Music (Computer) World

Given the paucity of specialty record shops catering to electronic music and the dearth of real estate for left-field forms of electronic music on Cairo’s dance floors, lately, I have been turning increasingly to that soul-sucking abyss of trendy, contemporaneous music snobbery for new music – the audio blog.

While it’s a great way to keep up on the latest shit – Klaxxons galore, Simian Mobile Disco edits, DFA remixes, and tones of boys noise from Kitsune, Headbangers and Modular – downloading music off the internet fucking sucks.

Period.

I recall as a teenager running down to Sound Connection or A & B Sound to buy new (and old) shit every few days. I cherished the album format for better or for worse – good tracks, bad tracks, you know I’ve heard my share.

Listening to the album format – while sometimes challenging when sitting down to a quiet evening with mid 90s Six Finger Satellite – is an enormously more satisfying experience than gorging on the latest Acid Girls MP3 mix tape or whatever remix MSTRKFT is pooing out onto the net.

Sure, I know loads of music geeks who claim to be up on their shit, but a lot of so-called “experts” are the kind of internet seekers – in the words of James Murphy – who don’t ACTUALLY OWN ANY MUSIC.

I’m sick of going to people’s apartments and pretending to be impressed by their MP3 collections.

No (record) jacket required, apparently.

Yo, go out and actually get that double pressing of the Soulwax record and then you’ll get my respect.

Anyways, that’s enough for now … I want to see if that Twitch remix of that hot new Spankrock track is finished downloading yet.

Top 3 Dumbest Tracks I’ve Downloaded Off “Interweb” This Week
1. Space Cowboy, Egyptian lover – “Um, Larry Tee is on line 3”
2. Cassius, Toop Toop (Pedro and Panama mix) – Goofy isn’t always great
3. Fox and Wolf, Youth Alcoholic – More shouty shit for hipster slime