Bit of a Hip Hop theme running through today?
Ben Mono produces some mighty fine old skool flavoured Electro-Funk, so what could be better? How about a reMix by Moulinex, who consistently crank out top notch big Electro-House mixes?
Enjoy:
♫ Ben Mono – Jesus Was A B-Boy (Moulinex reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
There’s two acts you need to look into, right there!
Tomorrow sees the digital release of Yuksek‘s début album ‘Away From The Sea’ (the physical release is 2nd February) and it promises to be a noisy Nu-Disco ElectroPop scorcher.
A French producer making French Electro; Yuksek has plied up loads of big name reMixes over the last couple of years, everyone from Kaiser Chiefs to GhostfaceKillah , making this album pretty eagerly awaited.
If the likes of ‘Extraball’ are any indication, it’s not going to dissapoint!
♫ Yuksek (Feat. Amanda Blank) – Extraball (zShare) (MediaFire)
The album also includes last year’s banger ‘Tonight’.
♫ Yuksek – Tonight (zShare) (MediaFire)
If you truly care about someone, give the gift of Yuksek…
As I may have mentioned, I do quite like female vocalists with quirky/interesting voices, so I can’t help but have a soft spot for Lykke Li, especially when the likes of Death To The Throne take one of her better tunes and morph it into an Electro-House stomper!
♫ Lykke Li – Little Bit (Death To The Throne reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
If you’re feeling whimsical, you could do worse than buying some Lykke Li to chill to.
Photo credit: Gabriel Green
Hot Chip‘s finest cover version to date comes courtesy of War Child’s latest charity compilation ‘Heroes’.
It really does sound like Joy Division fed through a Hot Chip machine, every bit as driving and haunting as the original.
♫ Hot Chip – Transmission (Joy Division Cover) (zShare) (MediaFire)
Hot Chip appear on the album alongside the likes of Lily Allen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Peaches, Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinand and TV On The Radio, amongst others.
‘Heroes’ is released on the 16th February.
Various Artists – War Child ‘Heroes’ @ Play.com
Various Artists – War Child ‘Heroes’ @ Amazon
Various Artists – War Child ‘Heroes’ @ HMV
Joe And Will Ask? will finally received the Kitsuné Music seal of approval when their track ‘Claymore’, originally off the ‘Hell Hawk’ EP, gets released as a single by the French Electro label on the 26th January.
Man, it’s an Electro Banger.
♫ Joe And Will Ask? – Claymore (zShare) (Media Fire)
Also, check the pounding bass of their Mystery Jets reMix.
♫ Mystery Jets – Elizabeth (Joe And Will Ask? 11pm reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
Go spend your pocket money on Joe And Will, go on!
French Electro-House loon Danger has come up with a taster of his brand new reMix of Empire Of The Sun‘s ‘Walking On A Dream’.
♫ Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (Danger reMix (64kbps Preview)) (zShare) (MediaFire)
It’s only a short, 64kbps, sample but it’s sounding great and, more importantly, gives me an excuse to lay these gems from last year on you.
♫ Danger – 11H30 (zShare) (MediaFire)
I loved the ’09-14 2007′ 12″, that ’11H30′ comes from, just loved it. A huge, noisy, Electro-House, Nu-Disco monster that threatened to steal Kavinsky‘s synth solo crown!
Danger does a good job on ‘Into The Galaxy’ one of my favourite Midnight Juggernauts songs too.
♫ Midnight Juggernauts – Into The Galaxy (Danger reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
Coming up to pay-day? Blow it all on tunes!
Lady GaGa‘s next single will be ‘Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)’, which I thought was a pretty mediocre track on her début album.
However, reMixes for the single will be supplied, amongst others, by Frankmusik…
♫ Lady GaGa – Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (Frankmusik Silverspoon reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
…AND PET SHOP BOYS!
Not too shabby, huh?
Up and coming London Electro-House-Garage-Bass-Bastard producer A1 Bassline has hammered home this reMix of SynthPop guru Frankmusik‘s 3 ‘Little Words’
♫ Frankmusik – 3 Little Words (A1 Bassline reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘3 Little Words’ is taken from the ‘Frankisum’ EP and was also released as a single in it’s own right.
Both worthy purchases for any fan of Electronic Pop.
January 26th (23rd on digital) sees the release of Kitsuné label bosses
Gildas & Mayasta‘s follow up to last years ‘Paris’ mix album, this time it’s ‘New York’.
Looking at the tracklist on Amazon…
…It looks like the same mix (with the inclusion of the Laidback Luke track) that they presented on CD with Tsugi Magazine last year. That this mix is now being generally released is fantastic news as this is a seriously good 45 minuites, taking some of late last years biggest Electro-House and ElectroPop tunes and wrapping them up in a really well thought out mix. Oh, and it’s just the same length as the amount of time it takes me to walk to work…handy!
If you don’t know what you’re in for heres a couple of tunes from the album:
♫ Treasure Fingers – Cross The Dancefloor (Laidback Luke reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Lykke Li – I’m Good, I’m Gone (Fred Falke reMix Extended Version) (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘New Your’ is out 23rd/26th January on Kitsuné Music and is highly reccomended!
Depeche Mode have finally set a date for the new album, now titled ‘Sounds Of The Universe’
From depechemode.com:
“January 15, 2009- Groundbreaking, chart-topping electro legends Depeche Mode are proud to announce the release of their long-anticipated new studio album, Sounds Of The Universe on April 21, 2009 (Mute Records).”
Looks like Dave Gahan is taking more of a prominent role as a second songwriter which, if his last solo effort is anything to go by, isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
This is the quote from the press release that excites me:
“Recorded in Santa Barbara and New York, Depeche Mode returned to using a lot of vintage gear, from analogue synthesizers to drum machines, in order to conjure up the retro-futuristic arrangements featured on the album”
As ever, ‘Sounds Of The Universe’ will be released on Mute Records Ltd.
It looks like the album will actually be available for download on April 20th in Europe.
If we’re going to take about Depeche I can’t help but drop this 2006 reMix of ‘Personal Jesus’ by Boys Noize:
♫ Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus (Boys Noize Rework) (zShare) (MediaFire)
Along with some classic Mode from ’83:
♫ Depeche Mode – Get The Balance Right! (zShare) (MediaFire)
Pick up some of Depeche’s back catalogue in preparation for the new album!
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