Feel the weapon's sensation

On any given weekend, my boyfriend, Daniel, can be found DJing in the city. His passion for music rivals my own, and although we have vastly different tastes, we occasionally see eye to eye on a particular artist/song. Shiny Toy Guns "Le Disko" is just such a song. About 5 months ago he made me a mix cd of some of his favorite electronic-esque songs and this track immediately caught my attention. It's got a great beat, a great hook and a very dirty guitar. I love a good dirty guitar! Well technically I love a dirty anything. But I digress. This is actually the 3rd incarnation of "We are Pilots." It was previously released in January 2005 and again in November 2005 on independent labels, making the Oct 2006 Universal Records release unofficially dubbed V3. Now, Daniel is somewhat of a purist. He prefers the gritty sound of the independent version versus the crisper if not slightly over-produced major label release. I however don't care what version is playing, I'll dance to either. I'd wager you will too.




Enjoy

Le Disko (Original Independent Version)

Le Disko (Universal Records Version)

Le Disko (Boys Noize Vocal Mix)



**Little bit of gossip for ya, it was rumored that the vocalist for Shiny Toy Guns, Carah Faye Charnow, is actually the vocalist heard on Paris Hilton's album, Paris.

Hmmm....... You be the judge!!

Paris Hilton (or possibly Carah Faye Charnow) - Stars are Blind


*** If you're interested, and I know you are, Daniel recently posted a mix online for download.


Click the cover art (which he created) to take you to the .zip file.

French Class!

After a stint working with the bossa nova /new wave group Nouvelle Vague (who's rendition of the Blondie hit "Heart of Glass" is included on my covers project), French chanteuse Camille Dalmais released her second album, Le Fil in 2005. This is not just your typical sophmore slump, instead it shines as an avant-garde album with a truly inspired concept behind it. Le Fil literally means "The Thread", a concept embodied as a single tone that runs the course of the entire album. A constant string that pulls you from one song to the next as they blend seamlessly together. The other remarkable thing about this record is that Camile uses her voice to give the album its atmosphere. She relies on a combination of beatvoxing, snarling and even spitting to be her band. The only real intrumentation is the use of a bass and keyboard on some tracks. Not that it matters. She could have a full brass band behind her and it couldn't distract from her beautiful voice. And don't let the fact that the album is primarily in an other language dissuade you from giving it a chance. I promise you'll be singing in phonetic french by the 3rd listen. Enjoy. Amish.


Camille - Ta Douleur (Your Pain)

Camille - La Jeune Fille Aux Cheveux Blancs (The Young Girl With White Hair)

Official Website

Bonus:

The video for Ta Douleur: