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.
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.
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.
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:
Icelandic treasure, Björk—always relevant, always amazing—has always gained strength partly from knowing how to pick collaborators & partners. From husband & aberrant artist Matthew Barney to diverse creative partners like Thom Yorke, Tricky, Chris Cunningham, Lars von Trier & Spümcø just to name a small handful.
Working with only the best, Björk & London label One Little Indian have enlisted Berlin’s Modeselektor & Londoner, Sinden to remix her latest single, ‘Dull Flame of Desire’ (b/w ‘Innocence’). This is fresh from the padded mailer. You heard it here first:
Björk - Innocence (Sinden Remix)
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Modeselektor has produced two variations of ‘Dull Flame of Desire’, coming in both “For Boys” & “For Girls” flavors. Here is one of the pair, for my lady friends.
Björk - Dull Flame of Desire (Modeselektor’s Rmx for Girls)
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The Björk obsessed can pre-order the new ‘Dull Flame of Desire’ remix single which includes, double 12″, CD & DVD in Special Packaging right now on One Little Indian’s webstore. Hurry, it’s limited to an edition of 10,000.
Hell a full stack of Björk albums is a prerequisite to be down with me—so get down on Amazon or yr favorite spot.
L.A.’s hardest working, edIT of The Glitch Mob crew (with OOAH, Boreta, & Kraddy) is what’s up right now. His sophmore LP, ‘Certified Air Raid Material, was released last October on Alpha Pup (home of Daedelus, Daddy Kev, et. al), and it is certified epic—for those that slept, edIT has just dropped this mix’d version of the album cuts on the free tip, for your head-noddin’ needs.
If you love it, cop the unmixed Certified Air Raid Material on Amazon.
edIT just wrapped his Euro tour (wrapping up last night at Koko with DJ Krush). Now he’s headin’ back the the US (via BC)! Peep out dates and details at edIT’s MySpace tour page.
Once upon a time, edIT ran one of my favorite blogs, the gitch-tastic, Complex Player’s Club. It’s gone the way of the dinosaur, but I’ll never forget. Here’s a absurdly awesome favorite produced by edIT, with girls from indie folk band, Daphne the Painted Lady, under the Porno Mathematics guise. I’ll leave you with this:
Seasoned Brimingham, Alabama producer, Computer Club got at us today with the MFin’ goods! Computer Club, or, sometimes, Gigantor of Evol Intent, has been keeping busy and getting quite major in the months since his introduction last April.
Now, Computer Club takes on glithcy frenchman, Mr. Oizo’s most popular, the 1999 track, ‘Flat Beat’. ‘Flat Beat’ gained notoriety as the jingle of Levis’ television campaigns, featuring one “Flat Eric” character. You might remember? Peep the video on YouTube. That beat is essential and set the stage for much electro-house today! Here’s the extra bang’d out remix. Flat Eric made “Fat”, get it?:
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.
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.
Riding on the coattails of the last post, where we shared a remix from British producer Photek of electronic-punkers The Faint, I’d like to share another from the crates—A dusty 1996 gem known as ‘Single (Photek Remix)’ for archetypal electronic-pop group Everything But The Girl. Lead singer Tracy Thorn (perhaps known to our readership as the voice on Massive Attack’s 1994 single ‘Protection’), gives a heartwrenching delivery perfect for Photek’s moody producion.
Photek gained fans for his work in under the drum & bass banner—but with arms outreached into other areas, creating a career with not only d&b accolades, but numerous accomplishments in house, ambient, electronica, and film scoring. An active remixer through the ’90s, I consider Photek’s remix for EBTG his best—I come back to this song every time I get my heart broke (or at least I would if it weren’t for my stone cold pimpin’).
Digging deeper, sample some other variety of Photek. Different flavours of drum & bass: Serving up the ambient side on ‘Ni Ten Ichi Pyo’ (Two Swords Technique)’, which found a wide circulation on MTV’s original AMP compilation. Serving up a rare 2004 techy d&B B-side, ‘Baltimore’. Even a year 2000 Billboard Dance Chart topping house track, ‘Mine To Give’:
And just when you thought this post wouldn’t get all bloggy, we have a contemporary remix from Photek’s 2007 Drum & Bass album, ‘Form & Function Vol. 2′ from blogtown favorites, LA Riots—who, as drum & bass expatriates, make a logical and experienced pair to take on a Photek production for the official B-side.
Monday brings another video premier from London’s The Black Ghosts—all part of the continuing video series brought to you by The Black Ghosts and IAMSOUND Records, curated by CULT-GEIST and presented jointly on Missingtoof and Big Stereo.
The final installment of the CULT-GEIST video series will be ‘Face’ featured on Big Stereo next Monday, on the eve of the record’s release. All previous videos are available together at IAMSOUND’s page on Imeem.
On the download end, we have dub’d out remix (The Black Ghosts are perfect for this) from a pair of U.K.’s bestest dubstep heroes, Skream and Plastician (Plastician also has a wicked album out today, dig it at Amazon).
The Black Ghosts - Repetition Kills You (Dir. Sarah Hay)
Monday! It’s time for a spankin’ new video premier from London’s The Black Ghosts, in the continuing video series brought to you by The Black Ghosts and IAMSOUND records, curated by CULT-GEIST and presented jointly on Missingtoof and Big Stereo.
Today brings the video for what will be the first “official” single from the album (although the video above will not be the “official” video), ‘Repetition Kills You’, featuring the supremely talented singer (& all around rockstar), Damon Albarn of British alt-pop band, Blur & cartoon-crossover phenomenon, Gorillaz. The video is directed by Parisian music journalist & director, Sarah Hay. The video pays simultaneously homage to famous French New Wave director Jean Luc Goddard’s Bande à part film and and the classic video game Pac-Man, obviously playing off the influence of Parisian artist Invader.
Please enjoy a small staple of ‘Repetition Kills You’ remixes from Netherlands’ houser, Laidback Luke, Floridian club-king Diplo and British electronica machine, Emperor Machine.
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