It’s easy to forget how constantly in motion the world of music is. With the surge in blog popularity and the newly established lack of dependance on the music industry for promotion, new artists are able to rapidly establish themselves as producers without the previously inevitable wait times, thus allowing for the constant influx of new artists that keep the so called “scenes” in a constant state of motion. Now, there are indeed multiple obvious benefits to this sort of system, the primary one being that it has become nearly impossible to find ourselves bored with our absolutely massive collections of beats and bangs, however, there is a bit of a problem (although I suppose not all would consider it truly problematic) that many tend to overlook: Since we’re all so occupied with the scrutiny of new artists, we seem to have become more than slightly prone, as well as ignorant, to the loss of the old.
Simian Mobile Disco
Seriously, what happened to these guys? It seems as though they simply released Attack Decay Sustain Release, and then immediately gave up all aspirations for any future works. To be fair, yes, they have certainly been performing around the world, but their tours look to be quite poorly promoted, to the point that if I did not make the effort to see what the boys were up to, I’d have no idea that they even still existed.
Even further, I think it sent us all through a good scare when The Hype Machine saw the release and spread of two exceedingly sub par works under the Simian Mobile Disco name, and it wasn’t until I got my hands on their latest remix that I was even able to stop myself from worrying whether we were ever going to see those two Brits again. Fortunately, they’ve hit the studio with all the pent up ferocity from the last year and a half, and I’ve got a peculiar feeling that this could be a meer wink toward the future.
Inner City – Big Fun (Simian Mobile Disco remix)
They are coming out with a new album in January chico.
very nice, thoughtful post