The Glimmer Twins have been spinning tunes since 1987 and have always shown huge diversity in there sets with a mix of disco, house, electro, classics and hip hop.
Their remixes are also extremely diverse, remixing for such players as Bloc Party, The Killers, New Order, Roxy Music, Isolee, Phoenix, Munk, Snow Patrol, Calvin Harris, Shirley Bassey, Junkie XL and the Chemical Brothers.
This wide array of influences is present on their new LP ‘Gee Gee Fazzi’, which contains collaborations with Princess Superstar, Freeform Five, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, Optimo Espacio, Kenneth Bager, Ray Mang, Foxylane, Baby G, CJ Bolland and many more. It’s a funky ride through disco roots and techno dreams, and what makes this an even better listen is that each track flows into the next, seemlessly.
Be sure to check out their interpretation of Olivia Newton John’s classic ‘Let’s Get Physical’.
Y’all should’ve checked out Flosstradamus (Chicago-based DJs J2K and Autobot) last night at 3rds. They were killing it, constantly bringing out the greatest tunes all night. There was not one idle person around me; I saw bottoms groovin’, hips swayin’ and heads bangin’. Oh, and now that has got my memory going, one killer tune I remember being played from the night is their remix of Fool’s Gold boys Jokers of the Scene’s “Y’all Know the Name” (samples “Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says”).
Beyond the Wizards Sleeve is the tripped out love child of producers Erol Alkan and Richard Norris. If you love your 70’s psychedelic rock as much as I do, you’ll dig what these guys pull together, they enhance all the classic sounds from the era including horns, percussion, and wind instruments and chop it up in one giant bong all for us to inhale. They have released a bunch of remixes for artist such as the Chemical Brothers, Tracey Thorn, Midlake and just recently Goldfrapp and Late of the Pier. Amongst the remixes the pair have also released 4 mini-albums entitled Birth, Spring, George and West, each one providing a journey into strange soundscapes and colorful samples, perfect for those seedy sunday afternoons!
New Surkin “Next of Kin” out on Institubes 07/04/2008. Some may say his style has changed but I believe the ‘Surkin’ feel is still there and to be frank, I’m a huge fan. Todd Edwards comes back with another dope remix, giving the self-titled track a more “french-house” feel. I’m also quite glad he is giving more attention to today’s artists (Klaxons and Justice for example) because his work is simply amazing. If you don’t believe me have a look for his remixes of Benjamin Diamond’s “Little Scare” and also Zoot Woman’s “Taken It All”. Look out on Arcade Mode for “Next of Kin”, this release will pop around very soon.
I’m going to introduce you all to the wonderful world of Lifelike. To save me the time and exhaustion of writing up a description of the man and his career, here’s his bio taken from his official website:
As many lucky teenagers from the late 80s, Laurent started as a bass player in a small highschool band influenced by new-wave and pop music acts like Cabaret Voltaire, Frankie Goes To Hollywood or Simple Minds and discovered the art of sampling thru the first popular 8/16bits computers.
Producing first for other artists in the early & mid 90s, he joined the parisian label 20000ST in 2001 (which was responsible for the hitsingle of Demon You Are My High) to release his first single The Soul Of , which features vocals performed by the NYC originated black icon Mandel Turner.
Massively playlisted by DJs like Alex Gopher and supported by the parisian radio FG, The Soul Of become in a few month the classic summer 2002 club anthem reaching place n°5 in the french dance charts.
A few months later, the single Black Chess (The Cult EP A-side), a dark but dancefloor track, was choosed by Thomas Bangalter, Philippe Zdar & DJ Falcon for the famous Together 2002 Tour as their first record played in each gig, and became an anthem.
