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Performing live alongside contemporaries such as Wolf Eyes, Sonic Youth, The Rapture, Boredoms, Lightning Bolt, Animal Collective, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Black Dice are still something of an anomaly. With plenty of critical support-- "Cone Toaster" was New York Times' Single of the Year; Beaches and Canyons made Rolling Stone editors' Top 5-- Black Dice remain provocative and uncompromising, follow their own rules, constantly reinvent themselves, and challenge listener preconceptions.

Tour dates:

6/2 New York at Volume w/ The Juan Maclean
8/5 New York at Bowery Ballroom w/Animal Collective + Gang Gang Dance
8/18 Chicago at Open End Gallery
8/19 Chicago at Empty Bottle
8/22 Seattle at Neumo's
8/23 Vancouver, BC, at Club Mesa
8/24 Portland at Berbati's
8/25 San Francisco at GAMH
8/26 Oakland at Luminal Arts Center
8/27 Los Angeles at Echo Lounge
8/28 Los Angeles at Knitting Factory
8/31 Austin at Emo's
9/1 Houston at Proletariat

• Touring the US with Animal Collective in August and September '04
  
• From the label that brought you The Rapture, Juan MacLean, LCD Soundsystem

  30-second MP3 excerpts:

  Cloud Pleaser
  Tree Tops
  Island
  Creature
  Live Loop
  Skeleton
  Schwip Schwap
  Night Flight

Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom completely flip the synth-only script and drop what might be the crown jewel in the DFA dance single stable. Black Leotard Front is actually a performance art dance troupe that includes Russom, Gonzalez, fine artist Christian Holstad and Daniel Schmidt. "Casual Friday" was created so they would have something custom-made to dance to. The results added a new name to the DFA roster-- and, apparently, one of the greatest disco records of all time. If you ever wanted to mix your sour Kraut with sweet Italo disco, welcome to the soundtrack to your mind!

The greatest 15-minute disco record of all time. Murphy and Goldsworthy sound like they took hold of the West End Records house band circa 1981 and decided to art 'em up. There's an incomprehensible lyric about confronting somebody at the office; a pealing, glassy synth wriggle that announces each sonic shift; and the funkiest, sexiest, blessedly loosest pronunciation of the word bonjour on public record; not to mention an ending that pays explicit homage to Sleezy D's apocalyptic early acid-house hit, "I've Lost Control."
--Michaelangelo Matos

After many years of waiting on the sidelines and taking in the energy and shifting tides of the NY dance and club world, Hercules & Love Affair's debut release, Classique #2, is a kinetic explosion of soulful, anthemic electro disco. Butler draws inspiration from the music he heard growing up, going to parties with Chicago house DJs like Derrick Carter and British expats the Wicked Crew, both of whom played disco and proto-house jams in their inspired DJ sets.

Together, the two tracks bring forth what could be a new era of euphoric disco, truly original yet with subtle nods to its glittering past-- where beautiful, bruising harmonies and loose-limbed mechanic rhythms collide to create a utopian and hedonistic dance floor paradise.

All the while, Frankel and Millhiser began working toward their own record. Holy Ghost! is a product of their obsessions with analog synthesizers, rare disco, and ancient production techniques. It is a co-production with DFA and a real family affair. Their first single is "Hold On," a thumping disco trot that recalls a smoother and more mysterious time. Accompanying the title track is an instrumental version and a rhythmic French disco remix by Blackjoy a.k.a. Jerome Caron.

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It is the result of Murphy's desire to create a piece of music outside the typical commercial constraints. 45:33 is a refreshing audio creation, complete and fulfilling--moving through a dynamic range of tempos and rhythms, all the while maintaining the essence of an LCD Soundsystem recording. Murphy explains that "this appealed to me because it was so anathematic to what you're typically asked to do as an artist-- make easily digestible lumps of music for albums, or the radio, or whatever."

Nearly six months since the iTunes exclusive ended, 45:33 is now available for the first time on CD and double vinyl. The CD, which also includes three bonus tracks previously available in the UK only, remains intact as a singular piece of music that is spliced six times for easy navigation. The vinyl release, on the other hand, is carefully separated into four individual tracks and spread across the four sides of vinyl.

