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IN FLAGRANTI - 'WRONGER THAN ANYONE ELSE' Out september 2006 Distributed worldwide by DISCOGRAPH |
| 1) are you ready 2) genital blue room 3) bang bang 4) nonplusultra 5) incarnation 6) melodymaker 7) eight consecutive life terms 8) teaching children how to swear (album edit) 9) just gazing 10) we make love in a house made of glass 11) reputation or notoriety 12) paroli 13) convolution 14) subvariety 15) uncanny hinting 16) escapade 17) futile attempt |
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WRONGER REVIEWS: IN FLAGRANTI
- WRONGER THEN ANYONE ELSE In Flagranti graces a field which Daft Punk, Justice, and other heavy electronic acts have seemed to ignore. You obviously hear the disco influence without a doubt. It doesn't want to slap you in the face like others try to. It definately has a very punk edge and couldn't be one more that the other. The sounds of 'Wronger Than Anyone Else' seem less pretentious and more flexible to the ears of non electronic music fans. You can hear the real drums and the whole album sounds so vintage yet so fucking fresh that it will make your ears bleed. I can picture myself listening to this album on a table top record player with 70's gear, in space. It is that out of control. To tell you that I had a hard time deciding which track to share with you guys. In general I try to find a track that I feel will appeal to most people. With In Flagranti I really had a tough time, with so many choices. With sure dance floor anthems as "We Make Love In A House Made Of Glass", "Bang Bang" and "Genital Blue Room". Actually the whole fucking album is full of dance floor anthems. I can't fucking choose. I would play this album in it's entirety at Hold Yr Horses actually, if I could get away with it. So here are two songs. You make up your mind. You will have to find out for yourself, and purchase this album or get it as fast you can! - www.this.bigstereo.net/2006/09/20/in-flagranti/
IN FLAGRANTI
- WRONGER THEN ANYONE ELSE
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IN FLAGRANTI
interview for Trax magazine September 2006 Sasha: my parents are originally from the former yugoslavia, i was born in basel switzerland. i liked to listen to music since i can remember. i started talking about putting a band together at age 8. got my first guitar when i was 11. but it always frustrated me to rely on band mates to play music. so eventually the turntables took over, because i could play records on my own and it always sounded good. then in the 90's when the recording technology became more accessible i got in to making music again. i think alex was looking for some of the records that he heard on a mix-tape from italy. then one day he was asking this guy i also knew, that worked in a record shop and i happened to walk in the shop at the same time. Alex : How did you convince Sasha to move in New York ? Alex: with
a gun! no, serious...i like to work with people, i have a way
of seeing You started your label ten years ago, what was your first goal with Codek Records ? On our website, you describe your label as your playground... A: it IS our
personal playground, we wanted to be free and not ask You're also
well known because of your artworks... A: well i,m
a graphic designer, i started when i was 13 years old to get
interested in graphic design here in basel, switzerland. i hung
around local advertising agencies & friends of my parents
like artist, interior & graphic designers. i was fascinated
how they would work, and watched them closely. You said on your website: I just grab randomly a handful of records and with the help of computers I can (...) take things apart and reassemble them into something new? Is that really your way of composing music ? How do you work exactly with Sasha ? A: yes absolutely, for this project, i created sound files for sasha in a program called peak, i sample drums, guitars, vocals, synth noodlings or whatever from records i find in thrift-stores & flea-markets and send it to sasha through the internet. sasha selects what he likes and arranges the sounds into tracks. then we ping pong the files back and forth ... till we,re both happy with a track. "Wronger than anyone else" is your first full length album.... before that you released several maxis, why did you decide to compose a full album ? A: simple, most people don,t buy 12" vinyl, so for everybody and there brother we made a cd. "Just Gazing" appears on Ivan Smagghe,s compilation "How to kill the dj part one", what,s your reaction when such artists love your music ? S: it was not our first license request, so there was no particular reaction to this one, plus we had no idea who this dj was when we got a proposal. i remember someone told me tigersushi is a ok label in france. so we were like ok let's do it. i see now that a lot of people refer to that compilation, when they mention in flagranti. i am always more amazed how the record got there in the first place, because we had almost no distribution and only pressed 500 copies. You talk about Mark Kamins