With the upcoming Parklife festival almost upon us (Australia Only feat. headliners 2ManyDJ’s and Soulwax plus many more!) and everyone absolutely aching for a perfect quality of the much hyped MGMT- Kids (Soulwax Remix) to be released (or pop up somewhere in blog land…) the majoirty of the music world is literally creaming their pants once again for the 2 Many DJ’s. But really, did anyone ever stop creaming them?
So to tide everyone over until they get to see these legendary brothers in action (or at least dream about it) heres a mix that has been floating around on the internet since last week (much love to ‘Bobby Digs It All’ for his post on lowbee) from their latest set (24-08-2008) recorded live at Cream Fields Festival in the UK on BBC Radio 1. With Park Life just around the corner, all i can say is that if their set at Park Life is anything like their one at Cream Fields last week, i will not be the only one Creaming my pants….
2 Many DJ’s-Essential Mix Radio 1 BBC Live From Creamfields UK 24-08-2008 Tracklisting:
1. The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl (Soulwax Remix)
2. The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control (Soulwax Nite Version)
3. David Guetta - Jack is Back
4. Fake Blood - Mars
5. Outlander - The Vamp
6. ZZT - The Worm
7. Tiga - Mind Dimension
8. Luke Francis - The Bomb
9. Don Rimini - Let Me Back Up (Crookers Remix)
10. Alex Gopher - Aurora
11. Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band - A Fifth of Beethoven (Soulwax Edit)
12. In Flagranti - Business Accumen
13. Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor (Soulwax Remix)
14. Mr Oizo - Flat Beat
15. SebastiAn - Momy
16. Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400
17. MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Remix)
18. Proxy - Raven
19. Justice - Phantom Pt. II (Soulwax Remix Re-edit)
20. Daft Punk - Aerodynamite
21. ID
I thought I’d share with you a couple of jams from someones who’s always continually impressed me with each new release…Mr. Todd (Tango) Terje. Infusing latin-jazz-bossa-disco beats together has always come easy for this Norwegian born producer. You can find a stack load of edit’s under his ‘Tangoterje‘ moniker including re-works of Michael ‘Jacko’ Jackson, Chic, The Bee Gee’s, Kraftwerk’s ‘Home Computer’ and even The Knight Rider Theme.
Below is an older edit under his ‘Tango’ alias of Paul Simon’s ‘Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes’, simply titled ‘Diamond Dub’. It’s a 7 minute exploration through the African savanna accompanied by loads of percussion and plenty of echo’d vocal samples from the original track with a killer bass line.
The Simon Baker edit of ‘Plastik’ was something that Todd started for fun and then realised it’s potential and released it on the Playhouse label, complete with rolling bassline and simple cosmic treatments.
One of his most recent productions is a remix under his usual guise of the terrific Jose Gonzales track ‘Killing for Love’. The original is so powerful and strong it’s hard to imagine it being improved upon but somehow Terje has done so. He created some catchy guitar samples and threw them under an amazing bass riff that screams to me Fleetwood Mac ‘Tusk’ (does anyone else hear that too?).
The last track is something I stumbled across the other day, it’s a progressive chaotic beast with a great drum beat and synth work all fighting for somebodies attention. Although an odd intro, you must wait at least 40 seconds for the fury to begin….
Another UK band, Tired Irie, seem to be getting alot of NME buzz recently, which doesnt necessarily amount to buzz down here in Australia, nor indicate talent, but I can definitely see these guys taking off. They sound quite foals-esque with a heavier synth but are pretty catchy.
Tim Sweeney…resident DJ for DFA Records and host of the popular Beats In Space radio show. It’s just been made public that Sweeney will be playing several dates down the east coast of Australia in October!!
For those of you unfamiliar with Tim’s work, he’s been affiliated with DFA for some time now, even lending his scratching talents on the recent release from ‘Hercules and Love Affair‘. Aside from djing various DFA parties around the world he also manages Beats In Space, a live show each Tuesday night from 10:30 - 1am in New York, which showcases weekly guests and dj mixes. You can listen to past shows on the website - http://www.beatsinspace.net.
Here are the dates his playing; (according to his myspace page)
17 Oct 2008 - Empire Brisbane
18 Oct 2008 - The Toff In Town Melbourne
24 Oct 2008 - TBA Canberra
25 Oct 2008 - HAHA Industries Sydney
He brought you arguably the best house track “Intro” (with Falke of course).
His first release on Roulé (French house label set up by Thomas Bangalter, one half of Daft Punk and managed by Gildas Loaëc) was “Vertigo” - a very tight tight tightttt french-house release.
“Music Sounds Better With You” (also on Roulé) - dare I say more???
(he was in ‘Stardust’, the one time project with Thomas and vocalist Benjamin Diamond that did this amazing one-time hit)
His the bravest man alive. Like, far out.. who would take onDJ Assault? Not me that’s for sure…
You would’ve guessed that the man is of course ALAN BRAXE. YES BRAXEY IS COMING!!! Lock the kids up and venture out to Basement 257 (Q-Bar) on October 24th to see the man do his magic. With great support acts to lend a hand on the night: Miami Horror, Harris Robotis, Ooh-Ee and the Kablam! boys.
Sydney gig details announced soon. Tickets @ $25 with only 500 available.. If you are stuck for a ticket just email the blog, we will do the rest.
After just stepping off the stage with These New Puritans, Bachelor Of Arts have just unleashed their debut album on our asses and play a handfull of shows all around Australia, probably in your home town, so theres no excuse to miss them. These guys are extremely tight live and wont disappoint. The albums called Infinite Jest and is out now on EXO Records, home to Japanther, Houlette, The Emergency, etc.
Melbourne: $10, this Thursday 21st, the Toff.
