Get BENT - SSION's new album - FREE for a month!

Crosspost from Dangerous Minds.
 
Meet Ssion, the gender bending electro-punk dance band from Kansas City, led by front person Cody Critcheloe. Is Cody a man or a woman? I'm not completely sure, but it's not important - s/he can be whatever you want hir to be. And as with other current queer artists like JD Samson, Cody likes to play with people's traditional perceptions of style and beauty - witness the trademark combo monobrow and mustache, a pretty risqué fashion move in these anti-hair-biased times

Ssion (pronounced "shun") are a full on audio/visual/performance-troupe well known for their live shows and support slots for the likes of Gossip and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Critcheloe has been making a respectable career as a video director on the side, working with Peaches, Liars and Scream Club. Ssion formed in Kansas in 1996 and released their first material in 2003. The band released their last album Fools Gold in 2007 and with it the full length feature film Boy which compiled all their music videos and has been described as a "gay, punk rock equivalent of Forest Gump." Ssion have taken the step of releasing their new album Bent as a free download for a limited time, and it's definitely worth downloading. As with Tyler the Creator's first album Bastard, it's surprising to hear music released for free that is of this high quality.

Make no mistake though - Bent is pop music. It's party music, it's designed for dancing - for those moments at a friend's house when the sun is coming up, you've had a ball, but you've got that melancholic feeling that to quit now as it's can't get any better. There are shades of very early Madonna here, coupled with the classic mid-80s synth driven sound of the Pet Shop Boys and Eurodisco, all refracted through early 90s NY dance pop like Deee-Lite. Bent is basically the album the Scissor Sisters should have made by now, classy dance music stripped of the chintz (and Elton bloody John references) and honed to a sharp electro-pop point. It's pretty damn good. So my advice to you dear readers is to let a little bit of Ssion into your life - get Bent.

Ssion - "Clown"
 

 
Ssion - "Psy-Chic"
 

 
Ssion - "Luvvbazaar"
 

 
Ssion - "Credit In The Straight World" Excellent cover of Hole Young Marble Giants.
 

Hercules & Love Affair "My House"

First big tune of 2011 - house iz back bitchez.

The Niallist - Best of 2010 Mixtape

Here's my 100 minute comp of my favourite tunes of the last 12 months. Ok, so this isn't fully Menergy-tastic, but it does feature a wee bit of synth-disco and to be fair, I have given you loads of mixes this year! This comp features more abstrakt-y elecronica, a smattering of punk and choir boys, and of course a bit of four-four. Most of the tunes are smothered in lashings of synths, so it should be agreeable to sir or madame. For more info I have notes and links on the acts over at www.niallism.com.

TRACKLISTING:

Silverclub - Your Headphones
Ben Butler & Mouse Pad - Electric Bamber-Boo
Divorce - Bloody Horn
Fox Gut Daata - Frontal Skull Jamz (Cupp Cave Remix)
Tyler The Creator - VCR/Wheels
Mungo's Hifi - Belly Ska (Dubatak Mix)
Sad City - Sister
Ben Butler & Mouse Pad ft The Niallist - Infinite Capacity (Fulgeance Remix)
Dam Mantle - Purple Arrow
Horse MacGuyver - Nod
Detachments - Flowers That Fell (Niallist ColdMixx)
Goldfrapp - Hunt
Areil Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Fright Night
Nite Funk - Am I Gonna Make It?
Space Dimension Controller - The Love Quadrant
Lindstrom & Christabelle - Baby Can't Stop (Idjut Boys Remix)
Brassica - New Jam City
LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted A Hit
Gold Blood - I Dreamed A Dream
Liberta - The Fountain

Download my BEST OF 2010 Mixtape here.


Kid Zipper is coming up with his rundown of the best of the past 12 months, so keep your eyes peeled...

ZSA ZSA NOIR - Hey Lean Diggy Doggy

Here's the video for the new single by gender bending Manchester performer/producer Zsa Zsa Noir, available to buy from iTunes right now. She makes a great dirty racket. There's a Niallist cameo in this, shot on the abandoned top floor of Islington Mill. Fierce!!



X-post from Niallism.

Download The Niallist's "I Came (Bra666ica Mix)" from The Beat

My forthcoming single "I Came" (ft Ms Mac D) is released next week, and before that ace music blog THE BEAT are giving away on download the icy-cool Italo remix by producer Brassica, aka one half of Gold Blood Mike Wright. Click here to get it...

FIERCE RULING DIVAS BALL Music Pt 2

And now for some more voguing classics - consider this stuff "Vogue Music - New Way".

