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justice stress (official video)
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Directed by Romain Gavras.

It was a long and dark December...

if you haven't heard it already, please get it NOW, its A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

Well hello, long time no see. but thanks to fj I get to post again. So listen up:
Simin Ghanem is an early 70's Persian singer, that is a little bit of Amy Winehouse mixed with Meiko Kaji (Kill Bill Vol. 2 OST) in Persian. She sound something straight out of a Tarantino soundtrack. This woman is straight up fierce, she's one of the only Persian female singers that did not migrate to LA after the Islamic revolution. In her 70's now, she's still going strong and putting on concerts. Don't even get me started on her voice, because it is out of this world.
A compilation album of her titled "Golak Cheshat" is available to download from Itunes. Which by the way, is excellent.
You can listen to the Title track here:
Gholak Cheshat - Simin Ghanem

Paper Works!

If Jonas & Francois hypothesis and perceptions of made-up-from-scratch brilliance wasn't an enough motive to go on sezurical rampage every time they fume one of their productions into the stratosphere in a form of signals, static, ones and zeros... this time grabbing art business by the raw balls as the tag team have been painstakingly inking our fellow cockney rhyming frenchie 'Flairs' onto 3000 hand-drawn frames to psychedelically shift shape him in what could only be called 'Original' music video of his bass jitter and electro affair single 'Better Than Prince'.

Some serious Micky Mouse magic!

...& I Thought They Didn't Want To Be Saved!

My one of favorite underrated-mainstrem-ish-indie-bands Lorraine return on 19th May with a brand new single "When I Return To The World".

The single is backed with a brand new track 'Beyond Sky', plus a remix package from current club darlings The Camel Rider and Manhattan Clique.

DL: Lorraine - When I Return To The World

The band will finally release their debut album, tentatively entitled "Pop Noir", later this summer.

Lorraine MySpace

ROFL By Any Chance?

The Bad Girls Club – Tanisha “Get The F*** Up (Remix)”
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Someone please call her and tell her i wanna marry her!

M _ _ _ _ _ _ M _ _ _ _ _ _ # _ ?

Sometimes this week!

<3

Flairs! Flairs! Flairs! Flairs! Flairs!

Ranking Mr. Lionel Flairs somewhere in the top 3 positions of my favorite new artists list is not only based on originality, my love for the sound of bass, & the fact that 'Better Than Prince' & 'Truckers Delight' rawks... I'm sure about it because i was priviligded to be one of the few lucky people who got to listen to the flairs album months ago & i assure you when it out you'll be able to experience a live gig sound blended with electropop right through your speakers.

I'm really proud of the interview i did with him back in January which led to a sort of a honory long-distance-friendship! Anyhoo... he also recently did this brilliant video interview with 'The Art Pac/Fat Cat Films' where you'll see him talk'n'play and get to know a bit more about him!

** Past the middle part of the interview one of my favorite tracks from the album will be playing in the background, i can't reveal the title but i'll hint 'Shape Gender' lol.

Here are some recent updates from the man himself:

"The video's here! I've seen it last tuesday, it's foooooooookin cool, I cannot wait to send you the link when it's online (should be middle of next week.....)!"

"So far the 12" 's sold out, so we're pressing another 1000 when the video's out...."

"I'm flying to Bangcock/Thailand for some gigs in early May!"

And here's his reaction to the DVNO video post:

"ha ha ha , read your blog today, the DVNO thing, same as DANCE was not totally made by SoMe.....He only gave a few drawings, and the guys from machine molle (www.machinemolle.com //// soft machine in english) did most of the idea & motion 3d stuff which is pretty amazing... That's what really pisses me off with SoMe, is that he always ends up saying "I DID THIS VIDEO" when he did 10% of the foookin job.... (he did exactly the same for We Are Your Friends and D.A.N.C.E.) But I agree , he rocks !"

Plimsouls

I've been hankering to post about Bristol based Plimsouls for an age, but what with the festive season, essays and exams, the pleasure's not been mine. Anyway, it's not like he needed my approval. Having already gained endorsements from Palms Out and Discobelle (among others), my opinion seems almost academic. Nonetheless, I feel I should give my two cents worth.

At just 19 (yup, you read right) Plimsouls may be considered something of a child prodigy. Refreshingly, unlike many of his contemporaries, he has chosen not to follow the bass heavy, Justice/Ed Banger sound so prevalent in the genre right now.

