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02/10/2008

xXx New York... Chaka Khan (25 views 0 comments)

altOne of the best cover versions of all time. One of the 80's most covered songs. One of disco's most enduring songs. With the triumverate of I Feel For You (a cover taken from Prince's self-titled 2nd album), Ain't Nobody and I'm Every Woman, Chaka Khan's influence on the past 30 ye...

01/10/2008

xXx Munich... Bomb The Bass (15 views 0 comments)

altA key figure in the development of DJ and sampling culture, Tim Simenon aka Bomb The Bass was as important to UK dance music late 80s development as MARRS, S-Express and Coldcut. After the success of singles Beat Dis and Bug Powder Dust Simenon went on to produce one of Depeche M...

01/10/2008

xXx Paris - Bloc Party (21 views 0 comments)

altBloc Party are getting bloody hard to pigeonhole. Just when we had them down as a kind of rocky nu-rave hybrid, they go and make a comeback with the trip-hop infused Mercury, then move straight onto new territo...

26/09/2008

xXx London: Disco Bloodbath (26 views 0 comments)

altIn case you hadn't noticed, disco is back, Back, BACK! in a big way this year.  One one hand it's had a lot to do with LCD Soundsystem and their DFA label's good work over the past few years, on another hand there's been the continued excellence of those funky Scandies Lindstrom, Prins Thomas and Todd Terje, a...

26/09/2008

xXx London: Mark Ronson (41 views 0 comments)

 

altHe's the celebrity DJ of choice, raking in a million quid for 45 minutes sets at the birthday parties of multi-millionaires's daughters. And he's been out with Daisy Lowe. We're jealous of

25/09/2008

xXx Munich: Booka Shade (55 views 0 comments)

altWith the likes of the Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Basement Jaxx and Prodigy still headlining festivals on a regular basis, it's rather strange that in the 10 years since those live dance acts came to prominence there have been so few contenders to be a new heavyweight joining their ranks, despite the proliferation of...

25/09/2008

Car Party Coming Up! (29 views 0 comments)

Here at Diesel we dont only sing, dance and make clothes, but we also make cars. Our new car, a small but stylish Fiat 500, will be launched at the Paris Car Show on October 2nd. It is described as an “urban survival vehicle”- being sporty yet subtle with a low fuel consumption engine. It holds a strong personality and is...

24/09/2008

xXx London: Rob da Bank (29 views 0 comments)

altAnyone who can convince 30,000 people that dressing up in varying degrees of riduculous costumes for a whole 24 hours - whilst wading ankle deep in mud underneath the sort of skies you expect to see in an armageddon movie - is alright by us. Rob da Bank is that man. Al...

24/09/2008

xXx London: The Teenagers (24 views 0 comments)

 

altTeenagers scare us. They wear hoods and have cloven feet and laugh derisively when we say words like “wicked”. Thankfully, The Teenagers aren’t actually teenagers, so we can look them in the eye without getting our whole family killed. In fact, who could possibly be scared of

24/09/2008

Pitchfork & NME Spreads the Heat for New York's xXx Party (32 views 0 comments)

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The secret location for our xXx in New York has finally been discovered by Pitchfork and NME. The party, which is themed "The Rock and Roll Circu...