Shinichi Osawa vs Alex Gopher vs Autokratz

I'm sorry for the lack of updates - working on an Interview, reviewing an Album & assembling a Monster Mixtape... stay tuned!

♫ Alex Gopher - Aurora (Shinichi Osawa Remix - Edit) ←♥♥♥

♫ Autokratz - Stay the Same (Alex Gopher Remix)

Gopher's Auroration!

Small

I thought the amazing rose milk ice cream was the best thing i encountered in my life that came from Denmark but i got proven wrong after just one play!


If I haven't seen their MySpace page I would've sworn Modular had something to do with them, they have that Van She smoothness that radiates with fan-ability, their sound is so delicate and lovable it is hard to not feel warm listening to their song!

But what I like the most is the fact that they used distortion as a baseline without over emphasizing on it like everyone else is (it's getting tired) - If you like Van She, Tough Alliance, Similou, Mew & all those guitar involved dreamy noisepop/80s synth pop outfits then this will easily make it into your system.

Don't take my words for it, just play these 2 singles & I promise you will be looking for the album like a horny dinosaur in a field full of donkeys.

Both cosmic singles (320kbps) are taken from the now released album 'Teenage Cover'!

♫ Small - Comic Girl
♫ Small - Sunshine Lover

Apparently they're fans of Justice, also have you noticed how cool their fonts are (IMO, they beat Does It Offend You Yeah)!

This shit is extremely hype-able!

E.R.O.L.

On a Blogger scale, Erol (Mustapha 3000/Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve) is my Frank Sinatra in legend density & gets me weak in the knees like a Beatles fan who just discovered an unreleased album at a used records store (whenever a remix rework surfaces). - Just like DFA (Tim Goldsworthy) likes his remixes to be thick and extensive, Alkan's reworks averagely hit the 8 minutes mark and showcases a flawless work only can be done with hands of a brain surgeon.

♫ Interpol - Mammoth (Erol Alkan Rework)
♫ Mylo - Drop The Pressure (Erol Alkan Edit)
♫ Hot Chip - Boy From School (Erol Alkan's Rework)
♫ Daft Punk - The Brainwasher (Erol Alkans Horrorhouse Dub)
♫ Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To (Erol Alkan's Glam Racket)
♫ Klaxons - Golden Skans (Erol Alkan's Exstra Spektral Rework)
♫ Digitalism - Jupiter Room (Erol Alkans Simple Yet Effective Edit)
♫ Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing (Erol Alkan Carnival Of Light Re-Work)

Currently Reworking:
♫ Fandeath - Veronica's Veil
♫ ZZT - The Worm

Thanx to him, Fantasy Black Channel turned out to be much better than what i was expecting.

Avalon

I like Japanese artists who are able to fabricate quality non Japanese music (a.k.a. anything Shinichi Osawa-esque) & i also learned from long hours of RSS eye-ing & being shackled to my pc, that whenever names like 'Lykke Li' or 'The Teenagers' is followed by a strange word called 'Remix' then it has 99% potential of being ace!

I actually accidentally saved this from junk mail (along with an email informing me of winning the Metronomy 'Holiday' competition "more of a giveaway") 'I don't usually look into the junk mail folder for penis enlargement solutions' I Swear - Anyhow, the remix is by some Japanese dudes who call em selves 'Avalon' & they like taking pro looking un-pro distant digi snapshots of their dimmed figures semi-posing in front of a school whiteboard board with non educational educational material looking projection on it that gives an awesome effect!

Fader accused their melodramatic popular songs of sounding like the lighter Justice times. - The artwork (above) of their debut album 'Labyrinth' looks like what the audio on the disc inside sounds like. - They are fans of 'Late Of The Pier' & they've purchased the album & proved it by taking a snapshot of it to post it on their blog. - I like the remix & the album is on its way in the mail!

♫ The Teenagers - Make It Happen (Avalon Remix)

ps. as much as this look is hot, please don't opt it when handling heavy machinery.

Get Avalonized!

Metronomy 'Heartbreaker' Competition

Waking up after having enough sleep hours is amazing, but waking up after having enough sleep hours & finding the first email in your inbox saying 'You Won The Metronomy Holiday Competition' is even better! Now, it's you have a chance to maybe experience that feeling by participating in the new 'Heartbreaker' competition (all details in the flyer above).

+ Let's take a walk down the OHH!CRAPP... Metronomy Lane, here, here, here, here, here, & here!

Justice Movie

Some of you might have heard of a JUSTICE movie of some sort being filmed with SoMe involved and some other close label friends and foes...

This is what Diplo wrote about it :
"so im warmin up the crowds here in the midwest and west coast for the justice dudes. today we are in denver. its sold out.. and this downtown is pretty dismal but the ramada has super deer hunter arcade in the bar and also sells alligator yesterday our tour manager got arrested at tom’s diner and they threatened to strip search all of us… we all got let go in the end but it was pretty mad.. then we saw this guy out side the diner do - SoMe recorded the survailence footage so your gonna be able to see it in the justice mayhem tour movie which is narrarated by our cowboy driver that sounds like the dude from big lebowski.. anyway things are good"

Rumors around that, Pedro mentioned during a set in Toronto or Montreal that SoMe was filming for a forthcoming DVD, and therefore needed girls to get naked.

& Now It's Confirmed:

Hello,
We're currently working on the booklet for our next release,
A CROSS THE UNIVERSE (documentary + live) and would like it to be made only of images provided by fans (though if you hate justice but have good material it's OK).

Any fun (or dramatic) picture, image, or art related to justice ?
Please send them to justicematerial@edbangerrecords.com (all documents provided must be copyright free).


Thank you,
So-Me, Gaspard & Xavier.

All you bastards who were lucky to meet/see them live, hit em with your jpegs!

1/2 PNAU + Pip Brown (Ladyhawke) = Teenager

I'm still surprised at the number of people that still don't know that Nick Littlemore (Pnau) used to have a duo band called 'Teenager' with Pip Brown (Ladyhawke) & they even released a magnificent album called 'Thirteen'!

I'm only resurrecting this because it's my favorite track of the day & because of my late realization of people's lack of 'Teenager' discovery.

♫ Teenager - Alone Again

Re-discover for yourself, MySpace.

* Apologize for the lack of updates lately, been busy putting together a great post a.k.a MM#13.

Passionate Remixes

Passions is one of the few remixers who I'd prefer to remain under hyped than make it into the facet of every other Blog, for the fact that it gives their sound that not-for-everyone musk & gives my iPod's content some more depth.

Originaly a bunch of dudes but mostly a hottie with an i-take-no-bullshit attitude parallel to one owned by an un-teen Emo who was in another life a spark that teared out of a troglodyte's eye who listened to vinyls backwards for the sake of some joyous gloom. He's a villain who makes me wanna wear thick white eyeliner & dance all night till i get paralyzed.

Those remixes might've been blogged before but this time they're in all their high quality 320kbps glory & completely authorized by sir Passions himself!

♫ SymbolOne - Love Juice (Passions Remix)
♫ Vyle - Drop Down (Passions Remix)
♫ Health - Glitter Pills (Passions Remix)

Emergency remains to be one of the most amazing tracks of 06/07... & if Kitsuné & NME showed him love then it's about time for you (if you're late) to do so on MySpace.

Futurecop!

Someone unofficially made a video of the yet to be released first Futurecop! single 'Transformers', it's really good for fan-made standards (I like it) except that blue bar in the middle, it reminds me of Windows XP & that's so un-eighties!

Until the EP release, enjoy this official Mash-Up - automatic hypnotic funky fresh style!

♫ Futurecop! vs. Ciara - Fast Forward 1-2 Step

Warp yourself to their MySpace & check out their newest track 'Gateaux Blaster' it's soo superfuturecopilistexpeialidocious (however you spell that)!

Ohh & I also interviewed them sometimes back, check it out here.

Here Comes The Girls!

Some mainstream doesn't hurt from time to time. I always loved & will remain loving the Sugababes no matter what - they respect the avoid aqua-pop cheesiness rule!

♫ Sugababes - Girls

This is their latest single in 320kbps & guess who's remixing it for a September/October hype!!??

FRED FALKE.... AHHHHH!

The song features an interpolation of Ernie K-Doe's track "Here Comes the Girls".

2nd, September 'Tuesday' is my Birthday!

I'm putting together #13 for the occasion...

...if you know what i mean.

YUKHT

To explain this, I had to have an explanatory conversation with myself!

Me: Hey! remember that amazing album in 2007 'Paper Television' by The Blow?

Myself: Yep, it was one of the top albums of that year!

Me: Well, for that album The Blow became a duo, Jona Bechtolt & Mikhaela Yvonne Maricich!

Myself: So.... ?

Me: You Dumbass, haven't you recognized the first name? Think!

Myself: Errr...

ME: GUHH, you're such a stupid cunt... Jona Becholt is YACHT.

Myself: WTF, OMG yeah I loved YACHT's album 'I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real' that one was also one of my favorites from last year, I didn't know it was him also 1/2 of The Blow!

Me: Good Morning...

Myself: So what's new with him?

Me: Well, last year he toured with 'LCD Soundsystem' and they became real good friends - after the tour was over he received a phone call from DFA asking them if they can release that awesome song they've been playing throughout the tour, obviously they said yes!

Myself: Ohh, which song is that? & wait...Did you just say they?

Me: Summer Song - & yeah, YACHT always been a one man band but for this release he got some cool slut on board to do the vocal duties, her name is 'Claire L. Evans' & NO she's not the same hoe from The Blow, that was Mikhaela Yvonne Maricich.



♫ YACHT - Summer Song

Nu-Disco = Slow Orgasm

Disco Donnie

More talent from Australia? yes. Here's Theatre of Disco, a personal long-time favorite group that had released an EP last year but songs included in it, just keep us waiting for more dance.rap.extremelyjuicilyweirdvocals. tracks; and well, we can't ask more if The Twelves are remixing them, for the SECOND time!, you can find some jems out on their "Jams Project"described for them as some b-sides works with "Some live drums, live bass and synths, no arrangements, just improvisation and noise. " Hope you enjoy this track as much as we do.

