I think Simon mentioned "filter disco" about half a decade ago, roundabout his astute analysis of Stardust's unfuckwithable "Music Sounds Better With You" and house's completion of its circular return through techno to the magical zero point of that Seventies Moroder-than-thou shit.
Well plus ça change, pal. Except it's worth noting the latest in perfect blends from the tip-top sounds of these last five(ish) years. Christina Milian's "I Can Be That Woman" (sadly, a song that doesn't appear on the domestic version of her new album; no wonder CDs cost the equivalent of 22 bucks in Europe) is a distillation of the five elements: Stockholm melody, Daft Punk's Parisian back-in-the-haute-vie-again champagne synth leads, r'n'b vocals in that New York uptown diva style, Virgina Beach syncopated minimalism, and filter sweeps + handclaps directly from on the floor at the Boutique on Brighton beach.
Which is why I am saying to you, in honor of the North Romantic, that this is what sugarhigh! means when we say "NATO disco." As in, NATO disco rules, okay?
Posted by jane at July 16, 2004 06:39 AM | TrackBack