R.I.P. Hollertronix series, that club staple borne in Philly by Diplo and Low B that, in its lifetime, has seen the pair rise from small time basement collaborators and underground party hustlers to major label players and arena rockers. It helped introduced the world to Bmore and Balie Funk music and let DJs know it was okay to embrace a pluralistic club experience where it's more than okay to crunch up a set with indie, hip hop and dance music. The seeds of Hollertronix are sown, but now they've grown, with the departure of Low B, [...]
London's Audio Bullys never fail! This tune is massive in the playlist. I love the Bullys because they always have A-game production and good, catchy, songwriting with signature delivery. They can do it all! The new heat is 'Kiss The Sky', a big room electro house stomper—and def. a mad reapeater since the Audio Bullys began giving it away free for a limited time on their site, Audiobullys.com , beginning November 30th, to drum up some hype for their third studio release, dropped on Cooking Vinyl . Only 192kbps out there so far, but still, hot [...]
Credit: Perou Now, one of 'Toof's favorite things is seeing two seemingly different favorite things commingling & fraternizing into one super-favorite thing. I'm speaking about favorite thing Ian Brown , vocalist of seminal English band The Stone Roses ('87-'95) and favorite thing, The Prodigy , gods of industrial techno (with broadening horizons). The two got together on Ian Brown's newest single, 'Just Like You' and went half on a music love-child. [snip mp3]2009-12/kittens/Ian Brown - Just Like You (The Prodigy Remix).mp3[/snip] The original version of [...]
Credit: 1984 Photo O.C.'s Dan Sena , former hardcore vocalist in Bullet Train to Vegas , Dim Mak alumni and lynch-pin in the Orange County dance music scene with Busywork (which, was run and residented alongside our buddy and featured artist, Clifford Lidell —formerly CASIO), has something for you to hear under a discoball. We've got a couple fresh Dan Sena tracks. The first and original ditty with a disco-house vibe and some electro-house "oomph" titled 'Panther' that makes a brother just [...]
New Orleans' MC champion Lil Wayne has an infectious one with Detroit underground-com-pop-raper Eminem on 'Drop The World'. Eminem's frequent pop-parody raps have made him more pop-than-pop like a US Weekly magazine—but still, the man's got talent and now-and-then pulls off something really special that reminds me why I used to excuse myself on going out Saturday nights to to listen to him spit over KMEL. Eminem's new album, Relapse:Refill' drops on December 21st. On this track, who shines, Wayne or Em? I know that chorus by Wayne has been in my head all day. This [...]
Lupe Fiasco , skater boy champion of Chicago hip hop, released a 22 minute long mixtape recently titled 'Enemy of the State: A Love Story'. On it, Lupe pulls some ol' Ice Cube shit jackin'-for-beats move. But the new twist is that the contemporary MC, Lupe sources beats from the likes of Radiohead , instead of sticking to the traditional hip hop, funk and soul selections. Now, Radiohead might be The Beatles of Generation Y. That said, is Lupe, as they say, pissing on the Mona Lisa? Perhaps, but in that debate, I still call it art. Go on. [...]
My Cat Drinks Tap Water are a noisy lot of young men from Queensland, Australia. They make hardcore-ish electronic-ish lo-fi music and, obviously, have an acute sense of subtle observational humor (my cat usually washes down his cheezburger with tap water too). My Cat Drinks Tap Water, or MCDTW—for usability purposes—have captured a sound similar to FOALS , Fake Shark—Real Zombie and the late great Test-Icicles . I said to myself when I discovered this band, hey this sounds like such-and-such". Only to discover that that's the first three of their self-declared influences. [...]
I'd like to put a little more kindling on a group that I'd like to see catch a fire: Kite In The Air . This kindling goes atop the modest pile started by MOKB and Sheena Beaston about six months ago right after the release of their debut self-titled ep. Kite In The Air is collaboration between San Fernando Valley's folksy songwriter Emma Lucia of acoustic act Jed and Lucia and recently-mentioned east/west electro duo WZRDZ out of The Bay & Brooklyn. The sounds they in collection are deliciously [...]
Rubix brand disco house is hot. This Amsterdam, Noord-Holland based DJ/Producer is catching major buzz, and from a little chit-chat, seems to be a nice bro to boot. He caught my attention with 'Baiser Sur La Disco' and the entertaining video edit found here on YouTube , put together by Tom Waist of HOMEWORK . Under the wing of Amsderdam's Heroes Agency, Rubix is pushing his product, and it's a good product to push: 'Baiser Sur La Disco'—translation 'fucking on the disco'—released on Girls Love DJs Records . Rubix garners support of [...]
We're down for this white-label. There's charm in the no-name, no-label no-BS tracks; they're perfectly content to exist in obscurity: no flashiness, no waving of banners. It's just a track to find and appreciate on it's own merit. Well here's one, which I, admittedly, gave a listen to because it's obviously a dubstep remix (because hey, who's heard much dubtronica lately? Bill Laswell where are you?) & obviously a remix of Richard James', better known as Aphex Twin 's, facemelting IDM dissertation 'Windowlicker'. Ah yes, 'Windowlicker', from '99, back when Aphex Twin was indoctrinating people into his [...]
