Monday, February 11, 2008

RIUSAB: THE Nth ITERATION / BACK TO MUZAK

RIUSAB TRACES THE ORIGINS OF BLOG HOUSE AND OTHER THOUGHTS:

but first (first), give it up for discodust for hyping the shit out of miami horror - even if dude's output is variable like Hil-C, the new remix via discodust tears the fabric of the dance-rock continuum.

Faker - This Heart Attack (Miami Horror Remix)...cop it here

Plus, since Americans are so fucking stupid (as if we needed YouTube evidence of that), Axwell's new-ish joint "Submariner" has been slept on over here. No longer. Although we at RIUSAB will say this...we'd like to see a Swede or Brit smart enough to vote for Huckster.

ON TO THE SUBJECT DU JOUR

"Blog house" has been around for a long time - some researchers trace it back to the late Antebellum Period, others to the storming of the Bastille (believed to be the period when Palms Out first blogged the shit out of that one-off Stardust jam). We at RIUSAB believe the phenomenon has much more recent roots...the Stereophonics, in particular 05's Language Sex Violence Other. For fuck's sake, just look at the album's name - practically the Ed Banger manifesto. The big dumb rock sound, the kinda eh tossed off electronic elements, the use of dynamics (or lack thereof...but sorta-breakdowns sometimes!) /crushing compression (clearly no other bands were on that shit yet), the so-stupid-they're-dancefloor-perfect lyrics. And just try to tell us you can't hear a Justice "remix". RIUSAB Reports, You Decide: if you could rewind your time, would you change your life?

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