Sooo, there was a little secret Ed Banger party in West Hollywood tonight at the infamous Viper Room, courtesy of Scion and Vice. In addition to Busy P, Kavinsky and SebastiAn, Justice decided to make an unannounced appearance, which is always nice. Thanks to Busy P for flying the boys in between their gig in Japan and their gig in Finland! With so much of the Ed Banger roster in the house they made it a fun rotation—DJing their signature sound with their tried and true CDJ setup.
Our boy C-Town also DJ’d the opening slot—just after conducting interviews with the Ed Banger gang. The transcription of that meeting is sure to show up in his little monthly rag called, Anthem Magazine. Just like his recent cover-story interview with Daft Punk that’s on news stands now in the current issue (with a Daft Punk photography spread shot by Hedi Slimane, which is breathtaking).
This right here is a music blog so let’s have some music! We love Edward Banger. We’re so friendly we call ‘em Ed. You like remixes, let’s do this! Tracks from Revl9n, Klaxons, Justin Timberlake & DJ Hell.
Seems like everyone’s making up genres these days. New Rave, New Grave, Rip Hop, nu-doodoo-metal. MY TURN! ‘Black Girl’. Female vocals on top of dark-electro. Not a hint of indie. Straight up electro for that ass.
Who would fall into the ‘Black Girls’ genre, you ask?
Let me lace you with some tracks.
The sonic black eye that is the Crack W.A.R. was spawned from a cough syrup-fueled dream in 1995 somewhere in the Midwest. When King Riff, the founder later relocated to San Francisco the line up went through a ton of different members until synthesizer aficionado Obscuratron & vocalists L’Erin & Le Kim signed on.
In 2001 Crack W.A.R. (which stands for Crack We Are Rock) released their debut album, a split 12″ with Wolf Eyes & Ann Arbor. In ‘02 Tigerbeat6 released Silent Fantasy & the next year “Cosmic Mind Flight’ & had ‘Animal Trap’ remixed by Tommie Sunshine.
The act later disbanded for unknown reasons. Kim West is now in Death Sentence: Panda! which we will talk about in a future post. Unsure what the other Crack: W.A.R.er’s are up to. We’ll keep you posted.
I DJ at an 80’s club sometimes. The opening slot. When only the bartenders, the regulars, true eighties heads & people who don’t want to pay the cover are there. Most people hate the opening slot, but I like it. I have the pleasure of spinning some of the more obscure (ahem, better) stuff from back in the day, without someone requesting Depeche Mode or Morrissey every 5 minutes.
Gina X Performance is one of those artists that fall into the obscure category. If someone would’ve have told me that this album was made this year, I’d have no reason to doubt it. GXP are considered more disco/electro, but the track ‘Be a Boy’ is bathed in new wavey-ness. Artists probably influenced by Gina X include Miss Kittin, Revl9n & Peaches.
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