LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy plans DJ tour to showcase vintage disco; LSD Soundsystem to make people freak out and think they’re tasting music

LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and Pat Mahoney have announced a three-month international tour that will find them playing DJ sets of classic underground disco.

The inspiration for the tour comes from the other side of the original disco era, the one that favored house parties, The Loft, and Manu Dibango over Studio 54 and “The Hustle.” Murphy says he wants to take away the associations of bell-bottoms and parties like those on That ’70s Show. The disco of his fancy is what he describes as “real liberation music for people who know where to go.”

“With [this tour] I can keep experimenting with remixes that we’re working on, I can keeping playing new stuff, and I can keep finding old records.”

Calling themselves Special Disco Version, Murphy and Mahoney think the time is now for a second disco revolution. The name stems from how labels used to mark dance mixes of pop songs. In other words, what we futurepeople call a “re-mix”.

Dates:

08.08.08 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Celebrities Club 08.09.08 - Los Angeles, CA - 647 Lamar St 08.10.08 - Los Angeles, CA - Roosevelt Hotel 08.13.08 - New York, NY - Santos 08.14.08 - Chicago, IL - Smart Bar 08.15.08 - Montreal, Quebec - Coda 08.16.08 - Toronto, Ontario - Wrong Bar 08.22.08 - London, England - Fabric * 08.23.08 - Brighton, England - Beachdown Festival* 08.24.08 - Birmingham, England - Custard Factory* 08.27.08 - New York, NY - Santos # 09.10.08 - New York, NY - Santos 09.18.08 - Lisbon, Portugal - Lux % 09.19.08 - London, England - Fabric % 09.20.08 - Glasgow, Scotland - Better Days % 09.24.08 - New York, NY - Santos # 10.03.08 - Rio de Janiero, Brazil - TBA 10.08.08 - New York, NY - Santos 10.10.08 - Seoul, South Korea - TBA 10.11.08 - Tokyo, Japan - TBA 10.22.08 - New York, NY - Santos # 10.25.08 - London, England - TBA

* Pat only
% James only
# featuring Tim Sweeney, Beats In Space and other special guests

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