After three solo EPs paying respect to his favourite labels Dancemania and Trax--«Let’s Go Bobmo» (2006), «3000% Yes» (2007) and «Falling From The Crescent Moon» (2010) -- plus two with his accomplice Surkin as High Powered Boys -- «Sounds of Cain» (2008) and «Songs for Abel» (2010), BOBMO returns, still drawing inspiration from the brute age of House music.
The «BRING IT» ep includes two new singles «Bring It» and «My House» infusing flavours and touches that should please Lil’Louis fans and young club heads alike and finally builds a very necessary bridge between a Giorgio Moroder approach to Disco production and Ghetto House, plus amazing reworks by Hot City (Moshi Moshi) and Douster (ZZK / Bebup / Sound Pellegrino).
And here's another treat: fresh off the oven, Bobmo's September 2010 mixtape!
More laid back than the previous one, it showcases Bobmo's sincere love for those founding singles of the genre as well as new gems that fit right into this picture.
Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team (Orgasmic and Teki Latex) are about to hit North America, here’s the updated tour schedule:
25.6.2010 Velvet - Montreal
27.6.2010 Social - Toronto
28.6.2010 No Rule - Baltimore
29.6.2010 Dance (Arena) - Los Angeles
02.7.2010 La Sexta - Tijuana
03.7.2010 Smartbar - Chicago
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Bonus cut 1:a preview of our forthcoming Thermal Team remix of the new Mikix The Cat (a.k.a Momma’s Boy a.k.a Impatient Mike) feat. Shannon on the awesome Abracada Records, dropping on beatport
If you have been interested in electronic music at some point during the past 10 years and you don't know who Para One is, you are both foolish and lucky at the same time. Foolish because the man has been all over the place, remixing and collaborating with the biggest names in the game, releasing some of the first Institubes records and touring like a madman. Lucky because you have yet to discover a plethora of amazing tracks, remixes, albums and productions that tap into every genre, elegantly fuse every style together, go in a different direction each time, displaying a certain genius in rhythmic intricateness and harmonic bliss. From producing TTC to creating the techno masterpiece “Epiphanie”, from providing not one but two widely acclaimed remixes for Boys Noize (among countless others) to signing the score to indie cinema success "Naissance des Pieuvres", from dropping the grimiest raps to arranging the most moving pieces of classical music, Para One is THE producer's producer. He has been supporting us since the beginning of Sound Pellegrino and it was only a matter of time before he would start submitting us some tracks.
"Toadstool" and "Kiwi" were tailor-made for Sound Pellegrino, while having nothing to do with the tropical sound some people have understandably pigeonholed us in. At the same time these are fresh, modern, poppy, melancolic dancefloor tunes that proudly and fully represent pure Sound Pellegrino class, french savoir-faire, and a certain brand of Roland Garros house.
"Toadstool" is a tech house tour de force, a detailed sonic whirlwind of morphing mouth noises arranged into minimal tech funk with vocal chops reminiscent of Jean Michel Jarre's "Zoolook" if it was re-arranged by the Yin Yang Twins. Pon the remix, major Sound Pellegrino inspiration Jesse Rose blesses us with the ultimate tool. His version is straight to the point, groovy, obsessive. The term "Made To Play" has never made more sense, and as true fans of the man and his label we are absolutely humbled by this demonstration of method and style.
"Kiwi" is music that will make your girlfriend say "I hate that electro crap you always listen to but I'm in love with that Kiwi song can you play it again" and then you'll go "you don't get it, how many times do I have to tell you, it's not electro it's house" but by the time you finish your sentence she will be biting your lip, one hand caressing your neck and the other reaching for your credit card in an attempt to force you into getting that Beatport account you never thought would be necessary. Good girl. In the tradition of poignant uber-melodic Para One tracks from the Epiphanie days (think "Liege", "Ski Lesson Blues"), "Kiwi" is a perfect techno pop song reminiscent of early Border Community releases but with a slightly stronger will to "let go" emotionally, while still hiding behind the wall of the country house to cry for vanished summer loves.
Noob's remix injects a dose of dancefloor pragmatism to "Kiwi", bringing some techno muscle and a little bit of restraint to the heartbreaking melody, like picking up a fight with a random dude in a club just because you're mad at yourself for breaking your girlfriend's heart. More masculine and more suited to darker sets, this one's a sure shot for tech-house aficionados of all kinds.
