GEYLANG HAPPY HOUR
CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL
with ding + wong
WELCOMING THE YEAR OF THE TIGER
WITH UNHOLY CLANGING OF CYMBALS,
MUSICAL CHINOSERIE & AH BENG TECHNO
LIVE BROADCAST ON UNPOPULAR RADIO
10 FEBRUARY 2010 (WEDNESDAY)
10.30PM TO MIDNITE (GMT +8)
ONE OF THOSE LONG OVERDUE MUSIC POST WE HAVE PROMISED IS FINALLY HERE!
what is it about the far dark side of eastern europe that i always want to associate with eurodance, even if that is not quite the only music there? since we wont be doing geylang happy hour this week, here are my top 3 picks for this week (and then some more):
DJ Smash & Fast Food - Волна (Dj Antoine vs Yoko remix)
probably best dancing i have ever seen in a video. those hard girls would probably kill you on the dance floor with an imperceptible flick of the hips; it just looks so wrong, it’d be like trying to flex a carrot. DJ Smash is the bloke with the animal head - he also did another track i’ve been hearing a lot of on moskva.fm - Moscow Never Sleeps - a track on which some charming blonde chanteuse warbles “Я люблю тебя, Москва!” (i love you, moscow!). i hated the song on first listen, in fact, neither would i say i’d be attracted to the sound alone of Волна (volna, which means waves), but the video takes it to a different level for me, what with its bold chunky colors and flexible girls, and forcing myself to translate and learn the lyrics of songs gives them a little more meaning for me on second listen.
Natalka Karpa - A Kalyna Ne Verba
in any case, this one from Ukraine is another good example of something pretty repetitive. the video is entirely in CG, yet it seems completely and inexplicably hypnotic to watch. i enjoy the emphasis placed on her curvy, fat hips. mmm.
Play & Mix - Twoje Ciało
and then the best find of all: this polish dance hit by Play&Mix features a couple of dorky middle-aged blokes with embarrassing headgear doing some extremely energetic gyrations. avert your eyes in horror! but all the same you can really tell that they had lots of fun making the video, along with a slightly underdressed female vocalist, and transportation! their brilliantly excessive use of cheap video tricks and sound effects make an otherwise typical sounding dance track into something that is virtually on the epic scale of wrongness!
LIVE BROADCAST
30 SEPTEMBER 2009 (WEDNESDAY)
10.30PM TO MIDNITE (GMT +8) Listening Link 1 | Listening Link 2 | Listening Link 3
(Download listen.pls file and open with iTunes, VLC, Winamp, etc)
If you aren’t from this part of the world (or have been living under a rock - and a soundproofed rock at that), you would know that’s it’s the Chinese Seventh Month, which is the traditional Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore.
But besides the massive burning of hell notes that’s clogging our respiration tracts and tearing our eyes, we here at GEYLANG HAPPY HOUR have been much excited about the getais that have been springing up everywhere on weekends around Singapore.
Last night we visited the getai at Balestier Plaza and we have footage for you!
愛拼才會贏 (Go All Out Then Can Win)
Do you recognise this song? You should! Coz we played it on EP 2! Here it is “live” with strobe lights!!!
Sexxay
Have tube-top will dance! This singer is from Malaysia, where getais are also held, but the money in Singapore is much better.
1. DJ Hixxy - I See The Light (3:47)
2. Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy (3:18)
3. De Mosselman - Mossels (5:15)
4. Nanny State Noise - The Gabba Enigma (0:56)
5. m1dy - SpeedCoreDandy (3:05)
6. Samantha Fox - Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now (3:45)
7. Sally Shapiro - I’ll Be By Your Side (zyx Remix By Chinese Theatre) (4:41)
8. Towa Tei - A.O.R. (feat. Lina Ohta) (4:21)
9. Taito Corporation - Puzzle Bobble theme (1:41)
10. La Familia Telerín - Vamos A La Cama (1:34)
11. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Absolute Ego Dance (4:37)
12. Siskid - Butter Knife (Dubmood Gameboy Remix) (4:12)
13. Sheffield Jumpers - Jump With Me (Radio Edit) (3:47)
14. Italo Brothers - Stamp on the Ground (Extended Mix) (5:07)
15. Sonic Palms - On The Beach (Club Mix) (6:15)
16. M. Ashraf - Too Bhi Piala Chum reprise (6:20)
17. Nancy Sit - Hanky Panky (2:24)
18. Pyongyang Hardcore Resistance - Resistance 4 (3:54)
19. Hixxy & Euphony feat Donna Marie - Night Life (Hixxy Remix) (4:41)
MAGICK 8-BALL HYPER POP & GLOBAL VILLAGE EFFERVESCENCE
LIVE BROADCAST
09 SEPTEMBER 2009 (WEDNESDAY)
10.30PM TO MIDNITE (GMT +8) Listening Link 1 | Listening Link 2 | Listening Link 3
(Download listen.pls file and open with iTunes, VLC, Winamp, etc)
1. Shin Joong Hyun & the Donkeys - Mah-Eum (16:35)
2. Вирус (ViRUS) - Счастье (Happiness) (3:30)
3. Стася (Stasya) - Буду (I Would) (remix) (8:05)
4. Шура (Shura) - Твори Добро (3:45)
5. Klaas - How Does It Feel (3:37)
6. Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy (2:50)
7. Sasha Dith feat. Russian Girls - Russian Girls (Project One remix) (6:42)
8. Женя Ангел (Zhenja Angel) - Русские девчонки (Russian Girls) (4:04)
9. DJ CY - 过火 (Remix of 张信哲) (4:52)
10. 陈雷 (Chen Lei) - 风真透 (The Wind is Penetrating) (3:18)
11. 李逸 (Lee Yee) - 多少柔情多少怀念 (So Much Tender Feeling, So Much Yearning) (3:18)
12. 広瀬香美 Hirose Kohmi - GET DOWN ゲッダン (4:41)
13. Unknown Artist - Sublime Frequencies - Untitled Proibidao CV# 13 (1:41)
14. Triplex - Бригада (remix) (3:21)
15. Тату (t.A.T.u) - Я сошла с ума (All the Things She Said) (4:05)
MAGICK 8-BALL HYPER POP & GLOBAL VILLAGE EFFERVESCENCE
LIVE BROADCAST
02 SEPTEMBER 2009 (WEDNESDAY)
10.30PM TO MIDNITE (GMT +8) Listening Link 1 | Listening Link 2
(Download listen.pls file and open with iTunes, VLC, Winamp, etc)
Not quite Thai Disco, but I’m looking forward to this shoegaze event tomorrow opposite the old Rex Cinema!
Vapour Trails (II)
presented by fleeting senses
Fri Aug 28th, 10 pm till late
Backyard Bistro
11 Mackenzie Road, opposite the historical Rex Cinema
(Entrance through G4 Station, the backpackers’ hostel)
Music by
4 imaginary boys
Sabri
spaceman
In an isolated back alley
Let the swirling strains
of sweet shoegze
hynotize our senses
in this make-believe world of our own.