Lost In Paris

You play air guitar for a band...

2011-01-31T11:03:00.004Z

My song of 2010 sang to perfection by the ever adorable PS22 Chorus

(not on time but) It's the End Of The Year list

2011-01-01T20:43:00.028Z

My blogging this year has been sporadic, but its not gone away totally and I wouldn't be a proppaah blogger if I didn't do one of these posts. God, I love a good list me.
And you know what, 2010 was pretty pretty good for me. Went to some festivals, Tony Hadley bought me a pint (gold) and I accidentally moved to north London.
I managed to make one of my new year resolutions from 2009 (finally going to Japan) but the great Burt Bacharach meeting is still elusive (hang on Burt, this year I'm coming for you).
Enough of that, let's have some lists...

Top 30 songs of 2010
1. *Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round Round
2. Janelle Monae - Locked Inside
3. Caribou - Odessa
4. Katy B - On A Mission
5. Mark Ronson - Bang Bang Bang
6. James Blake - Footnotes
7. Chilly Gonzales - Knight Moves
8. Blur - Fool's Day
9. Civil Civic - Less Unless
10. Katy B & Dynamite - Lights On
11. Gorillaz - Stylo
12. Primary 1 - Magic
13. James Blake - CMYK
14. The Streets - Puzzled By People
15. Gold Panda - Snow & Taxis
16. Ronika - Forget Yourself
17. Sky Ferria - One
18. Val-d'Isere - Pinpoint
19. NERD - Hot N Fun
20. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Garden
21. Everything Everything - Photoshop Handsome
22. Mark Ronson - Somebody To Love Me
23. Drake - Best I Ever Had
24. Darwin Deez - Bad Day
25. Wretch 32 - Traktor
26. Distractions - All Night
27. Kiss Kiss Fantastic - Oh Carolina!
28. Catwalk - Please Don't Break Me
29. P Money - Slang Like This
30. Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours

** SPOTIFY PLAYLIST **

* There is a footnote to this list in that in fact my absolute favourite song of the year, by a country mile, isn't on this list. It's still under lock n key, biding it's time for place atop of many such lists this time next year.
Your Twenties, I'm looking at you and Long Forgotten Boy; my true bestest song of 2010.

Top 10 Albums of 2010
1. Everything Everything - Man Alive
2. Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
3. Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
4. Chilly Gonzales - Ivory Tower
5. Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez
6. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
7. Take That - Progress
8. Lindstrom & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool
9. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
10. Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts

Favourite Gaga outfit is the year - The Cousin IT.

Cutest Cat video - The Secret Kitten

There we go; singles, albums, Gaga and youtube videos of kittens. WHAT ELSE IS THERE?
Happy new year y'all

-- Alex

Wrapped In Plastic

2010-11-09T10:25:00.010Z

Fabric resident, Bugged Out regular and freshly hand-picked by Phantasy Sound (Erol Alkan's label) for their radio show and club night; Stopmakingme has pretty much nailed the DJ scene. Along the way he's picked up influences from disco through to post-punk and it shows in this debut release "Wrapped In Plastic".

Out everywhere on the 22nd November, also check out Stopmakingme's Autumn mix & this interview over at Dazed Digital.

Stopmakingme - Discuss

Kisses - Kisses (Stopmakingme remix)

Alex's Mobile Disco-Disco #31

2010-10-29T21:34:00.004+01:00

I'm quite convinced that this is the greatest song of all time.

Lost In Paris 4 eva

2010-10-29T12:49:00.006+01:00

When work takes over your life and you can't find the time for the things you really love (e.g bloggin about nonsense and music), it is very sad. I'm going make a new years resolution two months early and try to post on here more often.

First up CocknBullKid (now less the THE). Antia Blay is having a storming Autumn, supporting Marina and the Diamonds and putting out this corker of a record. Check out this true love story of a video.

10 things I did this summer

2010-09-23T15:57:00.016+01:00

Ok, so I got told off last night for not posting a blog since 4 EVA. Sorry Mr, you know who you are.

Here's 10 things that have kept me from blogging:

1.Got caught in the forest fire action of Moscow.

I'm socialist lingerie, I'm diplomatic techno...

2010-07-27T17:27:00.005+01:00

Chilly Gonzales' debut film, Ivory Tower, written and staring himself is nearly upon us.
There's a single out on Boysnoize Records next week called I Am Europe.
The video is a bit of a trailler for said movie. This is it.
I think I just threw up with excitement.

Wanna read more about Gonzo and Lost In Paris' ongoing romance? Yeah you do.

OH NO!

2010-06-28T13:28:00.004+01:00

Lost In Paris do Glasto!!

2010-06-26T17:56:00.000+01:00

We thought it'd never happen but L.I.P have made a flying visit into Glasto.
Its so freakin hot we're melting but have enjoyed the bands we've seen. Marina and the Diamonds next - so very excited.

meh.

2010-06-16T18:01:00.006+01:00

Feel a bit like this today.

These videos are helping.

Vladivostok is VERY far away

2010-06-14T17:32:00.003+01:00

Writing this with a very jet-lagged brain and five espressos in my belly so advanced warning for typos.

I had the pleasure of going to Vladivostok on Friday for one night, one gig, 26hrs on a plane, one body guard, five pole dancers, three litres of vodka. The best bit?!

DJ cake!

Dear Kylie

2010-06-08T21:10:00.000+01:00

This evening Lost In Paris found ourselves in the presence of Kylie. As an obsession that's seen Alex make me watch numerous tour documentaries and try and learn dance moves, it was fabulous to see the tiny lady in person.
We love you KM. Thanks for the cocktails and pressies.

Alex's Mobile Disco #30

2010-06-01T15:29:00.002+01:00

You know you're going to have a good trip when...

2010-05-19T13:54:00.000+01:00

...there's a dolphin on your car.

FOTC

2010-05-18T21:30:00.000+01:00

Stripes are IN in Brighton...

2010-05-15T20:01:00.000+01:00

Simon from the Northwestern has a nice bag

2010-05-15T16:21:00.001+01:00

His face is too pretty to be a drummer, so now he plays bass.

myspace.com/thenorthwesternmusic

Lost In Paris vs JBAG

2010-05-13T21:59:00.002+01:00

Alex Bean vs Jerry Bouthier at Pure Groove ce soir!

UPDATE:

And what a lovely evening it was, Jerry gave us a copy of his new mix cd which is AWESOME.

myspace.com/JBAG

Lille

2010-05-12T14:10:00.000+01:00

So, I'm in Lille for one night only, I'd heard good things but it's not exactly the city of light...

I Am Undone

2010-05-11T17:35:00.002+01:00

Although the image attached to the video makes me nervous, I am utterly overwhelmed by love for this song.
It makes me dream of skipping through Greenwich park in the summer, barefoot, whilst shouting Keats' poetry at strangers and pausing only to marvel at the beauty of life and a take in a Solero.

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti are playing at the Scala on June 15. Someone want to buy me a ticket?

Oui Love Pure Groove

2010-05-10T21:45:00.000+01:00

Ahhh sitting watching a fine French film with a glass of rouge and a croque monsieur...is there anything finer to do on a Monday eve?

