Darkstar, “Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer (Kyle Hall Oats b So Good Mix)” MP3
- story Peter Macia
- photo AJ Wilhelm (F64)
The FADER Internet and FADER Magazine collide in this new remix of Hyperdub band Darkstar, who Scott Wright wrote about recently in his Dollars to Pounds column, and Detroit house wunderkind Kyle Hall, who is a Gen F in our current issue. In fact, Wright wrote about this very Darkstar song, and we wrote about “I <3 Dr. Girlfriend” in the magazine. Close enough to perfect synergy as we can get. Hall’s remix has been streaming on Darkstar’s MySpace for a little bit, but 88 Days has the mpfree. Or you can pay pennies for the single and the remix over at Juno and support them all.
Download: Darkstar, “Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer (Kyle Hall Oats b So Good Mix)” (via 88 days in my veins)
Dollars to Pounds: Darkstar
- story Scott Wright
Listening to Hyperdub’s new retrospective 5 Years Of Hyperdub you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re in the clairvoyance business. A kind of record label Allison DuBois, they have spent the past half decade releasing music that sounds like the future (and probably solve convoluted ghost crimes in their sleep). Their latest act of sonic soothsaying involves Darkstar. The London-based duo is the label’s first band, a move that sees them striking deeper into the unknown. Is Hyperdub the new XL Recordings? Could be. But while Darkstar is a band, it’s still a Hyperdub band. Listen to the haunted mechanics of new single “Aidy’s Girl’s A Computer” here and admire the silent running of these 21st century man machines. I spoke to James and Aiden about sci-fi, Radiohead and Pitchfork’s 480th best single of the ‘00s.
Download: Darkstar, “Aidy’s Girls A Computer”
