definitely keep on doing hip hop stuff when we can.

WAV: Did you ever expect Fun Punch to be as big as it is?
BRAINZAR: Nope. It’s been pretty sweet. The internet and radio has been kind to us…

WAV: The video for Fun Punch is terrific, was that an idea that you guys always have been working on for a while and will the story continue with your next single?
BRAINZAR: Not really and no i don’t think so. The clip was kind of one of those chance things that worked out good for everyone. It was masterminded by our good friend Beaufort. We didn’t have a huge deal to do with it’s making except for the extensive acting classes and hours and hours of shooting we did til we got that shit just right.

WAV: Apart from your own tracks being spun like crazy in clubs around the world your remixes for such artists as K.I.M, Kid Sister, Muscles and The Valentinos have also proven very popular amongst dj’s and punters. Are you working on any new remixes at the moment?
BRAINZAR: We just did some remixes for ZZZ and Cut Copy. There’s a teenagersintokyo remix waiting in the wings too.

WAV: What can the kids expect from your upcoming second EP release?
BRAINZAR: Some of it’s quite different. There’s a guest vocalist on one track and some talkbox mumbling on another. I think as a whole there’s some gear for the club as well as some gear for the loungeroom. We’re pretty happy with it so hopefully people dig it.

WAV: I’m pretty excited to witness the new ‘Live’ Bag Raiders experience for the Parklife shows, what tricks have you got up your sleeves for us?
BRAINZAR: Hmmm… that’s something we’re working on right now. We’re still waiting to get our pyrotechnics license. But hopefully the finale is going to involve us setting fire to our keyboards and playing the Fun Punch lead with our wangs.

WAV: What was the most bizzare thing that has happened at one of your gigs?
BRAINZAR: One time they made us stop in the middle of the set and pulled a name out of a barrel and someone won a used car. That was pretty weird.

WAV: And finally, do you raid many bags these days??
BRAINZAR: Not as many as we used to. These days it’s mostly grocery bags.

MP3: Harris Robotis - Beat on the Street (The Bag Raiders Row Harder Re-Boot)

This just in…

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on July 11, 2008

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“Not content with smashing festival stages to smithereens, the Midnight Juggernuats have lined up a brand new EP for release, with an imposing list of musical artists putting the remix touch to their now cult classic ‘Into The Galaxy’. The EP will be available in Australia through iTunes in August, and it features remixes from the aforementioned Grandmaster Flash, Metronomy, Danger, Architecture in Helsinki, Chateau Mar”

Details by ’soandso’ on ITM forums

MP3: Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia (Cut Copy Remix)

And as well as remixing the Juggers, Metronomy have also just released thier second album ‘Nights Out’ with 3 singles released already and a fourth soon to follow this could be a very big year for the group.

MP3: Metronomy - My Heart Rate Rapid (Primary 1’s Love Letter to Metronomy)

WE ALL NEED LOVE

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on June 15, 2008

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Yeah, said its all right
I wont forget
All the times Ive waited patiently for you
And you’ll do just what you choose to do
And I will be alone again tonight my dear

Yeah, I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
You know that I could be in love with almost everyone
I think that people are
The greatest fun
And I will be alone again tonight my dear

Love - ‘Alone Again’

MP3: Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Knightlife Remix) [mediafire]

MP3: Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Damage’s ‘Broken Heart Siren’ Remix) [mediafire]

MP3: The Toxic Avenger - Bad Girls Need Love Too (Les Petits Pilous Remix)

In news, M.I.A. has retired…

COLD COLD WEEKEND

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on May 17, 2008

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I…love…this album. Nowhere is one of THE best shoegaze albums of the 90’s. After Loveless obviously. I would like the re-spread the love of these British gentlemen, because it seems like people are just getting onto My Bloody Valentine and not some of the other, great stuff out there. Well, here is my favourite track of Ride’s debut album.

