Higher State

Today I thought I would hit you all with a few reworkings of Tiga and Zombie Nation's project, ZZT. Of course the versions included on the original release from Tiga's Turbo Recordings including the remix from the ever unavoidable Justice, plus as an added bonus I included the Delete remix plus the Neon Coyote mash-up of ZZT with Daft Punk I found over at Red Threat.

ZZT - Higher State Of Consciousness (OriginalMunichVersion)
ZZT - Higher State Of Consciousness (Justice Remix)
ZZT - Higher State Of Consciousness (Delete Remix)
Neon Coyote - Higher State Of Life (ZZT vs. Daft Punk)

And for those of you with an incurable appetite for tunes of the wobbly and bassy "wonk" variety here's the awesome Jack Beats remix of Boy 8 Bit's "Fog Bank" from the boys at Trouble & Bass:

Boy 8 Bit - Fog Bank (Jack Beats Remix)

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Daft Punk Teachers Lesson 2

This class brings us five more of the gurus who helped form the French Touch sound by influencing Daft Punk. We have updated versions (three of 'em!) of Paul Johnson's classic "Get Down," along with tracks from Louie Vega with Kenny Gonzalez (as part of Masters At Work), a couple from soul / R n B house legend Roy Davis Jr., and finally a remix of Dominica's "Gotta Let You Go" by DJ Tonka. Get your notebooks ready 'cus here's today's lesson plan:

Get Down (Laidback Luke Booty Remix)
Get Down (Charlie Fanclub Remix)
Get Down (Executioner rmx)

Masters At Work - Work (Radio Edit)
Masters At Work - Like A Butterfly (You Send Me)

Roy Davis Jr. - Join His Kingdom
Roy Davis Jr. - All I Do

Dominica - Gotta Let You Go (DJ Tonka Remix)

Pencils down...

Sample Source Sunday #3

For those of you here in Chicago, we had near perfect weather today. It's one of those times where the clouds part and the sun shines and starts the upside of this city's bipolar seasons (we only get two seasons here, summer and winter, or construction season and pothole season if you've heard the joke), and reminds us why we tough it out for a long winter.

This kind of weather makes me want to sit out in the sun with a beer and listen to laid back tunes. So, for this week's Sample Source Sunday I did a little tailoring to include a track from a funky laid back house king, Ian Pooley. I also included the italo disco / horror film theme song from Goblin that inspired Justice's song "Phantom" you might have seen up earlier on Missingtoof.


Ian Pooley - 900 Degrees
Shalamar - Make The Move
Rene and Angela - I Love You More

Justice - Phantom
Goblin - Tenebre


Go out and enjoy the weather this week if you can!
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Daft Punk Teachers - Lesson 1

Today I thought I would kick off a new idea I had a little while ago. Daft Punk paid homage to their influences with a track they called 'Teachers' from their 1997 debut album Homework. They simply listed off people they feel have had a big impact on their sound, but rather than merely typing out this list with a brief bio, why not post the songs and let you hear this impact for yourselves.

For lesson one, I tracked down some material from four of DP's teachers: DJ Funk, DJ Deeon, DJ Hell and Ashley Beedle. The first two artists are ghetto tech legends (at least around here in Chicago), the sound of hard 909 beats and raunchy lyrics that would make Luke Skyywalker blush are hard to miss. DJ Hell's German techno background is obvious when listening to his music, he has held residencies at Tresor and has releases on !K7 records dating back to the early '90s. And lastly is Ashley Beedle, who has recorded under several other names (e.g. X-Press 2) and has a strong pedigree as a disco/deep house producer. I also included a track with crazy beat-poet cum rapper, Saul Williams, that Ashley Beedle produced with Ross Allen.


DJ Funk - No Bold Head Bitch
Let There Be Light (DJ Funk RMX)

DJ Deeon - Gimme Head

DJ Hell - Control

X-Press 2 - Enjoy The Ride
Ashley Beedle f. SaulWilliams - Murderer Style (ClapOutVocalMix)


Happy listening!

Sample Source Sunday #2

Here is the second installment of Sample Source Sunday. This time it's a little more eclectic. We're covering Dee-Lite's disco house classic 'Groove is in the Heart,' then we jump to Missy's 'The Rain' which draws heavily on an old school disco joint from Eruption (who are pictured above, where did they get those outfits?!), and finally we have one that inspired Basement Jaxx's 'Where's Your Head At.'

As before, the sample source follows the original...


Dee-Lite - GrooveIsintheHeart
Vernon Burch - GetUp [just a short clip...sorry!]
Herbie Hancock - BringDownTheBirds [the bassline comes from Herbie, another clip tho]

Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain

Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At
Gary Numan - M.E.

Have a good week!

Junior Boys

Today I thought I would push some tracks I dug up and are something a little different. Junior Boys has a much calmer sound than the stuff I usually post. It reminds me a lot of Mum or The Notwist (who I hear has a new album coming out soon) with a lot of lush sounds and strong melodies, but that still maintain a very fresh and uncluttered vibe. Now most days, I totally groove on the crazy and frenetic power-wonk, but sometimes you need a change of pace.

Junior Boys also has a pretty solid track record for remix work also, and have also handed the mixing desk over to other inspired groups in turn. First up is Hot Chip's reworking of 'In the Morning' from the Dead Horse EP. Next is their efforts shining through on Stars 'Sleep Tonight' followed by one of their tracks from the 'So This Is Goodbye' album. Last and certainly far from least is Junior Boys lending a hand to another of my favorite chill-out groups, Mobius Band (maybe it's because I'm a total math nerd).

In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix)
Stars - Sleep Tonight (Junior Boys Remix)
Junior Boys - First Time
Mobius Band - The Loving Sounds Of Static (Junior Boys RMX)

Enjoy

Sample Source Sunday #1

This week I thought I would kick off 'Sample Source Sunday' by posting up the tracks that inspired the ones we know. Since most of us never see liner notes these days (not passing judgement, just stating a fact) we start to lose the connection to the previous generation of music.

Included this week is music from Thomas Bangalter (seen here in a rare picture of the man behind the shiny helmet) both from his solo project and from Daft Punk, plus music from Modjo.

Here are the tracks followed by the sample material:

Thomas Bangalter - Club Soda
Starpoint - I Just Wanna Dance With You

Daft Punk - Robot Rock.mp3
Breakwater - Release the Beast

Modjo - On Fire
Cerrone - Rocket in the Pocket

Enjoy!

Friday Night Frenzy

I figured I would post up a few tracks I've been digging on lately. They seem to slip into a awesome niche between most genres, so I just call it crazy-ass-hip-hop. Some of the tracks were found on others blogs, and some found the old fashioned way. For those scavenged from others blogs, the tags were left alone, so the source will be obvious when loaded into your laptop boom-box of choice...

If you haven't heard the Boys Noize remix of Snoop's latest, it's got a great vibe for transitioning between party jams and fidget house. It starts with trippy repitched vox and gradually builds to an electro romp you would expect from Boys Noize.

Next is a XXXChange remix of Santogold's "L.E.S. Artistes", it's a funky chilled-out number that has a pretty solid vibe.

After that is more BBC action with Spanckrock tearing it up with the Chemical Bros on "Keep My Composure." This is a lock, 'nuff said!

Finally, is one from relative newcomers DJ Edjotronic & Spoek whose other-realm joints can hold their own next to the Spank-ro crew.

SexualEruption (BoysNoizeRemix)
L.E.S. Artistes (XXXChange Remix)
The Chemical Brothers f. Spankrock - KeepMyComposure
DJ Edjotronic & Spoek - Dirty Hard

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