Florida-based Exzakt is definitely no newbie to the electro scene. He has remixed the likes of Anthony Rother, Tiefshwarz, and Miss Kittin & The Hacker, as well as having put out releases on top-notch electro labels like Satamile & (Anthony Rother’s) Datapunk imprint.
With over 20 12″s and 3 albums put out (and much more along the way), one must think- ‘Does this guy ever get any sleep?!??’ Well, who could blame him? Exzakt LOVES what he does and does it VERY well. His sound is dark and heavy, just the way I like it- and there hasn’t been one single release I haven’t heard from him that I didn’t like.
Here are a few of his remixes taken from his ‘V.I.P. Remixes’ release… and folks- don’t get it twisted- THIS IS ELECTRO.
Kill The Noise, upstate N.Y.’s finest electronic music export, has blessed us with the second installment of his highly-sought ‘TurnOFF/TuneIN’ mix series. This, ‘Volume 1′ mix & introduction, in January (wow, just 8 Months ago), showed the world the dynamic talent of Kill The Noise! The power of the bloghouse & internet tubes are strong in this one! This second installment delivers noise killin’ electro basslines. Silence the haters! Fanatics, shut up & enjoy! Without further ado, here is ‘KTN Presents: TurnOFF\TuneIN Volume 2′.
Tracklist:
Kill The Noise - The Mother Brain
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - With A Heavy Heart (Feed Me Remix)
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - With A Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform)
Cryptonites - I Can’t Give You Up (Kill The Noise Remix)
Boys Noize - Oh! (A-Trak Remix)
Le Castlevania - Zero Machine
Kill The Noise - Hey You
Kill The Noise - Hey You (DJ Craze Remix)
Fake Shark Real Zombie! - Designer Drugs (Designer Drugs Remix)
DJ Kue - Stop
Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor (Laidback Luke Remix)
Deadmau5 vs. Jelo - The Reward Is Cheese
Chromeo - Bonafied Lovin (Yuksek Remix)
The Count and Sinden Feat. Kid Sister - Beeper (A-Trak Remix)
Armand Van Helden - I Want Your Soul (Fake Blood Remix)
Kill The Noise - Chasing Rainbows
Moston and Malente - Fucked Up (Stupid Fresh Remix)
Lazaro Casanova - Venganza (Felix Cartal Remix)
Wolfgang Garner - Rocking From Front to Back (Kue’s Mash)
Little Boots - Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood Remix)
LFO - Freak
Kill The Noise - I’m Gone
Bagraiders - Nil By Mouth (Knightlife Remix)
Kid Sister - Control (LA Riots Remix)
Kid Cudi - Day N’ Night (Crookers Remix)
Mr. Oizo - Flatbeat (Computer Club’s Fat Eric Remix)
LeLe - Breakfast (Kill The Noise Remix)
Constellations - Felicia (Klever Remix)
Burufunk, Carbon Community - Community Funk (Deadmau5 Remix)
Alex Gopher - Aurora (Riot in Belgium & Knightlife Remix)
Also fresh from the Kill The Noise vaults for your iPod pleasure is this favorite from ‘Volume 1′, a Kill The Noise original, ‘Pull My Strings’. An exclusive on Missingtoof, from him via usss, wit luv,
Kill The Noise has increased his celebrity to lots of int’l touring & top billing at raves (ahem, “music festivals”). This is after already having an establishing his name in drum & bass. In fact, under his Ewun moniker, he is touring down under right now with Lifted artist & Renegade Hardware alum, Spor. Australian dates run through September 13th.
Kill The Noise’s other project, Ludachrist, is also worth your attention (see here for more). The last time Ludachrist performed it was nothing short of hilarious & amazing—with a chrousline of Spongebob, Gene Simmons & Barney (the purple dinosaur) impersonators poppin’ & lockin’ on stage—with Kill The Noise & partner Knick (of Evol Intent fame) presiding over the decks & laptops in full black-magic regalia. Sound awesome, live vicariously through YouTube clips, one and two.
Not to be missed, Ludachrist returns to L.A. at the top of the bill under—just under London’s heavy-banger, Sinden—at the return of Club 1107 on Friday, September 26th.
And, as the DJ you’ve come to love, Kill The Noise performs this Wednesday in Perth, Australia. Also, for my L.A. peoples, at So. Cal. massive, Fuzzy Festival. Additional dates & locations including, Portland, Winnipeg, Edmonton & Rochester are available and always current at Kill The Noise’s MySpace tour page.
Berlin’s Ellen Allien is one of the hardest-working women in the electronic music scene (she DJ’s, runs her own record label, produces, and remixes). Recently, she came out with ‘Sool’, a brilliant album in the more ‘minimal’ vein.
With production help from fellow Berlinette and electronic musician, AGF, Allien delivers the goods and continues to push the envelope as well as solidifying herself as one of THE prominent techno producers out there today.
In contrast, here are two funky and melodic tracks from her highly-acclaimed album, ‘Orchestra of Bubbles’, which came out a couple years ago and was co-produced with another fellow Berliner, Apparat..
For quality techno and electronic music, check out Ellen Allien’s record label, Bpitch Control, and Apparat’s record label, Shitkatapult, which he runs with T. Raumschmiere.
