Friday, July 29, 2011

Aeroplane July Mix



Another hour long mix from Aeroplane's remaining member, Vito de Luca. Happy July.

 Aeroplane July 2011 Mix by Aeroplane (Official)


  • 1. Darwin Deez – Radar Detector ( The Loving Hand Remix )
  • 2. Nicholas – Without You
  • 3. Mitzi – Morning Light
  • 4. Martin Brodin & Dumb Dan – Blood Stud ( Ray Mang Remix )
  • 5. Chopstick & Johnjon – Obviously she’s a Whore
  • 6. Chemistry – Pale Cat Swingers ( Euro Mix )
  • 7. Austra – Beat and the Pulse ( Still Going Remix )
  • 8. Blackbelt Andersen – Tyrkisk Pepper
  • 9. Locussolus – I Want It ( Lindström & Prins Thomas Remix )
  • 10. Flight Facilities – Feeling
  • 11. Benoit & Sergio – Everybody

|DANCE| Russ Chimes For the Weekend



London's Russ Chimes just released an epic electro track for your weekend pre-game.

Alex Metric & Charli XCX - End Of The World (Russ Chimes Remix) by Russ Chimes

And a few more chimes to keep you busy...

 Shake Aletti - Dancefloor (Russ Chimes' Dark Disco Remix) by Russ Chimes

 Broke One - Go Go Go (Russ Chimes' Gunman Remix) by Russ Chimes

Freemix Fridays

Christian Strobe synths up your Friday.
Christian Strobe, Eli Escobar, and Get People offer you some five finger discounts on their edits.

M83 - Midnight City (Christian Strobe Remix) by Hypetrak

 Bag Raiders - Not Over (Eli Escobar Remix) by NONACIENMANCHESTER

 Malta (Get People Remix) by superhumanoids


Third Installment of Radiohead Remixes


Radiohead put out the third set of remixes of their album today. I love Lone's take on Feral - the percussion and keyboard work that hits halfway through the song make this one of my favorite of the nine remixes released so far. I fell asleep through Pearson Sound Scavenger's - I think they forgot the melody, but I can get into the fickle high hats in Four Tet's version of Separator.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Frank Ocean - Thinking About You


Rawr. 




||Video|| Twin Sister - Bad Street



Bad Street has been getting a lot of attention this summer and Twin Sister just premiered a painfully endearing video for it (directed by colorist/compositor Dan Devin). Twin Sister is an irresistibly dream-poppy five member band from Long Island. With two EP's under their belt (Vampire With Dreaming Kids (2008) and Color Your Life (2008), their following finally started picking up in 2010 with their single All Around and Away We Go, ranking at 59 on Pitchfork's tracks of the year. Their first album, In Heaven, is set to release on September 27th under Domino Records. 

According to a conversation with Stereogum at this year's Pitchfork Festival, the content of the video is based on lead singer Andrea Estella's, childhood experience. The video features many family friends and emulates her neighborhood's long time tradition of throwing collabo-street parties. My heart is blushing.

A look back at All Around and Away We Go...




In an interview with Pitchfork, the members revealed they hope to achieve enough success musically to one day quit their day jobs at Edible Arrangements. So unless you have some twisted fantasy of this band showing up to your door with a basket full of flower-shaped fruit, show a little support to help them become fulltime musicians.


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Flight Facilities - Foreign Language (feat. Jess)



Flight Facilities just slipped out a preview of their new single, Foreign Language - the official release is set for this week, July 31st, through Future Classic. I'm looking forward to the epic remixes likely to spawn from this - word on the street Breakbot is already on the job. Speaking of, the Foreign Language Remixes set will be coming out August 29th. 


While we wait, we can reminisce over some of the many reasons why we love Flight Facilities.






||Video|| Holy Other - Know Where


Holy Other - Know Where from @thestankonia on Vimeo.


Brand new video from Holy Other. 

Neon Indian - Fall Out





Neon Indian just released a track from his upcoming album, Era Extraña. The album is due September 13th under Mom + Pop Music in the US. 


 Neon Indian - Fallout by Hypetrak 

The day I fell in love with both Neon Indian and Anoraak: 


 Psychic Chasms (Anoraak Remix) by Neon Indian

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

||Video|| Pusha T ft. Tyler the Creator - Trouble On My Mind



New video - hopefully you remember the song's debut a few weeks back. Tyler the Creator has hilarious swag.


Kinda lovin' their behind-the-scenes antics:



"So now tell me about these matching outfits, man"
"I'm not havin' a matchin' outfit - I'm wearin' a dress."

