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February 21, 2006
belbinated and agostorized
Still recovering from a long vacation weekend, lots of driving, lots of listening to music. In the course of my 12 cumulative hours spent in the car, I worked my way through a few different mixes (Todd Burns' amazing Jacques Lu Cont remix mix, which I had forgotten about a little, and DJ/Rupture's blistering Low Income Tomorrowland mix), but also focused in on a few single tracks, namely those Free Blood songs, 'Quick and Painful' and 'Never Hear Surf Music'- must have listened to those two 10 or 12 times each over the course of the weekend (they get better with each listen- I never realized how many ridiculous layers they've packed into each track). Anyway, if you haven't listened to them yet, go by their website to hear both songs (and read what Banana Nutrament and XXJFG had to say about the band as well). Free Blood are also playing in Washington D.C., at DC9, on March 11th.
However, this song also popped up, and brought back some interesting memories:
here's what I said about it back in September '04:
Luomo, aka Vladislav Delay, has created a song that is quite literally perfect, and there are a thousand reasons why I think so. How about the diva-man voice that's fractured and broken and as roughly faceted as a stillborn diamond? Or the effects-heavy guitar/synth solo that pops up right in the middle of the whole shining mess? Or perhaps the moment right after the solo ends when a tripled, crumpled beat crytallizes the honey-thick melancholy of the singer's intake-whisper of 'I wish' at minute 6:37 through 6:42? I played this song about 50 or 60 times, on a crappy tape deck in my car, on the way home from VA to PA during the massive winter storm that hit the east coast in late March of '03. Blinding snow. Lots of fucking huge trucks. Many near-death experiences varied only by their intensity and provenance (weather, or asshole driver?). My burning adoration of this music was formed in the stale heat of a blizzard-crippled '94 Buick Regal on I-95.
Song's still probably the best thing I've ever heard. Taken from Force Tracks' original "Digital Disco" comp. (the version of 'Present Lover' from "Digital Disco" is way, way better than the one that masqueraded as the title track of Luomo's 2004 LP), which you can buy here.
Posted by Kevin at February 21, 2006 01:15 PM