No longer just for runners, 45:33 will prove to be a must-have release for athletes, DJs, and music fans alike.

30-second MP3 excerpts:

45:33 (I)
45:33 (II)
45:33 (III)
45:33 (IV)
45:33 (V)
45:33 (VI)
Freak Out/Starry Eyes
North American Scum (Onanistic Dub)
Hippie Priest Bum-Out

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The EP consists of three tracks, all previously unavailable in North America and all aimed directly at the dancefloor. The sensational "Freak Out/Starry Eyes" is a soulful two-part jam laced with heavy congas and soothing vocals that continues in the same cosmic disco vein as 45:33. Also included is "North American Scum," subtitled "Onanistic Dub" and remixed by Murphy and longtime DFA studio engineer Erick Broucek. Percussion-heavy track "Hippie Priest Bum-Out" completes the trio, emphasizing Murphy's long-apparent love of all things drum-related. Originally appearing as the B-side to the UK-only North American Scum 7-inch, it will also be featured on the upcoming Murphy and Pat Mahoney Fabriclive36 mix due out in November.

Additionally, all three tracks will be featured on the CD release of 45:33, making this vinyl EP a soughtafter item for both DJs and vinyl completists.

"Their king is James Murphy, who sits in a throne made of vinyl above a Saturday Night Fever-style...dance floor and looks proudly over his shockingly gorgeous people. Losing his edge? Not fucking likely...Bear in mind this is the sound of a party that you will never in a million years be invited to-- unless you're sent The Rapture's invites by mistake-- so take in as much of it as you can now. Then there are the bleeps, crashes and bangs and -- hallelujah-- there are bongos as well. The dance music check list rounds itself off by disseminating the ghost of electroclash and even has time to offer up some screechy mental puppy- killing techno. With startling ease, LCD Soundsystem are becoming close to legendary, grab a part of that legend. --Leonie Cooper, NME

As half of production team DFA (Rapture, Black Dice, Radio 4), [Murphy] created and defined the new sound of the underground. As LCD Soundsystem, he's given the movement its anthem in..."Losing My Edge..." [LCD Sounsystem] is like a collision between Motown and the Happy Mondays, with extra-wired, teethgrinding nervous energy. --Alex Needham, NME

James Murphy must be having the time of his life. The beefy Brooklynite is one half of DFA, the in-demand producers who transformed The Rapture from skronky artpunks into a relevant-sounding concern....LCD Soundsystem ...mines a similar seam of nervy hedonism and raw punk-funk energy....[I]t's the sound of a major new talent striving-- and succeeding-- to be original. Respect. --Piers Martin, NME

• Gatefold DFA vinyl edition of EMI CD
  
• All of LCD Soundsystem's previous singles were released on vinyl and are still in print
  
• The first three singles incredibly well received (all Singles of the Week in NME)

  30-second MP3 excerpts:

  Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
  Too Much Love
  Tribulations
  Movement
  Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up
  On Repeat
  Thrills
  Disco Infiltrator
  Great Release

LCD Soundsystem's "Yeah" single was judged by many to be the underground dance anthem of 2004 and was included in almost every Top 10 Singles List floating around at 2004 year's end. A pretty tough act to follow. But look, jackass, that's what everyone said about "Losing My Edge." So calm down and quit nitpicking everything to death. Jeez. With the LCD Soundsystem debut full length double-CD dropping (via A Major Label) in America February 15, 2005, DFA Records takes what was meant as a UK B-Side for the album's first single "Movement" and gives it the good ol' 12-inch vinyl treatment, with vocal and instrumental versions. Both the rock and dance genres are given equal time and respect and the song morphs and chants its way into a giggling, grooving stew. The vocal version has been added to the debut album, but this 12-inch is USA-only and exclusive to DFA Records.

30-second MP3 excerpts:

Yr City's a Sucker (vocal)
Yr City's a Sucker (instrumental)

But in 2008, Maclean moves further away from his "Robot Phase" into a universe slightly more optimistic and relaxed in spirit. Happy House is the first evidence of this new direction-- a winning combination of Nancy Whang's effervescent vocals, DFA's production and mixing work, and a brilliant and relentless dance pop anthem co-written by Whang and Maclean.