Intergalactic Disco





French label Kitsuné's artist, Jupiter, is serving us with a tall, cold glass of juicy jams for what's left of these balmy summer days. The 24 minute mix tape also features Jupiter's recent collabo with old-school zouk band, Kassav, on Kass Limon. 

(Zouk - Originates from the Caribbean, specifically the islands of Guadaloupe and Martinique. Kassav pioneered this genre in the 1980's in France, infusing French Creole with Caribbean elements. They peaked in the mid 80's as an international craze with their hit Yélélé. You'll recognize the style as the prototypical backdrop for a Carnival Cruise Lines commercial.)

Jupiter - Sunshine On Jupiter (mix) by Kitsune Maison





Monday, July 25, 2011

|DANCE| Ellie Goulding - Lights (RAC Remix)

RAC performing live @ Bardot - Miami

Better late than never. Pure go(u)ld.
Gonna go out on a limb here and say this is their best remix to date.

St. Vincent - Surgeon


St. Vincent (Annie Erin Clark) just debuted the first song from her third upcoming album, Strange Mercy [following Marry Me (2007) and Actor (2009)]. It is set to release on September 13th under 4AD. This Oklahoma born musician was originally a part of Polyphonic Spree after attending Berklee College of Music, moved on to tour with Sufjan Stevens, and has also worked alongside Beirut

St. Vincent takes an introspective look at the lilting yet unpredictable nature of her songs with Denver Westword

"I like when things come out of nowhere and blindside you a little bit. I think any person who gets panic attacks or has an anxiety disorder can understand how things can all of a sudden turn very quickly. I think I'm sublimating that into the music."


CANT - Answer



Grizzly Bear's producer, Chris Taylor, has taken on side project CANT and forged together this haunting melody with the help of Twin Shadow. The album will release under his own label, Terrible Records.

CANT - Answer (taken from Dreams Come True - Terrible Records / Warp Records) by Warp Records

||Video|| Gesaffelstein - Viol



Normally I like to boost you up a notch to help get past the week's biggest hurdle - Monday. Today I'm feeling less charitable.

French producer Gesaffelstein (French, really?) supplies an aptly dark and industrial soundtrack for a film teaser featuring demonic-hipster-bike-crew, Ghostriders. One of Turbo Recording's newest artists, Gesaffelstein just dropped his latest EP, Conspiracy Vol. 2, this past week. The entire EP is equally as heavy - and I walk away from it feeling simultaneously turned on; scared; and stuck with a dull, throbbing need to dance.

I think that's a good thing.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Shindu - Happy House (Midnight Savari Remix)



Based out of Jakarta, Midnight Savari recently remixed Shindu's Happy House.


Shindu - Happy House (Midnight Savari Remix) by Midnight Savari

Here is the video to the original track released by Shindu just a couple weeks ago. Pretty stellar on its own.

Kisses From Above


This up and coming LA duo has proven they have what it takes to make a great jam better than it already it is. Easier said than done.

Ra Ra Riot - Massachusetts (Kisses Remix) by Kisses

Kisses also released their first EP Other Planets earlier this year that features some of their original tunes. Definitely worth checking it out if you haven't already done so here.

Washed Out Gets Slung



Weird World Records released a few remixes of Washed Out's Eyes be Closed. Here's Star Slinger's take.

Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed (Star Slinger Remix) by WeirdWorldRecordCo

||Video|| Beastie Boys - Don't Play No Game I Can't Win ft. Santigold

Adult Swim Week Seven - The Rapture - How Deep is Your Love (Emperor Machine Remix)


Amazing. Look at the previous weeks if you haven't been following and keep an eye out for two more tracks this summer. All of them are available for free download.

Clock Opera Remixes Metronomy's The Bay



One of our favorites does one of our favorites.

Metronomy's original The Bay off the English Riviera album is up for the Mercury Prize. Good luck to them!

  Metronomy - 'The Bay' (Clock Opera Remix)

||Video|| Ed Sheeran - You Need Me I Don't Need You





Great lyrics, and in case you didn't catch em, the actor in the video signs them all for you.

||Video|| Friends - Friend Crush



Enjoying the tension between her unapologetic sex appeal and the innocence of her requests - always the makings of a good friendship.

Friends just signed with Lucky Number Music and dropped this video a few weeks ago - definitely a good addition to the team.  As far as the video goes, glitter will generally get my vote; I just wish I didn't feel like I was hopelessly trapped in a 70's lava lamp. There's a limit to the 'vintage' aesthetic and this video might've left it a few miles back as it precariously approaches the realm of 'hipster asshole'.

