What happens when Erol Alkan tinkers around with my favourite and dare I say, only good track off MGMT’s second album? Double rainbows on nu-disco goodness with a touch of funk for good measure… MGMT – Congratulations (Erol Alkan Rework) (320)
And so the wait is finally over… Here’s the first round line-up announcement for Summadayze/Summafieldayze 2011: David Guetta N.E.R.D. Justice Armand Van Helden Chromeo Bob Sinclar Boys Noize Erol Alkan Tinie Tempah Miami Horror Riva Starr Dennis Ferrer Claude Von Stroke Aeroplane Nervo Plump DJ’s So Me v. DVNO Yuksek Zombie Disco Squad + [...]
First stumbled upon Chilly Gonzales about 2 years ago when Boys Noize remixed his single ‘Working Together’. Wind forward the clock and Gonzales returns the favour with his amazing version of last year’s rave epic ‘Waves’ by Erol Alkan & Boys Noize. To celebrate his current US ‘Pillow Talk’ tour featuring artists like A-Trak, Andrew [...]
On the Friday night the eve before blessed Parklife, straight outta London via France from Turkey was Erol Alkan! Playing slower jams from his disco house record collection for the dance floor of Sorry Grandma. The set was cool and had some good disco tunes but it felt like the crowd was screaming for more [...]
Yes people you can thank me for keeping Australia out of a recession. Just doin’ my part… That is Romborama in the background there in case you were wondering.
Now I’ve already mentioned Erol’s Australian tour/sideshow in last night’s post… Today I’ve got the other half of the “Waves/Death Suite” duo in Boys Noize and his announcement of a world tour to promote the album “Power” due this October. Do we start speculating what festival Boys Noize might make an appearance? In the meantime [...]
And here I thought hearing “Waves” in its entirety on the Triple J while on the drive home tonight was cool enough… Erol Alkan is doing a sideshow on Friday 2nd October @ Sorry Grandma! Talk about a ripper way to get gee’d up for Parklife the next day. Support from Andee Frost, Knightlife, Ototlogic, [...]
Another week and another batch of music. Pretty short entry this week with a focus on a few melancholic tracks that have been out for quite some time now but continue to get some regular airplay from myself. Anyway, onto the music… Midlake – Roscoe Often compared to Radiohead because of their similar take on [...]
Finally! Here it is: Aeroplane Art vs Science The Aston Shuffle A-Trak AutoKratz Beni Bertie Blackman Busy P (DJ & host) Claude VonStroke The Cool Kids Crystal Castles Empire of the Sun Erol Alkan The Glimmers Junior Boys Kaskade La Roux Lady Sovereign Little Boots Metric Metronomy MSTRKRFT The Rapture Tiga Shazam In case you [...]
The gang over at ITM recently spoke to Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys and he hinted that the Canadian duo could be playing at “some festival that travels around”. “We leave in a couple of days to do a tour in Europe, and then supposedly to Australia in September. I think there’s some festival that [...]