MASTERS AT WORK The Ha Dance



KENLOU The Bounce



STEVE POINDEXTER Work That Motherfucker



ROBIN S Show Me Love



yes, it's cheesy but it has to be done:
MADONNA Vogue



And even though he'll hate us for saying this, this is TOTALLY going on the list.
This is a produtcion by none other than Daniel Wang, and it's fucking fierce:

CHROMA OSCURA Glow Worms



Oh, and I left "Deep In Vogue" by Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra (William Orbit & Mark Moore Banjee Realness Mix) off this list because I posted about it below, but THAT is the ultimate vogue house track.

FIERCE RULING DIVAS BALL Music Pt 1

Our good friend, legendary producer and DJ Daniel Wang says

"There are three anthems that you must have and play at a ball:

No.1 MFSB Love Is The Message



No.2 DIANA ROSS Love Hangover



No.3 LOOSE JOINTS Is IT All Over My Face (Female Vocal)

"

There's a few more we'd like to add to that list:

CHERYL LYNN Got To Be Real



THELMA HOUSTON Don't Leave Me This Way



SALSOUL ORCHESTRA Love Break (Ooh I Love It)



And that's JUST the disco stuff - more house on its way soon...

BIG FUN Teenage Suicide (Re-Edit)

And as an extra special thank you, here's a free download of "Teenage Suicide" by those talentless Eurofags Big Fun, from the Heathers soundtrack and re-editted by moi. Enjoy!

BIG FUN Teenage Suicide (Re-Edit) by theniallist

Pete Burns will never release another record (digitally).

Xposted from Shallow Rave.



Icon of 80s excess Pete Burns (of Dead Or Alive fame) has made the following startling announcement through his current record label:

"'BRISTAR' RECORDS ANNOUNCEMENT!

It is with extreme sadness, and absolute anger, that I have to announce that no further releases will be made available via digital download in the future.

This decision has been made due to the illegal posting of Pete Burns record 'Never Marry An Icon' by various individuals on YouTube, and other 'share' sites, less than a week after release. They call themselves 'Fans', but they are really the enemy! A blatant act of piracy, which is as much a product of YouTube's scandalous lack of clearance policy, which should verify ownership of copyright in any item posted on their website, but never is! And is, as far as this record label is concerned, one of the major reasons for the decline of a music industry, dying as a result of YouTube's total lack of ethics, discretion, or morality, both personally and legally.

The promo video release for 'Never Marry An Icon' has now been cancelled.

The 12'' Extended Club Remix of 'ICON' ( due for release 21/09/2010 ) is now cancelled.

All future releases by Pete Burns and Dead or Alive will be in 'physical CD & DVD format', and can only be obtained via pre-order, and pre-payment, through bristarrecords@gmail.com. Full name & postal address, together with an International Money Order, Postal Order, or Certified or Personal Cheque, will be required, at least 30 days in advance of release. Address for remittances will be sent via return email upon receipt of orders.

'THE ART' by The DIRTY DISCO featuring 'PETE BURNS', will be the next release on BRISTAR RECORDS. RELEASE DATE - NOVEMBER 1st. 2010. Formats - 7'', 12'' EXTENDED CLUB MIX, Instrumental Version.Info & Pre-Order at bristarrecords@gmail.com

All future CD/DVD releases will contain copyright management code embedded in the audio signal to prevent copying and sharing via the Internet, and will be numbered and barcoded, in order to prevent copyright breaches, as mentioned above. And to ensure a clear legal pathway to identify and prosecute any copyright theft of our product.

Obviously, the cost of obtaining future recordings and product will be higher for production and distribution of physical CD/DVD Packages, than a simple download. But Piracy is a crime, and we must make a stand against it, and people like, aliceathens@yahoo.gr , and the other people who have posted 'Never Marry An Icon' on 'share' sites, and who seem to think offering another persons work for free, without permission, must be stopped! Please feel free to contact Alice at her email address above, and get her reasons for sabotaging and destroying Pete Burns opportunity for chart placings and T.V exposure for his first solo single! Thanks to all of you for your continued support!

Lotsa Love!
Yours sincerely...,
Steve Coy
BRISTAR Records"

There is so much wrong with this that I should hardly have to point out (and I'm not even talking about the decision to publish the email address of the supposed leaker). I sincerely doubt that any label who has spent money on a 12" mix and a promo video would decide to shelve them because of a leak (onto bloody Youtube of all places) but I do find the idea of Burns' future advances being stumped up by his fans as quite interesting. I hope there's a "satisfaction or your money back" clause - especially after hearing the single itself:

Divine - Born To Be Cheap

Just found this amazing pre-Hi-NRG (gasp!) footage of Divine, on a subject that a lot of people know only too well. Legend!!