DL: Theatre of Disco - Disco Donnie (The Twelves Jam)*
BONUS: Theatre of Disco - Go Fifi

*Tks to FJ

Strider

I had no idea who 'Strider' was until Tronik Youth sent me the remix he did of Laugh/Cry/Live/Die & i swear it's better than some of the official remixes on the EP! Anyhoo, he's still a fresh name & I do predict things for him in 2009 specially with this kind of talent and strong audio compatibility radar in his head... today, he sent me yet another amazing remix & this time it borrows a hihat/cymbals sample from a classic we all know and love 'Justice - Waters Of Nazareth'... let the durrr durrr durrrrr times roll!

"haha, yeah the hihat/cymbal part yeah.....had it on there as a guideline initially, but it just sounded to good to take out in the end hehe"-Ben, Strider

♫ Jason Sparks - She Devil (Strider Remix)

Ben 'Strider' just found out today that some fuckers from California somehow got their hands on it and are passing it off as their own on a few Blogs..... seems to be down off them and their MySpace now but he want to clear it up and let you know that he did it.

Showdown on MySpace.

Bloc Party 'Intimacy'

Clusterous & sight stealing like a feathered glitter dress on a muscular drag queen, 'Intimacy' is bricks raining clouds bruising and sharp pencil ear wax picking hazardous as much as it is balls hugging new underwear fresh & feel-good inducing. Kudus to Paul Epsworth (Phones) & Jacknife Lee for their nuclear electrickery & laser sliced vocal manipulations because not only this 10 tracker have restored my previously gone astray fan-hype for the band, but re-customized them to fit my what-if-they-experimented-more wonders.

Last year when Flux hit the facets of Blogs I said to myself "If this is the Nu direction then I'm sold", & it was only weeks ago that 'Mercury' substantiated the prophecy when it revoked my taste buds for live monkey brain scooping with its mechanic drum machine roar & ill-omened ripping peril horns. One listening session of 'Intimacy' & you'll be going 'Kele Okereke should have a superhero movie made based on his character & soundtrack it with this record'!

In oppose to 'Silent Alarm' being reputed as a classic to some fans and who's not, I think 'Intimicay' is my pick off the discography for it's experimental dare & balance between texturous force & heart-melting lullabied harmonies. It's not all D&B-Breakcore-Jungle simulating thuds and punches, the ballads are present & the traditional 'Helicopter' originality is still evidently tangible.

It's a seamlessly successful amalgamation of clattery thunderous machine power with Bloc Party's pos-punk revival signatures & balladry intimacy.

Their best album to date.

Blogs We Love To Blog!

FRANKMUSIK & Boys Noize have blogs (ICYDK) & on those blogs they write (like us) & post free music (like us too)! You'll have to join FRANKMUSIK's to be able to download a series of free EPs, Mixtapes, Cover Songs & Demos - while Boys Noize's is deathly leechable.

Ooh, and check out these new FRANKMUSIK grafix...


...I know what you're thinking - 'RAD'!

♫ The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (Shadow Dancer Vocal Mix)
♫ Les Petits Pilous - Nice Bird (taken from former EP “Hello We Are”)
♫ Darmstadt - Six Six Five
♫ Darmstadt - Out Of The Blue
♫ Shadow Dancer - End Hit (taken from former EP “Poke”)
♫ Siriusmo - Too Simple

FRANKMUSIK BLOG / BOYS NOIZE BLOG

Nonstop Cats&Wolf.Girl

Ladyhawke's strikes again. As Modular said, this lady was on Triple J this week and well, she was there not only to have a little chit-chat about some details of her upcoming album, she also premieres a new new new NEW song, i'm talking about "Love don't live here" with a more rockier sound but keeping the 80s feeling all over it. So, we're 30 days left to explode with this album that for what we've heard, it will be one of the greatest this year, period.

The Triple J broadband signal were really bad when i started to rip it, so take this as a preview of the song because we've lost almost the first minute of the song, so again sorry, we try to capture the whole song but we can't stream the program again so, this is just a sneek peek of an 85% percent of the song in a 128kb/s (i think so) quality, i mean at least is something, and seriously, this will grab ur attention even more.

♫ Ladyhawke - Love Don't Live Here (Radio Rip & Incomplete)

*Linx Fixed!

Full Banana! Full Banana!

Drunk Bi-Curious Trouble Makers In Fluffy Costumes, Insomnia, Drugz and Booze Promoting Lyrics (with a Donkey Kong reference), Drum Machine Generated Beats and Throaty Vocoders... How Can Anyone Not Like This?

♫ Lytz - 3 Days Awake

Officially set as my new ringtone! Ohh, also watch the Animated video for, its awesome!

Who The Hell Is He/Are They?
If you know anything about them plz hit me with a comment, there is no MySpace or a Website (Damn It)!

I Was In A Coma... Yes?

I saw this for the first time yesterday on TV and i said to myself 'WOW This Song Is amazing & The Video Is Equally Captivating'.. 2 seconds later the scene zooms in and OMG it's Alex Turner 'Arctic Monkeys' & Miles Kane 'The Rascals'!!! *DIES*

Where were i in the past few months.... seriously?? Some people will be atrociously spanked for not telling me about this, Grrrr..... I feel betrayed and outdated.

♫ The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me

Taken form their album 'The Age Of The Understatement'.. show them some love here.

Big Face Back From The Dead (Momentarily)!

I'm still pissed off after the horrendous announcement they dropped in July, they were one of the few bands that didn't desperately need to splash themselves all over the internet to get attention - I got really excited in Feb when i interviewed Marv & he allowed me to share an 8 tracks album demo (which got my hopes high & all excited for a future release).. I really love 'I Wanna Be A Style Crusader' (severely must watch)... god bless Kitsuné for releasing it.

Anyhoo, Marv gave me a track that was ready to be included in the once-supposed-to-be-future-album & said this:
"this is just a track i had originally demoed, this was a version of the track which would probably have made the album...busy with uni and my new project "Superpussy" which when i have material ready i will send you.." -Marvin

It's the right amount of nostalgia rock and discoid synth (although nothing beats IWBASC).. ahh BIGFACE (R.I.P.) you will dearly be missed.. suxx :(

♫ Big Face - Away She Blows

I did an intensive online research (searched once on yahoo) on SuperPussy (Luv the name) & apparently there is a band already by that name in Au... doesn't look like the one mentioned here though!

Future Arcade Love Sounds!

Lorenz became one of my Remix heroes this year after i came across his marvelous remix of Ben Mono's 'Hit The Bit' (featuring Yo Majesty, mhmm), every time i play it i get the urge to drop some coins down a slot... you know that awesome feeling you get when you go down to the Arcade Hall & you start hearing those awesome intermission tunes coming out of the light studded prize machines, demanding for your touch - well, his remixes resurrects that feeling comfortably through your iPod without even having having to spend a dime!

In July he dropped another remix down the same style line of it's predecessor (although 'Hit The Bit' remix tromps this) - & Knee Deep USA (the label) have authorized Mr. Rhode to let us PWN it for FREE!

"Don't know much more about the original production though... but, as you can hear, the original is very disco/classic house/mainstream. So I decided to take it a bit more into synth territory, with those french chords, just a tiny bit of the original vocal left, a retro drop in the second half... Most of the "wall of sound" comes from a Sequential Cirquits Prophet 5. I had bought it just before doing this remix, and I was blown away by the fat chord and bass sounds this synth produces (for example, the raveish bass sound starting at 2:51)." -Lorenz Rhode

♫ Chick 2000 - Love Tonight (Lorenz Rhode Remix)

Can be purchased through Juno, BM Soho & TraxSource with additional remixes from Knee Deep & Jamie Lewis.

What's With The Ads?

You may have noticed a bunch of ADS appearing on the sidebar, Me & Moho decided to use whatever money we make (doesn't look promising so far) out of it to get a paid host so we can start posting music with direct links (Right Click & Save Target As) rather than Mediafire & all that jazz.

Try to click on them every now and then, it helps!

**ps. we'll figure a better placement, coz now it looks nasty!

Ladyhawke 'Dusk Till Dawn'

Directed by, Keith Schofield

Loox like the cast of MJ's Thriller decided to crash at Ladyhawke's place - Price Tag: shoot a parodical DIY video for shelter.

It is officially my favorite track of the week... by the way, Have you realized that everything sounds better in HQ?

♫ Ladyhawke - Dusk Till Dawn (Original Version)

Announced Official Remixes:
♫ Dusk Till Dawn (The Shoes Remix)
♫ Dusk Till Dawn (Canyons Remix)
♫ Dusk Till Dawn (Linus Loves Remix)
♫ Dusk Till Dawn (Simon & Shaker Remix)

The 7" will have 'Danny & Jenny' as a B-side! I say, smart people will leave a comment!?

Ohh!Crapp... 1st Virtual Birthday Bash!

Photo Copyright: Eudes de Santana

Me & MoHo didn't think we would make it, OHH!CRAPP... is officially 1 year old & it almost took our friendship away but in the end this is what we love to do, blogging is a lifestyle not a hobbie!

Some of you may know us since Oxygen Chunks and some are new, we want to make as many friends as we can and & discover new music everyday!