I'm running out of girlfriend metaphors so let's bring out the Swedish sea monsters to help describe Tony Senghore's masterful take on "Kiwi". This techno viking once again metaphorically tells the listener that "if he came here", he might as well "party", unleashing underwater roars on top of disciplinary drakkar beats, turning the catchy melody into a whistled scandinavian war chant.
As f*cked up this whole volcano thing might have been, it stopped just in time for Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family to cross the Atlantic and perform in NYC and L.A. in the next few days:
April 24
8.00pm
Piano’s
New York City, New York
April 25
9.00pm
Zebulon
New York City, New York
April 27
8.00pm
The Echo w/ Juliette Lewis
Los Angeles, California
April 28
8.00pm
Bar Lubitsch / Foundtrack Party
Los Angeles, California
As good news rarely stand by themselves, their debut album -praised here a while ago- is now out in the US. "Good Children Go To Heaven" is about 7 dudes spreading some French classy love all around, showing some skills behind bandleader David Sztanke, and inviting Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio fame to sing one song with them. The US edition of the album also features a remix by Para One.
As Pitchfork said about them, "they're so overloaded with sunshine, they would make the Polyphonic Spree Tim DeLaughed blush". Well, y'all should go blush at one of their perfomances. You may even get lucky and here a couple tracks from their forthcoming album they made with Os Mutantes' leader Sergio Dias, with guests spots by Iggy Pop and Jane Birkin.
For now, fellow Parisian band Jamaica is treating them with a heavy remix of "Blood In Your Eyes".
Bobmo is a young producer who moved to Paris from Bordeaux a couple of years ago. While in high school, with no musical training, he launched a short-lived rap career, making beats on his Playstation (no, really!), spitting awkward tales of murder and woe. Then he got himself a PC and found a new faith when he discovered legendary labels Dancemania and Trax. Promptly signed by Institubes on the strength of an early demo, he's released three widely-played and playlisted singles--Let's Go Bobmo!, To The Bobmobile and 3000% YES--and toured extensively, from small Australian clubs to Dutch mega raves.
It's always easier when people are living stereotypes, real-life equivalents of bad sitcom characters. Then you can just whip out the descriptors and tell the world how too-cool-for-school they are. The thing with Bobmo is that this doesn't work: he's a complex piece of work, a bunch of riddles wrapped in lots of contradictions. With Falling From The Crescent Moon, Bobmo moves to claim the throne: three new tracks and a bonus suite revisiting of one of the boy's greatest tracks: "Rock The" from 3000% YES.
As ever, Bobmo wears his influences on his sleeve: Detroit techno, Miami bass, electro and, most crucially, Chicago house. The funky "Back From the Grave" and the ravey "Turn On Drop Out" show that old idioms can always produce new and exciting sentences: this is clearly dancefloor-oriented, nineties-influenced house music, populated with gasping and woo-ing vocal bits, stabby synths and the occasional siren.
In keeping with Bobmo's fascination for all things Turkish, "Arabian Delight" is a mid-tempo journey through idyllic, rosewater-flavored mid-eastern lands. FYI, the 1900 book A System of Medicine, edited by R.C. Albutt, describes an event in 1886 when some students at the University of Cambridge obtained an imported "hashish candy" called Turkish Delight, and fell ill after overdosing on it. Just saying.
One day, Bobmo heard the feathery synths of one of his past glories--"Rock The"--and thought "My work isn't done here" (or something to that effect) and went on to fix up the track by enhancing the bold melodic moves of the original.
Ed Banger's Feadz has been one of our heros since his Bpitch Control days. If you've heard his remix work, you know he loves to totally upend the tracks he takes on, and this one is no exception. He summons a weird, flanging-rich digital storm and lots of percussive interference, in a bid to make dancing an uncertain and unsettling affair. Goon & Koyote's remix is way more sedate, linear even, in a good way. It echoes Bobmo's own revisionist take by upping the melodic mood and punching up the snare game.
Available now on Beatport:
And here's an exclusive 38-min mix by Bobmo, featuring music from the new ep and unreleased Bobmo and High Powered Boys tracks...
Nouvelle mixtape STUNTS DJs vol. 3 feat CrAiZ dans les bacs!
Sélectionnée et mixée par Orgasmic & Young Pulse aka Stunts djs.
Inclus freestyles et inédits de CrAiZ, Cuizinier, So Fresh Squad, Joke, Tekitek.