Touring the world as a headline DJ has made a noticeable impact on Maclean. Hearing his own music and watching people dance to it at leading clubs from Dublin to Sao Paolo now informs his music as much as his oft-repeated set of core influences-- Paperclip People, Derrick May, Throbbing Gristle, Cerrone, Boney M, and Giorgio Moroder.

For remix duties, Maclean enlisted two New Yorkers-- long-time downtown DJ stalwart Prince Language has made a name for himself internationally in the last year with remixes for The Rapture, Armand Van Helden, Joakim, Stateless, and The Droyds. Here, he turns in his best remix to date with its echoes of Mudd Club-era NYC and Konk's "Your Life."

Rong Music's Lee Douglas blew up dance floors across the globe in 2007 with his already classic "New York Story" single, which seamlessly morphed a classic disco sound into something uniquely modern and very much his own. Like Prince Language, Douglas has also released a number of successful re-edits. His remix takes "Happy House" deeper into the cosmic disco/Italo realm.

Both remixes add a that special New York City flavor, making the "Happy House" single a dance tourist's window into the state of downtown clubbing in what has always historically been the worldwide capital for boogie. It is no longer as paranoid, as cold, as robotic. The hands are back in the air and Maclean's 4/4 beating heart may just be human after all.

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After three seminal electro-dance singles, we see yet another angle of Juan MacLean on this latest release, titled perhaps a humble nod to our Teutonic electronic godfathers. "I Robot" takes a subby acid-tinged Trans-European trip down the Autobahn (or maybe some crappy Midwestern freeway). Frantic synth lines weave from lane to lane, and analog bleeps remind that the Polizia aren't far behind. As the song reaches its midpoint, the drums slow, a choral sample rises, and utter paranoia blindsides us. Tough and gentle at the same time, it is techno that can be played in the club, in the car or in the bedroom.

"Less Than Human" should calm you somewhat. It is many years later and Richard D. James sits in the passenger seat, the English countryside speeds past the Ecstasy-fueled Mini. Juan remembers when techno was analog and innocent and not made on a Powerbook with patches-- barely.

Both tracks also appeared on DFA Records Compilation #2 and will not be on the Juan MacLean full length debut album, due in early Summer 2005.

Such is the legacy of Pylon. Word of mouth and a relatively small but vital cache of music has kept the story of the fiercely independent and highly influential band alive for three decades.

DFA is proud (and quite lucky!) to be the ones to announce the release of Pylonis debut LP Gyrate-- originally unleashed in 1980 and appearing here for the first ever time on CD, beautifully remastered from the original reels. The CD release also includes the addition of their landmark debut 7" single "Cool" b/w "Dub" (1979) and the 10" EP Pylon!!. The CD also includes one track from 1979, never before released, entitled iFunctionalityi. 16 tracks total-- with liner notes from Fred Schneider (B-52s), Hugo Burnham (Gang of Four) and Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)-- it is amazing something so praised in its day and still quite modern-sounding had yet to make its way onto CD.

Pylon's first single, "Cool" / "Dub" was released on Atlanta's DB Recs label in early 1980, earning a slew of excited press that immediately heralded Pylon as a major underground act. The band's jagged rhythms, scratchy guitar and insistent bass lines were the perfect foil for Vanessa's whisper-to-a-shriek vocals and the band's live shows were sweaty dance parties. Their debut LP, Gyrate, was released in November of '80, also on DB, amid a heady time for the band. A string of sold-out club shows across the US was highlighted by east coast opening dates for the Gang of Four and an opening slot for The B-52's in New York's Central Park.

Glowing reviews came flooding in, including attention from Rolling Stone, Trouser Press and seemingly every other magazine on the planet. "Gyrate is a very good record that, in its humor, drive and purposeful innocence, sums up everything that's best about the new American rock bands," wrote Tom Carson in Rolling Stone. "[Pylon] bears scant relation to anything," cooed a writer in NME, defining them as a trailblazing band of the times. Pylon continued to tour and played more dates with like-minded acts Mission of Burma and Public Image Ltd.

The band followed up Gyrate with the like-minded album Chomp and continued the party on the road, both headlining as well as remaining the opening act of choice for many larger acts from overseas. But the minute the band became more a job than a party for its members, they called it a day. No regrets. In 1990, the band quickly reared its head one more time, released the college radio smash album Chain and toured stadiums opening for R.E.M. Then they disappeared again.

