Disco Horror

Erik and I are ecstatic to bring you the first in a series of warm summer nights at SOM that will transport you to the centre of your own tropical dance paradise.  Immerse yourself in a scene of vivid colours, beautiful people, and the finest selections of underground house and balearic party sounds meant to extend your weekend into the wee morning hours.  Sunday is the new Friday so help us kick things off right and be among the first to TANGO IN THE NIGHT.  Party starts at sunset at SOM Bar in the Mission (between Capp and South Van Ness on 16th).  It’s $3 OR FREE with RSVP at rsvp(at)discohorror(dot)com, just send us your name and we will put you on the list.  Also, FB event here.  Come get tropical.

For some tunes, I want to share with you some tracks that are anything BUT tropical, confusing I know.  Me and Erik are working on a promo mix that will blow your mindz, but we’re waiting to get the recording just right so you’re gonna have to wait a bit.  First, new stuff from da Swedes.  Parlour, who I know nothing about other than that they’re Swedish and dropped a 7″ (No 1) tand a quite essential mix on INF a couple years back have followed up with an EP.  It is rad, simple as that.  Somewhere between Buckingham Nicks, Can and Supermax, Parlour’s new EP (No 2) stands with other contemporary favorites of mine like Map of Africa, A Mountain of One, and Studio.

Parlour – Sark Powers

Next comes something far less obscure.  If you haven’t heard This Is Happening, I know a simple way to improve your quality of life, listen to it.  It is good, one of the best albums of the year in my humble opinion.  Having now seen the band twice in the past two months, on their current tour, I must say I’m a major fan.  It was also cool meeting James Murphy and Pat Mahoney when they stopped by Beards of a Feather last month.  Oh and Gavin Russom came and played records too.  No big deal. (!!!) Anyway, this is off the Drunk Girls 7″ and is a cover version of the song that everybody wants to hate, but is actually a pretty rad tune with a severely warped music video.  The cover is done by SF band Wood Shjips and is “edgier” for you kids who like think “edgier” things are “hipper”. Sarcasm aside, it’s great, enjoy!

LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls (Wooden Shjips Version)

I was lucky enough to recently win two Supermax LPs on ebay and I have been listening to them nonstop. I think they may be the definition of beardy cosmic disco, and they are politically progressive! if you are South Africa under apartheid. But who cares because Obama got elected, amirite? Anyways, Supermax, the Austrian \disco rock group dominated the beardo rock sound in the late 70s with two incredible albums: Don’t Stop The Music (1977) and Fly With Me (1979).

Off the first I will share “Watch Out South Africa, Here We Come” because Supermax was the first group with both black and white musicians to tour South Africa, no thanks to you Nelson Mandela, you were still in prison! Literally every song off of this album is amazing though so track it down, I’m sure you can find the complete thing on the interweb somewhere!

Supermax – Watch Out South Africa, Here We Come

Two years later, Fly With Me was released and every single track on it absolutely kills me. I had the hardest time trying to choose which to post and I couldn’t settle on one. So I said to myself, I ain’t gonna choose, cuz it ain’t easy and I ain’t gonna feel right doin’ it. So here are the mesmerizing arpeggios of the downtempo cosmic ballad “Ain’t Gonna Feel” and the burning classic “It Ain’t Easy” which I think I might have listened to at least 30 times over the last few weeks.

Supermax – Ain’t Gonna Feel

Supermax – It Ain’t Easy