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THIS is where I will be playing Tonight: Deconstruction: Non-Vinyl Free-Zone Together with the FANTASTIC Mr KLASSIKIST (Round of applause please) get in free before 10pm with the passwords "i heart chris saunders" Host: Go-Go Bar
Type: Party - Bar Night/Pub Crawl
From: 26 February 2009 at 21:00 To: 27 February 2009 at 02:00 go go bar cnr bree and henry nxumalo (under the m1 highway) Johannesburg, South Africa
Dj's Destrukto (THAT'S ME) and The Klassikist (THAT'S KEITH) ..hip hop, big beat, indie, electro, swing and thing
The fantastic folk over at Nile-On sent me this:
THE BULLITTS
The Bullitts are Napoleon Solo (vocals/guitar), JP (keyboards/guitar) and Amelia Sparks (vocals). Their debut forthcoming single is named ‘Stay Runaway’.
Miike Snow new remix: When we first debuted music from Miike Snow, those involved in the project still remained unknown. But after some time and scoop giving, we know that the trio consists of Swedish heavy-hitters Bloodshy & Avant (aka Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, the two producers and songwriters behind Britney Spears' "Toxic") and Fires Of Rome leadman Andrew Wyatt. We still have no idea what the creepy moose/rabbit/nuclear warhead lovechild thing is above, though. After roping in some serious remixers for their own benefit, the Snow dudes have done the same for this band called Vampire Weekend, revamping (ha!) recent single "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance" with the bubbly epic house pads and expansive textures they've perfected in their own tunes. This is the only place to pick this one up so don't sleep! Vampire Weekend vs Miike Snow - The Kids Don't Stand A Chance (Miike Snow Remix)
Soooo, the good folk over at Ohh Crapp sent me some tracks to try and see what I could do with them from a remix perspective, the brief was "These are the original tracks, but that's where the real challenge resides - It doesn't have to be a remix of the whole track, you can use as much as a 1 second sample or even the whole thing if you thought you can come up with something good. It could be a remix or a Dub, but please not edits as this is a challenge to see how you can cast your sound/style over these tracks." These were the tracks: Panda Bear - I'm Not Air - Napalm Love Portishead - The Rip
We chose Air, coz we could, and we did and this is the result: Air vs Jay-Z - 99 Problems vs Napalm Love (Emaill Chekkerr vs Destrukto vs Infidel Gin In My Pocket Remix) This is my very first ever remix, there was also a LOT of beer involved, a LOT!! Hit me with some comments if you like it or don't, anything, some critique, I am always willing to learn. We did it in Ableton Live, used a Moog Emulator as well as added some drums, it was REALLY fun!!! Tim Apter was the main genius behind this, that would be Email Chekkerr, part of Double Adapter part of Cutout Collective!
Air vs Jay-Z – Napalm Love vs 99 Problems (Email Chekkerrr vs Destrukto vs Infidel Gin In My Pocket Mix) This is the debut of my first ever mix, did this with the genius Tim Apter aka Email Chekkerr as well as Adrian aka Infidel, there was beer involved. LOTS of beer Kylie Minogue – Slow (Chemical Brothers Remix) This still has to be one of the sexiest songs ever made, Kylie is at her sultry best all grooved up and made even better by the Chem’s, doing what they do best
Gwen Stefanie vs Neil Diamond – Hollaback Girl vs Girl, You’ll be… (Glory Hole Remix) Glory Hole Dj’s mash up, mostly Neil Diamond with his classic, check my previous post on theGlory Hole Dj’s and you can download this sweet track por NADA
George Lenton – KOSHON The awesome Mr Lenton dishes up an electro dubstep thriller for y’all, ALSO check out my previous post for this and other tracks of his Crookers – What Up Y’all (Dirty Disco Youth Rmx) Unbelievable Dubstep positively melts the speakers Ghislain Poirier ft MC Zulu – Go Ballistic (Wild Life Re-Rub) Some more Dubstep with a Dancehall bent, Go Ballistic? I did!! Radiohead – Climbing up the Walls (Fila Brazillia mix) Sunday afternoon dub chiller from Fila Brazillia making this Radiohead slice of awesomeness even more awesome. La Roux – In For The Kill (Skreams Lets Get Ravey Remix) Lovely chilled slow builder that kicks in really well towards the end, lovely Ladyhawke – Womanizer Pip covers Brittney, acoustic and violins, LOVELY, she adds an understated menace, but in that sweet inimitable way that she does
Van She – Kelly (M83 Rmx) This is beautiful, long, sweeping, heart wrenching, Royksopp – Happy Up Here (Mr Vega Remix) This and the Boys Noize remix are the two best remixes of this track floating around, had me grooving away in the studio Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning (Alec Metric Rmx) Well, she did a cover earlier, why not an original all mixed up Alec Metric styley? All is right with the world!! DFA 1979 – Go Home, Get Down Haven’t played a Death From Above 1979 song for a while, thought I’d wake you all up from my chilled first hour and what better way than the wall of genius sound that was DFA 1979, PLEASE reform guys, we love you, we REALLY do!!!
