The latest edition to the Boysnoize Records catologue is a release from electronic music’s misfit maestro, known as Chilly Gonzales. Part pianist, part composer, part rapper, part producer, part actor, part director, part self-absorbed drama queen — Gonzales is one of the most unique and identifiable personalities in electronic music today. Moreover, his allegiance with Boy Noize goes further than this EP, as the two have collaborated on Chilly’s upcoming full-length album, with Alex lending a helpful hand in the production room.
The I Am Europe EP release that we’re flaunting, features a very classic original version by Gonzales, in addition to some ingenius remixing by Claude von Stroke, and others. One of the others is Boysnoize Record’s thrash-techno prodigy, Djedjotronic, a dude who we’ve bragged about before. His adaptation of the track combines some very cool minimal elements off the start, with some more traditional French funked-out groove later on, and a side-order of Gonzales’ distorted vocal (for better or worse). Bottom line, we’re continuing to endorse Djedjo as one of the most talented young dj/producers in the world, and the fact that he was able to showcase this on a Gonzales track makes for some good writing/reading/listening.
This little ditty comes from a Housemeister set, and eventually a Housi and Boys Noize tag-team that went down in Melbourne, Australia just about two weeks ago, at Billboard. The speculation has obviously exploded since the vid surfaced, and this is what we know — it’s almost definitely not new Boys Noize, or anything out of the Boys Noize Recordings camp, leaving a fairly narrow list of options. Of course, the natural question that arises when a track surfaces that is this exclusive, and this well produced — could it be new Justice? We’ve already swung for the fences, and struck-out hard trying to pin-point the next Justice track, so we’re timid to go out on a limb here, but it’s certainly fun to dream. For now, just revel in this one-and-a-half minute clip, and let us know if you’re feeling it.
Three separate video clips from the Saturday night party at Grand Central featuring Sinichi Osawa, Afrojack, Brodinski, Erol Alkan, and Boys Noize. The vids do the talking, so we don’t really have much to say, except to shout out the three guys above for being such great dudes — quite possibly the three best DJs in the world.
In just a couple of hours, this quaint aquatic paradise will host the widely-renowned Hard Pool Party, which will feature the likes of Erol Alkan, Boys Noize, Busy P, Mehdi, Fake Blood, Aeroplane and too many more to mention. The glimmering venue pictured above is literally our next door neighbor, the ultra-chic Fontainebleau Hotel. Though the sun is well from full blaze, we’re looking at daytime highs in the twenty-eight degree range, with minimal cloud accumulation. Just in case you don’t believe us, peep a twitpictaken by Boys Noize Recordings artist Housemeister just moments ago.
Enough with the nostalgic scene illustration, let’s get to the latest work from the aforementioned Housemeister, and his track featured on the Miami Noize Sampler. The track is fittingly called Famous, as the stars have unquestionably come out this weekend. The track itself builds nicely, with a distinct arpeggiator throughout, climaxing with some psycho synths. (Also, don’t fret over the small meg size, the track is certainly 320kbps).
Almost a year ago, the entire electronic music industry was infatuated with six words spoken exclusively from the CDJs of Boys Noize — you may recall — “Come with me … Do you remember?”. Of course, months later, we all know that this chilling robotic phrase comes from the song Kontact Me, featured on Boys Noize’s second full length album, Power.
Our reason for revisiting musical history stems from the fact that Toronto-based DJ/Producer, and electroTO homeboy Rynecologist, has seemingly breathed new life into this epic track. (Of course you may remember Ryne for his work with DSL of Ed Banger). The video above showcases Ryne’s Turbine Remix of Kontact Me, being played by none other than Boys Noize himself, at Fuse in Belgium. Take three and half minutes to watch this, and revel in the beauty of tremendous producing by Ryne, and impeccable DJing by Alex (BN).
Our introduction into the Blogosphere’s “Century Club” (our 100th post) truly could not have come at a more opportune time. Post number 100 somehow coincided with the most anticipated world tour since Justice made their rounds as a part of “A Cross The Universe”, which took place almost exactly a year ago — the tour that we speak of is the Boys Noize Power World Tour.