And what's a birthday without some gifts? here's some gifts OHH!CRAPP... generously received from some of our favorite blog juice pumpers (we couldn't have done it without you)! Enjoy these exclusives (well 99% of them are) & show us some love:



“Happy 1st Birthday Ohh!Crapp... I wish that you continue with your work and keep on blogging about emotional music. just stay true to your heart and the force will be with you! - On myspace i saw a pic of Shinichi with a guitar at a beach. this was the influence!!! I imagined him playing the STAR GUITAR in Hawaii. i know it sounds a bit hilarious but it..s really the case.” -Alavi
♫ Shinichi Osawa - Star Guitar (Alavi Rerox)

“Hey Ohh Crapp, happy birthday from gay Paree !!!! - Here's WALK, an unreleased & unfinished demo track of mine as a gift !!!!” -Flairs
♫ Flairs - Walk (Demo)

“Happy Birthday Ohh!Crapp..., Never rust! always search for new & forgotten sounds & don't eat pork - This is radio version of our debut single 'no front teeth'. it's not released yet, but it manage to be numero uno for 8 or something weeks back in Lithuania! good tune for bad dancers.” -Metal On Metal
♫ Metal On Metal - No Front Teeth (Less Metal Edit)

“I don't think anybody has this yet ... Its our remix of the Whip!” -Van She Tech
♫ The Whip - Frustration (Van She Tech Remix)

“What do you get the blog who has everything for its first birthday? After much deliberation and several trips to the mall, we finally decided to go the cheap route and send you an exclusive of our new remix "C.U. Next Tuesday” by Nightsweats. When we start with a banging original like this, all that's left for us to do is dim the lights and summon the spirits of the night. Happy birthday, Ohh! Crapp - we hope you like it. We were going to get you a nice pair of trousers, but we didn't know your size.” -Culture Prophet
♫ Nightsweats - C.U. Next Tuesday (Culture Prophet Remix)

“Happy birthday, we hope its crap! - This is a remix we did for our friends Findo Gask, its a slow building, techno track, really different from what we usually do.” -Dolby Anol
♫ Findo Gask - Va-Va-Va (Dolby Anol Remix)

“I wish u all guys all the best for the future, hoping u'll continue to spread good music in the net. Blogosphere is radically changing the way to promote music, bringing the power back to the people and making record labels less arrogant. I think u should be proud to be part of it and to contribute to this change! Happy birthday!” -Mowgli
♫ Santogold - Say Aha (Mowgli Rap Mix)
♫ Tricky - Council Estate (Mowgli Back In The Jungle Mix)

“Happy 1st Birthday Ohh!Crap..., keep up the good work for another 365 days - this mix is by a new guy called Strider who is gonna be big in 09, check him out... he did off his own back and then sent it to me....I love it.” -Tronik Youth
♫ Tronik Youth - Laugh Cry Live Die (Strider Remix)

“Yo, 'the remix was supposed to come on a Johnny Cash Remix-CD but it seems like they forgot about the project. Anyway I'm happy for my cosmic filter house remix - this is a B'day present from tomboy'.” -Tomboy
♫ Johnny Cash - Get Rhythm (Tomboy Remix)

“Hey! exclusive NEW album version of an old track with new synths and bigger beats! Never before heard online - just for Ohh!Crapp...” -Sportsday Megaphone
♫ Sportsday Megaphone - Doughnut Ghost Theme (New Album Version)

“Happy Birthday Ohh!Crapp... - So this week we are releasing a new package of remixes of our track "Fire" (taken from our debut album "Your Music Is Killing Me") including mixes from Space Cowboy, Solitaire and Phonat (available on Beatport), & for your 1st birthday we are providing you with exclusive access to the Electro Rock Mix of the track at a shiny 262kbps!” -The Young Punx
♫ The Young Punx - Fire (Electro Rock Mix)

“Happy Birthday Ohh!Crapp... i didnt know about it but its in my bookmarks now! good luck with it.- Weird story, a rich fake boobs girl spent shit loads of money getting people like juelz santana and busta rhymes to feature on her album which i think was never released in the end. we were commisioned to do a remix for the juelz track. at the end of it you can hear esau mwamwaya singing, one of the first stuff he did for us, we just started wroking with him at the time... its not the best stuff we done but i kinda like it, hope you too!”-Etienne, Radioclit
♫ Anna Betz - Love Tonight (ft. Juelz Santana) (Radioclit Remix)

"...Ohh!Crapp, it's your birthday!!!!....Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Ohh!Crapp, Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!... Do you wanna know why CCC love Ohh!Crapp?!?!...becuase when you listen to CCC tracks, the first thing that comes to your mind is OHH!CRAAAAAAPPPP!!!! :)... hope you enjoy the rmx, LOVE CCC...and don't forget that they're saying EAT ME, EAT ME, EAT ME!!!!..." - Chewy Chocolate Cookies
♫ Santogold - Creator (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)

“Happy Bday Ohh!Crapp... - I'm sending you 2 new mixes, they are not available for a while (preety exclusive). One mix will be thee Earls they are from the UK & the second for Cassette Kids an Australian new band.” -Headman
♫ Cassette Kids - Acrobat (Headman Rework)
♫ The Earls - Let It Rain (Headman Dub)

“Happy birthday to our friends at Ohh! Crapp and here’s to another year! - This song was a live version of “Anyway You Choose To Give It” that was recorded at Paul V.’s “Neon Noise” show on Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles last December.” - Paul, IAMSOUND Records
♫ The Black Ghosts - Any Way You Choose To Give It (Live on Indie 103.1 FM)

“Happy early 1 year! - Here's a different version of Coconut Night (it's the version that appeared on their 7").” -Maude, Dare To Care Records
♫ We Are Wolves - Coconut 155

“Happy Birthday Ohh!Crapp... - This one comes straight from the vault.” - Linus Loves
♫ Linus Loves vs. Kelis - Bossy Rock Chk

“Oh crapp, you’re one already, happy birthday Wangs. - For this festive meal we have prepared a delectable feast of bouncy pop, namely a remix of Sparkadia’s ‘Morning Light’. xx” - Hong Kong Blondes
♫ Sparkadia - Morning Light (Hong Kong Blondes Mix)

“A joyous birthday to all at Ohh!Crapp... Thank you for liking my stuff, and describing it in such unusual, but perfectly accurate terms. Keep up the dirty work. - Here's a remix I did of an originally jolly and mid-paced track by up-and-coming London band The Dallas Guild. They're pals. In fact I was in the band for about five minutes. Anyway, this is quite dark for me, but in a sort of I'm-about-to-get-murdered-euphoria way.” -Death Metal Disco Scene
♫ The Dallas Guild - Weakness Goes In My Spaceship (DM/DS remix)

“Happy 1st, you little tease. Here's to another year of flustered, frustrated and chafing records! - You Rub Me the Wrong Way DVAS Macho Mix - the stirring sounds of your mother's cocktail dress dragged across your older brother's freshly shaven limbs, listening breathless from beneath a mountain of cologne-soaked laundry in the corner of his room.” - Pants & Tie
♫ Pants & Tie - You Rub Me The Wrong Way (DVAS Macho Mix)
♫ Pants & Tie - Washing Machine (Shout Out Out Out Out Remix)

“This is our new single 'Crush', it's a very special track for us and it's our gift for your birthday!” -En Masse
♫ En Masse - Crush

“Ohh!Crapp... It's your birthday. Congratulations on keeping the interwebs interesting, I hope the next year is even bigger for you! - The first track is a remix of Love me or Hate me by Lady Sovereign, what it would sound like if it came out in the 80's, next is another version of my Private remix that has never been heard outside of my room, next is An 80's classic reworked for an ADD generation, & finally Christmas time in Baltimore!” -St Andrew
♫ Lady Sovereign vs. St Andrew - Love Me or 80's Me
♫ Private - We've Got Some Breakin' Up to Do (St Andrew Discarded Version)
♫ Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (St Andrew Apathetic Edit)
♫ The Chipmunks vs St Andrew - A Very Bmore Xmas

“Ohh! Crapp... Its your birthday! - Here's some nice funky disco to help you celebrate..” -Grum
♫ Moulinex - Breakchops (Grum Remix)

“Congratulations on your friggin 1 year anniversary! Ohh!Crapp... is bookmarked on all of my 4 macs. - i just finished chopping this one up and its really sunny and makes the darkest NYC dancefloors turn friendly instantly...even the meanest Thugs cant help smiling a bit when u play this one...” -Kap10Kurt
♫ Kap10Kurt vs. Original Hamster - Burning Down The Haus

“Happy Birthday Ohh!Crapp... - this track is about Yo Majesty taking yo gurl!!” -Yo Majesty
♫ Yo Majesty - Bedsprings (ft. Virus Syndicate)

“Yes, 320kbps! Happy Birthday Ohh!Crapp...” -Kris Menace
♫ Metronomy - Heartbreaker (Kris Menace Remix)

“Cryptonites remix of our upcoming single, Happy Birthday Ohh!Crapp...” -Grafton Primary
♫ Grafton Primary - She Knows It (Cryptonites Remix)

“Hey Ohh!Crapp... - I've been out at the V Festival for the last few days, DJ History has allowed me to give you my remix of a new one for them!” -Woolfy
♫ Telemusic -Disco Free (Woolfy and Shady Mix)

“Hey Ohh!Crappppp... - here's a pod cast gift for your anniversary.. it contains versions and tracks from our album 'The Glimmers Are Gee Gee Fazzi' which is in two parts and both are only available on CD and are exclusively distributed at events where we play.. Hope you like this idea..” -Glimmers
♫ The Glimmers Are Gee Gee Fazzi Podcast (Cover/Tracklist)

ps. before downloading, you can preview all these track over here.

Covers!

Question Of The Day 'Do You Usually Judge An Album By It's Cover?'.

DL: CSS - Cannonball (Breeders Cover)
DL: Dragonette - The Boys (Calvin Harris Cover)
DL: Editors - Bonny (Prefab Sprout Cover)
DL: Gabriella Cilmi - Cry Me A River(Justin Timberlake Cover)
DL: New Found Glory - Joga (Bjork Cover)
DL: The Charlatans - Murder (New Order Cover)
DL: The Chemists - Toxic (Britney Spears Cover)
DL: The Futureheads - With Every Heartbeat (Robyn Cover)
DL: Editors - Acceptable In The 80s (Calvin Harris Cover)
DL: Madison - Lollipop (Lil' Wayne Cover)

Type Your Answers In The Comments Field For A Chance To Win A Lifetime Stock Of 'Nothing'!!!

