Favorite New Music: The Twelves
posted by Mojo Marshall
The Twelves
30 Minutes of Twelves
Self-Released Mix
2008
I’ve been bumping this great mix I pulled off of BIGSTEREO yesterday non-stop for almost 24 hours. It’s mostly mid-tempo italo-disco and electro stuff. The Thriller instrumenal is deftly beat-mixed in. Chromatics, Datarock, M.I.A. are all killer. But The Twelves’ remix of The Black Kid’s “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You” is the highlight of the mix. It kicks in around the 24 minute mark. Party!
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The Twelves - 30 Minutes of Twelves Mix
0 - Intro - Title Music from A Clockwork Orange
1 - Revolte - Weak Generation
2 - Michael Jackson - Thriller (instrumental)
3 - Chromatics - In The City (The Twelves Replay)
4 - Datarock - I Used to Dance with my Daddy (Metal on Metal Remake)
5 - Lifelike - So Electric
6 - Theatre of Disco - YOA (The Twelves Remix)
7 - Boys Noize - Feel Good (TV Off)
8 - Thieves Like Us - Drugs in My Body (The Twelves Replay)
9 - Le Knight Club - Rhumba
10 - Les Rhythmes Digitales - Hypnotize
11 - Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You (The Twelves Replay)
12 - M.I.A. - Boyz (The Twelves Replay)
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About the Twelves: From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, “The Twelves” were formed by the duo João Miguel and Luciano Oliveira back in 2005. The name came from the strange coincidence of their birth dates: twelve of july of 1980.
The breakthrough for The Twelves came in July of 2007 when they remixed the track “Boyz” from M.I.A’s sophomore album, Kala. The reworked track with an added club feel resulted in one of the most talked about remixes of 2007. The blog coverage surrounding the remix was extensive and eventually the track started to appear in sets from high profile djs around the world, including Kissy Sell Out, who played it on BBC’s “In New Djs We Trust” series.
The duo followed “Boyz” with equally well received remixes for Asobi Seksu and Erlend Oye, both of which featured on a number of blogs and music related sites. This stream of good tracks soon caught the attention of a number of labels, including Modular Records (home of Cut Copy, Klaxons and others) who comissioned a “Twelves Remix” of the song “Get Lucky” by New Young Pony Club. The resulting remix was released alongside reworkings from household names like MSTRKRFT and Who Made Who, and received excellent reviews.
Press coverage in Brazil soon started to pick up, with interviews in newspapers and magazines. The coverage led to appearances in festivals and concerts alongside names like Diplo, LCD Soundsystem, She Wants Revenge, Van She and Phoenix.
The sound of the duo brings influences from many genres. Among the most influential to their sound are Daft Punk, Justice, Röyksopp, Vitalic, Simian Mobile Disco, MSTRKRFT, Clor, Cut Copy and Goldfrapp.
Their live show is a unique blend of live keyboards, drum machines, mash-ups and remixing on the fly. A key element for the duo is trying to improvise as much as possible.
“We’re always looking to remix new and original people, so drop us a line.”
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 at 7:43 pm