Showing posts with label Zebra and Snake. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010

The Good Natured



Oh wonderous wonderous!

Shit, if the days here keep getting any nicer, I'll be forced to venture outside and brave the sunshine. That day'll be a sad one for those who witness my pasty stick-insect legs. Whilst I'm not outside enjoying the almost-heat, I might as well do what I don't do best. That is update this here blog-er-mejiggy.

Now then. When I was a kid growing up in a really harsh part of industrial England, my parents would force me to box. Having a champion boxer as a son must have been such a dream for them, because when I told them that my dream was to be a ballet dancer they weren't having any of it and called me all sorts of names that I'd have to censor to put on this internet blog written for children and families.

My only escape from this hell was to create intricate choreographys whilst growing up and learning to become a man at the same time. The only help on offer for this was obviously the French record label Kitsune. Kitsune taught me to dance. Kitsune and it's compilations taught me how to be a man, and stick up for myself using dance.

Now those days are history and I live in Finland and work in a mineshaft, just like all my family before me. When I heard that Kitsune were bringing out their ninth compilation album, I shed a tear. A tear of joy. Happy that Kitsune didn't give up their dream of releasing electronic compilations just because I gave up my dream of dancing.



Now I recognised the name The Good Natured from somewhere, and I'll be damned if it wasn't my own blood who wrote about it aeons ago.

We're living in a world with all sorts of La Rouxs, Little Boots, Marina & the Diamonds and Ellie Gouldings. So I was perhaps slightly hesitant about The Good Natured and more synth-princesses. But then I heard Your Body is a Machine and it was positively ace.



But what obviously rocked my socks was that the tune on Kitsune 9 was the Zebra & Snake remix of Your body is a Machine. It's good to see this Finnish duo getting international recognition.

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

back in day

I remember a time when living and going out in Turku caused a slight verbal predicament.

Back in day, you know there used to be a sweaty olde nightclub going about calling itself 'The Club'. Now this place was frequented by, rather unbeknown to me, the "elite-of-the-underaged-kids-and-people-who-just-honestly-wanna-shake-dat-ass-to-whatever-Justin-Timberlake-has-last-released"

Then there was Klubi. The place for the perhaps slighty alternative-minded get-down-go-downs.

Whenever asked "what y'all might be getting up to tonight?" my response might be "Klubi".
Obviously stating the name of the establishment was never enough as this brought on further laughing/speculation in the form of either "HAHAHA" OR "wow, cool I didn't think you were Justin Timberlake/Pussycat Dolls type. See ya there and we'll have some hot-shots together"
So a specification was needed: "Klubi but not The Club-Klubi"

Living is much easier now that 'The Club' has faded into distant memories. Much less words are required to explain what I might be up to tonight.

Tonight in fact I am going to Klubi to witness the ongoing 'Viva-tour' featuring Finnish acts 'Joensuu 1685', 'Zebra & Snake' and German geezer 'Norman Palm'





Ok se Norman Palm is new to me but listen to this and enjoy, for it is actually a very good collab with Le Corps Mince De Francoise
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