Nightclubbing & Nachtmusik

Here’s some claustrophobic kraut-disko to set you up for a Friday night.

First up, Parisian duo Zombie Zombie, paying homage to one of Iggy’s darkest, most oppressive moments

Quick! Book that budget flight to Berlin, we can be there in time for an amphetamine breakfast, then we’ll live it up like it’s 1977.

Zombie Zombie – Nightclubbing

Tsssk! You were in such a rush to book the flight, you forgot about the return tickets.  Stay calm, neck these downers and we’ll catch a train… How about a little night music, courtesy of Modular Records, to lull away the journey?

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Etrinken

Deutschland passes by in a foggy, motorik blur – You dream of 12-hour krautrock marathons chez-Can, in a dank warehouse crudely sound-proofed with prison-issue mattresses… You hit metallic beats with Kraftwerk, after sneaking in the place of Wolfgang Flür’s showroom dummy… Your head pounds with pneumatic drills and rapier-like guitar scrapes and klangs as you crawl your way out of Negativland… You are Damo Suzuki… You are Damo Suzuki… You are Damo Suzuki… No, I am Damo Suzuki…

Dam Dam ou Dum Dum

Look, here comes Michèle, she’s been hanging out with that peculiarly monikered gang Ses Wouaps.

She’s got a sweet spot for her Wouaps, with their preppy, geek charm and their twangy guitars, and they love her for that spooky operatic wail of hers. Together they made a record with a nonsensical title and a sinister undertone, the kind of thing Joe Meek liked to knock out in his Holloway Road bolthole - the vampiric Moontrekkers making a horrorshow din, and a peroxide beehived gal on lead vocal.

Are the lyrics littered with references to bloody carnage and death? Not to these ears, but it would certainly sit moodily alongside any death disc. All drenched in reverb, it gives me those same goosebumps I get when I hear Johnny Remember Me by John Leyton and Give Us Your Blessings by The Shangri-Las.

Michèle et Ses Wouaps – Dam Dam

Jina Miko’s got the bubblegum pop thing down pat – the cute untrained voice; the odd nagging telephone ringing in your eardrum sound; the little ‘woop’ before the Lipstick On Your Collar-esque guitar solo comes in; and a production so hot and distorted it sounds like the tape was melting when they laid it down...

But the best thing is it sounds like she’s saying “Dom Dom” rather than “Dum Dum”, and I’m a sucker for any French girl who calls my name…

Jina Miko – Dum Dum

L'Amour Electronique - dansez la décadanse this Saturday

You are cordially invited to join us for a soirée of pop music spanning the following genres/styles:

French Pop
(Ye-Ye, Gainsbourg, Dutronc, chanson, Quebecoises, Space disco, Polnareff, Pop a Paris, etc)
Synthesized Pop
(Post-punk, kraut, new romantic, 8-bit, Moog pop, synthcore, casio-core, nu-rave, etc)
Electronic Pop
(electronic pioneers, musique concrete, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, theremin sounds, electronica, electroclashing, etc)

see earlier posts for setlists and podcasts from previosu nights

In case you haven't realised, the night is called
L'AMOUR ELECTRONIQUE
it takes place at
THE PENTHOUSE, ABOVE THE FREEBUTT, PHOENIX PLACE, BRIGHTON
starts: 8PM
ends: 1AM
FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT
and drinks offers too.

Come and dance La Décadanse - Serge will explain how...
Serge Gainsbourg et Jane Birkin - La Décadanse

L'Amour Electronique approves of bendy-legged dancing

This chap was at L'Amour Electronique in June. We marvelled at his super-duper, jumbo cord, rubber-legged dancefloor moves...




Maybe he'd been watching Sylvie on his Scopitone before he came out that night...
Sylvie Vartan - Est-ce Que Tu Le Sais?




