Berlin is always a fucking good time: miles and miles of possible walks, cheap asian restaurants, banging friends, hot record stores.
Love it.
Post-travel
Why?
Every time I have a track on my mind and I can’t remember who it’s by, for some reason I can always find it later on a mix by Nadia Ksaiba!
This time in collaboration with Elly Jackson too, and they’re putting on a night in Paris next week, will you be there?
Such a good Saturday afternoon tune.
Off to Berlin tomorrow for a few days, bye!
Carly Simon – Why (Vocal 12”)
Filed under classic
Bien
Some tracks are just out of this fucking world, totally next level awesomeness.
The last holidays were totally awesome too.
Oh yeah, and I am totally engaged now.
‘lectric Workers feat Funny Randon – The Garden (Cosmic Club Mastercuts)
It was 2003
That year I took kind of a break in my studies and decided to fuck everything off and go to NYC. Nah not really, I wasn’t that wild.
I had to organise a internship for my BA and thought that the Brooklyn Museum would be much cooler than some obscure London gallery.
So I went. And stayed a little bit less than 3 months. I didn’t know a single soul there so it was like a real adventure and I was quite content to be on my own to be honest.
Sometimes I love that, the feeling of being in a completely foreing city where you know absolutely no-one, and no-one knows you.
Anyway it was fun, I went to a lot of gigs, (mostly by blagging my way into them): LCD Soundsystem, Peaches, Rapture, Les Savy Fav etc…
It was already the sunset of electroclash and I remember dancing at Lux with Larry Tee djing to an empty room.
Me at 20, looking fresh
The two records that stuck with this period for me are the Gravy Train and Numbers albums. Both of them are actually pieces of shit when you think about it, but I listened to them so much on my discman (gee what does that even look like?) that I still hold a dear affection for them.
Although the Numbers one is maybe a tad superior in quality, and technically they don’t sound the same at all, both have stupid lyrics, crazy drums and heavy keyboards, and damn I actually love that combo.
Because the choreographies and outfits were so insane, at the time I would have sold mother and father to be an extra member of Gravy Train.
Hi, my name is Mike
It only takes a puppy to turn your life around.
Delta 5 – Do You See What I See? (Mike Simonetti 1982 Edit)
Yes he is totally named after Mike Simonetti. Disco dog, love that
L’été Indien
Late summer holidays, I just love that. Been hanging out in this place for the past couple of days, my new seaside retreat.
Enjoying the waves, the vibes, getting ready to face September just like when a new school year was starting.
Filed under disco
Swoon Monday
Hey maybe I should bring Monday’s Manjoyment back ?
I’m kinda excited because on the 1st September, in “Rudo Y Cursi”: Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal reunite! Can’t wait baby!
That duo is like, so hot, you remember “Y tu mama tambien”?
Filed under blabla
Good times
I’ve been slightly obsessed with Chic at the moment. Now that I’ve revived my passion for them I need to update my record collection so I’m looking for any kind of rare 12″s that I could lay my hands on.
Seriously I think they probably epitomize the best of disco, I mean other musicians must feel so shit for not thinking first of writing such bangers.
I just found out that they are playing in Paris (well Nile Rodgers is going to be there, I’m not sure what’s happened to the rest of the band) on the 11th of October, with Kool and the Gang. Not so much a big Kool and the Gang fan but I’m sure it’s going to be great.
Apart from that, summer in Paris, typical, rainy, quiet, I’ve been busy at work me actually. Thinking about stuff, making plans and shit, it’s all good.
Enjoy.
Banging
A really banging weekend, with macaroons, a walk in the park, sushi, and a new camera!
Pics by me and Arthur using my new Lumix GF1
Portraits of me taken by my lover
Filed under blabla, electronica
(flashing lights) rough disco 