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Vampire Weekend and Chromeo - The Kids Don't Stand a Chance Remix (Live)

Name: Vampire Weekend and Chromeo - The Kids Don't Stand a Chance Remix (Live)
Uploaded: 2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: This live document captures a historically significant moment of cross-pollination between two distinct indie scenes: Vampire Weekend's Columbia University-rooted NYC indie rock, with its signature blend of Afropop, chamber music and prep-culture signifiers, and Chromeo's Montreal electro-funk duo whose synth-heavy 1980s retrofuturism…

2009 · Late-2000s Indie Blogosphere Boom (2008–2009) · music video

Vampire Weekend and Chromeo - The Kids Don't Stand a Chance Remix (Live) music video

2009Late-2000s Indie Blogosphere Boom (2008–2009)Late-2000s NYC indie rock meets Montreal electro-funk; music blogosphere remix culture

What this video is

This live document captures a historically significant moment of cross-pollination between two distinct indie scenes: Vampire Weekend's Columbia University-rooted NYC indie rock, with its signature blend of Afropop, chamber music and prep-culture signifiers, and Chromeo's Montreal electro-funk duo whose synth-heavy 1980s retrofuturism had been building a global cult following since 2004. The Chromeo Remix, released…

Why it matters

Represents the 2008–2009 convergence of indie rock and electro-funk through the remix economy facilitated by XL Recordings and the music blogosphere. The Chromeo Remix recontextualized Vampire Weekend's Afropop-indie hybrid into a 127 BPM house-adjacent groove, prefiguring the broader indie-dance…

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