Les Friandises De Kitsuné!

You can accumulate a kilo or so by dusting that white powder off every Kitsuné Party leaving person’s nose & then sell it and buy a bunch of vinyls, or you can throw a brick at their headquarters main window and threat to burn down the building and magically some records will fall out FOR FREE!!

Kitsuné is such a to-grow-on-you releases releasing label, especially lately – a lot of the stuff they put out there on a hand drawn sleeve with a colored square tag or freak accident patient doesn’t sink in from the first listen and you only realize it’s value after you get what the exhibited artist is trying to draw.

So, here have a peek inside the goodies bag I won using method #2:

Jesper Mortensen, one half of Junior Senior, has decided to take a different approach to song craft on his new side project I Scream Ice Cream. Jesper defies the standard approach to songwriting by fleshing-out the most interesting aspects of pop music – including the punchy hooks that he is renowned for through Junior Senior -- within a dance track structure. In Ice Cream Ice Cream, Jesper showcases his skillful craftsmanship with a more improvisational hand, using drum machines, synths, percussion, vocals and loads of scratching to create a whole out of many smaller parts. And, ultimately, succeed in not playing by the rules.
DL: I Scream Ice Cream - Trust Tissue

Raw Man is Romain Séo one half of what was the French house duo known as ‘The Buffalo Bunch’ a group he formed with his friend Play Paul (aka Paul De Homem-Christo the brother of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo from Daft Punk)… Raw Man’s new music is attention catching rock-produced electro.

DL: Raw Man – Wargame

Gunn Crime, a huge club stormer built on Mancini’s infamous “Theme of Peter Gunn”. Stewart Rowell & Louis Gaston are otherwise known as the Streetlife DJs with over 30 years turntable experience between them, and a blatant disregard for music genres! “The rules are, there are no rules!” They add samples, accapellas & sound fx to the equation. Compliment that with some of the most cutting edge electronic dance and alternative and the result is something exciting and very refreshing. Gunn Crime is a from the “Theme of Peter Gunn” composed by Henry Mancini popularized in the 80’s with The Art of Noise feat Duane Eddy hit. Their interpretation is a huge dancefloor anthem which takes the amiably sloppy original theme and tightens it up, tweaking the tempo to suitably dancefloor-friendly proportions.

DL: Streetlife Djs - Gunn Crime (Original)

After all these years, Mark Moore has suddenly revived the S' Express moniker for a new release on Kitsuné. Quite why this acid house pioneer should attempt a career resuscitation now is unclear, 'Stupid Little Girls' is all rather current-sounding and produced with a peppy, bright finish that's entirely in keeping with the glossy Kitsuné fair you'd encounter from the label's younger contributors. Mark has collaborated with Kinky Roland Faber on this project while vocals are by the gorgeous Gene Serene.

DL: S'express - Stupid Little Girls (Original Mix)

Pin Me Down is British guitarist Russell Lissack (of the band Bloc Party) and Milena Mepris who met in New York City, when Mepris’s former band Black Moustache supported Bloc Party at the legendary Knitting Factory “Cryptic,” is their first single and an ode to modern pop culture and the unknown. The band was singled out and praised by the likes of NME, Dazed and Confused, Pitchfork Media, The Times (of London) and Drowned In Sound. Meshing influences from the 80s with a futuristic soundscape, Pin Me Down make dance music for rock kids, or “apocalyptic pop” as singer/songwriter/guitarist Milena Mepris likes to describe it.

DL: Pin Me Down - Cryptic

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