Midsummer round-up

As you maybe know, we Swedes celebrate Midsummer this weekend. It's one of our classic festivals that is the second most celebrated holiday except Christmas. The biggest celebration party was yesterday, that means that most Swedes today are pretty tired and pretty hungover. Sweden as a country is not that fast today, so if any other country would like to invade us, I think this day could be the one to choose.

The tradition is clear and simple, it occurs round the summer solstice and we drink "Brännvin" (a kind of akvavit or flavoured vodka), eat "inlagd sill" (pickled herring) and of course dance around the "Midsommarstång" (maypole) singing old classic songs that goes a bit like this:

Nothing strange with this I would say. I must also add that the party that I was at, was a lot more intense than this clip.

Due to intenseness from yesterday I just wanted to gather some new and kind of new music that we like right now. A kind of Midsummer roundup from tired Tracasseur. Happy Midsummer!

Shout Out Louds remixes

It's with pride I write this post today. Back in 2000–2002 I went to a design school named Forsbergs here in Stockholm. I studied graphic design & illustration, nowadays I have the joy to work with design every day (the Tracasseur logo for example). During my years of studies I got to know a lot of great people, among them there were two nice and talented guys named Adam and Carl. They were not only good in making great design but also talented within the musical aspects.

What I didn't know back then, and could of course not do so either, was that these two guys should have a international well-known band called Shout Out Louds in 2010. They have been quite famous the last years and they've just released their third studio album "Work". But what few people know is that back in the days they made their first EP under the band name Luca Brasi, that actually is a character from The Godfather. But when they got some attention, there was a band over in the US that used that same name, so they decided to change into something else, Shout Out Louds was from then their official name.

They have a busy schedule this spring with a lot of touring. They will visit Germany, Austria and Switzerland in March. In April Scandinavia is visited with two gigs in home town of Stockholm. Then in May they are off to the US and Canada.

Several great acts have done remixes of Shout Out Louds, for example Ratatat, Studio, Kleerup, Lo-Fi-Fnk, Architecture In Helsinki and The Subliminal Kid. Today I have collected what I consider the best one's made of some of the best original Shout Out Louds tracks. And until we meet again give all your best to Shout Out Louds at their MySpace and tell them that I said "Hi".

Shout Out Louds - Fall Hard

Shout Out Louds - Fall Hard (Passion Pit Summertime Radio Remix)

Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It

Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It (Kleerup Remix)

Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It (The Russian Futurists Remix)

Shout Out Louds - Impossible

Shout Out Louds - Impossible (Possible Remake by Studio)

Another great video!

If the last posted was a funny and colourful one, this one is stunning. In one shoot they manage to create this fantastic video for, originally from Chicago but nowadays LA based, OK Go and their tune "This Too Shall Pass" from their latest album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky". Indie with a big scope of Prince.

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass (Passion Pit Remix)



Bonus tracks from the same album:

OK Go - End Love

OK Go - WTF?

Friday night is disco night...

...so here are a couple of tracks that'll give you a tingling sensation in your legs.

First up, I have to post one more Fear of Tigers track since this is currently my favourite track from an awesome album.

Fear of Tigers - I Can Make The Pain Disappear

As you know, we love ODahl. We hadn't posted this for some reason.

ODahl - Your Arms Around Me

We also love Paul who we wrote about in August. I hope someday we'll dj together.

Paul - Someday…Together! (Link fixed!)

Passion Pit are great, but Hey Champ are greater.

Passion Pit - Little Secrets (Hey Champ Remix)

I remember last spring it seemed Le Matos was about the only thing I listened to. Great that they're back with this remix of We Have Band.

We Have Band - Honey Trap (Le Matos Remix)

Justin Faust is coming to Sweden and Gothenburg on February 6. Hope he makes the trip up to Stockholm as well. Here's a remix of Nightriders.

Nightriders - Take My Hand (Justin Faust Deep Mix)