Woven From Fabric Of Win.

Today is Sunday. I'm sure you've got many better things to be getting along with so I'll keep it snappy. In fact, why don't you stick these on as you're doing whatever you're planning on doing this Sunday?

Saint Etienne - Spring (Air France Remix)
I haven't heard the original, but Air France definetely did a great job. Kicking back with this sublime remix may well make you blissfully happy. Take a deeper look into Air France's material for more dreamy, ambient jams; I highly recommend them.

Captain Planet - Lagos Speedway
I have had this song in my head all week, it's MASSIVELY catchy. As the man says himself, 'It’s a funky Afro-electro dancefloor killer that has been getting really good responses every time I play it'. 'Nuff said.

Joe & Will Ask? - Fabric Of Win

Joe & Will Ask? have dropped their usual sound on this one for a more conventional electro house sound whilst keeping their standard blips and bloops and it's pretty hot. A very, very danceable track with some tasty vocals for you when you really have to sing. Loving the synths and vocal syncopation.

Happy? Niice.

I'm A Business Man

I've got two weeks off! This means that I don't want to write that much and you don't want to read that much. There's been a fair amount of hype around these three; you might even say people have been raving about them. Ha ha ha.

But seriously, these three are fairly massive.

Crookers - Business Man (feat. Wiley & Thomas Jules) (Black Noise Means Business Remix)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)

Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People (Sub Focus Remix)

Happiness

What do you do when you're happy? Do you sit down and think about all the little thing you really appreciate? Do you nod your head to some super smooth beats? Do you dance around the house naked? People express happiness in different ways. Today I am particularly happy as I just banged out some essay I've been putting off for ages and tomorrow it is Friday. Here is some music which may or may not make you feel happy, or maybe you'll listen to it when you're happy and smile.

Kidda - Under The Sun (Hervé's Ain't No Sunshine Remix)
This is the kinda thing you'll hear at a summer dance festival and it is simply euphoric! Everyone around you will take off their tops, put on some shades and grin like fools as they jump up and down to Herve's self-claimed brand of Ghetto Bass.

Filewile - Number One Kid
Or maybe you prefer some oddball, electro hip-hop? Pretty smooth with a bit of wonk to balance it out. May cause you to dance in that ridiculous, quirky, awkward, robotic style that the post-trendy kids are doing.

Cooly G - Love Dub
Even smoother than the aforementioned. Smoother than clouds and marshmellows. This 26 year old lady has been crowned the queen of 'funkstep'; the lovechild of funky house and dubstep. A suitable theme tune for the effortless suave out there.

Salem - Skullcrush
Happy in a very, very niche way. You might be able to extract some weird, melancholy pseudo-happiness/sad-happiness out of this slow, abstract, electro-goth fuzz. I've actually been getting into a bit of Salem lately, but they are very obscure and pretty scary.

And there we have it. 'Til next time!

Lick The Fake Blood From Your Fingerrrr

I've been so busy lately so I won't be posting so frequently. Apologies but there's just too much to keep up with!

So, as I mentioned in my last post, Calvin Harris's new single 'Ready For The Weekend' (which I most certainly am now) received the remix treatment -already- from two pretty damn big names in club music - Fake Blood, who's identity was shrouded in mystery last time I heard, has he revealed it yet?.. and High Contrast, who has curly hair.

Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend (Fake Blood Remix)
Okay so, in my opinion, this one's the better of the two. It's just so much fun! Not a hell of a lot of the original has been kept in this remix mind you; sorry to disappoint if that's what you were hoping for. Some elements of the track remain but it seems almost as if it belongs to Fake Blood with Calvin Harris co-starring to raise the hype. You know what I mean? Sort of like when someone whacks a 'Where's my money?' into a song totally unnecessarily. Anyway, if you like thumping drums and bouncing bass, this is your thing. Oh and there's a cheeky little 'hands-in-the-air' trancey piano breakdown which everyone always loves, no matter how cheesy they get :) All in all, a very uplifting track.

Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend (High Contrast Remix)
After all my praise of Fake Blood's rendition, you might not be expecting this to be much good. It's still pretty good. At first, it seems as if we've lost the good times vibe of the original with the intro and the weird vocal tweaks but we're reassured as soon as the piano kicks in after being teased with that drum beat surfacing out of the depths. The first half of the track, in my opinion, is fairly mediocre. However, you'll (quite obviously) notice that halfway through, the driving bassline drops again and gathers a lot of more power. I found the momentum of this was satisfying enough to take me through the rest of the song without any qualms. Enjoyable.

Bonus Track:

Discovery - Osaka Loop Line

Introducing Discovery - one half is the keyboardist of Vampire Weekend, Rostam Batmanglij, the other being the lead singer of Ra Ra Riot, Wes Miles. Together, they make synth-abundant electro pop. Osaka Loop Line is my favourite off their new LP. We start off with deep, booming (yet not aggressive) synths with a dreamier, playful layer swirling about the track. Pair this with the sing-song vocals of Wes Miles and you've got a very addictive listen. Eventually, we progress into a glitchy breakdown and a melancholy conglomeration of various sounds to finish.

Wonderful, enjoy all your summers.

I am a DJ. I am what I play.

Today, I thought it would be nice to allow you to take the opportunity and solidify your collection of electro music with one of the biggest names in the industry: Soulwax.

Soulwax are a Belgian duo who dabble in rock as much as they do electro. They've been around since '95 and they're headed by Steve and Dave Dawaele and they've had numerous members in the past. The Dawaele brothers also produce under the monikers of 2 Many Djs (just the Dawaeles), which you may well have heard of as they have done numerous mash-ups and remixes.

Anyway, I'm sure you've had enough of reading this boobah, here's the music:

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (Soulwax Re-Edit)

It takes a lot of skill to remix classics like this, as I've said before. But Soulwax, classy as fuck, pull this off with finesse as usual, bringing it right into the 21st century.

Lords Of Acid - I Sit On Acid (Soulwax Remix)

Sexual in an obvious way. You'll find yourself humming this sooner or later.

Soulwax - Krack

One of the band's original tracks. This one's addictive - like crack, you might say. The band's got a lot of rock-orientated stuff too that you should check out, this is just one of many.

Here's something new from a duo named T.E.D.D. who make innovative club bangers. This one is a lot smoother than some of the stuff you hear floating around and reeks of nostalgia in the best way possible, check it out:

T.E.D.D. - Dreamin'

Niiiiiice, well, see you next time.

"Loooouuud Noiises"

These songs are (for the most part) quite disgusting, I'll leave you to decide whether that's in a good way or a bad way:

Late Of The Pier - Focker (Boys Noize Terror Re-Did)
Seriously good party song if you like that crazy little bit at the end of Focker.

Jayou - Western Jam (Jayou's Gone East Remix)
Lil' remix of Chase & Status's big hit. Basswise, it gets more exciting nearer the end of the tune.

Boyz Noise - Shine (Shadow Dancer Remix)
General electro distortion, complete with bleeping synths and that.

Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone (Doorly Remix)
Doorly absolutely tears the song apart at the chorus.

La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream Remix Last Japan Re-Edit)
Sounds just like the original remix until about halfway, where it still sounds like the original remix, just on steroids.

Joe And Will Ask? - Surge
Joe And Will Ask are perfect examples of (as mentioned below) supercharged electro. Speakers up.

Joe And Will Ask - Claymore
Again.

Fake Blood - Mars (Herve Re-Fix)
Herve turns this rumbling beast into an even more dancefloor friendly rumbling beast.

Adele - Hometown Glory (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)
Like slapping someone in the face while they're sleeping.

Foreign Beggars - Hit That Gash (DJ Primecut's Itchy Naan Re-Rub)
Like scraping a killer robot's face against a chalkboard. Possibly my favourite remix name ever too.

After I listen to these kinda songs for a while, my brain starts to fry. Thankfully, on the other, less disgusting side of the electronic music spectrum, we have Metronomy and Breakbot:

Metronomy - A Thing For me (Breakbot Remix)

Ahhhhh...