Keep It Coming

The man with the red face

keepitcoming — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:15:49 +0000

All right, you win, I’m back. But don’t take this as a sign I’ll do everything you want me to, OK? Good. Now this is out of the way, let’s get on with the business at hand, namely music. There’s been plenty of while I was away, and there’s still a lot to come this summer, what with records leaking sooner and sooner… The track that made me want to get back into the groove is by the legendary Laurent Garnier. He’s a got a double-CD called Retrospective poised for release in September, some sort of of live-and-rare/best-of compilation. Not all tracks are must-haves, but there’s one that drove me and my friends crazy over the week-end, dancing round the pool, getting all red in the face (and everywhere else) from the sun. It’s a live take from 2002 featuring Bugge Wesseltoft and his band, and I daresay it’s better than the original. Sax is the new sex!

Laurent Garnier & Bugge Wesseltoft & Band “The Man With The Red Face (Live)” Retrospective, 2006

Since I’m a sucker for bonuses, here are a few more rare-ish live tracks by the former DJ Pedro:

Laurent Garnier “Acid Eiffel (Live)” Unreasonably Live At The Rex Club June 2000, 2001
Laurent Garnier “Tribute To The 20th Century (Live)” Unreasonably Live At The Rex Club June 2000, 2001
Laurent Garnier “Dance 2 The Music (Live At The Rex Club, 1998)” Live & Rare, 1998
Laurent Garnier “Kall It! (Live At Sonar Club, 1998)” Live & Rare, 1998

[Buy Laurent Garnier]

Fake Oddity, real audity

keepitcoming — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:44:31 +0000

I discovered this French band on TV, seeing the same show featuring a mesmerizing live performance broadcast over and over again. The thing was, I could never get their name. At long last, I figured it out (it's Fake Oddity), and now I'm more than happy to share this with you. While the first track is greatly indebted to Jeff Buckley (in a good way), the others stray from this inspiration but remain firmly rooted in rock'n'roll. That makes for a nice change. Have a good week-end!

Fake Oddity "Good Man" Pink Strasse, 2005
Fake Oddity "Blue Feather" Pink Strasse, 2005
Fake Oddity "LSDog" Pink Strasse, 2005

[Buy Fake Oddity]

Y’all ain’t ready for Para One

keepitcoming — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:34:19 +0000

I'm not dead, I'm just dead busy. I knew there would come a time when daily posting would be unsustainable, and this is now. I hope the few of you who read Keep It Coming regularly won't mind too much… Anyway, since it still is one of the best things I've heard this year and now that the release date is almost upon us, here's a quick Para One fix to follow up on my previous post. If you're not sold by the savage first single "Dudun-Dun" (featured on Music For Robots), the megamix preview should finally convince you. Since I'm in a good mood, I added two more remixes from the archive. Smile!

Para One "Epiphanie Teaser (Surkin Megamixx)" 2006
Para One "Dudun-Dun" Epiphanie, 2006
Vegastar "Elle blesse (Para One Remix)" Un nouvel orage, 2006
Agoria "Spinach Girl (feat. Sylvie Marks) (Para One Computer Death Remix)" Spinach Girl, 2003

yay for 40,000 hits!
[Buy Para One]

The Chemical Brothers confront their demons

keepitcoming — Wed, 24 May 2006 08:22:45 +0000

Since my live Hot Chip promo and Chemical Brothers remixes posts were so successful, and since I won’t be back until next Tuesday, here’s another treat, one you can buy on eBay if you want (not my auction) or get for free here, a promotional DJ mix by The Chemical Brothers. I threw in a few of my favourite B-sides for good measure. Bye!

The Chemical Brothers “Confront Your Demons (Promo DJ Mix)” Confront Your Demons, 2003
The Chemical Brothers “Electronic Battle Weapon 7 (Acid Children)” Galvanize EP, 2005
The Chemical Brothers “Nude Night” The Golden Path EP, 2003
The Chemical Brothers “Hot Acid Rhythm 1” It Began In Afrika EP, 2001
The Chemical Brothers “Morning Lemon” Block Rockin’ Beats EP, 1997

[Buy The Chemical Brothers]

Subtle’s woe be gone

keepitcoming — Tue, 23 May 2006 08:02:03 +0000

There's no way to be Subtle about this: "F.K.O." (mp3) stands for "Fuck Kelly Osbourne" (img). Now, since this is out of the way, let's focus on the latest offering from the Lex Records supergroup, Wishingbone. Although it's meant to tide us over until proper full-length For Hero, For Fool in the fall, it's much more than a stop-gap release, since it's mostly made up of remixes and alternate versions involving the likes of Mike Patton, Beck, Fog, Hrvatski or Ms. John Soda (plus three videos by mavericks SSSR). Most of all, it features contributions from keyboardist Dax Pierson. Dax was very badly injured in January 2005 when their tour van hit a patch of black ice and overturned on the highway. He's been paralysed ever since, making a slow but encouraging recovery. However, his medical bills are ginormous. That means you have at least two reasons to pick up this CD/DVD package once you've downloaded these tracks: a) because the music is good b) to help Dax pay for his healthcare.

