Hey guys, Beetnik is back with a mixtape! Prepare to be properly entertained, obviously.
We’ve covered a few of his mixes in the past, and I believe we’ve mentioned that the track selection is top notch. “Canned Heat” is no exception: it’s got great drive, a few pleasant surprises, albeit some tracks clearly don’t fit — Civilization is a nice backdrop for an ad, but mixing it into a set must be a nightmare. Also, it sounds like Justice recorded it inside a can with a baby mic.
We’ll also meet Beetnik’s “Verona” again, who apparently gained a few pounds of goodness and might just be ready for a release (hint hint). And as for the mixing, which I might have criticized before — fear not, it has greatly improved, and don’t let the intro scare you.
Check Beetnik’s soundcloud for the tracklist, a bang0r-quality download and other goodies which we are too lazy to link here.
There has been some fuss about Tiga’s podcast being featured on BBC 6 Radio for some time now, and today was finally the day. “My Name Is Tiga” is in fact my favorite music podcast, thus it would have been a crime not to record it (to be honest, it actually might have been, I didn’t check). Tiga’s mesmerizing voice coupled with the finest selection of music, this time starting off with SD’s fantastic “Parralax” and introducing quite a few ZZT remixes was once again a triumph.
We’d like to congratulate Tiga on making the jump to a national radio station with his show, it sure as hell deserves it.
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Tracklist:
Shadow Dancer — Parralax
ZZT — Zzafrika (Julio Bashmore Remix)
Midland — Bring Joy
Crowdpleaser — Nenekri (Midnight Mike remix)
Renaissance Man — Stalker Humanoid
Clouds — Numbers
Hercules and Love Affair — I Cant Wait
Daniel Maloso — Caracol
Borderline — Stay
Marco Carola — Play It Loud
James What — About Love
Benoit & Sergio — Walk And Talk
ZZT — Zzafrika (Light Year & The Finger Prince Remix)
ZZT — Zzafrika (Gesaffelstein Remix)
Detroit Grand Pubahs — Autotragik (Terence Fixmer Remix)
Gesaffelstein — Hatred
Marcus Intalex — TB or Not TB
Rainbow Arabia — Boys & Diamonds
Cabaret Voltaire — Crackdown
Aphex Twin — Polynomial
Connan Mockasin — Forever Dolphin Love (Erol Alkan Remix)
Pop Will Eat Itself — The Fuses Have Been Lit
Matthew Dear — Slowdance
Shriekback — Lined Up (Disco Mix)
Babe, Terror — Epicentro (Duke Dumont Remix)
Tiga — Turn The Night On (Boys Noize Version)
Louis La Roche has been promising us an album for ages, and now it’s almost time. Today he released “Number One”, his last EP before the album singles, so the day we can finally hold the album in our hands can’t be that far away now, right? Right?
As for the EP, there aren’t many surprises: LLR continues producing solid French disco house, this time with the support by Patrick Alavi, whom you should already know by his hit track “Power”. The previews of the EP have been around for a while, and now that it’s released I’m still preferring “Number One” to the B-side, so that’s what I’m sharing with you today.
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Siriusmo is one of those musicians that are consistently great. No, really: I dare you to point out one bad or even mediocre record from his portfolio. Nope, can’t be done. He produces challenging, thoughtful, but also playful music I like to revisit on a regular basis – and given the amount of stuff produced in the electro scene on a daily basis since the first versions of FL, this is not something to be taken for granted. It’s also really hard to talk about his music in general, since it’s never straight-forward or exactly genre-fitting. It’s really, really good though.
The new EP “Feromonikon / Signal” gives us a taste of things to come, those things including, but not limited to his upcoming album “Mosaic”, which I’m looking forward to a lot. I’m literally saving up a few minutes per day and spend those looking forward to the album. Don’t believe me? Listen to the album version of “High Together”, which first appeared on “The Uninvited Guest” EP.
2011 is shaping up to be a good year. Buy the EP if you agree (it’s out as of.. well, today), after checking out the preview below.
