New vid from New York’s Cubic Zirconia. Do yourself a favour and catch their live show if you ever get the chance, it is well worth it.
I can’t say enough praises about the Kompakt subsidiary, the Cómeme label. From their first release, they have been banging out great 12"s, that have been consistently fresh sounding and, sonically, sound a bit all over the place: a lil tech-house, electro, italo, acid house, synth-pop, techno and, usually have some screaming Latino vocals on top (think Liaisons Dangereuses - “Los Niños Del Parque”). They just released Daniel Maloso’s “Hijos de José” and they made a lil DIY video for it.
This video was uploaded by our dude XI, and captures the visual-drenched last 5 minutes or so of Daedelus’ performance at The Drake.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words so a video must be worth like a million words or something right?
Mr. Mikey Apples posted the “New York Muscle” video the other day and it got me thinking, where is the dynamic duo, A.R.E. Weapons? Its like Batman and Robin abandoned Gotham music city and the city has gone to shit. Its a shame. They are arguably one of the greatest bands of our generation. Like the mangled step-child of the new york sound with equal parts Suicide, the Ramones, The Cars, Foetus (admittedly British but Thirwell has lived in New York since the 80s). They need to make a comeback. I predict remix ep comeback! (Optimo, Factory Floor…). You heard it here first.