I'm enjoying myself at the Bureau Export's first night of their week-long residency at Pure Groove.

Check out Turzi on Wednesday and Lost In Paris / Jerry Bouthier on Thursday.

A tres bientot!

Birthday beats

2010-05-08T21:05:00.000+01:00

Salutations to our amigo The Last Skeptik!!

We're DJing right now at The Queen of Hoxton, come say hi!

Lost In Paris goes mobile

2010-05-06T16:44:00.001+01:00

It's the future! We've been blogging since the days before blackberries so forgive us for taking so long to catch on. I can happily announce that myself and Alex can now post to blogger from our mobiles, drunk blogging anyone?!

it comes it comes it comes it comes it goes

2010-03-24T17:07:00.000Z

Last Night...

2010-02-25T17:18:00.003Z

I cuddeld Damon Albarn at the NME awards.
It made me feel like this...

the night we won the iPod battle

2010-02-19T11:42:00.003Z

We'll be returning to defend our winners belt on 31st March at Pure Groove

KILL EM ALL with STOPMAKINGME & LOST IN PARIS

2010-01-18T18:28:00.004Z

Another Kill Em All, another Killer line up.

And another treat for your ears: STOPMAKINGME's January mix:

Amazing!

Good morning lethargy. Drink Pepsi, good for energy

2010-01-15T12:30:00.007Z

I've done the whole holy-christ-Blur-own-my-world blog before so here's a little post with the picture from last night's premiere and the trailer for the film (Is it just me or is Damon looking a little bit Brett in that snap?)

I'm so excited about seeing this that I don't think I'll be able to sleep until next week, which probably means I'll fall asleep during the film. DILEMMA.

Blur - Badhead - MP3

Your Twenties - Blue Jeans (Blur cover) - MP3

this makes me so happy...

2010-01-14T11:50:00.003Z

...I thought my chest might burst whilst watching it

I'd normally post an MP3 to go with this but I wouldn't encourage stealing from one of my favourite indie labels, Lucky Number, so head over there and buy a vinyl copy of Constellations instead.
ALL HAIL DARWIN DEEZ (and thanks to James for the heads-up)

Computer Juice

2010-01-13T11:13:00.004Z

You know when everything goes wrong with your computer and you've got a million things to do? Well if you don't, this is how it feels:

Computer Juice is Riton and Seiji. Out now on Turbo Recordings and available to download on beatport

Video by Joe Lea

what did Lost In paris do on NYE?

2010-01-04T11:08:00.003Z

Dressed up as our favourite popstars of course.

See you later 'The Noughties'

2009-12-31T15:09:00.005Z

I love this time of year: The 6 days I spend the rest of the year aching for, knowing that sitting around in my PJ's watching Jeeves and Wooster and cooking a new joint of gammon everyday is completely acceptable. Maybe it's what retirement feels like.
On reflection, 2009 has been kinda alright. No dramatic work / housing / family changes. With 1 day to go I can also claim no hospital stays or arrests too.
We did kill our (sister) label 50 Bones, throw an utterly unattended party at a Scottish festival and manage to go to Sonar for the whole of 90 minutes. And my most frequently used sentence in 2009 was definitely: "thanks for your patience."
But also worked with a hero, won an iPod battle and threw our arms around our bezzers and sang "IT REALLY REALLY REALLY COULD HAPPEN" in Hyde Park.

But I know you're all really wondering what were the songs that sound tracked my year? Well...

Alex Bean's Top 20 of 2009 (Spotify playlist)
1) Dizzee - Bonkers
2) Friendly Fires - White Diamonds (I realise this came out in 2008 so I'm going to substitute with Kiss of Life)
3) Darwin Deez - Constellations
4) Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
5) Primary 1 vs. Riton - Radiate
6) The Streets - Trust Me
7) Your Twenties - Gold
8) Hockey - Too Fake
9) Housse De Racket - Sur Le Papier
10) Jack Peñate - Tonight's Today
11) Phenomenal Handclap Band - All Of The Above
12) Good Shoes - Under Control
13) Whitest Boy Alive - 1517
14) Royksopp - Girl and the Robot
15) Everything Everything - MY KZ YR BF
16) Empire Of The Sun - We The People
17) Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
18) The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
19) thecocknbullkid - Clean Apart
20) In Flagranti - I Can Thrill and Delight
SPOTIFY LINK

(But I have to say that just missing out are SMD, PB&J, Whitney Houston and Calvin Harris' I'm Not Alone - which is probably the biggest guilty pleasure I've ever had...)

Albums?
1) Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
2) The Rakes - Klang
3) Housse De Racket - Forty Love
4) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5) Phenomenal Handclap Band
6) Jeffrey Lewis - Em Are I
7) Little Boots - Hands
8) Let's Wrestle - In the Court of the Wrestling Lets
9) Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
10) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Probably the least fashionable album list committed to Blogger this year, but as my previous Calvin Harris admission proves, there's nothing fashionable about my music taste.
Which leads me neatly on to...

Alex Bean's favourite 11 albums from the past 10 years
1) The Strokes - Is This It
2) The Streets - Original Pirate Material
3) Phoenix - United
4) Outkast - The Love Bellow
5) Daft Punk - Discovery
6) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
7) Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
8) The Cribs - The Cribs
9) Kings of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud
10) Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
11) Justin Timberlake - Justified

God I love making lists that literally 10s of people are going to read so here's one final...

Resolutions for 2010?
1) Learn to drive
2) Get myself off to Egypt, Japan and St Ives
3) Finish (start) my first novel
4) Sit at the piano with Burt Bacharach (I don't think he's going to be around that much longer)
5) Learn when to hold my tongue. This is the most important of all.

I reckon these lofty ambitions are all within reach.

SEE YOU NEXT DECADE...

Lost In Egypt

2009-12-10T13:40:00.005Z

We love it when our merch turns up in unlikely places, and props to international woman of mystery, Miho Haraguchi, who not only represents us in Tokyo but on holiday in Egypt. Kisses for you.

ps, if you haven't done your Christmas shopping yet (urgh) then swing by the shop for more Lost In Paris goodies. *SHAMELESS PLUG SECTION OVER*

Clever Cousins

2009-12-03T13:43:00.005Z

This made my toes tap away in my soggy boots like mad - the new single by Vampire Weekend.

How joyous is that video? Remember when we sticker-on-you-face'd one of the Vamps?

Speaking of cousins and cracking videos, Kat Lost In Paris' very own cousin directed the video to the new Good Shoes single - Under Control. It's in my Top 10 songs of the year too, what are the chances?

That reminds me; end of year and end of DECADE lists on the way soon..

Mess Detective

2009-12-01T16:18:00.004Z

There's no doubt about how much Lost In Paris LOVE Primary 1. He's a seriously talented chap and so how lovely it is to be stocking his latest release on Grow Up Records (his own label). 'Mess Detective' is a collection of songs from the very beginnings of Primary 1, not the club bangers made with Riton, but instead the first of many great pop albums.

Buy Here

There is a light

2009-11-19T09:00:00.002Z

'There is a light'
Hand printed screen print
£15.00

One of my favorite songs of all time and luckily one of Stephen Wade's (of onetwofive go!) who wanted one of these prints for himself, so he made one! He also made a few for the Lost In Paris store, which is nice.