New track, Version keeps things moody and minimal. This kid like Techno? Check out the bouncy keyboard riff. Straight outta '89.

MP3: Plimsouls - Version DOWNLOAD

8:08 at the Beach.

Well, yes, spring is here and the word "Beach" always comes along with it; this past weeks have been kinda lazy for me, but i hope you all are having great time enjoying your vacations before the demonschool starts again, hehe.

Heres Fred Falke, one of my favorites, a truly and talented artists that really transports you to different places with his music. Firs we have 8:08 at the beach that jesus, it does makes you feel like you where there and second we have one of the bests mixes i've heard of him, "Golden Cage" by The Whitest Boy Alive; and if the song was good itself this mix just makes it better, the almost 8 min track is really the song for this spring.

Fred Falke - 8:08 pm @ The Beach.
The Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)

P.d. Make sure to buy the Cut Copys new album, i know every site is talking about it, but it sure deserves it, best record of 2008, period.

Hard Candy

1. Candy Store (Demo Version)
2. 4 Minutes (Will be slower than Radio Rip in Previous Post)
3. Give It 2 Me
4. Heartbeat
5. Miles Away
6. She’s Not Me
7. Incredible
8. Beat Goes On
9. Dance Tonight
10. Spanish Lesson
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You
12. Voices
13. Ring My Bell (Japanese Bonus Track)

'Hard Candy' is scheduled to have a global release on April 28th and a US release on April 29th on Warner Bros. Records. As you can see the cover for the album (above) and for the single (below).


























As for '4 Minutes' it hits radio this Monday March 17th and to buy the following week.

Madonna Myspace

Pnau is a band from Australian making music that is so fun and easy to get into that they've lined themselves up nicely to blow up in 2008. Their first hit featuring the formidable Ladyhawk is a simply great track with lots of epic vocal buildups and an italo-disco vibe to it. Their next stuff involves catchy use of the child choir which avoids sounding gimmicky because its incorporated so well into the electrobop feel (the production values are refreshingly crazy, btw), and the lyrics come off as genuinely sweet, occasionally deep. Agh, they're such an easy sell.

DL: Embrace (feat. Ladyhawk)- Pnau

DL: Baby (Breakbot remix)- Pnau

DL: Come Together- Pnau

Their website might as well been made for me-- all i wanna do is listen to good music while playing a simple, addictive internet game.

You Dont Know Me

This Apparat is one with flexible functions, and it's sound is as eclectic as its musical horizon is broad. It's emotional chip features an option on happiness and it's sound waves are able to tear your heart apart. Sascha Ring, aka Apparat is a German musician that I knew trough Faisal a couple of years ago when “Orchesta of Bubbles” came out with collaboration of Ellen Allien.

These days, Apparat is on a Europe tour with a conformed band and a vj concept called “Transforma Visuals”.

I always want to make a post about “Walls”, but never had the time and i think never is too late to share some quiality music; Apparat's "Walls" is an album that captures a lot of emotions and is truly one of my favorites; Apparat shows again that he’s a great and orchestral artist that mix sounds and feelings trough every song like "Arcadia", the song that comes as first single of this album and the video for it its just as weird/perfect/conceptual as i thought it will be.

The tracklist:

Not a number
Hailin from the edge
Useless information
Limelight
Holdon
Fractalespt1
Fractalespt2
Birds
Arcadia
You don`t know me
Head up
Over and over
Like porcelain

Bonus: Arcadia [Telefon Tel Aviv Remix]

For some reasons “Over and Over” makes me think a lot of things when I heard(and i really love the drums in it), but there are no favorites in this one, each song represents an idea in a truly beautiful way that it just catch you.

4 Capital Letters Printed In Gold!

OMGGG OMGGGG OMGGGGGG AHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHH! OOOHHHHHH UUUUHHHHHHHHH YYESSSSSSS AHHHHHHHHH OH YEAAAH OH YEAAAAAHHHHHHH FUCKKKKKKKKKK OWWWWWW AHHHHHHHHHHHH! PHHWWWOOOOAAARRRRRRRR, SoMe RAWKS!

Monster Mixtape #8!

