Old Cut Copy

So I ordered Cut Copy's 1st album from Insound a while back (last year) and it finally came this past weekend. It definitely falls under the electroclash category that I discovered in 2004 (I say discovered because I know it was around in the late 90's at least). It has the electronic sound, it is easy going, the vocal effects are typical of the genre, and the repetitious octave arpeggiation is there too. The style though has many mirrors to In Ghost Colours both vocally and melodically. On this one the production is a little rougher, the vocals do not stand out as much, but wouldn't you know it they have the mini ~30sec track as an intro to 'That Was a Dream' like they do to every other song on IGC.

Cut Copy - Autobahn Music Box

Cut Copy - Bright Neon Payphone

Listening to this right now, I can't help but mention other electroclash stuff that I got via Larry Tee. He had a compilation come out that to me was less about getting all wrapped up into it and more just being knowledgeable about one aspect about the history of my kind of dance music. Just listen:

Fischerspooner - The 15th (it's a cover, but I forget of whom)

Memory Boy - (There is no) Electricity

Soviet - Candy Girl

My first

So once upon a time, I was on the internet between junior/senior years of college and I (somehow) found this magazine called Useless. It looked kind of interesting and so I made the impulse buy for their ~$10 premier issue. It was a bit on the weird side, but it was interesting nonetheless. However, it wasn't the magazine that changed my life, it was the CD inside: Larry Tee's Distortion Disko. I won't describe how it sounded only that it was the first time since blasting the last part of Hendrix's Bold as Love at DU in my headphones that my eyes rolled in the back of my head, I opened my mouth slightly and felt my legs start to go numb. I was hooked on electro. Using Useless #1 as my guide, my life began.

I have since lost the CD in the music purging cab ride, but here are the tracks. These are meant to be listened to gapless. Enjoy.

Larry Tee Distortion Disko - track 1
Larry Tee Distortion Disko - track 2
Larry Tee Distortion Disko - track 3

P.S. To Sam, Tim, & Christi - This is the CD we had playing while we did the auto dancing and the utterly gracious Sam drove to Smartbar.

Larry Tee used to be part of a group called the Now Explosion. I don't know what happened to them, but here's a track of theirs that hasn't fallen through my mp3 cracks of loss.

Now Explosion - Rhythm Within Em