Our favourite lady of the moment, Little Boots, will be collaborating with Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard live at the Smirnoff U.R the Night event on July 10th at London’s The Matter.
Joe helped our fave electro pop lady on her sparkling debut album and will now be joining will be joining her on stage for the first time ever to perform two tracks. Little Boots comments, “I’m really excited that Smirnoff asked me to be part of this event. It’s great that everyone there on the night has been involved in what takes place, and I’m really pleased to be getting even more involved myself with this collaboration. After working on my album together, I can’t wait to perform live on stage with Joe.”
If that ain’t enough attendees can also catch the Pet Shop Boys for a special club performance – wow! Hot Chip will also be taking to the decks at the event alongside The Count and Sinden, and cosmic Jedi Tom Middleton.
So how do you get tickets I hear you cry?! Tickets can only be obtained by getting involved in creating the night itself. The Smirnoff Co. are inviting people to have their say in how they want the night to evolve, by submitting their ideas via Facebook in exchange for a chance to get free tickets.
To create a unique one-off experience attendees are invited to vote on different elements to shape the night, including which drinks will be served, what the DJs will play and what the pre-event boat party theme will be, all via polls on the event’s Facebook page. So, what you waiting for….?
Hot Chip have chosen five young creative talents to celebrate the launch Wrigleys Sense5 Gum!
The band have chosen a plethra of talent with the help of Bompass & Parr and hot new directing talent Kinga Burza for an eveing of unforgettable sensory sensations! wowza.
The event will take place on Thursday June 4th at The Arches in London, UK. Hot Chip will perform a special DJ Set alongside special guests Noze and the winners of the Creating Sense5 Competition.
You can nab free tickets to this event by registering here. For latecomers there may be a few tickets on the door but we would advise you to register sharpish!
If you haven’t heard of Passion Pit you are missing out. The UK’s Mix Mag has been all over this band like a rash recently, hailing them as ‘Boston’s Answer to Hot Chip‘. Make of that quote what you will but this band are going to be huge.
This remix is definitely one of my recent favourites. The mix is little dose of chic and funky electro tinged madness. But hey enough of my opinions, listen yourself and tell us what you think……
*The interview with Little Boots was done sometime in the remaining months of 2008. Enjoy.
Yes, It’s true I have a crush on Little Boots. Now, I am not one to have celebrity crushes but something about Little Boots has me enamored. It could be the perfect combination of her beautiful and sexy vocals over disco influenced indie electro or just that she’s extremely attractive and makes better dj mixes than most or maybe its the youtube videos where she covers Haddaway and plays with circuit bent toys and microkorgs (see below).
Her first single “stuck on repeat” was sent to me as a secret Hot Chip side project song. After some internet detective work it soon became apparent that Little Boots wasn’t a side project but the work of Victoria Hesketh formerly of Dead Disco. While “stuck on repeat” was produced by Joe Goddard of Hot Chip, Little Boots is clearly Ms. Hesketh’s own musical vehicle.
It wasn’t soon after “stuck on repeat” made its way on ipods everywhere, man of mystery, Fake Blood made an earth shattering remix of the tune that made everyone listen up. Then she dropped the hit “meddle” which was also produced by Goddard.
In the meantime, Little Boots took advantage of the internet age and started recording videos of herself making music and posting them on the ever popular YOUTUBE. Creating an even bigger buzz and gathering fans and further cementing my crush on her.
Lucky for me and all of you trash readers I was able to use my charm to get a quick interview so enjoy.
Sirhan: you’ve had quite a good year, filled with amazing singles and wonderful remixes. what are some of your goals for 2009. and what is already planned for 2009?
Little Boots: Well the main thing is the album release which will hopefully be in Spring next year in England, I’ve been working really hard finishing stuff off lately and we’re nearly there so I’m really excited about that. Otherwise guess we will do lots of touring… I don’t really think about the future too much just concentrate on the present then normally the future works out ok!
Sirhan: When can we expect you to tour N.America? And what is your tour set up? Live show? Dj set? A little of both? Touring with friends or doing solo shows?
Little Boots: There are no plans to tour America at the moment but hopefully in the future if we release the album out there which I really hope we will. At the moment I tour with two guys who play synths and drums, then I play tenorion and keyboards and bits of percussion and other things. I also DJ a lot but I’m really trying to cut it down a bit to concentrate on live shows and finishing the album, I do really enjoy it though. We are planning a tour in November with a great new band called Heartbreak and some special guest DJs and bands, it’s going to have a bit of a new disco theme.
Sirhan: what is a typical day for you?
Little Boots: There’s no such thing! I’m so busy at the moment, today you have caught me on an extremely rare day off… but don’t know if its classed as off since I’ve spent most of it answering emails so far! Generally I try to go to the gym first thing in the morning, have a brew (that’s a cup of tea), hopefully play a bit of classical piano (best start to the day), then it varies between rehearsals, gigs, photoshoots and studio time. Lately the focus has mainly been on gigs and shoots/interviews as the bulk of recording is finished, but I’m hoping to get a bit of time off before Christmas to maybe do some more writing, I find it hard with so much else going on I have to have a clear head space.
