{"id":87387,"date":"2012-04-24T11:21:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/87387\/lcd-soundsystem\/"},"modified":"2012-04-24T11:21:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:21:59","slug":"lcd-soundsystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/87387\/lcd-soundsystem\/","title":{"rendered":"LCD SOUNDSYSTEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">LCD Soundsystem finally disbanded last year &#8211; after releasing The London Sessions.\u00a0 In typically unconventional style, all of the tracks were recorded in jam sessions.\u00a0 Even the albums have a loose and free-flowing feel to them.\u00a0 Between 2005 and 2010, LCD Soundsystem released three proper albums.\u00a0 The debut album kicks off with the unusual single, Daft Punk Is Playing In My House.\u00a0 Compared with most of LCD Soundsystem&#8217;s output, it is a completely normal song.\u00a0 The lyrics are often quite funny (even ridiculous).\u00a0 The music is very similar to Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LCD Soundsystem- Daft Punk Is Playing At My House\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d7kqfeRb0KY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">James Murphy was already talking about &#8216;retiring&#8217;, when Sound Of Silver was released in 2007.\u00a0 However, he decided to make one more album (This Is Happening).\u00a0 If the bonus disc accompanying the first album and the remixed version of 45:33 are counted, there are a total of seven LCD Soundsystem discs.\u00a0 That&#8217;s an average of one CD per year &#8211; and that&#8217;s what I call prolific.\u00a0 In addition, Murphy found the time to make loads of remixes (under the DFA pseudonym).\u00a0 He co-founded DFA Records (with Tim Goldsworthy).\u00a0 It is the home of The Rapture, Shit Robot and Holy Ghost!<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bOHLeXxfNu0<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">LFO (Low Frequency Oscillation, not Lyte Funky Ones) was one of the first acts to sign to Warp Records.\u00a0 The eponymous single is an underground house classic.\u00a0 Another single preceded the debut album a year later (over two decades ago).\u00a0 LFO then released the What Is House EP.\u00a0 The follow-up album (Advance) took four more years to complete.\u00a0 It is sparse and ambient (with the exception of Tied Up, which was released as an EP a year before the album).\u00a0 Gez Varley departed and Mark Bell released one more album as LFO (the unremarkable Sheath).\u00a0 He has also worked with Bjork and Depeche Mode, among others.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LFO - LFO\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/apruqC9qMNQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">604 sounds like a classic eighties synth-pop album.\u00a0 Ladytron was one of the first electroclash bands; recapturing the sound and spirit of the eighties, whilst adding a modern sheen (see also Fischerspooner and Felix Da Housecat).\u00a0 He Took Her To A Movie is reminiscent of The Model (Kraftwerk).\u00a0 The next album continued in a similar vein.\u00a0 The lead single (Seventeen) attracted more followers.\u00a0 Light &amp; Magic is a more varied album, compared with its predecessor.\u00a0 There are elements of house and techno.\u00a0 It is also more polished.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ya0H86ogOzU<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Ladytron explored a new style on The Witching Hour, combining guitars with the synthesizers.\u00a0 A remix album was released, between The Witching Hour and the patchy Velocifero.\u00a0 The singles collection (Best Of 00-10) contains two exclusive tracks, neither of which are particularly memorable.\u00a0 A new album was released in September 2011.\u00a0 I heard a few of the tracks, but they didn&#8217;t really appeal to me.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ladytron - Destroy everything you touch HQ\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-M5Ue0x3b6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Lamb fused trip-hop with drum &#8216;n&#8217; bass on the debut album.\u00a0 The singles Cotton Wool and Gorecki were particularly popular.\u00a0 Fear Of Fours was a natural progression.\u00a0 The album is characterised by complex rhythms and lots of double-bass.\u00a0 It has a playful &#8216;jazzy&#8217; feel to it.\u00a0 It remains Lamb&#8217;s most successful album.\u00a0 What Sound (2001) has its moments (eg. Heaven, Gabriel and Sweetheart).\u00a0 However, it is Lamb&#8217;s weakest album (as a whole).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LAMB ~ ALL IN YOUR HANDS\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rxHleKqf6Gs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Stronger is one of the highlights on the fourth Lamb album (Between Darkness And Wonder).\u00a0 The production is excellent, but it lacks the vibrancy of the other albums.\u00a0 The sound of Lamb maturing was clearly something which didn&#8217;t appeal to many people.\u00a0 Lou Rhodes (lyrics) and Andy Barlow (music) were pulling in different directions.\u00a0 They split amicably and Best Kept Secrets was released.\u00a0 The remix collection (Remixed) is worthwhile; with contributions from Kruder &amp; Dorfmeister, Photek, Bola, A Guy Called Gerald and many others &#8211; on two discs.\u00a0 Lou and Andy reunited in 2009 and released album number five last year.\u00a0 It is not a bad comeback.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OT7ErXdpdq0<\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Further listening<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hot Chip  - (Just Like We) Breakdown (DFA Remix)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9SelhSvM4GM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kFI4GK6a5fY&#038;feature=relmfu<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LFO - Slow Down Speedy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LFIX5Rf0nHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Next: Kraftwerk<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LCD Soundsystem finally disbanded last year &#8211; after releasing The London Sessions.\u00a0 In typically unconventional style, all of the tracks were recorded in jam sessions.\u00a0 Even the albums have a loose and free-flowing feel to them.\u00a0 Between 2005 and 2010, LCD Soundsystem released three proper albums.\u00a0 The debut album kicks off with the unusual single, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5079,5080,5077,5078,108],"class_list":["post-87387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-ladytron","tag-lamb","tag-lcd-soundsystem","tag-lfo","tag-music-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}