Love Me Now, When I'm Gone, Love Me None By Taylor K. Long For an emotional R&B singing moniker, Christopher Breaux aka Frank Ocean couldn't have done much better. Writers often use water metaphors – an ocean, in particular – to represent feelings, emotions, and hidden...
Speaking of prolific artistis, The Ocean just released two epic concept albums in the middle and end of 2010 and they're already back at it. That might seem turtle-paced compared to Devin Townsend's breakneck writing schedule, but one and a half years is as long as it usually takes Metallica to write three or four [...]
UK producer Luminaire recently dropped on the scene from seemingly no where, instantly shaking speakers and moving feet. Just over three months since his debut EP , he returns with more fantastic dance floor shakers with support from Stereocool , Kreap and Deccies . No Use is one of those tracks that breathes best in the club, a dance floor anthem with big early 902s feel and sex appeal. What You do brings a warmer vibe, with playful arppegiated synths over [...]
![[Introducing] – Needle](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4019072_lg.jpg)
Tweet Has there ever been any positive, upbeat music made that referenced needles? I mean, the first track that springs to mind is Nine Inch Nails ' "Hurt" , after all. Hardly uplifting. The closest I've managed is Rammstein 's "Rein Raus" , which features the sumptuous piece of imagery, "Ein Elefant im Nadelohr" - "An elephant in the eye of a needle". Yes, that would be a charming sex reference; no, I'm not convinced that counts as positive or upbeat either. [...]
We posted this fantastic track earlier this month , now here's the official vid. Mad love to the duo's grandmother for her performance, it's time to enjoy some Cookies . A note from Nano Recs : "Before you ask: all cookies are sold out and no grandparents have been harmed or injured for the making of this videoclip." -Wicks 2 Guys in Venice - Cookies
Things are starting to get a little hectic. Between the trying to get everything prepared for a cross-country move and the fact that I work in a bar in a city that's about to host the Super Bowl causing me to have one day off in the next two weeks has me more than a [...]
Things are starting to get a little hectic. Between the trying to get everything prepared for a cross-country move and the fact that I work in a bar in a city that's about to host the Super Bowl causing me to have one day off in the next two weeks has me more than a [...]
![[Listen] – Red Violet – "Oceans"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4010386_lg.jpg)
Tweet Red Violet 's " Oceans " is a dualistic song dealing with the the concrete realism of hardship, the feeling of breaking beneath an unseen weight of life, and the internal optimism of perceiving a growth within us, serving as a reminder that beneath those things that weigh us down is the strength to carry the weight and continue to move forward. This song ebbs and flows at a very organic pace never quite settling, it is passive, and airy... comfortable in a somberly introspective [...]
Well boys and girls I have to say, January has been good to us. There's been a great amount of fantastic new music lately, and you might have noticed that we've been doing a few bulk posts to stay on top of it. And that's only in our specific field of genres, which prompts me to ask, has it been the same way with other genres that we don't cover? I ask this seriously because many blogs, us included , consider 2012 to be the year for a surge in indie, disco, french, funk and soul-based electronic music. If [...]
Shook is always guaranteed to provide some of the finest sounds, pure indie/pop/nu disco/funk bliss with every production, but this latest one in particular is beyond fantastic. Just grab your favourite full-sized head cans and take five minutes out of your day and let this beautiful work command your full attention. And how excited was I to see this show up on SoundCloud, Miami Horror and the young Finnish talent Lenno , I thought that it could only be amazing, which turned out to be undeniably true. Listen now and [...]
After a full year's worth of posts, it comes that time to look back on all the great music we've heard and talked about in 2011, and to form a couple of "best of" lists to reflect what stood out to us, personally, over the past year. With over 540 posts to filter through and critique, it wasn't an easy job, and as bloggers and DJs it's easy to get sick of songs quickly and to be spoiled by a daily digest of fresh new jams. But the thing with the best tracks and [...]
Alright so I've been sitting on this track for a while now, listening to it almost everyday, finally realizing that I never posted it. Well, if there's anyone out there who hasn't heard this track yet, I apologize, because this one of the most euphoric jams I've encountered in quite some time. Off their Beard and Butter EP , 2 Guys In Venice have really created a special track with Cookies . A bass line for days with a warm and embracing sample that's tastefully repetitive, this 105bpm joint should be included [...]
ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #15 Two Bicycles - The Ocean Instrumental music to wallow in and surround yourself with; from electronic producer Teen Daze's side project Two Bicycles comes an immensely powerful vocal-less mix, of which the Vancouver producer provides this insight: "The record tells the story of a night spent at sea. The beauty and hope that comes with the watching of the sun set, swimming in the moonlight and looking back at life back on land in fondness and happiness. But as the night falls, and the endless ocean reveals itself as [...]
According to his Tumblr , Frank Ocean listened to this song, "4 Tears," a few times on ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media /frank-ocean/4-tears/60047/
stocking by Wendy Fisher Welcome to the final installment of the Stocking Stuffers series, where we've been keeping your holiday themes full of the newest and finest tunes to keep those bells jinglin', those ribbons bouncy and them feet moving. Here's Viceroy's entry for the Comme En Enfant remix competition , and he killed it. Slower tempo, fat bass, delish. This one and Melee's are my favourite Comme En Enfant remixes so far. Mexican producer Proux , [...]
More fresh jams! Beautiful work from Cassian and Citizens! . Single and remixes are here for purchase . Darius with an unexpected, but oh so delicious jackin' french house remix of Kartell's Pantera . Be sure to peep the original too if you haven't already, legit one of the best jams ever. Italian label Champagne Records , with their latest release, the Moustache EP by Jugement Dernier . Funkified french house with [...]
It's Christmas time! As you all must know, it's also a busy time. And in this busy time, some people tend to get stressed out. Well, your good friends here at Remix86 believe there is no room for stress during the holidays, but only for love, happiness and good times. And what goes better with that than the absolute freshest in today's fine audio. I welcome you to the Stocking Stuffers series. Each day until Christmas we will be building your holiday playlist so you can get yo festive grin.dance.sweat. on. Let's [...]
PB&J have done an outstanding job on this one, reaching out to the far corners of the world to bring you some of the finest and freshest sounds around. You should be familiar with a lot of the names on the Funk Compilation as Remix86 favs like Kreap , Oskar , She Said Disco , Calembour , flubba , Cream Dream , Florian Bery and Cantinabend . There's also a lot of stuff that was new to me but they have one thing in common, all damn enjoyable [...]
While being a member of progressive collective, The Ocean , is something most musicians would (rightly) envy, their unique brand of European post-metal arguably isn't the best music for blowing off excess aggression too. We guess that's why Jona Nida, Louis Jucker and Luc Hess from the band formed their new side-project. Coilguns . It'd certainly explain why Jona Nido was talking porn before the end of the second question of our Christmas interrogation, and had moved on to donkey-molestation by our eighth. -- What is [...]
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The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
M.I.A. - Bad Girls (Official Video)
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The Kills on Letterman (Video)
Lana Del Rey - Without You (Kill Paris Remix) [Dubstep]
