Nu Gaze
You know what? I think I'm starting to burn out on everything Neu Rave (no, it's NOT rave) / New French Touch (God I hate that term) / Noisy Machine Rock / Ed Banger style - the RobotSound™ posse have given to derisively referring to all of it as "Daft Punk Breaks." Maybe because it's just a bit too prevalent and trendy or that in six month's time I'll have heard just about everybody trying to sound like or get remixed by the latest incarnation of Justice/SebastiAn/Boys Noize/Kitsune act. Don't get me wrong - some of it is brilliant. But seriously, I'm beginning to have a hard time differentiating everything; listen to it for too long and you start to malfunction like some head-spinning, out-of-control cyborg! Are any of you experiencing this output? Can I get an "exact match" anyone?
Now that I've ranted, I think I may have found the antidote to my current, sample-induced frenzy. It's more of a return to a personally, much-loved era in music, albeit with some modernizing upgrades. This is for those of you who liked getting lost in the dreamy soundscapes of Slowdive and Seefeel, or enjoyed drifting away to the hazy abrasiveness of My Bloody Valentine or The Jesus and Mary Chain. It's perfect for your post-Night Out soundtrack. I believe you'll agree that sometimes it's nice to just leave them all behind and get washed away in the distortion.
Lights Out Asia
Ceremony
Malory
Ulrich Schnauss
A Place To Bury Strangers
Death By Audio
Spooncurve
i feel you!
I mix some of the daft frenchness into my mixes but I'm troubled by its over compressed dynamic range, overused farty synths, and its overstayed welcome. I prefer it in smaller doses. One Justice track can make a set really fun. A whole Justice Essential Mix was like having my ears cleaned in a car wash, which is known to be detrimental to robot function.
Thanks for these gazer trax, though, I especially have enjoyed Ulrich Schnauss recently and this gives me some new ports of call.
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I enjoyed the new article (though learning about New Rave is depressing), I share the same nostalgia for good post-rock like MBV, though there is some irony in doing post-post-rock now (which sometimes is less experimental and lacks the enthusiasm for electronic dance music that MBV and Slowdive had... Seefeel was where things naturally progressed). That being said, these are some of the "newgazers" I like:
The Legends
Asobi Seksu
The Radio Dept.
M83
Pluramon
mew
but all of them have some overly rock moments...
"let's try to find our future"