LCD Soundsystem is causing trials and tribulations these days. Breakup? New projects? Different name? Further album? ...
Let’s quickly summarize the latest news:
Al Doyle, LCD Soundsystem’s guitarist and member of Hot Chip , recently stated that he doesn’t think James Murphy - head behind LCD Soundsystem and co-founder of New York based DFA Records - is doing anything more under the name LCD Soundsystem. There are projects with the same personnel, yeah, but it would go into another direction and under a different name. Some New York disco icons from the 70s should be involved according to Al Doyle, too.
Later, James Murphy himself revealed he has eight brand new songs in his head – the forth LCD Soundsystem album. Apparently he is writing all the songs “in his head” until there is no capacity left and he has to write down everything. Juicy detail: neither he does tell anybody about his compositions nor he records demos. That’s probably why Al wasn’t informed at all...
On November 18, Al Doyle referred to James’ statement and wrote on Hot Chip’s homepage that “LCD have not disbanded, nor could the entity be disbanded in the sense that it has always had a revolving cast of players - it would be like saying that The Fall had disbanded, or Prince has split up. LCD Soundsystem is James Murphy, and he's allowed to take time off, do other things, and come back, or not come back. And he doesn't have to tell you or anyone else about it.” Fair enough. Everybody makes mistakes...
Let’s look forward to a surly great piece of music!
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24/12/2008 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
It seems as if everything is done: we got all the presents for our families and friends, decorated affectionately the Christmas tree in our living rooms, put the carefully prepared turkeys into the ovens,... Oh, wait, there was this one thing: We would like to wish you a Merry Christmas! ...
22/12/2008 ‘Sound Science’ by Coldcut
Since the late 80s Matt Black and Jon More have been producing music as Coldcut. The two Englishmen have been responsible for numerous tunes somewhere between Hip Hop, Breaks, House and Drum and Bass ever since. Further they set up the legendary record label Ninja Tunes and are responsible for...
18/12/2008 Slices voted # 1 DVD in Groove magazine reader poll 2008
Every year, when we already start despairing of finding the right Christmas presents and figuring out some wicked New Year's resolutions, German music magazine Groove asks its reader what they liked most about the passed year. In DVD matters the DVD magazine Slices got (again) the most...
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