Play Metro Area Radio
Metro Area
On Tour
565,871 plays (93,340 listeners)
Metro Area is Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. After releasing a number of 12” EPs, they issued their first self-titled album (Metro Area) in 2002.
The brainchild of veteran producers Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani, Metro Area was born out of the pair’s somewhat dichotomous love for both the old moods of R&B, disco and boogie and the more cutting-edge sound of innovative house and techno. Metro Area brings back the soulful experimentation of the early club classics, mixing live and electronic instruments. Simultaneously, the mood and minimalism of more recent dance music forms creep into the mix: Detroit’s cold futurism, Chicago’s abstract track-modes, and the warmth of New York and New Jersey’s deep house.
After over a year of late-night sessions in New Jersey and Manhattan, Metro Area burst onto the scene in 1999 with their self-titled debut 12” featuring the cult smash “Atmosphrique.” With an angular bassline underpinned by a grungy 4/4 disco beat and the most distinctive claps this side of 1977, “Atmosphrique” sounds futuristic and retro at the same time, and spawned myriad heated debates concerning the record’s production date. Most of all, it left both DJs and dancers wanting more.
However, the runaway success of Metro Area’s MA 4 EP (released November 2001) surpassed all expectation, not least the duo’s own.
The brainchild of veteran producers Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani, Metro Area was born out of the pair’s somewhat dichotomous love for both the old moods of R&B, disco and boogie and the more cutting-edge sound of innovative house and techno. Metro Area brings back the soulful experimentation of the early club classics, mixing live and electronic instruments. Simultaneously, the mood and minimalism of more recent dance music forms creep into the mix: Detroit’s cold futurism, Chicago’s abstract track-modes, and the warmth of New York and New Jersey’s deep house.
After over a year of late-night sessions in New Jersey and Manhattan, Metro Area burst onto the scene in 1999 with their self-titled debut 12” featuring the cult smash “Atmosphrique.” With an angular bassline underpinned by a grungy 4/4 disco beat and the most distinctive claps this side of 1977, “Atmosphrique” sounds futuristic and retro at the same time, and spawned myriad heated debates concerning the record’s production date. Most of all, it left both DJs and dancers wanting more.
However, the runaway success of Metro Area’s MA 4 EP (released November 2001) surpassed all expectation, not least the duo’s own.
Top Albums
-
Metro Area
Metro Area
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $8.99
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $20.69
- eBay Search
-
Metro Area LP
Metro Area Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Metro Area 7
Metro Area Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $3.96
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Metro Area 6
Metro AreaBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
VwAvWvAwV wrote:
What the hell, only 561,000 plays???
-
secretpassage wrote:
disco
-
WindingNumber wrote:
Does house get better than this?
-
lfat wrote:
new album!!?
-
tipo_test wrote:
let's get :P
-
Moharnmed wrote:
"tonky pumpz" fucks my brain! C'est extra biiiiiiiit!!!!
-
Yazzmino wrote:
Cant wait to see these guys at the Big Chill festival :D
-
phphphphph wrote:
Finally working on a new full length (source : http://www.beatsinspace.net/playlists/473) !
-
vijinho wrote:
pure dancefloor genius
-
felinescience wrote:
can you believe there's no wikipedia for either morgan geist or darshan jesrani? i love anything these guys touch!
-
mfc20 wrote:
haahha at below me. theres some funny viruses around. bought their fabric mix by mistake ffs, hope its good! can anyone reassure me its good before i take it back? persuade me to keep it;)
-
phphphphph wrote:
wish they would release a second album!
-
lfat wrote:
wish they would ever turn up to their uk gigs!
-
misticmariana wrote:
<3
-
allgaeu wrote:
oldie but goldie !
-
hickoma wrote:
hey guys, check out this - http://www.last.fm/music/proskurnin
-
changethetrack wrote:
Is anyone going to Bloc? How good is that line up?
-
RouleRoule wrote:
me three.
-
shtobo wrote:
i just want to say that i also agree
-
Mango90 wrote:
I just want to say that I totally agree with what groovadelic said
Videos
News
Sign up for the Environ newsletter and get a $5 Juno Download gift code for the San…
29 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/metroarea
San Serac's "Music Never Ends" EP (w/ Morgan Geist remix) is being released worldwide on November 10th, but if you sign up for Environ's newsletter we'll send you a $5 Juno Download gift code to purch. …
-
13 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/metroarea -
13 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/metroarea -
16 Apr 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/metroarea
Listeners
-
mmeks
Top Listener
-
VwAvWvAwV
Top Listener
-
espoir_toujours
Top Listener
-
pegsouille
Top Listener
-
prataimun
Top Listener
-
paydepecas
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
summer0621 added Metro Area to summer0621’s library. 2 hours ago
-
noiwudnttrip tagged Metro Area with ‘deep house’. yesterday morning
-
ahmedaljay, dbalasch, kendiss and 1 other person added Metro Area to their libraries. yesterday morning
-
kamaelda tagged Metro Area with ‘house’. Tuesday morning
-
NdProcknroll, damdecarlo, thatianah and 23 other people added Metro Area to their libraries. Sunday morning
-
Organ_Donor tagged Metro Area with ‘must listen’. 17 days ago
-
klefakis, thedjbo78, puverelm and 2 other people added Metro Area to their libraries. 17 days ago
-
icaro2416 updated the Spanish wiki page for Metro Area. (diff) 22 days ago
-
twothirtythree, superbacanaprod, pardonmyfrench7 and 1 other person added Metro Area to their libraries. 22 days ago
-
KlingKlang0 created the French wiki page for Metro Area. 24 days ago
Related Journals
-
Milestones
by sochai |
11 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
My albums of the noughties....
by iyers |
5 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
Bands and Artists I've seen live
by ErikVeland |
21 Apr 2009 | 6 comments
Groups (31)
-
Breakfast in Heaven, Disco in Space
115 members
-
Death From Above
176 members
-
Funky Music
1,608 members
-
Electronic Confusion
755 members
-
DFA Records
697 members
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
