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Sunday
28Feb2010

Slow Dance

DateSunday, February 28, 2010 at 1:15PM in

Jeremy Jay (who has been gushed over in a previous post), will be lauching a new 7" next week at The Rest is Noise in Brixton. Discobb will be there, slow dancing in a dark corner. If you're around, come say hello.

SEXBEAT: Jeremy Jay single launch

Saturday 6, 2010 9:00 pm to 2:00 am

Jeremy Jay (K Records) - live
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SEXBEAT are pleased to announce their next 7” release; K Records star Jeremy Jay - Dial My Number from his 3rd album Splash. This single launch party is the 1st chance to pick up a copy of the record before its official release on March 8 and a rare opportunity to see him play the UK.
From 9pm – 2am | £3 entry

 

 

Jeremy Jay - Slow Dance

(Big thanks to Jeremy for putting us on the guestlist)

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Thursday
25Feb2010

Interventions

DateThursday, February 25, 2010 at 10:28AM in ,

Image by Willam Lamson, part of the series 'Intervention'

via Beautiful/Decay

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Tuesday
23Feb2010

Where the Wild Roses Grow

DateTuesday, February 23, 2010 at 10:21AM in

I woke up this morning to find myself in the midst of a musical name-dropping competition between AvantCaire and Tom Gara. We're still embroiled in the heat of battle (I will crush them).

Anyway, this intercontinental (AvantCaire is currently in snowy New York) challenge has reminded me of the Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue duet 'Where the Wild Roses Grow'.

I would happily sacrifice myself to the river if Cave was the one with the rock in his fist. Swooooon. 

Follow @avantcaire, @tomgara and @discobb for updates.

 

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Monday
22Feb2010

the place where we were hidden

DateMonday, February 22, 2010 at 5:00PM in ,

I discovered 'IV' (four) last year at the excellent wavesatnight. From first listen I was hooked to IV's darkly cinematic sound and immediately started an exchange with the band, hoping for more background. They happily sent me music, but weren't very generous with information.

Finally last week, and upon further probing, IV admitted to being two graphic designers from Paris with an obsession for film (as evidenced by their video above for the track 'Alaska - The Place Where We Were Hidden). They also said that they have something exciting coming up soon, but apologized for not being able to discuss it.

These cryptic boys (are they male even?) of IV obviously know which buttons to press because I am now even more enamoured by them. I'm looking forward to the next precious nugget of information delivered to my inbox (and can't wait for more musical presents).

Thank you IV.

[MP3]: IV - Doppelganger


[MP3]: IV - The Beast

(download for 'Alaska - The Place Where We Were Hidden available at wavesatnight)

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Monday
22Feb2010

Dirty Pretty Things

DateMonday, February 22, 2010 at 10:46AM in

Image by Jana Cruder

via thisisaphotoblog

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Sunday
21Feb2010

A Man and A Woman

DateSunday, February 21, 2010 at 10:00AM in

Image by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for The New York Times

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Sunday
21Feb2010

Breaking the Waves

DateSunday, February 21, 2010 at 10:00AM in

Image by Colin Young Wolff

via thisisaphotoblog

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Thursday
18Feb2010

From the Secret World

DateThursday, February 18, 2010 at 5:00PM in ,

Image by Anastasia Cazabon, from the series 'From the Secret World, Transitions'

via Beautiful Decay

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Thursday
18Feb2010

Absolute, unconditional, unquestioning

DateThursday, February 18, 2010 at 10:00AM in

'For You, Anything' by James Clar, 2010

Whether you believe in love or not, chances are you've felt deeply enough about someone to risk life and limb for them. I love how this piece strips down any romantic and delicate notions to one visceral truth - there are no limits to love.

'For You, Anything' by James Clar, showing at Art Dubai 2010.

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Wednesday
17Feb2010

Smoldered Fields

DateWednesday, February 17, 2010 at 5:00PM in ,

Mohamed El Amin believes that every moment deserves a soundtrack. The Dubai-based photographer takes pictures that are often named after songs or accompanied by musical recommendations. This is a concept I can completely get behind, being a little obsessed as well with soundtracking life.

Mohamed's recommendation for this image is a track by Canadian post-rockers, Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. As his portfolio is mostly filled with pictures from live performances, I've decided to put up a live version of 'American Motor Over Smoldered Field'.

[MP3]: Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - American Motor Over Smoldered Field

 

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Wednesday
17Feb2010

Never Gonna Stop

DateWednesday, February 17, 2010 at 10:00AM in

As a child of the 90's, I was introduced to The Knack by a dancing Winona Ryder in 'Reality Bites'. I then proceeded to recreate that moment, with borrowed friends and joyous dancing - in sweaty cars, living rooms and house-parties all over Dubai. So what if the band didn''t shake off the one-hit-wonder stench, 'My Sharona' was and still is, one of my happy songs.

Which is why I'm saddened by news of the death of lead singer Doug Fieger. He died Valentine's Day after a long battle with illness. RIP.

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Tuesday
16Feb2010

A Moment Defined 

DateTuesday, February 16, 2010 at 5:00PM in

'A Moment Defined by a Point and a Line' by James Clar, 2010

James Clar is an American artist (and friend of discobb) who in March, will be debuting a new show entitled 'Acceleration'. The show explores various themes such as identity, violence and religion; as well as the profoundly human ideas of love and pleasure.

One of my favourite pieces is the one pictured above. In the words of the artist -

“The 3 pieces in this series each represent a historical assassination. They reduce a pivotal moment in history to basic math, the point of impact for each bullet and the angle of trajectory, displayed as lines of light intersecting a clear acrylic block.”

The subjects chosen for the series are Malcolm X, King Faisal, and Amadou Diallo - all of whom were the victims of brutal and politically driven shootings. Malcolm X was shot 15 times during a speech on black nationalism; King Faisal was shot by his nephew twice, in what is believed to be a CIA driven assassination; and police shot 41 bullets into Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo - 19 of which hit him.

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The series brings up questions of ethnic and religious xenophobia as well as the current state of Western/Middle East ties. At the heart of it all though, each of the pieces takes an historically explosive (pun unintended) event and attempts to reduce it to a mathematical meeting of a point and a line.

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Tuesday
16Feb2010

Psychedelic spheres

DateTuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:00PM in

Image via Fervent Moon

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Monday
15Feb2010

the devil in disguise

DateMonday, February 15, 2010 at 5:00PM in

Lightspeed Champion (him of the London-born, Williamsburg-approved scruffiness) releases his new album today. It's called 'Life is Sweet! Nice To Meet You', which is just the kind of exclamation point-ed enthusiasm we can behind here at discobb.

Earlier this year, Lightspeed (real name : Devonte Hynes) decided to record a track in honour of what would have been Elvis Presley's 75th birthday. The result is this boisterous version of 'Devil in Disguise' featuring various people on backing vocals (including, apparently, the receptionist at the recording studio). Preview and download are below.

'Life is Sweet! Nice To Meet You' is available now on Domino Records.

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Monday
15Feb2010

Skeletons

DateMonday, February 15, 2010 at 12:00PM in

It may not have been their most popular album, but I really loved It's Blitz, the last full length from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. But then, I'll probably love any/everything to do with Karen O.

 

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