Bearries , an experimental electro-dance outfit out of Chicago, make exciting live-electronics based music that is refreshing to the ear, and I can only imagine how they must sound live. Based on some of the footage and pictures I've seen on their Myspace page , I'm sure they put on a hell of a show. There's just something about seeing electronic musicians live on synths and drum machines, twiddling knobs and pushing buttons on actual pieces of equipment that make a performance that much better than just say, seeing someone [...]
Mansion (comprised of Toronto talents DJ Barletta and Violca ) take Swedish superstar DJ/Producer Eric Prydz ' huge 'Pjanoo' track and give it a filtered, glitched out makeover ideal for peak-time club action. Shit bumps! MP3: Eric Prydz- Pjanoo (MANSION Edit) Visit Eric Prydz on Myspace for tour dates and such (he'll be making big stops in Vegas, SF, and LA this week and then heading over to Europe & Australia until the end of January- check him out if he's in [...]
Hall & Oates ' classic 80's pop track 'Out of Touch' gets remixed by Indiana's hardworking Action Jackson , giving it more of a 'B-More'-style backbone. With its familiarity to the (general) public and overall catchiness of the tune itself, this should easily bring people on to the dance floor like bees on honey. On the rizzeal! MP3: Hall & Oates- Out of Touch (Action Jackson Remix) Taken from Action Jackson's Myspace page : "Indianapolis born and raised, ACTION JACKSON has quickly established himself [...]
A few posts back we featured the UK's Futurecop! remixed by Cryptonites , but this time around we're featuring a remix Futurecop! did for Florida party rappers Yo Majesty ! There's not much I can say about Futurecop! other than they know what they're doing and they do it well. Here's the catchy-80's-nostalgia-synth-lo ving Futurecop! take on Yo Majesty's cut 'Club Action'.. MP3: Yo Majesty- Club Action (Futurecop! Remix) See what's new with Futurecop! on their Myspace , and while you're at it, [...]
Grammy nominated producers Jean-Marie Moens and Luke Mourinet collectively know as Ruff and Jam have been in the game since 2002 and have done official remixes for the likes of Kylie Minogue , The Killers , Sia , Amy Winehouse , Tiga and more. The duo has now worked over blog towns favorite trio of ladies Au Revoir Simone 's 'Lark' which is off their 2007 album titled 'The Bird Of Music'. The remix isn't what you call a dancefloor banger but it's just as sexy and sentimental as [...]
Housse de Racket is a Parisian duo made of of too childhood friends who have a knack for making insanely catchy tunes. The bands outstanding single 'Oh Yeah' which sounds like an ode to musical maestros of past, has received the remix treatment from fellow Parisian electro purveyors Tepr , 25 Hours a Day & Gonzales . Partake. MP3: Housse De Racket - Oh Yeah (Tepr remix) MP3: Housse de Racket - Oh Yeah (25 Hours A Day [...]
Britpop kings Oasis came out with 'Dig Out Your Soul', their seventh studio album today. (Pick it up at your local independent record store!) Hardworking New York-based DJ/producer Chew Fu , who has remixed the likes of The Beastie Boys , Keyshia Cole , and even Frank Sinatra !?! decided to add Oasis to that diverse list of names, giving their track 'The Turning' the bumpin' filtered house treatment... MP3: Oasis- The Turning (Chew Fu Remix) For good measure and [...]
Swiss electro-rockers Cryptonites are back at it again and go new-wave-disco on us with a melodic remix of 'NASA' by the UK's Futurecop! - this is on some serious Miami Vice shit right here! MP3: Futurecop!- NASA (Cryptonites Remix) If ' Molly Ringwald ', ' Corey Feldman ', or ' The Neverending Story ' mean anything to you, the nostalgic 80's-influenced music of Futurecop! may be just what you've been looking for. Visit Futurecop! on their TOTALLY RAD Myspace page here ! [...]
ATL's Rrrump come off like fun lovin' party wreckers. This rawkus threesome are doing the darned thing on fellow ATLien Le Castle Vania 's new label, Always Never , part of the So Sweet Records fam. MP3: Rrrump - If You Want Me MP3: Rrrump - Twerk It Additionally, the crew have cut up the glitchy electronic sounds of Institubes crew's Para One . We approve: MP3: [...]
Brooklyn's The American Dream Team (or, TADT) have returned and I'm feelin' patriotic. This mix has me dancing to a whole heap of my favorite tunes. This mix has the same skillful execution as the first mix, 'What Dreams Are Made Of' . Please enjoy v2.0, as mixed by the Team's Code-D : Tracklist: Intro Messinian - Throw It Away (Designer Drugs Remix) The American Dream Team - Money VIP (Feat. Whiskey Pete & Andre Parnel Le Le - Breakfast (Kill The [...]
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