2 posts tagged “club”

iiO - Rapture (Creamer & Stephane K Edit) iiO 1 comment Album Discography [2005] Poetica [2007] Reconstruction Time: The Best Of iiO Remixed

Daryl wrote: Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 6:36 PM

...Thanks for throwing something out there for the dance music lovers. (You know you're out there!)

For the dance music lovers, iiO releases over 15 remixes of "Rapture" on Reconstruction Disk (see most of the track listing on their press release).

Let's face it: if you ever liked "Rapture", this is the collection for you. It collects all the hard-to-find and rare remixes of the song (from b-sides of 12" and from various compilations) so you don't have to work at finding them all - it's all right here on two CDs.

Besides from the great packaging (see video towards the end), there's actually an added bonus of two "Rapture" music videos. I've decided to include the video, so you can listen to the original mix of the song and video.

iiO are basically producer Markus Moser and vocalist Nadia Ali, whose band name was actually Vaiio (named after their Sony VAIO laptop) but they had changed it to avoid any potential lawsuits. They had a massive dance hit with "Rapture" in 2001, but their debut - and only - album didn't happen until 2005... but by then Ali had decided to leave the band to pursue a solo career.

It's really too bad that Ali won't be singing for iiO, but it does leave some opportunities for Moser to work with a variety of singers... so the future for iiO should be a bright one.

All the new remixes are found on the first disc, with two tracks from five DJs.

The Starkillers provides the radio-friendly tracks (both under 3½ minutes), while the Hardware and Friscia & Lamboy remixes were obviously meant for the dance floor - providing a lot of beats.

The slowest mix in the bunch is probably Lametta's Made2Chill Remix, which removed the dance beats and focused on the Nadia Ali vocals.

iiO - Kiss You

In fact, all the remixes retained some or all of Ali vocals, even in the "dub" mixes (which typically removes all traces of the vocals). This just shows you what an iconic singing from Ali, that I've decided to include "Kiss You" from their Poetica to showcase her great voice.

Reconstruction Disk is out now on Made Records.

 03/03/2008 00:16:42  vu my♥posts www.iiomusic.com

Polynya - Old West Polynya 1 comment Read More Polynya http://weheartmus... Polynya are from North Carolina... and that's pretty much all I know about this band! I thought t... Kerry Politzer http://weheartmus... Kerry Politzer just recorded her second podcast, The Jazz Piano of Kerry Politzer, yesterday (Nov... iio - Rapture Reconstruction (Made Records) http://weheartmus... iiO - Rapture (Creamer & Stephane K Edit) from weheartmusic.vox.com Rapture Reconstruction: Where... 65daysofstatic kicks off massive five-month European and US tour supporting The Cure http://weheartmus... “Kicking off with their trademark electric crackle, it’s clear that with their third album 65day... Cadence Weapon to Tour in Support of Sophomore Album http://weheartmus... Cadence Weapon - Your Hair's Not Clothes from weheartmusic.vox.com Roland Pemberton (aka Rollie) ... The Glow Pt. 2 by the Microphones deluxe re-issue out April 8th, 2008! http://weheartmus... Microphones - Universe from weheartmusic.vox.com Originally selling more then 25,000 copies, this...

Here's one of my famous news roundup from press.weheartmusic.com. A few things before we get started: Polynya (polynya.info) is playing a few dates and would like you to know about it:

March 18th at Hell in Chapel Hill, NC
April 4th at Nightlight in Chapel Hill, NC

Kerry Politzer - Always

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Kerry Politzer (kerrypolitzer.com) is addicted to Second Life (haha! just kidding).

If you play Second Life, you should add her as a friend. I would be doing Second Life too if it wasn't for presky First Life getting in the way.

If you were curious about what a "live" performance on Second Life looks like, check out this youtube video.

Also, I don't know where Q's House (is it in New York?), but there will be a live interview with her on February 19th. More details about this interview on myspace.

65daysofstatic - When We Were Younger & Better 2 comments Cadence Weapon - Your Hair's Not Clothes iiO - Rapture (Creamer & Stephane K Edit) 1 comment Microphones.Mount Eerie - Universe

A few tour announcements as well: 65daysofstatic (65daysofstatic.com) and Cadence Weapon (cadenceweaponmusic.com) are going on tour.

We've previously mentioned 65daysofstatic before, so check out the article for more details.

I'm actually pretty excited about Cadence Weapon, who sounds like Minneapolis's Atmosphere.

I have Cadence Weapon's new album, Afterparty Babies (to be released March 4th 2008), for review, and from what I've heard: it's full of great pop culture lyrics.

If you're into club/dance, you might have heard "Rapture" by iiO (iiomusic.com). Well after four years, they've decided to go back and "reconstruct" the song and release it as, erm, "Rapture Reconstruction".

The double-disc EP contains 15 tracks of the new Rapture song, each remixed by a variety of DJs.

The sample song I received (Creamer & K Remix) is pretty good, although I haven't heard the original Reconstruction song to compare it.

And speaking of re-issues, the original 2001 The Glow Pt 2 by Microphones.Mount Eerie (krecs.com) is being re-released on April 8th as a 2-disc set from K Records.

This band was originally called The Microphones (based out of Olympia, Washington), who, under the direction of Phil Elvrum, changed their name to Mount Eerie in 2004. Not sure why the name change, but they basically changed it back to The Microphones.

 02/18/2008 20:32:20  vu my♥posts weheartmusic.com