Monday Mixtape

(image courtesy Altsounds)

There are loads of nice tracks emerging these days, so I decided to compile and share. This will be a decidedly electronic and remixed offering, highlights for me include a couple from English disco house newcomer Burns, who is currently on tour with Calvin Harris followed by dates with Canadian superproducer Deadmau5. New Miami Horror single "Sometimes" is pretty tight though not very groundbreaking, keeping with the Cut Copy/Midnight Juggernauts/Aussie retro electro steez we've been hearing for a couple years now...still, good shit. Loving the Keenhouse track remixed by Grum, who has been featured all over the place on account of "Heartbeats" and its infectious vocal hook. Listen to these in order, backwards, pick and choose, or not at all, but there's definitely at least a few you will want to keep with you a while.

Burns - First Move (Fred Falke Remix)

Kasabian - Where Did All The Love Go (Burns Remix)

Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story (Neon Indian Remix)

The Golden Filter - Thunderbird

Keenhouse - Ari-es (Grum Remix)

Knightlife - Crusader

Miami Horror - Sometimes

Deadmau5 - Ghosts N Stuff (Sub Focus Remix)

Enjoy!

Remix Sunday

Alan Braxe & Fred Falke have combined for some of the most bumpin' remixes in the past year or so, including their incredible renovations of Kelis' "Bossy" and DFA1979's "Black History Month." Though this Test Icicles remix dropped in '06, I doubt enough people have been exposed to its 80's synth lines and fuzzed out bassline. The predominate melody sounds as if its main inspiration was a Simple Minds track used to flesh out a Molly Ringwald teen romance, but luckily being paired with these unabashed whisky-hoarse lyrics gives the song a fresher aesthetic. All in all, this is certainly a banger for the summer, if not last summer, I think I'm much delayed in getting this up on the ol' interweb.

Test Icicles - What's Your Damage (zShare)
Test Icicles - What's Your Damage (Braxe & Falke Remix)

-Brad