New stuff from Clancy

Mixmag premiered Clancy's latest track only a couple of hours ago. Because we're good friends with Clancy we wanted to support his latest one also by giving you the track here at Tracasseur too. Love this new one!

The Magician - When The Night Is Over remixes

We covered The Magician's new single "When The Night Is Over", featuring Swedish duo Newtimers a while back. This week the remix EP was released with a pretty big-name support in Brodinski, Ejeca, Clancy and Claptone. I don't know if it's the house/deep house poisoning talking, but I'm not that impressed with Brodinski's slow electro version, but, rather predictably perhaps, I like the other versions a lot. Oh, and the Claptone remix, which featured in the Magic Tape from the other day, is free download. Pick the EP up on Beatport or iTunes.

Clancy - What You Do EP

Cool label Dirt Crew just announced a new sub-label called S P I E L, and judging by their first release it's going to be just as cool. The person who got the honour to make up the first release is old favourite Clancy who used to make awesome dreamwave and nu disco but now mostly make awesome house of the deeper variety. And to top it off he gets remix support from Sweden's dear brother country Norway, in the form of a deep diskomiks (Norwegian for disco mix) from Prins Thomas. Out digitally and on Vinyl on September 30. Pre-order your digital copy on What People Play or your vinyl on Juno.

2 x free Clancy

More free mp3s for you. This time from Clancy, who we hopefully will be seeing in Stockholm in the autumn. Stay tuned! "The Way You Dance" is a couple of hours old, while "All Just In My Mind" was included on The Magician's Magic Tape 31. Like Clancy on Facebook!

New tracks from Clancy and Shelby Grey

Two artists from Holographic People, Clancy and Shelby Grey give us two hot steamin' new tracks. This is great news but what's even better is that both tracks come as free downloads!

Clancy who made it into our Best of 2012 lists, is now back with another big tune in "How To Hold On To You". Great work by Clancy, and I really hope 2013 will be his year!



Shelby Grey has made a remix a la ‘dreamwave 90’s Balearic' on Saint Lou Lou's "Maybe You". Sweet remix!

Clancy - Bringing You Joy

So, while Jonny has been backed-up at work, I've been having a cold. That's about to pass, mostly due to the joy that this new Clancy song brings.

Clancy - Bringing You Joy by Clancymusic

Clancy remixes

Here's a short update on everyone's favourite Clancy. He's made a couple of remixes lately. One of French electro prodigy Alec Carlsson (with a very Swedish sounding name), and one of Sweden's most hipster mainstream singers (or is it the other way around?), Robyn. I'm not using the M-word to have a go at her, on the contrary, there are few people who make so authentic music, and still appeal to such a wide audience, and that's both impressive and well deserved. Anyway, here are the tracks:

Robyn - None of Dem (Clancy Discoteca Remix) (Free download) by Clancymusic

Alec Carlsson - Royal Lives (Clancy Re-Edit) by Clancymusic

Speaking of Alec Carlsson, he's got a new EP out that you should check out:

Alec Carlsson - Alicante E.P (SC CUTS) - Gourmand Music Recordings / OUT NOW by Alec Carlsson

Beaumont round up

April, May and the beginning of June have been real productive months for Beaumont, our Aussie fave. A lot of tracks and releases for him and we round them up here today so you keep track of Beaumont.

Latest one is his remix of Show Your Shoe's "Technik City - Jet Skiing". Get Beaumont's remix over at Juno, where you also should buy the whole release with remixes of Flashworx and Coupons.

show your shoe - technik city - jet skiing (beaumont remix) by beaumont_music

Next up is his latest EP "City Meets Soldier" featuring Ill Collins. The original track is a more than 8 minutes long dreamy Beaumont track, kind of epic. Lovely work. And the remixes that comes along the release, it's really hard to pick out any favourite one so far, due to all of them are really awesome and they all contributes with something in every remix. So here is the whole release in 128 kbps and if you want them in better quality, lets say 320 kbps or FLAC, head over to Beaumont's Bandcamp and buy them. Very praiseworthy thinking of the high quality content of the EP.

