Death In Vegas

IdleRich

IdleRich
I'm bravely starting a very un-dissensus thread here, but sometimes you just have to stick your head above the parapet and charge foolishly towards the enemy's guns. Many years ago, I suppose when I was at university, I really liked this band. Quite an odd band with hindsight, cos now I can see that they had influences form krautrock and dub and various other things I probably didn't know about then - or of which I had but the vaguest knowledge - but whereas normally when indie bands have these influences they attempt to create something that ties all of those things together - they aim at creating some kind of transcendental ur-music which brings together the best bits of dub and krautrock and jazz and techno. And of course they always fail. But as far as I can tell DIV never bothered with that, they would just sort of pastiche one genre, and then with their next song, another
Sometimes, as with this kinda krauty pastiche I think it really worked and in fact (I'll admit that this is much to my surprise) it still stands up..



And this goth thing is also pretty good I reckon (although - I think it was this one - someone played me an obscure post-punk tune whose similarities to this were remarkable. To the extent that either it's a beyond extraordinary coincidence or they should just admit it's a cover).



This one I link to just to show how little cross-pollination they introduced between the genres they liked.



Anyway, the point is, the other day I heard the following song somehow. And this surprised me for a number of reasons - firstly, I honestly thought that they had stopped making music in about 2003, and secondly, this tune is actually really nice. Once again I realise that they have cleverly and successfully pastiched something I really like - in this case a kind a of cold library funk that could quite nicely soundtrack a Peter Strickland movie.



And, that kinda intrigued me and I looked at their discogs and I was stunned to discover that they (or I suppose it's really just he isn't it?) has been plugging away for about twenty years after I had assumed that they split up and they have released loads of singles and albums and stuff. I found this amazing. But I'm not gonna just to listen to it all obviously.

But I wanna know, have they done any good stuff in the period since I totally stopped paying attention? Also did they do any good things in the period before that (I suppose that i was never paying that much attention)?
Plus, what do people think in general? Am I gonnna receive a load of soul destroying abuse for starting this thread? Or worse, the slowly dawning embarrassment of an utterly cold shoulder? Or will loads of you perhaps come crawling out of the woodwork to say that you secretly love this band? I doubt that, but I would be equally interested to hear for some creative criticism and inventive insults if that's what you feel is most appropriate. Or an explanation for why record collection rock was so big at that point.
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
Dissensus idol Liam G appears here


Used to like this song and "Dirge" when I was in my late teens I think... NME reading years.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
I noticed that on their discogs page a minute. I didn't check it - but now you have plucked it out and placed it there for my delectation,I sort of have to don't I?
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
The dividing line between those whose idea of ultimate cool is rock n roll and those whose idea of ultimate cool is something more modern, like rap or pop or whatever

People who wear leather jackets and have mod haircuts
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
This one, with Iggy Pop, is good in a kind of silly way, I think. Decent chugging/motorik(ish) rhythm.


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Marquessa111

10 years ago
0:05 shoe flies off 0:58 she has both shoes 1:07 shoe is missing again 1:00 she has both shoes 1:12 shoe comes off 1:16 she has both shoes 1:33 right shoe is missing 1:48 left shoe is missing 1:53 she has both shoes 2:23 shoe goes flying 2:46 both shoes missing 3:52 she has both shoes Hmmmm whatever was chasing her obviously wasn't that scary, she went back for her shoes.
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IdleRich

IdleRich
Rich,

please don’t associate me with this wank

Your faithfully.....

(kidding, never listened, seems very ploddy and mono chordal)
Don't worry, it was cos they had a porn star singing some of their later tunes and so I respectfully suggest an overlap with one of your fields of expertise.
 

catalog

Well-known member
I never much liked the band tunes, I got one of their albums but never clicked.

but I used to love this radio 1 essential mix that Richard fearless did.


And I reckon you would like it too rich.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
This one, with Iggy Pop, is good in a kind of silly way, I think. Decent chugging/motorik(ish) rhythm.


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Marquessa111

10 years ago
0:05 shoe flies off 0:58 she has both shoes 1:07 shoe is missing again 1:00 she has both shoes 1:12 shoe comes off 1:16 she has both shoes 1:33 right shoe is missing 1:48 left shoe is missing 1:53 she has both shoes 2:23 shoe goes flying 2:46 both shoes missing 3:52 she has both shoes Hmmmm whatever was chasing her obviously wasn't that scary, she went back for her shoes.
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i remember there was a party at Josie's house and someone put that song on and everyone was you-know drinking and chatting, dancing maybe, having fun.... and suddenly it all ground to a halt and went quiet, and Mariko was standing there with the plug in her hand and she demanded that everyone stop having fun and sit down in a circle and watch her do an interpretative dance. In fact I particularly remember cos Aisha was there - I think someone put the song on for her or something... but it's takes more than a personal dedication and a room full of people to stop Mariko obviously.
 

hint

party record with a siren
And this goth thing is also pretty good I reckon (although - I think it was this one - someone played me an obscure post-punk tune whose similarities to this were remarkable. To the extent that either it's a beyond extraordinary coincidence or they should just admit it's a cover).
They ended up having to give a writing credit:

 

IdleRich

IdleRich
Nah, I'm pretty sure she is a porn star. Do you even have dogging stars as such?

But it looks as though she did several tracks with them... which is weird cos we were talking about her musical excursions at one point a few months back but I reckon that nobody knew about this.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
i remember there was a party at Josie's house and someone put that song on and everyone was you-know drinking and chatting, dancing maybe, having fun.... and suddenly it all ground to a halt and went quiet, and Mariko was standing there with the plug in her hand and she demanded that everyone stop having fun and sit down in a circle and watch her do an interpretative dance. In fact I particularly remember cos Aisha was there - I think someone put the song on for her or something... but it's takes more than a personal dedication and a room full of people to stop Mariko obviously.
That woman is quite possibly the greatest attention-junky I've ever encountered.
 

wild greens

Well-known member
I don't get the reference @IdleRich sadly

I have saw them a couple of times i think, once at Primavera and another somewhere dingy in east i think

Didnt they do a fabriclive? I probably have the mp3s of that somewhere
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
I don't get the reference @IdleRich sadly

I have saw them a couple of times i think, once at Primavera and another somewhere dingy in east i think

Didnt they do a fabriclive? I probably have the mp3s of that somewhere
Actually I think it's my mistake. Some while back I was reading a novel by porn actress turned author Sasha Gray. Someone pointed out that she has also made some music - and in my head that was you... but now I come to think of it, I believe it was someone else. So now I discover she done stuff with DIV too - and I tell you...but it's not really of any particular interest of course... apologies.
 
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