George Lenton – Your Love (Rmx) Well, another slice of awesomeness from George who is one of the nicest people like EVER, if any of you want to get anymore of his music, head on over to his MySpazz page, give him love!!! Tiga vs Jack Frost – Mind Shout (Tronik Youth Remix) This track is definitely being over remixed, there seems to be a new remix of it every second day, HOWEVER, most of them are great and this one is no exception, but guys, enough now, I am sure there are other songs to remix out there KinKies – Tokyo Arcade Mode A Japanese Electro band that Raps in French, whatever next??? The Constellations – We’re Here To Save The Day (Pocket Rmx) Synth Pop delight this, SOOO cool!! Heloise and Savoir Faire – Odyle (James Pants Rmx) These Brooklyn based peeps are going to be big, check this video out
Breakbot – Penelope Pitstop Bass from heaven, funky and toe-tapping, yeah!! We Smoke Fags – Eastenders (La Mode Remix) Indie Electro Punk, “You’ve got bad ideas”….indeed Justice – Carpates This is from the Waters of Nazareth cd, it’s Justice, I have been listening to the Across… CD all weekend, HOLY CRAP!!!!! BUY IT, BUY IT NOW!!! Theatre of Disco – Party at Plato’s Nice Indie pop from AUSTRALIA (thanks Too Many Sebastians for correcting me:)) Theatre of Disco, Australia and Japan are exploding at the moment, check out this cool blog that you can get a lot of that sort of stuff from Too Many Sebastians Walter Murphy – A Fifth of Beethoven (Real Soulwax Mix) Soulwax takes on the original master….who comes out the winner??? The Presets – Kicking and Screaming From the ever surprising and brilliant Apocalypso, these dudes are about to conquer America, end of… Cutout Collective – Fossils Deconstruction’s very own Cutout Collective from their up and coming EP, drips with awesomeness, world domination is the next step….you have been warned The Faint – Psycho From the brilliant Fasciination album, love gone wrong, SOOO very wrong Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream (Neon Neon Mix) These guys are also all over the place at the moment, they probably feel like they are Walking on a Dream at the moment, hoho, couldn’t resist….SOOOO bad, I know, but I will NOT apologise, it’s MY bad sense of humour and I am PROUD of it Coldplay – Clocks (Royksopp Instr) Nigh on unrecognisable, Royksopp, what more can I say? Sounds like there will be a SECOND new album soon???
The 3rd album from New York’s finest Yeah Yeah Yeahs is to be titled It’s Blitz! and is due to be unleashed on an unsuspecting planet on April 10. The album will be preceded by the single Zero which shows the band on their most electronic, experimental tip to date, with the inimitable Yeah Yeah Yeahs bombast flecked with swatches of synths and atmospheric effects.
According to the band, It’s Blitz! was inspired by the ’70s disco collaborations between Italian producer Giorgio Moroder and R&B songstress Donna Summer, Joy Division, and, well, Karen O’s love of dancing, and these all come through in their own YYY-warped way on the record.