MP3: Ride - Nowhere

First of all, how good were Cut Copy back in the day of the I Thought Of Numbers EP. Not that I still dont love them, but back then it was such a different sound. Full of samples and quirkly, jumpy little synth stabs. Now, Ive actually got a track that I wanted someone to help me with. Its an old one called Stars from like 2003, and I cant find what its from. Couldnt even find it on Discogs. Was it ever on an official Cut Copy release?

MP3: Cut Copy - Stars

Most of you would have heard this original which is an absolute classic, but Tronik Youth have had a stab at messing with it, which as wrong as it should be, is actually quite good. Pulls it apart and sews it back completely wrong, like if you were actually friends with Frankenstein.

MP3: Joy Division - She’s Lost Control (Tronik Youth Shred It Edit)

Next up is a band out of Toronto, The Cansecos who happen to be SXSW this year (like every single outher band on the planet it seems) and produce some fun, danceable indie pop. Honestly, Raised By Wolves (not a cover) isnt really anything explosively new, but it does bubble along quite nicely and good if your after some some rather unchallenging sounds.

MP3: The Cansecos - Raised By Wolves

What else have we got? The Emergency from here in freezing old Melbourne have been doing the rounds for a while now and Im surprised they haven’t really exploded. Perhaps not up-tempo enough for most, which I can understand. Even their live show isnt all that energetic, but the music is great. Go see them, buy their stuff etc.

MP3: The Emergency - Vanishing Prize

The Finger Prince Interview

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on May 14, 2008

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We managed to catch Gus da Hoodrat, one sixth of the Bang Gang Deejays, just before he boarded a flight with Jamie Doom to Europe for their epic 100% Mega Dance Tour for Modular. Gus has been part of the Bang Gang dj posse ever since their weekly nights at the infamous Club 77 in Sydney and has since taken the party around the country for monthly raves at Third Class in Melbourne and more recently around the globe, from Miami to Fabric in London.
Gus tells us about his new Finger Prince mix, the new releases coming out on their Bang Gang 12’s label and his personal hair styling tips…

Waves: What were the first records in your collection when you started djing?
Gus: I distinctly remember buying my first “modern dance” record at central station when I was young and it was Pete Heller’s french filter interpretation mega hit ‘BIG LOVE’ , and it has this dope Keith Haring image on the front of a big love heart (funnily enough)…. after that it was Stardust and then it was Rappers Delight (I think this was bought because i thought that if all else failed this would always work - I saw an 80 year old jammin’ to this at a wedding when I was a kid and instantly knew it was an all time classic boomer….for all ages.)
Also I had inherited my grandmothers collection of dope Ravi Shankar and Trinadad steel drum band records and my dad’s Beach Boys and American Graffiti soundtracks….they kept me in check.

Waves: What were the last three records that you purchased?
Gus: Im gonna give you 4, cos one is an album, and that doesn’t count, that is more me in my car kinda thing, or maybe with a girl or something, or just watching tv, and not actually watching the tv, just listening to the record…you know??

Metronomy - Heart Rate Rapid (peep the primary 1 remix - whackattack!!)
Telespazio - Galileo (totally adventurous electronic disco boogie vibe going on here…all the way from the outside to the last groove)
The Mole - Baby You’re The One (this is a straight up techno record with a crazy disco vibe going on, reminds me of some Roulé records, its on Wagon Repair - these guys are probably French Canadians so they can get away with it.)
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (this album is amazing, like doing backflips in space while flying a kite)

Waves: Have your musical tastes broaden over the years?
Gus: Maybe…I do enjoy pop music more than I ever have in the past…I think some of it is amazing…I suddenly realised that all the old music I love was once “pop” music, and therefore I should be more accepting of those boy bands out there making my shopping at Woolworths a more pleasurable experience.

