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It's a Cosmic Disco Mix Tape

2009-03-03T14:24:00.002Z

Yes it's a shameless self plug.

Here's my latest Mix CD!

We've been terrible at writing of late. Mr Faley has been away on a very long tour, and I'm not too sure where the others are. I have been stuck in a small dark room for nearly a year.

Firas - It's A Cosmic Disco Mix Tape

www.myspace.com/musicbyfiras

Download : http://www.zshare.net/download/55727902a2e39532/

Tracklisting :The Golden Filter - Solid Gold (Clouded Vision Remix)
Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses (Mickey Moonlight Remix)
The BPA - Seattle (Crazy P Remix)
Solo - Congoloid
Frank Music - Better Off With Fan Death
Den Haan - Night Shift
White Lies - Farewell To The Fairground (Rory Philips Remix)
Miike Snow - Animal (Treasure Fingers Remix)
La Roux - In For The Kill (Doesn't Sound Like Skreams Remix)
Kano - It's War (Serge Santiago Remix)
Zombie Disco Squad - Eurovision
Popof – Serenity (Noob Remix) ..

Sound of 2009

2008-12-05T12:51:00.000Z

We've gotta say, that when it comes to cherry picking the rising talents, the BBC have it pretty sewn up. Each and every year they release a list of acts for the following year.

Last year they came up trumps predicting the rise of the likes of Duffy, Adele, MGMT, Ting Tings and FOALS.

This year there's a whole new batch. 3 of which, I'm very pleased to say, have graced the stage at the Filthy Few Live! event which happens for free each month in East London.

So I'm going to be biased and start with the three who have graced our stage.

First. Florence & The Machine.

I've been plugging her on the podcast for a good while now. She played live for us back in May 2007...I was in a bit of panic because she hadn't soundchecked. About an hour and a bit before her scheduled stage time she turned up but minus her guitarist. Cue more panic...but, being the consumate professional, she said she'd do it acapella. And here she is. Live at Filthy Few.

Next up FrankMusik.

I've been a fan of his for a while after DJ-ing with him at the Proud Galleries. He was playing live and I hung around to watch him. His album's produced by Stuart Price of Madonna fame, but fondly known as the man who gave us one of the best Fabric Live CD's in the form of Jacques Lu Cont. We had him on our live stage on Halloween this year and he rocked it. The man's an awesome beat boxer too.

and here's the beat boxing....

Finally Master Shortie.
Seen as a bit of a cross between Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris. Still very young in the game. He's been working alot with Filthy Dukes on their live act. Unashamed pop music.

This post could go on forever so I won't keep you, instead I'll give you the names of the rest and you can google and youtube them for yourselves. My favourite final 3 suggestions are as follows.

Empire of the Sun - I blogged them right here on this blog the other week...scroll down and you'll find the video for their debut singer. If you like this then check out PNAU. I DJ-ed with them at Cargo for the London Airwaves Festival and have been hooked ever since. One of PNAU is in Empire of the Sun.

Little Boots - Another act I've blogged about and had on the Filthy Few podcast. Amazing

Passion Pit - Guess what?!?! Yes, I've put them on the podcast AND the blog. Think there's a pattern emerging here. Download the podcast and read the blog ;)

And the others in no particular order are :

The Big Pink

La Roux

Kid Cudi

Dan Black

The Temper Trap

VV Brown

Lady GaGa

White Lies

& Mumford & Sons

Masters of the Universe

2008-10-20T21:03:00.002+01:00

Not much to say about these guys other than listen.

Masters of the Universe - Le Grande Monarche

Filthy Few

2008-10-06T10:23:00.001+01:00

Filthy Few's very own production. Filthy Few Presents Act One....

http://www.yousendit.com/download/bVlDRm85NmNQb0lLSkE9PQ

www.myspace.com/filthyfewuk Produced by Firas, DJ Risco & Christian Nockall.

Quick plug!!

2008-10-03T16:16:00.002+01:00

Filthy Few is pleased to announce two new singles...the first from Portasound

http://www.myspace.com/portasoundband

The second, from us... www.myspace.com/filthyfewuk

Please find links to download :

Portasound single - released on Filthy Few records. x500 limited release vinyl. Available from http://www.puregroove.co.uk/

http://www.puregroove.co.uk/itemview.aspx?item=472 - To buy

You can use PORTASOUND - PLANK SHANTY on your blog if you like http://rcpt.yousendit.com/611888673/6333c7a0c6db09d4449d3650ddd7ea77

Rob Da Bank played it on BBC RADIO 1 last week!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank/tracklistingarchive.shtml?080922

Arg eller God?

2008-07-27T13:51:00.004+01:00

Listen to these tracks with those melodies:

Bandit Revolver - Arg Eller God?

Häxor & Porr - Dramabananen

They are part of the compilation "Yesterdjur, Yestermir, Yesterday" that was released in a small edition in sweden 2005 by Djur And MIR. Now all them tracks are available for everybody here:

KLICKTRACK: DJUR AND MIR

So if the Bandit Revolver or Häxor & Porr tracks sounded good to your ears, then this is an jackpot for you!

Tune of the summer...

2008-07-21T10:36:00.002+01:00

Loving this...it's not by new or up-and-coming talent of nuffin'. It's basically just FUCKING GOOD.

Blood on the dancefloor

2008-07-17T12:35:00.002+01:00

Fake Blood's been kicking around for a little while now.

At first there was a whole load of commotion (not to be confused with Kylie's Locomotion) about who this guy was. Loads of people thought it was an already famous-ish producer who was simply having a laugh putting out toooons under another pseudo-name.

Turns out it's a guy called Sang Foley from North London.

His new tune Mars is pretty f*cking special. It's got a sound that can only be described as BIG!

Coming out on Herve's Cheap Thrills label....show him some support.

Fake Blood - Mars

Ok...so I got greedy...

2008-07-16T22:06:00.002+01:00

Ok...

I did say I'd write two posts but then I found myself remembering comedy YouTube videos.

You know you love sitting around with some drinks and friends and having a YouTube off don't you.

This video made me laugh....only watched it again recently. The song is awesome and one friday I had an urge to watch it and realised how much Mr Mark Ronson had changed.

