Doesn’t anyone play that old stuff anymore?

Do you ever feel like that? Like you’re just sooo old and searching for a sound which you just can’t find anymore?

Is it a matter of music changing or is it just a state of mind?

These questions and more run through my mind as I end my undergraduate days and contemplate starting work.

It probably is just a state of mind. There’s a lot of good stuff floating around right now. But I can’t help but feel it’s time for a new K.I.M. (myspace) EP or Lifelike (myspace) anthem. I guess those days really are gone.

As Jerry Seinfeld once said, what defines old men is their ability to pinpoint the best days of their life and continue dressing in that same fashion for the rest of their lives. Is it the same with music taste? Does this mean those times have passed?

Did the world forever change after I saw Daft Punk or am I just growing up?

PS. This post is not intended to sound hipster/ironic in a HRO sense, I really am this vapid.

Also, I really need a new mixer. So sick of this Numark piece of shit.

EDIT: If you’re feeling really existential and want to get mad, just read this (and the comments).

Hear Now.

Checked out Melbourne’s Hear Now today. Up a well-worn staircase on Sumerset Pl, I discovered a veritable loft of 12″ treats. Unlike most record stores, Hear Now has space to spare, and light (!), so it was actually a pleasure to troll through the stacks and not be constantly squinting or squishing between aisles.

Picked up Ladyhawke’s ‘Paris is Burning’ and KIM’s ‘Fistogram’, which I’ve been trying to grab for a while. The latter is an absolute banger, while the former will probably become something of a timeless classic, in my view.

Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire // KIM – Party Machini.

Modular has been very, very busy of late. Chiefly with hot exports Cut Copy and The Presets’ new records and maaassive tours, but also pressing old KIM and Cut Copy singles onto new wax.

First up, you might remember Cut Copy’s ‘Hearts on Fire’ from about 12 months ago – yeah, it was the lead-in single for In Ghost Colours. It had a full 12″ release and everything, even a banging remix from Joakim, which found its way onto the Bang Gang DJs’ Light Sound Dance compilation from around that time. Well, as if a new album and single since then wasn’t enough, Modular saw fit bestow a new Midnight Juggernauts remix upon us and another 12″ release, with Calvin Harris remix apparently in tow and a new video:

Don’t get me wrong, both these remixes are damn fine and breath new life into a track which, frankly, was awesome on its own. But with all the great material on In Ghost Colours just dying to be remixed and released… why?

‘Hearts on Fire’ is due out June 5.

Track: Cut Copy – Hearts On Fire (Midnight Juggernauts Remix) (listen).

Second, and similar to the above, even with The Presets machine in full swing, Modular seem to be not so quietly re-releasing KIM’s entire back-catalogue. This I can at least half understand. Some of these tracks have only seen limited Japanese release, or were released when KIM was on Cutters/Bang Gang 12s aaagees ago. So we can now enjoy ‘Party Machini’, a track which was also on the seminal LSD compilation, again. There’s even a new remix or two thrown in for good measure.

New K.I.M 12″?

A while ago I stumbled across the Japan-only release of KIM’s (myspace) System Breakdown EP, which contained a bunch of familiar tracks like BTTTTRY, System Breakdown and Wet’n'Wild. However, it also featured some tracks I’ve never heard of, ie. ‘Fistogram’ and ‘Be Home Soon’. Then Fistogram turns up on Disco Delicious and I discover that it’s probably the most awesome track I’ve heard in a long time. With the same signature KIM beats n such, it has a killer breakdown which is truly trance-inspired.

Well it turns out that ‘Fistogram’ may be seeing a 12″ release, at least in Europe and Japan. Amazon Germany is listing the release date as 28/1/08, on Modular. As yet there’s no official word from Modular or KIM’s myspace, but here’s to hoping this awesome track sees an Australian release.

Track: K.I.M – Fistogram (listen).