This is a professional print 12x18 inches (for easy framing) printed on 13x19 stock paper with a 1/2" white border (like in the photos. Heavy weight, bright white paper matte presentation paper with double decker bus red ink.

Buy here

Get Back Guinozzi!

2009-11-18T15:23:00.006Z

Ben put these guys on his Lost In Paris spotify playlist in September and I've been listening to them ever since. Really cute cover of the Clash/Junior Murvin track by Toulon's (France!) Get Back Guinozzi, their debut record 'Carpet Madness" is out on Fat Cat records and you can get it here.

Get Back Guinozzi - Police and Thieves

Radiates

2009-11-18T10:33:00.001Z

New Primary 1 & Riton video 'Radiates' = amazing.

We all knew I wouldn't be able to keep my promise...

2009-11-06T15:45:00.004Z

...not to blog about Gonzales again this year, especially as he's now started his weekly residency for November in London at the Pigalle.
The first one was on Wednesday and was watched by Erol Alkan, thecocknbullkid, that one with the sparkly eyes from Klaxons, Ben Lingo and, erm, me.

His special guest was Jarvo Cocker and they debuted a cracking song about the highs and loves of Parisian life, called Francophobia. It's worth me breaking my word for...

Bangkok

2009-11-06T11:32:00.001Z

Last week Phantasy released their sixth single 'Bangkok' by Boris Dlugosch. Erol Alkan's been banging it out in his DJ sets this year and it has proved so popular he has put it out through his own label!

It's been released as an exclusive through Beatport and will be followed by a very limited vinyl edition.

Bangkok by phantasysound

Download here

STOPMAKINGME

2009-11-02T16:36:00.006Z

Saw stopmaking me dj at the weekend and it was awesome! He kindly offered us a recent mix he's done for Kill Em All and by sheer co-incidence we're playing at their night on the 20th this month!

Stopmakingme - Recorded live in the Kill Em All lounge 9th October 2009 by stopmakingme

Also check out the line up for Kill Em All's 6th birthday at Fabric on 11th December:

The Chemical Brothers dj set
Hercules & Love Affair live
We Have Band live
Crystal Fighters live
Filthy Dukes
Riton
Boy 8-Bit
Juan Maclean
Noob
Disco Bloodbath
Tronik Youth
Stopmakingme

Is that like the best line-up EVER?!

Hide your biros, Plan B is back

2009-10-27T19:03:00.005Z

In 2007 Plan B's debut album, Who Needs Action When You've Got Words was played to death by me, with lyrics like "I'll stab you in the eye yo, with a f*ckin biro, the same f*uckin biro you use to sign your giro, you f*ckin wino..."
I was really surprised when I heard this track from Ben Drew as it sounds like he's discovered a pile of old soul records and has got obsessed. It's a good thing.
This track, and the subsequent new album has been overseen by uber-producer Paul Epworth too which promises a really interesting listen. So here's Stay Too Long...

ARRGHHHH, this is too cute...

2009-10-24T15:26:00.002+01:00

Miffy MP3 Player and docking station.

Look! It even comes with wardrobe changes!!

Read More & Buy (74.99 GBP)

To Survivors; I Love You

2009-10-22T14:38:00.006+01:00

Thanks to Ben at Bureau Export and Ludo at French Up! for turning my attention to Coming Soon...Possibly my new favourite French indie band? Featured (with friends) alongside Jeffrey Lewis and Stanley Brinks on the awesome Berlin Songs compilation they're really up there with their idols over at K records. I think it will be no time at all before they are picked up on by us Brits and Yanks.

Their album 'Ghost Train Tragedy' is out now in France (buy through fnac). Also, check out the blogotheque's Coming Soon take away show.

Bizarrely I was in a coach crash when I was at school and so not surprisingly this song seemed to spring out at me:

Coming Soon - School Trip Bus Crash

smArt

2009-10-20T16:49:00.007+01:00

I don't know why but I get asked a lot to reccomend new artists/designers and such, I think I just have a nack for stumbling upon them (blind luck). So here's three nice things I've seen this week...

'Bicycle'
Acrylic on wood panel, 4.5 x 3.25 inches
Copper hook for wall hanging
Signed + presented in gift box
18.50 USD
Yellow Owl Workshop

'The Owl and the Pussycat'
8"x10" signed open edition giclée art print by Mara Girling.
This was lovingly hand drawn in ink and then coloured digitally and printed onto 150gsm soft white uncoated art paper.
30.00 AUS
Print Space

'Flight of the Conchords'
18" x 24" hand-printed screen print, signed edition 250.
Nate Duval's hand-drawn, hand-printed, limited edition poster for the New Zealand duo's recent Boston, MA concert at Agganis Arena.
25.00 USD
Nate Duval

I miss Tony Hart!

3.30 mins of Alex Turner

2009-10-16T12:46:00.009+01:00

Happy Friday people, here's the new Arctic Monkeys video.

No prizes for guessing why, but I really love this video. Yumm.

Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone - MP3

Ghetto Thursdays

2009-10-15T19:35:00.002+01:00

The second in a not-so-regular feature! I just really wanted to post this song, I know it's pretty cheesy but I'm not going to deny how much I love it...I hope you do too.

Kanye West - Heard 'Em Say

Foaming

2009-10-14T20:17:00.003+01:00

I've just posted about this over on the Phantasy blog, but it's so good I thought I better write about it here too. Primary 1's got a new single coming out on limited edition (100) red vinyl and the sleeves look amazing! They've been printed by Teebs (From LA’s Brainfeeder crew) and they're being displayed and sold exclusively through rough trade east. If that wasn't enough... It's backed by a beautiful memory tapes version.

Kindly, the demo of the single is being given away but do support the artist and the art and go and grab a single :)

Primary 1 - Foaming (demo)

Without any danger of being a Gonzales bore....

2009-10-13T11:34:00.008+01:00

No really it's a fact, I talk about him so much that I've promised my co-blogger - Garbs - that this will be the last you'll hear on Lost In Paris about Gonzo for the rest of the year.

About a year ago I was asked by Kruger to write this article on the current French music scene.
I gathered up a load of sources for my piece including a hallowed chat with Gonzales. As you’re probably getting, Gonzo is a hero of mine but for one reason or another he didn’t feature in the final article. But what’s the point in having a blog if you can’t post the full transcript of an entertaining and enlightening interview with one of the world’s most interesting protégés.
As you’ll see from the length of the post, this was one of the occasions where I didn’t need to do much prompting with my questions.
Chilly Gonzales is not a man without an opinion...

Having recently just finished the Together Ensemble Tour - how did you find it?
G: It was successful military operation, we achieved our goals, we kept the moral very high. It was the first time I’d put a group together and so it was social experiment for me to see if I could co-exist with other egomaniacs, and basically it worked even if there was the occasional mutiny on stage.
There were always some unknown elements, like the London show for example there was a pretty aggressive heckler, I had to physically kick him to move on to the next part of the show.
The military operation aspect of me really isn’t a joke, because you have to prepare meticulously for every possible outcome and ultimately that you have to throw out the rule book once you actually get out there. You make various calculations, but when you get out there none of your calculations are correct. It’s all in the preparation, and I have been entertaining people for nearly a decade now, so most of the time when you have a situation come up you’ve seen it already or a variation of it and if you haven’t then you have to learn the hard way.