Someone definitely had a bit of styling before 'Versions', Amy Winehouse and all the riches and glory he now has.

Check out the hair cut!!

Glastonbury memories

2008-07-16T21:58:00.002+01:00

I really should have written a review of Glastonbury because personally I thought it was pretty amazing.

I've done a verbal review of it on my podcast which you can get by going HERE

One of the best parts was Trash City and Shangri-La.

Imagine the most random place on the planet and then times it by 1000.

One of the best memories was watching some kind of drag queen (though looking more like a feline than anything) dancing around to Kate Bush Wuthering Heights.

I'd forgotten how good this song was and it led me onto YouTube to watch the video a couple of times until my craving for it had subsided. It also led me onto this...by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain....a very dandy cover. Enjoy!

More blogs to come I promise.

I am leaving now for America. I am going to set the others free from the wrath of the Cruise-meister.

Barringtone Guest Mix

2008-07-16T21:47:00.003+01:00

So where have we been?

The others have recently converted to Scientology and are living in Tom Cruise's basement. Tom's allegedly making them produce electronic music for his latest film using just a triangle, a kazoo and a saw.

I've been living deep within a whale after being swallowed up following a fishing trip with the Uku Uku men of Malaysia. It was an interesting experience.

Now I'm out I promise to post more and bring you some top tunage.

So I'll do two posts today before I wing away for the weekend.

First up...

A lovely man called Barry used to be in an act called CLOR.

Now he's ascended to the dizzy heights of a Lordship....re-siding, legend has it at the core of British society...in the House of Lords.

Barringtone's guest mix can be downloaded HERE

Tracklisting is below :

Borke Woerter - Foe Tim Out

Late of the Pier - The Bears Are Coming (Metronomy Mix)

Siriusmo - All The Girls (Tomboy Mix)

Chaz Jankel - Get Myself Together (Hercules HercHouse Mix)

DJ Edjotronic & Spoek - Strongbow

Discodeine - Ring Modulation

Matthew Dear - Don and Sherri

Barringtone - Craftwork

The Emperor Machine - Repitition

Architecture In Helsinki - Hold Music (Max Tundra Remix)

Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah (D. Ramirez Mix)

Mike Monday - What Day Is It

Max Tundra - Mbgate

Bolt Action Five - Ca The Freedom (Barringtone Remix)

Armand Van Helden v The Klaxons - This Aint The Klaxons (Ursula 1000 Edit)

Si Begg - Non Stop Cut and Paste (Pirate Soundsystem Mix)

Late of the Pier - Space & The Woods (Barringtone Remix)

The Lazy Ones - Oh My God I Married A Horse

Mirror Mirror - New Horizons

Shameless plugs and mighty thugs

2008-05-27T16:51:00.006+01:00

So...it's been a good while...and we my friends are becoming SLACK so I'm hoping to kick start a new wave of written epics for your enjoyment.

A band I've been liking recently...is Bumblebeez. Now although this isn't my favourite song...it is my favourite video.

I'm also semi-in-love with the girl from the band. Hot HOT red head. Amazing.

I am getting very excited about the new Filthy Dukes album.

They've got Plastic Little, Sam Eastgate (Late of the Pier) and more all featuring.

I've heard a pre-mastered...pre-finished copy and I'm very excited.

This is them DJ-ing at DQ in Sheffield.

And finally - I produce a podcast featuring music you may not have heard before...The tracklisting is below....if you like the look of it or are curious about the meaning of life...then I think you should download it.

www.myspace.com/filthyfewuk

It's a shameless plug admittedly but

FILTHY FEW PODCAST 21

STEREOHEROS - BOOM SLANG

ESSER - I LOVE YOU

THE HURRICAINES - LEAVES

LION CLUB - GLADIATOR

LE SHARK - WHY DON'T WE SIT ON YOUR BED

CASSIE & THE CASSETTES - I DON'T LIKE YOU

SIXTRAK - ROCK WITH THE MONSTER

PURPLE CRUSH - VACATION (LOUD PIPES)

ANOTHER Mix :)

2008-04-29T14:29:00.004+01:00

Welcoming new DJ outfit

MEET ME IN THE CAR PARK

JOIN THEIR GROUP!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=26588028472

AND CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THEIR MIX TAPE...

http://www.zshare.net/audio/11260033166e460a/

* Meet Me In The Car Park Intro
* Serge Gainsbourg & Bridget Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde
* Roxy Music - Angel Eyes
* Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
* Dolly Parton - Jolene
* Cyndi Lauper - Good Enough (Firas LOVES The Goonies Remix)
* Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack
* Kriss Kross - Jump (Remix)
* Human League - Don't You Want Me
* Blur - Girls 'n' Boys
* Blondie - Call Me
* T Rex - 20th Century Boy
* Ram Jam - Black Betty

HITS 4 MILFS ACTION MIX

2008-04-24T22:39:00.004+01:00

Hi, this is here me Kim doing the first post in this blog publication. Our last night with the LOTP-people in london we ended up in our car listening to, among many things, this mix i made before we went to the UK in february. Enjoy it with your ears.

KIMMIZ - HITS 4 MILFS ACTION MIX

Oh, the tracklist...
Anton Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Godzilla Main Title
Lucio Aquilina - Magic M
Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
Phonique - Bang
Catz n Dogz - Fixation
Oliver Koletzki & Kiki - Don´t Forget To Go Home
Ricardo Villalobos - Baila Sin Petit
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Siobhan Donaghy - Don´t Give Up (Carl Craig Vox Mix)
Der Dritte Raum - Trommelmaschine
Ennio Morricone - We´ll Be Back Isn´t It Fate
Andre Crom - Bodenturnen Dub
Donk Boys - Zonky
Minor Threat - In My Eyes
Italoboyz - Zinga
Dr Alban - No Coke
Workidz - Washmaschine
Worthy - I´rste (Claudes R U Thirtsy Mix)
Modeselektor - 50 Weapons
Red Robin & Jacob Hilden -Lazy Jack
Anton Maiden - Run To The Hills
Blümchen - Blaue Augen
Marlene Dietrich - Kinder, Heut Abend, da such ich mir was aus
Din Stalker - The Raj (Beta)
Andreas Dorau - Girls In Love
Daniel Steinberg - I Like To Be
Audion - The Pong
Roy Orbison - Lana
Petre Inspirescu - Sakadat
Hefner - When The Angels Play Their Drummachines

2008-04-09T20:34:00.002+01:00

www.alluc.org

a wonderful site for the bored.
loads of links to films/series/anime/documentaries

Out Hud - It's For You (Rub N Tug's Panarava Mix)

...incredible song

The Real Dirt On Farmer John

2008-04-08T15:58:00.001+01:00

probably the best thing I've watched this year..and now its all up on youtube.

highly highly recommended

Killing Joke

2008-04-08T15:34:00.003+01:00

Ever thought about spirals?

