Late last night (Sunday 9/27/09) my boyfriend alerted me to a tweet via TheDeathSet , with some very sad news. "R.I.P. my dear brother, friend and band mate Beau Velasco. For all those who wish to pay their respects I will let know soon." Noo. I thought. It couldn't be. Another young and talented individual, gone. Disbelief hits all over again...It's been a rough couple of months for many. We're saddened at the untimely loss of Beau Velasco , one of the founding members of TheDeathSet. It seems like just yesterday, I had asked [...]
The Seclusiasis label's latest release features none other than Street Bass affiliate BD1982 . If you've been into this man at all in the past, then this release should be quite the delight. "shottas pon de corner" features vocals from 77 Klash over the instrumental used for BD1982's banger of a 'Blueberry Afghani' remix, making it more rude than ever. The release also features "Space Boots", which receives the treatment from many producers including grime lord of the starkbots, Starkey . Check it all out here . Download audio [...]
Picture used under a CC licence. Copyright by *vlad* . Australia never ceases to amaze me. For a person like me, so susceptible to electronic music with a sweet and warm touch, it must be paradise. I don't even have to dig deep to find great artists that just make me smile and fall in love with their music. My latest discovery from down under is Cassian (who some people may know in his former guise as CSK OK and not to be confused with Cassius), who delivered a fantastic remix of [...]
Picture used under a CC licence. Copyright by *vlad* . Australia never ceases to amaze me. For a person like me, so susceptible to electronic music with a sweet and warm touch, it must be paradise. I don't even have to dig deep to find great artists that just make me smile and fall in love with their music. My latest discovery from down under is Cassian (who some people may know in his former guise as CSK OK and not to be confused with Cassius), who delivered a fantastic remix of [...]
I'm a very happy girlie as one of my ultimate faves Cassius is back on the scene, releasing the single "Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes" November 5th. The single set to be released on Cassius Records has remixes from Radioslave , The Subs and Reset! Also included is the funky and fabulous remix from Don Diablo featured below. When you listen to this remix we can guarantee that you will be dancing your socks off....seriously it's so good that I wish it was summer as this would be the perfect [...]
We get sent lots of music through to our email address and this little treasure side stepped all other possibles to get to the top of the pile today. This remix of The XX's "Night Time" by What Kind of Breeze Do You Blow (WBDYB) is delicious. We hate to admit it but we don't really know enough about our remixers of choice today, but what we do know is that this remix is definitely worth a listen. At double the length of the original track it still manages to retain the [...]
It's tempting to shine brightly on new talent, to wash them thoroughly in hyperbole, and then forget and look for who's next. Fortunately this hasn't been the case for Warsaw's The Phantom , who appeared here a few months ago with his UK Funky/Tropical tune entitled "Cambodia." Receiving praise from the Nightslugs family in East London, as well as Trouble & Bass 's Supra 1 , The Phantom has built upon his first original production with a skanking and deeply heavy remix of Baile Funk ambassador and Berlin-based DJ Daniel Haaksman 's [...]
It's tempting to shine brightly on new talent, to wash them thoroughly in hyperbole, and then forget and look for who's next. Fortunately this hasn't been the case for Warsaw's The Phantom , who appeared here a few months ago with his UK Funky/Tropical tune entitled "Cambodia." Receiving praise from the Nightslugs family in East London, as well as Trouble & Bass 's Supra 1 , The Phantom has built upon his first original production with a skanking and deeply heavy remix of Baile Funk ambassador and Berlin-based DJ Daniel Haaksman 's [...]
So today is a lazy Sunday, well for some of us with an immense hangover anyway! So to get us in the mood to chill its only fair we give you a dose of musical medicine. Outputmessage aka Bernard Farley is back with the second installment of three EPs in the run up to the release of his forthcoming Sophomore album. Taken from Nebulae "Glintz" and "Resurface" have been reworked into vocal pieces. All tracks on the EPs have been remixed and our favourite two are the Triobelisk remix of "Glintz" with its sci-fi [...]
Before the Fall comes and eclipses our Summer sense of slink and suave, the Dutty Artz family has dropped the first in a series of digital-only releases. This one from Argentinian singer "La Yegros," brings together Cumbia, Hip-Hop and darbouka percussion into a late-night burner, sweating and grinding any time of the year. Available below is the original from the self-titiled EP, and available from the purchase are remixes from Dutty Artz label-heads DJ/Rupture and Matt Shadetek , minimal/electro producer El Remolon , and Bueno Aires IDM producer Marcelo Fabian . [...]
