Ministry Of Sound :: Chillout Sessions XII

Various Artists

Ministry of Sound

Chillout Sessions XII

release date: 30.aug.2009

genres: electro, indie-electro/nu-disco, synthpop, electro-pop, pop, alternative, indie, indie-pop, anything BUT chillout.

rating: sehr sehr gut. recommended.

2cd//total 156mins//VBR//258mb

purchase (in UK)

You've probably heard a good number of songs here, which are quite good, which makes this a very good compilation. I don't know why MOS names this "Chillout Sessions", though. I found it when browsing a chillout forum looking for actual chillout albums. I'm conjecturing "chillout" because it is relatively chill compared to what MOS is known for–trance, house, banging dancefloor anthems. Ehh, well, just making sure you don't get tricked like I did into thinking I was getting an album with tight chillout remixes of Ladyhawke and Empire of the Sun. But yeah, as I said, a very good compilation album, highly recommended.

CD1
1. Duffy - Stepping Stone
2. Sarah Blasko - All I Want
3. Lisa Mitchell - See You When You Get Here
4. Tame Impala - Sundown Syndrome
5. Fink - Sort Of Revolution (Cinematic Orchestra Radio Edit)
6. Josh Pyke - The Summer
7. Miike Snow - Burial
8. Daniel Merriweather feat. Wale - Change
9. Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone
10. Jenny Wilson - Anchor Made Of Gold
11. Peter Bjorn And John- Nothing To Worry About
12. Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work
13. Lost Valentinos - Serio
14. Au Revoir Simone - Shadows
15. Bat For Lashes - Daniel
16. Ryskee feat. Leslie Ming - Leave Me Amor (Bloody Beetroots Remix)
17. Empire Of The Sun - Standing On The Shore
18. MGMT - Weekend Wars
19. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

20. La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix)
21. Fever Ray - When I Grow Up

CD2
1. Grace Jones - Williams' Blood (Greg Wilson Remix)
2. Phoenix - Lisztomania (Classixx Version)
3. Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
4. Paul Dempsey - Ramona Was A Waitress (Faux Pas Remix)
5. James Yuill - This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Re-Edit)
6. Damn Arms - Destination Pt
7. SIA - Buttons (CSS Remix)
8. Metric - Help I'm Alive (Twelves' Remix)
9. The Golden Filter - Solid Gold (Extended Version)
10. Bertie Blackman - Thump (Wild Turkeys Remix)
11. Lost Valentinos - Thief (Nile Delta Remix)
12. The Juan Maclean - One Day (Original Version)
13. MSTRKRFT feat. John Legend - Heartbreaker
14. Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Breakbot Remix)
15. Ladyhawke - My Delirium (Chateau Marmont Remix)
16. Sebastien Tellier - Kilometre
17. Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity Of Huge (Allez Allez Remix)
18. Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don't Stand A Chance (Chromeo Remix)
19. Beni - My Love Sees You (Classixx Version)

20. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks (Fred Falke Remix)

Strength, DEELAY CEELAY, and STARFUCKER @theLOFT

Went to my first show this quarter at the Loft. Great show.

Strength, from Portland, Oregon

They were good. I out-of-habitly felt a dislike toward them (opening bands), but then, yeah, they were pretty good. Fun. Prejudice gone.

Genre: nu-disco/indie-dance.

Next band: DEELAY CEELAY. also from Portland. myspace.

Excellent! ★★★★★

If you like: air (french duo), boards of canada, kyte, postal service, liquid drum'n'bass, trance, idm.

Two guys, both on the drums. The rest of the sounds they recorded beforehand, I believe. I was on the front right (yes good thing I brought my earplugs) next to this guy video-recording who happened to be one of the band members' brother. He told me "Deelay Ceelay" came from their names: Delanay, and Chris Lael. Sorry not so great pictures.

They had their own visuals playing, too. So win. One of the guys is a visual artist, the other a percussionist. Makes for a spell-binding show. They had strobe lights set-up under their drum sets, and then the psychedelic visuals. Watch video of a live show in Seattle.

Download their album (4 tracks) for free on their website or just click here.

Finally, Starfucker. Ok, looks like they're all from Portland.

Genre: indie-electro, synth-pop

I seriously didn't know that they were quite well-known (relatively/indie scene-wise). The Loft was pretty packed, definitely more than what I expected. I got their album "Jupiter" a few months ago, liked it, and so when I saw they were coming to the Loft, made a note on my calendar to go. Didn't look them up or anything. Well, they played a few songs that weren't on Jupiter and that a lot of kids knew, so I figured that wasn't their debut album. They played a good show. But it was a little annoying that they kept pausing to change monitor volumes, pick up a dropped drumstick, change mic volumes. Still alright. They ended with "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".

Oh, and they're changing their name. You can e-mail them suggestions. There's a band from Belgium of the same name. Guy in crowd: "Planetfucker!" Maybe not..

Silver Swans - Realize The Ghost

Everyone has a different side, especially musicians, and it's always great to hear that. We all know Ann Yu as the vocalist for LoveLikeFire and her unique ability to create dramatic and memorable songs, but in her side project Silver Swans (with Jon Waters), she shows her keen sense of anchoring dancefloor fillers with beautifully swirling hollow vocals and intricate electro instrumentals that lift you into a dream state...a constant, yet enjoyable struggle between vocals and electronics. —stranded in stereo

What Blaqk Audio is to AFI, Silver Swans are to SF faves LoveLikeFire. Uh, well kind of, I suppose. Silver Swans are a fantastic new local synth/dance side-project of Ann Yu, lead singer of LoveLikeFire, and its an incredible piece of haunting, hypotonic and dreamy electronic pop. (for fans of The Knife, LADYTRON and La Roux) SF live debut at the Rickshaw Stop on Friday, November 7. —aaron axelsen, live105 soundcheck

Their debut album Realize the Ghost is due to be out in January on San Francisco-based Tricycle Records. Check out the other artists' featured songs on the label's myspace. I'm quite liking them.

Silver Swans - Realize the Ghost, 192kbps

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