THE TWELVES

Well, it certainly has been a busy couple of months, and because of this it seems as though i haven't made a post in fucking ages. So why not get back into the swing of things with a celebration of my favourite disco-electro producers at the moment; The Twelves.

Brazilians João Miguel and Luciano Oliveira make up the duo, who were relatively unknown until the middle of last year, when they completed a remix for Londoner M.I.A. This put them on the map, and since then they have been making a name for themselves in the electro scene all over the world, completing remixes for various big name artists such as Yelle, Thieves Like Us, Black Kids and even Kylie Minogue. Their biggest success was a remix which was included on New Young Pony Club's single "Get Lucky" and was very well received with rave reviews all over the net.

I have included two of their remixes below which I believe are great examples of The Twelves sound. You can tell they take influence from successful French electro artists such as Justice and Daft Punk but have a distinct disco feel to their songs which seems to be getting more and more popular with labels such as DFA pushing the genre. They also have a live aspect to their act, where they use laptops, synths and samplers to create their own remixes on the fly, so I have also included a video of them doing their NYPC remix plus a Radiohead remix live.

Most of The Twelves tracks are available for free download from their Myspace, and the NYPC remix is available for purchase here.

Erlend Oye - Sudden Rush (The Twelves Remix) (YSI)

Asobi Seksu - Thursday (The Twelves Remix) (YSI)

VAN SHE - CAT & THE EYE VIDEO

Above is a video of Van She's new single, Cat & The Eye. Not sure about the song yet... I'm not immediately in love with it, but I'll give it a couple more listens and see how it goes... To me, new Van She songs tend to stand like new Cut Copy songs; when I first hear them, I'm like "meh", but then the more I listen, the more I love...

The video is pretty fuckin special too. It reminds me of the combat training room in The Matrix, but with a kind of Return to Oz theme. There is a really clear, vibrant look to the visuals too. I'm not sure who directed it, but I'm a fan.

Appreciative.

NEW VIDEO FOR BLOC PARTY - FLUX

Above is the film clip for the new Bloc Party song, FLUX. It's pretty awesome. It kind of reminds me of an episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

I'm pretty into this new song. It's a lot more electro influenced than their past songs, which might be an indication of where they are trying to take the band.

Fanks

DAFT PUNK ALIVE VIDEO

Daft Punk Alive 2007 - Harder Better Faster Stronger - Clip


Above is a clip of Daft Punk playing a mash-up of Around the World and Harder Better Faster Stronger taken off their upcoming live album DAFT PUNK ALIVE 2007. It has been edited from the footage of 250 cameras in the crowd, pretty amazing.

The album is due out on 19th November and includes a live set of the Robots mashing up all of their past songs. It will also include a bonus disk with a huge mash-up of Human After All, One More Time, Together and The Music Sounds Better With You and also the above video.

You will find the full track-listing at daftalive.com along with links to the album's facebook and myspace sites.

I'm so fuckin excited about seeing them in December I can hardly breathe.


choze