I was really doubly extra pleased to see Shadow Dancer on the lineup for the next Kill Em All at Fabric on 20 May. I’ve been meaning to write something about them since the title track from their Murder Room EP exploded across dancefloors, then Tiga reminded me to buy the whole EP by dropping Parallax at the beginning of his 6 Music show.
Brothers Paul and Alan Farrier have also remixed a couple of my all-time favourites, including Chromeo‘s Needy Girl and Chilly Gonzales‘ You Can Dance, both of which add just enough dirty-dirty to funk them up further without ruining a great. After album Golden Traxe came out on Boys Noize Records in 2009 (very fitting as they so encapsulate the Boys Noize sound) they kept things ticking over until a resurgence of new material this year, with the forthcoming Macid EP also on BNR, and track Silver on the Boys Noize Presents Super Acid compilation.
Chilly Gonzales – You Can Dance (Shadow Dancer Remix)
AND in a perfect link-up to last week’s Beyond The Wizards Sleeve post, they start this vintage podcast for XLR8R with the BTWS remix of Franz Ferdinand‘s Ulysses, which is effing great. There are newer mixes a-plenty on their Soundcloud page, I just really like this one.
Shadow Dancer – XLR8R Podcast, February 2009
Tracklist (42 records in 50 minutes)
01 The Parallax Corporation – “Whore of the Floor”
02 Franz Ferdinand – “Ulysses (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)”
03 Grace Jones – “Williams’ Blood (Aeroplane Remix)”
04 John Carpenter – “The End (Part 1: Disco Version)”
05 LFO – “You Have to Understand”
06 Joe Smooth – “Promised Land”
07 Prince – “Controversy”
08 Elecktroids – “Future Tone”
09 Rainer Werner Bassfinder – “Minimal Scarf Fuckers Drown!”
10 Zapp – “More Bounce to the Ounce”
11 Telex – “Moskow Diskow”
12 Nightmares on Wax – “Sal Batardes”
13 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring (Extended Mix)”
14 The Paradise – “I’m in Love with You”
15 The Cars – “Candy-O”
16 Herbie Hancock – “Rockit”
17 Luke Vibert – “Propertronics”
18 Shadow Dancer – “Together”
19 Fantom – “Faithfull”
20 The Bucketheads – “Whew!”
21 Zoot Woman – “Living in a Magazine (Paper Faces Remix)”
22 Octave One – “Black Water”
23 Friendly Fires – “On Board”
24 Jedi Knights – “Public Funk”
25 Hashim – “Al-Naafyish”
26 Chromeo – “Needy Girl (Shadow Dancer Remix)”
27 Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – “Intro”
28 Infiniti – “Game One”
29 The Plan – “Escapism”
30 Clark – “New Year Storm”
31 Carl Craig – “A Wonderful Life”
32 Giorgio Moroder – “From Here to Eternity”
33 New Order – “Perfect Kiss”
34 Mr. De’ – “Superugly”
35 Silicone Soul – “Right on 4 Tha Darkness”
36 Ric Ocasek – “Jimmy Jimmy”
37 Superdiscount – “Fast Track”
38 Bandulu – “Weak Heart”
39 Clor – “Good Stuff”
40 Underworld – “Born Slippy”
40 Visage – “Frequency 7″
42 Daft Punk – “Superheroes”
