I’m pretty picky about my mixes, usually favoring to post individual tracks rather then an hour and a half of bangers. With laptop producing and the insane amount of mixing ability available to everyone, a mix really has to stand out and have some character.
This one does, sent to me a few days ago by CLAKSAARB from the bay area.
CLAKSAARB- Step Once, Think Twice (Live In SF 11-07-09)
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For track listing follow the jump.
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An avid reader may have noticed the new Fake Blood remix of Hot Chip is listed in the tracklisting for the NYE Jack Beats mix. For some this is not terribly exciting, one more remix of dependable indy pop by dependable blog house. For others this is the high point of the week as there are certain names you search for over and over again, waiting for a new remix to come out. Some of the hottest artists in the world have only released five mp3’s but get blogged about constantly and feverishly.
Hot Chip- Touch Too Much (Fake Blood Remix)
Fake Blood is one of these names. And like most of the prolific producers and DJ’s there are a lot of other names involved. Theo Keating in the man behind the music but you may remember him from his slight commercial success as one half of The Wiseguys an eclectic British hiphop duo that released two songs as commercials for Mitsubishi and Budweiser. Quickly forgotten but worth listening to, especially for any Fatboy Slim/Big Beat fans still left.
The Wiseguys- Start the Commotion
The Wiseguys- Ohh La La
A few years later and Touché might catch your eye as his DJ name, most famous in the new electro-blog stratosphere for the remix of Kissy Sell Out’s “Her”.
Kissy Sell Out- Her (Touché Remix)
Fil Ok- Wink Wink (Touché Remix)
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Cut Copy, Presets, Kill the Noise, South Rakkas Crew, Toxic Avenger
All in about a month. Suddenly Portland is on the map for electro music. And I could never be happier. See what it is all about.
South Rakkas Crew- Mad Again (Fake Blood Remix)
South Rakkas Crew- Mad Again (Emynd’s More on the Floor Remix)
Carry Feelings (feat. T.O.K.)
South Rakkas Crew- AUSTRALIAN PROMO MIX
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Duke Dumont is one of the most anticipated producers and DJ’s in the fidget house/ghetto house scene. As the major electronic albums keep flopping this year (Goldfrapp, Miss Kittin, Underworld) the young up and comers hold all the eyes. But even the hot young talents are still a somewhat questionable force with a only a handful of remixes and solo tracks released. The wait is antagonizing, we want Kissy Sell Out’s full length! We want Duke Dumont’s, Sinden’s, Fake Blood’s actual albums!
For now here are some hot to trot songs:
Hoy!- Duke Dumont Extremely rhythmic & building with a nice sample of an Indian trumpet over African sounding drums.
Feltham (The Borstal Beat) with it’s strangely catchy melody of an english girl talking over over a soccer anthem that turns very bassline.
Run It- EPMD (Duke Dumont Remix) Well done, “normal” hip hop with a bit of a boost from the Duke.
Mystery Jets- Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont Deconstruction) If you need proof that electro artists can be interesting and deeper then a banging beat here is a little bit of emotional build up and some extreme versatility.
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[If you called me/text messaged me directly after the DJ Assault show I did not receive your message as I savagely broke my phone to my great dismay. Event review coming very soon & please try to call me again.]
In other news:
After Kissy Sell Out dropped Player Player’s “Lonely” in a podcast bloggers everywhere spread the love and this hype was translated into a loving Pitchfork review for Player Player’s take on “Mars”. Expect to see these songs popping up in your local club as these two cats have already played along side The Crookers, The Klaxons and Erol Alkan making it likely the US will finally take notice.
Player Player- Lonely
Fake Blood- Mars (Player Player 95 Jump Mix)
MR Dobalina (Player Player Remix)
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One of my favorite dance music blogs You Can Call Me Pelski just posted a massive post on Trevor Loveys, one of the key fidget house producers/DJ’s in the world. This is a great blog, not just for a wealth of downloads (two of which found there way in my set tonight) but for being a fairly deep step into the genre. Another joke name that caught on, unlike “Nu Rave” this music has long lasting dance floor stability.
(Photo from a Duke Dumont show)
Here are the three more tracks that I would say help define Fidget, more on the Ghetto/vocal side.
Sawtooth Sucka- Back in Town
Unkle- Restless (Fake Blood Remix)
Duke Dumont- Lean and Bounce
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