You don't have to be a formerly wide-eyed raver to mourn the complacency behind today's dance music-- or more precisely, to mourn the atrophy of a particular sense of optimism, of possibility, that once seemed encoded in particular rhythmic structures and the ceaseless advancement of electronic music's shifting stylistics. Dance music is once again a lifestyle product, a soundtrack for entertainment. That's not entirely a bad thing; lord knows we could use some distraction these days. But even dance music's hedonism feels perfunctory, pre-programmed. I used to be enamored of Berlin techno's never-ending parties, but these days I wonder if the obligation to defer closure isn't hurting the music itself. Unless you're talking about a ritual music like gamelan, music isn't really intended to be consumed in 12-hour shots. A party culture (and drug culture) predicated upon parties that never end can only result in a music that thumps dully away without surprise or meaningful variation.

weirdo rippers

no age . eraser

os no age são um duo de los angeles, bateria e guitarra como os black keys ou os white stripes, semi-experimentais, semi-punk, semi sónicos, entre os sonic youth e os my bloody valentine (viram fotografias recentes do kevin shields? está velho, acabado, pior do que eu)

nos ultimos tempos, melhor do que isto no rock, só estou mesmo a ver os deerhunter. trocava na boa os sex pistols por no age em paredes de coura. :D

http://www.myspace.com/nonoage
http://noagela.blogspot.com/

summer reading (2)

o electro-funk funcionou como catalizador do house, do techno e do hip hop. greg wilson esteve lá, bem no centro do movimento underground que revolucionou a música (não só a música de dança) na década de 80, tendo sido um dos pioneiros da cena disco e electro no reino unido.
se seguirem o link podem ler uma entrevista a greg wilson no jazz diaries.

The Black Keys > The White Stripes

black keys . i got mine

summer reading (1)

entrevista com osborne no site little white earbuds.

osborne, o álbum, é uma espécie de singela homenagem ao tempo em que a música de dança era simultaneamente luminosa e aventureira.

7 days in sunny june, já cantava o outro, foram mais do que isso mas também não interessa.
com, mais coisa menos coisa

apparat . things to be frickled
pilooski . dirty edits volume 1
osborne . osborne
black keys . attack & release
the mole . as high as the sky
atlas sound . let the blind lead those who can see but cannot feel
caribou . tour cd
john tejada . where
peter sarstedt . the best of
ellen allien . sool
no age . nouns
el guincho . alegranza
dominique leone . dominique leone
v/a . veros artis volume 1
quiet village . silent movie
v/a . an england story