Eclectic Listening Final Part

OK, so I had planned on posting these last night, but we ended up playing Mario Kart on the Wii while going through a couple 12-packs. Here's what we learned: Too Many Beers + Mario Kart = Last Place...Anyway, to finish off the 30+ songs in a scant few days, today we have 11 tracks that are all worth checking out and some that cannot be missed.
First up is James Pants with the cool track "We're Through" that would sound great next to anything by Juiceboxxx. Next is a remix from Wongo of When Saints Go Machine's "Kids on Vacation" full of low end Wubb-Wubb basslines. After that is Knifehandchop's "Fabric" that manages to blend a lot of styles into one track. Going from electro to choppy samples to loungey-electro, all sounding great.
Next is Crookers (sighh, again...) remixing Don Rimini's "Let Me Back Up" with all that we have come to expect, but seriously, I wouldn't even post his stuff if it all weren't sooo hot! Really, has this kid done anything wack!? After that is Crookers' turn to get redone, this time by those spidey mask wearin' kids The Bloody Beetroots. Stepping away from the agro-electro sound is a Herbert remix of Louie Austen's "Hoping" that has a good lounge and house sound to it. Some how the crooner vocals, the vibes, and the strings all pull together with the house beat to make a laid back killer.
Next is Herve (AKA Count of Monte Crystal) putting a rock breakdowns and electro madness
into his remix of Dune's "Bloodlines," followed by the instrumental version. Along the rock-electro vein is Kissy Sell Out's remix of The Black Ghost's "Face." Kissy manages to have a pretty solid sound to my ears, the crunchy synths and elastic samples strrreetching around just plain works.
Finally, are two songs that are more melancholy twist. Thoughtful and interesting, but still has a pensive and darker side to them. First is Tolcha with RQM (who we posted up earlier in this series) with a downtempo track with cool spoken word / rap on top. And the track that puts us over the 30+ barrier is Duke Dumont's remix of The Mystery Jets. Do not sleep on this one. It sounds haunting, the vocals sounds are kind of eerie with a long delay and remind me of TV On the Radio.

Here they are:

James Pants - We're Through
When Saints Go Machine - Kids On Vacation (Wongo Remix)
Knifehandchop - Fabric (Original Mix)

Don Rimini - Let Me Back Up (Crookers Remix)
Crookers - Lick My Lennon (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
Louie Austen - Hoping (Herberts High Dub)

Dune - Bloodlines (Herve loves messed up remix)
Dune - Bloodlines (Herve loves messed up Instrumental)
The Black Ghosts - Face (Kissy Sell Out Remix)

Tolcha f. RQM - Fokus
Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont Reconstruction)

have a great week-end!

Eclectic Listening Part II

So the post mania continues...Yeahh! This time around we have a house / fidget remix of Deadset's "Tick Tock" by one of the originators of the scene, Jesse Rose. Following that is a duo that always have the best vocals for funky club cuts, so check out Kraak & Smaak's "Squeeze Me" getting redone by Trevor Loveys. Then we have two awesome cuts by a producer who jumped up on my radar recently, Oliver $, his stuff could hold it's own with some of the best. His edit of "Miss Pacman" by RQM would fit perfectly next to MIA. The next track is a more traditional fidget touch up of "Easy Legs" definitely check this one out too (he has an awesome smooth jazz breakdown towards the end of the track, and he makes it work!).
Crookers by now is probably the most blog tested and DJ approved artist out now, but somehow this one was new to my ears, so grab his remix of "Electric Soca" by Rodion if you haven' already. It has all the jumpy, electro and crunchy-rubbery sounds you would expect from Crookers. Following that is Bombaman's remix of Alias' "Enough" which has a unique and dubby yet frenetic sound. Switch is another legend in the field of fidget and club worthy madness, his remix of the Chemical Bros. "Get Yourself High" will not disappoint.
The final block of tracks are more humorous than dancefloor fillers, but the song "Hata Blockas" by Acafool is straight hilarious. "I Love You" remixed by the Bulgarian is a normal hard hitting acid electro jam, but the song is filled with chopped samples of kids rhyming about ladybugs and chocolate cake, an odd combination for sure, but there is something about the kids that immediately strips out all the hard edges and pretentiousness that usually goes along with tracks like this. Finally we have B.U.N. updating the classic "I Got Five On It" with all the wobbly and wonky goodness hipsters crave.

here they are:

Deadset - Tick Tock (Jesse Rose Dub)
Kraak & Smaak - Squeeze Me (Trevor Lovey's Skeezer Pleezer Jam)

RQM - Miss Pacman (Oliver $ Bassjunk Instrumental Mix)
Amir Ad Fontes - Easy Legs (Oliver $ Remix)

Rodion - Electric Soca (Crookers Remix)
Alias - Enough (Bombaman's Talking Shit Remix)
The Chemical Brothers - Get Yourself High (Switch Remix)

Acafool - Hata Blockas
Larry Tee - I Love U (The Bulgarian Remix)
B.U.N. - I Got 5 On It

enjoy!