Cats Roar In Paris!

Instead of copying excerpts from their long bio, i'll just make do with this simple description "Foxes sounds like Crystal Castles & MGMT prizefighting over a bucket of LEGO in an alley in front of little drugged kids at a Sesame Street segment shoot while 'Weekend Wars' is playing loudly in the background".. I'm not kidding see for yourself, btw they're from the UK!

DL: Cats In Paris - Foxes

If you decided you're going to like them, then dig for more info on their MySpace!

Metronomy For President : B-Live Miami Campaign.

Full details can be found on Bacardi B-Live Miami, I know you're only here for the remixes!

DL: Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Album Version)
DL: Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Breakbot's Remix)
DL: Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Fontän's Remix)
DL: Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Mad Decent's Remix)
DL: Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Friend's Remix)

Metronomy Rawks!

A Litte Bit More For You!

It's not really encouraging to download a remix by someone whom your first visual acquaintance with is experienced though a promo photo that looks like it's been stylized with a blurry effect using a 3rd party plug-in for Windows Paint - let alone the photo itself being a close up that vividly implies the next few seconds after it was taken involved a cum facial.

Still, i love Lykke Li & knowing how remixable 'Little Bit' is - I decided to take a chance & obviously since i'm spending time and energy on this post then it must be worth it!

Really dunno who Klumpfisk is but i want you all to give him a round of applause for his work on this, coz i never thought little bit could get any more delicate or would be fitting for a faux guitar solo involvement!

DL: Lykke Li - Little Bit (Klumpfisk Remix)

& some more...

DL: Studio - West Side (Klumpfisk Remix)
DL: The Magnetic Fields - Three-Way (Klumpfisk Remix)

Give him a shout out at his MySpace!

Don't Cry Out, They're Back!

Promo flyer (above) should explain it all - Carah Faye Charnow is no longer a member of Shiny Toy Guns and she's replaced by Sisely Treasure (she was in the first season of The Search for the Next Doll reality TV) - Download for free, HERE or from the link below (320kbps)!

DL: Shiny Toy Guns - Ricochet

Despite the negative description on some other blogs, I think this new direction in sound fits them - I seriously didn't want another 'Le Disko' because it would've made the original lose its shine. I like 'Ricochet' for what it is, see for yourself.

First Things First!

This is a totally random post of 'first time things' that were on my mind after my first glass of water and packet of monster munch crisps this morning, I still can't get over how much i was impressed yesterday after finally giving into the 2004 'The Machinist', I've had the DVD lying on the floor of my wardrobe ever since i rented it from god knows where in 2004 (lots of friends talked me into not watching it, calling it a stupid movie) & last night (out of desperate boredom) I decided to give it a peep... Now, its on my favorite movies list, not only it beats 'Secret Window' by miles when it comes to its psychological intensity but it hit me hard to see how beautifully anorexic Christian Bale (The Dark Knight/Batman) had made himself (he starved himself for 4 months & ruined hi body just for this role)!

It's a rare thing when a movie seeds some fear in me while watching & actually succeeds in bringing out the gloomy side of me to the surface - I don't want to burn the movie for those of you who haven't watched it yet, but i urge you to get it asap because its just brilliant & will definitely get you depressed after watching it - insomnia condensed.

After that, i turned off the DVD player, the AV channel switched to 'All Music' & i saw for the first time Kaye West's video of 'Flashing Lights' that is remarkably Grindhouse-Planet-Terror-esque cheesy brilliant:

I rarely watch videos, unless its for a song or by a director that i like... so don't start with the (OMG this is so old i-know-everything boasts)...

Finally while writing this i didn't notice that FRANKMUSIK's MySpace tab was open on Firefox & an awesome track that i haven't heard before started playing, & for some reason a Polaroid popped into my head of him & Little Boots making out.. I seriously think they are a good match Music/Personality wise! Love both, god bless em!

DL: FRANKMUSIK - That Much Is True

In case you don't know, FRANKMUSIK has an official blog now where he regularly posts news & new tracks/demos for free, here.

Tuesday The 19th Is Going To Be A Great Day, Mark Your Calendars!

Some crap we found in our inbox, be patient.. the 19th will cause you to seizure %^$^%$?*@!# ???.

DL: Sunny Day Sets Fire – Wilderness (CSS Remix)
DL: Bryan Cox - Let's Go To work (Mustard Pimp Remix)
DL: Crookers - Il Brutto (Mustard Pimp El Burrito Remix)
DL: Terry Poison - 24 Hours (Aston Shuffle's A-Bomb Remix)
DL: Don Rimini - Nervous Breakdown
DL: Adventure Kid - Music Killed Me
DL: Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg) – The Next Episode (Project Cyborg rmx)
DL: Chic & The Tramp - Delorean (Oldschoolreunion Back To The Future 4 Remix)
DL: KillaQueenz - Sweaty Wet (Original)
DL: Chromeo - Call me up (Techjio Remix)
DL: Marta Sui Tubi - Lunica Cosa (Amari Night Members Club Remix)
DL: RQM - Miss Pacman (Oliver $ Remix)
DL: Robin Thicke - Magic (Remix Featuring Mary J. Blige)
DL: Lil Wayne/T-Pain - Got Money (Dj Doc Rok Remix)
DL: Schlachthofbronx - Poppin/Guatta
DL: British Males - Mixtapes
DL: Plushgun - Just Impolite
DL: Git - Booty Music
DL: Max Justus - Seven
DL: Alfamega - Uh Huh
DL: Praveen & Benoît - Embers
DL: Little Jinder - Polyhedron
DL: Ben Mono - Jesus Wa A B-Boy (Shir Khan Remix)
DL: Varig - Come On
DL: Stereoheroes - Moon Knight (bsbtrgdclub Remix)
DL: The Fire & Reason - NME (bsbtrgdclub remix)
DL: Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (bsbtrgdclub remix)
DL: Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (bsbtrgdclub remix propro mortal combat edit)
DL: Femme - Crimes Because Of Late Calls (bsbtrgdclub remix)
DL: Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobious Pip - Look For The Woman
DL: Par Avion - Plastic
DL: Par Avion - La Da Da
DL: Obi Best - Nothing Can Come Between US
DL: Juxx - Solo
DL: Rage_Against_Machine_-_Killing_in_the_name_(Biancardi_Mix)
DL: Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (Hoshina Anniversary Remix)
DL: The Kills - Cheap And Cheerful (Hoshina Anniversary Remix)
DL: CSS - Alala (Hoshina Anniversary Remix)
DL: The Great Northwes - Chief John
DL: The Physics of Meaning - Aeroplanes and Hurricanes
DL: Gogol Bordello - Wonderlust King (Sleepy Head Remix)
DL: Villains vs. Jay Z - Gangsters rock it (Sleepy Head's wake up mashup)
DL: Interstates - Run Run
DL: State Bird - It's Almost Time
DL: State Bird - I Don't Love U Anymore
DL: Eine Kleine Nacht Musik - Ertrinken
DL: Prodigy - Warriors Dance (Clash The Disko Kids Remix)
DL: Love Psychedelico - Standing Bird
DL: Love Psychedelico - Everybody Needs Somebody

Spinnerette gives you Valium Knights!

Spinnerette finally gives us something!! for all the Brody Dalle fans out there i know you've been waiting (like me) since March 2007! and for the rest of the world in case you don't know who they are, the band consists of Brody Dalle, Tony Bevilacqua (both former members of The Distillers), Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Eleven) and Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven). 

DL: Spinnerette - Valium Knights

Sportsday Megaphone

I've been avoiding writing something about them because, Eardrums, Mr. Mammoth, Mixtape Meastro, Trash Menagerie, Song By Toad, Slutty Fringe, F.Y.O.F., Pinglewood, BigStereo, Azltron, The Lemur Blog, BiBaBiDi & a bunch of other Blogs already have. All I can say is, this is a one man band you don't want to look over, can't wait for the album!

Sportsday Megaphone has set-up a page full of freebies (listed above) here... Go knock yourself out!

Metronomy 'Heartbreaker'

<3

Muscles 'The Lake' Digital Release!

The Lake is out on Aus iTunes! The Package contains a previously unreleased track titled 'Water Spiral' get it, get it, get it!

1. The Lake (Original Mix)
2. The Lake (Azzido Da Bass Remix)
3. The Lake (Jokers Of The Acene Remix)
4. The Lake (Kid Kenobi Remix)
5. The Lake (Pikelet Remix)
6. Water Spiral

I Honestly thinks this 'White Williams' promo remix is better than some of the official ones!

Bonus: The Lake (White Williams Sludge Remix)

Purchase/Preview here!

Review: Van She 'V'

Confusion can be used as an alibi, but I'm exceptionally sober & have played V thrice to be certain – what this whole nonsense is leading to is, I think V is a good album, a bit over the average, but under my overly received promotional worship demanding expectations, the ones Blogs & Modular newsletters have seeded in me.

To stay on reality ground, V is a bit more mainstream than I expected and these same songs could have been performed by another quality band and yet given an equal impressive performance; although this is not just about the music; the likeness partly relates to the image of Van She in our heads & the fact that the ticket into fully enjoying this album requires a pre-fondness of the band.

It's like easting 12 pieces of chocolate of the same brand, except each has a different filling or topping – the base always taste the same but then there are backing flavors to differentiate.

A great collection of synth-indie-pop-rock to played under any mod and at any time but in no way it will make it in my top 5 albums of 2008 – Hercules & Love Affair, Crystal Castles & Late Of The Pier will remain occupying the top 3 spots.

In my opinion V will be more enjoyable live & in your long car drives than in your bedroom. I'd give it a 7/10 but place it on top of the other 7s for the fact that V was made exclusively for the fans.

Ps. I'm sad 'Sex City' wasn't included.

