The Young Folks Disco. Peter Bjorn and John Live!

Guest Blog From the Beautiful Raver Disco

In the absence of FunBongo and Albert, Disco was joined by Maniac, Chappers and the good Shepherd to see some cool swedes getting hot and sweaty in Camdens's Koko. Despite being initially distracted by the giant disco ball Disco was soon captivated by the dashing young Swedish men, Peter, Bjorn & John.



(Disco disco...eyes on the stage!!)

Having been to see several swedish singing sensations of late I'm beginning to think that Swedes have more fun. The boys had boundless energy reserves, belting out songs from the last 3 albums and leaping around the stage looking like they didn't have a care in the world.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - AF607105

The girls were expecting some mellow tunage akin to the Young Folks track so we were pleasantly surprised when the boys rocked out with some of their new tracks - I swear I caught Maniac and Chappers busting some air guitar half way through the gig...



(Peter - he's so CUTE!!!)



FunBongo would have loved the live bongo's on Young Folks - the crowd went wild and the rhythmically challenged girl in front was a cause of concern for all of us...Peter jumped into the crowd with the microphone for the whistling part...he looked to be heading for Disco but was stopped in his tracks when Albert streaked across the stage (completely unexpected but most definitely the highlight of the evening). Encouraged by Peter (whose love of attention is actually very endearing), some superb crowd involvement followed, which was met with much laughter from the other boys. Great stuff.



Stylewise they didn't disappoint (the boys were much more on trend than Robyn whose dress sense still gives me nightmares). The only improvement could have been for the beautiful Peter to be wearing those same tight white pants that the Air boys are so partial too...

(Fun Bongo - please insert photo here of said white pants...just so I can re-live the memory - merci!)



All in all a super night - great music, hot swedes and a giant disco ball.

Buy the album!!! errrrr The Album



Charlotte Gainsbourg - Set Yourself On Fire

The Charlotte Gainsbourg Album 5:55 - Music by Air, produced by Nigel Godrich (Air, Beck and Radiohead...) and lyrics from Jarvis Cocker. Fantastico.

Air Pockets

French wizards Air return to our CD players in March with 'Pocket Symphony'. Nine of the twelve offerings have already spilt their guts all over the broadband community. So far they haven't disappointed; beautifully crafted four minute ear candy adventures. The piano is dominant through-out, as are traditionally glorious 'Moon Safari' echoing string arrangements.

Air play London in March Buy Tickets here



The French and English really do love each other, the collaborations on this album prove it. Jarvis Cocker pops up on 'One Hell of a Party', I am never convinced by him, he looks like a wash-outed Hoxtonite. Neil from The Divine Comedy is much better, his contribution is a treat.

There is no real link between The Halliwell and Air but its the Brits soon and so their unrelated antics popped back into my mind. Even more reason to feel indifferent to over-rated Cocker.

I agree with Clever Ape Boy Damo Albarn who told Uncut

"I've always had a problem with Jarvis' stance on that, I found it really disturbing when he pulled his pants down in front of Michael Jackson, that just seemed totally wrong. If someone is sick, he's not open to ridicule"

He continued "He's got some very odd ideas about reality. I think it's a collective responsibility to say 'No you can't go and do what you're doing', not just to ridicule him...The world is not full of cunts; we have a collective responsibility not to slag people off and instead try to understand them."

Air and the Amazing Phoenix Live: Kelly Watch the Stars