More Eclectic Listening

Since I haven't posted any tracks in a couple of weeks I will make it up to you with a series of abnormally large posts over the next few days, sound good? OK, now that we've kissed and made up, I guess we can proceed to the music...Rather than sorting out my recent listening habits, I will just post up the tracks in the order they sit in my iChoons playlist, lazy I know, but since by the end of this week I should have posted over 30 tracks, this is real time-saver! Today's goodness brings some classics, some newer tunes and some that are just cool. First up is an acoustic version of the Black Ghosts track "Anyway You Choose To Give It" that I thought would be a good addition for the remixers out there since the track is predominantly just the vocals. Next is a solid remix of the T&S pop tune "Back In Your Head" which has gotten revisioned by numerous producers out there, I know, but this one from Morgan Page is dope. After that is the standard from Sam Sparro, check out "Black & Gold" if you haven't already.
Following the older with the newer is a block of four (count 'em F-O-U-R, don't say I don't love you all!) tracks from up and coming dubstep producer Rusko who I just heard is getting tapped on remix duties for Kanye West. This kid has talent, outside of some Burial stuff, you normally couldn't pay me to sit through a dubstep album, but he can take it from electro to wobbly and wonky to heavy Jamaican dub sounds like a pro.
After the hotness that is Rusko comes one from Heavyfeet, Santiago and Bushido punch in for remix honors on "Sick Like That" for a more traditional electro jam worth checking out. On to a track with a more singular vision is the juke remix of "Short Dick Man" originally done by 20 Fingers getting a fresh coat of paint from DJ Godfather. And finally, is a track I blindly stumbled into, sadly it has no info associated with it other than the title, "crunky" which is a little misleading as you won't hear this banging out the windows with anything with dubs on that bitch, but more likely to hear from your Prius driving, Aphex loving friends.

Here they are:

The Black Ghosts - Anyway You Choose To Give It (acoustic version)
Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head (Morgan Page Remix)
Sam Sparro - Black & Gold

Adele - Cold Shoulder (Rusko Remix)
Claude VonStroke - Groundhog Day (Rusko Remix)
Rusko - 2NAQ
Rusko - Jahova

Heavyfeet - Sick Like That f. Switch MC (Santiago & Bushido Remix)
20 Fingers - Short Dick Man (DJ Godfather Ghetto Tech Rmx)
crunky

enjoy!

Next time we'll have a new remix of the classic "I Got Five On It," some unavoidable but still dope Crookers, some new tracks from up-and-comers like Bombaman and the sure-to-set-things-on-fire Oliver $. Same bat-time, same bat-channel so don't sleep.

Memorial Day Post

Here are some tracks for those of you who have managed to escape grill duty this holiday week-end. I figured it's hard enough to digest eight hot-dogs, so these poppier tracks go down really easy...

Since the bandwidth at hotlinkfiles has evaporated quickly again, these files are up on media fire, so just follow the links:


Donnis - L.O.V.E. [Media Fire]
Kylie feat. MC Spank Rock - Heart Beat Rock (Benny Blanco Rmx) [Media Fire]
Telepathe - Chromes On It (Kingdom Rmx) [Media Fire]

Enjoy the long week-end!

Bits and Pieces

I thought I would post some clips from you all to use in your own music projects. Let's hope it inspires some of you to put down that last bite of your 4th cheeseburger or 5th hot dog this holiday week-end and power through the food coma before the 'meat sweats' start.

Anyway, I'll start with some drums bits. First is the loop that avoids the constant 4-4 drone, then there are some support bits including a fill, a build-up, and a breakdown (all recorded at 130 BPM):

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DrumBreakdown.aif


Then for those with a stranger/harsher/glitchier ear, here are some textures and noises to add a little depth:

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Have fun!

Dancehall Bo! Bo!

Today we have some weekend goodness for you coming from Toddla T's "Inna Di Dancehall" getting remixed by the Count and Sinden, plus Toddla taking on the remixing duties by updating Roisin Murphy's "You Know Me Better," along with dancehall queen Macka Diamond, and finally we have one more on the cheese-electro side (but still worth checking out) from Mochipet. [Side note: after our bandwidth limit at HotLinkFiles got maxed out faster than my credit cards, we started putting files up at Media Fire, so just follow the links...]

Toddla T - Inna Di Dancehall (Count of Monte Cristal & Sinden Remix) [Media Fire]

Roisin Murphy - You Know Me Better (Toddla T Rmx) [Media Fire]

Macka Diamond - Dandy Sandy [Media Fire]

Mochipet - Get Your Whistle Wet [Media Fire]


Enjoy...

Since it's been a little longer than I had planed on leaving you guys hanging, I decided to put up a few more tracks. This makes today's post a bit more eclectic too. First up, since the most popular tracks seem to be those of the "crazy-ass-hip-hop" variety, I am posting up a remix of Lil' Wayne's "Lollipop" from NYC's Kingdom (which I copped over at Bok Bok's blog, Lower End Spasm) and one from Bird Peterson. Next is some of the disco-electro madness that is ruling the world right now from the excellent Cryptonites. Then, as a good change of pace, is a song from one of my favorite labels for chilled-out and reflective electronica, Morr Music, by B.Fleischmann. Finally is some funky stuff from Michael Fakesch, who was half of the duo that was the insurmountably awesome Funkstorung and who is an awesomely nice guy on top of it all. The track is from his solo album Dos, and sounds like an updated and glitchy version of the R&B of the Prince era.

Lil' Wayne - Lollipop (Kingdom Remix)
Bird Peterson - Bills f. Mugsy Flowz
Cryptonites - Glow
B.Fleischmann - Frisky He Said
Michael Fakesch - Escalate

Enjoy!!