How Long Will This Last??

I'm getting tired of this lisa-scott-lee-syndrome, can't they release an album already? this is the latest tester single apparently... and it sounds like Coldplay (at some points).

DL: Lorraine - Tell It All

They should take the sticker off this and stick it on their foreheads, i officially lost my hype for them.

Lorraine Myspace

The Similou (M.I.A.)...

Ok if someone knows them personally, please go directly to their bedroom & smack them on their heads with that lovely keytar they have and ask them to finish the new album a.s.a.p or at least update their fucking MySpace... one of the best cheesy basic synthpop duos ever, shame they do everything hush-hush-ly.

DL: The Similou - Clouds
DL: The Similou - Weathergirl ←♥

I can never get bored of this, wish this could happen in reality, the echo effect would sound orgasmic from down i'm sure:


If you know anything beyond what's mentioned on their outdated MySpace, hit me up.

Review: Late Of The Pier 'Fantasy Black Channel'

Dear kids of neon colored wristbands, thick plastic eye frames, contrasted clashing fag badges and baby sized T's; prepare to howl in your Paul Frank underwear & wayfarers under the next full moon; because Late of the Pier have written the DIY manual for a better living for the extremists of this genre/trend/movement & have vulgarly put the Klaxons, We Are Wolves, Shitdisco & the likes to horrendous shame.

From the first chord, Erol Alkan have patted over the whole production with his blessing hands & I'm sure at the time he had Gameboys for breakfast because the Crystal-Castles-esque 8-bit garnish is vividly substantial; Fantasy Black Channel talks a language of razor-sharp hi-hats, bruising beats & lagging guitar licks, all building a puzzling set for Late Of The Pier's goosebump inducing dramatic shrills that scuffles with the star-dusted synth in this atypical circus of sounds.

Our old methods of evoking a group seizures including mornings of sugary vomit funk inhaling and fresh nylon trash bags galvanizing rituals at the church of Nu-Rave are no longer necessary – all you have to do is take a head trip into Fantasy Black Channel and I promise you, the next time some hipster gashes your head wide open with a crowbar at a gig, a kaleidoscopic flood of sparkling Swarovski crystals will intensely pour out of it & you shall be remembered for it.

It is by far the most powerful, imaginative & significant state-of-the-art Nu-Rave record to bestow its sickness upon my ears in this lifetime; I wish it was released on 8-track cartridge so I can use it as a soundtrack to the Kermit & Miss Piggy 45minutes magical fisting sex tape.

Official Website/MySpace

Lancôme Hypnôse

Ahh, I saw this 'Lancome - Hypnose' ad in the last quarter of 2005 & since then I have been struggling to find out who that awesome track is by, then in 2006 i got hold of the mp3 in a lousy 64kbps webrip but yet i played the life out of it... finally, two weeks ago i figured out who this bitch belongs to and i got my hands on a proper CD-rip of it.

It was such a perfect pick for the ad, the vibes from Seventeen are seriously hypnotic.

DL: My Park - Seventeen

Amazing band, you must watch the video, it's beautiful - peep them on MySpace.

Interview: Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family.

Being a fan of Piña colada, tanning & happy music as a substitute for pills, I knew I had to lend 'Good Children Go To Heaven' some ears, especially after being recommended to me by the likes of Flairs, YaYaYa & Metronomy many times & I'm so glad I did.

Drenched in brine & pop, Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family have made available again a record for a multi generational groupies & fans of real-music-making-bands from The Beach Boys & Blur to most recently Vampire Weekend – that kind of a record you'd buy 2 of, one to listen to and another to frame.

Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family is a seven piece band that constructs organic pop out of real instruments for people with real facial expressions and character depth. – every one of us needs to take a break from the covered in rubber, nylon & plastic electro & Nu-rave hype inflation & take a second to inhale the wooden musk.

● 1973
● Blood In Your Eyes
● You Make Me Blush
● When I Miss You
● Brooklyn

I had a nice talk with 'Tahiti Boy' and trust me; the stuff he told me is something you'd want to know all about! So get your self a plate of white chocolate cookies and a glass of warm chocolate milk… make yourself comfortable… & ready, steady….. Read.
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Good day ‘Tahiti Boy’ – you look quite pale for someone who spends time under palm trees in the summer... I must say the indie white boy look looks good on you… introduce your real-self & tell us briefly about your musical background?

Hi there! Well, yeah, I’m a very pale guy, because the palmtrees always prevent me from getting burned… And thanks for noticing my look; I have about 15 beautiful assistants working on it on a day to day basis. Well, my nickname is David, but my real name is Tahiti Boy. I play piano, keyboards, organ, I can sing too, and I do have some knowledge in saxophone. I also do productions for other artists (now working on Tacteel’s album) and I write arrangements for other bands. I’ve had the chance to record or play live with a lot of people, from Antipop Consortium to Mike Ladd, some member of Tv On The Radio to Lio (famous French 80’s icon), Money Mark, and some big free jazz guys like David Murray. And more people I don’t even remember who… Like Scenario Rock, Poney Poney, Flairs, Syd matters, Teki Latex, Gaspard from Justice etc… You know, the Parisian scene! I’ll be working on a soundtrack this fall, and I’m very excited about it.

Soundtrack?

Yeah, a young man names Claude Zidi Jr, whose father is a famous film maker in France, is about to shoot his 1rst movie called Fashion Week, and he hired me to write the soundtrack. I can do whatever I want, so it should be a lot of fun. I’ve started writing some pieces for it already, I think we’ll be recording it around December.

Cool! Alright, It always starts like this, for some reason I think that every band’s name must have a meaning and an event of origin… what’s yours?

Mmm, well, “Family” is a tribute to my idol, Sly Stone and his band the “Family Stone”. The Tahiti Boy thing is just because I used to have dreadlocks (hey, we all make mistakes, ‘aight ?) so I guess I looked like a famous cartoon character…

(Laughing).. Well white boys should stick to the curly & the sleek only, that's one of nature's rules – anyhow, let’s blow the confusion cloud away and clear this out - are you a band or are you a collective? Both maybe?

We’re a 100% band. We all play together, we just have 2 guests on the album : my girlfriend Audrey, and Tunde Adebimpe from Tv On The Radio. Everyone else is a band member. Sometimes, like in every group, one has to be replaced for one show, but that only happened twice, so… Yeah, we’re a regular band with people who have other bands.

So, how many are children are there in the Palmtree Family & what is your music making mechanism?

We’re 7 people. I play piano and sing, there are 2 guitars and vocals, 1 drummer, 1 bass player, 1 cello, and 1 percussion/flute player. I write everything myself, and I have the arrangements in mind, and then, when we rehearse the songs, if someone has an idea, he’s always welcome to try it. If it sounds better than mine, then he wins ! We’re like the United Nations, and I’m the United States, you know…
I got to admit though, your complicated structure causes some difficulty in understanding the ingredients of Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family which I would usually ignore to avoid the migraines but when flashy names and super stars are involved then decoding and digging is a must, so would you be kind and fill us in?

Sure! Well, me! I’m very famous; you can see my face on posters all around Times Square and Hollywood Blvd (Laughing Frantically). Ok, let’s say they might not all be famous, but you may know the followings: Antoine (guitar / vocals) is the soul of Poney Poney, Jonathan (guitar / vocals) is the soul of Syd Matters, Didier (bass) plays with famous French band Tanger and the huuuuuge singer called “Christpohe”. Jean, our drummer, plays with a whole lot of bands, like Constance Verluca, Hopper etc… Also, Tunde Adebimpe from TV On The Radio.

Before we start talking music, I was wondering how a band like yours made it big in France when all the songs are in English (Usually labels there insist on them being in French)!? You think you would’ve gotten the same reaction and success if you’ve gone all French?

Dude, we’d be huge now if the album was in French! So we just do it the way we like, I’m not sure how big we’ll make it here, but we’ll be fine as far as the buzz is going and the gigs are going well. I think the best thing for us to make it here would be to get credibility abroad and then come back. I mean, that’s just an idea, if you have a solution, thanks for letting me know! héhéhé…

Coming form France I’m sure you realize the whole music stream has shifted towards electro, where Artificial has become the new Original - with kids & hipsters thirsty for noise and distortion when you’re album is very clean and basic (true indie) if I may say… sort of like the pureness ‘Whitest Boy Alive’ & ‘Vampire Weekend’ have! Weren’t you afraid your efforts would get smothered by the electro inflation when everyone are distracted by Justice?

Not at all, I actually enjoy our position a lot. It might be cooler to be some kind of outsider, like “the unexpected band playing unexpected music” or something like that. Plus I love electronic music, so I don’t feel like there’s some fashion shit taking room from some other music. And I’ve noticed that despite the success electro people get, there’s always a spot for Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Feist or even us, who knows? We’re respected a lot by everyone on the electronic scene, and part of that comes from the fact that our music is different from theirs.

But even though they have made it big and caused a huge buzz in the Blogosphere – doesn’t it bother you when the media compare Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family to Vampire Weekend, when their music is fundamentally based on African popular music while yours is more basic indie rock with a tropical twist (I think the only resemblance between you two is the fact that both of you focus on live instrumentations, but that's about it)… and exactly what can we call your music style?

I think the comparison also comes from the taste we all have for cool melodies. I mean, we write songs people can sing along… Our music is deeply pop, in both sense : pop like UK pop, The Zombies, The Beatles, very colorful etc… and also pop meaning popular : gathering the people singing a melody that could be easy to remember, you know, music with choruses and verses, catchy lyrics and happiness at the end. In that way, even though I totally see your point with the Vampire Weekend thing, we can be assimilated to them with no shame. The goal of their music, just like ours, is to entertain.

I must say the multi-instrumentation structure of your pieces raises the quality bar high and categorizes you under the league of bands that makes real music! I mean your album has everything flutes, tambourines, weird wooden mouth organ, percussions, mandoline, bass, drums, tube, guitar, banjo, piano, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, organs, arp solina & saxophone! Which explains why there are a lot of external people involved and the inflation of the band members’ number… but wouldn’t all that cause a bit of a difficulty live? Like you need a lot of people to perform different songs!?

