album E-Card:



http://www.emi-artis...card/index.html





according to wikipedia its suppost to be out March 26



but on the E-Card is seems like a different date ( i cant read it, its in a different language.)



The got some samples of new tunes....."anything new" and "pogo" sound awesome!



8) woot!

Looking forward to this one, along with Justice's album (in May, I think) and the Klaxons.

i like the kraftwerk-like picture they got going on :P

That IS class.



Can't believe how long it's already been since 'Zdarlight' broke them.

That first pic reminds me of Royksopp in their live show back in 2005, they look a bit like them too! Don't think I've heard any Digitalism, I'll have to check them out sometime.

can't wait for the album

note to tom and ed get them to support you on your chemical 6 tour

Yeah they have done some good stuff, alot of people are saying it will be great.



Watch out for the Japanese popstars they are quality.

the song pogo is superb and jupiter room was my second fav track of last year

I really dislike all this electro-noise anti-music house generation. I think Micronauts could do the 'noisy and massive' sound in late 90's like no one else up until today.



What Digitalism do is basically building on what Daft Punk started on Human After All - raw and unpolished half-baked electro-noise just for the sake of being noisy and pretentiously massive. Yay, they got solid pounding beats that make your speakers want to commit suicide. Yay, they got harsh electro synths mixed over that beat. A very cheap way of making a tune that is labeled 'massive' by everyone including critics and their mother. The noiser - the more massive isn't exactly true; harsh electro synths sound too annoying in big amounts. Doesn't seem to sound too good in clubs either - making ears bleed after a while. I really can't wait until these 'electro' and 'minimal' times are over. There's just too many artists doing that at the moment and the worst thing is that most of them sound the same. I blame Benassi and his satisfucktion for starting it all. :P Bring back the better music from 90's. Making smart massive music is a challenge.



However, I really do think that this kind of tracks sound nice in a DJ mix together with tracks from other music styles, e.g. if you mix something soulful, then you bring this sort of crazy brutal piece of electro. But when it's 60+ minutes of monotonous electro-techno/tech-house, it's really tiring and boring. (This has nothing to do with Digitalism though, just a general thought)



Please note that this is solely based on 3 tracks by them, which I heard and which sounded all the same. Didn't make me wanna check out more.



Just my 2 cents, don't take too personal. :)

I agree, aT, that they have a big Daft Punk influence, particularly the Human After All sound, but I think they do that sound far, far better at the moment.



Jupiter Room is a banging track and I've liked all three singles to date very much.



I also agree that the "electro-noise" sound isn't necessarily the most "intelligent" or challenging music around, but I really dig the sound and the energy to it. The problem is that people are too into scenes and cliques and not enough DJs try to blend and fuse sounds. For me, the past year has been all about both electro and a lot of techno, too. I wish I knew of more platter-jockeys who used both sounds to create thrilling but deep sets.

anType Escribi�:

I really dislike all this electro-noise anti-music house generation. I think Micronauts could do the 'noisy and massive' sound in late 90's like no one else up until today. I really can't wait until these 'electro' and 'minimal' times are over. There's just too many artists doing that at the moment and the worst thing is that most of them sound the same. [...] Bring back the better music from 90's. Making smart massive music is a challenge.

Well said, dude! It's the way i feel as well. Can't judging Benni Benassi or Digitalism coz i don't know them well. But the kind of music you described is really really boring most of the time. "Minimal" is just minimal. Maybe that's because it nowadays is easy enough to build up a track using software without having any sense for music as an entire thing. Just boom boom and here and there a noise and the track is finished.

Having said that, I don't really have any problems with minimal, given that it's really MINIMAL, not underproduced. Have a listen to Richie Hawtin's "DE9 | Transitions" CD - it's utterly bloody fantastic minimal music. In fact it's one of the most paradoxical CDs I have - it's minimal, yet all the tracks are so complex it's just stunning. There's always some micro sounds floating around, some spacial sirens droning in the background - it's really what I call 'minimal' - proper music constructed with compacted micro-sounds.



What most so-called 'minimal' artists do nowadays is not really minimal - a proper term for it would be 'stripped-down' or 'underproduced'. It's just like carcas for a better track - beats, bass & a couple of sounds thrown in (Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit anyone?). Mathew Jonson is another one of those artists who produce pseudo-minimal. He does have a few great tracks though, but things like his remix of Believe is really what I call 'underproduced', not minimal. Sleeparchive too... It's just stripped-to-the-bone techno, it's not minimal. Minimal music must be constructed with minimal sounds imho. Having massive beats and ass-whooping bass with nothing else always gives a feeling of 'underproduced' music.



What really gets me is that nowadays almost everyone who can mix a couple of pulsating synths with some beats could release a record. It leaves us with SO MANY unnecessary easily passable records...

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Interesting.......

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Oh, err, it's nothing much really, just added a couple of words about electro and whatnot.

Usually there's nothing to tell you if a post has been edited.

anType Escribi�:

I really dislike all this electro-noise anti-music house generation. I think Micronauts could do the 'noisy and massive' sound in late 90's like no one else up until today.



