I'm still unclear about what or who makes up A Touch Of Class ever since hearing their compilation A Touch of Class - Sucks! from a few years back (are they just a label? are they their own band? why are they trying to confuse us?), but I know they've got a magic touch with everything (releases, remixes... and class, I guess?).
Four years later, ATOC has already released follow up compilation, A Touch Of Class - Still Sucks!, which I haven't managed to get a copy of yet, but I wanted to bring your attention to one of the artists they remixed, and how crazy mad I am at myself for not paying more attention to.
("Element Of Danger" music video)
This band in reference is the Brooklyn duo Services, who've just had the single from their two-year old album, Your Desire Is My Business (another album I don't have yet), remixed by MSTRKRFT and ATOC in the past year. But the original version to this single, "Element Of Danger," grabbed my attention immediately. It's a fresh take on the electronic/guitar rock sound that I can't really compare to anything else without problems.
I sampled clips of the album off iTunes, and it sounds like they go into electro death rock at times, but the new music on their MySpace sounds promising (and a new album for this year, perhaps?). If you want the MSTRKRFT remix, you're out of luck. Here's the album version, yeah!
Services - "Element Of Danger"