Killing Joke - Love Like Blood

French Windows

2008-04-07T23:09:00.001+01:00

amazing.

What have you got to GAIN?

2008-03-21T19:59:00.000Z

This speaks for itself....

Late of the Pier's Homecoming gig!

2008-03-16T16:19:00.010Z

more band photography, tell me what you think!

This is all at the Polish Eagle Club in Nottingham, a relatively unassuming venue but it gave a nicer feel to what was probably the best gig of the past few months, with three absolutely amazing bands to match.

The main support were Kap Bambino and their lead singer, Khima France was an absolute joy to shoot. She had much energy and emotion, and kept coming into the crowd to get the semi-polish crowd to move a bit more.

CLICK TO VIEW DIFFERENT SIZES ETC,

Faley DJd for most of the night, i had a slot just after la la lepus while he went to get drinks, but i ran out of songs. Later on while Faley was preoccupied one half of La La Lepus took up the decks and didnt dissapoint.

Late of the Pier were truly on form. If you know how much lead singer Sam strains his vocals in songs such as Focker and Bathroom Gurgle you can appreciate how spot on this performance was. Its also possibly the first time theyve had an entire run through of all the entire album's worth of songs!

I'm pretty pleased with the results i got from the entire night. The Lighting could have been better but bands like these are so easy to shoot, its all about energy, emotion and movement.

The other photographers who were around were Tim Eastgate (yes, a relative) and Danny North, shooting for the NME. You can probably spot them in a few of my photos, and they are tagged if you have a look in flickr.

Don't be a SMUCK...try your LUCK

2008-03-15T21:29:00.002Z

Not got long as currently kicking it in NYC (yes I am showing off :)

A chick I met last night told me to check out this band from Japan - and they're pretty cool.

The Boredoms

Putting the E into MadgE

2008-03-12T14:59:00.000Z

So...Madge has done Ecstacy.

Does this really surprise you?

Here's the story.

The 49-year-old admitted to taking the drugs during her acceptance speech into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, New York.Madonna said: "The night I met Michael Rosenblatt, who signed me to Sire Records, I jammed my demo tape into his hand, we both did a tab of ecstasy and then we danced the night away."

As she continued to talk about her early career she added that during her first meeting with publicist Liz Rosenberg the pair also took drugs together admitting: "We smoked a joint together."

Zarcorp does not condone drug use. It's WRONG kids.

Jumpers for goal posts.....

2008-03-11T14:30:00.001Z

Them crazy cats Late of the Pier are organising a footballing jamboree in Nottingham to celebrate their homecoming.

Liars Club are hosting their Nottingham gig which'll take place in a Polish dancehall.

Support will come from Kap Bambino and La La Lepus.

The afterparty will see Captain Zarcorp (aka Faley) spinning tunes alongside Liars Club DJ's.

Read the NME.COM article.

New Justeeeeece

2008-03-10T20:19:00.000Z

Gold....Santogold....

2008-03-10T20:10:00.001Z

She was on Annie Mac's 'Ones to Watch 2008' list and my isn't she doing it, doing it, doing it now.

I reckon the debut album is going to be seriously BIG.

A Herculean feat...

2008-03-10T20:01:00.000Z

From one of the coolest record labels on the block - DFA, come Hercules & Love Affair...currently uber-cool NYC muso fodder and general god like geniuses in waiting.

The name is a cover for mastermind and knob-twiddler Andrew Butler who's coaxed in a variety of collaborators including Antony (of Antony and The Johnsons fame).

The music is glitterball 70's disco that makes for hugely satisfying and nourishing ear sex.

The album 'Hercules & Love Affair' drops today (March 10th) - Check out the Myspace for more info.

Also check out the AWESOME video directed by the equally AWESOME Saam Farahmand. It guest stars Jamie Winstone, daughter of Ray.

Sam Sparro

2008-03-10T19:46:00.000Z

I've been hooked on this guy for a good while now after getting sent the promo by a friend of mine.

Sam Sparro hails from Los Angeles via Sydney and proves that a white boy can have an awesome soul voice.

Signed to Modus Vivendi and now Universal in the UK - his other track 'Sally' is another killer tune.

He's coming over to the UK for gigs soon - and will be playing at the Camden Crawl. Check out his Myspace.

Check out his video for 'Black & Gold' :

I'd like to Converse....

2008-03-09T21:13:00.003Z

photo : me

I headed out to London's Hoxton Bar & Grill the other night for free alcoholic lubrication and the chance to see FOALS in intimate surroundings.

The party was to celebrate 100 years of Converse.

Dirty Pretty Things were also on the bill but the real buzz was for FOALS.

Put simply. They were sublime.

Interesting, fast paced, excited, dance-able , well constructed ear damage.

Their debut album's due to drop fairly soon but check out their Myspace or Hype to listen to their tracks. The problem is, I don't think they do them justice.

Live they are simply energy and excellence personified.

I'm dying to see them on a stage soon but their tour takes them to Europe and the US up until June and I'm missing their London gig in the coming weeks.

Little White Lies

2008-02-28T10:33:00.002Z

Went to see A & R loved band White Lies last night in London Town.

Not sure if it was their first gig but the buzz was pretty immense...and they lived up to it.

Their sound is BIG. With strings, keys and great guitar they've got a well honed sound and felt too huge for the relatively small Hoxton Bar & Grill.

2 demos are up online. Go feast your ears.

Some other weekend fun!

