Its been a minute since Binary artist The Kids Are Radioactive have busted out with new tracks. Jordan is hard at work cranking out ideas, but has been pretty silent so far in 2009. Till today friends. The youngin still has plenty in store for us, and the track we got today reminds us of all the reasons we wanted him to be a part of Binary from the beginning. This isn't what you'd expect from him, and frankly, when we heard this track, it was a huge breath of fresh air for us. [...]
Coachella is around the corner! Since we're here in LA we're yearly visitors of the desert oasis and this year is no exception. We're rolling out on Thursday for 4 nights of glorious weather, music, and fun. I wanted to throw out a couple of tracks from one of the artists we're most excited about seeing this Coachella, the Friendly Fires . We've got 2 amazing remixes of "Skeleton Boy" for you guys today. First up we've got the Air France remix. To tell you the truth, at first I wasn't the biggest fan [...]
Got a little tip on Facebook from one of our boys in The Twelves yesterday. Sometimes nice little remixes actually slip under the radar and aren't specially leaked exclusively to the top dog blogs. I have no idea how this thing wasn't. However, from 4 bars into this Metric remix, I knew it was completely worth writing about. I have a little crush on Metric with obvious reasons, so when I saw that The Twelves busted out a remix, it made me get a little overly excited. Metric writes great songs, her voice is [...]
N.C.Y (Not Cool Yet) is another example of the shear amount of quality music arriving from Australia these days. They're under the radar and making clean, inspired, music that puts me in a happy place. Their myspace, much like this blog, is quite inspired by good photography and dreamy images. Seems to me, more than anything else, that in Australia, a whole lot of great songwriters are just choosing to operate in this electronic genre. There are plenty of producers that can do great things in the states, but the one unifying trend that I keep hearing coming from [...]
Do not miss out. This show should be epic. Jimmys is a small spot, so be sure to roll out early. Its gunna get sweaty and fun. We can't wait! To get ready, here are a couple Bag Raiders tracks. First, my favorite Cut Copy remix at the moment. BRs use the original vocals perfectly, twisting a new chord structure around them. The song is still memorable, but just made a bit more fun. In typical Bag Raiders form, the song is punchy as all hell. [...]
Distel is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I hope they hit you in the head like a ton of bricks. Two self proclaimed "bedroom producers", Distel make a unique brand of dreamwavey electro. It has shoegaze elements that give it an almost live band feel at moments. Today we dive straight into two fantastic songs you've never heard before. First up is their original, Dirty. A noisy intro that sounds like something Dntel would create quickly gets wiped away by some cutting, Danger-like drums. The thing that immediately sets this song apart from most other electro is the [...]
Flashmen is a group that Kyle and I found when scouring the back alleys of myspace one night a few months ago. At the time we had no idea who was behind it, just that we were hearing some chilled out dreamwave coming from a mysterious group on the east coast. Little did we suspect that not long after we'd find out that Bradley D, our buddy from across the country, resident DJ at Famous Friends was actually behind the project. Finding kindred spirits with this kind of music is always great, and finding one thats doing [...]
SXSW was a giant blast for us. Kyle and I got to chill with some of our favorite people. Our Lose Control parties were a huge success. We had celebs trying to get in to no avail, and some of the best performances at all of SXSW were at our party. In the end, I can't imagine NOT being back next year. We've gotten some great footage and recordings from our time down there. For everyone nationally and internationally that couldn't make it to Austin, we'll be doing a series of posts of live recordings of some of [...]
There is nothing I love more than falling in love with a song on first listen. It's one of life's purest pleasures and I swear that it can make my entire day brighter. I heard a song this morning that jolted me. When I heard Elke's songs last year one day, it only took one listen. Same with the first time I heard Anoraak's originals. One listen. This song took one listen. It's kind of against the general idea of this blog to re-post what other blogs throw up, especially when blogs as big and cool as [...]
KEENHOUSE! I've been listening to this remix on repeat for a few weeks now. The main groove of the verse just blows me away. It reminds me of everything great about early 90s R&B. I feel like someone like Chaka Khan or Shannon could have really done something special with this song. Its the instrumental to a remix he did for Muddyloop's song, 80's love. You should absolutely go to their myspace or iTunes and buy the EP. It includes 2 Keenhouse remixes, and the originals rock as well! [...]
