HEALTH unleashes disco, tours Europe

“Beautiful noise” group HEALTH will release a remixed version of its self-titled debut album this month, and is currently amidst an extensive European tour.

HEALTH//DISCO is not actually a disco album. However, it does feature 11 remixed songs from the band’s 2007 debut, including tracks from Crystal Castles, Acid Girls, Pink Skull and Thrust Lab. The album also contains an enhanced DISCO+ portion with remixes from artists including Toxic Avenger and Captain Ahab. The album is due May 13 on Lovepump United Records.

The band recorded its debut, HEALTH, in one of the members’ favorite places: the downtown L.A. all-ages venue The Smell. The band members purchased old-school equipment, primarily ribbon microphones used for BBC radio broadcasts in the 1930s, to complement the reverberating potential of their brick recording space. The resulting album garnered a 2008 PLUG Awards nomination for Avant Album of the Year.

The Los Angeles-based rockers, who played the Paste-Stereogum hosted Dell Lounge at SXSW this year, are currently trotting their intense live show all over Europe.

HEALTH//DISCO tracklist:

1. Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx A)
2. Lost Time (Pictureplane Rmx)
3. Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx B)
4. Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH)
5. Heaven (Narctrax Rmx)
6. Problem Is (Thrust Lab Rmx)
7. Triceratops (CFCF Rmx)
8. Lost Time (C.L.A.W.S. Rmx)
9. Tabloid Sores (Nosajthing Rmx)
10. Heaven (Pink Skull Rmx)
11. Perfect Skin (Curses! Rmx)

Dates:

April
25 - Troy, N.Y. @ EMPAC
30 - Oxford, U.K. @ Wheatsheaf

May
1 - London, U.K. @ Luminaire
2 - Vienna, Austria @ Donau Festival
3 - Manchester, U.K. @ Charlie’s Nightclub
4 - Leeds, U.K. @ Brudenell
5 - Cambridge, U.K. @ The Portland Arms
6 - Nottingham, U.K. @ Bodega
9 - Dublin, Ireland @ Whelans
10 - Glasgow, U.K. @ Captain’s Rest
11 - Newcastle, U.K. @ End Bar
12 - Brighton, U.K. @ The Freebutt
13 - Brussels, Belgium @ Nuit De Botanique Festival
14 - Ghent, Belgium @ Vooruit
15 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bitterzoet
16 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Worm
17 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli
18 - Hamburg, Germany @ Westwerk
19 - Helsinki, Finland @ Kuudes Linja
20 - Turku, Finland @ Dynamo
21 - Oslo, Norway @ Spasibar
22 - Aarhus, Denmark @ Musikcafeen
23 - Berlin, Germany @ Westgermany
25 - Leipzig, Germany @ Zoro
26 - Vienna, Austria @ Arena
29 - Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera

June
3 - Barcelos, Portugal @ Zoom
4 - Porto, Potugal @ Maus Habitos
5 - Rennes, France @ Ubu
6 - Cherbourg, France @ Terra Trema Festival
7 - Paris, France @ Vilette Sonique
9 - Southampton, U.K. @ The Joiners
11 - Liverpool, U.K. @ Korova

Related links:
HealthNoise.com
Health on MySpace
LovepumpUnited.com

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