- 30
- Jan
Tonight at APT (413 W 13th Street) MFR favorite Joakim is going to be laying down a likely wild DJ set - based on his remixes, his own songs, and the DJ sets of his that I've heard, it will probably be full of disco, techno and everything in between, so the basement will be slamming.
Joakim's new full-length album, titled Monsters and Silly Songs, is excellent, and totally nuts. Seriously, nuts. On his myspace blog, there was a post last February called "Fuck computers" that said his hard drive died and he didn't have a backup of it, which meant re-recording 90% of the album. I don't know if that really ended up being the case (though I might ask him tonight), but the creative process is clearly a firey one for Joakim, because MaSS is wild. There are a few techno-y songs (last year's massive "I Wish You Were Gone" and "Drumtrax" are smartly included), but the majority of it is more like a rock record. A great rock record. With layers of synths and other electronic madness, like this live version of "Rocket Pearl" - I highly recommend it.
Monsters and Silly Songs is out now in France, via Versatile, and it will be available here in the US (and worldwide) in three weeks, thanks to our friends at !K7 - check out the mini-site for the album here.
Oh, and supporting Joakim tonight is our pal My Cousin Roy, who you may remember from the dope disco re-edit I posted a little while back, so expect wierdo-disco-techno style stuff from him, Joakim, and Scott Mou - also, upstairs Justin Carter and Probus of Nublu Records and the "Hello, Nurse!" party will be bringing the noise.
The party should be one for the history books, so be there.