![]() It eventually led to LCD’s self-titled debut LP, a double album flecked with the varied influences of the acts referenced towards the end of the landmark track. Obsesse d with failure - he hung the letter from Seinfeld in the DFA office for years as a reminder of “the biggest mistake of my life" - ‘Losing My Edge’ saw Murphy stumble into acclaim. It is about being horrified by my own silliness.” And when I heard other DJs playing similar music, I was like: ‘Fuck! I’m out of a job!’ I was afraid that this newfound coolness was going to go away, and that’s where ‘Losing My Edge’ comes from. Murphy explained: “When I was DJing, playing Can, Liquid Liquid, ESG, all that kind of stuff, I became kind of cool for a moment, which was a total anomaly. Inspired by the copycat DJs who ‘borrowed nostalgia’ to piggyback on the success of Murphy and DFA’s NYC parties, ‘Losing My Edge’ was as witty as it was resentful. ![]() It was a tongue-in-cheek diary entry for every key moment throughout dance and rock history, name-checking everyone from Can and Gil Scott-Heron to Larry Levan and Daft Punk. His kaleidoscopic journey to LCD’s formation played a huge part in Murphy’s songwriting and lyrical approach, no more than on their breakthrough record ‘Losing My Edge’. ![]() By the time James Murphy made it to the studio to record LCD Soundsystem’s second album, he’d already been a live sound engineer, a bouncer, label owner, prolific remixer, had challenged (all of) Oasis to a fight in the mid-’90s, contributed production work to David Holmes’ seminal ‘Bow Down To The Exit Sign’, said no to a collab with Janet Jackson, and turned down a job as the first staff writer on what became Seinfeld.
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