Fever Ray - Dry ad Dusty
MP3 - Fever Ray - Dry and Dusty
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This is for Paolo and Mel!
Q-Feel was a British techno group. They released their self-titled album in 1983, which included their only hit single, "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)". Group member Martin Pagewent on to achieve success as a songwriter and solo artist.
"Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)" was an entry in the 1982 A Song For Europe, the UK's pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. It finished sixth (out of eight) behind eventual winners, Bardo.
The song was also featured in the 1985 dance film, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and the opening sequence of the 2007 retro comedy, Kickin' It Old Skool.
The outfit remain a one-hit wonder.
MP3 - Q-Feel - Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be Bop)
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I understand that I went searching through my back catalog for the right song to fit my mood, and so I came across Stina Nordenstams' "Murder in Mairyland Park. Stina's peculiar and childish voice applied to an arrangement of violins and piano makes for a track that tickles your spine. - Johnnie
Stina Nordenstam - Murder in Mairyland Park
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The northern hemisphere, summer of '07... Long time friends and musical collaborators Jed Palmer, Zoë Barry and Steve Griffiths are sitting on Pismo beach, California, drinking Coronas and gazing at the hotel where James Dean spent one of his last nights on earth... It was here Hope Diamond began, inspired by the the great American landscape they were experiencing, and a desire to write simple yet rich, haunting, beautiful and slightly unsettling music. They returned to a Melbourne Spring and began in earnest to write and record, Jed and Zoë sharing the melodic and lyrical duties, and practising their harmonies. They began to find their sound, with intricate, delicate yet strongly rhythmic guitar parts, the creation of layers of sampled keyboard parts and loops, Steve's trademark inspired drum patterns and Jed and Zoë sharing vocal duties.
Hope Diamond have been gigging in Melbourne for 6 months, and recorded their debut ep "Costume Drama" over a long, cold Melbourne winter. Costume Drama is inspired by America's Great Lakes, Death Valley and the rolling fog of San Francisco. It features beautiful evening hour harmonies, shoe gazing reveries and the multi-instrumental talents of Jed, Steve and Zoë.
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Now that we have our Merriweather Post Pavilion review out of the way, it’s time to post this mashup/remix. XXXChange shared this first on his blog:
Animal Collective kicked off the new year with a great album and also leg brought this to my attention:
It’s a mashup of their song “My girls” with Frankie Knuckles “your love” since they both kind of have the same synth melody.
Now, “My Girls” is my (and everyone else’s) favorite track off MPP, and I’d usually detest a remix of a track that is this amazing solo — but Frankie Knuckles’ “Your Love” (which is also amazing solo) is a fantastic mash-up partner for “My Girls.”
MP3 - Animal Collective - Your Love, My Girls (Frankie Knuckles Mashup/Remix)
MP3 - Animal Collective - My Girls
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Who's not glad to have Tricky around? In 1995, he helped conjure trip-hop into existence with his classic debut, Maxinquaye. Ever since, his complex, wary cynicism has been a unique voice in black music, mutating and diversifying its way out of easy categorization. Knowle West Boy is a survey of Tricky’s sonic versatility — straightforward rock and oppressive, moody atmospherics all have a home here — and it is frequently gorgeous. “Coalition” illuminates a particular sort of 21st-century isolation like little else I’ve heard. As the beat marches ominously, a cello, played in light touches, floats in and out of the foreground, urging Tricky’s fevered rhymes on before leaving the scene. Gender, politics, religion, class, and race all speak across one another throughout the album, but Tricky refuses to settle, refuses to inhabit one identity rather than another.
MP3 - Tricky - Council Estate
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My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy (Son Lux Remix)
Sia - Breathe Me (Four Tet Remix) - Oldie But a GOODIE
M83 - We Own the Sky (Maps Remix)
Glass Candy - Geto Boys (Demo)
Glass Candy - Sugar and White Bread
0 Comments Labels: Beach House, Chairlift, Four Tet, Glass Candy, M83, Maps, My Brightest Diamond, SIa, Son Lux
MP3 - Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (XXXchange Remix)
MP3 - Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (Hot Chip Remix)
Don’t hurt yourself trying to explain to someone what Gang Gang Dance sounds like. However, you can safely say that their latest album, Saint Dymphna, is probably one of the most highly praised records of 2008. Gang Gang Dance is that kind of band you’d expect from the NYC experimental dance scene; futuristic, vibrant, chaotic, tribal, and totally fun. It’s no surprise that they’ve been getting all this critical acclaim for Saint Dymphna, which is as bizarre as it is danceable. The band is will be playing at Santos Party House in downtown Manhattan on New Years Eve, then they’ll be off to Europe in February.
1 Comments Labels: Gang Gang Dance, Hot Chip, House Jam, Remix, XXXchange
1 Comments Labels: Air France, Karibien, New Year, Windmill Wedding
Something quiet and inspiring for a Wednesday morning...
0 Comments Labels: Bloc Party, Electro, MMMathias, Remix
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0 Comments Labels: Bipolar Badwise, Royal Rumble, Soulwax
Here is a mix of Christmas songs to get you all into the festive spirit. Ho Ho Ho!
The Knife - Christmas Reindeer
Sufjan Stevens - That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!
Of Montreal - Christmas Isn't Safe For Animals
El Perro Del Mar - Oh What A Christmas
Erland Oye - Last Christmas JOHNNIE'S FAVOURITE
The Kinks - Father Christmas
Polyphonic Spree - Carol of the Bells
Low – Just Like Christmas
0 Comments Labels: Dolly, Flying Lotus, Kanye West, Love Lockdown, Roberta Flack
Came across this today. I've fallen in love with the videoclip - Johnnie
Also find the song here
MP3: La Roux - Quicksand (Chateau Marmont Remix) (ALT)
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MSTRKRFT back again, significantly improving this song. They strip away the absurdity of the electronic/trance flavor of the track and bring it back to proper Bloc Party style with guitars and drums; basically making it more indie rock, yet leaving an electro flavor to it. It starts with a nice, bouncing piano melody that remains throughout the song and then added is the MSTRKRFT signature of distorted and choppy guitars and synths. That signature riff really drives this mix to the goodness that it is.
MP3: Bloc Party - Flux (MSTRKRFT JFK Remix)
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It is safe to say that Aeroplane are the big remixing surprise of 2008, the blogs' fondness initiated near the beginning of the year & slowly turned into an obsession as the months progressed, guaranteeing the duo a spot on the Hypem popular list for every remix dropped into the blog ring.
Turning electro & indie tunes to lux cloudy disco anthems is their signature sound & what were rejected remixes of Cut Copy/Grace Jones eventually demanded for a commercial release after the masses repeated the question "What the hell is wrong with the label?"; The magic peaked in my vision when they bravely erased out the original Friendly Fires vocals & replaced them with the healing glycerin like vocals of NYC chanteuses Au Revoir Simone that not only renewed my love for the track but made it a necessity for the original album version to be re-released with the new vocals as a stand alone production... unfortunately that doesn't happen often in this copyright & cash driven life.
This remix puts the original to shame.
MP3: Friendly Fires - Paris (ft. Au Revoir Simone) (Aeroplane Remix)
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Röyksopp are officially back!
♫ Röyksopp - Happy Birthday 320kbps
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