Teamy: Hi-NRG Mix

Glasgow scene legend and non-stop party whore Teamy is soon to be gracing our ones and twos. He even promised to do it in drag. As a taster, here's a Hi-NRG mix he made for his club night Fun Size with with Glasgow's No. 1 (straight) disco bear David Barbarosa.

Fun Size Volume 4 Hi NRG TME by funsize

[No tracklist for this, but it does contain Patrick Cowley AND Sylvester - yum!]

Niallist: Disco Argento Mix

More horror disco in the area, this time the Niallist's selection of disco covers of horror themes (and one really blatant Michael jackson rip-off).



Halloween II - John Carpenter
Cannibal Ferox - Fabio Frizzi
Zombi - Goblin
Amityville Frenzy - Lalo Schiffrin
Prom Night Theme - Zaza & Zitter
Phantasm - Captain Zorro
Phantasmagoria / Silver Sphere Disco - Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave
NYC Theme - Budy-Maglione
Demons (Disco Beard Edit) - Claudio Simonetti
Friday The 13th Part III - Manfredini & Zager
Lust - Rinder & Lewis
Holiday Du Zombi - The Evil Eye
Doin' It In A Haunted House - Yvonne Cage
Disco Blood - The Vamps
Soul Dracula - Hot Blood


http://www.sendspace.com/file/dtaotk

Kid Zipper: Cannibal Italocaust Mix

The Kid works his magic with some new and old (yet true) Italo Horror sounds:

Actress- Paint Straw and Bubbles
Tobe Hooker- Haddonfield Fear Factory
Mr Pauli- The Crunch
Black Devil Disco Club- Timing, Forget The Timing
Pat Hodges- Fly By Night
Telespazio – Galileo – Rodion Mix
Goblin- Tenebre
Lory D – Bank Robbery
Bunker 2 – Dark Side of The Moon
Gique- Fulci's Rotting Children
Patrick Cowley – They Came At Night
Ajello and Daniele Baldelli – Cosmogony
The Immortals- Ultimate Warlord
Goblin- Suspira
Solenoid- Suspiriosm
Porn Darstellar- Holocaust

http://www.sendspace.com/file/afqs7n

Love Is A Stranger

Annie does drag - this is just ridiculously fierce! From the awesome "Synth Britannia Live At the BBC" show which aired a few months back.

Menergy on Radio Magnetic

A few months ago The Niallist and Kid Zipper did a two hour radio show for Little Rock Records on Radio Magnetic, as a Menergy precursor, and excuse for general self-whoredom. The kids liked it so much they started taking their clothes off - Tiga even dropped by to have a naked oil wrestle with Kid Zipper while The Niallist and Dalai Dahmer go-go danced on either side in shiny silver thongs.

Here's the tracklists:

Niallist track list:

Patrick Cowley – Menergy (Reprise) – Megatone
Mark Du Mosch – Now Or Never – Cyberdance
Azari & III – Hungry For The Power – I’m A Cliché
Ben Butler & Mousepad – Infinite Capacity – LOAF
The Paraffins – Something Good (Ben Butler & Mouse Pad Remix Edit) – Ear Spook
Tiga – Mind Dimension – Turbo
Walter Murphy – Toccata & Funk in D Minor – Valentino Production Music
The Dark Esquire – Situation 7 Mix – Thisisnotanext
Detachments - Flowers That Fell (Gold Blood Remix) – Thisisnotanexit
A Number of Names - Sharevari (Instrumental) – Strut
Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions (Greg Wilson Remix) – Wichita
Milton Hamilton – Crystalized – Strut
6th Borough Project – Planets (The Revenge Lost Groove) – Instruments of Rapture
A Made Up Sound – Sun Touch

Kid Zipper in the mix:

Von Spar – Hybolt – Italic Records
Trus’ Me – Sweet Mother – Prime Numbers
Diskjokke – Cearadactylus – Full Pupp
Guit.ar – Love Started to Shine
Runaway – Black Lable Honey (TBL Remix) – On The Prowl
Donna Summer – Lucky (Horsemeat Disco Edit)- HMD 02
Dorothy’s Fortress – Silencer – Destroy All Planets
NCAM – Handle This – Mystery Meat Records
Luca Belloni presents Cellophane – Music Colours Part 3 – Cellophane 1
Lisa – Rocket To Your Heart- Carrere
Le Jete – La Cage Aux Folles – Megatone Records
Combi – Tangled – Combi 05
Messalina 4 – Big Brown Eyes (Easy Lee’s DJ Edit)- Messalina

Here's where to go to listen to or download the show. Leave a comment bitchez!
http://radiomagnetic.com/shows/little-rock/menergy/

Menergy Anthem: Cyber People by Void Vision

Italo doesn't get more beautiful than this:

Niallist: Menergy Flip Mix

This is the Niallist's first dedicated mix for Menergy - half mixed on Ableton and half mixed on record. Can you tell which half is which?