What Digitalism do is basically building on what Daft Punk started on Human After All - raw and unpolished half-baked electro-noise just for the sake of being noisy and pretentiously massive. Yay, they got solid pounding beats that make your speakers want to commit suicide. Yay, they got harsh electro synths mixed over that beat. A very cheap way of making a tune that is labeled 'massive' by everyone including critics and their mother. The noiser - the more massive isn't exactly true; harsh electro synths sound too annoying in big amounts. Doesn't seem to sound too good in clubs either - making ears bleed after a while. I really can't wait until these 'electro' and 'minimal' times are over. There's just too many artists doing that at the moment and the worst thing is that most of them sound the same. I blame Benassi and his satisfucktion for starting it all. :P Bring back the better music from 90's. Making smart massive music is a challenge.



However, I really do think that this kind of tracks sound nice in a DJ mix together with tracks from other music styles, e.g. if you mix something soulful, then you bring this sort of crazy brutal piece of electro. But when it's 60+ minutes of monotonous electro-techno/tech-house, it's really tiring and boring. (This has nothing to do with Digitalism though, just a general thought)



Please note that this is solely based on 3 tracks by them, which I heard and which sounded all the same. Didn't make me wanna check out more.



Just my 2 cents, don't take too personal. :)

I think its just a small movement in Electronic Dance Music right now. I believe artists that have the electro/tech house tag put on them (Jusitce, Digitalism, and etc....), will eventually break out as their own.



And it is true, Electro/Tech House is what sells right now, and I think these groups are just using it to get there name out there and a fan base. I could be wrong, but, I believe groups like Justice and Digitalism are going to accomplish stuff alot bigger and better (musically) then what they have going right now. Not saying that I dont enjoy or believe the music they put out right now isnt good, because I really like the energy the give through their tunes (like Darkstar said). But rather, I see great potential and good futures in these artists.



I wasnt old enough to remember or had the interest of Electronic Dance Music once the Chemical Brothers started out. But, I would assume, the Chemical Brothers went through the same thing with the early 90's breakbeat fad. And now look at them, they havent released a "true" breakbeat tune since the Dig Your Own Hole era.



my 2 cents...

Well said, Bosco. And it's not fair to blame groups like Digitalism and Justice for all the samey-sounding pale imitators.

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anType Escribi�:

I really dislike all this electro-noise anti-music house generation. I think Micronauts could do the 'noisy and massive' sound in late 90's like no one else up until today.



What Digitalism do is basically building on what Daft Punk started on Human After All - raw and unpolished half-baked electro-noise just for the sake of being noisy and pretentiously massive. Yay, they got solid pounding beats that make your speakers want to commit suicide. Yay, they got harsh electro synths mixed over that beat. A very cheap way of making a tune that is labeled 'massive' by everyone including critics and their mother. The noiser - the more massive isn't exactly true; harsh electro synths sound too annoying in big amounts. Doesn't seem to sound too good in clubs either - making ears bleed after a while. I really can't wait until these 'electro' and 'minimal' times are over. There's just too many artists doing that at the moment and the worst thing is that most of them sound the same. I blame Benassi and his satisfucktion for starting it all. :P Bring back the better music from 90's. Making smart massive music is a challenge.



However, I really do think that this kind of tracks sound nice in a DJ mix together with tracks from other music styles, e.g. if you mix something soulful, then you bring this sort of crazy brutal piece of electro. But when it's 60+ minutes of monotonous electro-techno/tech-house, it's really tiring and boring. (This has nothing to do with Digitalism though, just a general thought)



Please note that this is solely based on 3 tracks by them, which I heard and which sounded all the same. Didn't make me wanna check out more.



Just my 2 cents, don't take too personal. :)

I think its just a small movement in Electronic Dance Music right now. I believe artists that have the electro/tech house tag put on them (Jusitce, Digitalism, and etc....), will eventually break out as their own.



And it is true, Electro/Tech House is what sells right now, and I think these groups are just using it to get there name out there and a fan base. I could be wrong, but, I believe groups like Justice and Digitalism are going to accomplish stuff alot bigger and better (musically) then what they have going right now. Not saying that I dont enjoy or believe the music they put out right now isnt good, because I really like the energy the give through their tunes (like Darkstar said). But rather, I see great potential and good futures in these artists.



I wasnt old enough to remember or had the interest of Electronic Dance Music once the Chemical Brothers started out. But, I would assume, the Chemical Brothers went through the same thing with the early 90's breakbeat fad. And now look at them, they havent released a "true" breakbeat tune since the Dig Your Own Hole era.



my 2 cents...

Nope, dude, nope. Think of Diamond Sky, think of Freak of the Week and not to mention Base 6 (2002?)!!!!! And The Boxer has a typical breakbeat line.



And another thing. It would be a shame if an artist is only doing what the crowd wants him to do. So if they could accomplish things better, they should do so!!!

There's too much emphasis on vocals in alot of dance music these days for my liking. Fucking way too much for my liking atually, that's my two cents right there. :)