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
The Waves at Night crew thought we would catch up with the crazy kids over at the Bag Raiders camp to talk about their upcoming EP release, current remixes and ceral variety packs. Here’s what Jack Sabbath (Brainzar from the B. Raiders) had to say…
WAV: Firstly, how did you both meet? BRAINZAR: We went to the same school. I was a year above Chris but we used to hang out and smoke cigarettes during breaks in orchestra practice.
WAV: What was your inspiration to start producing your own music? BRAINZAR: We both got into computers and computer music while we were still at school. When we started out we used to listen to lots of Autechre, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin… Warp records stuff basically. So i guess we started trying to emulate bands like that. It wasn’t until later on that we really got into dance music.
WAV: Which artists are you influenced by today? BRAINZAR: Fred Falke, Soulwax, ELO, Pilot, Picasso, Nate Danja Hands, Cool & Dre, Jeezy, Weezy, MIyazaki, you know… Little Richard, TLC, Keisha Cole, Nat King Cole, Old King Cole, Coleplay etc etc
WAV: Do you each have individual roles when your working on a new track or remix?
BRAINZAR: I do all the production work and Chris mainly cleans the studio and brings me coffees while i work. haha. No seriously… we both work pretty hands on on everything. It’s not like we have roles like Chris plays all the keyboards or Chris do the drums of whatever. We’re just like everybody do everything. Feel the love
WAV: How did you guys come about collaborating with the Fools Gold label? BRAINZAR: By the mighty power of the internet. A-Trak hit us up a year or so ago before he came out and we went down to his show and met him and then we just kept in contact on the email etc.
WAV: I’ve noticed from listening to your mixtapes and hearing about your recent guest vocalist for the new EP that you include a lot of hip hop tracks. Is Hip Hop a genre that you’ve always been interested in? BRAINZAR: Yeah in one way or another. We’ve always been listeners that’s for sure. Recently we’ve also been dabblers. It’s always good to be doing different stuff so things are always fresh. Like a variety pack of cereal. Hip hop = Nutra Grain, Dance music = Coco Pops, Free Jazz = Fruit Loops, Rock Music = Sultana Bran… We’ll definitely keep on doing hip hop stuff when we can.
WAV: Did you ever expect Fun Punch to be as big as it is? BRAINZAR: Nope. It’s been pretty sweet. The internet and radio has been kind to us…
WAV: The video for Fun Punch is terrific, was that an idea that you guys always have been working on for a while and will the story continue with your next single? BRAINZAR: Not really and no i don’t think so. The clip was kind of one of those chance things that worked out good for everyone. It was masterminded by our good friend Beaufort. We didn’t have a huge deal to do with it’s making except for the extensive acting classes and hours and hours of shooting we did til we got that shit just right.
WAV: Apart from your own tracks being spun like crazy in clubs around the world your remixes for such artists as K.I.M, Kid Sister, Muscles and The Valentinos have also proven very popular amongst dj’s and punters. Are you working on any new remixes at the moment? BRAINZAR: We just did some remixes for ZZZ and Cut Copy. There’s a teenagersintokyo remix waiting in the wings too.
WAV: What can the kids expect from your upcoming second EP release? BRAINZAR: Some of it’s quite different. There’s a guest vocalist on one track and some talkbox mumbling on another. I think as a whole there’s some gear for the club as well as some gear for the loungeroom. We’re pretty happy with it so hopefully people dig it.
WAV: I’m pretty excited to witness the new ‘Live’ Bag Raiders experience for the Parklife shows, what tricks have you got up your sleeves for us? BRAINZAR: Hmmm… that’s something we’re working on right now. We’re still waiting to get our pyrotechnics license. But hopefully the finale is going to involve us setting fire to our keyboards and playing the Fun Punch lead with our wangs.
WAV: What was the most bizzare thing that has happened at one of your gigs? BRAINZAR: One time they made us stop in the middle of the set and pulled a name out of a barrel and someone won a used car. That was pretty weird.
WAV: And finally, do you raid many bags these days?? BRAINZAR: Not as many as we used to. These days it’s mostly grocery bags.
Managed to get my grubby little paws on the Soulwax remixes compilation, aptly titled (I guess): “Most Of The Remixes We’ve Made Over The Years Except For One By Einsturzende Neubaten Because We Lost It And A Few We Didn’t Think Sounded Good Enough Or Just Didn’t Fit In. But Including Some That Are Hard To Find Because Either People Forgot About Them Or Just Simply Because They Haven’t Been Released Yet. A Few We Really Love. One We Think Is Just OK. Some We Did For Free. Some We Did For Money. Some Just For Ourselves Without Permission And Some For Friends As Swaps But Never On Time And Always At Our Studio In Ghent.” Their remixes always kill and I never thought Id ever hear myself say I could enjoy anything with an association with Robbie Williams. Most of the tracks you’ll probably already have, so I’ll chuck up some of the better ones you wont.
Wow. Gosh. Where do I start… Supposedly there was meant to be an “It’s Not Over Yet” remix done by Justice for the Brittish “Atlantis to Interzone” rockers Klaxons but this one has come from left-field. Actually, the ‘As Above So Below’ single will be digitally released in France on October 22nd with this Justice remix + a French version of the original song. Good stuff! The laid-back remix contains a dash of ZZT’s “Lower States” and also a spoonful of Soulwax’s remix of “Phantom, Pt. 2″. It’s a good listen. It’s Justice. Enough said.