Good Luck At The Gunfight is from San Francisco, which gets me excited. I figured it was some dude in the South Pacific before I actually looked at their myspace. Their music has a touch of Kavinski, or Danger perhaps. There's a lot of melody under the videogame exterior of their songs, especially in "Malibu" which we have for you here today. Good Luck At The Gunfight - Malibu [...]
Saturday night @ The Echoplex TILT returns to explode. TILT is lucky enough to be bringing in a true talent with Radioclit . Coming off the staggering hype of their collaboration with Esau Mwamwaya entitled The Very Best, they roll into town to throw down with TILT! Short Circuit and Alfa will be performing as well. Its a night not to be missed! The Very Best mixtape is an amazing melting pot of genres and sounds. One to really lay into with headphones [...]
We have a soft spot here at Binary for some solid filter house. We've featured guys like The Lipsyncs . Something about the early Daft Punk sound thats undeniably great. I mean, lets face it... we're talking about taking samples of great music and applying a pretty tried an true theory to them in order to make them dance floor gold. Thats not to take away from it. There are plenty of ways to go astray and make shitty music. I guess I'm just saying that its not a genre busting new wave of electronic music. [...]
Keenhouse is playing tooooonight, as part of the one year anniversary for Camerata at Cinespace. You guys should definitely roll out! Its going to be a great night full of live art and great music. You know we won't be leaving you empty handed, and Keenhouse has provided us an entire stable full of great new remixes that we're just dying to share. Hmmmm. Today how about his remix of local LA band, West Indian Girl . This track is vintage Keenhouse and he really takes this one in an entirely new direction. Get [...]
We are so excited to announce that the next Binary Presents event will be with the Bag Raiders . We're continuing our run of bringing in great acts for their first ever LA performance. These guys are absolutely huge and we feel pretty honored to be hosting them. The show is April 10th @ Jimmy's Lounge. We'll be getting you guys more info on the show soon, but mark it down on your calendars! Its going to be a sweaty, danceathon, mess of a night. Its time for a Binary sweatfest. Fabian , [...]
Are you in Austin, Texas? Do you want to go to an incredible party? We've been down here in ATX for a couple of days now and things are crazy. NightWaves is playing a set today from 3:30-4pm today. Come by and say hi! LOSE CONTROLLLLLLL In celebration, we're giving out NightWaves remix of Phoenix's 1901. We hooked you up with the Fabian remix yesterday. Light and poppy and to the point. The NightWaves remix is a bit darker, more emotional, and [...]
Binary's own, Fabian , is back. Get ready though, its a different side. The guy is gritty, but he likes a good time as much as the next. Maybe we're rubbing off a bit on him? In any case, his remix for 1901 here is, dare i say it?? pretty dreamwave. It sounds like Fabian, but with an lightness and spunk that we haven't heard before. A couple thoughts. 1. I can picture 12 year old girls skipping around to this song. 2. I can picture 30 year old french guys in leather jackets [...]
GMPD is short for Gil Mantera's Party Dream. I was first introduced to them via a music video that I saw a while back that took me aback, made me laugh, and rocked my socks off. I'll get to that video later. GMPD is from Pittsburgh, and was on the 80's, synthy pop bandwagon wayyyy before it started getting cool again. These guys really fit in perfectly next to Miami Horror , Vega , The Twelves , and other similar acts (it might be reticent not to mention NightWaves , Keenhouse , [...]
THE KIDS ARE RADIOACTIVE! SHORT CIRCUIT! MIAMI HORROR! FUTURECOP! Tonight!!!! Echoplex! We are super super excited. Meet me and I'll buy you a drink. Just look for a kid named Josh with a big smile on his face. Little bit of news however, we've helped Franki Chan to put together a fairly sick afterparty. First off, its here. Catalyst Artist Collective Loft 1800 S. Santa Fe [...]
Here's a great song I found on Gorilla Vs Bear . Friend is from the UK and they did a really great take on Air France's Never Content. Its really a pretty barebones edit, but the shimmers and additions that they add to the song really make it feel like its dead spot on somewhere in the Caribbean. This makes me think of "cruel summer", or some great Beach Boys. Something about this just makes me want to get in a boat and hit the water. Anyway, Friend is pretty rad, and I dig [...]
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