2008-02-17T14:26:00.012Z

Friday night was Late of the Pier in Leeds. I arrived around half an hour late because my escort failed to realise the importance of the support bands (slags and video nasties). When i arrived they wouldnt believe me that i was on the guestlist, and when they finally checked they said i needed an adult. They were polish. Its a scary accent to use. I can see why they are bouncers. I got in about half way through slagsmalsklubben's set and met up with hewett (of Copycats fame). I heard about 3 songs including malmo night party which is an excellent tune (see here).

It was a stormer of a set, and even though i missed most of it i really got a sense of what state of mind these guys put an unknowing crowd into. Everyone seemed very bewildered, or perhaps stunned is the right word. They make a really good first impression and there music is very easy to get along with.

Then i took some photos!

Then my dad bought us some beer, which was pretty cool, until a big polish vampire bouncer stole our beer and then stole us. We got chucked out. Not good. Me and Hewett went round the back to the dressing room and wallowed in our own self-pity. If we went back in the crowd we would get chucked out again, and the cockpit is the most unfriendly place ive ever seen. In other places they would just take your beer away and leave it at that. Security like that isnt even in rock city. And they rotate so you never know who youre going to meet. Some guy got on the mic during the start of bears are coming and they grabbed him in the most violent way. I dont think he got back in either.

Because of that we missed all of Video Nasties, but the tour manager and a skinny guy let us watch Late of the Pier from the back behind a small curtain, the one you can see rob poking out of in the picture above, but it was pretty poor for taking pictures from.

Me and Hewett managed to sneak to the side of the stage beside a couple of speakers. I did a video of Focker

The reason i stopped the video short was because i wanted some shots like this:

Here are some more of my favourites from the night:

The Grammys and weekend FUN

2008-02-11T13:14:00.000Z

What an action packed weekend I've had.

Left London and arrived in Bristol at around 8pm to see the Pier boys do their thing at the Skins launch party.

It was at a skate park behind the train station which was a little dodgy getting to. I was at one point confronted by 10 lads in 'hoodies' but it turned out that they were actually members of 'The Bristol Tea Society' and all they were bothered about was whether I prefered peppermint or darjeeling tea.

So anyway I got to Bristol, inspected the boys' tour bus - watched their show - and then drank jesus juice and passed away in the hours in the bus listening to the fantastic Kitsune Maison 5 album (which features the 'Fairy Lights' mix of 'Broken').

We also watched their video for 'The bears are coming' directed by the monumental Saam Farahmand. The end bit is FUNNY.

It then got rather late and so I decided not to sleep and stay up for my train at 7am.

Arrived back in London at around 9am and literally am missing about an hour on the tube. In between Paddington and Liverpool St - anything could have happened to me.

The weekend was then spent having fun times around London. I met a guy with a guitar on the tube who had a BB King sort of voice and was amazing on the guitar. A tramp came and sat near him and started smoking on the tube (naughty naughty) - the tramp said it was his birthday and so the guy with the guitar sang him a song.

I listened to the Hot Chip album a fair bit - still really LOVE 'Shake a Fist' as well as 'Ready For The Floor' - the rest is still growing on me.

I was quite impressed to hear that Daft Punk turned up to The Grammy awards...

And I was also happy that Amy Winehouse looked better than we've seen her in the past few weeks. To win 5 Grammy's is quite an accolade. Quite why sometimes our media, or certain factions anyway, feel the need to almost break people. Then again - since that video emerged of her - she has been forced to seek help so maybe it wasn't such a bad thing.

She's a national treasure...someone we need to be proud of!

Check out this photo below - her at school with Billie Piper!

and here she is now - on the mend.

Eurrghhhh music

2008-02-03T12:06:00.000Z

Zarcorp needs defibrillating. This is how its done. I was going to make a mix out of these, but then i didnt, ok? This is just a few of my favourite things at the moment, i want to get DJing again so i can play some of this in a club, it will sound absolutely massive.

Toxic Avenger

Do you know that sound like bricks in a blender? The overdriven sound that you thought only Justice and Sebastian could pull off? Toxic Avenger seems to take this to a new level and already has a huge list of intense and brilliant remixes under his belt.

Heres just a couple of my favourites///

Fredze Fred - All Da Motha Fuckas (Toxic Avenger Remix)

Late of the Pier - Space and the Woods (Toxic Avenger remix) (very old!)

Myspace

Fredze Fred

I only just found this the other day, its some really exciting stuff, the same overdrive electro but theres a lot more going on and some real variety and inventiveness compared to his peers, and i assume hes already gathering a lot of interest.

Fredze Fred - All Tha Motha Fuckas

Fredze Fred - Superbastards

Myspace

Sebastian

Perhaps a little obvious, but I've been a huge fan for ages and i think ive got practically every single remix. Hes probably the best thing to have come out of ed banger, and easily holds the title for the best remixer of the last few years. Heres 2 of my favourite remixes.

Nadiya - Tous Ces Mots (Sebastian Remix)

Sebastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear (Sebastian Remix)

Myspace

Siriusmo

Here is something i was only introduced to yesterday by my friend Mads from Electrojuice, and ive already fallen in love through just the 30 second previews on iTunes. The myspace is confusingly thin on the ground, but it looks like Siriusmo is already pretty big and has had various singles and remixes released already, which can be bought on itunes. This piece is some seriously funky shit, some Siriusmo tracks remind me of a mix between Oizo and discovery daft punk.

Siriusmo - Girls Rock

Myspace

strange strange cartoon

2008-01-24T18:53:00.000Z

Fancy Being In The Video For The Bears Are Coming?

2008-01-17T19:06:00.000Z

A brilliant video idea for our next single has been slapped in our face by easily the most influential young director of the last 3 years of pop vids... He has asked us to recruit a gang of merry men and women as extras and we were rather hoping you lot would give it your best shot..

shoot date: wednesday 23rd jan 2008

You need to email a photo, measurements (including height) and telephone number to this email address: lateofthepier@partizan.com asap!!

No payment i'm afriad... but a damn good excuse for a day off school/work to have a laugh.

Shoot is outside london, but there will be transport from a specified location in london - therefore london fans preferable, unless you can transport yourself and anyone wanting to attend will need to bring their own food stuffs

Don’t delay if you want to be part of something exquisite!