Beaumont feat. Ill Collins - City Meets Soldier (Original Mix)

Beaumont feat. Ill Collins - City Meets Soldier (Clancy Remix)

Beaumont feat. Ill Collins - City Meets Soldier (Ren Riz Remix)

Beaumont feat. Ill Collins - City Meets Soldier (Shelby Grey Remix)

Beaumont feat. Ill Collins - City Meets Soldier (Farfletched Remix)

Last tracks of the day will be "Oblivion" and "Feed the Sky". Once again Beaumont's distinctive character in the music, they got his signature written all over them. Dream away with Beaumont and the last words for the day will be: everytime you dream it feeds the sky...

Beaumont - Oblivion

Beaumont - Feed the Sky

Clancy + Build = Miroir

As you know, we're huge fans of Clancy and Build, both as individual producers and when they join forces as they've been doing with a string of great remixes. Together they formone of the best Anglo-Australian partnerships since Stock, Aitken & Waterman produced Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue...

Now they've formalized their collaboration in a new project called Miroir, and the first batch of original productions in the form of the "So Fewer Particles Scatter" EP is out tomorrow on Holographic People. You can stream it here before you buy it. But that's not all; they are giving away an exclusive mix to their biggest fans!

Miroir - Kites

Miroir - So fewer particles scatter

Synth Vs Sea

Miroir - Night Sky

Miroir - Luminance by Holographic People

Miroir - Night Sky (Miroir Club Mix) [Tracasseur exclusive]

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves

So I'm back from the dead after the flu from hell. Women who talk about how painful it is to give birth don't know how it's like to be a man with a really bad cold (to paraphrase an old Swedish add). Like an unintentional get-well present I received Shelby Grey's brand new EP "Echoes Dimensions & Waves" from Heartbeats Management, aka Sarah Hansson, the Swedish Barcelona-based manager, booking agent, recent label boss (and apparent wonder woman). Yes people, Heartbeats have evolved into a label called Holographic People, and, judging by the first release you see before you and that we know future releases include Clancy & Build and Young Digerati, we already know it's going to be one of our favourite labels.

So what about the first release? Well it features Ricco Vitali (half of Cavaliers of Fun), I trust the list of remixers apart from Grey himself says it all; Beaumont, Clancy, Worship, Stephen Falken and AlbertOne help the EP become an orgy in lush dreamwave synths and driving electropop and synth house beats.

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves (Beaumont Remix)

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves (Clancy Remix)

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves (Stephen Falken remix)

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves (Worship remix)

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves (AlbertOne remix) by Holographic People

Clancy and Ultra City + Kisses

Kisses, whom we wrote about last year, the he-and-she-duo from L.A. making fantastic dreamy music are back with a new EP "Midnight Lover" from the album "The Heart of the Nightlife".


The EP was released February 14 along with three remixes from our friend Clancy, Ultra City and ANR. The label decided to make Clancy's remix free for our readers and the Ultra City dub remix is also given away for no pesetas. Go and buy the EP here and why not buy the whole album here!

Kisses - Midnight Lover (Clancy Remix)

Kisses - Midnight Lover (Ultra City Dub)

If you remember the old post we wrote about Kisses, we said that the voice of Jesse Kivel reminded us about Swedish singer Jens Lekman. And as a bonus today, Ultra City remixed Kisses for this release but they've also remixed Jens Lekman back in the days.

Jens Lekman - Sipping On The Sweet Nectar (Ultra City Remix)

Arnie Becker's best of 2010

So it's time for a new Best of the Year post. I won't bore you with the usual "it was sooo difficult selecting the tracks", even if it was. For example my already cropped-down list of 25 suddenly grew to 34 just before I went to bed last night. I managed to get it down to 25 again today, and compared to the thousands of tracks I've listened to this year they have all been in the top of my most played lists, have meant something special or generally made a big impression on me. So if your track ended up around number 20, please don't see it as a terrible write-down; there's a lot of great music I had to exclude, and I spent more time cropping the list than getting the list in exactly the right order.