Since 2004, Pylon has been playing random surprise gigs around Georgia, slowly warming for something new, realizing the sound they so innocently yet confidently defined had hardly gone out of style. They had more admirers now than they ever imagined and DFA was certainly one of many. The song "Danger" had been a staple of James Murphy's DJ sets since 1999, much to the curiosity and bewilderment of a new generation of kids just discovering the many layers of the post punk movement. It is an honor for DFA to finally be able to bring this cherished music into the public domain in such a dignified manner.

30-second MP3 excerpts:

Cool
Dub
Volume
Feast On My Heart
Precaution
Weather Radio
Human Body
Read A Book
Driving School
Recent Title
Gravity
Danger
Working Is No Problem
Stop It
Danger!!
Functionality

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Lambkin, who grew up in Ireland, spent several years DJing in New York--where he met friends and cohorts James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy of the DFA-- before moving to his current home of Stuttgart, Germany. After touring the world while relentlessly DJing and returning home in between gigs to record in his new home studio, Lambkin finally unleashes his second set of bold and anthemic dance floor treasures.

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Spencer and Duncan met many years ago at the now infamous Rui's Loft, where Duncan spun legendary sweaty late night parties as one half of the New York DJ duo Rub 'n' Tug. Rub 'n' Tug began to take off, and Duncan was soon DJing around the world, releasing mix CDs on Eskimo, Fabric, and aNYthing Records, and remixes for LCD Soundsystem, Coldplay, Roxy Music, and the Beastie Boys. Spencer was DJing extensively and released singles and remixes under several aliases on Fine, Kitsune, Rong, Crack and Speed, and Poker Flat. He also began to help engineer and program numerous Rub 'n' Tug releases and remixes, further cementing the relationship.

It was only natural that the two would begin working more closely together, making music. This came about on the "How & Why" single for Rong Music. From there, the duo produced the blissful "Still Going Theme." On the night it was mixed down, James Murphy was spinning at the nearby DFA Records Holiday Party of 2006. James liked the mix so much, he played it right then and there to a roomful of rabid disco fans who cheered for it on the spot. Duncan and Spencer headed back to the studio soon after to record the flipside for the future DFA release --the equally anthemic "On And On."

Even before its release, "Still Going Theme" has been hailed by many top DJs around the world and has been featured in Prins Thomas' Essential Mix for the BBC's Radio 1. The track will soon be featured on the upcoming Force Of Nature mix on Mule Musiq, as well as James Murphy and Pat Mahoney's (LCD Soundsystem) Fabric Live mix.

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Little is known about the secretive trio. It is believed that Kortehisto, Sarkari, and Kantonen aren't all Finnish, but repeated attempts to gather any kind of a credible biography for the players has been unsuccessful; they simply refuse to do interviews or reveal anything about themselves. Do they see this as rebellious? No. Do they want to be mysterious? No. Do they think this helps the music? Yes. The members like to perform live together, but only for themselves and not for audiences. The act of making music is enough for them. They want the listener to experience and enjoy it unencumbered by other things like biographical information, stories, and the like.

Despite the mystery, I've Got My Eye On You is an engaging record that reveals the full shamanic magic of the trio--a mixture of dark intensity and subtle, crafted musicianship. It follows and expands on their brilliant January 2008 DFA single, Where's Jason's K? Soaking in the band's brooding undercurrent, the listener will now have to imagine what kind of people they are and where they find their inspiration--heavy metal riffs over acid house? Playing folkloric instruments with old school analog synthesizers in a Finnish laboratory? Only the band themselves know for certain.

On the first 12-inch single from the album, we are exposed to the full and raw bluntness of this northern power trio. On the A-side is a teaser called "Where's Jason's K" from the forthcoming album-- it's a deep, dark electro anthem for 2008 that is sure to ignite dance floors. We do not know who Jason is or where he misplaced his K; we are just grateful he inspired this tune. The B-side features an exclusive non-album track, "Monkeypuss"--an early-afternoon pre-sauna jam session full of funky, spiraling bass lines and dirty, hard-edged vibes.

