Ten years of music, ten personal stories. The writers of NBHAP are given the opportunity to resume about the records that excited them the most during the past decade. This is a subjective reflection rather than an ultimate conclusion. NBHAP head Norman makes the start.
There is life beyond all the doom and gloom. And it’s yours. In a perfectly time release stunt, British guitar icons Foals reinvent themselves by stripping down their worn-out formula and release a life-embracing record that celebrates moments of dance and togetherness, following the two-year long pandemic break. It’s the right sound for much needed moments of relief and also the start of a new chapter for the band who’s now a trio. NBHAP’s Norman Fleischer met with the group at their recent tour stop in Berlin.
In the wake of the current club closings a little throwback into the glory days of dancefloor euphoria feels like a fitting thing to do. For NBHAP head Norman the era of late 80s and early 90s acid house and dance music is a period of time he loves to revisit from time to time. Two mixtapes celebrate the legendary vibe of the era and take the sound into the here and now.
Swedish pop siblings Elektra and Miranda Kilbey aka SAY LOU LOU present an interesting remix for their recent single Everything We Touch. None other than Yannis Philippakis, frontman of British math rockers FOALS, got his hands on the track. The original is expected to be on the duo’s highly anticipated debut album which arrives later this year. It’s also one of the records we’re looking most forward to in 2014. Mr. Philippakis gave the SAY LOU LOU tune a surprisingly grooving disco approach which you can witness right here.