Actually, we, the 7 members of the family, are able to play all that. What I mean is that we don’t need to have guests to play more instruments, we do all that live. Sometimes we have my friend Eric on sax, but he comes mostly as a friend. We did a release party in May, where we wrote arrangements for a full string section and a brass section. It was great, but too much work for one show only… Also, all the musicians can switch instruments. That’s what we’ll do on stage soon - Didier and Jonathan can play keyboards and organ, Vincent can play drums, Thomas (our cello player) can take a guitar etc… then I could just sing, not always play piano myself. And it’s always cool to see that a guy can play another instrument… Girls love it. And we love girls. We’re crooners, you know. The only reason why the album is so delicate is to get them chicks at the shows (Laughs)!

I like how 'Good Children Go To Heaven' balances melancholy with optimism, some instrumental pieces within the tracks have great power on projecting some feelings! Plus, the lyrics almost always seem to be talking about a situation between 2 of the opposite sexes. Are there any personal experiences involved with the songs?

Mmmm, yes and no. I mean, obviously, the love songs are partly taken from experiences we’ve all had, you know, like “You Make Me Blush” or “That Song”. “Brooklyn” is a love song dedicated to my beloved Brooklyn… But then, you know, you just make the words go together for the song, so you have to make it different – and look better I guess – so the song ends up not being what you where gonna say… But that’s okay, that’s part of the game !

One of the tracks ‘Blood In Your eyes’ - for some reason gives me flavor blisters of Gorillaz style & I know this might sound stupid but.. I was thinking that this kind of project is something you’d usually find Damon Albarn involved in - not that this is relevant to the question but whom or what was Tahiti Boy inspired by?

That’s funny. You’re not the 1st one to mention Damon Albarn. I like him a lot, even better in Blur than Gorillaz. Well, obviously I’ve always admired the big historical bands like The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Bowie, The Zombies etc… But a lot of black music too; like the whole Motown thing, Stax, Ike & Tina, and even jazz. Coltrane is one of my idols. I love hip hop – I still get to play a lot of hip hop, and produce it as well. My all time favorites are Public Enemy, Wu Tang, KRS One, A Tribe Called Quest, NWA etc… I like the new school as well. I think Kanye is the best these days.

I'm impressed that every bit of everything in your music is well thought of… even when it comes to the choir on ‘Time’ & ‘When I Miss You’... instead of hiring a choir you actually had people and bands come in to fill in. Like Da Brasilians, Domingo, Gush, Cosmo Brown, My Girlfriend Is Better Than Yours, Tacteel, Guilaume de Maria from Château Marmont, Choc, Cocosuma… tell us about that!

Well, I guess it was easier to ask bands that I know to come down to the studio and do it. I would I have to pay a real choir, whereas those guys know how bad the economy is for such a project, so it was way cooler to hang out with them a few hours, record a bunch of takes having beers etc… than getting a bunch of professional cats waiting to get paid. Plus I’m happy to have them all written down on the cover. It’s a way for me to thank them again. Some of them have been invited on stage with us to perform the songs at the release party, like Da Brasilians, Gush, Cosmo Brown, Choc etc… First they are friends who can sing. Then they play in bands. The whole “all star” crew is less important to me than having people I like on the record. The same as the original musicians, Didier is my step brother, I went to school with Antoine, Vincent was my roommate in year 2000 etc… You know what I mean; we’re just a bunch of old friends who happen to play music together.

Yeah I understand & I think the whole band-playing-in-their-parents-garage-for-fun energy is present! Another thing… Tunde from ‘TV on the Radio’ laid his vocals on ‘That Song’... who else sang on which songs – and is it true that most of the recording happened at Tunde’s place?

Well, all the other people are the ones you mentioned in the choirs, in the previous question. The recording of “That Song” took place at Tunde’s crib, only that. The rest was recorded in a Parisian suburb, in a studio called Mellow Workshop. We did all the vocals (apart from Tunde) at the label’s studio in Paris, with some overdubs of brass and strings. It was mixed there as well, by the great Angy, who’s our own Georges Martin. He also plays bass in Château Marmont. See, Angy is the man.
I like how Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family brought a lot of different people form different labels into one project – Arcade Mode, Because Music, Interscope… did you know from the beginning that this project was going to be a product of a huge team work... Or it just kind of led to that? I mean like... was Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family meant to be what it is today?

That’s a good question. Not all those guys were involved though. We happened to work with people who work themselves with these labels, so we had to ask for some permissions sometimes, that’s all. - The family members were the only people involved in the artistic development of the band. Those record companies are only thanked because they gave us more paperwork I guess. But they were all nice enough to let us do what we ask them.

Arcade Mode was different. They released our 1st song called “She Was Mine” about a year ago. It was one side of the great collector blue 7’ series, mixed by the great Vicarious Bliss. Very nice release, that one.

I don’t know what the band was meant to be where it is now, but I knew I wanted to be in a band with these guys, and I knew I had a lot of music to be written. Since we thought it was pretty cool, we felt that the group should be signed somewhere to release an album. I think we are strong because even though there are a lot of people in good bands involved, we still had to rehearse hard and play the same shit hole places in order to get an audience. Now I see that we get more and more people’s attention, so we’ll have a bit more expectations for the second album. I picture it more “Motown”, but not like Amy Whinehouse, more like some voodoo kind of thing, more obsessive, with a bit of New Orleans in it.

Be confident that your efforts are being well appreciated, because usually I find bands through friends & Blogs, but this time the recommendations actually came directly from Flairs & Ya Ya Ya (of Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya) – Also Metronomy are huge fans!

Well, I’m very proud that those great guys talk about us. Flairs actually replaced our bass player once, and he might do it again sometimes, when Didier cannot be with us. Ya Ya Ya came up on stage with us a few times, so we ended up playing 4 hands pianos, it was very fun. He’s a great guy, and we just met after I saw one of his band’s live, they are killers! Metronomy mentioned us, saying they really liked it. It means a lot to me because I love their music too. I’ve had the chance to meet Joseph, the leader, a couple times, that’s all. I didn’t even know he had the record…

Is there any way I can bribe you into exposing the real identity of Ya Ya Ya? It's killing me that till this day I haven't figured who he & Bitchee Bitchee really are!

(Loud Laugh) Sorry man, I promised him and the band not to say a single thing about who they are. Nothing against you, that’s just their thing…

I was talking to Ya Ya Ya the other day & he told me you have covered a Justice songs! Which one... and can I have it??

Yeah, we recorded a cover and a new arrangement of Justice’s Valentine…. - Ya Ya Ya told you that? I hope he didn’t tell you that you could have it! It’s kept secret like gold until Gaspard and Xavier decide to do something with it. Sorry man… hopefully it will be released somewhere sometimes. - BUT… we’re getting ready to release an EP sometimes in the fall, with a cover of “1973” by Para One, another cover of “Blood In Your Eyes” by Zombie Zombie, and Justice will make a new mix/edit of “Brooklyn”.

God that sounds like a kick ass EP & since we are talking about Justice - while going through the album booklet I noticed you thanked Gaspard Augé & Xavier de Rosay! Also you mentioned Pedro & Amandine… & ‘SoMe’ who's done a drawing for the front cover… you got lots of friends from Ed Banger Rec. huh! Where do all these fall into your equation?

Yeah, well, Gaspard and I have been friend since we’re 18 I think. With him, Antoine (Poney Poney) and some other friends (Choc, who also sings on the record) we put together a tiny record label called Musclorecords. Our releases, mostly 2 compilations, are now very hard to find. I guess they’re collectible items now - you can find Justice’s 1st song, this band Dallax (with SoMe), Poney Poney, myself… It’s called “Hit’s Up To You”, so cheap, but kind of fun though.

I’ve met Xavier a bit later, when we actually all met him (including Gaspard). SoMe went to school with Gaspard, he became quickly friend with Gaspard’s friends, so…

Pedro is not a friend, but I know him well, and he’s always been supporting us a lot. I mean, I went to see him bunch of times when I had questions about anything, he’d always be there for me, with good advises and contacts. And Amandine’s our number 1 fan…

Gaspard and Xavier have not been involved in the making of the album, even though Xavier had a title for it that we ended up not using this time. But they've always been supporting us, coming to the shows etc... And as I said, they’re working on the song called “Brooklyn”, I don’t even know exactly what they have in mind, I just let them do…

Ooooh we know the faux Eurovision “Hit’s Up To You”, the Justice track 'Sure You Will' has been on almost every Blog I know since someone discovered it! It's funny that it has been around since 2003… & what was Xavier's suggestion for the album title? I heard it was initially going to be called 'You Make Me Blush'!! By the way your band should've been called 'Tahiti Boy, The Palmtree Family & Their Friends' (laughs/joking)!

Well, I’m not gonna tell you Xavier’s idea for the album, we might use it one day… But yeah, 1st I was gonna call it “You Make Me Blush”, but I didn’t want one song to be underlined more than the others, so this title quickly disappeared.

This whole “& Their Friends” think is totally wrong, sorry my man ! We’re Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree family, once again NOT A COLLECTIVE !!! We have friends on a few songs, but this is not like some Pavarotti & friend shit, this is not a tribute, and I don’t have my friends do a few stuffs with us for the sake of having them. If they’re here, it’s because at some point their skill was needed. We all have plenty of friends, but the ones on the record are always here for a reason. Remember that we’re 7 people and only 7 people. When we rehearse, we’re 7, when we tour we’re 7, when we do promo where’re 7, but sometimes you need something, like this choire thing. How are you gonna do that by yourself ? Remember this is no tribute band, no Devendra Banhart hippie shit, no I’m From Barcelona hippie shit either. We’re a regular band.

Well Said!