Another one of those! I decided that from now on i will be throwing a 'Monster Mixtape' monthly. So here's the 8th installment... Over 2 hours worth of aurgasms & seizures for your pleasure. Enjoy!

DL: Alphabeat - Fascination (Linus Loves Main)
DL: The Rapture - The Sound (Max Pask Horrorshow Mix)
DL: Moby - Disco Lies (The Dusty Kid's Fears Remix)
DL: Sharam Jey - Message To Love (Alex Metric Remix)
DL: Cut Copy - Lights & Music (Superdiscount Remix)
DL: Fox n' Wolf - Youth Alcholic (Etienne De Crécy Remix)
DL: Jamelia - Something About You (Mr Oizo Mix)
DL: Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction (wideboys club mix)
DL: Goldfrapp - A&E (Gui Boratto Remix)
DL: Dubfire - I Feel Speed (Booka Shade Remix)
DL: Utah Saints - Something Good (Vanshe Tech Mix)
DL: Hard-Fi - I Shall Overcome (Axwell Remix)
DL: Alex Gopher - Aurora (Riot In Belgium & Knightlife Remix)
DL: Mr Oizo - Nazis (Justice Remix)
DL: Cazals - To Cut A Long Story Short (Streetlife DJs Cut N Run Mix)
DL: Moonbootica - Der Mond (Hey Today! Remix)
DL: The Ting Tings - Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)
DL: Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
DL: Fischerspooner - The Best Revenge (Autokratz Righteous Retribution Mix)
DL: Roisin Murphy - Cry Baby (Paul Oakenfold Mix)
DL: Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Switch Remix)
DL: David Guetta - Delirious (ft. Tara Mcdonald) (Laidback Luke Remix)
DL: The Presets - My People (Kris Menace Remix)
DL: Martin Solveig - C'est La Vie (Goose Remix)
DL: Wideboys - Daddy O (ft. Shaznay Lewis) (187 Lockdown Remix)

Show some love & support, after the download. <3

Previous Monster Mixtapes: #7, #6, #5, 4, #3, #2, #1

The Teenagers - Love No!

Seriously, How Authentic Is This!

4 Minutes!

It's here! A french radio station played it today and here's the radio rip! Not sure how I feel about the song personally but it's growing on me! I will reserve judgment until I hear a better quality version... But for those of you who can't wait either, start clicking!

DL: Madonna - 4 Minutes (Radio Rip)

Madonna Myspace

NEON NEON

Brainlessly a ‘Concept’ album requires a tad-sharper attention to be able to understand & enjoy, & that’s the case here. ‘Stainless Style’ shrines & borrows its blueprints from the life of the valorous businessman ‘John DeLorean’ who contrived the DMC-12 the sleek stainless steel exoskeletal time traveling automobile with gull-wing doors from the 1985 illustrious movie ‘Back To The Future’ but the car became popularly known as the ‘De Lorean’ because of the fame & attention it brought to its creator after its conception & the state of lux he was living in. Even though he was allegedly romantically involved with the sex icon of the 70s, US film and TV star ‘Raquel Welch’, being part of the high society, creating a car that became a symbol of the 80s pop culture, & getting married 4 times, DeLorean’s life was not as shiny as the media lenses portrayed him, the man was hungry for more power & fame as he got richer & it seemed like he would’ve sold his soul to the devil to take his empire a few steps higher at a time his business wasn’t lacking any heavy burdens, specially with a debt of £85 million from the British government that he wasn’t capable of paying back. Eventually his motor company was forcibly shut & declared bankruptcy after the FBI staged a 24$ Million cocaine deal he fell for, that was supposed to save his empire. Luckily it was a fictitious crime, without the government there would be no crime & DeLorean was found not guilty due to entrapment. This man had his ultimate ups & sheer drop downs but he always took extreme measures to reach the highest power possible; an ataxic life but lived to the fullest.

Neon Neon is the manufacture of the L.A. based shape shifting, genre warping producer Boom Bip (Bryan Hollon) & cut-throat-indie-pop wizard, front man of the ‘Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys. ‘Stainless Style’ parallels Boom Bip’s diamond cut punchy beats & lush artificial melodies with Gruff Rhys’s super songwriting abilities & heart-whole coaxing vocals through what could be considered a musical of the interesting aspects of the life of ‘John DeLorean’ & just like his unstable life ‘Stainless Style’ maneuvers from its pop base to other territories such as Hip-Hop, Crunk, Indie Rock, Italo Disco, Synth, and Electronica & recruits power enforcements from Spank Rock, Fat Lip, Yo Majesty, Sean Tillman (Har Mar Superstar), & Cate Le Bon to deliver a product that is crash tested, multi optional, & special.

