Move D, Tale Of Us & Metro Area

Have you wrapped your head around the fact that it will be next year in just over 7 weeks? And can you believe that it is nearly Christmas? I bet you haven't even thought about what gifts you will be getting for your loved ones.

I have. Here's what I came up with:

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Delano Smith, Christopher Rau & Ray Mang

Yowch! Another two weeks of silence on Blouse has come to an end. Work apparently didn't get the memo to stop burdening me with stuff so that I could focus more on my blog. Ah well.

It was by pure chance that I stumbled across this ditty in a random Dropbox folder on my computer recently.
My eyes instantly lit up when I saw my man Mang's name on the mix, but it wasn't until I popped it on that I realised the extent to the balmy bliss that would be found within.

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Telonius & Chemise

We seem to have pitched a tent in some pretty dark areas of late. Hope you don't mind if we get a bit happier for a sec? It is Monday after all.

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get excited

i for one am excited. after what has seemed like ages, duncan 'dcup' maclennan has released his first EP..

if you're lucky, you may have heard some of his previous work (which includes remixes of the heat, crazy p and teenagersintokyo) or read some of his awesome disco posts on this very site..
going back through his work earlier today, it has been really interesting to hear the progression and maturity that has developed in his music. while i have been a fan of pretty much everything that duncs has put out, i really love the way that the releases on this EP aim to charm peeps onto the d-floor with glamour and groove - a subtle technique that he may have picked up via his love of all things disco. hmm

anyway, this first song 'style' is a perfect representation of this new-school disco house groove that he is channeling. barrel loads of funk, yet not standoffish or chilled at all thanks to the warm chromeo-esque bassline running throughout. pure class

DCup - Style

strikingly different to 'style' is 'epic'. channeling elements of french house and a large dose of valerie's russ chimes, this song is much more of a d-floor destroyer. in the most uplifting way possible.

DCup - Epic

so yeah exciting times indeed. im looking outside and the rain certainly isnt matching the excitingness of these times.

everyone ready for the muddiest good vibes of all time tomorrow? get ready to lose some shoes!

piano house is back, baby.

hola!

you're staring right down the barrel of the latest addition to the blouse yacht crew. my name is vi, and some of you sydney crew might know me spinning records at the disco not disco parties or lost baggage - where we got to steal cdrs from dudes like optimo, in flagranti, rub n tug, tiefschwarz, ewan pearson blah blah blah. disco and techno is my thing, and it's definitely going to be your thing when we're finished here. got it? great.

first up is a total classic - italo disco - some dudes called mr flagio doing a synthed up, slightly cheesy but ever so amazing cover of a material tune called TAKE A CHANCE. this is the extended 12" version.

a bit more of a mod take on things is noze. these crazy french lads are signed to get physical (dj t/mandy/booka shade tech-house label du jour) and are totally unlike their labelmates. it's like piano house mixed with a 5am drunken singalong in an afterhours club somewhere, and it's 100% awesome. it's called REMEMBER LOVE.

finally, a track from oblio. oblio is sasa from inflagranti and zeb from cosmic grooves - a new york thing - and it's... well... it's beautiful. if you like a bit of melancholy in your day, getting washed away on a soaring synth and pulsing bassline, then this piece of music will blow your mind. buy the full EP. you will not regret it. it's A RADICAL CHANGE IN ORIENTATION.

buy the full OBLIO ep here.
buy NOZE's songs on the rocks here.

xx