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DOWNLOAD: Ray Barretto - Acid (Twin Shadow RMX) (MP3) (via)
Twin Shadow @ Don Hill's
Brooklyn's scuffed beauties Twin Shadow plucked a flagship track by Bronx salsa trailblazer Ray Barretto for a full-bore Chicago house seance. One of the best things about this remix is that Twin Shadow's leader, George Lewis, Jr., is not explicitly a classic dance music producer--even with his mastery of machine beats, his amazing debut album's more about black nubuck, bedroom-isolated new wave guitars and secret emotions plumbed from the diaphragm. But he knew Barretto was a drummer who stayed posted behind the congas, so Lewis beelined for the piano parts, punctuating "Acid"'s intense syncopation with psyched trumpets and ghost vocals. Unexpected remix but in retrospect it totally makes sense, since dude's a medium with drum machines. It's Midwest-to-borough utopia as dictated by maybe 1989. [Fader]Twin Shadow played the Terrible Holiday Party at Don Hill's on Friday (12/17). A set of pictures from that show continues below...
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Umm. There's hardly any hint of Barretto's Acid in that remix.
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 1:54 PM
that black guy stole Frank Black's guitar...
irony!
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 1:58 PM
He's a total fucking winner at life, and deserves all the success he gets from this record. Seriously, so good.
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 2:00 PM
lol 2:00
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 2:11 PM
shadwho
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 2:33 PM
i'm with 2:00, it's a great record and he's pretty fuckin cool
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 2:49 PM
wow, I didn't know Omar Souleyman played guitar.
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 2:52 PM
seriously...how is this guy live? I like the album but am wondering how it comes across at a show.
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 2:58 PM
L....
LL....
LAAAAAAAAAAMEEEEEEEE
Twin Shadow jerks off into his face and eats it out of his mustache later.
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 5:13 PM
the album is even better live. so good.
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 5:25 PM
Bet he's got a big dick. Think he fucks gays? No? The facial hair says "yes".
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 6:24 PM
Holy Shit! Those Indian dudes from the Metro PCS really have a band!! I though they were just acting for the commercial. Fuck yeah, now I am gonna go out and buy a Metro PCS phone!
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 7:28 PM
^^^^^ that's priceless!
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 8:44 PM
Fuck you, Don Hill's. Thanks for turning into a den for RSVP-only parties and not being cool and booking all-ages early shows anymore.
Posted by Anonymous | December 20, 2010 11:02 PM
Great show, terrible crowd
Posted by BTW | December 21, 2010 9:00 AM