Starting from the 80s commercially-appropriate enticing opener ‘Neon Theme’ it interlopes a thick distorted bass loop over sharp ominous synths that shines the title in neon bright lights, ‘Dream Cars’ glorifies every guy’s dream of customizing a car let alone build one from scratch & boosts with cowbells, rapid powdery snares, strong start-stop style beats & guitar, while ‘I Told Her At Alderaan’ revivifies 80s power synth rock & boasts with Rhys’s tender syllables a combination so authentic it’s certified to teleport you back into the 80s; shifting a bit from the base style the album started with comes ‘Raquel’ a song that projects an-assumed-scenario of Delorean’s thoughts of ‘Raquel Welch’ in Jamaican-ish (or Brazillian) playful power pop with tickles of bongos, & glass taps… still on the subject of girls & love ‘Trick for Treat’ & ‘I Lust you’ frankly criticizes the cold self-serving trickery involved in Hollywood relationships where love & lust has a price tag, one that is not cheap & not necessarily deals with cash, ‘Trick for Treat’ stars with a-chant-line but after a short silent pause a trip-hop-esque crunk beat kicks in rapidly accompanying a dark bassline & dial-tone beeps & bleeps that paves the way for the rap verses & cheerleading-like “It’s a Bust” shouts, while ‘I Lust You’ is a quirky med tempo Electropop tune that is one of the catchiest tracks on the whole record. As you proceed you realize the diversity of the album from the rest of the tracks like the drenched in italo-disco ‘Belfast’, the proper retro acoustic/poprock ‘Steel Your Girl’, the Missy-Elliott-like grimey & doomful siren quacker & moans full Hip-Hop battery ‘Sweat Shop’, the drum machine driven looks obsession theme ‘Michael Douglas’, the unusual storytelling-style electro rap ‘Luxury Pool’, & the death truism funeral encore ‘Stainless Style’.

01. Neon Theme
02. Dream Cars
03. I Told Her On Alderaan
04. Raquel
05. Trick For Treat (ft. Spank Rock & Sean Tillman)
06. Steel Your Girl
07. I Lust You (ft. Cate Le Bon)
08. Sweat Shop (ft. Yo Majesty)
09. Belfast
10. Michael Douglas
11. Luxury Pool (ft. Fatlip)
12. Stainless Style

One look at the credit list & you should know ‘Stainless Style’ is to be purchased blindly. There is just as much synth as guitar here, & every song sounds like an eligible blockbuster theme… if they still made the ‘DeLorean’ then this record would’ve been the ultimate accessory for it, this record should seriously be printed on stainless steel compact discs (whenever they invent one).

Absolutely a pleasure, sincerely without exaggerating I’ve played his album entirely about 7 or 8 times since I received it in the mail.

Lots of Love & Thanx to ‘Neon Neon' & their management for sending me the singles & retail album a month in advance.

‘Stainless Style’ is out on the 17th of March & the next (3rd) single is ‘I Lust You’.

*** The album sampler leaked into the internet in mid January, please do not download it because it has only 8 out of the 12 tracks & they’re not in the correct order. Make sure you add this to your ‘Must Buy’ list.

Bag Raiders

Alright, Bag Raiders; I have no clue what the name means, but that's besides the point. Link numero uno is their website-- not finished, but its got some flash previews of their self-titled EP, released August 15, 2007. Oh yea, and here is their myspace.

They're from Sydney. They have sick album art. And they're a refreshingly different type of electro. So, here it is:

DL: Bag Raiders - Punch Reprise

KAP10KURT - Dangerseekers (World Premiere)!

OMG I've been waiting for this since november, this is officialy one of my favorite videos of 2008. 'The Holograms' did an amazing job in transforming Kurt & Leah into robot controlling super heroes & the action video is so perfect for the song. KAP10KURT R.A.W.K.S!

Please leave your thoughts & comments of the video, Kurt & Leah will read them later!

Ohh, & check this space again later.. there might be a freebie of some sort. Maybe?