Did you warn your band up front that you’d be treating your tour as a dictatorship?
G: Well I warned them that my dictatorial tendencies are never far from the surface, and on my latest album, Soft Power, the theme was really about never being able to achieve equality but that it’s still worth struggling for. Essentially I think it’s a positive message to say that we can never be equal but let’s try to get as close as we can. Let’s try to ignore this power balance, even though we never can, let’s try our best. Like when we came together at the end of the show, the mutiny never last long because they realised that my heart is in the right place. Having those solo artists on stage together, it takes a big leap of faith on their part to suppress their own egos, and I did have to keep saying on stage “who’s name is on the poster?” Hopefully the result was something that was really musically really entertaining for people, which it seemed like it was.

With the release of Soft Power, and the relative success it’s had in France, do you feel that you’re finally getting them level of recognition you deserve?
G: I feel like the market place is always right, I’m an old school capitalist in that that i feel whatever recognition I’m getting, is the recognition i deserve. I think the customer is always right so if I’m not selling records it’s not because I’m misunderstood, it’s not because the record company marketed it badly, it’s because that’s the level of recognition it’s supposed to have.
I believe that the market speaks and it’s interesting for me now over the course of 6 albums to watch the reaction to each album and each territory. Interestingly the album that worked best for me was the Solo Piano album, in that it sold the most and got me musical respect and projected me into a whole different world of music and i started to get asked to do a lot of producing and alot of that was because of my piano album, which maybe on first view wouldn’t seem like the most successful choice. It was very interesting for me to see the rules that you have in your head like ‘yeah i need a hit single on the radio and everything will be fine’. But i had a hit single on the radio and everything wasn’t fine. The other idea was ‘a piano album, who wants that, young people don’t listen to piano albums’, but that was proved wrong as they do listen to piano albums when it’s done by...me. It’s interesting to see the conventional world upended in my case, so I always feel I’m getting the recognition I deserve because it’s the market that determines that.

Do you get recognised in the street now in Paris?
G: I already was a little bit with my other albums, I’ve had a disproportionate level of success in France. Famous in France as the old expression goes.

The power ballad seems to have been a big inspiration to you on the album?
G: I wanted to make music that was pleasing. So many people of my generation are trying to make music that’s disturbing to do something that they feel is modern. I’ve been looking for my niche, my lane, a hole in that argument and i thought that maybe there’s a way to make the music very soft and pleasing. The so-called subversive or disturbing element could be related to the lyrics or the personality on display. So i thought that a contrast could be to have the music as soft and pleasing and pillow-y as possible so I could get more and more brutal with the lyrics. The idea was to put the music and lyrics in different directions so you get this mixed-message which I think is at the heart of all my records, there’s always been some sort of major and minor in my music. In my electro-rap days the humour was in the lyrics over the hard electro-clash music.

Alot of reviews of the album I read seemed to struggle with the sincerity of the album, did this surprise you?
G: Sure, a lot of people were waiting to see what I’d do after Solo Piano, which was for a lot of people was an easy way to finally admit that they liked me, because it very pure and people didn’t think I was joking anymore. It’s an illusion because it’s still part of the entertainer’s handbook to once in a while make people believe that you’re doing something sincere. It’s all a calculation for me. That I’ve come back with this music, I think some people have found threatening, as it points out that for me there’s no barrier between good taste and bad taste. It took Solo Piano for critics to work out I’m a real musician, which I found a bit weird. They’re now saying this album is kitch because they’ve seen I’ve got good taste with my piano album, so to do this in ‘bad taste’ and it must be a joke. Like it’s uncomfortable for critics to know that i put that sax solo in because it’s the best way of conveying the emotion in that song, not because I want to wink and them and say ‘remember Hall & Oates’. If people take it like that, I can’t control it, like i sad the customer is always right.

How do you see your relationship with the UK?
G: If there’s an opportunity then I’ll exploit it and if there’s a country that gets the album then I’ll put in the time. I know and there’s a business reality which dictates where i put my efforts. I enjoyed the time when my records where coming out in England like clockwork and i had lots of concerts there as there was momentum. Around Solo Piano it was a bit tougher as the perceived separation between the electro-world and the ‘piano world’ was big in the UK and kinda fell off the side.
I feel like i know the UK because I’m Canadian and they’re our formal colonial master, it’s a known quantity and we have tendency to want to please the master, i would be especially thrilled for the album to be out in the UK.
Playing the ICA last month showed that there are a lot of Gonzales fans out there, but the other reality is that there’s a surprising amount of resistance if people hear Soft Power and don’t know the story of Gonzales.

You’re based in Paris at the moment, do you feel your quite a big figure in the French scene?
G: I’ve lived here for 5 years and I’ve produced a lot of big French artists especially because of that I became a local known quantity. I did Jane Berkin’s last two albums and Fiest’s, who broke here before anywhere else. Those two alone got me a certain amount of notoriety, then the Piano album did really well here and I became a big presence on TV and radio.

Do you feel there’s a camaraderie in the French scene?
G: Well we’re in the middle of French Touch round 2, with Justice and Institubes and I keep abreast of that through the Teki Latex link, and I work with the older more fabulous guard, Berkin etc. which indulges my more musical side and with that i can keep their sound a little bit younger then the French traditional sound. I have my feet in a lot of places but there’s no real separation as the weird thing in France is that there’s no real underground, everything goes over ground right away. It’s a closed circle – if you’re on the outside, you’re really on the outside and no one knows about you and the minute you start to bubble, you’re co-opted. It’s not like Berlin where there really is an underground that exists and is parallel to the mainstream. I loved the chaotic nature of the Berlin underground, it was a great place to try a lot things without being judged, me and Peaches were trying to find a balance of music and entertainment and did some pretty extreme stuff and failed and were not judged. Where as in Paris, with your first concert your reputation is sealed - It’s hard to grow up in public here.

Are the French harsher critics?
G: All eyes are on your from an earlier stage. There’s less of a scope for developing and trial and error – it reverberates in Paris. The stakes are higher and it’s therefore more professional as the rewards are bigger. It’s very capitalist where Berlin is very socialist and unambitious which is great for a period of time but then becomes frustrating. I tried to become president of the Berlin Underground as a way to kick their ass and ‘say let’s get organised, let’s not just be these unambitious chaotic people. Imagine if we took this quality of work and organised it and added some ambition, imagine what we could achieve’.

And they didn’t go for that?
G: They didn’t want it. They don’t want to admit that they want a leader, they prefer this utopian ideal of doing what they want. So i thought if i can’t be their president then I’m going somewhere else.

Do you feel you have any peers at the moment?
G: I’m lucky to work with a lot of the people who are feel are my peers. Jamie Lidell, Peaches, SMD and Tiga.
In terms of people who share my ideas of entertainment then there are fewer. I look at Daft Punk as a great model of how to be entertaining, as they don’t have a projected personality, yet they find a way to do it with their robot costumes, their song titles and their live show - they don’t have that extroverted charismatic nature, but they find a away to do so.
I basically prefer a mediocre musician with a good image to a good musician then a bad image. I’d rather be entertained by a good interview and good pictures. Take Sebastian Tellier, I think he’s a lazy artist. His music doesn’t go very deep, he’s a real nightlife kinda guy which is probably why his music isn’t very masterful. Yet in interviews I can see that there’s something going on there, a real willingness to connect to something, and I’d rather have that. I’d choose a lazy Sebastian Tellier with his cool photos then a boring singer songwriter.

