These days I’m finding that electronic music is just getting louder and noisier, to the point where you just can’t find its groove. Well it’s seems that a very talented 17 year old from the UK is trying to redeem that lost house groove, that we all grew up with, under his alias Louis La Roché. There was a little confusion when Louis first demo’d his track ‘Love’ on the net, fellow bloggers were convinced that it was a new track from none other than Thomas Bangalter, which, to me, could only be the biggest compliment you could receive towards your own music.
La Roché has just released his debut EP, Peach, online for all to enjoy for free from his myspace, www.myspace.com/louislaroche. It contains five amazing cuts of the purest house music, drawing inspiration from the old Motown sound through to the disco beats of (early) Michael Jackson and Daft Punk.
Louis also goes under the other alias of Night Facilities, where he is producing more of his own music, slightly different from that of his other project but with the same intention of retaining that groove. You can also download a collection of his amazing remixes, again for free, from his ’space’.
Keep an ear out for this up and coming talent, because i’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot more from him in the near future…
The Glimmer Twins have been spinning tunes since 1987 and have always shown huge diversity in there sets with a mix of disco, house, electro, classics and hip hop.
Their remixes are also extremely diverse, remixing for such players as Bloc Party, The Killers, New Order, Roxy Music, Isolee, Phoenix, Munk, Snow Patrol, Calvin Harris, Shirley Bassey, Junkie XL and the Chemical Brothers.
This wide array of influences is present on their new LP ‘Gee Gee Fazzi’, which contains collaborations with Princess Superstar, Freeform Five, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, Optimo Espacio, Kenneth Bager, Ray Mang, Foxylane, Baby G, CJ Bolland and many more. It’s a funky ride through disco roots and techno dreams, and what makes this an even better listen is that each track flows into the next, seemlessly.
Be sure to check out their interpretation of Olivia Newton John’s classic ‘Let’s Get Physical’.
Well, it’s been a while since my last post. Probably just a combination of holiday laziness, being hungover, work or just haven’t come across anything new and post-worthy. I still haven’t. So I’m going to spread the love of the back catalogue. This time it’s a band that I have definitely seen too many times (6 coming on 7 by the 14th of December) but still will never get sick of them. The Presets, Julian Hamilton and Kimberly Moyes, always kill live. Here’s a few old B-sides and rarities.
Managed to get my grubby little paws on the Soulwax remixes compilation, aptly titled (I guess): “Most Of The Remixes We’ve Made Over The Years Except For One By Einsturzende Neubaten Because We Lost It And A Few We Didn’t Think Sounded Good Enough Or Just Didn’t Fit In. But Including Some That Are Hard To Find Because Either People Forgot About Them Or Just Simply Because They Haven’t Been Released Yet. A Few We Really Love. One We Think Is Just OK. Some We Did For Free. Some We Did For Money. Some Just For Ourselves Without Permission And Some For Friends As Swaps But Never On Time And Always At Our Studio In Ghent.” Their remixes always kill and I never thought Id ever hear myself say I could enjoy anything with an association with Robbie Williams. Most of the tracks you’ll probably already have, so I’ll chuck up some of the better ones you wont.