But let's go to work.

#25. Volta Cab - Clarissa

I'll start my way up to the top with Volta Cab who added to the Russian wave that the likes of Tesla Boy started. Volta Cab makes dreamy nu disco or soft house though, and my favourite track from the strong debut EP was the title track.

Volta Cab - Clarissa


#24. David E. Sugar - Flea Market (Third Party Remix)

David who? yeah, I know we haven't written about him, so adding him on my top of the year list might seem like we haven't done our job. In part that's true, David E. Sugar made a great album, and a great single in "Flea Market", so this is a small step to make it up to him. Also, I really liked the 90s rave air of the break in the Third Party remix. More stuff like that is coming up.

David E. Sugar - Flea Market (Third Party Remix)
128 kbps - buy the full quality version here!

#23. Jen Bloom - All I'm Dreaming Of

There were some strong beautiful female voices singing beautiful pop songs with up-tempo beats this year. One favourite was Ellie Goulding, another one was Jen Bloom, who with the production help of monstr made a great song, and a great single with remixes from Artwork and Dcup.

Jen Bloom - All I'm Dreaming Of


#22. The Toxic Avenger - ANGST:ONE

The Toxic Avenger released an epic EP late this autumn. Of two versions by Toxic himself and two great remixes we could have chosen either one, but since (spoiler alert!) Black Strobe will pop up later, I went with the intense, yet melodic original.

The Toxic Avenger - ANGST:ONE


#21. Delphic - Halcyon (Clancy Remix)

And now some power-synth to cover all the nutrition groups in the food pyramid. Clancy was a new acquaintance in the spring. Him teaming up with Build is really a match made in heaven. Favourite Clancy was one of his two remixes of Delphic.

Delphic - Halcyon (Clancy Remix)


#20. Build - Palm Tree

Did anyone say Build? He had already built up a great reputation for his up-tempo remixes and characteristic sound. This year he showed us that he's more than just a great remixer.

Build - Palm Tree


#19. Stay Ali - 97

Great debut EP from the talented trio Stay Ali on Technofavrik, the label run by another great; Monsieur Adi. The Swedish trio have apart from their obvious talents, the feeling for beautiful melodies sometimes that slightly quirky and artsy touch that show their background in art music.

Stay Ali - 97


#18. Punches - Feeling Right (Justin Faust Remix)

This year we were fortunate to play with some great djs. One of them was Justin Faust who we happened to have been fans of for quite a while. He turned out to be just as great a guy as producer and DJ, and his happy disco take on his music gelled perfectly with upcoming Brooklyn act Punches', who with a different sound have essentially the same take.

Punches - Feeling Right (Justin Faust Remix)


#17. Fare Soldi - Il Vecchio e il Mullet

Fare Soldi had a very productive year, spitting out remixes and original tracks. We loved the fat frico disco, and we had a great time when we played together in Stockholm. Plus we got some great advice from the label veterans for when we start a label of our own. I could have picked any of a number of tracks and remixes, but the hair metal guitars in "Il Vecchio e il Mullet" sums up their playful sound perfectly.

Fare Soldi - Il Vecchio e il Mullet


#16. Chemical Brothers - Swoon (Boys Noize Remix)

Boys Noize' remix of The Chemical Brothers's "Swoon" was the hyped track at the Exit festival this summer. Everyone played it, including David Guetta (I think), and it will forever make us remember the sunrises of the Dance Arena.

Chemical Brothers - Swoon (Boys Noize Remix)


#15. Tesla Boy - Rebecca

We are still the massive Tesla Boy fans we were in 2009, so meeting them down in Serbia made us giggle like schoolgirls. Ok, I'm exaggerating a bit, but we're stoked that wheels are in motion to bring them to Sweden. They released their full-length album this year, and "Rebecca" was my new favourite.

Tesla Boy - Rebecca EP • (Preview) by Mullet Records
Buy the single on Juno!

