broker/dealer and egoexpress

is broker/dealer the thing with craig finn from hold steady/lftrpllr?

i have no idea! the first thing i heard from them was "haulin' oats", which sampled "no can do", and then i heard "initial public offering" - their full-length - which is very low-key but REALLY grew on me after listening to it a few times.

not craig finn - http://www.discogs.com/artist/Broker%2FDealer

whoa "the beat broker" - http://beatbroker.net

yeah i don't know, okay so finn def. had a side project, him doing his usual schtick over techno/electro type stuff..don't know if it's the same broker/dealer and he was just a guest or whatever...anyway...that broker/dealer is here: scroll down...

http://www.keef.net/bill/index.php/bill/2006/08/

Don't know if I've heard anything from Broker/Dealer other than "Boots & Pants" but that one's an absolute classic.

if you like broker/dealer, you could check out other early-ish releases on traum like this which is one of my personal favorites and gives a nice overview of a bunch of related artists all remixing one album by process who later went on to record as cosmic sandwich. speaking of, cosmic sandwich isn't too far off the mark either. check out triple r's friends, too, if you don't already have that. his mix for my best friend (vol 1) is worth searching out also.

http://www.dreamchimney.com/

I love Broker/Dealer; their 'IPO' lp is like the American Burger/Ink. In fact, just today it was that lp, followed by Triola's Im Funftonraum lp. Great. Hope B/D is working on a new record.

american burger/ink is so right on, kudos to you.

love these guys, wish they'd put out a new record because that record is so classic. they do a great DJ night and are super nice dudes which is always classic.

i think i've talked to one of them over slsk

probably ryan

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Yeah when IPO came out they were riding the "microhouse" wave at that point. I can't really think of any other act I would call microhouse now though.

"a piece of the action" on ladomat 2000 was the first thing i heard from egoexpress. i don't know what the sample is from - it sounds a bit steely dan-ish - but it's just a repetition of this live, lush, glorious shuffle vamp, which they manage to tweak so that it builds and builds and builds to an unsustainable euphoric climax, drops back down, and begins building again.

i guess one thing you could call the sound i'm looking for is "the ladomat sound". egoexpress' 2005 full length, hotwire my heart, is astonishing in its eclecticism. by the strictly specialized standards of most techno acts every song sounds like it could be from a different band, but there's a consistency of quality there. no song sounds like a throwaway.

Hot wire my heart was also issued as a double-cd which contains a few excellent remixes. The Lawrence remix of "Aranda" in particular is great.

Mense Reents' (half of Egoexpress) Aus Freien Stücken album from 2003 is also excellent. Lots of samples from some of my favorite records (Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop, Chills) are incorporated into its songs in a way that makes them surprising and instantly familiar at the same time. Highly recommended.

willem hooked me on that record, it's really great and I'm suprised its not better known.

i like the egoexpress mix of 'aranda' better than the lawrence or isolee, but have heard nothing else by them.

i saw broker/dealer live once. i liked it. guess i should give 'ipo' a listen?

it was an easy record to take for granted when it came out, lots of things sounded like it, but it's held up a lot better than many other albums that seemed to make a louder splash at the time

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9526/spc63400iw9.jpg

this is great!

i think i've talked to one of them over slsk

― jaxon, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 6:26 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

probably ryan

― jaxon, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 6:27 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

lol

Guess I forgot my year-old mental note that I should check Broker/Dealer out. Need to remedy asap.