Archive for October, 2008

Cildo Meireles – Babel

Thanks to the evergood South Bank Show for introducing me to this installation by Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles. Titled ‘Babel’, it’s a tower of various types of transistor radio, tuned to different stations. Great concept, would love to see it.

iTunes purchases Sep 08 part 2

St. Etienne -- Chaos In The Gym, Walkman
Walkman is a straight disco number from their ‘98 Midnight Groove EP, Chaos In The Gym is their rework of a Peter Thomas composition for a tribute compilation of his works (as far as I can tell).

Chemical Brothers -- The Salmon Dance (Crookers ‘Wow’ Mix)
Well it’s an improvement on the troublesome original.

Slagsmalsklubben -- Sponsored By Destiny
MONSTROUS electro-pop from last year’s Boss For Leader LP -- deserved to be big somewhere somehow but with a name like that perhaps difficult. Great track title tho.

Digitonal -- Ana Kata
Opening track from this year’s Save Your Light For Darker Days LP. A mix of electronic ambience and classical strings.

Par-T One vs INXS -- I’m So Crazy
Disco punk jam from the early 00s. still good, and weirder than it’s success suggested.

Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle -- Your Love (You Got The Love Mix)
A mix I hadn’t heard before. the arpeggiated pattern sounding different yet again. more ambient synth touches, a rougher breakbeat dropped in…and then ruined by a re-recorded non-Staton vocal and some rubbish synth-guitar (wouldn’t have bought it if I’d noticed this). Stick to the original bootleg!

Red Snapper -- Hot Flush (Sabres Of Paradise Mix)
Another great Weatherall remix. will always remember Coldcut seguing from this into the Doctor Who theme on their much-loved Journeys By DJ mix CD. To be honest I prefer the original mix of ‘Hot Flush’ tho.

Fontan - Early Morning (Studio Version)
Another nice ‘Balearic’ rework by the new masters of the said vibe -- desperate for a new album tho.

Kraftwerk - Expo 2000 EP
To replace lousy low bitrate versions from all those years ago (original mix would’ve been one of the first 5 MP3s I ever downloaded).