Just a short little lighthearted post this morning. A tiny bit of audio stimulation, and a series of fantastic visuals done for the EF language school, directed by Gustav Johansson, with typography by the talented Albin Holmqvist.
Once again, we present Melange, our weekly tribute to Saturday morning hangovers. The modus operandi is as follows: two videos, two great mixes and two older songs that I really dig. Keep it simple, stupid.
Julianna Barwick vs. Deaf Center - Magic Beginning Intro Brandy - Brandy (FM Fox's Nature Boy Rerub) Bombé - Solomon's Son Will Saul & Tam Cooper - Hi-Lo (Art Department Remix) PhOtOmachine - Technicolour (Throwing Snow Remix) Martyn & Mike Slott - All Nights Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You Flying Lotus - Melt! Bombé - Rumba Rustla Canblaster - Triple Ring (Magnum Remix) LV ft. Okmalumkoolkat - Boomslang (Bombé Bootleg) Monsieur Monsieur - Dirty Minded (Canblaster Remix) Paus - Mete as Mãos à Boca (Nguzunguzu Remix) Norrit - N Gbekinho (Martin Kemp Remix) Rainbow Arabia - Without You (Nguzunguzu Remix) Billy The Gent - Sweet Moombahton Shop WILDLIFE! - M16 vs. SLR ft. Sammy Dread (L-Vis 1990 Remix) Seiji - Whisky
1. Max Romeo - One Step Forward 2. Linval Thompson - Dreader Than Dread 3. Half Pint - Greetings 4. Ken Boothe - Is It Because I'm Black 5. Grace Jones - Night Clubbing 6. Lexxus (f. Flex from T.O.K.) - Spy 7. Baby Cham - Man and Man 8. Degree - Hoo Yeah 9. Beenie Man - Trouble Maker 10. Beatminerz (f. Cocoa Brovaz) - Extreme Situation 11. Prince Paul - Vexual Healing (Vacillation) 12. Sizzla - Fuss Ting 13. Sean Paul - Faded 14. Bushman - Mr. Gunin 15. Just Ice (f. KRS One) - Moshitup 16. PRT - Strictly Mash'ion 17. Thievery Corporation - Treasures 18. Sizzla - Explain to Almighty 19. Dennis Brown - Lightning and Thunder 20. The Maytals - 54 36 Was My Number 21. Yellow Man - Nobody Move 22. Prince Buster - Wreck a Pum Pum 23. Barrington Levy - Under Me Sensi 24. Linval Thompson - I Love Marijuana 25. Outkast - Spottieottiedopalicious 26. Gorillaz - Dracula 27. Pretenders - Private Life 28. Twilight Circus Sound System - Lightening Strike 29. Finley Quaye - The Emperor
Today will be a little different. There will still be a few mp3s, but I'm focusing on great mixes. To start this off, I just got to mention The Rub. Started by DJ Ayres in Brooklyn's Southpaw back in 02, it began as a night of hip hop. DJ Eleven was a guest for the first night of The Rub. Cosmo Baker joined in the partying shortly after and the three of them have been doing their thing ever since. However, doing shows isn't everything, they constantly put out new material for their fans and when they dropped the first edition of It's the Motherfucking Remix Vol. 1, it put The Rub at a worldwide level. The latest volume was released a few days before the start of 2010. Grab the mix on their site for free and a few of my favorite tracks below, enjoy! It's the Motherfucking Remix Vol. 3
You can show some love by buying a hard copy CD in The Rub Store
While on subject, DJ Ayres suggested that I mention another project they've been working on called the Hip-Hop History Mix. All I can say is that they ain't fucking around, Vol. 1 of this series goes all the way back to 1979 and Hip-Hop History 2002 Mix came out a few days ago!
In the recent past, I talked about John Roman, that incredibly talented Canadian DJ. Once again that's JOHN ROMAN, remember his name in 2010. Well in the past week he has finally released his Reclusion Mix and as expected it's banging! I can't wait till Sing is released, such a good song. In more recent news, I want all these songs.
The original song came out quite a while ago on Mad Decent records, but for some reason, the remix package just recently arrived. It features remixes from Buraka Som Sistema, Baobinga & I.D, MJ Cole, Kingdom, TRG and this one, which is my favorite. It is a well known fact that the label called Sound Pellegrino has been making a serious impact in the funky/tech/tribal/etc. house music scene with a wide variety of releases, each one crazier than the last. From 'Boriqua' to 'Peanuts Club' to 'Caked' to 'What is Guru', this label is aiming for the stratosphere, and beyond. Neat fact that not a lot of you might know: Sound Pellegrino was founded by none other than locally infamous Teki Latex (of TTC fame) and DJ Orgasmic (also of TTC). Some might talk down on the rotund frenchman, but he has a knack for predicting musical trends (they were the first to rap over electrocrunk beats). This remix is quite simply amazing: Teki preaching over one of the best songs of last year.
Same song, two different vibes. The Legend himself, Armand Van Helden, or the amazing Dutch duo, Bingo Players? Personally, I prefer the Bingo Players one. It fits the vibe of the lyrics and is a perfect early morning sing-a-long song to play in a club. Which one do you prefer? Let us know in the comments.
This came out last year, but it got almost no blog buzz, from what I can remember. That's a damn shame, because it is a fantastic remix. Melodic, moody and euphoric, this is the type of remix that Thin White Duke (a.k.a Jacques Lu Cont, a.k.a Les Rhythmes Digitales, a.k.a Man with Guitar, a.k.a extremely popular and prolific producer Stuart Price, who has produced for Madonna, Gwen Stefani, the Killers, etc) excels at. It kind of reminds me of his nigh-perfect remix of that Royksopp song that came out a few years ago.
Hometown heroes Malajube deserve all the critical acclaim that they get. If you haven't heard of them, this song is perhaps not the best introduction, but it is my favorite. I've heard their last two albums, and they are modern rock classics in my book, especially Trompe-l'Oeil. You'd really be missing out if you ignored this incredibly talented Montreal band that still only sings in French despite the fact that they tour worldwide. Support Quebec talent!
I'm getting a Gil Scott-Heron vibe from this, for some reason. Aloe Blacc is the past, present and future. Get familiar, bitches. Soul that trascends genres. Off of the brand new DJ Green Latern mixtape called 'How To Make It In America'. (Listen here!)
-MDMAwesome( who should really learn how to summarize instead of this stream of consciousness bullshit he does.)
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