DFA1979 + Chromeo

2 December 2005 :: posted by Travis

It is time to start Friday. This is the first official Death From Above 1979 post on bigstereo. I’m sure they’ve been mentioned in passing – and there have been one or two MSTRKRFT posts. But. Surprise, surprise: Not a single DFA1979 post.

This is the remix that was left off DFA1979’s Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes and B-sides, and I’m starting to think the Chromeo mix is a tad better than the Justice mix. Maybe. Justice is just so hot right now – it is hard to like anything more. But. Yeah, I am liking the Chromeo mix a hair more.

Listen: DFA1979 – “Blood On Our Hands” (Chromeo Mix) (mp3)

I’m going to admit that I don’t read Pitchfork all that often, but their review of DFA1979’s Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes and B-sides is worth mentioning. I agree that as an album this just doesn’t work, but then I don’t really think that is the point. This disc isn’t meant to work as an album. It’s a collection of Remixes and B-sides… not a replacement of You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine. Look, I understand the reviewer has issues with DFA1979 being remixed, but regardless there really are some stand outs on this disc. A .05 rating is just hitting below the belt. Really Pitchfork… don’t bite the hipster hand that feeds you. Le sigh.

Purchase: Insound | Amazon

Tweet This Post

7 Comments:

1. wah! this came out of nowhere, how did i not know of the existence of this!? Not as good as the Justice remix but still brilliant – top marks BigStereo



2. steve2HRKNWSWHN December 2nd, 2005 at 6.14 am

3. I read the pitchfork review too and it really pissed me off. I bought the cd and I love it but maybe thats because I’m a dj. I don’t know.



4. Matt December 2nd, 2005 at 8.48 pm

5. I love DFA and I love Chromeo so it all works out! :)



6. Siren December 3rd, 2005 at 12.42 pm

7. Um, yeah … that review was wack to me, too. Who looks at a remix album as a cohesive whole? That’s kinda … stupid? For what it is … a series of remixes by the artists du jour, it’s actually pretty good. BUT. I am gonna argue that the Justice remix fucking dominates, because their sound is so close to DFA1979 anyway and it just meshes so well! It’s a perfect man/machine combo. Like the way the drum programming is done … it emulates some of the cheesy aspects of live drumming. Maybe I am giving Justice too much credit, but that remix is amazing. I’m not even a huge DFA1979 fan, but this remix made me think twice.



8. Cameron December 3rd, 2005 at 6.29 pm

9. yeah the justice mix pretty much owns.. doesn’t it? and now that a couple days have passed i agree. the excitement of discovering the chromeo mix clouded by judgement a little – ha.

   the review is stupid. the album itself clearly states that it is a collection of remixes and b-sides… not a remix album. but that’s what you get with you have indie rock kids reviewing anything that isn’t indie rock. whatever.



10. Travis December 3rd, 2005 at 10.55 pm

11. What happened to this track?
    Where can I find it.



12. Le Ghost April 18th, 2006 at 5.49 pm

13. ahhh I totally missed this!! anyone still has this track and can send it to me via AIM? msg me “midtown2k2″



14. david July 25th, 2006 at 5.46 pm