I will be honest, I really wasnt paying attention to anything to do with Aeroplane‘s “In Flight Entertainment” compilation because I didnt see the point of it. The dude puts out monthly mix-charts which you can download for free. They also have fairly upfront and ‘exclusive’ tracks in them, which is one of the main selling points of the “In Flight Entertainment” compilation, the exclusive content. I really had no plans to review it, talk about it and I had just planned to shrug my shoulders and move on with life.
Big mistake.
“In Flight Entertainment” is well, simply, very good. It’s actually so good, I don’t want to spoil it too much by giving away stuff about it. Because one of the great things about this compilation is the surprise element. So here are some good things that are already known…
There is only one original track from Aeroplane on it, I’m surprised because the temptation to put loads of your own material in your own compilation must be quite high. The track is “Save Me Now“, it’s a very catchy and bouncey pop-song. One of those tracks you’ll end up repeat playing loads. I hope it gets a proper single release in the near future…
There are no remixes on the compilation either, every track is an original and I think there might be a reason behind it, a couple of the artists are perhaps more known for their remix work (I think the press release also mentions something along these lines..), than their original productions and the compilation allows a few people who may have question-marks over their heads to shut the nay-sayers up. Which is nice.
There are some tracks which do steal the show a little bit, Herr Styler‘s “Zero Ghosts Out The Door” is pretty outrageous. It’s music for Pirates (of the sailing kind yo!) meets studio ghibli and it really is something special.
Herr Styler – Zero ghosts out the door by Herr Styler
And Oliver continue their fine run of form with their classical nu-disco symphony “Memories of The Future“. It’s more Daft Punk than Daft Punk… if that makes sense?
Oliver – Memories Of The Future
I could go on. The Poolside track “Take Me Home” is the perfect opening track. Martin Dubka‘s “Through Thorns To The Stars” is one of the best ‘dramatic disco’ tracks I’ve heard all year (dude is going to be big) and Drop Out Orchestra’s “It Will Never Be The Same Again” is another quality tune from an act that have been on fire all year.
Drop Out Orchestra // It Will Never Be The Same Again (CLIP)
But that’s it. No more spoilers… and if you do want to spoil it, you can just google the tracklisting or something….
If I had any gripes, two of the tracks on compilation are a ‘little’ weak… but out of 13.. that’s not bad at all and they might sound weak because the others are so strong.
Oh… and if you are wondering, it’s all mixed together really well. It’s Aeroplane. Haha.
Score - (=^･ｪ･^=)/10
It’s out today in various formats.
iTunes / Juno (CD) / Vinyl Sampler 1 / Vinyl Sampler 2
I stole the following gif… and forgot who I stole it from.
The Knocks!
No responses so far because all readers are busy listening to that Herr Styler piece. True story.
No responses because I didnt diss it or score it. Haha.
That GIF needs ‘Deal with it’ text added.
Bxentric’s – Foolishness, & Herr Styler’s – Zero Ghosts Out the Door are probably my best.
But Zero Ghosts, – I kinda imagined Suzy Wong eating jello with a single chopstick while getting a sexy groove going !! – great, unusual & unexpected.