Because author Bill Brewster obviously knows his Salsoul from his Nu-Groove, he's been tapped to curate the next Late Night Tales After Dark compilation, which comes out May 5 and features many classic gems that you probably can't afford on Discogs.
Among the factors that elevate it above Oscar-night compilations is this: the suspicion that Mr. Marclay's fastidiously arranged soundtrack could stand alone as a rhapsody of sampled sound and be almost as satisfying without its marvelous illustrations.
· Sean Rowley is the DJ behind the Guilty Pleasures club night and compilation series.
The best thing is, if you can't get hold of a copy on 19 April, the Djangos' version is also appearing on their forthcoming Late Night Tales compilation.
"It was sort of instant chemistry between us all, I guess," Dessner says of the first time he met Vernon, around the time Vernon contributed a song to the Dessners' Dark Was the Night charity compilation in 2008.
Röyksopp and Sundfør also collaborated in creating a cover version of Depeche Mode's "Ice Machine" for their Late Night Tales compilation album, Late Night Tales: Röyksopp.
Initially, I thought we'd just do a Late Night Tales compilation with maybe a few pieces of my own music.
Critics have referenced everything from Van Halen's "Jump" to Irene Cara's 1984 hit "Flashdance...What A Feeling", so I wonder if there is a guilty pleasures element to Goldfrapp's new sound, "Guilty Pleasures" being the umbrella concept that informs DJ Sean Rowley's celebrated rehabilitation of slightly shameful pop songs via dedicated club nights and compilation albums.
Aaron, whose background is in jazz and alt-rock, has produced an album for rising star and singer-songwriter, Sharon van Etten, and intends to collate a follow-up to Dark Was the Night – a 2009 compilation album, curated by the Dessners, which raised more than $2m for AIDS charities.
His 2008 Late Night Tales DJ compilation also reveals his inquisitive ears - the Italian prog rock of Goblin, the French-Japanese funk of Yamasuki, and a cover of Livin' Joy's rave classic, Dreamer, all point to his passion for rhythm and metre.
