Steve Aoki Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles
As DJ of the celebs and a CobraSnake fixture, Steve Aoki is often discredited as […]
As DJ of the celebs and a CobraSnake fixture, Steve Aoki is often discredited as an over-hyped hipster. Fortunately Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles, his debut mix, mostly ditches the glitz for a quality listen of fun and danceable remixes. As an homage to his hardcore roots, the disc opens with Refused’s “New Noise,” which blends seamlessly into a Pase Rock-featuring re-edit of Justice’s “Waters of Nazareth.” The mix progressively blends genres as remixes of Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, and others feature new verses from Amanda Blank, Kid Sister, and Hot Hot Heat’s Steve Bays. If you can curb your hipster phobias, Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles is good times.