Subtle "Swanmeat" Wishingbone, 2006
Subtle "F.K.O. (Console Remix)" Wishingbone, 2006

Bonus repost:

Tahiti 80 "A Love From Outer Space (Console Remix)" Extra Pieces Of Sunshine, 2004

[Buy Subtle]

Niobe speaks in tongues

keepitcoming — Mon, 22 May 2006 07:53:05 +0000

Niobe‘s fourth LP was commissionned by Tomlab to contain songs. This may sound obvious, but given her previous output on both Tomlab and Sonig, it’s in fact rather interesting, as she chose to collaborate with various producers to fulfill the order. The result places somewhere between Dani Siciliano and Roisin Murphy, and ranks quite high on my 2006 list.

Niobe “Give All To Love (with Bastian Wegner)” White Hats, 2006
Niobe “Up Hill And Down Dale (with Chris Beemster)” White Hats, 2006
Roisin Murphy “If We’re In Love (Dani Siciliano’s What Will Be Will Be Remix)” If We’re In Love, 2005
Dani Siciliano “Extra Ordinary” Likes…, 2003

[Buy Niobe]

Never trust a guy who’s never been a punk

keepitcoming — Fri, 19 May 2006 07:58:25 +0000

Frenchman Nicolas Kantorowicz is the link between two melting-pot projects, Williams Traffic and Sporto Kantès. Obviously very much influenced by “black music”, both rely heavily on a fusion of genres and eras for an often stunning result. Williams Traffic, which he formed with Frank Williams, is a more laidback affair, leaning towards reggae sounds. Sporto Kantès, where he fights with Benjamin Sportès (geddit?), is rather inspired by soul and funk, to devastating effects: try not to groove to “Lee”!

Williams Traffic “7th Base” Brian Dreams, 2006
Williams Traffic “Brian Dreams” Brian Dreams, 2006
Williams Traffic “To Leave You” Brian Dreams, 2006

Sporto Kantès “Lee” 2nd Round, 2004
Sporto Kantès “Makaïn Muskil” 2nd Round, 2004
Sporto Kantès “Heart” 2nd Round, 2004

Sporto Kantès “Confused” Act. 1, 2000
Sporto Kantès “Party” Act. 1, 2000
Sporto Kantès “Never Trust A Guy… (Who’s Never Been A Punk)” Act. 1, 2000

[Buy Williams Traffic]
[Buy Sporto Kantès]

Relax it’s only a phantom ghost

keepitcoming — Thu, 18 May 2006 08:08:55 +0000

Thies Mynther and Dirk von Lowtzow are Phantom/Ghost. Have no fear my friends, they are gentle spectres, nicer than Casper. No ball and chain for them, just exquisite delightful pain. Their third album will be out soon on Ladomat 2000, and it caught me by surprise. The theatrical antics are still there, but gone are the danceable rhythms of earlier records. Instead we get what sounds like a demented radio play, and Dirk’s dramatic vocals are perfect for this.

Phantom/Ghost “Tannis Root” Three, 2006
Phantom/Ghost “Clouds Hill” Three, 2006
Phantom/Ghost “To Damascus” To Damascus, 2003
Phantom/Ghost “Born With A Nervous Breakdown” To Damascus, 2003
Phantom/Ghost “St. Lawrence” To Damascus, 2003
Phantom/Ghost “Perfect Lovers” Phantom/Ghost, 2001

[Buy Phantom/Ghost]

The Complete Carl Craig

keepitcoming — Wed, 17 May 2006 08:23:01 +0000

OK, so the title is totally misleading, but I'm sure you'll forgive me after you've heard these. I wouldn't even call it a quick guide to Carl Craig, because he has released so much music under so many names… Today there are no exclusives, just music so good that it renders genre limitations void.

~~Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom "Relevee (Carl Craig Remix)" Relevee, 2006~~
Theo Parrish "Falling Up (Carl Craig Remix)" Detroit Beatdown Remixes, 2006
Cesaria Evora "Angola (Carl Craig Remix)" Club Sodade, 2003
Carl Craig "Einbahn (Version)" The Album Formerly Known As…, 2005
Carl Craig "Home Enterambient (Caya Dub)" The Album Formerly Known As…, 2005
Carl Craig "At Les" More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art, 1997

[Buy Carl Craig]

Doing Morr, saying even less

keepitcoming — Tue, 16 May 2006 08:07:25 +0000

My third post was about two Morr Music releases, and it somehow seems appropriate to 'celebrate' Keep It Coming's four-month anniversary with even more Morr. Up next on their June release schedule are new recruits Couch and usual suspects Isan. Both deliver the standard Morr (who said MOR?) fare, with the Kitty-Yo expats leaning towards shoegazing while the veterans draw their gentle rhythmaps…

Couch "Zwei Streifen Im Blau" Figur 5, 2006
Couch "Einhängen Und Positiver" Figur 5, 2006
Isan "Look And Yes" Plans Drawn In Pencil, 2006
Isan "Amber Button" Plans Drawn In Pencil, 2006

[Buy Morr Music]