Former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy has said that he finds the commercial side of new dance music “repellent” and that he is not excited by new music at all right now.
Murphy, who yesterday (February 27) revealed plans to release LCD Soundsystem’s final gig on vinyl for Record Store Day, made his comments about the current state of dance music at by:Larm festival in Norway (via MusicWeek).
‘The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live At Madison Square Garden’ will come out as a five-LP set on April 19, with a wider vinyl and digital release set for May 19. The recording will be an unabridged version of the band’s final gig, coming in at almost four hours long. The show, which took place on April 2, 2011 in New York, was documented by the film Shut Up And Play The Hits.
Murphy recently made his coffee line available to buy online. Murphy’s brand of hot beverages, which are sold under the banner House Of Good, were made in collaboration with coffee company Blue Bottle. They are now selling a pound bag of the coffee on their official website for $26 (£15.50) each.
Earlier this week (February 24), Murphy also revealed a brief preview of his plan to turn the New York subway into a multi-station symphony. The producer wants to make every subway station in the US city have its own music, so that people will later associate the place with that sound.