Philadelphia’s two-man crew Pink Skull, perhaps best known for their most amazing remix of fellow Philly act Spank Rock with the so-nasty so-good rap from Amanda Blank, has triumphantly returned with ‘Drugs Will Keep Us Together’, their first release since ’06’s LP ‘Blast Yr Akk’ (although they stay busy with remixes, including the recent one for L.A.’s best HEALTH that we featured last month). ‘Drugs Will Keep Us Together’ is one tech house banger fresh from the hardware and required listening for every hardknock with an internet connection. Pink Skull delivers not only the grinding frequencies and fierce basslines, but melodic hand-in-the-air synth rifts on top. Is this modern day psychedelica? Go pop some allergy medication, crank that Pink Skull and cuddle with your man ’cause drugs (and dance music) will keep y’all together.
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MP3: Pink Skull – Drugs Will Keep Us Together
The upcoming single, released on Brooklyn label/collective The Savant Guard will also feature remixes by NYC electronic producer 33Hz (with a little help from Ming of Ming+FS fame, if understand correctly) and another British techno/house Trevor Loveys, aka 1/2 of Speakerjunk. This product ain’t free here, but you can sample the full-length goods at Pink Skull’s page on The Savant Guard.
Dropping March 24th, the new single will be available on all the typical online avenues: Beatport, iTunes, Amazon, etc. via top notch distributor IODA. And for the 12″ fiends, your favorite record shops should have you covered, pressed up on Music Response UK vinyl.
And before you go, remind yourself how amazing this aforementioned Philly classic is:
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MP3: Spank Rock – Bump (feat. Amanda Blank) (Pink Skull Remix)
Visit The Savant Guard at Thesavantguard.org.
Visit Pink Skull on MySpace or poke around their old site, Pinkskull.com
