Deee-Lite used the power of love and positivity to prove that groove is in the heart with the de-lovely and delicious deepdish disco of this holographic sampledelic cosmopolitan caboodle. American Kierin Magenta Kirby (Lady Miss Kier) teamed up with Russian Super DJ Dmitry Brill and Japanese Jungle DJ Towa Tei in New York to create a unique blend of house, techno, and funk that became a sensation in clubs and led to a seven album deal with Elektra Records. Deee-Lite produced and arranged 'World Clique' with executive producer Bill Coleman and engineers Bob Power and Mike Rogers. The album features Lady Miss Kier on vocals; Super DJ Dimitri on scratching and samples; and DJ Towa Tei on scratching, samples, keyboards; with additional vocals by Bill Coleman, Sahirah Moore, and Sheila Slappy; P-funk legend Bootsy Collins on bass and vocals; rapping from A Tribe Called Quest'sQ-Tip; and James Brown cohorts Maceo Parker and Fred Wesleyon saxophone and trombone respectively.
Dig The chills that you spill up my back Keep me filled with satisfaction when we're done Satisfaction of what's to come I couldn't ask for another No, I couldn't ask for another Your groove, I do deeply dig No walls, only the bridge, my supper dish My succotash wish I couldn't ask for another No, I couldn't ask for another Groove is in the heart, Groove is in the heart Groove is in the heart, Groove is in the heart Watch out! The depth of hula groove Move us to the nth hoop We're going through to, Horten hears a who I couldn't ask for another No, I couldn't ask for another DJ Soul was on a roll I been told he can't be sold Not vicious or malicious Just de-lovely and delicious I couldn't ask for another Someone's in this torso (yeah) Hot! Gotta deal you wanna know (wanna know) Dee-Liteful truly Dee-Liteful (liteful) Makin' it doin' it 'specially at show (show) Feeling kinda high like a Hendrix haze (haze) Music makes motion moves like a maze (maze) All inside of me (side) Heart especially (yeah) Help of the rhythm where I wanna be (c'mon) Flowin' glowin' with electric eyes (ha) You dip to the dive baby you'll realize (yeah) Baby you'll see the funky side of me Baby you'll see that rhythm is the key (hmm!) Get get ready with it (with it) Can't can't quit it (quit it) Stomp on the street when I hear a funk beat (beat) Playing Pied Piper Follow what's true Baby just sing about the groove (sing it) Groove is in the heart Groove is in the heart Groove is in the heart Groove is in the heart Groove is in the heart "Power Of Love" reached the top of the US dance chart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOdh430r9kE "Good Beat" was another number one dance hit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP55r5CDjI8
'World Clique' full album: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuw1Qt3GBje982RhYyiw5MIpwp6O9rR-q All tracks written by Deee-Lite, except where noted. "Deee-Lite Theme" (Deee-Lite, Herbie Hancock) 2:10 "Good Beat" 4:40 "Power of Love" 4:40 "Try Me on... I'm Very You" 5:14 "Smile On" 3:55 "What is Love?" 3:38 "World Clique" 3:20 "E.S.P." 3:43 "Groove Is in the Heart" 3:51 "Who Was That?" 4:35 "Deep-Ending" 3:47 "Build the Bridge" 4:32 interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FCY-WBV6vE
Four Tet found a subtle unfolding bliss in the angel echoes and layered loops of this folktronic love cry. London born Kieran Hebden formed Fridge with classmates at the Elliott School in Putney and signed a deal with the Output Recordings label at the age of fifteen. Within a year he was releasing material with Steve Reid as Four Tet. Over four albums ( Dialogue , Pause, Rounds, andEverything Ecstatic ) they developed a sound that was completely unique.
LCD Soundsystem transformed tired sucker tribulations into disco thrash thrills on repeat with the reappropriated eclectic beat movement of this liquid crystal display. DFA (Death From Above) Records founders and production team James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy started the group in New York City in 2001 and spent years building a following with house parties, singles, and remixes of songs like The Rapture's "House of Jealous Lovers" before releasing their eponymous double disk debut. 'LCD Soundsystem' features James Murphy on vocals, bass guitar, percussion, synthesizer, programming, guitar, keyboards, and clavinet; Pat Mahoney on drums, percussion, and synthesizer; Nancy Whang on vocals; Gavin Russom on synthesizer; Tyler Pope on bass guitar; and Michael Lapierre as engineer; with Tim Goldsworthy on bass guitar, bass synthesizer, and programming; Mandy Coon on vocals; and Eric Broucek on vocals, programming, percussion, guitar, and handclaps.
