Category: Featured
SONG OF THE DAY (SUNDAY FUNDAY): Nad Mika – “DiskoRomance”
Last night, I came back from the club and happened up on some old Saturday Night Live episode where Mike Myers was playing German talkshow host Dieter frolicking in a Sprockets club scene. That got me thinking of Nad Mika’s ‘Electronic Beat Bitch’ album, which I enjoyed while searching for something new from the German pop-punk-electro-trash dance diva. Her latest single “Diskoromance” is a bit more polished but retains the DIY-agressive edge and frivolity of her previous epic opus. She probably heard Lady Gaga’s ‘Fame’ album and thought she could do it better herself. With a backbeat of ’90s Front 242/Nitzer Ebb industrial-edged EBM (electronic body music), she talk-sings in English, French, and German wonderful lines like “I dance and we dance and you dance, disco romance.” Stated so simply, what more could you want from a dance song? Adventurous DJs should check out the remixes by Dualesque and BiTbear. There’s no need to analyze it any further, it’s Sunday Funday – so go out and find yourself some Disco Romance.
Image Courtesy of Madame Visage Records.
SONG OF THE DAY: Luka Sambe – “Chombo”
Feeling horny?? Here’s one of those tracks that grab your attention the first time on first listen.? Aussie producer/DJ Luka Sambe gives us the horns that are so rarely heard on a big room (except when one of the many remixes/bootlegs of “Pigbag” get released every few years). It’s a mix of trumpet lines and foreign language chatter randomly (yet expertly) placed over a hybrid tribal and electro track.? The track is just so quirky and fresh because it sounds like nothing else out there right now.? DJs looking to change the pace on their floor should drop this as a surprise just to watch people’s reactions.??? The recently released video is a blatant attempt to become an internet meme – a flamboyant asian man dancing in a way that must be seen to believe.? Its similar to the humor of the recent “#Pantsdown” video, except the star is dressed in yellow tights and pink athletic shorts.
Image Courtesy of Exclusive Recordings.