Tune Of The Week - Breakbot - You Should Know (feat. Ruckazoid) [The Swiss Remix]
Pert
up the front and taut down the back, The Swiss are what disco should
be. Insistent drums, tractor beam bass and melodies that got here on a
rainbow - all in sync with the biorhythms of ecstasy and heartbreak.
It's not wedding music, it's not beardy edit dross, it's actual disco.
Maybe sometimes it's lazer funk and at others it's house but really it's
disco. It's two guys from Adelaide, Australia connecting the dots
between the studio and the after-party in real-time. Like a velvet fist
in a chrome glove, The Swiss pack a sense of faded decadence into a
face-shatteringly stunning image of what is to come.
Forming
in high school and deciding on a name with no relevance to anything,
The Swiss initially set out as a trio before settling on their current
line-up of Tony "Sweet 1/16ths" Mitolo and Luke Godson (also known as
Luke Million, the man behind the inescapable, floor-filling earworm that
is "Arnold"). Tony is a verified man-beast of a drummer whose work
behind a kit is an immediate incitement to dance, carrying the
unrelenting drive of a rhythm box but the lively inflection of a liquid
human. Luke is the other side of the coin; a virtuosic melody ace in
charge of synths, Rhodes and anything else striped in black and white
that makes a noise from beyond the palace of the ultra-gods. In the
shadowy background is the pseudo-enigmatic svengali and super-producer
Donnie Sloan (Empire of the Sun, Sneaky Sound System), a man whose
skillset in converting sound to pleasure is surpassed only by his
knowledge of Australian aviation history.
Along the way they put out their debut EP Movements. From there it was an express trip to Mega-jam Central with the rampantly monstrous Bubble Bath EP and its sweatband-wringing follow-up Double or Nothing. When in front of you in the flesh, they don't muck around. In full live mode the set is a thing of raw beauty, as polished as it is primal.
Along the way they put out their debut EP Movements. From there it was an express trip to Mega-jam Central with the rampantly monstrous Bubble Bath EP and its sweatband-wringing follow-up Double or Nothing. When in front of you in the flesh, they don't muck around. In full live mode the set is a thing of raw beauty, as polished as it is primal.
Always
well received, The Swiss have slayed it at festivals across Australia
from Parklife to Splendour in the Grass and back again in addition to
headlining their own sweat-laden body writhing club shows. On top of
this they've toured Europe and the Us of A and are due back any second
now. They may well be Adelaide's most successful worldwide export since
the Mitsubishi Sigma.
This diamond-paved path leads us now to The Swiss' latest offerings. A pulsating ode to the past, present and multiple futures of 4/4 that sees the band perfect what you already know they're good at whilst also pushing into new and, at times, unexpected territory. Definitely don't listen to it if you hate dance floors, good times and yourself though.
Thibaut Berland (born October 5, 1981), known by his stage name Breakbot is a French producer and a DJ who has been signed with Ed Banger Records since May 2009.
He studied at Supinfocom, a computer graphics university. He co-directed one short film Overtime with Oury Atlan and Damien Ferrié. The short won the Ottawa International Animation Festival award for "Best Graduate Film" in 2005 and the Internationales Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart "Young Animation Award" in 2006. Thibaut Berland also prepared advertisements and videos.
Breakbot is most recognized for his remixes.
His reworkings of songs by artists including Röyksopp, Digitalism, and Chromeo are among his most popular. The music video of "Baby I'm Yours" featuring Irfane was directed by Irina Dakeva and became a summer hit MTV Pulse, France. The music video was nominated for "Best budget pop/dance/urban video" and "Best animation in a video" during the UK Music Video Awards on October 12, 2010.
This diamond-paved path leads us now to The Swiss' latest offerings. A pulsating ode to the past, present and multiple futures of 4/4 that sees the band perfect what you already know they're good at whilst also pushing into new and, at times, unexpected territory. Definitely don't listen to it if you hate dance floors, good times and yourself though.
Thibaut Berland (born October 5, 1981), known by his stage name Breakbot is a French producer and a DJ who has been signed with Ed Banger Records since May 2009.
He studied at Supinfocom, a computer graphics university. He co-directed one short film Overtime with Oury Atlan and Damien Ferrié. The short won the Ottawa International Animation Festival award for "Best Graduate Film" in 2005 and the Internationales Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart "Young Animation Award" in 2006. Thibaut Berland also prepared advertisements and videos.
Breakbot is most recognized for his remixes.
His reworkings of songs by artists including Röyksopp, Digitalism, and Chromeo are among his most popular. The music video of "Baby I'm Yours" featuring Irfane was directed by Irina Dakeva and became a summer hit MTV Pulse, France. The music video was nominated for "Best budget pop/dance/urban video" and "Best animation in a video" during the UK Music Video Awards on October 12, 2010.
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