CLASSIXX

I gotta say ive been sleeping-kinda on these dudes ... i remember hearing about how aeroplane-y some of their shit was, but its way more associated w/ a trashy/trendy/LA/kitsune/scene-y type deal, which should be off putting except instead it makes me like it more?? maybe bcuz my impression of that scene is that its such a musical wasteland.

but yeah what won me over wasn't the cred-building stuff like the phoenix remix or the holy ghost remix (which is the shit) or this track (which is dope) w/ the jailbait video (less dope):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAzojbN9_yk

but this SWAYZE remix that still has their corny ass lyrics, but now they're like, cheesy-in-a-good-way cuz the music underneath is so good, real embrace of this trashy LA aesthetic but w/ the production/songwriting to back it up, aka the CRAZYTOWN appeal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg4LK70Rp_U

um also i like them cuz they sound like simian mobile disco's "I believe"

i think that their willingness to go into the trashy waters makes them more appealing & fearless or something, and i sorta suspect my distrust of that scene is probably a lil bit of male nerdery / fronting

it is of course this sunshine hazy slow mo disco shit but brought to a more populist/less trainspotter world that im really digging about it.

shwayze one is amazing - the chorus goes from being insanely douchey to... druggy poignant

yesss

i like that it doesnt just make a bad song good, but makes things that were bad about the original into things that are good about the remix ... like its not about removing bad parts but recontextualizing them into becoming good parts, like this bad/good pop rapping

gives me some hope for them saving this overrated piece of wack:
FORTHCOMING:

YACHT PSYCHIC CITY (CLASSIXX VERSION) DFA

lmao @ "i got a rep to protect / down at the high school"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itO6A2vS160

the holy ghost 1 is dope too

the holy ghost one is the only one I knew, but I kinda love the orig 2 much to get into it. whoever put that clip together is a genius though.

i really like this one, especially given what i think of the original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBQz0alz4-c

pretty sure this is not the same classixx:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qg-Y6xrrqU

The Lisztomania remix is fine, and the video is a lot of fun to boot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7U16stsEmc

yeah its good, i like how they spaced out the vocals

meanwhile this shit is hot garbage. hard to believe its by the same group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67E0r8Dh458

i almost started this thread like twice. everything but that last nu-ravey remix are dope as hell to the point where i kinda don't care about how long it's been since the last aeroplane remix

aeroplane are a good comparison, also holy ghost a bit

this is my favourite classixx track, harder-hitting than the discoey stuff, amazing use of the roxanne shante sample and that BASS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzSY8dK31kU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86oMYVLs9j4

i really dislike the og but this seems pretty cool ...

^they seem to have a knack for finding redeemable things about generally annoying songs

basically w/ this & the shwayze i think its that they take borderline-nihilistic emotionally-retarded hipstro-detachment & turn it into, u know, feeling

not sure they quite pull it off with this one but maybe thats more interesting? Actually they do pull it off circa "...and our eyes might meet?" i think i can hear that question mark

yea that synth line makes her voice so much more tolerable. also props for minimizing the awful 'ayayayaya' bits

their kcrw mix is great, really fun

we've been sleeping -- a gang of new classixx tracks out right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JVfSa0jD_4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cruIgTuncY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BwfApupkjw

ive been bumping the mayer hawthorne track. i kind of hate it, but i kind of really dig it.

* What influences your music though?

We're really into early analog electronic music like ‘Kraftwerk’ and then bands like ‘Depeche Mode’. I think one of the first people that really brought us to dance music was ‘Stuart Price’ (aka Jaques Lu Cont, Paper Faces, Man With Guitar, Thin White Duke, Les Rhythmes Digitales…etc.) that was one of the first artists that made me realize not all dance music was cheesy & the ‘DFA’ too. Right now we are really into ‘Simian Mobile Disco’ because their sound seems a lot more timeless than a lot of the other producers right now. That’s what we're striving for.

where's that interview from?