Yeah, I'm losing my edge. I'm losing my edge. The kids are coming up from behind. I'm losing my edge. I'm losing my edge to the kids from France and from London. But I was there. I was there in 1968. I was there at the first Can show in Cologne. I'm losing my edge. I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks. I'm losing my edge to the Internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1962 to 1978. I'm losing my edge. To all the kids in Tokyo and Berlin. I'm losing my edge to the art-school Brooklynites in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered eighties. But I'm losing my edge. I'm losing my edge, but I was there. I was there. But I was there. I'm losing my edge. I'm losing my edge. I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks. But I was there. I was there in 1974 at the first Suicide practices in a loft in New York City. I was working on the organ sounds with much patience. I was there when Captain Beefheart started up his first band. I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime." I was there. I was the first guy playing Daft Punk to the rock kids. I played it at CBGB's. Everybody thought I was crazy. We all know. I was there. I was there. I've never been wrong. I used to work in the record store. I had everything before anyone. I was there in the Paradise Garage DJ booth with Larry Levan. I was there in Jamaica during the great sound clashes. I woke up naked on the beach in Ibiza in 1988. But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent. And they're actually really, really nice. I'm losing my edge. I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody. Every great song by the Beach Boys. All the underground hits. All the Modern Lovers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of Every Niagra record on German import. I heard that you have a white label of every seminal Detroit Techno hit - 1985, '86, '87. I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and Another box set from the '70s. I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and are throwing your computer out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record. I hear that you and your band have sold your guitars and bought turntables. I hear that you and your band have sold your turntables and bought guitars. I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know. But have you seen my records? This Heat, Pere Ubu, Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars, The Trojans, The Black Dice, Todd Terry, the Germs, Section 25, Althea and Donna, Sexual harassment, a-ha, Pere Ubu, Dorothy Ashby, PIL, the Fania All-Stars, the Bar-Kays, the Human League, the Normal, Lou Reed, Scott Walker, Monks, Niagra, Joy Division, Lower 48, the Association, Sun Ra, Scientists, Royal Trux, 10cc, Eric B. and Rakim, Index, Basic Channel, Soulsonic Force ("just hit me"!), Juan Atkins, David Axelrod, Electric Prunes, Gil! Scott! Heron!, the Slits, Faust, Mantronix, Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines, the Swans, the Soft Cell, the Sonics, the Sonics, the Sonics, the Sonics. You don't know what you really want. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNA-4tnM_xY
All songs written by James Murphy unless otherwise noted.
Disc 1 00:00 1) Daft Punk Is Playing At My House 05:17 2) Too Much Love 10:59 3) Tribulations 16:04 4) Movement 19:10 5) Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up 23:59 6) On Repeat 32:02 7) Thrills 35:45 8) Disco Infiltrator 40:41 9) Great Release Disc 2 47:16 10) Losing My Edge 55:09 11) Beat Connection (Murphy, Tim Goldsworthy) 01:03:17 12) Give It Up 01:07:12 13) Tired (Murphy, Pat Mahoney) 01:10:46 14) Yeah (Crass Version) (Murphy, Goldsworthy) 01:20:08 15) Yeah (Pretentious Version) (Murphy, Goldsworthy)
The club scene on Ibiza was becoming known for its own Balearic beat which was characterized by a danceable downtempo mix of international musical styles. After four months in Ibiza, the band returned to Britain with very little recorded. They buckled down at Real World in Bath and quickly recorded the rest of the album with Bernard Sumner on vocals, guitars, melodica, synthesizers and programming; Peter Hook on 4 and 6-stringed bass, electronic percussion, synthesizers and programming; Stephen Morris on drums, synthesizers and programming; and Gillian Gilbert on guitars, synthesizers and programming. 'Technique' became the biggest album of their career, going to thirty-two in the US, twenty-eight in Canada, twenty-five in Australia and Germany, twenty-three in Sweden, fifteen in Switzerland, eleven in New Zealand, and number one in the UK. It has been certified gold in Brazil, Canada, the UK, and the US.
