Bay Area production All-Star Trackademicks‘ debut Single ‘Enjoy What You Do’ is out today on Fools Gold. The album features the original title track and includes remixes by Sammy Bananas, Shadow Dancer (Boys Noize Recordings) and Flosstradamus.
Peep Sammy Banana’s remix:
Download the track in all its entirety from RCRD LBL.
If you live on, in or around the bay area do note that Trackademicks’ CD release party takes place tomorrow night in San Francisco @ Infatuation with Nick Catchdubs.
Trackademicks is known for his blend of hip hop and electro anthems usually topped of with a positive message and has been a Missingtoof favorite from jump. We meant to post the [RE] Mixtape Vol 2 (mixed by DJ Tap.10) when it came out last year, but as you all know, we fall off sometimes. Anyways, its still available for download via zShare. Cop it.
MP3: Trackademicks – The [RE] Mixtape Vol. 2 [zShare]
zip fomat (all songs individually tracked) 87.64MB
The [RE] mixtape boats remixes of many dope artist like the still foine Sade, Kelis, Editors and more (panty droppin’ material for sure). But my fave still remains the remix of Pharrell featuring Snoop Dogg ‘That Girl’. We upped that again just for y’all.
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MP3: Pharrell featuring Snoop Dogg – That Girl
Get your digital mitts on the ‘Enjoy What You Do’ album by pointing your cyber browser to Itunes. Tell ‘em we sent you.
Grammy nominated producers Jean-Marie Moens and Luke Mourinet collectively know as Ruff and Jam have been in the game since 2002 and have done official remixes for the likes of Kylie Minogue, The Killers, Sia, Amy Winehouse, Tiga and more. The duo has now worked over blog towns favorite trio of ladies Au Revoir Simone’s ‘Lark’ which is off their 2007 album titled ‘The Bird Of Music’. The remix isn’t what you call a dancefloor banger but it’s just as sexy and sentimental as the original.
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MP3: Au Revoir Simone – Lark (Ruff and Jam)
And whilst we’re on the subject of Au Revoir Simone and remixes, I know you all remember the rework of ‘Fallen Snow’ by The Teenangers. which we’ll post it again for nostalgia’s sake.
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MP3: Au Revoir Simone – Fallen Snow (Teenagers remix)
Please visit Au Revoir Simone on myspace or their own official site. If you have not picked up last years ‘Bird of Music’ album you can do that at Amazon, Insound or if you prefer digital, iTunes.
Ruff and Jam have a new official website that you should check out. They are also on the MySpace and new some friend love. Add them and check out the other awesome works they have available for stream.
Housse de Racket is a Parisian duo made of of too childhood friends who have a knack for making insanely catchy tunes. The bands outstanding single ‘Oh Yeah’ which sounds like an ode to musical maestros of past, has received the remix treatment from fellow Parisian electro purveyors Tepr, 25 Hours a Day & Gonzales. Partake.
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MP3: Housse De Racket – Oh Yeah (Tepr remix)
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MP3: Housse de Racket – Oh Yeah (25 Hours A Day Remix)
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MP3: Housse de Racket – Oh Yeah (Gonzales remix)
Housse de Racket’s first album ‘Forty Love‘ is out October 13th. They are playing various dates in and around Paris. If you are in the area be sure to check them out.
10/8 – Paris @ La Loco with The Teenagers, Friendly Fires
10/13 – Nantes @ Showase FNAC
10/14 – Paris @ TV show – Ce soir ou jamais
10/15 – Lille @ Showase FNAC
10/16 – Lyon @ Showase FNAC
10/16 – Lyon @ Ninkasi Kafé
10/18 – Bordeaux @ Showcase FNAC
10/19 – Bordeaux @ BT 59 supporting Jamie Lidell
10/20 – Toulouse @ Club LR supporting Jamie Lidell
10/29 – Paris @ La Boule Noire
11/18 – Paris @ Le fou du Roi – France Inter
11/21 – London @ 93 Feet East (+ Koko von Napoo, Flairs…)
You can stream more Housse de Racket songs on their myspace page as well as check out the video for the ‘Oh Yeah’ single.
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.
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MP3: Codebreaker – Fire (featuring Kathy Diamond)
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.
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MP3: Codebreaker – Exiled (MIAMI HORROR remix)
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:
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MP3: Crossover – I Know Your Face
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MP3: Crossover – Phostographt (Steve Lawler’s Lights Out Edit)
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MP3: Crossover – Wylde Chyld
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.
Stay tuned to Crossover’s MySpace page for more updates straight from the source.
More Crossover in the Missingtoof archives.