But we all know, Johnny taught her a few moves back when they met...
Johnny Hallyday - Le Twist




It's okay though, because Johnny and Sylvie got married and were the "Golden Couple" of the post-yé-yé generation

Podcast and setlist - 26 July 2008

watch out for Sarah's Devo double-header - c'est fantastique!

Verity
Françoiz Breut – Vingt à Trente Mille Jours
John Foxx – You Were There
Jeanne Morreau - La Tourbillon (Jules Et Jim OST)
Glass Candy – Life After Sundown
Ruth – Polaroid-Roman-Photo
Baccara – Parlez-Vous Français?
Depeche Mode – The Meaning of Love
Dominic
Serge Gainsbourg – Le Poinçonneur Des Lilas
M.A.R.R.S. – Pump Up The Volume
Serge Gainsbourg – Hotel Particulier
Gillian Hills – Rentre Sans Moi
Michel Polnareff – Beatnik
Thomas Leer & Robert Rental – Day Breaks, Night Heals
Ladytron – He Took Her To A Movie
Brigitte Bardot – Gang Gang
Glass Candy – I Always Say Yes
Françoise Hardy – Fleur De Lune
Sarah
Laurie Anderson – O Superman
Japan – Fall In Love With Me
Sylvie Vartan – De Bonheur
Alice Dona – Les Trois Couleurs De L’Amour
John Foxx – Glimmer
The Associates – Those 1st Impressions
Peepholes – Milk + Honey
Relaxed Muscle – The Beast Master
Verity
Jacno – La Poupée Qui Fait Non
Françoise Hardy – Ça a Raté
Kraftwerk – Ohm Sweet Ohm
The Buggles – Johnny On The Monorail
Soft Cell – Bedsitter
Dominic
Fabienne Delsol – I’m Gonna Catch Me A Rat
Stereolab – Tempter /
French Language Disque
Von Südenfed – Fledermaus Can’t Get It
Norman Frechette et Les Hou-Lops – J’Etudie Mon Grec
Anna Karina – Rollergirl
Space – Magic Fly
Sarah
The Human League – Rock ‘n’ Roll
Stereo Total – Cannibale
The Chap – Fun and Interesting
Metal Mickey – Lollipop Lollipop
Kid Carpet – I Don’t Want To Fall In Love With You
Kemper Norton Collective – Denaissance (live)
*****PODCAST BEGINS*****
Verity
Pulp – Countdown
Dauerfisch – Peter Thomas Kam Nicht Zahlen
Mareva Galanter – Pourquoi Pas Moi?
Add N To (X) – Adding N To X
Petula Clark – L’Agent Secret
Magnetic Fields – Smoke and Mirrors
Deux – Game and Performance
Dominic
Holy Fuck – Royal Gregory
Jacques Dutronc – Et Moi Et Moi Et Moi
Clothilde – Et Moi Et Toi Et Soie
Brezel Göring – Ich Bin So Süchtig (mit Christiane F)
Christine et Ses Copains – Mon Mini Croulant
John et Jehn – 20L07
Françoise Hardy – Les Petits Garçons
Sarah
Nicole Croisille et Pierre Barough – Un Homme et Une Femme
Fayrouz – L’Amour De L’Autre
Depeche Mode – Boys Say Go!
Devo – Satisfaction (I Can’t Get Me No)
Devo – Praying Hands
Giorgio Moroder – From Her To Eternity
*****PODCAST ENDS*****

