We interviewed Simian Mobile Disco outside of the Apple Store in NYC

and the results are as FASCINATING as they are ENTERTAINING.



Basically here's what happened.

We were going to do the interview with KKH's digital camera (in case you hadn't noticed--what up blogspot!--Disconap is the most ghetto operation the world has ever seen...) in some random office at the Apple store, but some dude that worked there FLIPPED on us and gave us this whole speil about them not having press clearance and that we couldn't take pictures and film inside the actual store. The funny part was when he asked us who we were:

Apple Store douchebag: "Uh, guys, and just so I know, who are you shooting for?"
SMD: "Uhhhhh..."
Disconap: "It's for Disconap, a pop music blog written for 14-year-old girls."
Apple Store douchebag: "Yeah, you can't film here."

ANYWAY, joke's on them because we STILL GOT FOOTAGE OF THE APPLE STORE (if you look closely to the left of James). You can actually see PEOPLE buying THINGS which were MADE by APPLE! Stop press, etc.

Anyway back to the interview. We cover four red hot topics with SMD, which are (in chronological order):

1. How their CMJ is going
2. What was the best thing they did during CMJ
3. How they fit their light show into the Apple Store (pictured TO YOUR LEFT!)
4. And how James fucked up his arm.

Then we basically both have some sort of fit where we turn into stuttering puddles of goo and say "WE LOVE YOU" no less than six times.

We're sure our Pulitzer Prize for Journalism is in the mail.

More exclusive content from a certain DJ duo all next week...

Oh, yes we did.

PULSE!

I know CEC just told you that we were just at SMD's live in-store performance at the Apple Store in SOHO. BOY OH BOY - how we STILL can't focus on these computer screens right now. We can't stop squinting!!! THE LIGHTS!!!

We just reviewed some of our footage from earlier today. HOT!
But for now - here's a treat...Simian Mobile Disco released this track, "Pulse" in 2005 on the label Click Click Bang! It was only released on 7" and is quite rare. But the DNs have it for you!

Simian Mobile Disco - Pulse mp3

ENJOY!

Holy Shit last night we saw Simian Mobile Disco

...and it looked like this:



And it melted our faces off. We just came from seeing them AGAIN at the Soho Apple store (more on that later) where they crammed all of those lights in a space where regularly people go shopping for iPhones and things like that.

One word.

AMAZING.

SMD week continues here on Disconap, and we've decided (after much deliberation--not really) to offer a NEW RARE MP3: this time it's a song called "Sick". It's old and good and amazing. In other words cold check it:

Simian Mobile Disco - "Sick"

More SMD insanity to come, including a late-night DJ set at Studio B, the Apple Store appearance, a video interview and a special treat...

A brief history in SMD

This is the Disconappers, My Cousin Roy, the new issue of 'Sup Magazine and James Ford's sleeve.



Last night the Black Ghosts DJ'd the 'Sup CMJ party, and it was awesome (but more on that here). Today we are posting to give you a little bit of SMD history.

In 2005 SMD released a Kitsuné single, entitled "The Count". It's fucking awesome (surprise surprise) and here is the b-side: it's called Cliktrax. It is rare. IT IS HERE!

Simian Mobile Disco - "Cliktrax"

More SMD coming, with a SUPER TREAT at the end of the week... seriously it will fucking blow your minds.

SMD REMIX! HANDS OFF MY GOLD

HOT TRACK! HOT TRACK! Here is SMD's remix of Hands off my Gold from Celebration's latest album, The Modern Tribe.


Photo by Samara Golden

Celebration - Hand off my Gold (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) mp3

If you were able to decipher our "teaser", you'll know that it's SMD week on Disconap

This is Simian Fucking Mobile Disco.



SMD are like ice cream in no less than two ways:

Way #1: They're sweet
Way #2: People who don't like them are stupid.

Not quite sure if we'd want to lick them on a hot summer day though.

Anyway, this week is the OFFICIAL SMD MARATHON on Disconap, since the boys are in town for the CMJ Music Marathon. They've been kind enough to donate a whole bunch of rare tracks and such to us so we can post them all during our very own special SMD mega-fest. We thought we'd post their awesome DJ Mix first, as you'll all need something on your iPods as you run around NYC in search of parties that are full up.

Simian Mobile Disco - "Dummymix Rendered"

Check back for more SMD tidbits of excellent deliciousness all week...

We have some things in store for you for CMJ

CMJ is this week and between running around to shows, sorting through promotional swag and crying from exhaustion, we'll be posting a lot of original content from a certain European DJ duo (who aren't Justice).

Here is what industry types call "a teaser".



Exactly.

SMD on the road...

Check out this video via XLR8R TV of the boys of Simian Mobile Disco packing up their studio gear for their first solo tour!

Guess that mild-mannered dj duo

"We woke up about half an hour ago."

"Drinking and debauchery... stuff..."

"We're on in the dance tent at midnight and we're going to... I dunno..."

"Bleeps."



Obviously, it's Simian Mobile Disco, when NMETV caught up with the boys at Benicassim last week. Nice, fellows, aren't they?

Oh look, SMD to tour in September

...right around the Stateside release of Attack Decay Sustain Release. QUITE exciting.

Sat 09/15 - The Gramercy Theater New York NY w/ Dave P & JDH
Sun 09/16 - La Sala Rossa Montreal PQ
Mon 09/17 - The Mod Club Toronto ON
Tue 09/18 - Empty Bottle Chicago IL
Thu 09/20 - Neumos Seattle WA Diplo, Switch
Fri 09/21 - Mezzanine San Francisco CA w/ Dave P & JDH
Sat 09/22 - Echoplex Los Angeles CA w/ Boys Noiz

Their jolly little press email also came with a video of them playing in Philly:



BUT pales in compatison to 'Sup's footage of SMD performing their international "hit" "It's The Beat" at Studio B in Brooklyn last week:



One more time, just so everyone's on the same page:

Good:



Much better:



Glad we cleared that up then!

Tits & Acid

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It's going to be SMD's US live debut! It's going to be MAD crazy! Yeah I just used the term "mad crazy." Rest up kids because Saturday is going to be bonkers.

From Lesbian Tonsil Hockey Daisy Chain to Eastern European* Mope Fest

There's a new Simian Mobile Disco video.



Kind of creepy right? We were kind of expecting unabridled dance pit orgies, and instead got slapped with kind of sad poor people. WELL PLAYED, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO. WELL PLAYED.

Anyway, the above video is for "I Believe", the newest single off of SMD's fucking stellar debut album Attack Decay Sustain Release. They're playing FIXED! July 7th, so come on out and have some fun. We say them DJ there a few months ago and it was KIND OF AMAZING.

PS: Speaking of DJing, don't forget to come to Savalas tonight to see CEC DJ. We posted the flyer a few days ago. Scroll down a bit, you lazy asshole.

*We don't know if these people are Eastern European, we just took a wild guess, which we suppose makes us horrible people. OH WELL.

the DN's <3 the Teenagers!

Take us to London, take us to France...we want to be where the Teenagers will be!

Here's the video for their debut single, "Homecoming" directed by Kinga Burza:

Also check out their remixes of Simian Mobile Disco's "It's The Beat," Au Revoir Simone's "Fallen Snow," New Young Pony Club's "The Bomb" and Lo Fi Fnk's "City."

Tasty.