Syclops debuted in 2001 on BubbleTease Records. In 2006, the trio played most of the instruments on Maurice Fulton's remix of Hot Chip's "Over & Over."

The trio also played on the Kathy Diamond album Miss Diamond To You. The upcoming Syclops album I Got My Eye On You reveals the full shamanic like magic of the trio-- a mixture of dark intensity and subtle crafted musicianship. Pressed to comment, Jukka left us with a final thought-- "We don't like to talk much; even when we are together, we are often silent and communicate by doing things like making food, or chopping wood, or hanging out together in our sauna. I guess we are trying to say things in our music, but the fact remains--our music says more than we ever could in person."

Syclops will not be available for interviews.

1. Black Leotard Front Casual Friday (Full Mix) (Unreleased)
2. J.O.Y. Sunplus (DFA Remix) (Unreleased)
3. The Juan Maclean I Robot (Mastered) (Unreleased)
4. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom Rise (DFA Remix)
5. The Rapture Alabama Sunshine (Unreleased in America)
6. The Juan Maclean Dance Hall Modulator Dub (Unreleased)
7. Pixeltan Get Up / Say What (Unreleased)
8. Black Dice Wastered (Unreleased)
9. LCD Soundsystem Yeah (Pretentious Mix)

DISC TWO Track listing:

1. LCD Soundsystem Yeah (Crass Version)
2. Black Dice Endless Happiness (Eye Remix)
3. J.O.Y. Sunplus (Original) (Unreleased)
4. LCD Soundsystem Beat Connection (Unreleased on CD)
5. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom El Monte
6. Liquid Liquid Bellhead (Unreleased)
7. Pixeltan That's The Way I Like It (Unreleased)
8. The Rapture Sister Saviour (DFA Dub) (Unreleased in America)
9. The Juan Maclean Less Than Human (Unreleased)

DISC THREE Track listing: (MIX CD)

1. Pixeltan Get Up / Say What
2. The Rapture Echoes
3. Liquid Liquid Bellhead
4. J.O.Y. Sunplus (DFA remix)
5. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom El Monte
6. The Juan Maclean Give Me Every Little Thing
7. The Rapture Sister Saviour (DFA Dub)
8. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom Rise
9. The Juan Maclean I Robot
10. Black Dice Endless Happiness (Eye remix)
11. LCD Soundsystem On Repeat (Dub)
12. LCD Soundsystem Yeah (Crass) / Beat Connection

• Many previously unreleased tracks
  
• Specially packaged in sturdy box enclosing three LP-style CD jackets
  
• On every hipster's Christmas gift list

  30-second MP3 excerpts:

  "Casual Friday" - Black Leotard Front
  "Sunplus (DFA Remix)" - J.O.Y.
  "I Robot (Mastered)" - The Juan MacLean
  "Alabama Sunshine" - The Rapture
  "Rise (DFA Remix)" - Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom
  "Dance Hall Modulator Dub" - The Juan MacLean
  "Get Up/Say What" - Pixeltan
  "Wastered" - Black Dice
  "Yeah (Pretentious Mix)" - LCD Soundsystem
  "Yeah (Crass Version)" - LCD Soundsystem
  "Endless Happiness (Eye Remix)" - Black Dice
  "Sunplus" - J.O.Y.
  "Beat Connection" - LCD Soundsystem
  "El Monte" - Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom
  "Bellhead" - Liquid Liquid
  "That's The Way I Like It" - Pixeltan
  "Sister Savior (DFA Dub)" - The Rapture
  "Less Than Human" - The Juan MacLean
  "Get Up/Say What" - Pixeltan
  "Echoes (DFA Edit)" - The Rapture
  "Bellhead" - Liquid Liquid
  "Sunplus (DFA Remix)" - J.O.Y.
  "El Monte" - Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom
  "Give Me Every Little Thing" - The Juan MacLean
  "Sister Savior (DFA Dub)" - The Rapture
  "Rise" - Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom
  "I Robot" - The Juan MacLean
  "Endless Happiness (Eye Remix)" - Black Dice
  "On Repeat (Dub)" - LCD Soundsystem
  "Yeah (Crass)/Beat Connection" - LCD Soundsystem

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