;)

lots of love your faithful noise mongers.
Late Of The Pier
xx

LATE OF THE PIER MEGA GEMS TOUR FEB '08

2008-01-17T19:01:00.001Z

video: Late Of The Pier

sorry about the absence all... i was happily skipping back home from an xmas bash when i fell into a stray fag packet.. i've been trapped in there for nearly a month but after a horrifying ordeal involving a panther, an irate cheesecake, a weird room with red curtain walls and a dwarf who talks backwards i'm back on the blog-o-sphere.

late of the pier are touring through feb... we've got our good mates The Video Nasties & Slagsmalsklubben (yes...from those videos down the page a bit) along for the ride and we're calling it the SUPER MEGAGEMS tour..at least until we decide it's stupid and change the name..
anyway to tell people we're playing shows we thought we'd knock up a little video/audio delight for you while we were in the studio doing our album with erol. if the tours going to be half as fun as the video/audio was it's going to be 10 times better then winning an egg and spoon race.

Here's an hour-ish long mix i knocked up for some E4 Skins myspace thing.. i'm not really sure what, there's a couple of sketchy bits i'm sure but i had a laugh making it.
they've had do with it now though so i'll put it up for you lovely lot...

Zarcorp presents - Songs To Skin Kids To

LA Priest - Engine
Supermayer - The Art Of Letting Go (Ewan's Daft Funk Edit)
Yelle - A Casuse De Garcons (Punks Jump Up Remix)
Dubfire - Roadkill (Mylo Remix)
Kris Menace - Steamroller
Alter Ego - Jolly Joker (Extended Re-edit)
Adam Sky Vs Mark Stuart - We Are All Prostitutes (Crookers Remix)
Hugg & Pepp - Pung
The Pointer Sisters - Send Him Back (Pilooski Edit)
Gusto - Disco's Revenge
Earth People - Dance
Late Of The Pier - The Bears Are Coming (Metronomy's Extended Vocal Remix)
Radio Slave - Bell Clap Dance (Sebo K Remix)
Nathen Fake - Dinamo (Andre Breton Sweet Edit)
Inxs Vs Aerosmith - Need You This Way (Kleptones Mash-Up)

and here's a couple of tracks that're REALLY floating my boat at the moment...

Siriusmo - All The Girls (Tomboy Remix)

David Bowie - Magic Dance

...
'you remind of a babe'
'what babe'
'the babe with the power'
'what power'
'the power of voodoo'
'who do'
'you do'
'power of the babe..'

Vote!!

2008-01-14T22:23:00.000Z

Click here to VOTE for Late of the Pier in MTV2's 'Spanking New for 2008'.

Do it. Do it now.

This Might Be Better Than Phantom

2008-01-12T16:57:00.000Z

Goblin - Tenebrae

Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984....

2008-01-10T21:16:00.000Z

photo : gigwise

This is more of a trip down memory lane than anything as well as a tilt of the hat. Sheffield's a top city and it's hard to get away from the fact they've produced one of the biggest bands (commercially anyway) of the past few years.

You may love them. You may hate them. But it's hard to deny the fact that the Arctic Monkeys are bloody talented.

As well as them you've got the Reverend & The Makers. But before that there was Judan Suki - who at some points boasted 20 members - including a certain Alex Turner and Matt Helders.

Then came 1984 - named after George Orwell's novel.

Not really sure why this post exists -but I stumbled on their Myspace pages, their music is pretty hot and thought I'd share.

Plus it explains the lyric from 'I bet you look good on the dance floor'.

"Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984. From 1984!"

Call it pub trivia.

I'll give you more than 1 good reason.....

2008-01-10T20:46:00.000Z

photo : Primary 1

Signed to Phantasy Sound, Primary 1's hot property at the minute. Championed by the likes of Herve, Annie Mac and er...Vernon Kaye - he's knocking out banger after banger of sintilating speaker damage.

On top of all that he's a grade A guy.

Keep your eyes peeled for up coming live dates...he's already played the likes of Hoxton Bar & Grill and Durrr.

Feast your ears on these two free fine cuts...and go buy his single. That's not a request, it's an order.

Buy 'Hold Me Down' (Phantasy Sound) from iTunes. Go on. Do it.

Primary 1 - Princess

Primary 1 - Outside

Janet Jackson

2008-01-09T06:12:00.000Z

As we told you a couple of posts ago the awesome Saam Farahmand's been in NYC recently making Janet Jackson's new video. Here it is.

2008 is the year of the Pier.

2008-01-06T21:56:00.001Z

photo : me

LOTP @ Chibuku, Liverpool.

I saw this while browsing the internet....now admittedly I may be biased.
Actually no, I'm not. Late of the Pier are fucking great - they epitomise what's exciting about 2008 and beyond. Deep, rich and varied. Never before has a band showed such contempt for pigeonholing sounds. 2008 will be their year. And I don't think I'm alone in thinking that. They WILL be bigger than The Klaxons.

An extract taken from : Guardian Online - Big in 2008

Isi Tufekci, Digitalism

"We think Late of the Pier could be bigger than Klaxons. They have three different sounds in one track: cool indie, 70s synths and techno, all at once. They're really young and produced by Erol Alkan, who does things like make a guitar sound like a saxophone. Another band we like are the Heavies, who are a mix of disco and funk - and the guy has an unbelievable voice. At the other end of the spectrum we like the long-awaited comeback album by an old band, the B-52s. They're back in Love Shack style. We like the Hot Chip album, too. It's a mix of 70s and 80s, but sounds like now."

Bazooka That Deluka

2008-01-01T17:45:00.000Z

Happy 2008! A new year and fresh start's upon us.

No more X-Factor, turkey or sh!t T.V. for another year.

As promised here's the awesome remix of Deluka by The Gash DJ's.

2008 is going to be blogtastic...

Deluka - Ike and Tina (Gash DJ's Elephant Knee Mix)

merry blah blah blah

2007-12-25T13:11:00.000Z

i'll dig out some festive songs tonight when i'm back home but in the meantime here's an amazing site i've found that is guarenteed to kill all your free time from now on. the amount of great documentaries i've seen on there recently is stupid. go watch The Real Dirt On Farmer John.

Merry Xmas!