Remixing for artists or labels like Annie, Belle, OT Quartet, Headbangers Rec., Demon or Sebastien Leger, helped Laurent to establish his trademark thru a very special kind of sound. His meeting with the german producer Christophe Hoeffel in winter 2004, ended up by the now famous track Discopolis: simply one of the biggest underground selling anthem of 2005/2006. The track, picked up by Alan Braxe (one of the three guys that was behind the huge hit Stardust Music Sounds Better With You) on his label Vulture, is now re-released on Defected with video support from Seb Janiak (Daft Punk Burnin) and new remixes (Alan Braxe, Chris Lake, Kerri Chandler…)
Friday night, swamped out on one of the couches at the back of the club, and then I hear something beautiful - raunchy piano keys being mashed together with something that I couldn’t describe. The melody lured me closer to the darkness that surrounded me. I progressed forward, step by step, seeking the source of this beauty and the identity of it…. Blah, I’ll cut the crap…
Another Presets update. After hearing Kicking And Screaming the last time I caught the Presets I was looking forward to the album version. Now after hearing this, Im not too sure. Same with A New Sky. I really, really loved This Boys In Love, but the verdicts still out on these two new tracks. As usual, buy the stuff too.
Via Pitchfork, tracklisting for Apocalypso:
01 Kicking and Screaming
02 My People
03 A New Sky
04 This Boy’s in Love
05 Yippiyo-ay
06 Talk Like That
07 Eucalyptus
08 If I Know You
09 Together
10 Aeons
11 Anywhere
Animal Collective released one of the top five albums of last year. Easily. The twisted electronica/indie folk/psychadelia of Strawberry Jam was just such a fucking individual affair. Now they are set to drop their new four track Water Curses EP, with three out of the four songs coming from the Strawberry Jam sessions. If your a fan of their earlier albums such as Feels, or bands like Panda Bear, Deerhoof, or even Black Dice, guaranteed you will love this.
As my first post on the blog i thought i’d throw together a quick little live mix showcasing some current blog hits with a few older classics. I included some new Fred Falke tracks to celebrate his tour in April, one is his sexy remix for The Whitest Boy Alive, which seems to be taking everybodies fancy, including Knightlife, who played it as the last track in his set the other night. Also included is the highly anticipated new remix from Van She Tech for the incredible Ladyhawke, this is going to be a killer in the clubs, download it separately from the tracklist below!
I’m playing tonight at the massive disco dj battle between electro front runners Miami Horror & Knightlife. I’ll be playing some mashed up beats from 9 - 10pm, so come early and share a brew and some beats with me!!
Tracklist:
1. Waves….at Night Intro
2. Together - Together
3. Cosmos - Take Me With You
4. Chemical Brothers - Nude Night (A.D.D’s Snack Attack Edit)
5. Juiceboxxx and Dre Skull - Center Stage (Curses! Remix)
6. Fred Falke - Last Wave
7. DJ DLG - Paramount (Rogerseventytwo Remix)
8. Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor
9. Delegation - It’s Your Turn (Treasure Fingers Edit)
10. Ladyhawke - Back of the Van (Van She Tech Turbo Fire Engine Mix)
11. Bag Raiders - Fun Punch (Bag Raiders Remix)
12. Muscles - Sweaty (Shazam Remix)
13. Duke Dumont - Pop dat Poosay
14. Bobmo - Home Alone
15. Joey Beltram - Energy Flash
16. Defender - Defender
17. Daft Punk - Human After All (SebastiAn Remix)
18. DJ Blaqstarr - Shake It To The Ground (Switch & Santogold Remix)
19. The Juan Maclean - Happy House (A.D.D Edit)
20. The Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
21. Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Soulwax Remix)
Black Moth Super Rainbows latest album, Dandelion Gum, has just recently been pressed and released on vinyl. It was the warmest, mellowtron drenched, colourful, playful, childlike, experimental psychedelic electronica folk record of 2007. The kind of shit H.R. Pufnstuf would love. I instantly fell in love with them, and felt like I was that guy in the clip for that Chemical Brother’s song, Golden Path. Its music that is just dripping colour, or at least you think it is but it could be that tab of acid was stronger than the guy told you and now the spiders are telling you stories. Sigh…..
They have even re-issued their first album late last year, so it should be easy to find. Go outside your comfort zone, or something. I dunno. Those people who consume electro…I just think you need a balanced meal.
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