Narcisse

(Photo credit: Ysa Perez)

Narcisse is a duo from Brooklyn and makes dance music. That’s all we know. I listened to the tracks a few times, and I like it. The Moonsex Cassette track is really good. Can’t provide more information about this guys, but have a listen!

If you hit the blogosphere looking for info on these guys, this is more a good example of what you’ll get. Narcisse is comprised of a couple of my friends from high school, so I think I can give a little more information.

Yeah that’s right, we’re totally friends with musicians.

Before we get into the really interesting interview I did with Trav, let us all listen to one of their tracks. They have two, and this one is called Moonsex Cassette. Peep game:

DOWNLOAD Moonsex Cassette

The guy on the right up there with the robot arm is Mike, his band is called AVAN LAVA, their singer is featured on this track, and if you don’t check out their website immediately you’re doing yourself a disservice. His name is Tom and he’s got this electro vocalist thing on lock, wouldn’t you say? I know these guys are probably seriously tired of hearing this, but this is a great summer chune, bruv. I’m going to personally see to it that someone listens to it on a boat this weekend because I got it like that.

Narcisse has a studio in the basement of an old Catholic school that is “spooky and amazing”, and that’s where these tracks come from. I was told there’s not a lot of soft synths in these tracks; instead they choose to play their instruments and go ahead go nuts go apeshit on the 3630. Trav described the sound as more analog and I agree. It’s refreshing. Without getting to flossy, their tracks have the kind of build I’ve come to expect from Trav’s solo work, with a nice slice of the more subdued boom boom from the electro-rock demographic in the group. I forgot to ask who’s doing the drum work but it doesn’t really matter, does it?

Here’s another song that’s already been released, but we got some new shit for you after the jump. This one is called HAPS3. No vocals, but it’s got that whole progression thing I really like to talk about.

DOWNLOAD HAPS3

It’s a bit murdered out. If you want to hear this kind of thing live and in person, then you’re in luck. You know what Pitchfork is right? We tend to make fun of their music reviews but they have great taste in music. Pfork put me on Delorean. Narcisse has a Delorean remix coming out, in case you’re out of touch they’re super cool guys from Barcelona. They’ll also be in Vegas on the 18th of something, I forgot to write down the month in my notes. I take journalism very seriously.

Before I hit submit and fail to do the one thing I wanted to do in this lengthy post, here’s a new track from the boys. Visit their myspace while you’re at it, it’s up there too. They’re pretty easy to find on facebook.

I’m aware that you didn’t ask, but I think it’s pretty great. Bright, riffy, dance electro. It kind of makes you want to jump up and down with a lady, buy her a budweiser, then ask her if she’d like to get the hell out of Perry’s tent for a minute and go see what’s up with making a baby. At least for me. This is that music we’ve been telling you about for months now.

Happy Thursday, music fans.

B