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Nicolas Jaar. He’s had his share of PR in the past, but I only recently have been made aware of him by the one and only Tiga, who featured Jaar’s remix of Azari & III’s “Into the Night”. It blew me away, and I was quite excited when I heard he was releasing a debut album in February.
First, a few words about the recent Tiga podcast and the aforementioned Jaar remix: Go get them, they’ll take you on a deep, deep journey you’ll likely want to return to on more than one occasion. Tiga’s charm mixed with the most exciting selection of downtempo and techno make a most amazing return of the very much missed “My Name is Tiga”.
Now, “Space is only noise”, the album by Nicolar Jaar with the beautiful cover. I admit I know almost nothing about the guy except what I’ve read recently, which isn’t much: a young producer with a taste for ambiente and experimental electro, who has been discovered early and who by now owns his own label. Don’t let the word “experimental” turn you off, for Jaar actually pulls it off and delivers quite a few tracks that grab you immediately, “Variety” being one of those. It’s not often that you hear an acoustic guitar in an ambient/downtempo track, and in this case it sounds wonderful, with a pinch of a masterfully weaved in cuts of female vocals that make the track almost perfect. This is something I’d love to hear more of.
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You can grab “My Name is Tiga” 12.5 on the official site, as you should. As for “Space is only noise”, it will be coming out on February 14th, and if you liked “Variations” you should really consider getting it then. You know, for money.
This is a news post on something that isn’t particularly new or breaking, and yet not one blog I read has mentioned this even in passing. It must be just me who likes music (pretentious smile here).
The buzz I’m failing to create here with my words should be surrounding the new EP by the legendary Shadow Dancer, who have just uploaded a one-minute-preview of each track on their new “Murder Room” EP (while BNR has had them up for the last few weeks). There seem to be a lot of supporters mentioned on the soundcloud page of SD, and I’ll gladly sing along with this rather inarticulate choir (prime example: “Coool ep.” – by a magazine you probably shouldn’t read) to proclaim this to be my most-awaited release since, well, the “Golden Traxe” LP. Just like two years ago I have those one-minute-snippets stuck on repeat, eagerly waiting for January 24th when the record is coming out – on vinyl and beatport (and probably lots of other places as well. Digital distribution, yay for it).
While everyone seems to be jumping on the what-they-think-is-dubstep-wagon, those tracks are a welcome change from all the mediocrity almost everyone is excreting from their laptops.
He is the man with a heavy heart, stuff stuff, more stuff, OOH, SWEET SENSATION.
Maybe you’ve seen the video of this gem floating around, I myself have been pushing it pretty hard: this is probably the best thing I’ve seen in a long time: an authentic recreation of a British rave, by the looks of it maybe even a little too authentic. Back when clubbing was written with a capital C, when you didn’t get five to twenty for possession, when every weekend was filled with music you could dance to for hours without getting tired, that’s the time Blind Faith is about. The track is pure nostalgia after the factories of happiness, a happiness that leaves you with grinding teeth, a hangover and an ecstatic smile on your face.
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There is intelligent music, scattered pieces of art that make you feel, think, reflect.
And then there are bang0rz.
I’ll just pretend we’ve covered enough of the former and move to the latter: believethehype once again presents TSLA MUSIC, with Paul Tesla’s take on a more or less recent Marilyn Manson hit “The New Shit”. Remember Manson’s voice before he became a lovely, slightly depressed boy that he is now? Well, imagine that voice, accelerated beyond all speed limits, remove all the nonsense guitars and drums, and melody. Add insane kickdrums and bassline. A pinch of madness. Some salt. Ta-da! Simple. Pure destruction. Serious business.
While not the most elaborate thing TSLA (now “Paul Tesla” apparently) has produced, it is the most convincing to date. No need to complicate things. Simplicity is beauty – or, in this case, a big, ugly-ass track, running you over 122 times per minute.
