Chromeo is the duo of fantastically talented best-friends Dave 1 & P-Thugg. They are frequently referenced for their only-half-way-kidding self-description of being, “the only successful Arab and Jewish collaboration since the beginning of time!” Dave is the Jew and Pee is the Arab, but I don’t care about no things but the music!
Chromeo is back in 2007 with their critically-acclaimed sophomore album, ‘Fancy Footwork’. An album that follows “Electrofunk” trend established with their debut album, 2004’s ‘She’s in Control’.
The video above is their first official video from ‘Fancy Footwork’. Directed by Jérémie Rozan & Martial Schmeltz with the Surface 2 Air agency in Paris, ‘Tenderoni’ is fun and fresh. Surface to Air is also responsible for all the recent Chromeo artwork for the singles and album, not to mention a little video called ‘Never Be Alone‘ by Justice vs Simian.
Take the tune from the video with you. You love it! Or, maybe you’ll like the MSTRKRFT or Sinden remix instead?
MP3: Chromeo - Tenderoni
MP3: Chromeo - Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT Remix)
MP3: Chromeo - Tenderoni (Sinden Remix)
The track ‘Tenderoni’ has remixes and is catching up, but, still not nearly as many as their dance-party pleaser, ‘Fancy Footwork’, which got re-works by Guns’N'Bombs, Surkin, d.i.m. and more. There are many different ways to get yr footwerk fancy:
MP3: Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Guns’N'Bombs Remix)
MP3: Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Surkin Rogue Teens Remix)
MP3: Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (d.i.m. Remix)
And for good measure (cuz we we were long overdue on a Chromeo post!), a Bloc Party remix of ‘Needy Girl’, the single from ‘She’s in Control’. I adore this remix!
MP3: Chromeo - Needy Girl (Bloc Party Remix)
Now everything Chromeo does is brilliant and we highly recommend the albums, ‘Fancy Footwork’ and ‘She’s in Control’ from Amazon. Additional sources to buy (and sample) are found on Chromeo’s MySpace or their official site.
Ohhh! And don’t forget Chromeo plays Hollywood tonight at Cinespace, and again on Thursday at the EchoPlex in Echo Park with a San Diego date inbetween. Then they’re off to Europe! Check the MySpace for tour dates and locations.