Sirhan: We all know you took your name from the film Caligula, what are some of your other favorite films? Do you enjoy the work of John Carpenter? Do you have any aspirations to do any film or video work yourself? Maybe direct and score your own film?
Little Boots: I don’t really like films to be honest, they are too long and I have a short attention span… I’d rather spend the time making music if possible. I think the only DVD I own is “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, which is pretty predictable… we watched Ace Ventura in the tour van the other night, that was quite funny. I’m very interested in music videos I think they are a really interesting space to create something, there aren’t really any rules you have to follow so I think it opens up a lot of interesting opportunities. I follow a lot of up and coming promo directors. Not physically follow, I’m not a weird stalker or anything… you know what I mean.
Sirhan: How about fashion, any interest at all? I have always liked how music and fashion flirt together. With Justice doing Dior Homme runway show and Daft Punk doing music for Louis Vuitton. What label would you do?
Little Boots: I wear a lot of a make called ‘Felder Felder’ which is great, really interesting shapes and very futuristic. There’s also a label called ‘Antipodium’ that I’ve been wearing a lot of lately for the live shows, they have a great hooded dress a bit like a jedi cape I wear on stage a lot. I also like Gareth Pugh, Christopher Kane… the new Balenciaga collection is cool too.
Sirhan: You’ve done quite a bit of recording in LA. Any future plans of relocation? If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? What’s your favorite place you’ve been so far?
Little Boots: No, I’m far too much in love with London right now, I can’t imagine living anywhere else in the world. But I just went to New York last week for the first time and that was pretty much love at first sight…
Sirhan: These Youtube videos are a fantastic watch. Why did you initially decide to do them and what lies in the future for them?
Little Boots: I was just bored one night coz I’d just moved to London and gotten into the habit of going out pretty much every night… I had a night in so just did one for a joke with my friend. It had a really great reaction so I just carried on… I’d always done a lot of covers, from when i used to play in hotel lobbies and restaurants… then when I’m writing if I feel uninspired I normally cover something coz by learning it you break it down and understand how it functions and it helps you to write.
Sirhan: Lets talk about the tenori-on. Explain this little guy to us. And do you also have a bit of circuit bent toys you play with? What equipment are you working with?
Little Boots: Its basically a sequencer made up of a 16 by 16 square of lights. each light relates to a sound, it works on a loop and you can build up songs through layers and blocks of lights. Its easy to mess around with but quite difficult to actually build a song or make it function in a live set up but somehow we’ve managed it… It’s interesting because its not a particularly great sequencer but because it works visually it’s a new process of making music unlike anything else out there so it can be pretty inspiring. I don’t really have any circuit bent toys. I’ve used a bent speak and spell in the studio once but they’re so unpredictable it’s difficult. I have some other gadgets and a bunch of synths…. I don’t like to divulge too much!
Sirhan: Ok, we are stuck on an island and you’re allowed to bring one mixtape, what would you be putting on there?
Little Boots: Mmm the beach boys…..kate bush…. joni mitchell….. Could probably manage with just the beach boys. just about. if i had the acapellas from pet sounds I’d probably be ok.
Sirhan: Let’s talk about your experience of being a woman in the music industry? Do you have any feelings or insight about this? Also you’re an attractive woman, does this ever factor in any way?
Little Boots: I don’t really think it makes too much difference, there are all sorts of people making music… girls, boys, attractive people, not so attractive people…. if you have talent and great songs and are determined and work hard I think the likelihood is that you will be successful. Maybe I get treated differently from a man in the industry, but that’s how it is in all of life not just music.
Sirhan: Are we allowed to bring up Dead Disco? (if not lets just skip over this.) but whats the deal? do you keep in touch? do you miss being in a more “rock” based group?
Little Boots: It’s fine… I left the band, that’s all there really is to say. To be honest I don’t really miss being in a more rock based band, I always played piano and synths so its doesn’t really bother me not having guitars anymore, I wouldn’t really want to involve instruments I can’t play that much as you loose an element of control. What I do know just comes a lot easier to me and feels a lot more natural, I just pour myself into writing and performing and it feels amazing.
Sirhan: Final question, do you have groupies? or any funny/creepy stories about male fans?
Little Boots: Nope… all my fans seem very nice and send me nice messages which I am very appreciative of.
If you’re in Europe, then you’re in luck and you can catch Little Boots on tour this holiday season.
To say that Scottish born, now London-based, Colin Bailey, whose devilish alter ego, Drums of Death, is doing stand-out things with music, wouldn’t even begin to scratch the surface of all that he has accomplished in the past year. Here’s a quick recap – Drums of Death has toured with Hot Chip, remixed Tricky’s “Council Estate”, DTL’s “Hear Me”, and several others, worked with Peaches, and released ‘Drums of Death Steps into the Ring’ EP in September on Greco-Roman. He was invited for a chat and to play a mix on Rob Da Bank’s show, and managed to find a spot on DJ Mag’s ‘Best British Breakthrough Producer’. DOD continues to play at top nights around the world and with 2009 in sight, he’s poised to takeover. Not bad for a guy from a small fishing town called Oban.