#14. Grum - Through The Night (Perseus Remix)

Someone else who have been a favourite for ages and who released his first full-length album was Grum. Me and Jonny argued a bit about who'd get the "Through the Night" original on his list. It ended up with me having to "settle" with the Perseus remix which is just inches behind the original. Am I being too hard on Perseus? Well, they don't need to sulk since I've already heard one of their upcoming remixes which is bound to end up on my Best of 2011 list... More on that later though.

Grum - Through The Night (Perseus Remix)


#13. Fiero - Tonight

A late entry on the list, but with a bullet marking. I really loved Fiero's Janet Jackson remix and their 80s sound. And we're not talking about all the '83 italo sounds from the nu italo, we're talking about romantic '87 Quincy Jones sounds. The track that has grown the most on me is their power-ballad-house original "Tonight". Thanks Digitalfoxglove for the tip, and expect more from these guys in 2011!

Fiero - Tonight


#12. Jamaica - I Think I Like U 2 (Breakbot Remix)

Not much coming from the magic hands of Justice this year, but on the other hand Xavier de Rosnay produced the re-named Poney Poney; Jamaica. Great indie pop with electro genes. Breakbot continued to produce great remixes in the shadow of his hit "Baby I'm Yours". Jonny picked that one, so I picked his Jamaica remix which made anyone who heard it jump up and dance.

Jamaica - I Think I Like U 2 (Breakbot Remix)


#11. Pnau - With You Forever (FM Attack Remix)

"With You Forever"? 2010? Yes, one of the biggest tracks of 2009 was given this gentle treatment by one of our favourite acts last January. And since it's been my favourite FM Attack track from this year it deserve a place on my list.

Pnau - With You Forever (FM Attack Remix)


#10. Active Child - When Your Love Is Safe (Classixx Remix)

The Americans reacted to all the nu italo from recent years with pointing out that all good music from the 80s wasn't made in Milan in '83. And suddenly the sounds of the 80s retro trend jumped a couple of years ahead and over to the other side of the Atlantic. And if the Fiero track was half ballad half house, this Classixx remix of Active Child was nothing short of a classic R'n'B ballad. And heartbreakingly beautiful at that.

Active Child - When Your Love Is Safe (Classixx Remix)


#9. The Shoes - Stay The Same (Siriusmo & Jan Driver Remix)

Siriusmo is a big favourite. He's always super funky and there's usually a lot going on in his tracks. His remix collaboration with Jan Driver of The Shoes' great track starts off laidback and funky and then builds and builds. Great track to kick in a new gear in your set.

The Shoes - Stay The Same (Siriusmo & Jan Driver Remix)


#8. Robyn - Dancing On My Own (Fred Falke Remix)

Robyn has really grown out to be the queen of electropop. Her transformation from her early commercial bubblegum pop days to who she is today is truly impressive, and her success is well deserved. Fred Falke had a slower year this year than the year before. But his remix of everyone's favourite Robyn track is Monsieur Falke in fine form.

Robyn - Dancing On My Own (Fred Falke Remix)


#7. Fenech-Soler - Stop and Stare

Fenech-Soler's debut album was my favourite album this year. I just love their utterly danceable indie pop. The new single "Demons" is awesome, but my pick is the delirious rave-samba-indie song "Stop and Stare" which was on my favourite compilation of the year: Kitsuné Maison 9.

Fenech-Soler - Stop and Stare


#6. Black Strobe - Me and Madonna (Jolie Cherie Remix)

Black Strobe not only made a great remix of the Toxic Avenger track above, they released a single of their own on Kistuné, which was a solid release with great remix support. My favourite was the Jolie Cherie remix with its trance-synth break.

Black Strobe - Me and Madonna (Jolie Cherie Remix)
128 kbps - buy the full quality version here!


