Favourite RemixERs of the Year Thus Far...

Crystal Castles
Canadian 8-bit terrorists Crystal Castles have become ubiquitous in all that's raw and relevant in new electro/noise synth/whatever. Chalk full of 80's analog goodness (their moniker coming from the 1986 Atari game of the same name), they are leaders in what has emerged as a staple breakdown in making every cool kid shake what their masters made them in true robot form... or just thrash around with Alice. All I have to do is see their name prop up around any music blog (really, almost *every* music blog, it seems), and know that I'm right-clicking a winner.

DL: Leni (Crystal Castles remix)- Goodbooks
DL: It Fit When I Was a Kid- Liars (Crystal Castles remix)

The Teenagers
French trio the Teenagers gained our general attention with charmingly dry, albeit slightly confusing and foreign original songs, but arguably they really come of age (pardon, pardon), in their remix work. Their remixes always have such a recognizable sound... the pulsing, melancholy downbeat, the unmistakable sense that something is being withheld and that you really want to know what it is. A couple of my favourites are posted, but get more if you get the chance.

DL: Face (The Teenagers remix)- The Black Ghosts
DL: It's the Beat (The Teenagers remix)- Simian Mobile Disco

Miami Horror
Aussie dj/producer, Ben Plant ... I just can't say enough about how talented this kid is. Ever since once again taking a chance on listening to something that was mentioned in the same paragraph as Midnight Juggernauts (one of my discerning signs in mpfree hunting), I can't stop slipping at one of the few songs that are drifting on the web onto every mix tape. Ultra dancable, 80's new wave, aussie fun-stylez. I've liked every remix better than the original. Listen for yourself.

DL: Exiled! (We Don't Need No) (MIAMI HORROR remix)- Codebreaker
DL: The Prayer (MIAMI HORROR remix)- Bloc Party

Digitalism
Having put out one of the best albums of the year, Digitalism has been busy. But somehow they find the time to remix a lot of songs... and remix them well. And I mean a lot. I rarely see any two sites with the same Digitalism remix (except in a few cases). This is all very well, because I can't often identify their sound on their remix work- it's so unexpected and spastic and everywhere and starting the original song backwards and frantically awesome. And then Jence just starts pounding away on that synth drum like "BAP BAP BAP BAP"... and we all go like "waaaaahhhh..".

DL: Going Nowhere (Digitalism remix)- Cut Copy
DL: Far From Home (Digitalism remix)- Tiga

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