A 'darkwave township house' cover of Joy Division's classic paean to dancing to a bleaker beat. Grim ? but very good
Control ? a "darkwave township house" cover of the Joy Division classic She's Lost Control ? is the fourth single to be taken from South African producer/DJ Spoek Mathambo's latest album, Mshini Wam. With an eerily distorted vocal and one of those "wamp wamp" basslines everyone's using, Control maintains the original's ability to make you want to dance while fully aware that the song itself is best accompanied by a dark depression. The incredible video ? premiered on Dazed Digital ? was shot in Langa, Cape Town and is directed by respected photographer Pieter Hugo, who used a cast made up mainly of kids from the local dance troupe, Happy Feet. Also, if someone could follow the DD link and tell us what that weird creature thing is at the beginning that would be great.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/feb/25/spoek-mathambo-control-new-music
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