Artist: VA
Title: KitsunΘ Maison Compilation 11: The Indie-Dance Issue
Label: KitsunΘ Maison
Genre: Indie
Bitrate: 251kbit av.
Time: 01:02:34
Size: 118.09 mb
Rip Date: 2011-05-23
Str Date: 2011-05-23
01. Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way (Early Version) 4:10
02. Alexander Dexter Jones - Phantastic Phone Call 3:49
03. Housse De Racket - Roman 3:07
04. Polarsets - Sunshine Eyes 3:42
05. Gallops - Miami Spider (Ponciau Edit) 4:26
06. Cosmonaut - Say What You Want 3:21
07. Creep - Days (Azari & III Remix) 6:00
08. Is Tropical - The Greeks 3:40
09. Peter & The Magician - Twist 4:38
10. The Touch - Sermon 3:48
11. Logo / Icona Pop - Luvsick 3:47
12. Beat Connection - Silver Screen 4:30
13. Nightbox - Pyramid 3:37
14. Guards - Resolution Of One 3:23
15. Fiction - Big Things 3:06
16. Exotica - Conte D'Ete (Afrofunk Version) 3:30
Release Notes:
Gildas Loaec knows a thing or two about dance music. His music label,
KitsunΘ, has been the jumping off point to success for the likes of
TGTF favourites La Roux, Delphic and Two Door Cinema Club. This month,
KitsunΘ will release their latest music compilation û their 11th û
named æThe Indie-Dance IssueÆ. When asked about how this came about,
Loaec says, ôbecause I find this new CD is taking us yet one more step
towards maturity. WeÆre perceived as a club label when really weÆve
always been between æclubÆ and æindieÆ, and this new compilation sits
right at the crossroad of the two.ö This is an interesting comment,
especially when you consider Delphic and Two Door Cinema Club in
particular, both acts employing synths and guitars to create the kind
of music that sends punters into a dance frenzy.
Considering all this very carefully, itÆs not surprising this album has
some great tracks from acts you may have heard of and those that have
yet to rock our world. LetÆs begin with the possible familiar names.
Just last month, Coco wrote about a free download, æThe GreeksÆ, from
London trio Is Tropical. Having previously remixed æCome Back HomeÆ for
Two Door Cinema ClubÆs deluxe edition of æTourist HistoryÆ last autumn,
the band is now ready to release their own debut album on 13 June. With
almost Oriental sounding guitars at the start, it then turns into great
dance floor filler once the beats are introduced. æBig ThingsÆ by from
the London quartet Fiction might be familiar if you listen to BBC
6music; it was on their playlist a couple short weeks ago. ItÆs less
dancey and more chill, in a kind of cool, measured, Vampire
Weekend-kind of way, with wiggly guitar lines and a seaside feel.
Housse de Racket, a French electronic duo we wrote about in late 2009
when they were releasing the double A-sided single æSynthΘtiseurÆ /
æSur le PapierÆ, are getting ready to release their second album on
KitsunΘ later this summer. Their track æRomanÆ appears on this
compilation and is probably my favourite on this collection, the
perfect balance between beats, guitars and synths to get your heart
pumping. And Azari and III, who collaborated with Friendly Fires on the
Suck My Deck tune æStay HereÆ, lend their remixing talent to Brooklyn
band Creepæs song, æDaysÆ. The xxæs Romy Madley-Croft contributes her
sultry vocals to this number
So now we switch gears to the lesser known names. Cosmonaut from
Australia (not to be confused with any number of American, UK, and
Irish bands of the same or similar name) bring the beats from down
under, and boy, are they wicked. These blokes know their way around a
synth. Geordie trio Polarsets released æSunshine EyesÆ as a single on
its own by KitsunΘ in mid-April. ItÆs pure sun-dappled delight, a
luscious cross between Foals and Cut Copy.
But æKitsunΘ Maison 11' does contain some more difficult to swallow
tracks. æPhantastic Phone CallÆ by Alexander Dexter Jones (yes, he is
the son of Mick Jones, now living in New York) have vocals that are
perfectly fine in their new wave effects, but the backing is
problematic: if youÆre a fan of Douglas AdamsÆ The HitchhikerÆs Guide
to the Galaxy like me, you canÆt help sniggering, thinking this would
better be suited to soundtracking the 1981 BBC Two miniseries based on
his books. IÆm usually not a fan of extended dance instrumentals unless
thereÆs something exciting that grabs me on first listen, so tunes like
Beat Connectionæs æSilver ScreenÆ and Welsh act Gallopsæ æMiami SpiderÆ
(even with the Radio1 backing), while these are okay, they donÆt meet
my high expectations for KitsunΘ. All in all though, there are more
winners than losers on this album. Expect to hear several, if not many
of these acts burning up dance floors in the near future.