Justice do deserve the hype. You know the name, you know what they do—Here’s their latest, on the payroll of fashion design house, Dior Homme (that’s “Dior Man”, y’all). You can hear Justice’s new mix in action on the Dior Homme site in the ‘09 Spring/Summer fitting video. This is very similar the collaboration between Daft Punk and Louis Vuitton, where Daft Punk supplied a mix to celebrate Vuitton’s ‘08 Spring/Summer collection.
The little mix is available for iPod consumption below:
Stay fashionable. More photos of the Dior Homme Spring/Summer line, on the web at YouTube in two parts: Part One and Part Two, set to Justice, of course.
One more for good measure—in case you missed it—Daft Punk’s brief mix for Vuitton:
Justice are currently in the middle of a world tour through the end of September. Dates in Europe, Japan, US (including San Francisco). See full dates and details at Justice’s MySpace tour page.
Not intended to feature the latest music out there, my ‘Pick of the Week’ is to simply share & highlight music I personally enjoy regardless of timeframe. This weeks pick is Dopplereffekt’s album, ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’.
Highly influenced by Kraftwerk, mysterious Detroit Techno/Electro group Dopplereffekt have a sound that is precise and clean, minimal but far from boring, having more in common to the retro-electro sound of Cybotron than what is considered “electro” by todays standards.
‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ (Released on DJ Hell’s International Deejay Gigolo Records), acts as more of a collection rather than an album, combining material they released prior with some other tracks.
It’s amazing to think that this album came out almost 10 years ago…
Surkin is the fucking man. Reppin’ Parisian label-crew Institubes, Surkin released his latest ‘Next of Kin’ EP on April 7th. Get set for three original tracks and one remix by New Jersey electronica-head, Todd Edwards. That’s four tracks of dancefloor fire, but you only get one from me—I’ve opted to share not the title-track, but instead to run with ‘White Knight Two’, a disco house track flipped with some stuttering vocal effects. The beginning has kind of a Bizarre Inc. ‘I’m Gonna Get You’ vibe—I’m a total sucker for it.
Always striving for moar! Here are a pair from last years remix album, ‘Fireworks Refired’, including a self-remix and another from versatile label-mate Tacteel. Also, one Surkin remix from German electro-god Boys Noize recently released ‘Oi Oi Oi Remixed’ remix album.
Ok, so I posted this a couple days ago with a truncated mp3. Sorriez everybody! Please make sure you download again to get it legit!
Los Angeles based Guns’n'Bombs are a win. Signed to French label en vogue, Kitsune. They are first-rate producers, arena-worthy DJs and the self-proclaimed “Lords of Blogtown” (rightfully so!).
Fresh off their US tour supporting German electro/techno maestros Digitalism, G’n'B have laced us up with this recent live recording from a few months back, in December, at Rennes, France’s premier 3-day indie music festival, TransMusicales. The mix is raw-fresh with a little old school Chicago house (Armando), little tecktonik (Dirty South), little indie dance rock (Muscles)… A little of this, a little of that—all banger.
Tracklist:
The Teenagers - Homecoming (Guns’n'Bombs 1996 XTC Rmx)
Phillidelphia rave-band Pink Skull drop their first full-length, ‘Zeppelin 3′ today, fools! This comes hot on the heels of ‘toof favorite, the ‘Drugs Will Keep Us Together’ single, that we shared earlier this year. ”Zeppelin 3′ is pressed on Free News Projects wax and the first single is ‘Gonzo’s Cointreau’—a track that is discovered to be a journey through frequencies. It’s ear-drum contorting electronic experimentation is counterpointed with more conventional drum kits breaks for a concoction that’s rather unique. Gonzo is onto something in this organic, synthetic dance track:
Will N.Y.’s Moby ever not be relevant? His acute sense for great pop, masterful techno, skillful songwriting, and his willingness to take risks is what keeps the man moving forward, this, eighteen years after his initial release ‘Mobility’. Mute will release Moby’s eighth studio album, ‘Last Night’ this March 31st, following the recently released first single ‘Alice’ and the just-released second single ‘Disco Lies’.
The grading curve is very high on ‘Last Night’, and picking singles must have been quite the task with such a solid record. ‘Alice’ is set apart with vocals from UK reggae artist Aynzli Jones and rappers S.O.Simple & Smokey of Nigerian rap group 419 Squad—the results approach a classic trip hop sound. While the ‘Alice’ single gets additional remix work, most notably by our hero, NY’s versitle EDM kingpin and Trouble&Bass‘r, Drop The Lime (a.k.a. Curses!).
Our love for trippy Londoner songstress Martina Topley Bird runs deep (we told you so), as does our lust for Aussie techno-shoegazers Van She, that’s why I was ecstatic when I heard the sexy pair went half on a music baby (and don’t forget Danger Mouse did the original production for one hot Ménage à trois)! The tune came on my radio last this last Friday, part of The Crystal Method’s exceptionally good radio program “Community Service Radio” for Indie 103.1 (they stream it online, yo!). I immediately set out get that track(!), but sadly, it was beyond my reach. …Until now. Low and behold what’s just found its way to the ‘toofbox:
We likes it! The full ‘Poison’ single drops on May 5th with an additional remix by British electro-rockers The Officers. Martina’s full length ‘The Blue God’ following up shortly after on May 12th, both released on London’s Independiente.
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