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

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.