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Remember Eumig & Chinon? Remember his rather amazing remix of “Get Me Out” by Camille Jones? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I urge you to take a look at our previous post on this wonderful guy from Copenhagen. While we were hibernating, E&C aka Christian Kastbjerg released a mix of “I Don’t Care” by Birk Storm, which I can’t believe I missed. Sweet Jesus, cut up vocals! Dear mother of God, dirty electro sounds! Well, you get the picture – it’s good. It’s even, dare I say it, exciting. You know what’s even more exciting (beside seeing Ellen Page in a movie hat is already being declared “the next Matrix”)? Christian creating his own label called Coy Boy Records and (gasp) releasing an EP. So what if most of the tracks have been around for months now – an EP still is a huge deal, and leaves us hoping for more stuff to come, maybe on a more frequent basis than before. It’s named “Crash”, it’s gonna be rad, and according to my thorough research (I clicked a link) it’s set to release tomorrow on iTunes.
In all seriousness, I consider E&C to be one of the most promising artists right now, and I really hope him managing a label won’t come in the way of a continuous release flow of fresh and genuinely interesting tracks. Christian reassured us that another EP is already planned and more remixes are on the way, so we’re keeping our fingers crossed.
Listen to “I Don’t Care (E&C Remix)” (it won’t be on the EP) and “FUMB” (it won’t be on the EP either) below.
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Also, embedded soundcloud previews, because everybody loves those (everything below will be on the EP).
You can follow E&C on twitter or his myspace. Or bandbase. Or his label site. Or on believethehype – because we’ll be keeping track. Apparently, he’s big in Denmark, and it’s a mystery to me why he isn’t getting more love outside of his country.
EDIT: Chris wrote in and kindly informed us that we were sleeping through our Eumig & Chinon class. The remix of “I Don’t Care” is actually two years old. Our apologies! Let us try and smooth things over with an awkward compliment: it aged quite well.
Today I’d like to put out some tracks I leeched off other blogs, received and otherwise found in the wild that impressed me.
“Keep Up” by Wahlström & Valiant is a track that has been on loop for me since I got it off Dödselectro – incredibly powerful and funky sound with retro-vocoded vocals, and it doesn’t get boring after a couple of listens. I also enjoy their other public track “Chun”, but unfortunately it’s not available for download so far.
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Dilemn, the French guy whom I still adore released not one, but two tasty remixes (and at least one more that I’m just gonna ignore); first of all, he worked his magic on “Runaway” by Faces and created something that is maybe a little outside of his usual work. Sure, there are still some very recognizable Dilemn samples in it we learned to love, but it sounds a lot fresher than his other recent stuff. Speaking of which, his remix of “Disco Megablaster” by Le Jad & Ks is definitely a more conservative track, but still very much enjoyable. Also make sure to check out the new video for “Modern Slave”.
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Now for something a little different from the usual believethehype content: “I Need A Dollar” by Aloe Blacc. Those who are watching the new HBO show “How To Make It In America” might be excited to hear the full version of the intro song, and those who don’t: please do. It’s amazing.
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Now, CocoRosie: if you don’t know those two sirens with beautiful voices and eccentric approach to electronic music, I urge you to to give “Tekno Love Song” a listen. Their new album is going to be breathtaking (May 11th), some songs like “Fairy Tale” are already on youtube (cover the actual video with a piece of paper). Very unusual track for those two, but also immensely enchanting. Pure beauty.
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Florian has finally released the collective work of Zombie Nation and Friends: a very sweet EP called “The Mind of Many”, featuring remixes by a lot of people (including MAMM). Now some might argue that the final product isn’t as good as some of the early sketches – you might still find them on soundcloud – but then again, everyone was invited to voice an opinion while the EP was in producing stages, and to those complaining today: the boat has sailed, guys. Shut the fuck up and enjoy the EP.
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And finally, something from grandma’s attic: “Blind Tiger” by Layo And Bushwacka!, featured on the Animatrix OST and also the best thing they have ever produced. Enjoy this slow, noir and chilled out piece, feel the beat, know your classics. And if you’re already familiar with it, make yourself a favor: listen to it one more time.
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