Yule Really Cool

2007-12-24T19:57:00.001Z

photo : santarchy.com

It had to be done...Festive Greetings...2008 is going to be magickal.

Right. I'm off to the pub.

Sweden

2007-12-20T13:51:00.000Z

Slagsmålsklubben

"6 men with analogue synths". 6 men who have reached a level of god like genius.

Im not even going to bother describing them. Ill let these 2 videos do the talking.

yum.

they have 2 albums out already and will be touring the UK in February alongside late of the pier and video nasties.

my-fucking-space

50hertz

Ive heard them describe themselves as "Korvjazz" before, and although i dont really know what that is or what it means, it sounds like a good word to describe their genre. Its a bit ridiculous and bewildering at times, but after having got hold of both of their albums ive found some reaaaal nice tunes.

This is their cover of Bjork's army of me (done for a charity compilation CD a few years ago). It has killer whales in it.

50 hertz - Nigga Please (Electro/8-bit buzzes and bleeps)

50hertz - Fotbolls EM-SM Guld (Like Marmite)

M.Y.S.P.A.C.E

They also sell ridiculously good t-shirts by SMK and 50hertz here: Dj ur and Mir

Lo-Fi-Fnk

I think a great indicator of good songwriters and musicians is someone who can make a minimalistic song sound really powerful and exciting. Lo-fi-fnk achieve it with interesting and simplistic beats accompanied by seriously chilled out vocals and chirpy little bleeps. It makes the music great for clubs AND for falling asleep on the train to. Genius!

Lo-Fi-Fnk - Change Channel

Lo-Fi-Fnk - City

Myspace

Revl9n

The first time i heard Revl9n was on the Digital Penetration compilation. Their song "Closer" wasnt the best advert for them, but they were recently remixed by Sebastian, and although his remix is yet another stroke of genius, Walking Machine is actually a really good slice of 80s electro-pop, matched with vocals like a punkier Madonna

Listen to Walking Machine at their Myspace

Revl9n - Walking Machine (Sebastian remix)

This is getting way too long, so ill finish up with everyone that ive missed out:
GOTO80 (Chiptune/8-bit/C64 gods), Tor Bruce (ridiculously poppy lo-fi keyboard demos), Fox 'n' Wolf (Dirty Electro), The Knife, Haxor och Porr

Saam in Far-off-lands

2007-12-20T12:42:00.000Z

photo : shots.net

You may not know the name but you're bound to have seen his work.

Whizz-kid mega music video producer Saam Farahmand's the man behind epic video productions for the likes of Klaxons, Unkle Jam & Simian Mobile Disco.

He's currently over in New York City working on the Janet Jackson comeback single 'Feedback' from her new album 'Discipline'.

Till we have the pleasure of seeing this mega release here's one of his first and latest releases.

First up is the fantastic Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow (check the clock time around 5 seconds)...followed by the latest and rather funky These New Puritans video for Elvis.

Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow

These New Puritans - Elvis

Not so G@sh...

2007-12-20T12:07:00.001Z

photo : Gash DJ's

The Gash DJ's kept Ibiza's Bar M rocking this summer.

Residents for the fantastic Ibiza Rocks - they warmed up for some top notch bands and DJ's as well as bombarding Pacha's Global room with some serious boom-bastic frequencies.

Visit their Myspace now to listen to their fine remix of Deluka - It's called "Ike and Tina" and it absolutely rocks. When I get the YouSendIt link I'll post it up but for now - go listen and enjoy. It's a really top mix and a taste of things to come. I'm expecting big tings from these boys.

Also worth a listen is Moulinex - suggested by the great Pete Carvell himself - I'm big on this.

The Daft Punk Alive album has re-ignited my burning love for all things French and in between spilling water on my carpet and smoking cigarettes - Mr Carvell was nice enough to introduce me to this guys fine tunage.

Moulinex - Break Chops

Who'll be great in 2008?

2007-12-19T11:24:00.000Z

photo courtesy : bbc

We know it's slightly cliche to be 'tipping' people for the top, especially when they're already on their way up and the media machine is in full flow.

So, we tried to be a little different and get two stalwarts of the emerging music scene to give us their tips for 2008. Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw are top people and host the TV show Sound on BBC 2 and Switch on BBC Radio 1.

Annie's choices :

SANTOGOLD

"She's a cross between punk funk and hip hop. If you like Blondie you'll like it. If you like M.I.A. you'll like it. It's that broad"

KID SISTER

"She's a girl from Chicago who's a rapper. She is amazing. She's just done a track with Kanye West so she's definitely on the up"

BLACK KIDS

"I don't know much about these guys except that they're great"

Nick's choices :

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

"Sound alot like Paul Simon. Lot's of African beats & cool rhythms"

FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

"She's this skinny little white girl who sings like some big black momma from the 50's. She's got a big voice. She's full of loads of revengeful songs"

KID HARPOON

"He lives down my street which is a bonus - he's like some scruffy Russian punk poet. He's wicked. A good lyricist"

Here's a clip of Florence when she played at Filthy Few in May 2007.

Meaty

2007-12-17T18:49:00.000Z

photo : me

I'm really surprised no one's really picked up on Mendetz because they're bloody good. Or maybe I'm being ignorant.

Hailing from Barcelona. These self proclaimed 'Casio-Punks' are producing some mighty fine and tasty beats.

My new years resolution is to never again compare one band to another or use phrases such as 'they're going to be the new Arctic Monkeys'. I'm starting early and so I won't do said crime.

All to say is that they know how to use bass, merge electronica with gee-tars and they've got some seriously sick licks. The remixes will bring them to the dance floor.

Here's Future Sex. It's a tune that's on their lighter side, so make sure you pay their Myspace a visit to enjoy some more ear sex.

I Love Shoe.

2007-12-17T11:53:00.000Z

So...the rather lush Lovefoxx (CSS) got hit by a shoe over the weekend in Brighton - leaving the band to finish the song without her and cutting short their gig at The Dome.

It prompted us to think about other items that get thrown on stage during gigs.

Legendary crooner Tom Jones was famed for having pants thrown at him when performing. Dave Grohl got the same treatment from some chicks at the front of his gig. ..except he got a thong.