and Daniele Baldelli as your main influences... Why them ? A: mark and specially daniele where really eclectic, or more daring in their choice of tracks they played, that was inspiring to me. i also liked walter gibbons, & lerry levan, i remember after i moved to nyc, i was invited to keith haring,s birthday-bash at the paradise garage (may 16, 1984) that really blew my mind, everybody was there, diana ross was standing next to jeff beck etc... madonna was doing her "like a virgin" bed routin on stage and larry levan mixed intothat....incredible! What are you listening to today ? A: today.... mhhh let,s see.... ah cosmic 60 by daniele baldelli with this brilliant afro-funky-moog track, have to call daniele and find out what this is. S: i am constantly trying to find that perfect sound, so i listen randomly to all kinds of music, from rock to techno to disco. new and vintage. the one track that strikes me at the moment is Juice Harp - David Earle Johnson the recording is ultra fat! Why are there so much sexual connotations in your album? A: because nobody would do it like that, a track like REPUTATION OR NOTORIETY? is a slap in the face for most people! in 2003 i started to use these large digital paparazzi pics from the internet to make email flyers for sasha,s party in NYC called "AGED & UNPLAYABLE" and out of peoples reaction to this kind of smut, i developed the concept for our 12" covers and wronger album. i started to use more stylized imagery, worked with cut-outs, drop-outs & repetitions, very basic graphic design elements. the next step was to cut & paste music similar to the way i work with graphics/images plus found footage from old vhs tapes for the videos, it just all fell into place at ones for me with this project. Tell me if I,m wrong, but the fact that your tracks are mixed together and their different styles make sound your album as a good old mix-tape ? A: exactly, i been listening to these cosmic tapes for 20 years, still do and love it, so when we had our cd tracks selected i said to sasha, let,s try this, cut & paste the complete album together (there is no mixing between tracks, just cuts) and really piss people off. but after listening to it, i liked it allot, it made the complete album very tight, like you said, the feel of a great mixed tape. You seam to use or sample live drums, LCD Sound-system do the same and they are influenced by Liquid Liquid and A Certain Ratio for example... Do you feel closed to that kind of bands ? S: i met liquid liquid the first time in 83 when they used our drum kit for a live show in basel, switzerland. their music was so cool. it was punk, but no guitars. they had everyone dance. it had a big impact on me. i was also a big fan of a certain ratio. i still sometime refer to their recordings as a guide line when i record or sample sounds. What do you mean by "wronger than anyone else"? A: being wrong is more then just a title to me. it,s a way of working. sort of liberating myself from fix ideas. trying to force myself to do it wrong and see what comes out of it is very liberating. Thank you guys for answering my questions, look forward to see you in Paris very soon.... and, by the way, "Wronger than Anyone Else" is one of our three albums of the month ! |
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When did you form the band? Alex: we started In Flagranti in 2002 Why did you take the name "In Flagranti"? A: we looked
for a name that had a global ring to it, a name with a sexual
Can you introduce your line up? A: Sasha Crnobrnja
& Alex Gloor we do everything at codek. What are your influences? A: eclectic
dj like Mark Kamins and Daniele Baldelli What's the most rock'n'roll thing you've ever done? A: move to
New York in the early 80,s and dive into local culture of music,
Could we say that you play disco music? A: no, it's
variety of different styles, disco is a big part of it, but not
only. Can you say a few words about codek? A: it,s our personal playground, we wanted to be free and not ask some bore at an office if he likes our music or graphics. we just ordered 500 vinyl records (ZEB- Magic Carpets) in 1996 and start selling them. Sasha does allot of the producing and me i'm the visual guy, doing the graphics , videos etc. What's the universe of in flagranti? A: Thrift Shops and flea-markets have an endless supply of music, pictures and videos, I've been doing this for the last 30 years. my apartment is filled with obscure stuff i can dig into anytime. i was always checking my latest finds like books & records and market them with stickers and little notes. now i just grab randomly a handful of records and with the help of computers i can do what if been waiting to do for a long time, take things apart and reassemble them into something new. S: checking my email to see if alex has sent me some new samples. Who make your music videos? A: i was bored of listening to mp3 samples on the internet, so with the help of iMovie and a bunch of cheap videos i can make these 1 min. clips and the feedback is great, people love it and i get to do what every i want, no censorship on the internet, a true slease-fest for in flagranti (laughs again) What about your next productions? S: for now