#5. kamp! - Distance of the Modern Hearts

Kamp! went from strength to strength and snatch a spot on my list this year too, this time with an original. "Distance..." is a piece of extremely well-written pop music with lots of breaks and build-ups leading up to a great finale. We are really looking forward to go to Poland in a few weeks to support their mini-tour.

kamp! - Distance of the Modern Hearts


#4. Miami Horror - Sometimes (G.L.O.V.E.S. Remix)

Yeah, I know I had the original on my Best of 2009 list, and I know that the G.L.O.V.E.S remix was leaked as early as last December, and I know that "Holidays" is an awesome track from Miami Horror's equally awesome album that came out this year. But I just can't look past this track that came to be my soundtrack to the summer of '10. I just love how it starts off all relaxed before erupting in a house piano orgy.

Miami Horror - Sometimes (G.L.O.V.E.S. Remix)


#3. TEETH!!! - See Spaces (DREAMTRAK DIAMOND SOUND)

This track made it to the podium even if TEETH!!! acted like amateurs and assholes when they deleted my Youtube video, giving me a first strike in the process. Such injustice will take time to forget, but it's on the other hand not Dreamtrak's fault. Plus this 90s-flavoured rave-anthem is just such a great track, and have had more than a few dancefloors go crazy.

TEETH!!! - See Spaces (DREAMTRAK DIAMOND SOUND)


#2. M'Black - Heartbreak (Diamond Cut Remix)

2010 was a lot of disco, 90s rave and power-synth. No matter how much we played Diamond Cut's remix of M'Black, we never grew tired of it. Great pop song and wonderfully well-produced. It has kind of a slow start, but when it starts to unravel after two minutes it's worth the wait. Plus I love it when the wall of sound  hits you like sledgehammer after the break.

M'Black - Heartbreak (Diamond Cut Remix)
128 kbps - buy the full quality version here!


#1. Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Monsieur Adi Remix)

My favourite track of the year is the result of a perfect match between two extremely talented musicians with what seems as great appreciation of each other (we know Ellie Goulding likes Monsieur Adi's remixes as much as we do). That the original is a great pop song helps of course. The result is an intensely beautiful song that still works well on a dance floor. I send a gold medal down to Paris that will match Adi's golden robot body perfectly.

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Monsieur Adi Remix)

RAR: Arnie Becker's best of 2010 (All the tracks, including awesome artwork)

Clancy - Night Sky Mixtape

We got some good news from Clancy the other day. He has an EP entitled "Night Sky" coming out in mid-November. We're looking forward to it a lot, and will of course write about it when we can get our hands on it. In the meantime Clancy sent us a mixtape in preparation for the release, complete with some recently made edits.

Clancy - Night Sky Mix

Tracklist:
1. StardonE - Love Fighter
2. Holy Ghost - Static On The Wire (RAC Remix)
3. LBCK - Start (Bit-Funk Remix)
4. Kavinsky - Nightcall (MOONBEATZ Remix)
5. Diskokaine - Hall of Shame (Hannulelauri Remix)
6. Fused - Terror (Clancy edit)
7. Visitor - Love (Club Mix)
8. Crystal Understanding - Timmy & Tammy (Remute's Higher-NRG Remix)
9. Fear of Tigers - Pippi (Diamond Cut Remix) (Clancy's 'best bit' edit)
Bonus track:
10. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (1984 mix - Clancy edit)

Latest news from Heartbeats Management

Here are some of the latest news from one of the finest management and booking agency Heartbeats Management. Heartbeats is based in Barcelona and is run by Swede Sarah Hansson and she's doing an excellent job. The evidence of doing great stuff you can see by the roster of Heartbeats with acts as Fear of Tigers, Edwin Van Cleef, Worship, Bxentric, Clancy, Shelby Grey and Vicknoise. And now on to the latest news then:


News #1: Clancy & Build remix of LexiconDon
The dynamic duo of Clancy & Build are back with a danceable remix of LexiconDon's "Student Body" that is the second single from their newly released album "Pink + Blue". With a pumping beat, which they master superbly, they once again show the possibilities of this collaboration. LexiconDon's next single "Set Sail" will also be remixed by Clancy & Build and another Heartbeats fellow Worship. We'll let you know at the end of September.

LexiconDon - Student Body (Clancy & Build Remix)


News #2: Shelby Grey also remixes LexiconDon
Shelby Grey has also made a remix of LexiconDon's "Student Body". This remix is more into that tropical disco feeling.

