Swiss electro-rockers Cryptonites are back at it again and go new-wave-disco on us with a melodic remix of ‘NASA’ by the UK’s Futurecop!- this is on some serious Miami Vice shit right here!
ATL’s Rrrump come off like fun lovin’ party wreckers. This rawkus threesome are doing the darned thing on fellow ATLien Le Castle Vania’s new label, Always Never, part of the So Sweet Records fam.
Tonight Rrrump (and Le Castle Vania) supports indie/dance Aussies Cut Copy & The Presets on the Modular Peoples Atlanta tour date (Cut Copy’s full US tour can be seen here). This has epic potential, everybody that can go should make the move. I know I’d be there.
Brooklyn’s The American Dream Team (or, TADT) have returned and I’m feelin’ patriotic. This mix has me dancing to a whole heap of my favorite tunes. This mix has the same skillful execution as the first mix, ‘What Dreams Are Made Of’. Please enjoy v2.0, as mixed by the Team’s Code-D:
Tracklist:
Intro
Messinian - Throw It Away (Designer Drugs Remix)
The American Dream Team - Money VIP (Feat. Whiskey Pete & Andre Parnel
Le Le - Breakfast (Kill The Noise Remix
DJ Kue - Riding Low
Groove Armada - The Girls Say (Atomic Hooligans Remix)
Big Gipp - Hot (Treasure Fingers Remix)
The Red Room Project - Claptomania (Will Bailey & Mikey Hook Remix)
M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Atomic Hooligan Remix)
Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era - Far Out (TMX Remix)
Kidda - Under The Sun (Hervé Remix)
The American Dream Team - Listen 2 The Music
The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go (Left/Right Remix)
Wired All Wrong - Elevation (Computer Club Remix)
Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (CODES TADT Remix)
Chromeo - Call Me Up (Kill The Noise Remix)
Computer Club - Flat Response
Deviant Sound System - Jump
Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Sinden Remix)
The Death Set - Negative Thinking (Treasure Fingers Remix)
MGMT - Electric Feel (True Pesudo Remix)
Jazmine Sullivan feat. Mixxhy Elliot - Need You Bad (Chew Fu Paino Fix)
New Young Pony Club - The Bomb (Villains Xplosive Remix)
Mission Control - Innerspace (Designer Drugs Remix)
From the mix above TADT have hooked up the VIP remix of ‘Money’, you remember the track with the chant to be about (”money, bitches, cars, clothes & weed”)? Now with added flavor from MCs Whiskey Pete & Andre Parnel (a.k.a. MC Dre):
See TADT clown on the decks like damned Globetrotters or somethin’. Assorted dates in Brooklyn & Manhattan are on the books, including tonight, at Crooked Disco, where they share the night with other special ppls Streetlab. Always current dates & dets on TADT’s MySpace tour page.
Birmingham, UK has a powerhouse of sound in Will Bailey (a.k.a. Rudi Stakker). Formerly half of short-lived fidget outfit Twocker (with Calvertron), and owner of startup label Simma, Will Bailey makes world-renowned tracks in the emerging fidget house sub-genre. It’s something that sounds a bit of UK garage, electro house, drum’n'bass and breakbeat thrown in a martini shaker and poured over a 4/4 time signature (don’t forget the olive). Will Bailey shares the Fidget umbrella with the likes of Crookers, Stupid Fresh & Mickey Slim, just to name a few.
Just in, Will Bailey has shared with us his throbbing remix of Southside Queens hip-hop hero, Pharoahe Monch (who you know we got love for, peep the profile of Monch & his former group, Organized Konfusion in this post from last year). This is perhaps taking a cue from the electro-minded remix by Edinbergh’s Hostage. If you’ve heard ‘em all, how’s this compare? I think this is huge:
Here’s another Will Bailey banger with additional production from fellow Birmingham “producer/engineer/DJ” Mikey Hook, he’s not much older than seventeen and already smashing tracks with the big boys.
And for good measure, here’s that Twocker sound that you’ve grown to love (or you should have). It’s a remix of their only original single (with the exception of the ‘Chopper’ B-side) as remixed by other major fidget playboys, Sydney’s Bass Kleph. Love teh wonk:
And yo, we ain’t even finished yet! To match the exclusive remix at the top, here’s a mix to match. Recorded hot on the heels of Will Bailey’s recent gig trip to L.A. to play Nocturnal Wonderland. California love:
Tracklist:
AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked (Jackbeats Remix) (Will Bailey Into Remix)
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (Bass Weazal Remix)
How You Like Me Now [Rico Tubbs VIP Remix)
Lee Mortimer - Putto
Idiot - Gorilla (Lee Moritmer Remix
Mighty Fools - Hey Babe
Bass Weazal - Jungle massive
DJ Deekline - Don't Smoke da Reefer (Twocker Remix)
In the mix the Pharoahe Monch track is credited to both Will Bailey & Mikey Hook. I dunno what givz thurr. Whatevs! Twocker, although “broken up”, are going on a Australian tour through early October. Will Bailey goes on to Canadian dates late October through November 1st. Then it’s back to the home country for more UK TLC. Full dates and details on Will Bailey’s MySpace page.