*Head over to their MySpace to find out how you can get yourself a copy of 'Good Children Go To Heaven'!

Kuriaki, who?

Found this cover of Daft Punk's 'Something About Us' accidentally this morning. Could someone please contact him & ask him to makes the "I need You more than anything in my life, I want you more than anything in my life" vocal loop shorter... coz I'm loving the rendition but that bit near the end craps it up for me.

DL: Kuriaki - Us (Daft Punk Cover)

You can also download it off his MySpace player.

Starskee, Midnight Juggernauts, Danger.

Starskee is an English lad who moved to Berlin to make French scene fitting electronic music that will soon be released in a form of an EP through the label he shares with Danger & Chewy Chocolate Cookies - yes, Ekleroshock!

The first single will be 'My Way' - released with a remix by Danger &2 B-sides... to be honest i'm not very keen on 'My Way' but its such a perfect track for danger to remix, or that's what i think.

I like 'This Time' much better - it sounds like something Richard X would produce with Nadia Oh for his X-Factor Vol. 2 & use it as an interlude... neat.

DL: Starskee - My Way
DL: Starskee - This Time ←♥

Since we're talkign about Danger, below is (apparently) a still from his first video that will be out in few months with the next secret EP.

Ohh & update your iPod with a fresh 320kbps version of the Midnight Juggernauts remix instead of the 192kbps that leaked few days back!

DL: Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy (Danger Remix) (320KBPS)

Can't wait for 'Into The Galaxy' single - I haven't downloaded any of the other remixes, I wanna wait! :D

Sick Graphix PWNer!

Her tacky hookiness is releasing MEDDLE on(only 300) 7" with the Toddla T remix & absolutely rad LITTLE BOOTS fantasy art transfer tattoos that come in 6 flavors (you can peep them on her MySpace blog)... people in the us though will soon have stuck on repeat, meddle and two remixes on 12" vinyl (as soon as she decide what to call the EP), it will be released through IAMSOUND.

DL: Little Boots - Meddle (Greg K. Version)
DL: Little Boots - Meddle (Toddla T & Ross Orton Remix)
DL: Little Boots - Magical (Demo)

Go stick you nose in her business, over at MySpace.

Britney Spears to Play Lesbian Killer in Quentin Tarantino Film!

"The singer was apparently chosen to play dancer Varla in a remake of the 1965 cult film Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! -The movie sees three thrill-seeking strippers encountering a young couple in the desert. Spears' character murders the boyfriend with her bare hands before taking the girlfriend hostage. The troubled singer will also have sex scenes with another girl before the drama ends in a blood-bath. Quentin is convinced Britney will be brilliant. She's delighted. She thinks it could turn her career around." -The Guardian

"Rumors on the internet say that Britney Spears has been announced as the actress to play Varla, but this is highly unlikely. It is likely that these rumors have been started by Spears' promoters." -Wikipedia

A rep for Brit denied the reports, telling Access Hollywood- "Though she definitely intends to explore acting roles down the road, right now she’s concentrating on recording her next album."

A source close to Quentin Tarantino told Access- "There is no truth to this."

DL: Britney Spears - Breathe On Me (James Holden Mix)
DL: Britney Spears - Breathe On Me (James Holden Dub)

Arghhh......!??

LE CORPS MINCE DE FRANÇOISE

Despite the fact that making fruits flavored yell pop has been done before, most notably by CSS, it doesn't mean that one dose of vitamins will last you a lifetime.

Beaming from a parallel prospective is another tropical-yell-pop/indie all vagina trio, who got the fruity juices pumping but with an organic sourness added. - Take the same filthy/fresh energy CSS, Chicks On Speed & Robots In Disguise have showcased by depending-heavily-on-samples-&-loops in the past & add a coordinated mess to it. - Like they've hired someone to stuff a trash bag with Styrofoam bricks and chase them around a stadium trying to flatten their heads while they try to flee & play their songs, carrying the instruments around & creating a web of tangled wires all over the place.

Echoed choruses, bells, urban-esque beats, synth & rude lyrics... what's not to like?

DL: Cool & Bored
DL: Bitch Of The Bitches
DL: Pollution

Catch them on the 15th at FLOW (Helsinki) with Crystal Castles, CSS, Sebastien Tellier, The Roots, MÚM.

Nice coloration on their MySpazz.

Mayes & Littlemore

These are the names behind one of the most talked about acts known as Pnau. Peter Mayes & Nick Littlemore. And it is these 2 Australian guys who have brought us some of the best electro/dance hits over the past months. Their latest self titled LP features the hits Wild Strawberries, No More Violence, Baby & the massive blogged about track Embrace featuring Ladyhawke. Tonight I venture to the Tivoli in Brisbane, Australia to see them, and if your a local I suggest you do to. If all goes to plan I hope to bring you some snaps of the night. For those who are unable to make it, I urge you to see them when they get closer to you. These guys have crafted a flavor of electro that combines the best parts of rock and indie to bring us the tracks we can dance the night away with till the sun rises...

Just listen for yourself and be the judge.

DL: Pnau - Lover
DL: Pnau - With You Forever

And of course a few remixes to add to your collection

DL: Pnau - Baby [Sam La More RMX]
DL: Pnau - With You Forever [Fears of Tigers RMX]

MONSTER MIXTAPE #12!

I wanted to pyramid pile my mum's jimmy choos on the eggplant purple velvet sofa, then set it on fire to behold the color changing flickering flames; the ones mentioned in the 900.000$ Harry Potter scrap sheets (found in J. K. Rowling's trash bin) that i bought off eBay from some guy called 'Dumbfound' with her credit card; but she said she'll teach me patience like Jesus... I really don't know what she meant but she looked pretty wrathful... so, staying on the safe side - instead i compiled this list for you little remix hungry monsters to savor, bon appétit.

DL: Leon Jean Marie - Bring It On (Little Boots Remix)
DL: The Voices- Spooky (Woolfy Neu Rave Disco Mix)
DL: Late Of The Pier - Heartbeat (Hot Chip Remix)
DL: Aeroplane - Whispers (ft. Kathy Diamond) (Love Affair Remix)
DL: We Are Scientists - Chick Lit (Matt Helder 'Arctic Monkeys' Remix)
DL: Chromeo - Me & My Man (Whitey vs. Chromeo Fly Whitey Remix)
DL: Annie - I Know Your Girlfriend Hates Me (Timo Maas Remix)
DL: LCD Soundsystem - Time To Get Away (Gucci Soundsystem Remix)
DL: MGMT - Electric Feel (Rasta Wigs Remix)
DL: Health - Triceratops (CFCF Remix)
DL: Zombie Zombie - Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free (Joakim Remix)
DL: Black Kids - Hurricane Jane (The Cansecos Remix)
DL: Morgan Page - The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix Radio Edit)
DL: The Whip - Blackout (Shinichi Osawa Remix)
DL: Audio Bullys - Gimme That Punk (Block Remix)
DL: Lykke Li - Little Bit (Loving Hand Remix)
DL: Tronik Youth - Laugh Cry Live Die (Grum Remix)
DL: Metronomy - Holiday (Bedtime Dub)
DL: Hercules & Love Affair - You Belong (Riton Rerub)
DL: Ladyhawke - Back Of The Van (VanSheTech Turbo Fire Engine Mix)
DL: Crookers - Il Brutto (Bloody Beetroots Il Bruttissimo Remix)
DL: Sneaky Sound System - Kansas City (Lifelike Remix)
DL: Allez Allez - She's Stirring Up (an Optimo (Espacio) Drum Attack Mix)
DL: Data - Rapture (The Skywriters Remix)
DL: Bloc Party - Flux (Goodbooks Magnetism Mix)
DL: Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy (Danger Remix)
DL: Das Pop - Underground (Kid Gloves Remix)
DL: Alter Ego - Gary (Tiga's Italia '90 Remix)
DL: Tiga - Sunglasses At Night (Konrad Black Remix)
DL: Mystery Jets - Hideaway (Switch Remix)
DL: Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (Holy Ghost Instrumental)
DL: Kudu - Hot Lava (Curtis Vodka 2057 Remix)
DL: Alphabeat - Boyfriend (Alex Metric Remix)
DL: Pacific! - Sunset Blvd (Triangles Remix)
DL: M.I.T.C.H. & Uffie - Fais Rentrer Les Euros (Feadz Uptempo Mix)
DL: White Williams - New Violence (Remix By Stars As Eyes)

Bonus: Headover to the fierce DiscoDust for CutCopy/Frankmusik remixes of CSS new single 'Move'... also these here & here.

Special Offer: "Insert your 2 cents for future reimbursement!" - click on comment

Previous Monster Mixtapes: #11, #10, #9, #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, #1

Huge thanx to MoHo & Giovanni for helping out with the Uploading duties, wub u slvts.

Justice - Dior Homme Printemps-été 09 (Edit)

Earlier I posted the full (15min) version which i extracted from the Runway Show video here... THIS is a Shorter (6min) edit extracted from the Fitting Rehearsal Video - Much Much Much better quality.

GO HERE!

DL: Justice - Dior Homme Printemps-été 09 (EDIT) (MP3/64KBPS/3MB)
DL: Kris Van Assche, Dior Homme Printemps-été 09 (Fitting Rehearsal) (Video/.FLV/49MB)

*You'll need a VLC player to play the video file.

NU-L4Y0UT

Me & Moho got bored of the old boxy layout we've been tweaking for the past 5 years, so we decided to draw inspiration from the eighties and go all tacky & colorful.

Header made by us, Yes.

"Weird Al" Yankovic tape is from 1999, Yes we know... we have videos from the eighties taped on it so STFU.........

You Likey?

*Ps. people with old versions of Internet Explorer & Firefox won't be able to see te layout properly.. update it.

Justice : Dior Homme Printemps-été 09

No, I'm NOT going to RE-POST the mp3 again.