It’s Blitz! was recorded across a number of studios across the states with production duties shared by TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek and Nick Launay (Talking Heads, Arcade Fire, INXS), and captures a band at the height of their powers and completely owning a gallant new direction.
Stay tuned for Zero on your radio next week.
PRESETS NEWS: If I Know You represents one of the more sublimely opulent moments from the multi award winning second album by The Presets, Apocalypso. Built from a somber chord progression and poignant tale of bitterness and lessons learned, If I Know You echoes of lonely night drives, dancing in the forest and the feeling of gallantly marching away from a spiteful lover.
To recreate the emotionally resonant atmosphere of the song on film, The Presets enlisted French director Eva Husson (who directed the acclaimed short for M83’s Kim and Jessie last year) to weave a poetic LA dream sequence of fire and dance, which you can view on their MySpace. Remixes of If I Know You come courtesy of Tom Middleton, Heartbreak, Vince Clark and Chaim, with a hypnotic cover by Tania & Jori.
ROBYN NEWS: Swedish songstress Robyn has just released a 3 track live EP exclusive to iTunes. With acoustic versions of Be Mine, With Every Heartbeat and Bum Like You and at only $4, forgo the coffee tomorrow morning and let this twinkle your morning
TAME IMPALA NEW BLOG: "Hello internet friends / fans / people vaguely interested. We are a psychedelic rock band called Tame Impala. We’re really good and awesome and we like to play gigs in paddocks and other large areas of grass in the sun. We like to record music at home. We wrote a bio a while ago but lost it, I’ll put it up when I find it." They’re also (now) proud parents of a brand spanking new blog, a place to keep you up to date on their local and soon to be global happenings alongside things they’re checking and stumbling upon. Good times.
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ANNOUNCE FESTIVAL APPEARANCES FOR 2009 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce the first of a string of summer festival appearances. The band, featuring Ed Kuepper on guitar, will headline at German festivals Southside (Neuhausen Ob Eck) and Hurricane (Scheesel) in June, Scotland's T in the Park on 10th July and Oxegen Festival in Ireland on 11th July. Kuepper, formally of Australian bands The Saints and Laughing Clowns, completes the current Bad Seeds live line up of Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey, Thomas Wydler, Jim Sclavunos and Conway Savage. Kuepper has been, and continues to be, a significant influence on contemporary Australian music. He formed the original version of the proto punk band The Saints in 1973 whilst in high school and when the original Saints split he formed what, in the eyes of many, was an even bolder enterprise, Laughing Clowns. The Clowns broke up in 1984 and Kuepper launched a prolific solo career which has seen the release of more than 20 albums and several film and soundtrack projects. His latest studio recording was 'Jean Lee and the Yellow Dog' in 2007. This full schedule of festival dates promises to include some of the best and most exciting festivals that Europe and the British Isles have to offer. These festival dates mark the band's first European appearances since their sold-out London Troxy shows in November 2008. More details will be announced very soon. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Mute are set to release their first four albums in a series that will see the band's entire album catalogue digitally re-mastered and remixed in 5.1 surround sound. All 14 albums will be available as re-mastered CD and as a deluxe Collectors Edition starting with the release of From Her To Eternity, The Firstborn Is Dead, Kicking Against The Pricks and Your Funeral... My Trial on 30th March 2009. ________________________________________ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Ed Kuepper Laughing Clowns
"Wrong", coming April 6th "Wrong", the first single from Depeche Mode's twelfth studio album "Sounds Of The Universe", will be released on April 6th, 2009 (April 7th in North America).
The world premiere of "Wrong" will be on the Echo Awards television show in Germany on February 21st. The rest of the universe will get to hear "Wrong" on the radio, starting February 23rd. Depeche Mode
OMFG!!!!!! New Simian Mobile Disco song Synthesise and its LOVELY, this is the video, the track floated around for a very short time on various blogs but the link has been removed, so I guess we have to wait then, well, I think it will be worth the wait, in the meantime, enjoy the video!!
Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you George Lenton, I wanted to do a feature on him a while back when I got his awesome King Blues remix but there was no info, however, he contacted me and has kindly allowed me to share some of his genius with you, AND he can also tell you a bit about himself in his own words. SERIOUSLY nice guy to boot!! Give him love on his GEORGE LENTON MySpace page
This is what he has to say: i started off djing, decided id actually learn the decks rather than just mix on them and ended up doing a few comps, dmc's, a couple of battle's in london and whatnot. However, i got bored of the battle scene and the boring geeky gigs that went with it, so i stopped all that and got into band stuff. I started helping out a band with their backing tracks live and little bits of keys and stuff. I also got bored of this, band politics were absolutely stupid, there was loads of bitching and i wasnt really getting to do anything that creative, so left in spring 2008.
After that i really got into producing my own stuff and taking it more seriously. SBPM was the first track that i made on the promo, and was originally a piss take but i sort of got into it :P ha ( although i messed up all the folders and never got chance to mix it down properly! probably sounds better messy anyway...) SBPM got played on radio 1 and so have some of the others off the promo, the yelle remix was given the thumbs up from tepr and yelle themselves and the king blues remix was also approved by the band.
So since then ive just been making beats! Im not too sure what catagory id put myself under, obviously some of its electro, but that doesnt really apply to me, just some of the stuff ive made up to date. I really like dubstep and have a couple of tracks lined up at the mo. This year id like to start gigging again as a dj, but off the back of my productions rather than just scratching.
Annie – Heartbeat (Royksopp Remix) LOVELY remix, in fact the best of all the ones out there, its glacial, sweeping and pretty as all hell Royksopp – Happy Up Here (Boys Noize Remix) <----<3 Boys Noize adds a degree of menace and awesomeness to this already cool track by them Royksoppians, it’s a grower, played it on Saturday night at the beginning of my set , it went down a storm, I played it about 7 times in a row in my car VV Brown – Leave (Feat Little Boots) VV Brown with Electro pop princess Little Boots, very cool track Bloody Beetroots – Harvest Times (Lapin Remix) Can’t wait for him to hit our shores, I think its next month, gonna be MAD dammit!! Groove Armada – Pull up (Crank it up) (Mad Decent b-live rmx (Diplo)) One of the new Groove Armada tracks, REALLY cool remix-work as always by Diplo, thanks to Mary Smith for the heads up. They are giving the album away on-line www.bliveshare.com here, it’s kinda cool however you do have to work to get the entire.E.P. Lalory – ON ON REALLY cool electro stomper, New Ordinament – Super Clare (FutureFlashs 2009 Rework) Played this on saterday night at the Woods, which I rocked solidly and this was one of the reasons why
A-Trak – Say Whoa (Minus Remix) A-Trak’s stormer given new life and impetus by Minus, go to Chubby Fingers or go to Minus page and give love Bipolar Badwise – Entwined (Royal Rumble Rmx) Really cool track as well, it also hasn’t left my car radio this entire week Freezepop – Front Load (Designer Drugs Rmx) Boston band fronted by Liz Enthusiasm
Van She – Kelly (M83 Rmx) This is all pretty and epic and everything a person could ask for on a lonely Valentines day, gut wrenchingly beautiful mix Bloc Party – Call the Shots (Girls Aloud cover) Bloc Party take on Girls Aloud track and give it their own inimitable style
Depeche Mode – Behind the Wheel Because I can Depeche Mode – Higher Love Because I STILL can Depeche Mode – Little 15 Did I mention I am going to see them in May, did I? Did I mention that I am excited about it? Can you tell? Royksopp – Eple (Bjorn Torske Rmx) Bjorn Torske takes an original classic and gives it fresh new life, ALWAYS loved Eple, even though it goy overplayed, it got overplayed because it is so good The Pharcyde – Passin me By (GLORYHOLE Edit) Classic hip-hop track given some cut up editing by the gloryhole crew, stylish, coolest back beat ever
Bomb the Bass – Burn the Bunker (Toob’s Whatgoesoninhemsbystaysinhemsby mix) This sounds like a bass on fire to me, it smoulders and burns, played this at the Woods on saterday night as well to end off my set, bit of a risk at the end of a dirty electro set but it worked Gloryhole – Play vs Tom’s Diner (Gloryhole Edit) Gloryhole takes Suzanne Vega’s Tom’s Diner updates it and makes it ready for the new millennium, fantastic mash up George Lenton – SBPM My new friend from the Midlands of the UK, this dubstep piece of awesomeness is just that, AWESOME. Bjorn Torske – Beautiful Thing Bjorn has mixed Royksopp, now he is here on his own proving that remixing is not his only forte, absolutely brilliant George Lenton vs Yelle – Je Veux te Voir Rmx AWESOME remix by a new up and coming talent, I will be doing a blog on him later, there will be goodies for you to download, someone definitely to watch, sort of electro dubstep with indie punk sensibilities Rambrandt – Alarm Rambrandt check it here, thanks to the B-Electro crew, this is a stormer, went down a treat at the Woods on saterday night, got the crowd bouncing to this one, it’s good to bounce, no?
