Following on from 2008’s critically acclaimed Stop, Space, Return, Crazy P return for their fifth studio album When We On, released September 27th through Smoke N´Mirrors (North America).

Alongside the wealth of brilliant remixes they have served up recently, When We On shows how far Crazy P have come since 2008. Whether it’s the anthemic ‘Beatbox’, with its freeform acapella work, grinding Prince—style guitar and haunting strings, the reflective ‘Eruption’, driven on by a rave piano figure and lead singer Danielle Moore’s plaintive cry of “Let me be the one you run to” or, at the other end of the scale, the Detroit techno-esque ‘Sonar’, with its increasingly frenetic payoff, this is an album packed full of potential singles. They might be crazy, but they sure know where the tunes are located.

“With Stop Space Return we wrote the majority of that as a band,” explains Jim Baron. “For this, we decided to strip it back to me and Toddy (Chris Todd. Guitar/Keys) writing with Danielle. We gave Danielle the Loop Station and she’s really taken to it. You can layer vocals, you can hear harmonies immediately, so she can jam along with us now. It shaped a lot of the vocal sound for the album. There’s a tune called ‘We Can Only Be Who Are’ which has big vocal layering, and there’s a lot of that. It’s probably a bit more… grown-up.” 

Chris expands on the theme: “We had quite a big year last year for lots of different reasons and we had difficulties too and I think a lot of the writing came out of that. It’s a little bit more reflective and thoughtful than previous albums.” 

For Danielle, it’s been a revelation in the way they work. “It was back to basics,” she says. “I’d have a go on the keyboards using two fingers or I’d have a go on the drum machine. It was like being at school or in a huge sandpit where you’ve been given loads of buckets to muck about with. We had a loop station as well which I’ve always been nervous of and this time it was like right let me have a go of this and it allowed me to record my vocals.”

For Danielle, the album narrative is the camaraderie between its protagonists. “Their friendship came through in creating this album. The way we worked created a lot of intimacy between us and a definite warmth to the album.” 

Despite the suggestions of melancholy from the band, and they certainly know how to emote when the moment’s right, they haven’t forgotten how to party. “We’re open for service, we’re open for love,” sings Danielle. Crazy, but true. 

Crazy P - Changes

On April 30th PillowTalk member, Michael Tello laid down a powerful 2 hour DJ set at New York's newest hotspot Flash Factory. He debuted the new Kendrick Lamar - Blue Faces mix along as "Booty Rang" of their new single "Love Addicted" out now on CREWLOVE Records. You'll here some unreleased goodies and some old school classics to keep your body moving. 



PillowTalk - Flash Factory (Live Dj Set)

Welcome to Discolovers podcast. We are honored to launch this with a exclusive mix from Pillowtalk(Crew Love). A lot of good music through the disco, funk and Brazilian music also. Pure music from soul , push play and enjoy it!!! <3

Bem vindos ao Discolovers podcast. Temos a honra de fazer o lançamento do canal com uma mix exclusiva do Pillowtalk (Crew Love). Muita musica boa passando pelo disco, funk e também musica brasileira. Musica pura e de alma, aperte o play e divirta-se!!! <3

PillowTalk - Dançando sob lençois (Mixed By Sammy D) FREE DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE

Shiny Objects was performing at the Jungle closing party when the events at another venue close by (Blue Parrot) broke out and changed the course of the night, as well as the future of BPM festival, forever.

Deciding to release the mix as a tribute to the festival and the BPM team, this is likely to be the last DJ set played in Playa Del Carmen in the foreseeable future. While there is still a lot of confusion on what the future of BPM or electronic music in Mexico will be, Shiny Objects cements a tragic moment in time with the release of his mix. 

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Shiny Objects - BPM 2016 Closing Set

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Track of the Day: Squire “When It Rains Into the Wild”

8 years ago we started our camp Disco Knights and for our last voyage to bring our disco space ship to the playa, we thought what better way to celebrate and throw one of the best parties on the planet than having the legend Carl Cox https://soundcloud.com/carl-cox play a special sunrise house set for Disco Knights. What else can we say… one of the most charming DJs in the business. A musical ambassador and a veteran of acid house, a champion of techno, a dance music pioneer, label owner, King of Ibiza – you name it, Carl's been there and done it, never losing sight of his passions – playing music, breaking tunes, celebrating life, and more importantly, always playing the vibe on the dance floor and making people dance! This all was the perfect fit for the mission we embarked on 8 years ago; there are many amazing sound camps at Burning Man, but what we always tried to build and do different was to make DK all about the unique intimate vibe through the love vibrations that derived from the people that are willing to travel to the far side of the playa to party with us.

Disco Knights is honored to release the recording from a magical morning set from Carl Cox.  Carl nailed the sound and vibe this morning and Disco Knights family and friends were feeling it hard! Thank you, Carl! And thank you everyone who was there to make such a special morning! 

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Carl Cox - Live at Disco Knights 2017 - Wednesday Morning

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