Bowiephiles

In the absence of a Bowiephiles from Spaceface this week, here are a few little bits to tide you over until her next epic. The two live pictures I’ve dug out of my archives have absolutely nothing to do with anything here, but hopefully they make up for the lack of Bowie pix in these stories…Onwards!

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You shout it while you’re dancing on the dance floor…

The Solaris vs Bowie production of ‘Shout’ is the first of a couple of dance-orientated, Bowie-related releases this month. Released on the Nebula label as a 12″ only vinyl single, ‘Shout’ is essentially a chopped up remix of ‘Fashion’.

According to those in the know, the record is not only bangin’ and wicked, but, it is apparently slammin’ too! Here’s a bit from the press release:

Nebula Music take a switch in flavour, taking time out of the hectic trance schedule to deliver this thundering, chunky house cut from one of London?s cheekier producers, famed for his ?DJ Only? cut ups. (i.e. he?s a very naughty boy.) Having graced Nebula?s presence last year with his ?unique? interpretation of Spandau Ballet?s ?Chant No.1? in the form of the funky cut ?Groove No.1? the man Solaris returns with this funky ass mix of David Bowie?s 80?s masterpiece ?Fashion?.

On the A side Solaris throws everything at the mix including the kitchen sink Making sure the lead mix of ?Shout? is as rocking as humanly possible without actually falling over. On the B Phazon (AKA Solaris in dark b*stard mode) delivers a deeper, darker and all together, much more driving mix.

Make up your own mind about ‘Shout’ by checking out the mixes online via the links below:

Original Mix

Phazon Dub

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Well you wouldn’t believe what I’ve been through…

Released this coming Monday the 25th, is a 4-track CD of ‘Cat People’ by the very handsome Klaus Waldeck. Again, the press release says it better than I ever could:

Cat People by Waldeck on Dope Noir Records, DONO 0012

01 JUNG COLLECTIVE REHASH
02 ORIGINAL VERSION
03 BTO & JEREMIAH?S BLUE EYED SOUL CAT
04 MUSHROOM DIVE?S DANGER CAT

Vienna based top producer Klaus Waldeck strikes again ? this time with a haunting rework of a song that couldn?t fit better into his ever-changing repertoire: The Giorgio Moroder/David Bowie-penned Bowie smash hit “Cat People”. This is the third release from the critically acclaimed “Night Garden” album.

The first track finds a bunch of top-secret London-based production all-stars, named Jung Collective, transforming the album version onto your local dance floor with a voom. Classic house beats, brooding percussion and bone-dry mixed pop vocals – Jung Collective Rehash of “Cat People” crowns the 80s craze with a bizarre climax.

The second track is a lower octave version of the original album version.

Vienna?s most beloved house DJ icon BTO Spider comes up with a highly danceable rendition for the third cut on this “Cat People” bundle, created together with yet another Vienna DJ expert, Jeremiah. Their “Blue Eyed Soul Cat” version of “Cat People” should appeal to both the “dance” maniac and the “regular” maniac.

Finally, the last track, entitled “Mushroom Dive?s Danger Cat”, supposedly Waldeck´s alter ego, captures the crawling movements of a puma ready to attack his prey?deep, dangerous and deadly!

Listen to an online Cat People Dub Mix here.

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Inspirations have I none – just to touch The Flaming Lips…

NME this week have a report from Flaming Lips’ lead singer Wayne Coyne in which he says he would like nothing more than to perform more joint tours like the one with Beck, only this time he’d like the band (who return to the UK for dates in January) to work with David Bowie.

He told NME: “If you run into David Bowie, tell him we’re doing this with Beck and we want to go on tour with him. We’ll play what we feel are his best songs, kick him into shape.”

Despite the cheeky message in that last sentence, Flaming Lips are clearly appreciative of our man’s song-writing abilities. You may remember their single ‘This Here Giraffe’ which had a piano/vocal version of ‘Life On Mars?’ as an extra track. Here’s what they say about the recording on their official site, which you can reach by clicking on the image above:

The second track is also a treat. It features a piano and vocals only rendition of David Bowie’s ‘Life On Mars’. Wayne audibly sings to the limit of his vocal range but this somehow sounds really appropriate for the song. When he draws out the aaa in Mars it really is quite affecting, and Steven’s piano work is exemplary, as ever, with a pretty little ad-lib at the end.

Well Wayne, I’m sure David will read this, I’ll let you know if he’s up for it! };-)

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That’s about it folx, I’ll leave you with that other photograph from 1995 that I mentioned earlier. If you like these, there are plenty more where they came from.