ATL come L.A. DJ/Producer Le Castle Vania has earned a reputation for whipping crowds into a frenzy, no doubt aided by this staple of his sets, the hard-as-fucking-nails electro track, ‘Zero Machine’ that samples (or remixes, if you prefer) the alternative gods, The Smashing Pumpkins, classic, ‘Zero’. If last year was all about Mr. Oizo’s RATM remix (or was it, Patrick Alavi’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ (here) remix instead?), this year is all about:
MP3: Le Castle Vania - Zero Machine
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Also new in the Le Castle Vania repository is this collaboration with Birmingham (but soon to be L.A.) party monster, Computer Club. Computer Club shot this over to us before his recent string of L.A. dates, including Nocuturnal Wonderland (where he straight murdered it). Nod to event coordinators like Insomniac who have, in the last year, let this indie-electro-blog-house thing get a massive stage of their own and fill it with global players. It’s fun to be along for the ride as a genre goes from fledgling to full-fledged—But I digress… Here’s Le Castle Vania & Computer Club:
Yo, so why’s it called ‘The Messiah’ (Besides the potentially obvious, it being a straight-up cover of Renegade Hardware junglist, Konflict’s 2000 track, ‘Messiah’), here’s one you might not know, from way back to 2003, when Le Castle Vania was Messiah-1, drum’n'bass producer and operator of his own short-lived label Negaverse Recordings. The release is a tune is ‘Relic’ which got a properly massive remix by L.A.’s Gridlok and the original ‘Red Dust’. Strictly jungle (the crazy bass drops are all about half-way in):
Boh! If you love it, know that we love it too. If you don’t, go kick rocks. Or, maybe give this other contemporary Le Castle Vania a try, as remixed by L.A.’s top-shelf’s LA Riots:
Milwaukee duo Codebreaker has been funking up and down the west, gaining fans everywhere they go. They’ve shared the stage with the likes of Hot Chip, Datarock, Chromeo, The Silverspun Pickups, Har Mar Superstar, The Electric Six & more.
The band just released a new double single on Disco Demolition Records. The single ‘Fire’ features UK disco singer/songwriter Kathy Diamond on vocals.
Codebreaker definitely likes to keep it funky and seems to be taking a few cues from Parliament & Funkadelic as shown in their previous single ‘Exiled’. The remix by Miami Horror is amazing to say the least.
The singles are currently available on all major digital outlets all across the globe including iTunes & Amazon.
The 12″ vinyl version will be available October 7th exclusively through Groove Distribution and all fine record stores throughout Europe. The boys will be announcing October/November tour dates soon. Keep an eye on their Myspace page for show dates and new funktastic tunes.
The dark deities Vee and Dez collectively known as Crossover have resurfaced from the depths with a Live album out on Black Montanas. Crossover’s has previously been on DJ Hell’s infamous label International Deejay Gigolos and have worked with the likes of Carlo Pennisi of Goblin, whom JUSTICE sampled on their ‘Phantom‘ track.
A quick search for Crossover on Hype Machine shows that not enough people are hip to the cult following of Crossover. Here’s various goods from past Crossover releases:
In the coming months you can expect some internet only Crossover releases, mysterious sightings, and limited edition paraphernalia, all leading up to the release of their 3rd full-length album which I’ve been dying for since their 2005 ‘Cryptic And Dire Sallow Faced Hoods Blast Off Into Oblivion’. You can pick up the acclaimed C&DSFHBOIO from Amazon if you have not yet experienced it. You can get a digital copy of the Live From Berlin album for $2.85 from Black Montana’s MP3 Shop.
Canadian electro powerhouse MSTRKRFT’s Bounce PE is being released October 7th, we know your iPod’s, like ours, eagerly await that business. But, before that day MSTRKFT’s Fist Of God tour touches down in the bay area this Wednesday at Mezzanine with Felix Cartal and Congorock in tow. With a lineup like that it promises to be a level 5 natural disaster.
I expect to see all of you Bay dummies all up in the spot. Until d-day, here’s some mp3’s to whet your whistle:
Everyone’s favorite overzealous hip hop producer-turned rapper, Kanye West recently released the auto-tune ladden single “Love Lockdown” which he performed on the 2008 VMA’s and will appear on his 4th full length release ‘808’s & Heartbreak‘. The single recived mixed reviews from fans/critics. Tom Wrecks, a.k.a. T-wrecks from Canada’s world renowned Stylusts crew takes the track for a different danced up spin.
Holler at Tom Wrecks’ MySpace for more mixes and remixes for download. If you live up in Toronto, peep his calendar and see how he gets down. Kanye has a myspace too, if you wasn’t knowing.
Our favorite Orange County peoples, True Pseudo are steadily building an arsenal of killer dance music artillery. Since their introduction right here, last May, the crew have gone on to take on an unofficial, but officially awesome, remix of Upstate N.Y.’s indie darlings, MGMT’s, ‘Electric Feel’. Also, a cool colab. with San Diego rockstars Buddy Akai (who previously got the Villains remix treatment—amazing) and L.A. party-boy MC, Whiskey Pete.
MP3: True Pseudo - Maxed Out (feat. Whiskey Pete & Buddy Akai)
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We’ve put this up before, but it deserves another go! Here’s a favorite from the original batch of True Pseudo tracks. True Pseudo’s Flitch on vocals. Not having to rely on a remix to make a good indie/electro track—the mark of professionals:
MP3: True Pseudo - Freaking Me Out
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