In somewhat of a surprising development, Boys Noize will make two stops in Southern Ontario. The first of which will take place TONIGHT, as a part of Timebomb Tuesday, located at Tattoo Rock Parlour on 567 Queen Street West. Meanwhile, the second date is set to go down Thursday, in one of Canada’s electronic strongholds, London, Ontario. The London date will take place at the notorious London Music Hall.
Both of these dates also feature a glut of local talent and electroTO faves. In particular, at the London show, you will see the likes of Bordello, Golden Gloves, John Roman, and Gingy. In Toronto, our homeboy Nasty Nav will assume the crowd warming duties. For more info on both of these events, see below!
In the spirit of our 100th post, we have a gift for our dedicated following, and it conveniently maintains the Boys Noize theme. This track would likely garner several votes as one of the biggest live tunes of all time. For you, we have “Kontact Me”. Happy 100!
Greetings to all the dedicated readers of this reliable musical resource. I am proud to say that from this moment on, electroTO and yours truly (Bordello), have arranged for a monthly collaboration that will offer a simple breakdown of the month’s biggest tracks. Mind you, all these selections won’t necessarily be available at this instant, but rather these charts are intended to guide you on your musical searches throughout the upcoming months. Hope you enjoy — and be sure to check out this month’s downloadable feature, the Proxy remix of “I Feel Cream” by Peaches.
BORDELLO’S NOVEMBER | 09 CHART:
01 BORIS DLUGOSCH // Bangkok
02 CLAUDE VONSTROKE // Bird Brain (LP) 03 PEACHES // I Feel Cream (Proxy Remix)
04 SOLID GROOVE // This is Sick (Riva Starr Re-Chunk)
05 DROP THE LIME // Set Me Free (Harvard Bass Remix)
06 HIGH POWERED BOYS // Highway
07 DAS GLOW // Lite Brite (Strip Steve Remix)
08 CHROMEO // Night By Night (Siriusmo Remix)
09 MOWGLI // London to Paris
10 SOUND OF STEREO // Velcro
11 STRIP STEVE // Breakin
12 BOYS NOIZE // Transmission (Djedjotronic Remix/Mr Oizo Remix)
13 NOOB // Da Brusse Test/Warehouse
14 CRYSTAL FIGHTERS // I Love London (Matt Walsh & Alex Jones Remix)
15 AZARI & III // Hungry for the Power
16 REMUTE // Lampuca For Me
17 LES GILLETTES // Pompeii (Obi Blanche Remix)
Thanks everyone, hope you like, and for those who want to check out the charts of months past, please do so on my Facebook Page, available right HERE.
It’s been well-documented over the past week that Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, of Bloody Beetroots fame, put his personal touch on the Boys Noize & Erol Alkan collaboration “Death Suite”. We here at electroTO resisted the temptation of posting the original track, due to clear indications from the artist, but the edit by Mr. Rifo (or Bobermann) is certainly fair-game.
Upon its release, Death Suite was notorious for it’s unconventional (though beautiful) Acid House make-up. Rifo effectively tones down the experimental aspect, and in typical Beetroots fashion, makes it a d-floor weapon. The first thing that jumped out, was the addition of a Proxy-like snare that, in my humble opinion, worked miracles for the piece. Bobermann timed his samples perfectly, his drops are graciously unsubtle, and enough of the original is left in tact that you’re not left scratching your head. Quite plainly, the track is absolutely dirty.
It’s not like this individual needs much of an introduction. He’s arguably the best DJ in the world at the moment, and we have had the pleasure of seeing him twice here in Toronto– both times at This Is London nightclub. His name is Alex, but you probably know him as Boys Noize, the overlord of Boys Noize Records, and the man who has produced some of the most notorious unreleased material in recent memory.
Though everyone and their mother is talking about the infamous “Come With Me” track that surfaced during his tour earlier this year, two other bangers flew completely under the radar. Both of these tracks can be heard in full on Boys Noize’s MySpace, and will appear on the still unreleased Starter EP.
One of these track, which bears the same name as the EP itself (“Starter”), is the quintessential hard-hitting, mind-blowing, Boys Noize track. It got a unanimous five star rating from myself and Trackson, and most importantly, we are proud to announce that we have it for you in all its 320kbps glory. Enjoy kids, and don’t say we don’t love you.