THE NIALLIST "Menergy Mix" 92Mb / 67 mins

Patrick Cowley & Sylvester - Menergy
Earlene Bentley - The Boys Come To Town (Disco Beard Edit)
Starflight - Dance To The Beat
Azari & III - Hungry For The Power
The Human League - Gold (Bicep Edit)
In Flagranti - Brash 'n' Vulgar (Disco 3000 Edit)
Soft Rocks - The Devil Made Us Do It
Walter Murphy - Tocata & Funk in D Minor
Azul Y Negro - The Night
Den Haan - Night Shift
Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive
Boystown Gang - Disco Kicks
The Ring - Savage Lover
Ronnie Dyson - All Over Your Face (Disco Plumber Edit)
Taylor Dane - Tell It To My Heart (Percapella)
Pet Shop Boys - Heart (Disco Mix)

Den Haan - To Russia With Love mix

Glasgow based Italo love-machines Den Haan are one of our favourite bands. If you haven't heard their super-slick disco anthems then get yourself over to their soundcloud page. "Night Shift" is already a Menergy anthem. They're great DJs too - here's a wicked mix they've made:

Den Haan - To Russia With Love DJ Disco Mix

01. Johnny Mathis - Gone Gone Gone
02. Poussez - Come and Do It
03. Nytro - Return To Nytropolis
04. Captain Sky - Super Sporm
05. Azoto - Soft Emotion
06. Harlow - Take Off (Satisfaction Guaranteed)
07. Ladies Choice - American Man
08. L'Ectrique - Struck By Boogie Lightening
09. Wild Fantasy - Africa
10. Harry Thumann - Sphinx
11. Rhetta Hughes - Angel Man (Black Shag Edit)
12. Glitter Band - Makes You Blind
13. Rockets - Future Game
14. Stratospheric Band - Cosmic Show
15. Zebras - Paradise Garage

Menergy Anthem: Night Shift by Den Haan

This was Den Haan's first single, on the sadly missed Dissident record label. According to Gardi from the band, it's about being a lady of the night. In other words, a whore.

Kid Zipper: Power Top / Vocal Bottom mixes

Et voila - Menergy resident Kid Zipper shows you how it's done. With not one but TWO saucily named mixes. Take your pick, or if you're feeling versatile why not take both?

KID ZIPPER Power Top Mix



1.By The Riverside – Appleblim and Komonazmuk Remix
2.HarmoniaModerat – Rusty Nails- Shackleton Remix
1.Stereo Image – Dark Chapter
2.Caribou- Niobe
3.Magnus International – Mandass Morran Blus
4.Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood -Summer Wine- Accidental Instrumental
5.Fleetwood Mac - Big Brown Eyes – Easy Lee DJ Edit
6.Efedmin – Acid Bell- Martyns Bittersweet Remix
7.Burial and Four Tet – Wolf Cub
8.Arthur Russell – Keep Up
9.The Teardrop Explodes – Tiny Children
10.Goblin – Suspiria
11.Tunng – The Pioneers
12.Golden Panda – Back Home

KID ZIPPER Vocal Bottom Mix

1.Magnus International – Undulat
2.Cellophane Edit – Misalluba
.Dorothy's Fortress- Coupe De Ville
4.My Mine- Hypnotic Tango
5.Runaway- Black Lable Honey – TBD Remix
6.Invincible Scum – Rise of Invincible Scum
7.Motor City Drum Ensemble- Breath Control
8.Azoto- Exalt
9.Donna Summer – Lucky Me- Horsemeat Disco Edit
10.Lindstrom and Prins Thomas- Tirsdagasjam
11.Goblin- Tenebre- SSUK Edit
12.Depeche Mode- New Life
13.Mr Pauli- Le Crunch
14.Magnus International- Kosmetik
15.Alden Tyrell- What Your Eyes Can Do
16.Elton John – Funeral For A Friend