Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Steamin' hot remix from Danger of Acid Washed

While I was writing the last post about Anoraak we got another hot email from Record Makers that we just have to post immediately. It's a new Danger remix of the French duo Acid Washed self-titled track.

Acid Washed are as the write in the email "proud to announce the release of their eponymous 12" with remixes from The Hacker, Mickey Moonlight, Danger, Daniel Haaksman, Digikid84, Lazy Flow, Jungle Fiction and Stuff." And so they should, great song remixed by a bunch of great people. For example Danger, who needs no introduction, and his version of "Acid Washed". Pure good! Buy the whole release here.

Acid Washed - Acid Washed (Danger Remix)

Anoraak remix of Neon Indian

Got this new Anoraak remix of an older Neon Indian track named "Psychic Chasms". But it doesn't matter if the original track is about one-year old old when the remix is Anoraakingtastic!

The remix is featured on a new deluxe edition release of Neon Indian's "Psychic Chasms" now named "Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms Possessed". It contains nine remixes or versions of the featured tracks, for example remixes of Yacht and Dntel. Get it here.

Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms (Anoraak Remix)

Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms

Another thing that's Anoraakingtastic is the 360° video shot by Milosh Luczynski with 8 cameras to the first single "Above Your Head", a track that we posted a while back, from the delayed release of "Wherever the Sun Sets". New release date are set to September 21, still on naïve though.

Rosie and Me

It's not the love story of Rosie and me Jonny Puma, but instead it's the name of a folk pop group from Brazil!! Yep, Rosie and Me are hailing from Brazil influenced of the American folk music making their sound a little more unique.

Now you're maybe wondering why the electronic music blog of Tracasseur writes about folk pop suddenly. The story is kind of sweet (maybe a love story...) and it started out when singer Rosie emailed us wanted to be reviewed on Tracasseur and telling us of their influences of likes as Bon Iver, Stars and Band of Horses. Me, listening to that kind of music also, took a listen and liked what I heard. Unfortunately it would be kind of wrong to post only folk pop on Tracasseur even if we really can post whatever we want.

So even if the post wouldn't be made I had to answer her and tell that I really liked what I heard but we couldn't post it regarding our electronic direction. But I also asked her if they got a remix made of some of their tracks, because then we could kind of go around the problem and posting the remix along with the original track as we often do with a lot of remixes. Hurrah, there were one remix!

So she sent over a remix of "Come Back" made by a French DJ named Benwa. So now we could make a post. "Come Back" is one of the tracks from their self-released EP "Bird and Whale" (buy it here) and it's a pearl all the way, especially if you're into folk pop with sweet introspective lyrics, catchy melodies and soft female vocals. So now it's Rosie and Me...

Rosie and Me - Come Back (Benwa's Remix)

Rosie and Me - Come Back

"Har du varit STYGG?"

"Have you been bad?" is what the headline say in Swedish. And it's from Sweden the duo STYGG are. It's been quiet from STYGG for quite a while since the released their great track "Lunacy" in the early 2009. But now Johan Bring and David Strindberg are back with their new single "Sleep" released on Trewetha Records and available on iTunes and Spotify along with four remixes.

STYGG - Sleep

STYGG - Sleep (Kungen & Hertigen Remix)

STYGG - Sleep (The Integrals Remix)

And speaking of the older track "Lunacy" here's a fine video directed by themselves with their producing agency Punx Sthlm along with the track and a remix. At their MySpace there are some other fine tracks to take a listen to.



STYGG - Lunacy

STYGG - Lunacy (Body In The Thames Disco Diablo Mix)

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Dance Mama video


So we had a great time playing at ODahl's release party last Friday. Great music played by all the DJs, lots of Aperol drunk and the premiere of ODahl's video for "Dance Mama". So for all of you unlucky people who weren't there (and for the majority of people who couldn't see the video since the place was so packed), here it is!

The EP is still exclusive at Beatport.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

We love Velo

Stumbled upon these unsigned London guys of Velo a couple of months back. Were thrilled of their amazing sound. Fell in love. Now I noticed that they still are unsigned but they have finally released their first EP "Trading Alibis" on Eurostar Records.