Here's Panic At The Disco frontman Brendon Urie getting a bottle of water thrown at him.

And Madonna getting rather mad at people for chucking stuff her way. Keep watching. Later on she tells people her gig "isn't a barbeque".

and perhaps the most impressive of displays - check out the volley of bottles thrown at 50 Cent and The Game when they played Reading Festival. Nothing like a good old fashioned 'Welcome to Britain' to bring these US rap stars down to earth with a bang.

Lastly, girl du jour Kate Nash has lemons thrown at her when knocking out her Radio 2 favourite 'Foundations'.

Not that we'd ask you to sit through 3 minutes of the Nash (rhymes with?) forward to 40 seconds to see the moment in question.

And remember. Zarcorp does not endorse the throwing of items on stage. Don't do it kids. It's bad. Unless of course it's Razorlight.

nothin like a chocolate devil cake...

2007-12-15T19:21:00.000Z

a few weeks ago i found out something that made my heart leap into my groin with excitement. to calm myself down i lit myself a spliff...and subsquently totally forgot it.

i finally remembered it this morning...

The B-52's have a new album on the horizon (the first in 15/16 years) entitled Funplex and it's due to drop on February 28th. according to Keith... "It’s loud, sexy rock & roll with the beat pumped up to hot pink"

no change there then.

but yeah.
basically it'll be fucking amazing and have diamonds in there as good as this little blinder...

B-52's - Cake

The Teenagers

2007-12-15T14:32:00.000Z

can do it better.

Electrojuice

is 2 14 year olds, making perfectly produced electro/rock hybrid songs and remixes in a similar style, of all their danish friends. I can hear a lot of great influences in there, and they've got amazing potential. They really know their stuff and i wouldn't be surprised at all if they were the next justice, once they've finished their SATs. Electrojuice have already had a feature in a pretty huge Danish music magazine (see picture), so we won't have to wait long either.

Electrojuice - Cut Your Fingers Off

Late of the Pier - Broken (Electrojuice remix)

MYSPACEE!

Copycats

These 2/3 utterly sexual beings from Manchester have only been around for a portion of a month, but they've already shat out 5 whole songs (most of which were made on a digital 4 track) and been remixed countless times (once or twice). They have a dress sense that can only be described as somewhere between retro and retard, and their pictures are bare genius. Go eat them.

COPYCATS - Bedroom Demon

MYSPAAACCEEE!!!1

Death by Television

My homeboy Harry Hunt of age 16, raised on nothing but punk, got hold of a gameboy and did things to it that its too young to understand. Its a bit like a younger David E Sugar with emphasis on the E. Right now hes got a new addition to the band and is collecting every kids music toy from before tiger electronics died or sony/hasbro lost their imagination. Live sets will be coming in your face soon, book him up for january time?

Late of the Pier cover - a slice of genius, download it

DBTV - Hybrid Moments - yes, its a cover, but its nothing like t'original

MMYSPAAACCe!!"!@

More soon, when my memory returns. Tell me if you want me to do you or want me to do someone else that is a real teenager.

xxx

Go ahead daddy....

2007-12-15T13:32:00.000Z

Sorry for being greedy...my first post simply didn't satisfy my urge...I had to give you a little something else.

Unforunately LL Cool J doesn't have as good game as he used to.

This was 11 years ago. Scary. I still have it on cassette somewhere.

"Man made the money, money never made the man"

Taken from : LL Cool J - Loungin'

I Lykke It

2007-12-15T12:53:00.000Z

photo : me

Who else could say the words 'For you I keep my legs apart' and it not sound slightly slutty?

This cheeky little Scandi.

Stockholm's Lykke Li's setting girls and boys pulses racing. Top song. Top Video.

Reminds me slightly of heaven. Not that I've been or anything - just what I've been told to think heaven looks like.

Like me you'll probably fall in love when you watch this eye candy. Then get all dreamy and watch it again and again and again and again. You get the picture.

She's signed up to the fabulous Moshi Moshi and this song's out soon.

I wouldn't recommend driving or operating heavy machinery while listening to this. You'll get lost in some way shape or form.

Lykke Li Myspace

Little Bit

In other news - I'm really not a fan of Anthony Worral Thompson. It's not the first thing you want to see on your TV on a Saturday morning.

"Smile. The Liar and The Lens make the best of friends"

A stranger with a friendly face in NYC when taking a photo of a band with a certain romance.

Here to bring down the general tone of the blog.

2007-12-13T17:04:00.000Z

Hallo, bonjour, chow, and shalom

"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.": - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

quotes are good when it takes a while to work out what they mean... I still dont fully understand this one, so it must be great!!1 :]

Anyway, i salute you all in my first post, one that will be truly fantastic and will certainly not disappoint. It has been a long time coming, but the reason i have been saving my zarcorp virginity for so long is in order to knock out this bucket of ear soup all in your face. (sorry)

Mix= 3 parts electro:2 parts egg white (mp3, 46 mins)

Its the first thing ive done with Mrs. Ableton. If you don't like it i will cry tears from a puréed ego.

Tracklist?

Klaxons - Atlantis to interzone (so me remix)
Mystery Jets - Diamonds in the Dark
Justice - Phantom pt II (Soulwax remix)
Dandi Wind - Safety Dance
Danger - 11h30
Das Pop - Helpless Fool For Love (Sebastian remix)
Gay Against You - Sooo Heat
Para One - F.U.D.G.E
Scanners - Lowlife (LA Riots remix)
50 Hertz - Sewing Machine
Queens of the Stone Age - Do it Again
Electrojuice - Cut Your Fingers Off
Scenario Rock - Skitzo Dancer (Justice remix)
Metronomy - Hear to Wear
Justice - The Party
Ultravox - Dancing with tears in my eyes
The Notwist - One with the freaks

Its a sticky surprise for all the family!

the joy of youtube

2007-12-13T00:59:00.001Z

amazing.

blood, sweat and eddie

2007-12-11T16:32:00.001Z

photo: Dreamgirls

oops. only went and missed a days post didnt i..
i'll just make up for it with some eddie murphy.

hero.

Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time

Pictureplane...my new favourite hero ever of the day.

discovered him recently. and really really like it.
this is easily the best remix of crystal castles AirWar.
find the man HERE for more ear tickling delights

Crystal Castles - Air War (Pictureplane Remix)

Busby Berkeley... hero.

P.S.

Nightmoves got the tracklisting for his epic disco mix (see below)
its...

1. Les Edits Du Golem - Klout (12 inch)
2. Rockets - On the Road Again (Original Tom Moulton 12" Mix)
3. Rune lindbaek - Dum Dum Delay
4. Sparque - Music Turns Me On
5. Popular Peoples Front - I Love Only You
6. Forrrce - Keep On Dancing (Phase II)
7. Kikrokos - Jungle DJ (Music Box Edit)
8. Hot Chocolate - Mindless Boogie (12 Inch)
9. Don Ray - Standing In The Rain
10. Jacksons - Music'S Takin' Over
11. Demis Roussos - I Dig You (Todd Terje Edit)
12. Bobby Mann - That's Kinky (Instrumental)
13. The Monks - I Can Do Anything You Like
14. Peter Brown - Dance With Me
15. Chic - Everybody Dance
16. Universal Robot Band - Makin' Love
17. Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)

Don't Tech-no For An Answer

2007-12-07T15:04:00.000Z

Photo: i wish i knew

“the one-word poem eliminates the reading process entirely—it makes the word both instantaneous and continuous, like the eternal Present.”

'the noises of the garden among the noises of the room'

'a window to walk away in'

'my arms are warm'

- Aram Saroyan

yeah.

Rico Balboa's a hero.
he looks after me like a brother everytime i visit germany.
i'm going to start a campaign to get a statue of him erected in a berlin park.
here's a 50-min techno/minimal mix he's done for you so that you may join the campaign.

spread the word.
the word is ENRICO.

Rico Balboa - Sonnengruss (EXXCLUSIVE)

Nottin'ham...Chapter 1

2007-12-06T17:29:00.000Z

Nottingham!!

better known for guns and a guy in green tights... lesser known for music and everything else.
..so here be some musical nuggets from the midlands.

Clarky Cat
Electronic post-punk stuffs from 4 well boom whippersnappers from notts signed to Heavenly Records. We've known em for ages now and they keep getting better and better. Singer/Guitar wrangler Arne Blackman also bashes out a few remixes every now and then for the likes of Klaxons & Good Books which you can find here

Clarky Cat - Decide
Shit Disco - Reactor Party (Arne Blackman Remix)

Lillica Libertine
19 year old lillica is on his way places. i knew that ages ago and now he's gone and proved it...he's remixed the likes of Does It Offend You, Yeah! & Dead Kids, started a clubnight at Stealth called Fresh Out Of Death & signed to Botchip & Scarper. Not bad eh?
His debut EP is out on the 14th of January via B&S and here's a little taster of the things to come...

Lillica Libertine - Loose Lips Sink Ships

La La Lupus - for some reason no-one even from nottingham i meet seem to really know about these guys. Criminal. Go watch/listen/buy/fuck them at every possible moment. thats an order.

La La Lupus - Neon Skull
late of the pier - Space & The Woods (La La Lupus Refuck) (EXXXCLUSIVE)

Late Of The Pier
some other band

late of the pier - broken (live at nottingham social) (EXXXCLUSIVE)

Nightmoves
started as a duo responsible in part for the Klaxons first getting noticed with thier amazing Gravitys Rainbow mix which in turn got em signed to french fashion/music label Kitsuné. Now a one-man disco-biscuit-hero he's moved down to the big smoke but he's still churning out the remixes and starting parties wherever he DJ's..so we'll let him off for leaving us.

Not only is Matt a fucking great guy, he's willing to prove it by doing you all a special mix of disco classics.

Nightmoves - Chins Up Disco Mix (EXXXCLUSIVE)

i'll be posting more nottingham heros you should stalk soon but in the meantime why dont you chat up these..

Your Mum/My Mum DJs
Ricky Haley (Liars Club)
Liars Club

Something Old & Something New

2007-12-05T18:46:00.001Z

photo: funforever

Couldn't really find anything borrowed or blue so lets just stick with old and new eh?
i've not been able to stop playing these songs... so i figured why not share em.

the chorus to This Corrosion has lodged itself somewhere inbetween my ear and my brain for a week or two now and refuses to move.
all together now.. 'Hey Now Hey Now Now'
yeah. tune.

and ok so Dinamo's not quite new (released in '05 i think) but this simple little vocal edit by Sweet Fred's got me going all over again.

Old : Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion

New : Nathan Fake - Dinamo (andre breton sweet fred edit)

2007-12-04T22:08:00.001Z

photo : missinateacup

sometimes you come across a band that makes your head go fuzzy.
you go mad with excitement, watch them at every possible moment and freak out telling all your mates about how they're going to take over the world..
..and then they split up.

two bands are guilty of such a crime in the past 10 years...Clor & Jarcrew.
and having just signed to Parlaphone Records (clor's label) i've managed to 'happen across' a bunch of unreleased Clors demos from their unfinished second album and a couple of lovely remixes i'd never heard...oh how the love comes flooding back.
not only that but a hero at parlaphone gave me his Jarcrew t-shirt. admitably its way too big for me but still...best thing i've ever been given.

anyway..ere's a little clor remix from the b-side to Good Stuff.
more clor to come. lots more.

Clor - Dangerzone (Acid Workout)

And So It Begins...

2007-12-03T12:30:00.000Z

photo : missinateacup

"It will be the story about a miracle worker who is living in our time and who doesn't work any miracles. He knows that he is a miracle worker and that he can perform any miracle, but he doesn't do so.He is thrown out of his flat and he knows that he only has to wave a finger and the flat will remain his, but he doesn't do this; he submissively moves out of the flat and lives out of town in a shed.He is capable of turning this shed into a fine brick house, but he doesn't do this;he carries on living in the shed and eventually dies, without having done a single miracle in the whole of his life." - Kharms

Ah Mondays...
lucky for you lot i saved a little bit of my sunday sunshine to help float you through the day.
here's a little 45-min jazz mix i did to get me through the gaps in the sunshine.

i lost the tracklisting while i was doing it but if anyone really wants it i'll go and work it on out.

Zarcorp presents - Breakfast