Straight outta France and into your iPod is this killer Missingtoof exclusive in the slight 80’s vein courtesy of our boy Zingone with Nina Martine guesting on the vocal tip. As the title suggests, ‘Auto Remix Happy Face’ will indeed leave you with a happy face and a sudden urge to maybe wear some neon spandex fits…
Having played alongside French big timers like Yuksek, Stereoheroes, & The Micronauts, ‘Zingo le Cameleon’ is far from being new to the game, and his music is solid proof.
Peep his other tracks on his Myspace and see just what i’m talking about…
Now enjoy this Missingtoof Exclusive and get yr happy face dance on!
L.A.’s On Off On (Andrew Verner) may have only been making electronic music for the past few years and remixing for only a fraction of that time, but shows us that he’s got quite the ear for busting out a good remix or two, as demonstrated here with his remixes of Digitalism (A Missingtoof Exclusive), Tears For Fears, and Stardust (for those of you that don’t know, was the one-time musical collaborative effort consisting of producers Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk), Alan Braxe, and Benjamin Diamond)..
His plans for the future are simple- to get his music out to as many people as possible, and play in front of anyone willing to listen. Are you willing??
I tested this next remix out last week @ Blow Up and the crowd went BANANAS. Here’s On Off On’s remix of Stardusts’ classic, ‘Music Sounds Better With You’..
Super motherfucking Villians god dammit. (Not many DJs are worth plagiarizing a MF Doom lyric—but Villains are).
It’s been too long since L.A.’s own, Villians dropped a mix on us. We were happy to premier Villains first mix, ‘Vol. 1′ last November (and it’s still knockin’). And now, I’m pleased to be able to share the new ‘Second Offense’ mix. I’ve been playing out the mix all week and I suggest you get on it. Contemporary classics and all-out bangers; flawlessly executed. Guest raps from L.A.’s Whiskey Pete and ATL’s 080.
Tracklist:
Shiny Toy Guns - Starts With One (Classixx Remix)
Buddy Akai - Cut Me Up (Villains Remix)
The Black Ghosts - Anyway You Choose to Give It (Fake Blood Remix)
Midfield General - Disco Sirens (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
Apollo 440 featuring Beatnuts - Dude Descending Staircase
Pet - Out of the Blue (Alex Metric Remix)
Daft Punk - Around the World (Villains Remix)
BSOD - Lollercoster
Wolfgang Gartner - Front to Back
Ghostface Killah - Charlie Brown (Yuksek Remix)
Shopliftas and Frew - Bermuda Nights
Toxic Avenger - Escape LA (LA Riots Remix)
Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor (Villains and LA Riots Remix)
In other big news, Villains’ remix of Shwayze’s ‘Buzzin” is getting some major airplay. This, of course, is due to Shwayze’s new reality show for the MTV network. The Villains remix is unanimously accepted as the best of the bunch, an accomplishment with other solid efforts by Skeet Skeet, Classixx & AC Slater. Swayze’s DJ Skeet Skeet hooked up the premier of this mix a while back, but in case you missed it:
Rico Tubbs began producing in 1994 and has dominated the Finnish scene. As half of pioneering Finish hip-hop/turntablist act, Skillsters, he earned his stripes and skill. Tubbs, always on the grind, also co-founding the ’90s label, Pyssy (meaning “toy gun” in Finnish), with a focus on hip hop, big beat, breaks and turntablism, akin to many ESL or Ninja Tune releases.
As a producer born into hip-hop sample-based production, Rico Tubbs has recently moved in a big-room synth-heavy filter-heavy club track direction—think similar to Crookers, Sinden or Hervé. Last month saw the release of Rico Tubbs first album, double-CD (mixed/unmixed), ‘Knuckle Sandwich’ on Menu Music. The first single is ‘Gangsters’—this massive track takes a nasty Nas sample and makes it big.