I think perhaps it’s a little more contrived with him..
G: I don’t think he has much musical mastery to back it up. I’m not saying I’m a better musician then him, because it’s not about talent at this point, it’s about effort and respect for the idea of musical mastery. It’s up to people to decide whether I’ve retained that, but when I’m in front of them on stage with a piano then they can see past the character because something is really coming out of that piano.
With Sebastian Tellier, it’s like i love your image but i just wish that there was a bit more coming out of the speakers that did something for me. I find his stuff cold and a me a bit non-pulsed, with him I’d rather read an interview then listen to a song.

Is there anyone left that you’d like to work?
G: Honestly, I never wanted to be a producer, I kinda fell into it by working with my friends and it’s given me the luxury to not really have to take work systematically. I don’t look for production work it sort of falls into my lap which is a great position to be in. I feel like whoever i get to work with by the end of it I’m so pleased to have worked with them, but I’m not sat there waiting for the day I can work with these people because I don’t really know them already.

Of all your tracks, which is the one you go back to?
G: I have a special place in my heart for Uber Alles because it’s the first and because i was creating something that was from an empty vessel, that wasn’t tainted by bullshit from over the years and it was exciting. It was the birth, the origin of the super-villain if you will, it is associated with my move from Canada to Europe which was such an important step for me but with an artists hat-on I’m going to say my last album because that’s where I’m at psychologically and I guess it’s the culmination of everything I’ve done so far, as the next one will be again....

And if you're still here then here's a video Housse De Racket filmed of the great Gonzo / Andrew WK piano-off.

And finally, here's some magical tracks for your enjoyment, and patience.
No more essays...

Soft Shoe Snoozin' (featuring Princess Superstar)

Let's Ride

Housse De Racket - Synthétiseur (Gonzales live version)

Spotify: October

2009-10-12T18:44:00.004+01:00

Listen here:
Spotify URL / http link

1. Tokyo Police Club – Citizens of Tomorrow
2. Fools Gold – Surprise Hotel
3. Abe Vigoda – The Garden
4. Pavement – Western Homes
5. Black Lips – Short Fuse
6. Girls – Lust For Life
7. The Rakes – Just a Man With a Job (Le poinçonneur des Lilas)
8. Hockey – Too Fake
9. Joakim – I Wish You Were Gone
10. Miike Snow – Animal
11. Madonna – Everybody
12. In Flagranti – I Can Thrill & Delight
13. Phoenix – Lisztomania - Alex Metric Remix
14. Hudson Mohawke – Trace
15. Gold Panda – Back Home
16. Arcade Lover – Fantasy Lines
17. David Shire – Manhattan Skyline
18. The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes
19. George Benson – Give Me the Night
20. Gonzales – Past Your Bedtime

Seek Magic?

2009-10-12T16:09:00.006+01:00

Seriously beautiful music. Memory Tapes or Memory Cassette or Weird Tapes or Dayve Hawk has been easing me into the week and making my Monday bearable. You should definitely buy the album 'Seek Magic' on CD through Rough Trade or even better get it on vinyl direct from Acephale Records.

Also check the 'tapes blog for downloads, news, info et cetera...

Memory Tapes - Green Knight

Fool's Gold - Nadine (Memory Tapes Version)

Colour (not color) Music

2009-10-06T20:12:00.003+01:00

Introducing newsters on the super imprint Memphis Industries; Colour Music. They're from Oklahoma and North Yorkshire respectively and their basic formula is noise + euphoria creating a rhythmical, hypnotic music rainbow. There's a limited edition 7" coming out (obvs) of "Yes!" and you can order it exclusively through Pure Groove .

Here's colourmusic's take on the Mac's "Tusk":

Colourmusic - Tusk (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Housse VS Chromeo

2009-10-05T19:09:00.001+01:00

The biggest battle since Andrew WK vs Gonzales!!

(via Too Many Sebastians)

I just noticed this is our 300th post! Huzzah!!

Phrazes For The Young

2009-10-05T11:35:00.005+01:00

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, Julian Casablancas' first record. Huzzaah!!
Julian’s debut album, Phrazes For The Young will be released in the UK on October 19 and in the US on October 20th. >>> http://www.juliancasablancas.com

Very dreamy cover art, I'd like a poster of that one please.

Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension

Pharrell, Julian Casablancas & Santogold - My Drive Thru

Django Django

2009-10-02T13:39:00.004+01:00

Django Django have got a silly name, a 7" inch available through Rough Trade and quite a nice carpet. They're from Dalstonburgh-Dunnderry (according to their myspace, hmm) and they're playing this evening at the This Is Music warehouse party...Alongside Egyptian Hip Hop and Hounds of Hate. (They've also done a nifty remix of Frenchman Turzi.)

Django Django - Storm

Turzi - Bombay (Django Django's Thunder In Paradise remix)

Chro-me-oh!

2009-10-02T11:52:00.005+01:00

Chromeo's Dj kicks has just been release on !K7 and they've made some amazing merch to go alongside it: !K7 online store.

Chromeo - I Can't Tell You Why (DJ Kicks)

Chromeo - Momma's Boy

Leading by Example?

2009-10-01T13:44:00.006+01:00

This Fulham lad been working his butt off for a few years and has finally broken through, congrats on the chart position Elliot! I just happened upon theses tuuuness today through good ol' ipod shuffle, I haven't heard them in yonks!
Interesting example fact: he is actually sponsored by Portuguese-chicken-delights-chain Nandos!

Example - So Many Roads (To My Boy remix)

Example - What We Made (The Bi-Polar Men refix)

Example - So Many Roads (Brutal Deluxe remix)

(PS This post is for Uncle Shiner)

Baby Monster

2009-09-30T16:15:00.003+01:00

What is in the water in Oregon?!! Sooo many good bands come from there; The Shins, Yacht, The Thermals, The Dandy Warhols to name but a few. And its the state that keeps on giving as the latest export is Baby Monster; an awesome new group with a totally original sound and superb songs. They've got a single coming out on 50 bones and you can catch them live in the uk this autumn. Excited!

Baby Monster - Curses

We heart Phoenix

2009-09-29T13:29:00.008+01:00

Big love for Phoenix at the moment (and always), here are three reasons why:
1.

2. Phoenix - 1901 (Accoustic version)

3. Phoenix - Lisztomania (Alex Metric remix)

PS: I seem to be just posting about French stuff these days, I promise to correct this.

Joyeux anniversaire Ground Zero!

2009-09-21T19:29:00.006+01:00

One of my favourite Paris places is Ground Zero, it's an indie record store located just of a beautiful square (place Sainte Marthe). I'm not sure why but every time I try to go there I get very lost and it takes my twice as long as I expected. It's always worth the trip though to flip through the latest French 7"s or even check out which UK exports that have made the cut. It may not be as established as some of it's UK counterparts but I think it's definitely on the right track.

