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Matrix / Runout (Side E): [DFA Logo]DFA-2362LP-DISC 3-E [sideways Ⓨ]121013 DR. ORANGE BE39269-03 E1 YOU Morningside” treated piano recorded at DFA Recording, Manhattan, 2009 originally for an installation at Palais De Tokyo, Paris, in October 2009. Engineered by Matt Thornley and James Murphy.

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Longtime friends in New York, McNany and Mahoney found a similar sensibility and a shared vocabulary for interpreting surroundings, something that began with their remix of Battles’ “My Machines feat. Gary Numan” and extended into their creation of a full length record together. Synthesizer, Percussion, Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Clavinet, Vocals, Vocoder – Gavin Russom* JJULIUS is Gotebörg’s Julius Pierstorff, who, with his partner Elin Engström aka Loopsel, also records as Monokultur and runs the tiny label Mamma’s Mysterious Jukebox. The remix is courtesy of LA-4A, aka Ambivalent and legally known as American born producer Kevin McHugh. Stripping out the house music and replacing it with a grinding electro-acid template, LA-4A creates a lovely buzzing new bed of music for Nancy Whang’s vocals to rest on top of it. This is a remix with wildly successful results and a perfect companion to the original. Naming their duo in ode to Daniel Johnston’s song of the same name, Mahoney divulges, “I had always loved the song, and had been thinking of what such an edifice would contain when we were trying to name the project.” McNany continues, “Pat’s a sculptor, I’m a painter, we make music and museums are sacred spaces and love is an elusive thing.”

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But more to the point suddenly they were showcasing a bit of pop/indie nous by having the kind of shout along chorus that was perhaps more suited to festivals, college radio and student discos than cool punk funk clubs and hipster parties. ‘Never As Tired As When I’m Waking Up’ and ‘Great Release’ revealed a heartfelt love for the weirder peripheries of AOR and post-Roxy, ‘pop’ Brian Eno, signifying, among other things, that there was a lot more to this band than just a cool post punk record collection and a working knowledge of ESG.

The cautious observations and honest reveals that follow are literally and figuratively quieter moments than that initial blare. On "All I Want," against a wall of whirling guitar, Murphy recognizes a relationship that can't be saved, and instead asks for "your pity" and "your bitter tears." "Get Along" shuffles over pulsing keys and bubbling percussion as Murphy tries to bridge physical and emotional distance, singing, "You might forget, forget the sound of a voice / Still, you shouldn't forget the things we laughed about." Conversely, the sparsely decorated, sauntering "Somebody's Calling Me" is almost hopeful in comparison: "Somebody's calling me" Murphy half whispers, "to be my girl." We connected with Stuart during the early clutches of COVID through Korey Richey, DFA Studios engineer and LCD Soundsystem band member. Matrix / Runout (Side B): [DFA Logo]DFA-2362LP-DISC 2-B [sideways Ⓨ]121013 DR. ORANGE BE43108-01 B1 YORK Synthesizer, Vocals, Piano, Organ, Sampler [Samples], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer Electric Piano] – Nancy WhangThey are definitely the kind of band where those who listen beyond the albums will be rewarded greatly for minimal effort. It’s a fool’s errand trying to define the greatest act of any given decade but I’m going to foolishly declare LCD Soundsystem the quintessential noughties dance band regardless. The New Jerseyite had already spent the ’90s languishing in also ran punk bands Pony and Speedkings but had a road to Damascus experience in 2000 thanks to ecstasy and techno, which revolutionised how he looked at music. Matrix / Runout (Side F): [DFA Logo]DFA-2362LP-DISC 4-F [sideways Ⓨ]121013 DR. ORANGE BE43117-03 F1 BUT