Grum - Heartbeats from Brian McBlade on Vimeo . It's funny how some of my favorite artists sometimes come together to collaborate or as in this case: how a song by one of my favorite artists is remixed by another artist I really like. We blogged about GRUM quite a lot in the past here on Trash Menagerie but it took some time for new original material to get through to us. I heard his massive single "Heartbeats" in its original state a long time ago before all the samples [...]
So Diplo is at it again, and this time he has sprinkled 'My Secret Lover' by Private with his handy work. I'm not sure what the original is like but this version is part smooth, part euro trash, with a dash of 80's cringe. In case you aren't familiar with Private, the band is primarily the brainchild of pop sophisticate Thomas Troelsen (former producer and writer for the likes of the Raveonettes , Stereo Total , Junior Senior and Paradiso Girls ). This three-piece band are already chart [...]
Check out this new video from Dan Deacon for hsi new tune "Paddling Ghost" . Its rather memorizing and well it cheered me up on a dreary Monday. So here it is...enjoy.
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The West Country's breakbeat mafia, Ben and Lex are back after a 7 month break... and they've come back with the goods this time with a fresh release; Tha Bizniz! This is the 12th release on Ape Music, and it features a wide range of remixes, from breakbeat to dubstep to bassline wonk and techno. I am loving every version, particularly the 2 Bit Thugs gangster-esque take on it. If you've not heard of Ben and Lex, these two award winning DJs and producers, you need to seriously get involved! Ben and Lex have played alongside the likes [...]
Jupiter from Paris/London are a boy-girl-duo with a great love for big hair, glam rock and 80s glitter. They are releasing their debut EP this fall. To ease the wait they sent over this mix of Nu-Disco (terrible word!) which includes two tracks off the EP: "Submarine 753 and "Starlighter" (here in a remix by Steeve Moore). Enjoy! Download audio file (Jupiter - Back To School Mix.mp3) Jupiter - Back To School Mix (Tracklist: see artwork above) After downloading and listening, go [...]
Funky House is definitely gaining momentum. Although, there are plenty tunes out there that you will simply have to ignore , this shouldn't detach you from a scene that is bringing some fresh interesting sounds from producers both new and seasoned. That being said - I introduce to you Doc Daneeka . Feet firmly planted, and already riding a wave of support from many for his rolling funky bouncers, Doc Daneeka has unleashed an interesting variety of floor movers. While his work does take many forms, this producers deep, disorienting, chant-like vocal cuts paired with sharp [...]
In case anyone was paying attention, Trash In the Bassment was put on hold for the month of August due to a more "polished" effort entitled "Cognitive Estrangement." After working in the realm quick assemblage, it felt only natural to do something with a little more vision and structure. The "Cognitive Estrangement" mix features the still messy sonics of live mixing, but with a clearer direction, fusing the accessibility of underground dance music producers with the oblique and heady sounds of Dubstep's most progressive. The desired result challenges the ear while keeping the feet tapping. [...]
![The Penelope[s] Echo the Past, but Sound like the Present](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1953911_lg.jpg)
Five minutes into Priceless Concrete Echoes I was feeling their music. There was a soothing familiarity to it, like hearing the sounds of our generations past incorporated into the present, and the future. The new waved sonics of "Stuck in Lalaland"; the album's introduction, sounds something like Simple Minds and early South wrapped in the soaring transients of The Morning After Girls. It's well executed incremental future-pop, and sounds so effortless and relaxed while it picks you up. The Depeche Mode-like harmonics (the soaring vocals) and Yaz-styled beats and keyboards on "Licked By Love" [...]
If you weren't getting tired of Spoek Mathambo 's mixtape series "H.I.V.I.P.", you should exhaust them quickly, because Sweat.X just released their 2nd EP "I'm That Alley", out now on Citinite. Their first EP "EbonyIvoryTron" was released in October of 2007 and garnered praise from most major publications Spoek hails from South Africa where he works with two production outfits, Sweat.X being an electro synth-pop group, and the other being an electo-rap group called Play Doe. His mixtapes have featured work from both of these outfits, as well as featuring [...]
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