Lame vid or not, Friend Crush is a jam. I'm a fan.

||Video|| Tom Vek - Aroused




With the help of director Saam Farahmand, Tom Vek takes a jab at the fashion world and what it considers "cool." Wonderfully expressive, though I think my lungs grew a shade darker from watching this. 


One of the most in demand video directors out now, Farahmand has worked with the xx, Klaxons, and Simian Mobile Disco

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Let's Talk About S...



Spanking new.


Alexandre Louvré - Talking About You (Pleasurelove Remix)

Summer Baby Making






This song is out of control. And so are our Plan B bills. 
(I want to say that was made in poor taste...)


The rest of the compilation is just as conducive for two-folding the human race. Set to drop August 5th. 


  Vanilla - Sure



Friday, July 15, 2011

Second Set of Radiohead Remixes


The first set included Caribou's take on Little by Little which you heard here. Radiohead released this second set as a preview. You can order the 12" vinyls from the website. They will continue to release these throughout the summer.

Year of the Dragon




 Little Dragon gets tweaked and twerked by Maya Jane Coles. Looove this.



Frenssu - There's No Kill Like Overkill



And to the work week - K/O. FINISH HIM.





Fell Asleep on Some Silly Fathers



Sorry we blow their shit up.
Actually - no we're not.

This slipped through our fingers last month.


  Ruddlebucket - Silly Fathers (RAC Remix)

Estuar - 18 Times (Cassara Retouch)




Cassara remixes Germany's one and only Estuar -  18 Times gets furnished with some new lyrics, title, and a seductively slower cadence. 

Listen to it HERE. ( Can't embed it :/ )

Original song + video: 




Body Language Remixes - You Know You Wanna Do It...



Night Drive Miami is bringing Body Language to the 305's beloved Electric Pickle tomorrow (Saturday, July 16th.) If you're in the area, come by! Open bar for vodka drinks 10-12. 

Body Language put these remixes out last month. 

  

And a link to our favorite BL jam. 

  Body Language - Sandwiches

Make it hot like butter, easy to spread. 

See you there!



Thursday, July 14, 2011

Viva City - Her Royal Hedonist (Francophillipe Remix)



Creme et Sucre suggests you leave work early today. 



Teen Daze - The Harvest




 Look out for Teen Daze's A Silent Planet EP on August 9th. Preview of the first track:




The Magician's One Year Anniversary



Happy Birthday.

Putting out jams since early 2007, producer/dj duo Aeroplane (Stephen Fasano and Vito de Luca), took nu disco to unprecedented nu heights. Thus it was no surprise hearts came crashing when they announced their split back in June of 2010. Their collaboration may have ended, but the music certainly didn't.

Shortly thereafter, Fasano created a pretty funny new persona called The Magician. In an interview with We Love DC, he described his solo style as "a mix of electronic disco, pop, 80's sounds, with a touch of Belgian humor." Since then, he's put out hour long Magic Tapes every month for the rest of the year, accompanied by some unforgettable remixes. (See his take on Lykke Li's I Follow Rivers, receiving so much attention in Europe, it's been chosen as the Prix de Diane Longines official promo video soundtrack.) 

He gives away so much for free, he makes Goodwill look like a pyramid scheme - so support his work and see what tricks he has up his sleeve when he comes back to the US.

Here's his most recent Magic Tape 12. (Opens it with Jeremy Glenn's remixed New Life, if you remember that post from last June!)



I'm digging the touch of Belgian humor:




Toro y Moi - Saturday Love and New EP on the Way


We're freaking out over the announcement of Toro y Moi's, aka Chazwick Bundick, new EP Freaking Out set to drop September 13th through Carpark. To keep us from going over the edge, he's ameliorated us with a free download of Saturday Love. The love we have for this jam is good enough for any day of the week. We're also going to assume this was inspired by Rebecca Black's profound homage to another, very adjacent day of the week. 

 

Freaking Out
01 All Alone
02 Freaking Out
03 Sweet
04 Saturday Love
05 I Can Get Love




Wednesday, July 13, 2011

YACHT - Utopia (White Rainbows Revision)


DFA Records just posted some remixes of YACHT's Utopia as they hit the ground running on their international tour. Grooove.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Culture of Fear - Thievery Corporation's New Album


Thievery Corporation's no newcomer to the game - for almost twenty years they've continued to refine their distinctively ethereal Árabe-Brasileira lounge aesthetic with the release of every album. In line with its predecessors, Culture of Fear makes you feel like you're clinking champagne flutes with international socialites while casually looking over the Mediterranean - way more chic than you actually are. Enjoy that fantasy while they're still at it; you can catch them on tour as they kick off the release.