Puppetmastaz – So Scandalous (Siriusmo Remix) Hip hop coolness done all Siriusmo styley, nice. Word of advice, DON’T do a Google search for Gloryhole, you will come up with some nasty shit, you have been warned!!!
RIGHT PEEPS, this is where I will be tomorrow being Valentines day firstly:
I will be playing at Gin tomorrow afternoon, a downtempo chilled set for y'all together with The Klassikist, he will be jealous of my shoes, oh yes, he WILL be jealous of my shoes!!!
Then in the evening I will be playing atThe Woods for an Anti-Valentines Dirty Electro Mash-up Madness fest!!!
Pixel Pop back and in full swing with a hella romantic lineup of our most dashing DJs for the Valentines party of Valentines parties.
Featuring: Destrukto! King of Town! Double Adapter! (Distributing candy hearts all night)
Wear Red and/or White = Free Entry Don't = Fifty Ronds
Right of Admission Reserved No Under 18's - Bring your ID!
Sooo, no show this week, I went away this weekend to Cape Town and wasn't able to do one, I have however put together some tracks for an hour and repeating hour two of 13th January, so I will try post those tomorrow if I have time, it is a hectic week ahead. I am playing at an Ad agency on thursday with my fiend Andrew the DJ and then at The Woods on saterday for an anti-valentines dirty Electro mash-up so that should be wild!! Can anyone suggest ways of getting past the blues? I have them and really could use some cheering up! Hook me up with a bad joke or ten or summat, come, be kind...bleeding heart here!!!!
Lux Interior, the founding member of garage punk band the Cramps, has died aged 62. Interior, whose real name was Erick Lee Purkhiser, passed away on 4 February at Glendale Memorial Hospital in California. He had suffered from a previously existing heart condition.
Interior was the theatrical, macabre frontman of cult punk-rock group the Cramps. He founded the band in 1973 with his wife, Poison Ivy, whose real name is Kristy Wallace, and quickly became a staple of the New York punk scene. The band's music fused their love of horror B-movies with rockabilly and surf rock, and their influence can be heard in bands such as the White Stripes, My Bloody Valentine and the Horrors.
The Cramps recorded their debut EP, Gravest Hits, in 1979 and continued touring and recording, albeit with a revolving lineup, until 2004. Interior and Poison Ivy were the only constant members of the group. They were notorious for their flamboyant, fetishistic live shows, and once infamously played a show for patients at Napa State Mental Hospital in Sacramento.
False rumours that Interior had died of a heroin overdose circulated in 1987, with fans sending wreaths to his home after hearing the news. "At first, I thought it was kind of funny, but then it started to give me a creepy feeling," the singer told the Los Angeles Times. "We sell a lot of records, but somehow just hearing that you've sold so many records doesn't hit you quite as much as when a lot of people call you up and are obviously really broken-up because you've died."