the focus is on the release of the in flagranti full length When you are not recording what do you do? A: go to Thrift
Shops and flea-markets every day and do the same routine over
and over, S: there is not much else i do. i try running the label & djing |
sasha crnobrnja (left) & alex gloor, click on pick above for large image
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CRE.011 - VINYL
12" No one makes dance music quite like Brooklyn's In Flagranti, whose productions channel energetic disco, a certain kitsch panache and deliriously repetitive beats into the most compelling 12"s ..... |
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on pics below for quicktime video All clips by Alex Gloor |
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1) ARE YOU READY |
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2) GENITAL BLUE ROOM |
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3) BANG BANG |
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4) NONPLUSULTRA |
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5) INCARNATION |
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6) MELODYMAKER |
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7) EIGHT CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS |
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8) TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO SWEAR |
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9) JUST GAZING |
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10) WE MAKE LOVE IN A HOUSE MADE OF GLASS |
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11) REPUTATION OR NOTORIETY? |
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12) PAROLI |
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13) CONVOLUTION |
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14) SUBVARIETY |
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15) UNCANNY HINTING |
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16) ESKAPADE |
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17) FUTILE ATTEMPT |
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IN FLAGRANTI
- "GENITAL BLUE ROOM" IN FLAGRANTI
- "GENITAL BLUE ROOM" IN FLAGRANTI
- WE MAKE LOVE IN A HOUSE MADE OF GLASS IN FLAGRANTI
- WE MAKE LOVE IN A HOUSE MADE OF GLASS IN FLAGRANTI/FREDDIE
MAS - "TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO SWEAR" IN FLAGRANTI/FREDDIE
MAS - "TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO SWEAR" IN FLAGRANTI/FREDDIE
MAS - "TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO SWEAR" TIMOUT NYC
best of 2005 IN FLAGRANTI
- MELODYMAKER IN FLAGRANTI
- MELODYMAKER IN FLAGRANTI
- MELODYMAKER IN FLAGRANTI
- NONPLUSULTRA
IN FLAGRANTI
BIO: In Flagranti is the duo of Sasha Crnobrnja and Alex Gloor. They both have been in and around various scenes on opposite sites of the globe between New York and Europe. What they share is the simultaneous discovery of the italian cosmic scene from the late 70's early 80's. Both were hooked after hearing some of the mixed tapes in the early 80's, which had this hypnotic blend of electro-disco-afro-rock-funk-dub. in the search of like minded people and the music they loved, Sasha and Alex meet in Basel/Switzerland. It didn't take long for Sasha to join Alex who moved to new york in the early 80's, and also make the move to the big apple, in 1993. the musical bond had become so strong that they decide to start their own record label "Codek Records", which will mark the 10th anniversary in 2006. Since the beginning of Codek Records, Alex and Sasha aim to explore the cosmic background in every possible way by creating and putting together different elements of art/graphic design and styles of music in to a seamless flow, which ultimately leeds them to create "In Flagranti", an act that would reflect all that, and continue to explore the endless possibilities of a 'cut and paste' esthetic. Their DIY attitude, which came in many forms like "Organic Grooves" Sasha's long running weekly party and "SMYLONYLON" tapes, Alex's by now legendary mix tapes, gained them a lot of street credibility in New York and abroad. In addition the CODEK sleeve design is a big part of the whole esthetics, especially some of the early hand silk screened sleeves, which the Wire magazine calls "the best in the business". In Flagranti pushes the envelope further by adding video clips that accompanies each song which are displayed on their website www.codek.com and shows the visual influence. Woman-Glamour-Trash-Chic is the identity which brings out the new punk attitude. From the electronic
Disco sound of Gorgio Moroder, Patric Cowley to
IN FLAGRANTI DISCOGRAPHY: ALL CODEK RECORDS RELEASES CRE.011 - VINYL
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REMIXES AND OTHER APPEARANCES: JUST GAZING
BY IN FLAGRANTI RERELEASED ON TIGERSUSHI (FRANCE) L`AMORE IS THE ANSWER' - DAZED & CONFUSED, NOPHONE (FRANCE)
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