Browse by Artist: CAPTAIN COMATOSE

Artist:	CAPTAIN COMATOSE
Title:	Going Out
Label:	PLAYHOUSE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	PLAY 007CD

"Can Oral is Khan -- this is the name he's been known by for many years. As an authority in the international house, techno and electro scene, his productions are innumerable, as are his pseudonyms, but there's a leitmotif in all of Khan's work: no matter what style he happens to prefer at any given moment, it always has an irresistible groove to it, it has soul and it's sexy. Khan, born and bred in Frankfurt, until shortly living in New York, has now returned to Germany, choosing Berlin as his new domicile, armed with another new project: Captain Comatose. Khan shares the place at the helm with his music partner in crime, DJ Snax, who he met at a fashion show in Berlin back in 1996 -- only to find out they were virtually neighbours in New York. Three 12" releases on Playhouse in the last three years gave a hint of what to expect on the first Captain Comatose album: a sleazy mix consisting of disco, electro and house, a rhythm that gets your hips swinging and soulful vocals that hold you spellbound. Thanks to Captain Comatose, the world of electronic music has gained two more super heroes -- two artists who casually and sexily fuse the very best the different worlds of dance music have to offer: cool soul with funky techno and trashy disco meet pushy electro and housey beats. An album which has ever more to discover, multifarious and ravishing. And a project that's especially impressive at live performances -- in Khan's own words: 'We're definitely a disco band in the true sense.' The journey has only just begun."

Artist:	CAPTAIN COMATOSE
Title:	Up In Flames
Label:	PLAYHOUSE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	PLAY 014CD

"The last-standing disco band invite you to join them as they go Up In Flames. Drinks will be served and served and served until the last disco fan is left standing or comatose, whichever comes first. On hand to orchestrate the debauchery will be your hosts, Khan and Snax, the two mavens of clubland who make up Captain Comatose. An arch dancefloor provocateur, Khan is soulful and remote, like his music and his Turkish-Finnish heritage. Originally from Washington DC, Snax is a party-hungry funkateer with an affecting falsetto who is driven by the sound of go-go and garage punk. His kinky afro teases out a clue to the thinking behind the duo's new album, Up In Flames, which finds disco taking rock on at its own game. 'Musically, I'm interested in that weird period in the late '70s when rock went disco,' explains Khan. 'It sounds retarded but things like Rod Stewart and the Stones; their disco records were some of the best albums they ever did.' When the asceticism of punk made it un-cool to indulge oneself, rock's old guard simply continued their hedonistic ways behind closed doors, in the anything-goes atmosphere of clubs like New York's Studio 54, and made records that reflected that mindset. The sound of the new album takes its cue from one of the songs that closed their last, 2001's Going Out; a deranged cover of Iggy Pop's 'Baby,' powered by a pounding club beat. It finds its match in 'To My Song,' the opener on Up In Flames, whose hypnotic rhythm sounds like the Beach Boys gone techno or Kraftwerk meets Motown, depending on which of the two you ask."

Artist:	CAPTAIN COMATOSE
Title:	Don't Come Back (Album Version)
Label:	PLAYHOUSE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	PLAY 073BEP

"This is it! This limited 12" is here to whet your appetite for the forthcoming Captain Comatose album. After 2 great EP's for Playhouse, Going Out, which is the album's title, is the logically consistent development of Khan's & Snax' work on their common material. One strength of this sympathetic duo is their live appearance which steals the show from every conventional 'electronic' act due to their fabulous entertaining qualities."

Artist:	CAPTAIN COMATOSE
Title:	$100 EP
Label:	PLAYHOUSE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	PLAY 073EP

"'$100' -- the official single of the Captain Comatose album Going Out. And what a smash! So we decided against the 'classic' a/b side separation and made it a double-a-side. '$100' shows the more vibrant side of the duo which comes to light especially live. Makes us bawl -- I mean sing along right away to the refrain. 'Masoquista' -- exclusively on this EP -- is an instrumental with a slight dubby touch which shows even more the many faces of Captain Comatose, and which can be discovered on the upcoming album." Includes a remix by Electronicat.

Artist:	CAPTAIN COMATOSE
Title:	Picking Up
Label:	PLAYHOUSE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	PLAY 091EP

4 track 12" with free bonus CD version (11 tracks, including the vinyl cuts). "Now it's 'Picking Up' time with the dynamic dirty duo of Captain Comatose. And they picked up some real cute guys who got persuaded to deliver the goods this time. Mr. Trevor 'Playgroup' Jackson got his hands on 'Price Gun Baby' and wrapped the lyrics in some nice electrohouse beats, the Munk boys out of the Gomma posse from Munich took '$100' and ran away... haha, just kidding... They're ridin' on a heavy distorted bassline and brought in some beautiful girl singing which adds nicely to the feel of the song. CC's own Mister Snax whips the cowbell and gets all funked up synthesizer-wise while Kid Congo Powers (of Cramps & Gun Club fame) picked up his guitar and re-played 'Mr. Monkey' in a very cool and casual way dropping a nice slide guitar solo and singing like 'there ain't no looking back'. So get your motor running."

Artist:	CAPTAIN COMATOSE
Title:	To My Song/Say CC
Label:	PLAYHOUSE (GERMANY)
Format:	7"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	PLAY 107EP

"After rocking dancefloors and stages worldwide with their brilliant and absolutely overwhelming live performances, Playhouse's dream team Kahn & Snax bring you this nice little teaser from their upcoming 2nd album Up In Flames in the formats of formats, the 7" 45 vinyl single. And ain't 'To My Song' perfect for a 45. It's such a great song, combining Motown-esque melodies and arrangements, pounding drums, a hammering piano and tambourine with todays electronic production standards. Add Captain Comotose's beautiful choral singing plus a twisted freak out solo by a strange yet to be identified instrument and you have: a HIT!"

Artist:	CAPTAIN COMATOSE
Title:	Up In Flames/Say CC
Label:	PLAYHOUSE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	PLAY 108EP

"Here's the one to set all clubs 'Up In Flames!' the mighty fine dynamic production duo GLove aka Tobi Neumann and Thies Mynther of Christiane F. 'Wunderbar' fame are going full discotheque by putting their glove over the Captain's hands. Fat bassline, cool handclaps -- what else do you need for a fine disco song? The sound of 'the last standing disco band' is stripped down to the bone to create this minimal disco-buzz on the floor -- did I say D.I.S.C.O. again? Sorry, boys 'n girls... no more "d"-words from now on! Total energy, total madness! The first a cappella shows up here as well."

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