Here's a peak at the opening track. 



Tracklist
01 - Web of Deception
02 - Culture of Fear
03 - Take My Soul
04 - Light Flares
05 - Stargazer
06 - Where it All Starts
07 - Tower Seven
08 - Is it Over?
09 - False Flag Dub
10 - Safar (the Journey)
11 - Fragments
12 - Overstand
13 - Free

Friendly Fires - Hawaiian Air (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)



Sorry baby, but we're too cool for school this summer.

||Oldie but Goodie|| Grace Jones - William's Blood (Aeroplane Remix)



An endearing moment of nostalgia.

Back when Middle Easterners were still subjected to body cavity searches before getting on an aeroplane.

Meh, I always kind of enjoyed them anyway.

Grace Jones - William's Blood (Aeroplane Remix)




Memory Tapes - Wait in the Dark (Jensen Sportag Remix)


Relax. 

  


Chromeo - When the Night Falls (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)



Here's an early start to the weekend with Hercules & Love Affair's remix of Chromeo. 

Monday, July 11, 2011

||Video|| Propeller Seeds - Imogen Heap Takes Your Ears to the Third Dimension

This song is layered so intricately that Heap and Nick Ryan refer to it as "3D sound." Listen to it with headphones. Amazing experience - visually and auditoraly.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Reptar Signs with Vagrant Records and Tours with Foster the People


Reptar is an amazingly quirky band from Athens, Georgia. This past week they've joined the ranks of Edward Sharpe, Pete Yorn, and Active Child as members of Vagrant Records. They're rereleasing their EP on August 2nd and just put this great video out today (Sup, Rocky Horror Picture Show?)

OH, and they put this out about a week ago.





Summer Tour Dates
July 28 - Bardot - Miami, FL
July 29 - The Back Booth - Orlando, FL
July 30 - The Antiwarpt Fest - St. Petersburg
August 5-7 - Lollapalooza


US Fall Tour With Foster The People & Cults:
September 15 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX * ^
September 16 - Austin City Limits Music Festival -- Austin, TX
September 17 – House of Blues – Houston, TX * ^
September 19 – House of Blues – New Orleans, LA *
September 20 – Beacham Theatre – Orlando, FL *^
September 21 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA *^
September 23 – The National – Richmond, VA *^
September 26 – 9:30 Club – Washington DC *
September 29 – House of Blues – Boston, MA *^
October 1 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON *
October 2 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH *^
October 4 – The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN *^
October 6 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN *^
October 7 - The Aquarium - Fargo, ND
October 9- Showbox at the Market- Seattle, WA*
October 10 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC*
October 15 - The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
October 18 - The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
* w/ Foster the People
^ w/ Cults

||Video|| Incubus - Adolescents


Incubus was, without a doubt, a defining band of the 1990's/early 2000's with brilliant albums like Fungus Amongus, S.C.I.E.N.C.E, and Make Yourself. They lost me after that, but they released this video back in spring and I definitely fell asleep on a great track. I'm a little hopeful this album might bring them closer to some of their former glory. The band needs to find a balance of evolving their sound while still keeping their audience on board. Easier said than done.

Album drops this July, you can pre-order it on their website. Allegedly those who pre-order will be sent a boatload of extra goodies, so there's some incentive to those old fans.

Brandon Boyd wrote some very eloquent, moving prose discussing the peaks and valleys of their success and struggles of their musical journey. Boyd reminds his audience this ride is a shared experience (pretty good marketing move.) You can read it here.


"...In the end, our creative instincts had pointed us in the right direction. It was a meandering compass, but a good one...most noteworthy because of it's uniqueness as an event that will never occur again. Waves have broken before it, waves will break afterwards, but each one is an individual canvas. This one is ours. Yours and mine."



||Video|| Burning Hearts - Into the Wilderness


Dreamy track from Burning Heart's debut EP. Released through Shelflife 21st Into the Wilderness on June 21st.

Tracklist:
01 - The Swallows
02  - Fever
03 - A Matter of Timing
04 - Into the Wilderness

Seriously, Don't Blink.




I think we were so busy dancing in our living rooms to this that we forgot to tell you guys about it last week. Toro y Moi does some dirty, nasty, sexy things to Cut Copy. Enjoy. 


 Blink And You'll Miss a Revolution (Toro Y Moi Remix) by cutcopymusic