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April 28, 2007
Videos: French Dance Dynasty
While our site's humble patron is entrenched in the Coachella wilderness, hoping to stumble across his next Daft Punk level performance to stammer on about for a year, it's worthwhile to note that the robots' hometown is doing a more than decent job of providing its own successors to their shiny (perhaps blinking) crown.
Justice - "D.A.N.C.E."
The heir apparent in this race is clearly Justice. This other Paris duo has a similar knack for crafting straight to the pleasure center thrills of remarkable purity. This track has been blowing minds for the majority of the year, but it just didn't sound right in the harsh of winter, somehow. Now that the sun is peaking out ever so slightly, its boom-box supremacy will be assured. Also, with the slick dynamic shifts and "damn, I wasn't sure they could top themselves" progression here, it might have the ability to withstand the "I loved it for the first sixty times, but on listen sixty one I never wanted to hear it ever again" factor better than a more repetitive song like Dance Punk's own "One More Time."
This video that recently hit YouTube for the finally released single (the album doesn't hit until July) might be slightly unfinished. It's almost impossible to sit around and wait for the 100% version when the 95% version kicks such formidable ass, though.
the Teenagers - "Homecoming"
Although less explicitly dance oriented, I think that the breezy pop of Discovery tracks like "Digital Love" is a fair comparison. Not the only comparison that springs to mind, however. Lyrically, maybe a much filthier version of that "Tell Me More" song from Grease? A degenerate (and more musically subtle) make over of Nada Surf's "Popular," perhaps? I described it on Prefix as a really poppy M83 track mixed with the letters from Penthouse Forum, which comes awfully close. You can discuss whether the language used is plainly misogynistic, or excusably satirical mock misogynistic, but the melody doesn't demand debate. Their hometown is often billed as London/Paris, so the part of the dirty Brit is accordingly voiced by a "so fake it might be real" French accent.
As to the widely posted (but still worthy) video clip, imagine an appealingly cast porno circa 1974 that's magically directed by Sophia Coppola. Is that something that might interest our demographic? Seems like that might have wide appeal.
I take it everyone else has noticed the waves and waves of superior dance music coming out these days? It's fairly remarkable. Expect a Springtime Dance Party of, hopefully, not quite so ubiquitous songs later next week.
Posted by Jeff Klingman at April 28, 2007 02:20 PM
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