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| Pitchfork |
Dark Party is the duo of industrious producer Eliot Lipp and the lesser-known Leo 123, whose scant credits so far include a production for L.A. underground rapper Subtitle and some previous appearances alongside Lipp. The latter's debut was released by hip-hop instrumentalist Guillermo Scott Herren of Prefuse 73, and for several albums, Lipp applied his own bright gloss to that style. In 2009, though, Lipp dropped Peace Love Weed 3D, a grinning but uneven album that began taking things in a more distinctively electro direction. Maybe part of what the less prolific Leo 123 brings to Dark Party is a more exacting level of quality control, because the duo's long-gestating debut, Light Years, is an unflagging blast, the sort of non-stop electro party that Peace Love pointed toward but didn't entirely deliver. Old-school electro isn't exactly an unusual angle these days, but Dark Party kick it with more concision than Dâm-Funk's wandering jams and with deeper sound design than, say, Copy's analog monophonia. "Down" has a reedy vocoder hook that evokes Daft Punk circa a couple of helmet upgrades ago. "Tonight" features chicken-scratch guitar and luxurious plush bass. "Tina" even achieves the feel of a live, if keyboard-equipped, band rocking out, with its acoustic drum sounds and its loose fills and guitar strokes. Multiple tracks add chopped-up vocal samples to the mix, from the diva garble of "Status" to "Feets", with its chanting command to "get your feet, get your feet, get your feet up in the air"-- an inversion of the more common hip-hop request (hands) that all but demands headspins and b-boy acrobatics....full text |
| Urb |
| Dark Party knows how to craft a fitting band name. Their jams beg to eclipse a dim and smoke filled dive with funky electro and hints of soul and hip-hop. Add cheap cocktails and an affinity for groovin’ til you need to fan with your hand and the duo, consisting of Eliot Lipp and Leo 123, have lived up to their description of their first full length album. Light Years is “Dance Music You’ve Been Waiting For…” Now, I usually lean toward tunes I can sing along to. They give a girl something extra to play with while making sure her dance floor victim is keeping up. But as Dark Party’s brilliant opening tune “Easy” builds – it is reminiscent of Soul II Soul’s “Keep on Movin’” if it were to mingle with Cameo’s “Back and Forth” – it’s clear the lyrics would have only muddied the memories. Anyone sharing a fetish for ’80s funk as well as ’90s dance and R&B will vibe heavily to the production of Tacoma-bred, Brooklyn-based Lipp and Chicago-based Leo 123, who met at The San Francisco Art Institute. “Tina,” by far the most danceable and delicious track on the record, could have fit nicely on SIDE TWO (you know you had the tape) of Roger and Zapp’s debut Zapp. “Status” sounds the most modern with echoing synths, an eerie refrain and German pop sensibilities....full text |
| Flmsdown |
| DARK PARTY is the electronic dance project of Tacoma raised, Brooklyn-based producer ELIOT LIPP and Chicago-based producerLEO 123. Each with their own respective critically hailed releases, they make and DJ electronic music influenced by House, Disco, and 80's Hip-Hop rooted in New York and Chicago, the cities where they currently reside. Having originally met at The San Francisco Art Institute several years ago, the DARK PARTY project actually didn’t come together until 2005 - formed as an outlet to pay tribute to the duo's favorite classic productions, while forging their own path towards the perfect modern beat. Together they create upbeat, electro-funk masterpieces - a bit more suited for the dance floor than their own respective solo ventures. Their sound could sometimes be compared to modern acts like Metro Area/Morgan Geist, Daft Punk, Dam-Funk, Jimmy Edgar, while giving nods to classic dance beats from the 80’s & 90’s. Over the last couple years, Dark Party have toured the country, sharing the stage with acts like Gaslamp Killer, Skream, Prefuse 73, Mike Slott, Pretty Lights, Bassnectar & many others. Their previous releases have been limited to remix work for the likes Daedelus, HEALTH, STS9 and Jogger as well as releasing an exclusive song on the hugely popular Ghostly Swim compilation (a Ghostly Recs & Adult Swim collab)....full text |
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