DOWNLOAD: Holy Hail - Samo Son (Ghost Note Ltd. Remix)
While some might lament the rise of the “nu-disco” tag as a parallel to last year’s Justice-led “electro resurgence”, for a minute we're still content to lose our minds to clanging 120bpm breaks, especially if they’re butted up against some seriously mean timbale work and the requisite wobbly bass line that’s Falling All Over Our Faces. In anticipation of their awesomely-titled debut LP Independent Pleasure Club (out Nov. 11 through Kanine), Brooklyn disco-anything troupe Holy Hail have released Alexander Posell’s remix of album track "Samo Son". Posell, the group’s touring drummer, cues up a bevy of versioning tools—70s soundtrack samples, handclaps, heaps of echo, some vintage synth flourishes, what sounds like Garbage truck sirens (seriously)—but what really makes the song crack is the aforementioned timbale flares. In our dreams, “nu disco” music is actually played by the drumline Kanye got for his “Love Lockdown” performance at last week’s VMAs, not just a bunch of skinny dudes from Europe who wear linen.
Sounds like: Lindstrøm, The Juan Maclean, Holy Ghost
Download: Holy Hail - Samo Son (Ghost Note Ltd. Remix)
