Recondite // Tie In

An excellent video of a train ride through Norway set to a soundtrack of melancholy house from producer, Recondite

Maya Jane Coles // DJ Kicks Mix

For anyone who actually pays attention to this blog, or knows me personally, you are well aware that house music is not my strong suit or something I really listen to that often. The majority of the things I post are heady, bass driven, glitched out beats that (for the most part) is really not for the casual listener of "electronic" music and often times rarely is something you would hear on the dance floor.

Over the past few months I've been expanding these horizons, hitting the dance (four on the) floor, and checking out new and different blogs. I can't proclaim (publicly) just yet that I'm in love with house music, but if anyone is going to get me there it's Maya Jane Coles. Much in the way that bass music has become a mass of genre defying sounds blending everything from reggae, dubstep, soul, and ambient, she's taking "house" music to places I've not been aware that it was capable of.

(via Resident Advisor)

Junior Boys Curated Show @ Showcase - Paris, France 11.25.11

Upon booking my Thanksgiving holiday trip to Paris with my family I quickly jumped on RA's Paris Event page to see if anything was going on while I was there. I mean, it's Paris, so of course something was. With a lineup like this I absolutely had to make this part of my trip. Since I was traveling with my mother I figured warning well in advance that I would be back to our apartment just before sunrise was a gesture in good manners. 


Bang & Olufsen aka Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip & Rob from Grovesnor (live set)
Diamond Rings (live set)
Junior Boys (live set)
Caribou (dj set)

Bang & Olufsen

I had no idea that Bang & Olufsen was a Hot Chip side project until I was able to Google it the next day. I kept saying to my brother "His voice just sounds so familiar??" I've also been frequently called out for referring to just about everything in the synth pop realm sounding like Hot Chip, so I refrained in that moment...ironically. Guitar work from Rob was spot on. An nice mix of indie rock with a dose of danceable electronic tunes. Overall, a really great performance.

Bang & Olufsen

Diamond Rings was not my scene. A little to in your face gay pop house music.




The crowd started to fill in, in anticipation for Junior Boys to take the stage. It was a nice feeling to see Parisian's just as excited as Seattleites for what was about to ensue. As can be expected, they pretty much nailed it. I don't think their show requires much else in the way of explanation. Loved every second of it.


Unfortunately for me, I missed most of Caribou. My American stamina peter'd out around the 4:30am mark when he took to the decks. From what I did hear, it was rather euro-techno, and not his style at all which is right where he needed to be to feed the crowd at that hour.