let's go burn down the disco

tristn picks a winner. definitely dig these guys, remixed or not…

tristn:

HEALTH - Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx A)

I picked up the Health remix album HEALTH//DISCO on the strength of this track which I heard at a party last week. I’ve never heard any proper non-remix Health music, but I’m really digging DISCO. As a follow-up to the band’s debut LP, there’s obviously not much original source material and indeed we have three remixes of “Triceratops” and two of “Heaven” and “Lost Time”. But this works to the album’s benefit as the multiply remixed tracks serve as points of reference and return as the album develops. Thus, the whole thing plays more like an smartly curated DJ setlist. I’m a sucker for abrasive dance music—see LCD Soundsystem’s “Yeah”, Daft Punk’s “Rock and Roll”, the Justice and Crystal Castles albums—so your mileage may vary.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - “Mizu No Naka No Bagatelle”

Playing the Piano (2009)

Jazz Sunday: Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, who (little known fact) tickles those ivories with a style and grace possessed by few others on the planet. He’s not as flashy as those new jazz cats like Brad Mehldau, or even as other piano prodigies. But he writes really beautiful music. And on this day of freezing rain in Virginia, that’s exactly what everyone needs, myself included.

thisismyfavoritesong:

“The Humpty Dance” by Digital Underground from Sex Packets (1990).

NOTE TO SELF: Be Humpty Hump for Halloween next year.

Jimmy McGriff - “Fat Cakes”

Soul Sugar (1966)

I’m SO playing this on my radio show, maybe it’s going to be next Friday when I’m on the air again. I don’t care what you say about “Fat Cakes”. I mean, you’re gonna eat them whether you like it or not. You’re gonna wolf ‘em down in SPITE of the fact that they’re as unhealthy as fried eggs with bacon every day for breakfast until the next millennium. You can’t deny them. They’re FAT and they’re CAKES, two things that make every food item desirable and, indeed, irresistible. You’re gonna stuff your face with ‘em until you’re blue, and then you’re gonna have some more. They’re just too good. So open wide, muchachos and muchachas, because this is the best you’ve ever tasted.

Take me back to 1990, please.

hardcorefornerds:

erikcarter:

Earth ft. Kurt Cobain – “Divine and Bright”