Sadly, a statement confirming his death earlier this week is no hoax. He is survived by Wallace, his wife of 37 years. A statement from the Cramps' media representatives reads: "Lux has been an inspiration and influence to millions of artists and fans around the world. He and wife Poison Ivy's contributions with the Cramps have had an immeasurable impact on modern music. He is a rare icon who will be missed dearly."
FUCKING SAD DAY INDEED...... Been listening to them a LOT recently again, AWESOME band........NO-ONE did Bad so Good R.I.P. LUX INTERIOR
We at Deconstruction support all levels of awesomeness and THIS looks like it completely fits the bill....I am SOOOO there, and so too should you be!
WHEN: 18 February 2009 at 18:25 untill 22 February 2009 at 16:00 Where: Goethe Institute Johannesburg & Digital Art Convent Building CITY: Johannesburg, South Africa
German digital artist Friedrich Kirschner will be giving a series of screenings and events on Machinima.
Look out for the very very cool Scanning Event on Saturday - You can 3d scan your whole body and play yourself in a game!! Check It
What is Machinima? (machine + animation + cinema) Machinima is a real world film making technique applied with in the interactive virtual world of 3D games. Basically, games are modified and altered so that scenery and characters (‘characters’ are not human they are objects or avatars) can be controlled either by human intervention or scripts – allowing the artists to ‘shoot’ movies within the virtual environment.
There are degrees of manipulation and modification – from the basic manipulation of the chosen games characters to the full replacement of the environment and characters. Kirschner in a series of machinima titled person 2184 replaced the 3D gaming environment and characters with photographs of an urban environment. In this way he created a graphic movie series on urban living. These were released both as a stand alone movies and movies that run in the gaming environment of Unreal Tournament. Machinima Screenings and Discussions: To view full screening schedule (films and artist info) visit Screening Schedule
Screening Session 1: Art and Play - Machinima as a New Art Form Date & Time: 18 February at 18:30 Venue: Goethe Institute Johannesburg 119 Jan Smuts Ave Entrance on New Port Road Parkwood 1hr 30 min
Screening Session 2: Machinima Filmfest Selection Date & Time: 19 February at 18:30 Venue: Goethe Institute Johannesburg 1hr 30 min
Guerilla Animation Workshop: Blending Video Games and Milk into Narrative "Participants learn how to look at computer games as sandboxes for creative play and storytelling. After some initial experiments with Machinima, the workshop will show new ways of using simple tools like a webcam and a bowl of milk to create your own characters and environments, and how soy sauce can be used to move a digital puppet."
Date: Friday 20th February to Sunday 22nd February (this will include Saturdays Live Scanning Event) Time: 11:00 to 16:00 daily Venue: WSOA Digital Arts Division – New Lab Digital Convent Building, East Campus, Wits.
3D Scanning with a Bathing Suit: Live 3D Scanning Event – Make yourself 3D “Participants can digitally scan their whole body using a small inflatable pool, a webcam and colored water. The overall procedure, the setup and the open-source software both for scanning and visualising will be explained and people can take their scans home to watch them on their computer, or even build their own scanning apparatus to a scale of their liking.”
Date: Saturday 21st February Time: 14:00 Venue: Goethe Institute Johannesburg
Now stop Fucking around and go HERE and give LOVE!!
So, just like old folks, I believe that music should be given respect. We celebrate people who retire with parties, but what do we do for the music that we retire from our Vinyl/CD collections, or top playlists, or whatever your specific preference is?? I decided that I would celebrate tracks that I no longer foresee myself playing at gigs by presenting the “5 ON IT” Mix Series. Each time around, I will select 5 tracks that have put a smile on my face along with many others.
