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| vinyl ep | battant . "kevin (1989)" in that little micro novelty trendy market of ours, what have we got in terms of "heavy trends" (aka death) ?? So BATTANT then... yeah, Kevin now... the battant album will be out on kill the dj during 2008 ! |
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chloé. "the waiting room ep" Talking about « The Waiting Room », Chloés first album, is not an easy matter for us. Too early maybe. We would willingly get rid of the idea of a first album of electronic music as being a real difficulty. The gulf exists, certain fell in it, others not …. Chloé however is not even on the road that runs parallel to the gulf. What touches us about Chloé is that we don’t really know on which highway she’s riding. Several milestones however ……. The Pulp and the Djing of course. Or the story of a discreet girl naturally imposing herself, and from the beginning showing herself to advantage and a sure value on the international electronic scene. A happy tale ……. It’s not very often that fragility and sincerity are “under the spotlights”. Not particularly ambitious, Chloé is just being herself, a disarming exposition of her weaknesses, which became in fact her force. How can doubt be a driving power ? Lets stop a minute on this story of doubt….. Chloé’s first productions on the Karat label for example. It was necessary to doubt for a rising DJ to produce a record like Erosoft. Wobbly, fragile, pop and poetic, practically going towards the danger of everything that may seem necessary, success for idiots. And yet, Chloé obtained immediate recognition from her equals : best clubs, biggest festivals. One could easily think the her fragile music compensates the hard career of being a DJ. The solitude of hotel rooms, the coldness of airports, the intrinsic weariness. As if two Chloés existed : the international DJ, sure of herself, and the producer, expressing her interior fragility. But Chloé goes even further : DJ, producer, she also studies at the Academy of Music (Conservatoire), writes electro-acoustic music that she mixes, and composes music for choreographies. In constant search of stability, fragile, among so many things : harmony/dissonance, repetition/rupture, complexity/spontaneity, body (dance)/spirit (dances also but…) je ne comprends pas la précédente phrase dans les parentheses electronic/acoustic … And Chloé also talks of things more intimate than they seem : love, with a big or small a, of the fantoms that haunt us, of finding happiness as time goes by, “Around the Clock” , death or far away countries. The text is the less erudite possible. Chloé wants to be touching and most of all not intimidate people. If she plays, mixes and diverts, it’s to avoid what actually touches nobody anymore : the forced experimentations of a hermetic electronic sound, the style of commercial pop dance music. So we’re talking about emotions, but emotions that are shared with her public. One again, Chloé the discreet, risks revealing herself. An intimate album for a large public, it had to be done. We take our hats off to you Chloé. |
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| vinyl ep | chloé. "suspended" "suspended" is quite appropriate... yes we are there, in between, floating and awaiting. hopefully you are too. Our own Chloé will release her first album on kill the DJ in october. God knows this is a scary moment (in scary times), the first album... so here we are, her and us "suspended" (the term does also imply tension in a way). we will not talk for now about the lp, it would be spoiling what is already our most important release. She is about to jump. good flight. speak soon. |
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| vinyl ep | jason edwards . codeine here is the first extract from ouest, jason edwards' album released on kill the dj. and yes, codeine it is. had to be after all the buzz and fuzz that came from its inclusion on the dysfunctional family cd. he can thanks to the heroes in making of TIGER TIMING. TT are johnny burnip, legendary purveyor of quality music at the London Sounds of the Universe emporium (and home to the excellent Soul Jazz label-check his capracara stuff!!!!), and radovan scasacia, the man behind the uber cool projects secondo and am/pm. obscure??? not for long guys if we judge by the quality of this mix (god knows if that was a hard one to do, jason original recording having been made at home on a four track). a note: to all the boys and girls who will fall in love with the stoner chick sample at the end of the mix, it is not from any movie, but johnny's girlfriend herself. jason can also dance thanks to our old friend TIM PARIS. Tim is now ivan's neighbour in London (expect future collaborations on kill the dj, including a remix of INK AND NEEDLE, but we'll come back to that...). honestly, we think this is tim's best yet. he managed to stripped everything down to a minimal groove that jives like a berliner on mother's little helpers. a proper remix, true to jason and true to that murky edge we love and cherish.
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| vinyl ep | jose manuel "il giardino dei tarocchi" a1: il giardini dei tarocchi we are searching, searching, searching... and sometimes, others find us. classic history, a demo mailed, a crappy mp3 through our web site. and sometimes it hits us. a rare gem. like jose manuel, italian guy with a spannish name. strange...
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jason edwards" album . "ouest" Ouest pour kill the dj, n’est pas un tournant (puisqu’on ne tourne pas selon le vent mais bien dans tous les sens depuis le début) mais un album marquant. “Le fruit d’une belle rencontre” comme on dit dans les mauvaises feuilles de presse. Un album de folk sous tranxène, de (s)lo-fi, enregistré “à la maison” sur un 8 pistes analogique. |
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| vinyl | KRIKOR : ROCK HARD IN A FUNKY PLACE EP So the story goes...
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| vinyl | chloé: around/overhead (out now) B1 : " overhead " : the eternal murky waters. the inbetween where we always stand, "feet in the mud, head in the clouds" if we were younger. feet in the gutter, head in the stars he told me the other day that "if you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much room". god he was so right. that fine line. opening/closing. twelve or six. the best of both worlds. you will not hear chloé leave. as usual. she may bring the album next time.
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kill the dj cd compilation |
kill the dj introducing: the dysfuntional family.
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a mixed up compilation by chloé & ivan smagghe.
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| vinyl 12' | out may 17th ! aswefall. "youngeez" feat naum + shaeben & voss remixes.
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| vinyl 12' | REmoTe . get a real job ep
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dynamo. bark like a dog ep
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| vinyl 12' | aswefall. ride rmx A1
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| vinyl 12' | jennygoesdirty. amoureux solitaires ep a1 jennygoesdirty – amoureux solitaires retro-futurism it is then... a cover of a french early eighties classic (sung by lio, written and produced by elie and jacno... some of you may know it) with lyrics that still make some of us weep. it had to be our first proper release. it really had.and what could be more minimal than a 'lonely lover'? jennifer cardini got that in her stripped down approach. although she is not the lonely one here as she is joined here by henrygoesdirty in her deep and slow sex approach. other versions come from our cherished aswefall (check out the album “bleed” on kill the dj) going lindstrom on us and pan/tone reminding us that they although may have romantic haircuts in cologne, they also can deliver fierce beats. love is a hard, so are we. dirty poster included.
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| cd album | aswefall. bleed
le projet aswefall est né durant l’hiver 2004 à paris, de la rencontre improbable entre le sud électronique et la cold pop nordique: clément vaché et leo hellden . bleed, premier album, met en scène leurs réminiscences musicales et transpire un certain malaise adolescent. chansons folk, basses new wave, et digressions instrumentales sont les motifs qui parcourent cet album nerveux et inquiet. |
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| double cd | how to kill the dj (part two)
here it is at least - after two years of hard work and 80 licences for the track listing ! the ultimate mix-tape, the craziest compilation around , a true testimony by our favorte dj : jonnie wilkes and dj twitch aka optimo . |
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| vinyl 12' | how to kill the dj vinyl sampler
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The soundtrack of Kill The Dj night at Pulp' dyke club. mixed by Ivan Smagghe "Best Compilation of the Year 2003" |
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