I just wanted to say that the 192kbps (21mb) mp3 everyone has is actually worse quality than the one from the Dior Homme online video - i downlaoded the vidoe as it is from the Dior Homme server & here are the deets of the file:

...as you can see above (highlighted in pink) - the audio is actually encoded at 64kbps - So, because I'm obsessed with having the geekly investigated right file, I extracted (didn't convert) the original audio file from the video as it is... end of story.

GO HERE!

DL: Justice - Dior Homme Printemps-été 09 (MP3/64KBPS/7MB)
DL: Kris Van Assche, Dior Homme Printemps-été 09 (Video/.FLV/86MB)

*You'll need a VLC player to play the video file.

And the Mummy stills pretty buried

Well, yeah Batman has now gained $395.88M and well, easily in some weeks we could see how Titanic sank in front of Ledger's Empire. Well, with not other sooner crashthrillermovie, here we leave you some old blogged stuff that you might like it.

DL: Yelle - Ce Jeu (Bill Eff’s Love 1987 rmx)
DL: Yelle - Ce Jeu (Pirate Robot Midget Love Mix)
DL: Terry Poison - Balroom
DL: Estelle - American Boy (Lazrtag Remix)

Metronomy's 'Nights Out' Cover

Why am i not liking this (much)?

Re-Verve-al!

It's not only my Verve virginity that shall expose my lack of knowledge but the way i actually discovered this been-around-since-the-pre-spice-girls-era band - like most of my recent nights, i wake up around 3am and lay in front of the TV switching channels & trying to decide whether i should include lettuce and pepper in my grilled cheese sandwich or not (part of my 1 meal a day routine)... there i was fuming my stinking breath into the living room and drooling over my 'Redondo Beach' overwashed t-shirt while staring at the radiating blue screen, when suddenly a rock track of some sort made it into my brain & pleaded me to run to the pc and download it. Apparently, everyone knows who they are & 'Love Is Noise' been a popular track on Hypem for a while now!

Good News: Single remixed by Death Metal Disco Scene, Pete Tong & Paul Rogers, Tom Neville, & Freelance Hellraiser.

Bad News: Only 'Freelance Hellraiser' remix will be commercialy released.

Good News Again: Rest of the remixes are promotional only - soon on torrents.

DL: The Verve - Love Is Noise (DM/DS Death and Glory Mix)
DL: The Verve - Love Is Noise (Tong & Rogers Wonderland Mix)

Here's Official Remixes Promo CD at Ebay if you're feeling like bidding.

B-Sides!

Although, i can't complain since i actually like every single track from 'Donkey' - still, it could've been mastered and included in the album! 'I Fly' is released as a B-Side on the 'Left Behind' 7" - In one line "It sounds like a collaboration with The Teenagers" Yummy!
DL: CSS - I Fly (Demo)


I still think 'Hercules & Love Affair' is one of the most flatly-emotional and flamboyantly-masculine records of 08 - even though their remixes for others are a bit difficult to get into. I've got myself in many showdowns where i had to defend and explain why some people can't say 'I Didn't Really Like the Album'... So, If you're one of those people then this 'iTunes Bonus/You Belong B-Side' will definitely NOT change your mind.
DL: Hercules & Love Affair - I'm Telling You


I recently wrote a friendly letter to the congress regarding the upcoming album 'Nights Out' here, I think you should read it. - There are a bunch of B-sides form the 'Nights Out' era being released through the singles 'Digitally', if you combine them together you can get yourself a mini album, No Kidding! 'Let's Have a Party' is taken from 'Holiday' - It's one of those songs that gives you that feeling of anticipating a night out with an online-hottie/potential-sex-buddy & ends up to be a trap date with a fat bald guy at a cramps inducing greasy kebab serving joint that has no A/C in the middle of the summer.
DL: Metronomy - Let's Have A Party

Who the Fuck Are the Disco Villains.....

Got a cool email from...........
jajajajaja The Disco Villains, Disco Williams, Bisco Villains, Villanos del Norte, Los Villanos Biscos, Los Disco Handjobs(cheers suz).. or whatever the fudge u wanna call them, were formed by a big named TV enterprise in a show called Hispano American Idol.. the trials were really tough and the judges were pretty rough(imagine a hispanic Simon Cowell but with teardrop tats and a different colored bandana everyday).. anyways.. it was hard, but after duke-ing it out with gazillions of contestants, they reached the top 12.. from the southernmost part of san diego came the flashiest mutha the galaxy has ever seen..


THE DISCO VILLAINS were born.. with an "arsenal of beats"(inside joke), Pseudo-Semi-Producer LouieFresco, LouieFresh, Last Nite's Louie, etc.. came to bring home the bacon.. with hard-ass bangin' drums mixed with his trademark Nasty Oscillator, raw metal guitars, early nineties acapellas and a mix of Jack Daniels.. he delivered them to former DJ Empire, now Tony Edit, so he could mix them up on their beat-up cdjs-800 mk1, while Mr. Louie could pretend to be mixing behind the turntables, when actually the only thing he would be mixing was large amounts of alcohol and nicotine.. the peeps totally ate that shit up.. with remixed(more like REMAKED) bangers from Gillette's SHORT DICK MAN, 2 Live Crew's FACE DOWN ASS UP, NIN's HAND THAT FEEDS.. to Hillary Duff's WITH LOVE.. THE DISCO VILLAINS promise to be at least a bit more famous than Lou Bega(mambo no. 5 anyone?).. with just 1 gig(and the lovely peeps of DMG, MOSHI MOSHI, TONY TEE MANAGEMENT, RAWKERS, DESIERTO URBANO, STANLEY+COLORS, GORDO PRODUCTIONS[never wins at rock, paper, scissors],etc.), The Disco Villains have been able to soon play head-to-head with big names such as Nortec, The Bloody Beetroots, Shark Attack, Paco Buggin and Heartsrevolution, among others.. so.. yeah.. they must be doing something good.. ajajjaja

DL : Disco Villains - Anthem
DL : Disco Villains - Face Down
DL : NIN - Hand That Feeds (Disco Villains remix)
DL : Disco Villains - La Nuit Porte Conseil

Resets!

The Jence remix is a Digitalim knockoff with their style printed all over it - amazing!

DL: Talk Like That (An Optimo (Espacio) Mix)
DL: Talk Like That (Dave Spoons Televized Mix)
DL: Talk Like That (Jence Remix) ← ????♥

MySpace The Presets/Optimo Espacio/Dave Spoon/Jence

This lady... Did she perhaps have a name?

Ladies and Gentleman we’re close to the release of Ladyhawke’s first full EP, and day by the day mixes of this Aussie Kiwi gem just appears to inject you all with the anxious feeling of needing more and more of her.

With an Europe/American tour on the way, Ladyhawke will be the Cut Copy of this fall and well, she deserves it. And when you think that her 80s-space invaders-cats&wolf-obsession can’t get any better appears Dusk Till Dawn remixed by Linus Love. I seriously can’t wait for this album.

DL: Dusk Till Dawn (Linus Love Remix) (Mediafire Link)

U can also stream the Canyons Remix of this song at her myspace.

Golden Goblin & His Penis Tail.

Brotherhood is the upcoming compilation double album by The Chemical Brothers, to be released on September 1, 2008. First CD will feature thirteen hit singles and one new track "Keep My Composure" (featuring Spank Rock) - While the second CD will contain all ten parts of Chemical Brothers' "Electronic Battle Weapon" series of special mixes.

Brotherhood will be preceded by the digital single "Midnight Madness", a short version of "Electronic Battle Weapon 10", released on August 4, 2008.



DL: The Chemical Brothers - Midnight Madness

Breakbot Sucks_NOT.

That not better looking than Sebastien Tellier frenchie who makes music with bass as good as Fred Falke's & toured (Support DJ) with Pnau has updated his remixography with new ones + his friend Mr. Oizo says 'New Album Finished' on his MySpace.


Breakbot - Iron Zombie
Breakbot - Stereo Provolone
Digitalism - Apollo-Gize (Breakbot Remix) ← ???
Late Of The Pier - Bathroom Gurgle (Breakbot Remix)
Pacific! Hold Me (Breakbot Remix)
ZZZ - Lion (Breakbot Remix)
Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Breakbot Remix)


Breakbot MySpace/Mr. Oizo MySpace

More Brilliantine Approvals!

They traded their Unicorns for Donkeys - A more basic form of transportation & easy to be managed. When a lot of people are busy ranting & rambling about how disappointing CSS became after stripping down their dense electronic figure, some others included the line 'Thank You God For Making CSS Even More Ravishing When Experienced Live' to their before bedtime prayers.
Donkeys may be hebetudinous and grey but they can carry tons of guitars & anvils & shit on their bare backs - It's not about the looks, It's all about the energy.
DL: CSS - Left Behind (Midnight Juggernauts Remix) (Donkey Bonus Track)

+ The Album Is Packed With 12 Dancepop/Electronic Tracks. - 4 Tracks Are Meh. + 8 Are Brilliant! + Flashy Production Credits ( Dragonette, Sumfrog, Basement Jaxx, Digital Dog, Kleerup, Axwell) + Guys into dancing behind closed doors in high heels will fairly be soundtracked. - The album is only good because of the producers. - Cyndi Sounds Old At Some Points. + When Analyzing, Pros Are More Than Cons. + Has The Equivalent Energy Of A Remix Album!... - Or A Mainstream Dance Compilation. + Added!
DL: Cyndi Lauper - Rockin' Chair (Produced By Basement Jaxx)

Q: Builds On The Same Sound Style? A: Yes. Q: Is It A Signature Sound Like Calvin Harris's? A: Yes. Q: Does It Get Monotonous? A: No. Q: Good Choice Of Guests? A: Ohh Yeah! (Titiyo, Robyn, Lykke Li, Lisa Milberg, Neneh Cherry, Marit Bergman) Q: Is It Brilliant? A: Check The Brilliantine Panel.
DL: The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind (Kleerup Remix)