Tonight I am going to a New Japan Pro Wrestling event. Should be an education.
Modern Rocketry
Homosexuality (Instrumental Remix)
I guess now that everyone finally knows that I’m gay I can post this track without arousing (hehe I said arousing) suspicion. Although I suppose that the countless Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, Patrick Cowley, Erasure, Dead Or Alive and Donna Summer remixes might have blown my cover.
Sadly, this remix isn’t as wonderfully fabulous as the original version or the 12″ remix (both of which are in print and I suggest you buy), but it’s still a classic.
Saint Etienne
Join Our Club (Chemically Friendly Zoom Mix)
How the fuck do you say “Eitenne?”
Sorry, I got nothing on these guys. Nice track though.
Techno Animal vs. Dalek
Megaton
Megaton (Remix)
Classical Homicide
Classical Homicide (Remix)
These are taken from a 12″ single that actually bills two tracks as “Techno Animal vs. Dalek” and two others as “Dalek vs. Techno Animal.”
I don’t know much about either act. A quick glance at Discogs tells me that Dalek was an alt hip-hop pair who operated in the late 90s to 2011, primarily on Mike Patton’s Ipecac Recordings label. I checked out some of their stuff on YouTube and it is hella aggro and dark and I’m loving it. I wish there was more industrial hip-hop.
Techno Animal are also industrial (not techno) and featured Justin Broadrick of the metal group Godflesh. If these mixes are any indication, they sounded like the kind of electronic act that would feature a dude from a heavy metal group. I like it.
This was released on the indie label Matador by the way, which blows my fucking mind.
Etienne (French version of Steven) is pronounced “A. T. N.” I quite like their cover version of Only Love Can Break Your Heart
On Saint Etienne : Ay-ten, I suppose. Etienne though, would be ett-e-enn.
According to the Guardian, “the three-piece band Saint Etienne who, since 1990, have fashioned a vast body of collage pop that joyfully absorbs elements of dub, 60s girl groups, English folk, German techno and Swedish groove, and allies them to stylish melodies and savvy lyrics.”
I always thought they were too theoretical, but I like their “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” single.
Member Bob Stanley is the author of “Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop” an entertaining and rather opinionated 624 pages thick book.
I think Eitenne is pronounced “Eh-Tee-Ehn”. Also NJPW? Nice!
good suff
(Y)etien(d) Combine the words yeti and end, drop the first letter of yeti and the last letter of end. Simples. I hate people who say “simples”. Lol.
St Etienne are great.
If you can, get hold of/listen to ‘people get real.’
Saint Etienne’s Finisterre is one of the most gorgeous pop records of all time, check out the singles “Action” and “Soft Like Me” — been listening to a review copy of singer Sarah Cracknell’s new solo album, Red Kite — it is quite lovely. Early SE albums are a bit too housey for my taste but you might like em.