Monday, September 27, 2010

Yelle + Kitsuné + Lorenz Rhode

Kitsuné are about to release Yelle's new single "La Musique" along with remixes by Discodéine, Lorenz Rhode, Tepr and Myd on October 4.

French Yelle on French Kitsuné, a great combination. And speaking of France and great combinations, Yelle is right now on the West Coast of France with Siriusmo to finalize their new songs. Exciting! Until more on Yelle here's the remix by Lorenz Rhode of "La Musique".

Yelle - La Musique (Lorenz Rhode Remix)

A lot of PUNCHES

There's a lot going on for Brooklyn based trio of PUNCHES right now. Two parties and their debut single for free.

We'll start with the parties. October 1 they will make their LA debut at Bardot on 1737 Vine Street. The party is free with rsvp, just make sure to email ftwrsvp@gmail.com.

Tuesday, October 12 they will have the release party for their EP "Sleepless City" released on Our Label. They are joined by their friends Jacques Renault, Midnight Magic, Telephoned and a DJ set from Whitney Fierce. The show is $5 or free entry with rsvp to punchesbk@gmail.com. The event takes place at Public Assembly (70 N 6th St Brooklyn) and is from 9 pm–1 am. So if you're in NY you should go, we live in Sweden so it's hard for us, but if you are in NY there's really no excuses.

And finally PUNCHES give away their single "Feeling Right" along with a remix of "already-posted-today-act" The Phantom's Revenge.

PUNCHES - Feeling Right

PUNCHES - Feeling Right (The Phantom's Revenge Remix)

It's not totally over yet, two bonus tracks to let you you know PUNCHES even better. The Au Revoir Simone remix is ace.

Au Revoir Simone - Only You Can Make You Happy (PUNCHES Remix)

Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher (PUNCHES Remix)

LBCK about to release the "Start" EP

October 4 LBCK will release their EP "Start" on On The Fruit Records almost everywhere (iTunes, Beatport and so on). We featured the great "Start" back in July along with the fine and colourful video. But it's as good that it should be re-posted:



On the EP there are a bunch of excellent remixers joining LBCK's release. What do you say about names like Fare Soldi, The Phantom's Revenge, Bit Funk, Moonchild, and la ZEBRA? Yep, thought so, this release will be something extra. LBCK are also kind to give you guys two of the fine remixes of "Start" in high quality. So nice of them that you absolutely should buy the whole "Start" EP on October 4.

LBCK - Start (Fare Soldi Alla Frutta Remix)

LBCK - Start (The Phantom's Revenge Daily Double Remix)

Chiddy Bang + Monsieur Adi

Finally some new stuff from our favourite French-Italian; Monsieur Adi! This time he remixes Philly hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang, whose album "The Preview" is out on October 11 in the UK and the day after in the US. Pre-order it now through their MySpace page.

Chiddy Bang - The Good Life (Monsieur Adi Remix)

Friday, September 24, 2010

Tracasseur Nights

Tomorrow (Saturday) it’s premiere for our new club ”Tracasseur Nights at Ace”. Once a month we got the honour to host the Ace place. Every time we will present special guests from all over the world. At the premiere night we will bring these wonderful acts:

■ JUSTIN FAUST (DE)
Regular readers of Tracasseur know that we love this German guy. Justin Faust is a dj and producer that also is one of the bigger names within the scene of French touch, nu italo and dreamwave. People around the globe say he’s the new Falke or Lifelike and we can’t argue with that. He’s been djing in a lot of cities of the world, for example in New York he did it together with Danger, Louis LaRoche, Moullinex och Xinobi. Tracasseur are proud to be the first ones to bring him to Stockholm.
Justin Faust at MySpace
Justin Faust at Tracasseur

■ WHAT KIND OF BREEZE DO YOU BLOW (CA)
This night we have been collaborating with the label Brilliantine, which is run by the people of What Kind Of Breeze Do You Blow?. This duo hails from Toronto, this year’s city of music. They make awesomely superb remixes and we’re proud to bring them over the great sea to Stockholm while they’re on their mini-tour in Europe.
WKOBDYB? at MySpace
WKOBDYB? at Tracasseur

■ MONTAUK (SE)
The young duo from Stockholm Montauk is also on Brilliantine and they’re hotter than anything right now. Since they released the great track “Holiday” earlier this spring they’ve been hyped all over. They call their own sound for “luxury-pop” and it’s obvious that these guys are into something big, very soon…
Montauk at MySpace
Montauk at Tracasseur

Here are some tracks from these guys to get you started, also visit the links above for more music from them. Some of these tracks are also collaborations between them, which make this evening even funnier. If you’re in Stockholm get your asses over to Ace and dance with us.

Steve Mason - Hound On My Heel (What Kind of Breeze Do You Blow? Extended Edit)

El Perro Del Mar - Change Of Heart (What Kind Of Breeze Do You Blow? Remix)

What Kind of Breeze Do You Blow? - Love of Luxury (Montauk Remix)

Ratata - Clarence (Montauk Edit)

Montauk - Holiday

Montauk - Holiday (Justin Faust Remix)

Justin Faust - Holdin On

Justin Faust - The Capri Spinoff

Also check out the great Ace blog run by resident dj Daniel Öhrn. He posts great music from indie pop to electro. Well worth a visit or several.

Laidback Luke + MSTRKRFT

Nervous Records were really one of the coolest labels around the mid-90s when I was a huge fan of American garage house music. The logo with the guy who gets his hair cut off by a flying vinyl record was a seal of quality, and legendary artists like Byron Stingily, Masters At Work, Joey Beltram, Frankie Knuckles, Joe T. Vannelli and Kim English (just to name a few) were all released there. It's cool that they still are an important dance label even today with artists like Boris and Oscar G.

Recently huge progressive house star Laidback Luke released his "Till Tonight" EP there. It features vocalist Jonathan Mendelsohn (who will be performing "Till Tonight" at Pacha NYC on October 15 by the way) and remixes by Ferry Corsten, Tom Trago, Chris Kaeser and Canadians MSTRKRFT. Since it's been a while we posted something from the Toronto duo, I thought I'd just throw this up here as a break from all the synth-pop and indie electro we've been posting lately. This track will also get you into that Friday night party mood.

Laidback Luke ft. Jonathan Mendelsohn - Till Tonight (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Buy the full release at iTunes.