Verity
Stereolab – John Cage Bubblegum
New Order – Round and Round
France Gall – Nous Ne Sommes Pas Des Anges
Louis Philippe – L’Oiseau De Nuit
BBC Sporting Themes/Ray Davies – Breezy Bounce
Jacques Dutronc – La Leçon Gymnastique du Professeur Dutronc
Dominic
Hot Butter – Popcorn
Of Montreal – Suffer For Fashion
Die Perlen – Jeudi Noir (Tony Punk remix)
Stereo Total – (I Hate) Everybody In The Discotheque (version by Echokrank)
Frank Alamo - Ma Biche
The Mae-Shi – Lamb and Lion
Blue Sisters – Il Va T’Aimer
Sarah
Grace Jones – La Vie En Rose
Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene
Dauerfisch – So Gut
Miss Pain – Shelf-Location ROM (r@zorbla.de hardcover remix)
Captain Sensible – Happy Talk
Verity
OMD – Enola Gay
Dominic
Stella - Pourquoi Pas Moi?
Sarah
Christie Laume – Rouge-Rouge
Verity
Serge Gainsbourg et Brigitte Bardot – Comic Strip
Dominic
Françoise Hardy – Non Ce N'est Pas Un Rêve
Sarah
Orlane Paquin – Le Train De 10h03
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Computer L.O.V.E. pt.1

This Devo mix of Datarock’s Computer Camp Love surfaced a little while ago. It seems like the ideal marriage: what are Datarock, if not the present day Devo?

The mix: it’s not really a huge departure from the original – but they’ve added some vicious Whip It-esque percussion hits (though I hear “She’s not that kind of a girl”) there’s also a nice little twist when Judy (“that’s a nice name”) gets a cameo appearance, and tells her side of the story, apparently she faked the big ‘O’ (and we’re not talking about her Roy Orbison impression)…

Datarock - Computer Camp (DEVO Mutato Mix)

Talking of the big ‘O’:

YMO Anecdote 1: One morning about half a year ago, We had to get up at some really stupidly early hour to do something really stupidly important. So we set the radio to come on at stupid-o’clock on Radio 2. I have this strange half-dream/half-awake recollection of hearing Yellow Magic Orchestra playing in the background whilst some montone DJ, who’d presumably been moved to the graveyard shift as a punishment, waffled endlessly to himself and the 2 insomniacs who were still tuned in. Thankfully my mind’s eye was picturing 8-bit colour explosions and pixelated mayhem, rather than DJ Monotone, in his grey shirt, whispering down his grey windshield...

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Computer Games

YMO Anecdote 2: Our reporter on the frontline who goes under the alias Feline1, relayed to us news of a small-scale synth-geek uprising when Yellow Magic Orchestra played the Royal Festival Hall in London on 15 June. It seems that even though they were billed as YMO, they only actually played about 3 YMO songs. Naughty. Feline1 wasn’t best pleased and felt like demanding his money back…

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Computer Games


Talking of Feline 1: On my birthday last year he gave me a CD-R of ZX Spectrum Madness. It seems he sat down on his trusty old ZX Spectrum 128K and played some of his favourite games and simultaneously recorded the soundtracks to some of them. So I get to hear some ace 8-bit anthems from the likes of David Whittaker, Dave Rogers and Rob Hubbard. And now you do too.

This one’s quite a jaunty little number, just perfect for going out for a spin in yr hydrofoil (or yr hydrofool) on a Sunday afternoon.

Rob Hubbard – Theme from Hydrofool (ZX Spectrum 128K)
[nb. watch out for the abrupt ending]

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addendum:

Thanks Lew for pointing out the ZX Spectrum game is actually called 'Hydrofool'. I'll be the first to admit my knowledge of ZX Spectrums starts and ends with playing Horace Goes Skiing during the last Computer Science lesson of the school term when I was about 10...

If anyone goes out for a spin in their hydrofool this week, be careful, they handle a lot differently from the old hydrofoil pictured.

L’Amour Electronique – podcast / mixtape & setlist 28 JUNE 2008

Phew, just in time to give you a taster for tonight's L'Amour Electronique, 8pm-1am at The Penthouse, Phoenix Place, Brighton.  Entry is free all night long.  Come and say salut!

here's last month's setlist and the mix is at the bottom...