Ground Zero are celebrating their 5th birthday on Saturday at la Maroquinerie and they've invited along David Yaya Herman Dune, Low Anthem, Yeti Lane and Kim. (They're also having an instore at 17:00 on the same day with Maison Neuve)

Maison Neuve - Victor

Yeti Lane - Think It's Done

exlovers

2009-09-19T20:00:00.001+01:00

I used to play drums with Pete in our old band The Fold so it makes me very happy to see his new project exlovers doing so well, and not only that producing some incredible music as well. They have currently got an EP 'You Forget So Easily' out on Chess Club (four tracks on 10" or download) and are having a little party to celebrate at The Lexington on Tuesday.

exlovers - You Forget So Easily

buy signed copies of the EP at Pure Groove

exlovers: myspace / twitter / live video

Neurosonics Audiomedical Laboratory Inc

2009-09-19T13:21:00.004+01:00

Oh-so-creepy and weird, but I can't stop watching it:

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. by Chris Cairns

"Kingdom of the unreal but also a higher state of being, ultimately free of the limitations of the material world through the agency of science, technology, and imagination." Chris

Yes, still quite creepy and weird though.
neurosonicsaudiomedical.com for more info and credits.

Spotify: September

2009-09-17T20:56:00.000+01:00

1. Charlie Alex March - Piano Song (Metronomy remix)
2. Friendly Fires - Photobooth
3. Naive New Beaters - Boring David
4. Yuksek, Chromeo - So Down
5. The Streets - Weak Become Heros
6. Kings Of Convenience - Toxic Girl
7. 33Hz, Teki Latex, Devin The Dude - Paris, Texas (In Flagranti remix)
8. Mini Viva - Left My Heart In Tokyo
9. Good Shoes - We Are Not The Same
10. Gonzales, Feist - Starlight
11. Lo Borges - Aos Baroes
12. Joe Dassin - Les Champs-Élysées

by Alex & Kat

LISTEN: http link / Spotify URL

May I just say... OMG

2009-09-17T18:06:00.002+01:00

Imagine. Just imagine.

Read more over at The Quietus

Le temps de la rentrée

2009-09-17T10:00:00.002+01:00

This song is all about that wonderful time of year when everyone in France stops slacking and gets back to work (or back to their lovers).
Vive la rentrée, back to school kids.

France Gall - Le temps de la rentrée
(She's also got some killer eye-liner skills)

He's a winner

2009-09-16T10:00:00.002+01:00

Now here's a very special post...We asked a good friend of ours who works over at the Bureau Export to put together a playlist of the best French music around, and here it is. Thanks Ben!

So here it is, in all its mediafire glory, the playlist below. It's a mix of stuff that we're working with, stuff we're not, the common theme being that it's stuff we think is awesome. And French (at least tenuously in the case of La Roux).

My highlights? The ever awesome and phenomenal live act Kap Bambino (I hear rumours of a Halloween appearance at Cargo - amazing), John and Jehn's passionate tension (did I just say that?), Francois & The Atlas Mountain's tropical dreamboat escapades, and Automatiq's general filthiness.

I'd like to point anyone interested in the direction of our Twitter nonsense - twitter.com/frenchmusicuk where we try and supply our weedy amount of followers with gig ticket competitions, remixes, release dates, great recipes, tour news and intermittent abuse directed towards crowds, the London transport system, and the basement we work in. Give us light!

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french-music.org
twitter.com/frenchmusicuk

Download here or here

Kap Bambino - Acid Eyes
Tahiti 80 - Brazil
John and Jehn - Oh My Love
La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (Data remix)
Fortune - Highway (James Pants remix)
Kid Bombardos - Stuck
Fulgeance - Haggis
Joakim - Spiders (Metronomy Remix)
Zak Laughed - Each Day
Gablé - Drunk Fox in London
Papier Tigre - Office Hours
Koko Von Napoo - Polly
François & the Atlas Mountains - Be Water
Automatiq - Je Veux Juste
Get Back Guinozzi - Low Files Tropical
Yeti Lane - Lonesome George
Chapelier Fou - Trèfle

White Vinyl

2009-09-15T15:22:00.002+01:00

New to the store Riton & Primary 1's "Who's There?" release on Phantasy Sound and pressed on oh-so-lovely white vinyl. And guess what? We've got some signed copies :)

Happy dayz!

Heating up the Mercury

2009-09-08T16:37:00.010+01:00

So it's the Mercurys again and for the first time in a long time the album I'd pick as my favourite is nominated. So best of British to Friendly Fires. Have a listen to White Diamonds bellow (bestest on the album) and check out this charming video to On Board

(ps, my future husband is in this band)

Friendly Fires - White Diamonds

Loves Young Scum

2009-09-04T14:05:00.008+01:00

It's been a while since I've posted on our beloved Lost In Paris site but the birthday of a friend this week inspired me out of my self-imposed exile.
Pre-Lost In Paris, I used to lord (or should that be lady) over Marquis Cha Cha records. In 3ish years we released 33 singles and 3 albums from artists including Let's Wrestle, Bromheads Jacket, Whitey, Thomas Tantrum and Tiger Force.
I loved each band individually, if not all in slightly different ways.
There was however one band who were always secretly my favourite and that band were The Oxfam Glamour Models.

They were a gaggle of destructive teenage boys, a whirlwind of untuned guitars, witty lyrics and full of endless tales of northern things we'd never heard of (what is a parmo?)
Funny thing was, they were generally terrible live but always very charming with it.
They did a tour opening up for Bromheads Jacket which was frequently interrupted by the footie element of their audience - baffled by the boys in eyeliner and velvet blazers - chucking beer. It only encouraged TOGM more.
My 3 favourite TOGM moments:
* Singer Emmett once texted me from the stage, mid-gig, asking: "any good?". My reply; "It's alright."
* Bassist Callum once smacked Emmett in the head with his bass and the picture of him covered in blood sneaked onto the front cover of the NME.
* Drummer Ryan Pilot once almost burned down my kitchen.

But you know what, they had incredible songs. In particular their debut single, Kick Out The Grams and lost gem Loves Young Scum, which we now share with you.

So Emmett, happy birthday, and long live The Oxfam Glamour Models.

The Oxfam Glamour Models - Kick Out The Grams

The Oxfam Glamour Models - Loves Young Scum

They're no DUMMIES

2009-09-03T18:59:00.001+01:00

DUMMY is not only a good read but a darn good record label as well...First release being Golden Filter with "Solid Gold" (they very kindly put up this track and the mixes online here). I'm so slow on the uptake that GF have actually got a new single coming out pretty soon...You can check the video preview on their website and order it tout de suite from the DUMMY store.

Also, I love the remix they did for Cut Copy so here it is:

Cut Copy - Far Away (The Golden Filter remix)

To the Next Level and beyond...

2009-09-02T13:53:00.004+01:00

Our mate Ed's company have just updated their site with some Next Level Videos. It may just be the best job in the world; going on tour with amazing bands creating psychedelic laser light shows...

