As the electro indie rock movement was blowing up in 2007 with everyone from the Klaxons to Justice getting plenty of press, German duo Digitalism declared they had been working on the idea of an "electronica garage band" for a while now, unaware they'd soon be swallowed by a scene. Their debut album suggests they're telling the truth and further implies they are unaware of much post-Daft Punk dance music, although a series of 12"s with cutting-edge remixers has proven otherwise. The A-sides of those glorious 12s are all present on Idealism, an exciting, well-crafted debut that, like Daft Punk's Homework, is an instant thrill with plenty of reasons to return again and again. "Idealistic," "Zdarlight," and "Jupiter Room" are the three killer slices of fat-bottom bass, ripping synths, and filtered, French-flavored house on which this duo staked its claim. Getting them all together already gives the album great worth, but when you add fourth single "Pogo" (like Hot Chip with much more guts) and key track "Digitalism in Cairo" (an extra-choppy re-edit of the Cure's "Fire in Cairo"), the rest could be filler and you wouldn't mind much. The good news is there isn't any filler at all, and Digitalism go the extra mile by considering the album and designing a full-length that ebbs and flows. Sometimes it's electronic music you can rock to, sometimes it's neo-disco ech-house you can sing with, but it's always the fringe of dance-pop at its peak put together in a razor-sharp package.
Jackrabbit has already posted a vid to go with Pogo (http://mog.com/jackrabbit/blog_post/139682). But the mix on the album track sounds a bit more rad to me.Not so the vid for Idealism, which is considerably more hard core...
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This would be a very nice post for Wired Wednesday, but as Digitalism one of the big German electro acts from Hamburg is performing live tomorrow at SXSW, I just wanted to give you a hint, if you should happen to be there and happen to like electro. Digitalism is one of very few German bands on SXSW and I have to say they are not the worst representatives for current music from Germany.Max Load...
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Any Londonish Moggers going to Digitalism at the Astoria on 24 April?
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in fact i do not have much to say about these two guys doing their d./.i. unless you ask me if their music kicks ass.well then... better check this
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Tracklist 1. Mr. Oizo - Unknown 2.Who Made Who - TV Friend (Hot Chip Remix / Tomboy edit) 3.Trackwerk - Trackwerk 4.Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - I was on my way to Hell 5.Chicago Wasted Youth - I Speak 6.Drums of Death - Breathe 7.DJ Sneak - Bridgin The Gap 8.Mock N Toof - Brownbred (Invincible Scum remix) 9.Kiko - Jack The Box 10.Ayumi Hamasaki - Carols (Playgroup Dub) 11.Golden Bug - L...
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The LAZRtag boys have done it again! Two super-solid remixes for The Ting Tings and Digitalism… enjoy if ya haven't already! MP3: The Ting Tings- Shut Up and Let Me Go (LAZRtag Remix) MP3: Digitalism- I want I want (LAZRtag Remix) More LAZRtag in our archives. Copyright ©2008 Missingtoof.com music blog. Posted by Basura, on September 21, 2008, 5:58 pm. This [...]
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Here's an exclusive mix from Jack Beats which was done for Fabric in anticipation of New Years Eve. This one should have you going from Christmas all the way to NYE :) Jack Beats Fabriclive Mix digitalism - home zone (proxy remix) laid back luke & atrak - shake it down hot chip - touch too much (fake blood remix) dj mujava - township funk (boy 8 bit remix) dj mehdi - pocket piano (joakim "p...
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Kickn' track off there album Idealism. I hear they also do some cool remixes.
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I was feeling really guilty for not purchasing Idealism when it was first released, It's just that when I'm broke and can't buy the new album I love I tell myself 'You Can Just Buy It Later' - then later comes and there are even more must buy albums & at that point i want the new ones more than the old!Except in this case, I'm glad i missed it the first time, because the international version o...
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Magnets |
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| 2 Zdarlight |
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| 3 I Want I Want |
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| 4 Idealistic |
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| 5 Digitalism in Cairo |
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| 6 Departure from Cairo |
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| 7 Pogo |
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| 8 Moonlight |
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| 9 Anything New |
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| 10 The Pulse |
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| 11 Homezone |
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| 12 Apollo-Gize |
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| 13 Jupiter Approach |
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| 14 Jupiter Room |
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| 15 Echoes |
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| 16 [CD-ROM Track] |
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