The Monitors
Keeping track of new music, media
and industry news - 05-02-12-12.02pm
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Possibly named after the Pulp Fiction quote “Yolanda, I thought you said you were gonna be cool.” The very mysterious new duo from Sydney create catchy tropical bouncy house with retro Afro and Latin sounds.
Around in Europe for the first time Yolanda Be Cool, they have made their name with Afro Nuts last year to build up to a summer Afro beats revival. However they have totally trumped that track with their latest tune ‘We Speak No Americano’. It is THE dance track of the summer, appearing on EVERYONE’S mix tape, played out at every club, plus huge support from their peer such as Brodinski, Sinden, Drop The Lime and Fake Blood to name a few.
Most impressive though is the amount of views that they have had on you tube for their latest track, 11,000,000 and still growing. They have also had great remixes by some brilliant producers; none probably better than the Douster (previous exposure favourite) remix that you can stream here.
Combining deep 60s psychedelic grooves with the minimal looping work recently found within work by the likes of Walls and Caribou, Django Django come along and add a hint of spice to the sound. The glazed expression of the music perfectly fits the Beta Band electronic feel their going for; from the Beach Boys influenced ‘Life’s A Beach’ and ‘Silver [..]
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New disco does Stargate, Star Trek, Star Wars! Anything which touches the sky has touched the inspiration behind the latest video from this funky dance collective. The multiple universe theory goes hay-wire and the world turns into a massive disco stage.
Heineken have just launched the ‘Serenade your Date’ Facebook app which helps you record a song in order to ask the lady/gentleman of your Facebook dreams on a date. apps.facebook.com
May 04, 2012 Koko
The Camden Crawl is back an bigger and better than ever this year, and to celebrate they’re kicking things off this year with a special Friday event at the legendary Koko venue, headlined by Death in Vegas. Long time member Richard Fearless had this to say about [..]
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