Dancefloor Diplomacy is introducing a new genre of music they call collage. In their first introduction, "We Are Ready," the 20 band members perform a collage of 38 songs, all live. The track is nine minutes of a familiar, yet hard to place, track; like a song that you want to sing along to, but just can't seem to remember the words.
The song begins with Aphex Twin's "Jynweythex Ylow" and ends with å ē° åŗ·å ø "Wind Scene," with well-known tracks dispersed throughout like Britney Spears' "Toxic" and the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army." Though, unlike mashup artists like Girl Talk, Dancefloor Diplomacy covers the songs in a stripped-down, instrumental way, with the only vocals appearing on Hot Chip's "Ready for the Floor."
"We Are Ready's" video is also a pleasure to watch, and plays off this collage genre. The video follows the stories of a handful of different people; from a shirtless, bearded man running through golden fields, to a gang of kids riding through suburban streets on bikes. Interspersed with the musicians themselves; it's an engaging mood piece. The video was directed by Theo Anthony and produced by RTC Studio.
Watch Dancefloor Diplomacy's "We Are Ready":
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Posted: 03/16/2012 1:09 pm Updated: 03/16/2012 3:45 pm