eprofile: van she

Van She are one of the most talented bands in Australia. Their live shows are incredibly tight and the musical output is heavenly, and something of an obsession of mine. The guys have an ACE new single out NOW called "Cat & The Eye," and that long awaited debut album will follow early next year, with a new single in February. To celebrate, Tomek, Michael, Matt and Nicholas as Van She feature in the first eProfile.

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Archive: MP3

Preset Match.

About two days ago I had the pleasure of chatting to Jules (whose penis, left, is being pointed at to by Kim, right) from The Presets on the telephone, a chat in which we discussed Roisin Murphy’s hats, the irony of Billy Corgan labeling anyone other than himself as a “has-been,” the importance of European Tomato’s, and what the next single from “Apocalypso” is going to be (in my review of the record I mentioned this particular song should be the next single… fish it out for yourselves.) To celebrate the impending upload of this interview sometime next week, the lovely people at Modular have sent me a remixed Presets MP3 to share with you all. A remix by the brilliant French DJ Lifelike, no less!

LIFELIKE’S 1 SERIOUS REMIX OF “ARE YOU THE ONE!”
A party throwdown that joins the old with the new, this barnstorming new interpretation of Are You The One? has been masterly brought to “life” by French whiz-kid, Lifelike. Lifelike has stamped his name resoundingly onto the minds of electronica fans the world-over. His 1 Serious Remix of AYTO gives a respectful nod-of-the-head to the original track, but is a true reappropriation in its delivery. For Presets connoisseurs, this represents the closest thing to a bridge between Beams and their sophomore album, Apocalypso. In a genre-spotting sense, Lifelike has spawned a track that sits somewhere between a raw, industrial, noise aesthetic, and filtered disco 2am party jam.

The Presets - Are You The One (Lifelike’s 1 Serious Remix).mp3 *zShare Link*

Very good.

You just cannot complain when record companies - particularly ones as ace as Modular - give you free music now can you?

Axle’s Whitehead.

Phwoar.

That’s a full stream of my interview from last week with Axle Whitehead. In the interview we discuss his upcoming album, taking time off, why Avril Lavigne is a cunt, stripping off for the gays and - the topic I enjoyed the ‘moist’ (DO YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?!) - his cock ‘n balls.

You can also download - via RapidShare - the interview if you wish. Link here.

Axle’s brilliant debut single, “I Don’t Do Surprises,” is released this Saturday the 8th of March. You should definitely buy it from either iTunes, Sanity, or one of those novel record stores (!) in your nearby shopping mall.  You can also buy the very-nice-on-the-eyes video clip, again over at iTunes.

Oh, hello there… 

Phwoar.

Merry Christmas, Patty Duke.

Merry Christmas to you all!

Hope your day was filled with cheer, food, fun, love, and good presents. I had a triple-Aloud Christmas this year; watched the GA Friday Night Xmas Special, got the GA Xmas Calendar as a pressie, AND the GA In Style DVD in gift form too. Woohoo!

So now it is my turn to give. Here is a Christmas song you may - or may not have - heard before. It’s Blondie, and it’s called “Christmas Rapture.”

Blondie - Christmas Rapture.mp3 …MEGAUPLOAD… [ 320kbps | Ripped From Vinyl ]

Enjoy this tasty rarity, not sure if you already have it but if you don’t, hope you get some joy and, maybe even a laugh out of it. The “do the Patty Duke” line would have been even better were it rapped by Debbie hey?  Big special thanks to my best friend Ben for finding this…

Seasonal Greetings!

xo Adem.