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Friday, November 16, 2007

Roulé Together 2

Well folks, here's the last of the proper "Roulé" 12" Releases, although I have a few extra special goodies for yas tomorrow. Gimme a couple days and I'm gonna start some new collections, and perhaps shake things up a bit with the site, do some new formatting, etc. I also want to formally thank Thomas Bangalter (and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, for that matter) for not shutting these down. I know that Busy P is all over sites sharing free Daft-related material, and to have had these up for so long, I'm taking as a sign that they realize how important it is for everyone to have access to Roulé and Crydamoure, and I'm happy to have been able to bring them to you. I hope that they can be up for a very very very long time.

Roulé Together 2
Together - "So Much Love To Give"

Single Side:
Together [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Roulé Together 1

The aura of this track has definitely grown since the Alive '07 Tour, and its incredible encore came into existence, although i've loved this one from the moment i've heard it. Its the epitome of French Touch; catchy loop puts you in a trance, only to get slapped in the face by that awesome synth line.

I just want to mention that i have a couple of requests and questions for you in this post, but to avoid sullying the amazing formatting i've done, I'm putting it below the cover art.

Roulé Together 1
Together - "Together"

Single Side:
Together [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

In my circles, a little snippet of a track floated around that was rumored to be a 3rd Together cut. Do any of you know if this is the case, and if so, do you have the full track? If not, what is this?

Together 3??? [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Edit: Commentary from a reader, "Justin" in the Netherlands:
The snippet floating around as Together03 has been released as "Patrick Alavi - Party With Music". I was never sure if it was Patrick Alavi's track from the beginning used to spread the fake misnamed snippet, or that it started out as a Together track but got nicked by Alavi. However given the timing and some comments by Falcon, I tend to believe the track always was by Patrick Alavi from the start, so that pretty much solves the mystery.

Here are is the Patrick Alavi track, as well as another using the same sample, by Dynamic Rockers. (Both tracks courtesy of Justin (Thanks, J!).

Patrick Alavi - "Party With Music" [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Dynamic Rockers - "With Music" [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

In addition, does anyone have THIS white label? If so, what are the mixes like?

Roulé 309

I want to say thanks to everyone who's written, explained, commented, sent tracks to me, etc., over the last 24 hours. However, i've been traveling all day and i couldn't be tired-er, so i'll get into it all on the blog tomorrow. But at the very least, a special thanks to those of you who sent Roulé 309 to me while I was away from home. And so here it is for the rest of yas, Bangalter's "Outrage" EP.

Roulé 309
Thomas Bangalter - "Outrage"

A-Side:
A1 - Outrage [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

B-Side:
B1 - Night Beats [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

B2 - Paris By Night [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Monday, November 12, 2007

Roulé 308

Lets talk about this guy for a second. You will not find a cooler producer in the world then the reclusive DJ Falcon. The guy has released just four other sides during the 8 years since this 12" was released, each of which contain some of the most perfect, wonderous, blissfull, anthemic house tracks off all time.

HOWEVER...as pointed out in this interview, sent in by Brendan (a friend of the blog), Falcon and his helmeted production partner will be dropping some new goodness on us in the near future. I expect goosebumps.

Also, having recently read his Discogs page, I found out that he's Alan "Braxe" Quéme's cousin, which makes that the coolest family i can think of. What a privilege it was to see them play together last month, its still pretty hard to believe.

Note: On Honeymoon (sweet, sweet Honeymoon), there is a wierd break that sounds like Blackberry interference, and then the track drops again in perfect sync, on the downbeat. I've had conflict in my head about whether this was intentional or an accident. It seems unlikely to have been accidental (cause why would it make it onto the wax if it was), and were there even Blackberries in 1999? But if its sopposed to be there, why? If anyone has any insight, please let me know.

EDIT: From Reader "Justin":

That interferance sound is done on intention... or at least partly. The story goes Thomas walked in with some radio-like device while Dj Falcon was working and this interferance made it into the recording. Falcon wanted to remove it, but Thomas liked it and insisted it stayed in the song... and well, the rest is history. I'm not sure were I recalled this from. It might have been from an old Falcon interview. In any case it comes from the good old daft crew forum [sic] so I'm pretty sure this is how it happened.

Without further ado...

Roulé 308
DJ Falcon - "Hello My Name Is DJ Falcon"

A-Side:
A1 - First [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

A2 - Honeymoon [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

B-Side:
B1 - Untitled [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

B2 - Unplugged [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Roulé 307

At this point, it becomes clear that Roulé is fucking invincible. A classic lo-fi gem from the reclusive voice behind "Too Long" and "One More Time". Jersey Represent!

From The Liner Notes:
"When my underground sound became overground around 1995, all the trappings and pressures of dealing with worldwide attention threatened to stall the innovation & excitement of (my) club music, instead of giving the $ more attention than the music I decided to 'HOLD ON' to the spirit of discovery..."

Roulé 307
Romanthony - "Hold On"

A-Side:
A1 - Hold On (Classic Vocal) [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

B-Side:
B1 - Hold On (R&B Vocal) [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

B2 - Hold On (Got A Grip Dub) [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]