SOOOO, tonights show I have some WICKED cool new music from the likes of LCD Soundsystem, The Guilty Hands, FrYars, Midfield General etc, AND I have Adrian, Malcolm and Nicola in the studio talking about MTV.alt which we are geting involved with, check it out:)
D.A.F. – Der Mussolini Absolute dancefloor classic all Teutonic like and Krautrocky….absolute stormer from my youth… The Guilty Hands – Gregory and the Birds (The Release Stranger to Love Mix) Yes, I know I played it a few weeks back, but it’s such a great track and you can download it here Hot Chip – Transmission (Joy Division Cover)
Hot Chip doing Joy Division??? Whatever next??? Mighty fine version with a healthy nod towards the dark original done in them Chippy’s inimitable style…. Booka Shade – Outskirts (Trentemoller Mix) Quite possibly the prettiest track I have heard in ages….was playing at a pub lounge restaurant type thingy on saterday and this went down a treat Peter Bjorn and John – Lay it Down (Golden Filter Rmx) Another day another Peter Bjorn and John remix, lovely The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl (Soulwax 2 many dj’s Remix)
I did not think that this track could get any more ballsy and big and beaty however them Belgians certainly know how to flesh out the beats and holy crap what a great remix…almost heading into Prodigy Smack My Bitch Up territory Audion – Noiser (Mary Velo Remix) Absolutely lovely Mary Velo Remix of Matthew Dear’s side project, the warmest bassline ever catches fire Heloise Savior Faire – Illusions (Filthy Dukes Rmx) Brilliant track all Filthied up and ready for the dancefloor LCD Soundsystem – Where is Love? Apparently he doesn’t even like this track, well I disagree, I think it is the best thing he has written in ages, all disco and driven Trash Yourself and Toxic Avenger – Song 2 (Richard Vission and Robert Chang Re-Work) Thanks John, this remix is amazing, brings more elements of the original in and gives Heidi’s vocals more prominence Capsule – Flashback Cool track from Japan's Electronica act Capsule, blissful in my humble opinion
Midfield General – Love thyself (Tronik Youth Remix) Tronik Youth takes this Midfield General track to a new level…Love Thyself indeed, nothing wrong with a bit of narcissism early in the morning, ee aye ee aye oh…. (anyone get that musical reference, message me….I promise to be impressed Lilly Allen – The Fear (The Count Saves Lilly Allen From The Fear remix) Can this lady do anything wrong at the moment? All dubsteppy and grimey and lovely and Lilly like FrYars – Visitors (feat David Gahan) This track takes Sir Mode back to 80’s territory, even his vocal delivery takes it back into that territory, tres cool! Midfield General – Disco Sirens (Blackflight Flashlight Remix)
I’m in Love with the Disco Siren, features Vila from my new favourite Bumblebeez, genius……. Yeah, suck on THAT senor, hahahhah, you know who you are…. Johnny Cash – Personal Jesus Track seven of the album, Johnny’s second last ever if I remember correctly, making Le Mode all honky tonk, Johnny Cash, a complete nutter and a complete genius Jace Everrett – Bad Things Yay cool Americana, thanks Malcolm, a lovely addition The Faint – I Treat You Wrong Fasciination track….fascinating band…awesome track….yay for the Faint (also track 7 of the cd) Presets – Talk Like that (An Optimo Espacio Remix) And completing the track 7 trilogy, thank you Nicola, Adrian and Malcolm, is this stroke of Aussie genius all Jd Twitch’d out, did I mention that they were amazing at Nevereverland? They have just announced that they will be playing Coachella this year, lucky Americans Winx – Don’t Laugh NOW we have to get all ravey on your asses, freaking fantastic… first heard this on a dancefloor in the mid 90’s whilst smangled off ones face, as one tended to do back then, well, once the laughing began, holy crap…the entire rave (about 4 thousand lumo nutters) went off, laughed for days after that….thank you Winx, a great night Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart (Fuck Buttons Remix)
Knife side project given the Fuck Buttons treatment, dark and Dead Can Dance style, isn’t going to be mainstream, but they do have their cult status well in check Grace Jones – Williams Blood (Aeroplane Dub) STILL the coolest mix of her recent outing, long and thankfully so….welcome back Mizz Jones, you’re not perfect, but you’re perfect for me!
We still have no idea what the creepy moose/rabbit/nuclear warhead lovechild thing is above, though.