LexiconDon - Student Body - Shelby Grey Tropical Disco mix by Shelby Grey


News #3: Bxentric are back with new stuff
Another dynamic duo are Bxentric and they are up to good stuff again. A month ago we posted their fine remix of Flight Facilities' "Crave You". Now their back with a new remix and a track of their own. Just love their funky basslines together with the jamming saxophone.

Bxentric - Complete

Louie Austen - Make Your Move - Bxentric Rmx by BXENTRIC

Clancy & Build remix of Minitel Rose

The new super-team of Clancy & Build are here with a new remix. Last time it was a great remix of Yeasayer's "O.N.E." and now it's time to take on Minitel Rose's "Wild Birds".

French Valerie based Minitel Rose released their second album "Atlantique" in May and their sound smells of 80s New Wave and it blends superbly together with Clancy & Build's 80s synth sound. The perfect combination!

Minitel Rose - Wild Birds (Clancy & Build Remix)

Minitel Rose - Wild Birds

Stay put for more remixes to come from Clancy & Build. They're working on remixes for LexiconDon, Fear of Tigers and Annie. Could be magic!

Clancy & Build collaboration

Those of you who are here at Tracasseur on regularly basis are familiar with both Build and Clancy. For you who doesn't come here regularly, it's time you should. Otherwise you can miss out on such good acts like Build and Clancy. To get a catch-up on them, read and listen to our older posts about Build and Clancy.

Build is the English bloke who have grown up most part in Australia. Nowadays he's based in the east parts of London. He's doing that eclectic 80s indie-electro-synth thing and has done superb remixes of Phoenix, Cut Copy, Empire of the Sun and Delphic to mention a few.

Clancy has also made remixes of Delphic and he's also from the UK. He's a producer, DJ, musician, promoter and are flipping records at numerous London East End raves and thriving basement parties in Shoreditch and Dalston.

Having spent the last year or so working on their own indie-electro-synth productions and having admired each other’s work from-a-far, Clancy and Build have come together to produce some perfect 80s inspired synth bombs.

They're actually working on a number of remixes and this is the first one out of hyped Yeasayer. The track "O.N.E." is the strongest one according to me from their album "Odd Blood" released earlier this year. Their remix of "O.N.E." combines arp and live bass with classic analogue synth stabs bringing everything together.

Yeasayer - O.N.E. (Clancy & Build Remix)

And of course there is a bonus today also, here's the original with two other remixes that also are quite nice.

Yeasayer - O.N.E.

Yeasayer - O.N.E. (Studio Brussels Remix)

Yeasayer - O.N.E. (MMMatthias Remix)

Clancy

Clancy is a producer, DJ, musician and promoter who has been involved in the electronic music scene for most of the noughties. A product of the 90s Madchester indie scene he moved to London in order to further his love of electronic music.

He regularly DJs at East End raves and basement parties in Shoreditch and Dalston, as well as festivals like Field Day, RockNess, Bestival, Land of Kings and Great Escape. With musical heroes like Stuart Price, Lifelike and Alan Braxe, he's also remixed Little Boots, Housse De Racket, Annie and Delphic. My favourite is the "Halcyon" remix.

Delphic - Halcyon (Clancy Remix)

Delphic - Doubt (Clancy SuperNoir Remix)

Annie - Greatest Hit (Clancy SuperNoir Remix)



Tracklist:
1. Kavinsky - Pacific Coast Highway (Clancy Edit)
2. Cut Copy - So Haunted (Knightlife's Sun Soaked Reprise)
3. Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Russ Chimes Remix)
4. Delphic - Doubt (Clancy SuperNoir Remix)
5. Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (Starsmith's 24 Carat Remix)
6. Michael Cassette - Zeppelin
7. White Label - White Label (Clancy Edit)
8. Goldfrapp - Rocket (GRUM Remix)
9. Tangerine Dream - The Dream Is Always The Same (Risky Business Film Soundtrack)