i like the aeroplaney disco remixes they've been coming out with but i wish they'd put out a couple more big hard-hitters like cold act ill. also when they were known as young americans they did a great remix of 'bombs' by scanners

these guys did some of my favorite stuff this year. i have to miss their show saturday cuz i have a gig :(

caught them @ smartbar tonite. didnt play shwayze :( but they blew it up !! also dropped 'coma cat' which was cool. ended with "baker street" lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkS169P_Eeo

they also played some mindfucking rmx of 'reckless with your love' that ill have to find somehow someway

oh ok it was the tensnake one -- fukkin amazing!!

honest to god havent had so much fun out dancing in ages -- partly this is totally contextual but classixx are legit good djs!!

never heard these guys until just clicking this thread. 'buzzin' is so awesome

it'd be so great if that video was actually filmed for this remix...it works so well

ok for my birthday i want a blissed out trashy beach house party <3

omg

loling @ your youtubing baker street

dropping baker street at the end is a pro move

omg

― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 7:05 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

rcrdlbl.com/2010/07/23/premiere_active_child_when_your_love_is_safe_classixx_remix_

^___^

...

this is cool

classixx are great

DO YOU LIKE BASS TELL ME DO YOU LIKE BASS???!

The answer, Classixx, is yes, I am quite fond of the bass.

omg

― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 7:05 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

rcrdlbl.com/2010/07/23/premiere_active_child_when_your_love_is_safe_classixx_remix_

^___^

― blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, July 23, 2010 7:31 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is srsly ill shit

listened to it like 40 times

i mean its no baker street

but ill nonetheless

i know right

AMAZING SHOW TODAY.

Love how the blonde one sings along to everything. Even if every tune wasn't amazing his enthusiasm is so infectious you'd force yourself to like it.

Also love the way he claps and holds his hands together.

they are really good djs!!

do they have any good mixes i can check out? i know they feature heavily in older aeroplane monthly-mixes, but i want more!

There's a mix they did for KCRW last year that's really excellent, about 45 minutes. Don't know of anything they've done since then. I'm excited to see them again next week!

ah, just noticed somebody mentioned that upthread too

the krcw mix is cool but its not really whats good abt them as DJs ... when i saw them they just read the room really well & seemed to have a good idea of what songs were working & what werent. the krcw thing felt more like a 'curated mix'

aw baker street <3

Goddamn these guys are great DJs - seen them on a Saturday and a Wednesday and, per deej's post, they read the crowd really well both times and played very different sets but captured the audience both times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wF-HZkDZa0

The horns are a very nice touch.

seeing them tonight XD

hey tim check your email

this sounds great

their remix of buzzin is prob 1 of my most played tracks of the last few yrs

yah me too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOmZG51xuPc

A+

courtesy grady
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uVUT9sxX_s

hey tim .... im guessing u didnt make it?

I had a flight the morning the next day and they were starting at like 2am, I still would have gone but I was forbidden by Matt :-(

;_;

way to go, h3lg3son

That sounds like it was amazing too. :'( 4 ever.

umm embarrassing as fuck but which track is that?

i wanna be your lover

thanks. somehow haven't heard anything before dirty mind...

is it an edit? no piano on the original, right?

Yah its something diff maybe a remix.

It sounds very bouncy.

In some ways it's hard for me to imagine any later set topping when I saw them play last year, outside, with the sun setting, "lunch star" stretching for eight minutes or so...

Lol lunch star

I swear iPhone auto-corrects are devised by some apple mastermind in real time just for lols.

You were just hungry

that prince edit is amazing. i want it.

http://soundcloud.com/hands-of-time/dimitri-from-stoke-on-trent-2

http://soundcloud.com/modularpeople/modcast-77-classixx

d-_-b

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14910-holding-on/

'borderline' rules

album is so good

album is so so good

the transition from 'rhythm santa clara' to 'dominoes' is so seamless ahhhhhh

ok this is finally out there, what y'all think

not released for 2 more weeks i thought?

love all three of these remixes though

http://open.spotify.com/album/07nFPB6OfiTSCgyRKpUWZx

for those who've heard it through whatever means, is what i'm saying

i really like it!

o yah it has http://i.imgur.com/CuNuEHN.gif

loving this, perfect summer album.

yesss

ugh now I want to go to the beach but I think there might still be ice on the lakes

For balance I am listening to this for the first time before going back to RAM for the second listen.