With the recent release of Girl Talk, I’ve been thinking about the mash-up. Girl Talk with his mass of bloghype, was quite a disappointment (wait, can one be disappointed if one has no expectations?) Considering the mash-up, I’m trying to realize the good and the bad. Ignoring the bad, let’s reflect on the good.
Sample-based mash-up records are easy to do—but hard to do well. The mash-up can trace its roots to Double D & Steinski records starting in 1983, these records were an inspiration and foundation for sample based hip-hop music and set the stage for similar records decades to come. Mash-ups can be eloquent like, DJ Shadow’s 1996 album ‘Endtroducing’ and The Avalanches‘ 2000 album ‘Since I Left You’, or game-changing party albums like Z-Trip & DJ P’s 2001 record, ‘Uneasy Listening’ or Armand Van Helden’s 1997 record, ‘Sampleslaya’. These examples prove that a mash-up record can be an artful music arrangement, and more than just a cacophony of familiar chords and choruses.
…But I digress. Everything has a time and place! And when you want to be in the realm of familiar chords and choruses, a record I keep coming back to, far more than any Girl Talk, is Ludachrist and their funtime, ‘Bangfest’. Ludachrist is the shits-n-giggles side project of Knick (of Evol Intent) and Ewun (a.k.a. Kill The Noise), and these skillful producers know how to mash-up a pretty good party record. ‘Bangfest’ has deservingly been all over blogtown since its Big Stereo debut last November, and is available for free in its entirety at Worshipludachrist.com.
Here’s a mash’d track pulled from the mix for your own mixing and sampling purposes. It takes from Brooklyn emcee, Busta Rhymes and the iconic Ghostbuster theme.
This entry coincides with Ludachrist’s first L.A. performance tonight, July 25th, at The Roxy in West Hollywood. ‘Christ plays alongside other badmen, Villains and LAZRtag. Worship Ludachrist!
Parisian electro-popstar Sébastien Tellier is sexually charged. We’ve been amp’d up for the stateside release of Tellier’s third studio album, ‘Sexuality’, for months now. You’ll remember that the record is produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk fame. Well now we have it, Record Makers have given us something special for our eager hands…
Beginning this week, Sébastien Tellier’s new album, ‘Sexuality’, is available for pre-order exclusively at all American Apparel locations throughout North America. This is the first music release to be carried by the clothing store chain. ‘Sexuality’s first single, ‘Sexual Sportswear’ no doubt influenced American Apparel to secure Tellier for this exclusive deal, because, hey, sexual sportswear is AA’s business model. Additionally, American Apparel has created two limited garments, the Sexuali-Tee and Sexuali-Tank to celebrate the pairs’ tryst.
Enjoy this ‘Sexual Sportswear’ remix from Parisian producer, Donovan from the ‘Sexual Sportswear’ single.
Many of you probably heard the controversy surrounding the second ‘Sexuality’ single, ‘Divine’. It was selected to represent France at the yearly Eurovision Song Contest. ‘Divine’, which lyrics are in English, ’caused a stir as critics said it did not properly represent French music. The song was slightly altered to appease critics, but perhaps Tellier was doomed at that point, and after the May 24th performance—’Divine’ placed near the bottom (18th of 25 competitors). I see it as their mistake, as ‘Divine’ is absolute win. Enjoy this remix from Melb.’s Midnight Juggernauts, that we promised once upon a time:
Moar! A pair of menacing remixes from Englishman, Night Faculties serving up a hittin’ bootleg and Frenchman, Danger serving up an official EP release.
Following Tellier’s Knitting Factory Hollywood performance on the 26th, he will be performing at the American Apparel Factory in Downtown L.A., for the 2nd annual Factory Flea Market. $5 to shop, dance and moonbounce. zomg.
With amazing new releases coming from a diverse array of genres and acts such as Grizzly Bear, Flying Lotus, Autechre, & more, Warp Records remains at the forefront of forward-thinking music labels, that’s why we here at Missingtoof love what they do and the music they put out.