Whether it’s the curse upon Colin that causes him to churn out music with a deadly edge or his vast range of music influences – metal, jazz, hardcore punk, two-step garage, bass, grime – that gives his music all the right elements, one thing is certain, Drums of Death is straight-up fucking brilliant! Catch Drums of Death at GASH! TONIGHT at The Macbeth (U.K.), listen to his latest remix of Escort’s “Starlight“, and stay on the look out for more Drums of Death on Trash!!
They picked a fitting band name, yeah? I’ve been getting hit by Hot Chip from all sides, and I like it. They are currently out on tour in North America, i’m eagerly looking forward to their New York shows at Terminal 5, Oct 3 & 4.
I could tell you what the band’s been up to, but the email below from the band’s Joe Goddard, sums it up nicely. It’s always lovely when the band themselves take time to write. I’m just going to tag on a track and recent photos from their show in Tucson, AZ this past Tuesday, Sept. 23rd.
And since I too love the Ewan Pearson remix, and it’s my pick of the lot, give it a listen.
Hi, we are putting out a package of great remixes of songs from ‘Made In The Dark‘ featuring some of the best producers around at the moment.
Dave Taylor (Switch) is obviously killing it at the moment, his recent mix of Mystery Jets and his work for Santogold were great and we have been friends for a while, he did a great mix of ‘Over and Over‘ for us under his Solid Groove guise and if anyone has not heard ‘This Is Sick‘ by Solid Groove then search it out, it is responsible for the sound of a lot of recent records.
(personal note, not from Joe, but 100% agreed, Solid Groove – “This Is Sick”, is REALLY, REALLY, SICK INDEED!)
Dave has completed 2 mixes of ‘Hold On‘ and we liked them both so they both feature on the package. Mock and Toof also remixed ‘Hold On‘ and again, have been friends for a while, their label Tiny Sticks is consistently excellent and they have already featured on Death From Abroad as well as previously remixing “Over and Over.”
I think their mix of ‘Hold On‘ is one of the best mixes we have ever had. Ewan Pearson takes on ‘Touch Too Much‘ and the quality of his mix shows through pretty obviously, I think this mix will be played out by alot of people. If you don’t know Ewan he has been DJing and producing for a while now and his Partial Arts moniker is particularly good in my opinion, especially the ‘Trauermusik‘ release on Kompakt a couple of years ago.
Kollektiv Turmstrasse are one of Felix and Al’s favourite groups, they have been making excellent, melodic, very funky techno for a while and whilst not being the biggest name on the scene have been consistently excellent and responsible for a lot of big DJs ’secret weapons’.
I hope you like this stuff!
We are also putting the finishing touches to our next release, which is an EP of songs from ‘Made In The Dark‘ featuring new contributions from Robert Wyatt, which we are very excited about.
Meeting and working with him was genuinely lovely, look out for that in the next month or so.
take care,
Joe
HOT CHIP ON TOUR
Fri 09/26/08 – Austin City Limits, Austin
Sun 09/28/08 – Metro, Chicago
Mon 09/29/08 – Metro, Chicago
Tue 09/30/08 – Koolhaus, Toronto
Wed 10/01/08 – Metropolis, Montreal
Fri 10/03/08 – Terminal 5, New York
Sat 10/04/08 – Terminal 5, New York, NY – Growing
Sun 10/05/08 – The Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA – Growing
Wed 10/08/08 – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC – Growing
Thu 10/09/08 – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA – Growing
Our friends at I AM SOUND sent us a remix of Little Boots (aka Victoria of Dead Disco) “Meddle” by TM fav’s Designer Drugs. “Meddle” was co-written by Greg Kurstin ( Lily Allen/Kylie Minogue/ and one half of Bird And The Bee) and Joe Goddard of Hot Chip.
Meddle is part of a new Little Boots EP “Aredibo” dropping mid-November
Arecibo EP Tracklisting
A1. Stuck On Repeat
A2. Stuck On Repeat (Fake Blood Remix)
B1. Meddle
B2. Meddle (Ebola Remix)
I feel it is of high importance to let you all know that it has taken a long fucking time to compile all 65 features that the entire TRASH clan has worked up during the month of MARCH. MARCH marks an entire year of madness for TRASH MENAGERIE and we haven’t stopped to breathe just yet. We’ve swooped into your lives to take over and give you something to do whilst passing the time. Beyond the amount of content that is growing, TRASH is now armed with a few more contributors. This just means more top-shelf features from a few more music lovers. We’ll strive to continue to bring you loads of MUSIC that we each love for whatever reasons and also find the time to pick the brains of the talent behind said MUSIC (time permitting). We’ve got 2 new sections to your right, MIXES and LISTINGS. Get to know each for all the right reasons. Lastly, the TRASH TALKFORUM has sprung a new life and will be back in FULL FORCE. We’ll also try our very best to not BOLD every word like I just did to emphasize what is important in life: TRASH and MUSIC (until it’s ingrained in your heads).
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