This may be the most serendipitously timed album release in recent history, if the label is smart enough to promote it properly.

Either that or the unluckiest, in that it'll either get swamped and ignored or pick up a swathe of admirers from disappointed Daft Punk fans.

This is great anyway, if kinda route one

album immediately samples "seven wonders" and i think to myself "oh this must be the place"

Haha that's what it is. That's been bugging me all day.

Shy Child kind of got there first by immediately sampling "Everywhere" on their second album </sad fan boy>

another sample request: what's the female vocal that starts around 2:00 on dominoes?

Tarzan Boy?

wow well spotted, totally thrown by the pitch shift

this album is fantastic btw

They're playing in my town tonight and I would kinda want to go see them but they're touring with/opening for the Presets who I can't fucking stand.

ive had brunch w/ classixx twice but never seen them live

see if you can get brunch with them would be my advice

braggin

had a go of this the other day, wasn't impressed really but will try again. feel like this has been done to death last few years.

it sounds like sally shapiro without the songs.

Yeah it kinda feels like they should have released this album three years ago, there's a real 'Magician-remixing-Cut-Copy' vibe to the whole thing. I mean it's an enjoyable record but it feels like a furrow that's been pretty comprehensively ploughed by now.

Keen students of the Daft Punk/Pharrell debate from three weeks ago should note that these are exactly the sort of terrible disco vocalists I was talking about. Who is this Jeppe guy that these dudes all bring in to honk over the top of their records? His unjustified land-grab is worse than Emeli Sande and Hitler, dammit.

yeah I like the album but DO YOU LIKE BASS is a bit of a turnoff

I'll give it another go today - I've tried twice and found it pleasant but switched to Random Access Memories or a DJ mix after two/three tracks.

i was/am not as deep in this scene, so it's newer to me and i'm enjoying it.

DO YOU LIKE BASS is vile tho.

lol the jeppe song has been a popular single for three or four years now

Yeah it's been knocking about for ages but I'd kind of blotted it out.

after living with a while i've downgraded this album to pleasant and enjoyable rather than WOW MUST HYPE but its high points are pretty high. definitely not as boring as random memories

it's nice there's only 2/3 dance albums released a year so we can compare them all

god forbid two retro-ish discoey dance albums that are released within a week of each other should be mentioned in the same sentence

They aren't even trying to do the same thing though.

neither are most albums, yet people compare works in the same broad field all the time, as i'm sure both you and local garda have done many a time

yeah I like the album but DO YOU LIKE BASS is a bit of a turnoff

Really enjoyed this on first listen last night but yeah, this. Pretty sure I'll skip that one next time around.

i dig that song but also felt it didn't really fit with the album. felt like they tried to make an album edit of an already hugely popular single and the compromise didn't really pay off.

ppl should try the single version or the treasure fingers remix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YolcxelpLtU

miss u summer 2010 ;_;

neither are most albums, yet people compare works in the same broad field all the time, as i'm sure both you and local garda have done many a time

Not when the functional intention is totally different though. I'd have less problem comparing this to, say, the last Lindstrom album or a Permanent Vacation comp.

i didn't realise jeppe is the big lad from junior senior. i thought it was the bloke from shiny toy guns at first.

treasure fingers remix was good - reminding me of things like triple x 'feel the same', galleon, aloud etc.

i didn't realise jeppe is the big lad from junior senior

Lol seriously?

ha, i always wondered who jeppe was too

"the big lad from junior senior"

classixx have got him in to do a job on vocals

Not sure Nancy Whang could do it on a wet Wednesday at Stoke, just saying.

what happens on wet wednesdays

random access penalties

Disco hoofs.

Yep. Jeppe is the Senior half of Junior Senior.