When I saw the release I heard this remix of Mondkopf. Heavy stuff compared to Velo's kind of 80s guitar based electro pop it took a complete other turn, a good marriage.

Velo - Trading Alibis (Mondkopf Remix) by mondkopf

Back when I took my first listen of Velo, these three tracks got stuck in my head, especially "White Nights". These tracks are only in low quality so you first can discover Velo and then head over and buy the whole EP with remixes at iTunes, alright!

Velo - White Nights

Velo - Trading Alibis

Velo - Perfect Twisted World

Earlier this year, they also got a huge hit over at Hype Machine with their remix of Ellie Goulding's "Starry Eyed". A track that have a lot of great remixes, we're especially in love with Monsieur Adi's version but Velo's is also a superb remix. In other words, Velo are not only good in making their own music, they're also good with the remix work.

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Velo's Wild Eyed Edit)

Penguin Prison - Funny Thing (Velo Remix)

And as the final bonus of this love declaration to Velo, they have made this wonderful disco flavoured mixtape. A lot of nice tracks from back in the days mixed with some newer ones.

VELO MIXTAPE 001 by VELO VELO VELO

Monarchy & Penguin Prison + Jamiroquai = Greatness

When two of my favourite acts of 2010 Monarchy and Penguin Prison come up with remixes of classic Jamiroquai, it gets my attention.

Jamiroquai have been around for quite a while now, first release was back in 1992 and they have some classic hits like "Cosmic Girl" and "Virtual Insanity" along with a Grammy award in their backpack. Now their soon to release their seventh studio album "Rock Dust Light Star", last time they released a studio album was five years ago, so the expectations are high. "White Knuckle Ride" is one of the tracks to be featured on the album and it's also the lead-single for the release.

So when I got the news that both Monarchy and Penguin Prison had put their magic touch on the new single from Jamiroquai. It got me a little excited and then the remixes turned out to be fabulous. I don't know how they do, these two fantastic acts, but they always deliver lovely material, these remixes aren't any exceptions.

Jamiroquai - White Knuckle Ride (Monarchy Remix)

Jamiroquai - White Knuckle Ride (Penguin Prison Remix)

Jamiroquai - White Knuckle Ride

Saturday, August 28, 2010

84.85 and 40 and a fistfight together with ¡BORRACHO!

A weird headline? Not so, really. It's the band 84.85 that got their track "40 and a Fistfight" remixed of ¡BORRACHO! Both acts are from Toronto, the city that I not long ago claimed to be this year's "City of Great Music". A lot of amazing stuff is coming from Toronto right now. This one for example...

84.85 - 40 and a Fistfight (¡BORRACHO! Remixx)

Two new tracks from Hot Pink Delorean

Got these two tracks from Hot Pink Delorean a while ago. Some new electro techno for Saturday evening. These tracks are only in 160 kbps so if you want them in full quality get over to Beatport and buy the release.

Hot Pink Delorean - I Am Your Computer

Hot Pink Delorean - Spearshaker

News from Night Drugs

The duo of Night Drugs from Montpellier in France are announcing their comeback for early September with four new unreleased tracks. An EP on Tracy Recording is also soon to come and another release featuring Grems and Foreign Beggars too. We'll let you know.

Night Drugs - Idole

Night Drugs - Shined On Me

Night Drugs - Sucrerie

Night Drugs - Turn Me On (Unmixed)

And as a bonus we got this Night Drugs remix from our fine friends over at Neonized.

Nujax - Aya (Night Drugs Remix)

Friday, August 27, 2010

la ZEBRA + Justin Faust

la ZEBRA is a 21-year-old house producer and DJ from California. He makes the type of high-energy, cut-up house music that makes you think of people like The Phantom's Revenge. He has a great sense of which songs to remix or sample (or should I say beat the crap out of?), which is a good quality since great samples is pivotal to this type of music.

With his latest track, he gets some remixing back-up by Justin Faust, who needs no introduction to our readers.

la ZEBRA - Mind Tricks

la ZEBRA - Mind Tricks (Justin Faust Remix)

Bonus party bangers:

la ZEBRA - Love

Matt & Kim - Daylight (la ZEBRA Remix)

Kool & The Gang - Be My Lady (la ZEBRA Remix)