Waves: Any particular tracks that you just can’t help playing at each gig? What records never leave your bag?
Gus: Here some of my all time favs; Beatles - Day Tripper, Bob Sinclar - Ultimate funk, Plastik Man - Spastik, Tiga - Burning Down, Bag Raiders - Fun Punch, etc etc etc … man way too many to go through…

Waves: Who are the artists these days that are capturing your ears with a new or individual sound?
Gus: I love all the artists working on our label - Bag Raiders, Like Woah, ZZZ, Whitenoise, Spruce & Kato and all the other amazing locals - Cutters, Juggers, Presets, Van She, Bumblebeez, Soft Tigers, etc etc etc…you know the score.
Internationally I am touched by people like Breakbot (cos he makes smoochy dance music), Hercules and Love Affair (smoochy gay dance music), Siriusmo (gay dance glitch music), and then of course Mr. Oizo - the man behind the man that keeps on reinventing himself…. always a huge inspiration for me.

Waves: Who are the dj’s that you look to for inspiration or enjoy watching play?
Gus: Boys Noize, Jaime Doom, Andee Frost, U-Go-B, and DJ Craze….many others though.

Waves: What has the future got install for the Bang Gang Posse? Any future releases or raves? World Domination?
Gus: The future holds many possibilities, as a posse we are going to fight the warriors down at coney island for our small place in history…. of course we will kiss and make up after as they are a bunch of cool dudes who got pinned for something they didn’t do…that is when we will have a rave - monthly in melburn - at 3rd class…our favourite dance den.
No releases planned as we have discovered that we are djs - not producers.

Waves: How does the rest of the world embrace the Bang Gang deejays?
Do you get similar crowd responses when you dj overseas?
Gus: It is different everywhere you play - sometimes they hate you, sometimes they love you but the most important thing is that you always have fun in your own little cosmic world. I think people have started to except us, ill let you know when i get home in a few weeks…

Waves: Have the roles within the group changed from when you first started out?
Gus: Oh they haven’t really ever changed, I think we are all just alot more busy now and it just means we do things differently.

Waves: Any new releases coming up from the Bang Gang 12 inches label?
Have you got your eye on any up and coming local talent?
Gus: We have some stuff coming from ZZZ, New Bag Raiders, New Like Woah, Death Set remix release, Toecutter, and many many more…all we have to do is get organised and they may come out before the end of the year (fingers crossed).

Waves: What was the inspiration behind ‘Disko Robot Cocks’?
Gus: It was me learning how to use pro tools with Christopher Brave, him and Brainzar taught me everything I know about that program, unfortunately I have now forgotten everything, that song was our original form of experimentation.

Waves: Favourite food to eat before a gig?
Gus: Oysters..

Waves: What can the kids expect from your Prince Fingers Part 2 mix?
Gus: More disco, less techno, and another hour of their life they may want back after they listen.

Waves: If you weren’t djing, what other occupation would we find you working?
Gus: Oooooooh.. Definitely a custodian of the arts.

Waves: And finally, Patch wants to know the secrets of maintaining a maine like yours?
Gus: Never Shampoo. Always Kondition.

You can listen/download Gus da Hoodrat’s lastest Finger Prince mix installment over at www.banggangpodcast.com and for those of you in the UK and Europe be sure to get down to one of the 100% Mega Dance Raves near you.

And for those of you who need your music fix, here’s the Juggers remixing the Cutters for the upcoming release of Hearts on Fire.

MP3: Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)

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Cut Copy - Lights and Music (Rove Live 13-04-2008)

Shout outs: Banjo, Morgan, Pickles, Andee, Generik and of course Cutters!

Oh, milestone!… 100 posts. Let’s keep riding those waves…

In Ghost Colours update

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on March 16, 2008

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Pre-order ‘In Ghost Colours’ here. Out on Modular 22/03/2008.

Huge news today folks. You loyal+patient Cut Copy fans out there get to have a huge bite of the album via the band’s myspace (my ears have never been touched in this way in a mighty long time); with their album actually being released March 22 in Australia. FINALLY!!!! So get on their myspizz and enjoy the pre-release listening session of a life time!

MP3: Cut Copy - Out There on the Ice (myspace rip)