tuesday notes

eternal rapture: iio

-The Los Angeles Times' Buzz Bands blog reports that Orange County is getting a new big room for dance music (and is thus losing one for live music). The Galaxy Concert Theater is being transformed into a super-club to be called RevolveR, which is scheduled to open June 1.

-Next Tuesday iiO (above) is unleashing a two-disc package, Rapture Reconstruction: The Platinum Edition, comprised solely of remixes of its 2001 track "Rapture." Here's the "Creamer & Stephane K Edit." Here's the "Riva Edit." Next year: Rapture Reconstruction Remixes Remixed: The Recycled Platinum Edition.

-Authorities in Ireland are warning of a rocket-stamped brand of ecstasy that could cause death.

-The Village Voice's Tom Breihan blogs that Kelley Polar's "robotic whiteboy disco-soul" just might be the Next Big Thing.

-The U.K.'s Guardian newspaper says the Last Big Thing, '80s-era, eclectic "Balearic" music, the type of spin-session sounds inspired by Ibizan sunrises, is making a comeback.

-Phil Hartnoll of Orbital is back too. He has an act with neighbor Nick Smith called Long Range.