It’s inevitable the nu disco movement has landed upon us, a trend which will only become stronger as 2013 progresses. Australian duo Flight Facilities continue to lead the wave with their buoyant originals and nostalgic decade mixes. “I Didn’t Believe” once again takes us back to a funkier time using Elizabeth Rose’s vocal of “Foreign Language” fame to breathe life into the bass-driven sound. A work in progress for almost two years, the instrumental was the duo’s first original production after breakout hit “Crave You.” It’s always exciting when the pair drop a new single and you can bet it won’t take long for remixes to begin surfacing. The track will be available for purchase on May 8th via labels Future Classic/Glassnote.
As the world whirls deeper into electronica, it’s somewhat refreshing to remind ourselves of the classics that brought us here. Flight Facilities have melded together influential music from each decade beginning with 1972. The mixes are complete with historical flashbacks, providing a time capsule of both cultural and political significance. Nostalgia will overtake you as you indulge in their final installment working in songs from 2002-2012. Most of us grew up with the songs included and can vividly remember each of the events happening, even changing our lives in some cases. It’s exciting to think what the next ten years will bring us both musically and socially, at the same time, a little frightening to ponder.
Sunday Morning Medicine is a feature from Dancing Astronaut dedicated to the mellower side of electronic music. We bring you our favorite therapeutic selections — old and new — in an attempt to alleviate the agonizing effects of a long weekend of partying.
Today is the final day of Ultra and MMW which means it’s time to go big or go home. For those who need a little TLC to help rejuvenate them before one more day out, we have you covered. This Sunday we start with a funky Plastic Plates remix of Para One’s “Every Little Thing,” moving on to a brand new Flight Facilities mashup “Feeling for Rosa,” to a Wax Nostalgic chilled out version of Local Native’s “Who Knows Who Cares,” to a soft Ejeca piano reword of Bicep & Ejeca’s “You,” ending with a feel good Monitor 66 tune “Triscuits.”
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If you are looking for something completely out of the ordinary to listen to for the next three hours, there may be no better way to spend your time than listening to Flight Facilities “The Decades” mix. This mix may be way outside of a lot of people’s comfort zones but anyone with a set of ears and a love for all things musical will undoubtedly revel in this mixtape. We featured the first decade mix back in January, but here are all three decades in one neat little package. Aired on the triple j radio station in Australia, “The Decades” takes listeners on a sonic journey through 3 decades of music and sound bites, from 1972 to 2002.
Flight Facilities did more than just their due diligence here; they spent weeks curating the music and the samples, researching historic events and the music charts of each year to put together a historical and musical snapshot of the last four decades.
To get a better idea of how this incredible mix was put together read their Making Of blog article, and then press play.
This week’s SMM features some delightful downtempo courtesy of Pierce Fulton and Troumaca, as well as an absorbing original from Goldroom. Per usual, SMM highlights the deeper, minimal side of house with a track from French Express’s Jonas Rathsman. Rounding out this week’s dose is the recently released seven minute adventure from Flight Facilities.
If you missed any of last week’s more remedial productions, make sure to check out Deadmau5′s remastering of “Arcadia,” Digitaria’s new Hot Creations release Shine EP, and the Miguel Campbell and Maceo Plex remixes of Butch’s “Highbeams.” For five tracks to make your morning a bit more imaginative, click past the break.
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Sunday Morning Medicine is a feature from Dancing Astronaut dedicated to the mellower side of electronic music. We bring you our favorite therapeutic selections — old and new — in an attempt to alleviate the agonizing effects of a long weekend of partying.
This week’s SMM features an eclectic mix of downtempo, deep house and disco favorites. We start off with Sweden’s rising bliss-house stars Monitor 66 with their new release “Follow You.” Then move into a Thyladomid take on the Chris Isaak’s classic “Wicked Game.” We have yet another Flight Facilities masterpiece, this time a remix for Miike Snow’s “The Wave,” while Manik delivers deep comfort in a rework of Frank Ocean’s “Pink Matter.” Lastly, we finish off with Todd Terje’s famed Hot Chip remix of “How Do You Do.” (more…)
I’m sure if you’re anything like me you have relentlessly described house music to your parents as being the modern day equivalent to classical music. After disagreeing they tend to take the argument further, stating electronic artists are nothing compared to the rock ‘classics’ of the seventies. It’s a battle I’ve nearly given up on, until stumbling across the perfect ammo. Flight Facilities, the famed Australian duo, known best for twisting seventies classics into modern day nu-disco, have re-visited Walter Murphy’s 1976 Saturday Night Fever classic “A Fifth of Beethoven,” one of the most influential tracks of the disco-era. Music connoisseurs will recognize passages from the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. If you find yourself wanting more funky renditions that connect generations of music lovers alike check out the rest of Flight Facilities’ “Triple j Mix Up Exclusives 1972-1982”
Vaughn Oliver and Oliver Goldstein (or just Oliver to most) have just released their latest work, Mechanical EP. Man, you are in for quite the treat. In the last several years, Los Angeles has gained recognition as the unofficial capital of a certain nu-disco and tropical sound championed by artists like Oliver, Goldroom, Zimmer, Plastic Plates, Penguin Prison, The Magician, Aeroplane, Flight Facilities — the list goes on. As this diverse and accessible sound continues to grow, we believe these artists will really start to get the recognition they’ve deserved. This starts with Mechanical EP.
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Sunday Morning Medicine is a feature from Dancing Astronaut dedicated to the mellower side of electronic music. We bring you our favorite therapeutic selections — old and new — in an attempt to alleviate the agonizing effects of a long weekend of partying.
This week’s SMM features everything from deep house, to nu-disco, to some classic Chemical Brothers. Them Jeans drop a blissful remix to Flight Facilities’ “Clair de Lune,” while Dennis Rivera and Monsieur Adi provide some infectious remixes to “Awake” and “Pompeii.” Jean Tonique takes on the Kooks, while we revisit the Chemical Brothers’ enchanting 1997 original “Where Do I Begin.”
If you missed any of DA‘s more mellow posts from the week, make sure to check out Duke Dumont’s nu-disco original “Need U (100%),” Amtrac’s funky spin on Alex Metric’s “Rave Weapon,” T.E.E.D.’s deep take on Foals’ “My Number,” and Four Tet’s free 0181 LP. For five tracks to lift your spirit from the debilitating effects of a well-spent weekend, click past the break.
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History lesson + smooth house edits of classic tracks = the first installment of Flight Facilities’ four mixes from their residency on Australian radio show triple j back in October. These four mixes required an astounding amount of research to compile — each recounts a decade worth of music in a one hour mix in the order in which they were released. To make things even more difficult for themselves, Flight Facilities also highlighted all of the major historical events that occurred during this time (paired perfectly to the appropriate musical accompaniment). According to their blog post about this process, they literally recorded the clips used from YouTube on Garageband and then into Ableton. This week, they were finally able to release the first of these four mixes on Soundcloud. Enjoy and check out the tracklist below. If you’re feeling extra academic, you can even try to name all of the historical events referenced.
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