Next Level Lights
Next Level Tweets

YaYaYart

2009-09-01T09:27:00.002+01:00

Stumbled upon Ya Ya Herman Dune's blog yesterday and really loved his illustration - I'm already a big fan of the 'dune and his design work is equally as awesome. Go check it out.

Herman Dune - Take Him Back To NYC

(This song is for Dennis Bones)

Banjo or Freakout?

2009-08-31T10:08:00.003+01:00

Wonderful video for Banjo Or Freakout's "Upside Down" directed by Blake Salzman. I adore this record - it has truly sound-tracked my summer of beachy days and cider-filled nights.
Here's hoping for an Indian summer.

Banjo Or Freakout - Upside Down

VOUS THE DJ?

2009-08-29T14:26:00.005+01:00

Bank Holiday Belivers dust off your headphones and scavenge through your records, cassettes, cds, oh and your "top 25 played" playlist...For it is time for the "YOU THE DJ" Bank Holiday special!!

I think I'll go for Bowie/Gonzo/Jacko.......................YOU?

More info here

Ghetto Thursdays

2009-08-13T10:00:00.002+01:00

I love that all the way through this song he says "You know I'm straight" but still, I think the best line is: "I'm making more cake without 'em".
Now I'm off to make some cake.

Black Milk ft. Colin Munroe - Without U

Final Phantasy

2009-08-11T10:00:00.001+01:00

Did I hear you say 'tuuuunnnnneee'?? This is the biggest party banger of 2009 and I ain't afraid to say it. Who's There is the next release on Phantasy Sound by the legends Riton & Primary 1. You can get it right here, right now through beatport.
Be prepared to be blown away.

Riton & Primary 1 – Who’s There? (Dub Edit)

I wasn't born in the 90s...

2009-08-10T16:05:00.004+01:00

...But these lot were. Introducing Mickey Gang your new favourite Brazilians, the best accent I've heard all year and some of the catchiest tracks as well... 'Horses Can’t Dance' is coming out soon through 50 Bones backed by 'With Love, Prince', pressed on one of their beautiful 7 inches no doubt. See them at Pure Groove on the 28th September or the Hoxton Bar Kitchen on the 23rd. Buy the record.

Mickey Gang - I Was Born In The 90s

House of Rackets

2009-08-10T10:46:00.004+01:00

This song has been in my head for a week or so now and I'm thinking that if I post about it then maybe I can inflict this on someone else. Don't get me wrong I flippin' love it but I'm going round the place mumbling about pop stars...

Housse de Racket - Oh Yeah(Gonzales Remix)

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Five of the Best: Metronomy Remixes

2009-08-05T15:05:00.009+01:00

The night Joe Metronomy's mouth turned into the Lost In Paris logo

Now of course we love Metronomy's original releases 'Pip Paine...' and 'Nights Out' but there's just something about their remixes; where anything they touch seems to turn to musical gold. Kate Nash, Sebastian Tellier and Charlotte Gainsbourg are just a few of the stars who have commissioned a remix and successfully so. We've picked out our top five (which was a job in itself) to share with you...

Good Shoes - Morden (Metronomy Remix)

Architecture In Helsinki - Do The Whirlwind (Metronomy Remix)

The Klaxons - Atlantis To Interzone (Metronomy Remix)

Get Cape Wear Cape Fly - I Spy (Metronomy Remix)

Lykke Li - I'm Good I'm Gone (Metronomy Remix)

Alex's Mobile Disco #29

2009-08-04T16:21:00.002+01:00

"I call you Pha-real cuz you're the truth"

Spotify: August

2009-08-01T10:00:00.002+01:00

1. Telepathe - Chrome's On It (Gold Panda remix)
2. Riton & Primary 1 - Who's There?
3. Cut Copy - Far Away (Golden Filter remix)
4. Spoon - Got Nuffin'
5. Arthur Russel - Calling Out of Context
6. Metric - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT remix)
7. Soulwax - E Talking (Soulwax Nite Version Ft Nancy Whang)
8. Roxy Music - Angel Eyes
9. Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers
10. Jack Penate - Tonight's Today
11. Little Boots - Symmetry
12. Friendly Fires - Kiss of Life
13. Wamdue Project - King of My Castle
14. Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday (for Alex!)

by Alex & Kat

LISTEN: http link / Spotify URL

Boggis Bunce and Bean...

2009-07-31T13:18:00.004+01:00

Not strictly music, but when your favourite childhood book (Fantastic Mr Fox) has been turned in a film by your favourite director (Wes Anderson) and features the voice of your second favourite Owen (Wilson, after Mark) then we will make an exception.
Plus my name even features on a mean farmer!

Sac Magique

2009-07-29T17:00:00.000+01:00

Sac Magique is a Helsinki based graphic artist and he has done some wonderful record sleeves for Emmy The Great and Kasms. I personally love this design (above) produced for Image magazine entitled "qwerty".

See more magic here: http://www.sacmagique.net

Wash your mouth out

2009-07-29T13:45:00.004+01:00

Whats that? A warehouse party? With 50 Bones records hosting a room? At a secret location? With Gold Panda playing live? And Cooly G DJing?

Yes please>> face book event

Your Twenties

2009-07-28T12:15:00.002+01:00

If you haven't heard this song yet then where in the world have you been?! Crawl out from under that metaphorical rock of yours and get your ears round Lost In Paris favourtie new band (ok, we say that a LOT but they are our favourite band with a name based on an age group).

Your Twenties - Billionaires

Acheter maintenant! Maison disc: Neon Gold. Les magasins: Pure Groove & Rough Trade.

Alex's Very-Mobile Disco #29

2009-07-27T18:23:00.002+01:00

we've got our mourning on for the end of Le Tour

Je suis un rockstar (si si)

2009-07-27T12:02:00.001+01:00

Took her to a disco in Batt-e-rsea.
I asked her to dance and then she danced with me.
And then I took a chance. Come home with me today.
I live in France. We can get there B-E-A.

Bill Wyman - Je suis un rockstar

Lost In Paris' new online store, yippeee!

2009-07-25T15:08:00.000+01:00

Working on Saturdays? You betcha! Lost In Paris' very own online store launches today with the last remaining limited edition classic blue t-shirts. Designed by Tobias Jones and printed on American Apparel tees.

You can find our store here: http://lostinparis.bigcartel.com/

Check back for new designs! xx

Alex's Indie Disco #28

2009-07-24T15:49:00.000+01:00

A Kings of Convenience post

2009-07-24T09:17:00.001+01:00

Quiet is the New Loud is one of my most treasured albums and it's all thanks to a miss Alex Bean who introduced this wonderful band to me. It's one of those records that I know that I will still love when I'm 80... So I am very happy to say that the KoC are back for their third record and an accompanying tour of Europe including London's Barbican.

Kings Of Convenience - Mrs Cold

"let's just say it's been a challenge for me to make the visual components as cool as the music"

2009-07-22T15:55:00.000+01:00

JULIAN CASABLANCAS - PHRAZES FOR THE YOUNG (PREVIEW) by Warren Fu

Words from the director "...he basically played me an instrumental demo of one of the album tracks early on and i thought it would be cool to do a trailer for the album because that particular song felt so epic... keeping the vocals off to build mystery and anticipation."

I've got anticipation bursting out of my ears.

