Well I'm not a huge fan of award ceremonies. I think they are sometimes fixed and reflect profits and/or plugging by record labels.
But from our point of view it's nice to see the Chems getting themselves back in the limelight.
https://twitter.com/ChemBros/status/673869053207953409
Can our American members tell us the difference between Song of the Year and Record of The Year?
The Nominees (http://www.grammy.com/nominees)
If you can't be bothered to read the link or scroll through, these are the Chems two categories:
QuoteBest Dance Recording
We're All We Need
Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston
Andrew Bayer, Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness & Paavo Siljamäki, producers; Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness & Paavo Siljamäki, mixers
Label: Ultra/Anjunabeats
Go
The Chemical Brothers
Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers; Steve Dub Jones & Tom Rowlands, mixers
Label: Astralwerks
Never Catch Me
Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Steven Ellison, producer; Kevin Marques Moo, mixer
Track from: You're Dead!
Label: Warp Records
Runaway (U & I)
Galantis
Linus Eklöw, Christian Karlsson & Svidden, producers; Linus Eklöw, Niklas Flyckt & Christian Karlsson, mixers
Track from: Pharmacy
Label: Big Beat/Atlantic
Where Are Ü Now
Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber
Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, producers; Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, mixers
Track from: Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
Label: Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Our Love
Caribou
Label: Merge Records
Born In The Echoes
The Chemical Brothers
Label: Astralwerks
Caracal
Disclosure
Label: Capitol Records
In Colour
Jamie XX
Label: Young Turks Recordings
Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
Skrillex And Diplo
Label: Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic
I think record of the year is more about the sum of its parts (song writing, performance, recording quality/mastering, impact) while song of the year focuses more on the song writing. I don't really know.
As much as I want the chems to win both, I think they'll take the song category, but lose on the album category. Grammy politics I guess.
I'd like to see Jamie xx win best album and Go for best song
The Skrillex & Diplo album is the only one I don't have out of those five.
It's a tough call for me between Caribou, The Chems and Jamie XX.
:music Totally happy with the Jamie xx album being in the nominees . . ' Hold Tight ' .. such a tune , takes your head to a different place :music
I thought "You're Dead" came out last year? The video for "Never Catch Me" is fucking beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXD0vv-ds8
I do like Go but I hate to say it, I can't help but think that got nominated cause of the success of Get Lucky from Daft Punk last year. I always thought that this was the chems answer to that when first heard when was chosen as the official single of return for the new album. But one could argue the chems have already done this rap anthem groove hits a lot earlier than Daft Punk anyways.
I hope Born in the Echoes wins but it is tough competition in that category. Jamie XX if not them I hope.
Quote from: MIKL on Dec 12, 2015, 12:51
I do like Go but I hate to say it, I can't help but think that got nominated cause of the success of Get Lucky from Daft Punk last year. I always thought that this was the chems answer to that when first heard when was chosen as the official single of return for the new album. But one could argue the chems have already done this rap anthem groove hits a lot earlier than Daft Punk anyways.
I hope Born in the Echoes wins but it is tough competition in that category. Jamie XX if not them I hope.
I have to disagree here. Go, in my opinion, is nothing remotely like Get Lucky. Neither the groove nor the rap thing is comparable to Get Lucky, there's no rap at all in GL. They're entirely distinct from one another, unless you count "catchiness" as the common ground. Go is much more aggressive and totally different in its energy. And I don't believe they even dwelled on GL to come up with somthing similar because it's just not. I doubt they'd waste their time with this kind of crap. They don't do pie-chart music, as Tom stated recently.
As for the nominations, I guess newcomers will win the race. It's tough for "established" acts to take the cake.
I should've clarified more. I was talking about the judges on the Grammy panels' way of thinking with potentially there limited knowledge of the whole electronic music scene and history and and maybe the latest record company they are with as to how they decided to promote the new album with Go to begin with not necessarily that T&E had that in mind when creating it from the get go. (How do you think all this horrible EDM laptop "pie chart" crap got popular in the first place.) I can only imagine the frustration with bands like the chems with this.
As far as I could see the album didn't even make the top 50 pitchfork even it got a half decent rating from them initially. Was expecting too much from that anyway.
Quote from: MIKL on Dec 16, 2015, 10:25
As far as I could see the album didn't even make the top 50 pitchfork even it got a half decent rating from them initially. Was expecting too much from that anyway.
Pitchfork might not be the absolute reference, but if the Grammies follow their trend, then no doubt Jamie xx will win best album. When are the Grammies by the way ?
:music
http://www.djmag.com/features/bob-2015-chemical-brothers-best-live-act
Quotelive replacement for original Chems member Ed Simons, who no longer tours with the group
what?
It is tonight ! Who's gonna watch ? As much as I'd love to see Tom & Ed win, I'll put a penny on Jamie XX for best album.
Quote from: Ben_j on Feb 14, 2016, 18:01
It is tonight ! Who's gonna watch ? As much as I'd love to see Tom & Ed win, I'll put a penny on Jamie XX for best album.
Isn't it tommorrow night?
Quote from: Csar on Feb 14, 2016, 19:17
Isn't it tommorrow night?
Ah, crap, you're right
(for Europeans and others it's actually on Tuesday :) )
Broadcast:
5 p.m. (PST)
7 p.m. (CST)
8 p.m. (EST)
more time zones:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160215T17&p1=137&p2=136&p3=195&p4=166&p5=264&p6=240
Stream:
http://live.grammy.com/
http://www.cbs.com/shows/grammys/all-access/
Aww, 2AM ? :( (says the guy who didn't sleep until 4AM last night)
Diplo and Skrillex? Seriously???
Skrillex & Diplo win best album. Ugh.
Fuck Jack Ü, fuck Justin Bieber.
The live stream seems kinda boring, No guest presenters, loads of empty seats. All seems very perfunctory.
http://live.grammy.com/
Quote from: Skyscraper on Feb 15, 2016, 23:22
The live stream seems kinda boring, No guest presenters, loads of empty seats. All seems very perfunctory.
http://live.grammy.com/
It's actually the "premiere ceremony" apparently. They give a lot of awards that they don't have time for in the actual show.
Hey at least Diplo just lost a Grammy for Best producer ! Fingers crossed for Tame Impala who could (and should) win best alternative album
Got it. So best dance/electronc album is in the pre-show but best dance recording is later in the main show. Weird.
Also I thought "EDM" was big in America these days so I'm surprised the 'album' category wasn't scheduled for the main show.
Anyway the Grammys are clearly rubbish as neither Chems, Jamie XX nor Caribou won the album prize.
Quote from: Skyscraper on Feb 15, 2016, 23:44
Got it. So best dance/electronc album is in the pre-show but best dance recording is later in the main show.
No no, Jack U also won that...
https://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=66
EDIT : And Tame Impala lost too apparently...
D'oh! Well at least we didn't have to wait up for it.
Well, I guess it's how the business works. You're new, you probably win. You're "established" and constantly deliver quality, you lose out to the new guys. I know where my heart is.
Glad I fell asleep last night.
Quote from: Csar on Feb 16, 2016, 09:59
Well, I guess it's how the business works. You're new, you probably win. You're "established" and constantly deliver quality, you lose out to the new guys. I know where my heart is.
Glad I fell asleep last night.
Diplo is far from new, man. But last years Aphex Twin won over deadmau5, so it's not always that way.
Quote from: Ben_j on Feb 16, 2016, 11:11
Diplo is far from new, man. But last years Aphex Twin won over deadmau5, so it's not always that way.
But Jack Ü as a group is fairly new and it's actually their debut album. That's what I was aiming at.