Two recent releases come from Leila & Chris Clark (Clark).
Leila, former touring keyboardist for Björk, has had previous releases on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex label. ‘Blood, Looms & Blooms’ is her Warp Records album debut, which features many guest vocalists, including former Tricky vocalist Martina Topley-Bird.
Here’s a cut off of ”Blood, Looms & Blooms’ entitled ‘Mettle’; a heavy experimental downtempo track that creeps up on you like a bad trip..
Clark, since the early 2000’s, has been holding it down for the ‘experimental electronic/IDM’ scene. With his complex beat patterns and beautiful melodies, Clark sits well alongside his Warp labelmates like Plaid, Richard Devine, & Mira Calix.
Here, Clark gets 4 on the floor with this ‘intelligent’ dance music thumper, ‘For Wolves Crew’, off his latest album, ‘Turning Dragon’..
Speaking in the most general aspect, with their now much darker, brooding sound, Mt. Sims would fit pretty well between some Joy Division, She Wants Revenge, & Bauhaus (Mt. Sims actually had some production help from David J. on their last album, ‘Wild Light’).
Here are two tracks from ‘A Grave’, perfect for any death disco:
What I like about Mt. Sims is, whether as a solo project or a band, they are musically adaptable. Having released two previous (more nu-electro-club sounding) albums on dance music juggernaut label International Deejay Gigolos and having toured with the likes of big-name acts like Ladytron & Peaches, we hear how versatile Mt. Sims’ sound really is.
Here are two cuts off of Mt. Sims’ first album, ‘Ultra Sex’:
If you like the darker sounds of Mt. Sims of the present, you may find a liking to other acts over at Hungry Eye Records. If you like your beats more electronic and clubby, and enjoy Mt. Sims’ sound of the past, check out the International Deejay Gigolos website. Either way, you’re in for some great music. But who says you have to choose?? Visit both sites!
Again, to piggyback off the recent Diselboy post, which featured Kill The Noise under his Ewun guise, and taking off from tonight’s KTN performance at the massive, HARD, I’d like to share this remix that’s getting lots of play around here, favorites Cryptonites get the kill kill kill treatment. Wait for the hook:
HARD Fest tickets are available at the door for $55 with drink-til-you-blackout tix available for a resonable premium. Holland at your boy if you’re wanna slam dance in the rave pit.
I’m repeatedly impressed by Blackpool/London electro-pop/italo-disco diva, Little Boots (formerly of Dead Disco) has been keeping busy since her solo debut, ‘Stuck on Repeat’, that we raved about last February. That record still gets heavy rotation and is still one of the best tracks of the year. As is the more recent Fake Blood remix. Fake Blood can do no wrong. Nor can the producer of the original Joe Goddard of Hot Chip; the original deserves another go also:
Little Boots new single and first retail release, ‘Meddle’ is another worth getting stuck on repeat. This record will be dropped in the UK on limited release August 4th. Original on the front and remixes from Brits, Ross Orton and Toddla T on the flip. Limited run from 50 Bones Records. Order the 7″ wax from Puregroove.
Aside from being recently confirmed for the So Sweet stage at Southern California’s 13th annual Nocturnal Wonderland festival this September 13th, Little Boots is currently doing more cozy DJing gigs around L.A.. I caught my first intimate Little Boots performance last night in an East Hollywood discotech, the always amazing, always polysexual, A Club Called Rhonda. Hey Hollywood, you can see Little Boots again tonight at the pretty and young, PYT Friday night.
If you’re jonsing for more Little Boots, she has a new mixtape—a ‘Magical Tropical Mixtape’—available for free when you sign-up for her official mailing list.
Also see, Little Boots at YouTube, where you can watch her intimate bedroom performances, employing the cool-as-hell Yamaha TENORI-ON sequencer, sexy synths and Little Boots charm.
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