Heat Index: January-April 2008
With a third of the year down, Michael F. Gill lists and rates his favorite and not-so-favorite releases of 2008.
March 2008 Charts
Risqué - Starlight (12″ Version) [Polydor]
Louise Murray - Did You Notice [Land of Hits]
Switch - I Call Your Name [Motown]
China Burton - You Don’t Care About Our Love [Logo]
TS Monk - Candidate For Love [Mirage] [alt link]
Frank Tavaglione - Tumidanda [Market Records]
Nico Band - Let It Show [Out]
Stereo - No More [CBS Disques]
Kym - Give Me The Dance (Dance Mix) [Award Records]
Cosmic Couriers
Pascal Comelade - Paralelo [Parasite]
Richard Gateaux - Dune (Phoreski’s Afro Rave Mix) [Fat Fuk Recordings]
Deux - Paris / Orly [Andre Records]
The Pinups - Call Me Babe [Polydor]
Lurifax - Afro Beach [Spacetalk]
Chillin’ Out
Jackhigh - Arachnid Eyes [Up My Alley]
Juju & Jordash - El Silencio Parte 1 [Deep Explorer]
Eric Kupper Presents K-Scope - Electrikiss [Night Grooves]
Rave It
Mighty Dub Katz - Just Another Groove (Ashley Beedle Mix) [Southern Fried]
Legowelt - Are You Truly Debonaire? [Bunker]
Telespazio - Galileo (Rodion Remix) [Tiny Sticks]
The Kooky Scientist - Eustacianasia [Telepathic Recordings]
Lucio Aquilina - My Cube [Cocoon]
[Michael F. Gill]
Bits & Pieces: Jan/Feb 2008
Michael F. Gill runs through 20 choice tracks from the past couple months, with soundclips…
Beatzcast #63: Crambe Repetita
Todd Burns presents a mix of electronic music…
Tracklist
01: HOSH & Solomun - Milkyway [buy]
02: Armando - Don’t Take It (Thomos Edit) [buy]
03: Marc Romboy & Tyree Cooper - Lost [buy]
04: Prosumer and Murat Tepeli - Makes Me Wanna Dance [buy]
05: Jerome Sydenham and Tiger Stripes - Elevation (Radio Slave Mix) [buy]
06: Italoboyz - Zinga [buy]
Beatzcast #62: Crambe Repetita
Todd Burns presents a mix of electronic music…
Tracklist
01: Riley Reinhold - Sunset Sound [buy]
02: Guy Noir - Now You’re Gone [buy]
03: Reboot - Letters [buy]
04: Guido Schneider & Jens Bond - In Order To Dance [buy]
05: Boogie Drama - The Conspiracy [buy]
06: Invisible Conga People - Cable Dazed [buy]
07: Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Mix) [buy]
08: Starcluster feat. Marc Almond - Smoke and Mirrors [buy]
09: Pär Grindvik - Akustik [buy]
Beatzcast #61: Crambe Repetita
Todd Burns presents a mix of electronic music…
Tracklist
01: Toby Tobias - Breakdown [buy]
02: Mario Zar and Marco Berto - Infrared (Presslaboys Mix) [buy]
03: Prosumer - Brownstone (Mix 2) [buy]
04: Solomun - Beauty and the Beast [buy]
05: Claude Von Stroke and Justin Martin - Groundhog Day [buy]
06: Kelley Polar - Entropy Reigns (In the Celestial City) [buy]
Dominique Leone - Dominique Leone EP
There’s a number of songs worth taking out for a night on the town but few are worth waking up to. “Clairevoyage” fits the bill – even with a subtitle of “A Medley Performed By The 16th Rebels Of Mung” and credits that include a dude who nicknames himself “Strangefruit.” The best part of “Clairevoyage” isn’t the indulgence you’d expect with a group who are ready and willing to invoke the geeky concept of mung. The best moments are the ones that lead up to the song’s chipmunks-on-whippets coughing finale - the calm start of a metronome, the “doo doo doooo’s” that wiggle around the clap of the bass drums.
“Clairevoyage” should be anything but restrained. There’s no doubt in my mind that the talent involved – Lindstrom, Mongolian Jet Set, Dominique Leone, and a healthy list of others - spent many hours/weeks/months filling every second of the song to the brim of detail. And when I say restraint, it stems from the fact that I can’t tell if the track layers itself silly or winds itself into the tightest coil possible. But here’s where it doesn’t matter: both are the best way to soundtrack my morning. It’s perfect for my eight minutes and running for the bus to work. Even the dancefloor euphoria of the end, “sometimes it pays to keep your eyes closed” is just as functional as an extended dancefloor jam as it is a waking lullaby to get on with each day.
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A brief interview with Dominique Leone follows. (more…)