1971

2009-07-22T11:25:00.000+01:00

Nice underwear. By FRMLSR

I love design competitions! Especially ones about dates... Dazed Digital have teamed up with Reiss who in celebration of their new line of denim (1971 Reiss) are having a little competition:

"We're looking for illustrators and designers who can interpret the brief “1971” in the most original way possible – the eventual winners will see their designs turned into a Reiss 1971 t-shirt and then sold in Reiss stores."

Submit your design

Oi DJs!!

2009-07-21T18:22:00.000+01:00

This Thursday (23rd July) see round 4 of the ultimate DJ-oke night, You The DJ, hosted by us!
The night asks you to bring along your 3 favourite tracks, whether on vinyl, CD or iPod and play them out for all to hear.
It doesn't matter if you've never so much as seen a set or decks or CDJs before, as training is available if you need it.
Having already hosted a wealth of famous bands and DJs at previous nights, you never know who you'll be going back-to-back with.
Not only does every DJ get a drink but you just have to turn up on the night and you're away.
So what would you choose:

Blur / Bronski Beat / Prince

or

Jarvis Cocker / NWA / Pato Banton

or

Steve Winwood / Human League / Take That

You choose, as You're The DJ

MORE INFO HERE

Moon News

2009-07-20T16:24:00.000+01:00

Moon news from our friends Zooey:

"To celebrate man's landing on the lunar surface 40 years ago, the wonderful art and science magazine for children OKIDO is launching its fantastic MOON ISSUE. On their website you'll also find an exclusive moon podcast with lots of great tracks about our favourite satellite. Among them is a new ZOOEY song written especially for the occasion. It's called Madame Moon, and it is available for free download HERE. Happy birthday moon!"

Space links:
NASA on twitter
Eternal Moonwalk
Google Moon

Listening and dancing to music is...awesome!

2009-07-20T12:04:00.000+01:00

Watch Chromeo's "Nice N Clean" on Yo Gabba Gabba
Ok, give us any excuse to post about Chromeo and we will...as seen: here, here and here. We just can't help ourselves; Chromeo's hits are the epitome of party time classics and no dance floor should be without them...and by the looks of things the fellas at DJ Kicks feel the same. If you hand over your e-mail address here you can get a free download of "I Can't Tell you Why" from the upcoming record on K7. We love you Dave One and Pee Thugg.

Chromeo - "Nice N Clean" (Yo Gabba Gabba)
Chromeo - Bonafied Lovin' (Tough Guys)

"Birdwatchers of The World / Unite and Take Over"

2009-07-20T11:35:00.001+01:00

This is Chris Packham.
He loves nature.
He also loves The Smiths.

Vous vouliez du rap? Vous voilà servis.

2009-07-19T15:22:00.000+01:00

Tekitek aka Teki Latex - Mes Pelures Sont Plus Belles Que Vos Fruits on Institubes
If you've seen us out DJing in the last few years you'd know that we're not shy to playing a fair few French hip-hop tracks when we can get away with it. A top fave is Travellier by TTC a superb track that never gets old. We caught TTC at le Printemps de Bourges '07 and I remember being blown away. Monsieur Latex is by far our favourite French freestyler of the group and his new record has done nothing to dissuade us. 17 tracks of out-of-this-world freestyle over some familiar beats and tracks. C'est fantastique. On veut plus.

PS: If you buy it through our friends at Arcade Mode you get a free poster by House of Kids.

TTC - Travailler (prod. Tacteel)
Tekitek - Googlez ma gueule (Freestyle)

I'll have a Mint-choc-chip-cloud please mate

2009-07-18T14:30:00.000+01:00

Oh, to be a design grad student...
"What have you been up to?"
"The usual, creating a van that makes ice-cream flavoured clouds, you?"

Facto facto! Zoe Papadopoulou and Cat Kramer have been busy with particles and other science things and have created this incredible Charlie & the Chocolate Factory style van. The Cloud Project is one of those wonderful ideas that I wish I had thought of and it was produced/designed/though-up for the Royal College of Art Design Interactions '09 Show.

Do you know your Choc-chip Cirrocumulus from your Vanilla Nimbostratus? I certainly don't!

The Kills - Sweet Cloud
New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream (Herve Remix)

Call my music "wonky"and i'll make your fucking face wonky.

2009-07-17T12:39:00.000+01:00

Design by Gina Baber

In sheer excitement for the 50 Bones Party at The Queen Of Hoxton tonight, we've decided to post up a little treat... Gold Panda's ingenious 'Back Home' which is a track I could listen to a thousand billion million times and it would still not get old. His "Miyamae EP" is just out this week on the mysterious Various Productions and you can buy it from these guys. Flippin' super. Gotta love that Panda.

Gold Panda - Back Home
Little Boots - Every Little Earthquake (Gold Panda Remix)

We Are The Men You'll Grow To Love Soon

2009-07-16T11:39:00.000+01:00

As if I needed one here's another reason to love Let's Wrestle - an adorable video for their new single.

Buy Let's Wrestle music here or here.

Lost In Paris

You play air guitar for a band...

(not on time but) It's the End Of The Year list

Wrapped In Plastic

Alex's Mobile Disco-Disco #31

Lost In Paris 4 eva

10 things I did this summer

I'm socialist lingerie, I'm diplomatic techno...

OH NO!

Lost In Paris do Glasto!!

meh.

Vladivostok is VERY far away

Dear Kylie

Alex's Mobile Disco #30

You know you're going to have a good trip when...

FOTC

Stripes are IN in Brighton...

Simon from the Northwestern has a nice bag

Lost In Paris vs JBAG

Lille

I Am Undone

Oui Love Pure Groove

Birthday beats

Lost In Paris goes mobile

it comes it comes it comes it comes it goes

Last Night...

the night we won the iPod battle

KILL EM ALL with STOPMAKINGME & LOST IN PARIS

Good morning lethargy. Drink Pepsi, good for energy

this makes me so happy...

Computer Juice

what did Lost In paris do on NYE?

See you later 'The Noughties'

Lost In Egypt

Clever Cousins

Mess Detective

There is a light

Get Back Guinozzi!

Radiates

We all knew I wouldn't be able to keep my promise...

Bangkok

STOPMAKINGME

Hide your biros, Plan B is back

ARRGHHHH, this is too cute...

To Survivors; I Love You

smArt

3.30 mins of Alex Turner

Ghetto Thursdays

Foaming

Without any danger of being a Gonzales bore....

Spotify: October

Seek Magic?

Colour (not color) Music

Housse VS Chromeo

Phrazes For The Young

Django Django

Chro-me-oh!

Leading by Example?

Baby Monster

We *heart* Phoenix

Joyeux anniversaire Ground Zero!

exlovers

Neurosonics Audiomedical Laboratory Inc

Spotify: September

May I just say... OMG

Le temps de la rentrée

He's a winner

White Vinyl

Heating up the Mercury

Loves Young Scum

They're no DUMMIES

To the Next Level and beyond...

YaYaYart

Banjo or Freakout?

VOUS THE DJ?

Ghetto Thursdays

Final Phantasy

I wasn't born in the 90s...

House of Rackets

Five of the Best: Metronomy Remixes

We heart Phoenix