He's also cowrote Lady Gaga's Born This Way.

getting a lil' no doubt - spiderwebs vibe from nancy whang

this album is great!

is a bit weird that i'll get you is on it tho, it's been on my gym playlist for years now

posted about this upthread already, but all three official remixes for "hold on" are great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTG7kdI8STw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCk4i6CYnBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJvJN6_TXd0

http://open.spotify.com/album/07nFPB6OfiTSCgyRKpUWZx

i'll get you is a blog house-era classic btw

this album is really cool, agreed it's lost much of its zeitgeist-y energy but it's a pretty strong record

opening track 3 min. mark is teh bomb

this whole thing is teh bomb

https://soundcloud.com/innovativeleisure/classixx-valley-vacation

the sax is a real tease

The entire album's a bit much but I really like the track with the the Fleetwood Mac Seven Wonders interpolation in it. (Hanging Garden?)

with the nice weather this album is on constant rotation. hard to find fault with any of it really

yeah, it's perfect sugary summer bliss.

I'm into it

"a fax from the beach" is such a corny post-chillwave track title at first glance but after you listen to the song its so hilariously spot-on

haha otm

I need to listen to this on better speakers, but this "Stranger Love" cover by De Lux might be kind of amazing?
https://soundcloud.com/innovativeleisure/classixx-a-stranger-love-de

I was hoping this thread was about Classix Nouveaux :-/

those vocals are distractingly david byrne-ish

with the nice weather this album is on constant rotation. hard to find fault with any of it really

― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Saturday, July 13, 2013 6:10 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, it's perfect sugary summer bliss.

― regular speed of candy on chrome (brimstead), Saturday, July 13, 2013 6:43 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm into it

― dmr, Monday, July 15, 2013 1:15 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"a fax from the beach" is such a corny post-chillwave track title at first glance but after you listen to the song its so hilariously spot-on

― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:37 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha otm

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:01 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

Saw these guys supporting Cut Copy last night. They are huge amounts of fun live. Was really surprised how great I'll Get You was. It's always been one of my least favourites on the album but it sounded so exciting last night. They ended with All You're Waiting For (sadly Nancy appeared only on screen) which was the big highlight. They also did a couple of covers (songs by The Preachers and Yacht) Think I'm going to playing this album a lot for the second summer in a row.

I blasted "Holding On" driving home from work yesterday, for which it is of course well suited.

Really must finally get the album.

i forgot about this

oh yeah it's summer

yep

i think 'dominoes' is probably my favorite tune on this

So weird to me how many ppl think of "I'll get you" as being from the album, it was their big breakthrough single for years before the lp dropped

Anyway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtikPAQBTLQ

aint that always the way with dance acts tho

with the nice weather this album is on constant rotation. hard to find fault with any of it really

― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Saturday, July 13, 2013 6:10 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, it's perfect sugary summer bliss.

― regular speed of candy on chrome (brimstead), Saturday, July 13, 2013 6:43 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm into it

― dmr, Monday, July 15, 2013 1:15 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"a fax from the beach" is such a corny post-chillwave track title at first glance but after you listen to the song its so hilariously spot-on

― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:37 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha otm

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:01 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

― marcos, Wednesday, June 25, 2014 12:00 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://pitchfork.com/news/62073-classixx-team-with-t-pain-for-whatever-i-want/

perfecto

to eternity

on loop for the rest of the day

huh, i was certainly primed to be really into this and don't much care for it at all. a bit insubstantial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3q_Pr9hYzo

Haha, just now I'm working on a dj setlist for friend's party this Thursday and I was thinking of using two Classixx songs in there.

cool pc music.

Heard a Classixx track in Rite Aid yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DG6x9kjdLo

album is out there

Absolutely love the debut but the new stuff has kind of passed me by so far. Didn't know the album was out so soon.

Looking forward to the instrumental versions...

i think this album is > the first one

Really struggling to get into this new one. The vocalists are all horrendeous in different ways and the synths are so cheap and plasticy.

forgot how much i liked this stupid song with the passion pit singer

First album is ideal for mild South Florida December afternoons, i.e. faxing from the beach.