Dominic
Mireille Darc – Helicoptere
Serge Gainsbourg – Requiem Pour Un Con
Rod Freeman and The Blue Men/Joe Meek – I Hear A New World
Kraftwerk – Computer World
Serge Gainsbourg et Charlotte Gainsbourg – Lemon Incest
Stereo Total – Holiday Innn
Jane Birkin – Ex-Fan Des Sixties
Pamela – Une Autre Autoroute
Ladytron – amTV
Sarah
Adult. – Pray For Pills
Cobra Killer – Mund Auf-Augen Zu (Stecker Raud, Ich Dreh’ Durch)
Catherine Clousot et Jacques Rousseau – Dansons La Capucine
Josephine Baker – Si J’Etais Blanche
Simon Bookish – Michael
The Human League – Life Kills
Plastic Bertrand – Sha La La La Lee
Françoise Hardy – Je Changerais D’Avis
Charlotte Gainsbourg – 5:55 (Metronomy remix)
Mick Harvey – Jazz in the Ravine
Verity
Claudine Longet – Love Is Blue
OMD – Souvenir
Schneider TM – Camping
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
Ruth – Polaroid-Roman-Photo
Michel Polnareff – Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta
Ladytron – The Way That I Found You
Serge Gainsbourg – Elaeudanla Teiteia
Neon Neon – Dream Cars
Dominic
Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan
Françoise Hardy – Suzanne
OMD – Messages
Les 5 Gentlemen – Si Tu Reviens Chez Moi
Jacques Dutronc – Sur Une Nappe De Restaurant
Jany L. – Le Restaurant Chinois
I Monster – Full Speed To Metric
Sarah
The Associates – Waiting For the Loveboat
Edith Nylon – Femmes Sous Cellophane
New Order – Dreams Never End
Electronicat – Frisco Bay
Le Tigre – Tres Bien
Hug Party – Tasty Ladies
Verity
Venini – Carnival Star (version 2)
Bis – Love Will Tear Us Apart
Mareva Galanter feat. Jacno – Bang Bang
Desireless – Voyage Voyage
Brigitte Bardot – L’Appareil A Sous
Jacques Dutronc – Mini Mini Mini
Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Silver Apples – I Have Known Love
*****PODCAST BEGINS*****
Dominic
Stella – L’Idole Des Jaunes
Cats In Paris – Loose Tooth Tactile
Jacques Brel – Les Filles et Les Chiens
Echokrank – Abwaerts
The Chap – I Am Oozing Emotion
Zombie Zombie – Nightclubbing
Jacques Dutronc – On Nous Cache Tout, On Nous Dit Rien
Sarah
Stereo Total – Orange Mecanique
Jimmy Somerville – Puit D’Amour
OMD – Joan Of Arc (not included due to technical problems)
John Foxx – Mr No
Nicole Croisille et Pierre Barouh – Un Homme et Une Femme
Josephine Baler – La Petite Tonkinoise
Les Georges Leningrad – Fifi F
Hawnay Troof – Bad News From The Stars
Verity
Villeneuve – Oh No
Neon Neon – I Lust U
Erasure – Lay All Your Love On Me
CKC – 20H25
Mareva Galanter – Les Cornichons
The Knife – Bird
*****PODCAST ENDS*****
Dominic
Ladyhawke – Paris S’Enflamme
The Human League – Seconds
Stereo Total – Musique Automatique
Miss Pain vs Tony Tronic – Shelf-Location ROM (Overdue Under the Shelf remix)
Ronnie Bird – Chante
April March – Tu Mens
Datarock – Computer Camp (Devo Mutato mix)
Sarah
Add N to (X) – Hey Double Double
Soft Cell – Youth
A-ha – Manhattan Skyline
Verity
Etienne Daho – Tombé Pour La France
Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
OMD – Enola Gay
Heaven 17 – Temptation
Dominic
Kap Bambino & Khima France – Seed
Sarah
T.Raumshmiere feat Miss Kittin – The Game Is Not Over
Dominic
Katy David – Plus Tard (Call Me)
Sarah
Devo – Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Getting)
Dominic
Michel Polnareff - Voyages

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