Trash Menagerie’s favorite boys from Barca, Buffet Libre, have been busy. In addition to sharing more remixes than we could consume in one sitting, they are kicking off a tour “Music Tastes Better With You”, starting in London. So feast your ears on some Das Pop, Go Team, Plastic Operator, Pomofofo, Shitdisco, Toxic Avenger, and Voxtrot, and catching them on the road, mixing up some beats in a club near you.

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DAS POP – Fool For Love – Gaetan Remix

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DAS POP – Fool For Love – Lupoo Remix

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Das Pop – Fool For Love Super 7 Remix

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Go Team – Grip Like a Vice – Mojib Remix

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GO TEAM – Grip Like a Vice – Night Facilities Disco Remix

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GO TEAM – Grip Like a Vice – Poj Masta Remix

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PLASTIC OPERATOR – Home 20207 – Eile Remix

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POMOMOFO – Back At The Club -Touristik Remix

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SHITDISCO – Reactor Party – Emotiquon mix

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SHITDISCO – Reactor Party – Plimsouls Cataclysmic Remix

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TOXIC AVENGER – Escape – Dareman Mix

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VOXTROT – Mothers Sisters Daughters & Wives – DW Dunphy Remix

BUFFETLIBRE DJ’S “MUSIC TASTES BETTER WITH YOU Tour 2008″

Buffetlibre Dj’s kick off their new tour “Music Tastes Better With You” in London on Saturday 2nd February. This “Grand Opening” will take place at the Casino Royale Club, held twice monthly in Barfly, Camden.

On this special occasion, they’ve cooked up a dish of spicy beats and bitter sweet pop, mixed with just the right dose of 80’s sounds.

This tour presents the new Verbena Selected session, in which Buffetlibre DJ’s have been joined by artists such as Simian Mobile Disco, Just Jack or Shitdisco in the making of the set, available for free download on their website http://www.buffetlibre.net

As a taster of this new tour, which will also be stopping off in Barcelona, Madrid and Paris among other cities, Buffetlibre have launched the competition “The greatest 250 T-Shirts in the world”. Before each event, everyone will have the chance to win one of t-shirts made by some of the top designers on the web.

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Lee Norman Williams has had a 20 year long obsession – One that started back when he was a young lad growing up in Bristol, England. Fast forward to today and his obsession has turned itself into a dance record label – No Love Lost Records, based in NYC and named in honor of Tony Wilson.

No Love Lost Records specializes in house, techno and electro artists, as well as signing brand new artists to the label proper. No Love Lost Records also has a nifty little side-project called, “The NLLR Mixtape Project”, which features new and upcoming artists and DJ’s to contribute exclusive mixes. Spanning all genres, there is something appealing for all (we quite like past artists, Lillica Libertine + Zombie Disco Squad). For their ninth guest, they’ve chosen an artist that we are quite keen on, CONGOROCK out of Italy, who was previously featured in November on TM, Congorock Goes it Alone.

Okay so this mix may not be as exclusive as say, London Dubstep artist Burial’s identity, but thanks much to Lee for passing this our way! An excellent mix of acid working well into fidget house. With a podcast coming in March, there are sure to be some exciting things on the platter for No Love Lost Records and The NLLR Mixtape Project in 08′!

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Congorock – NLLR Mixtape Project

01. DJ Blaqstarr – Shake It To The Ground (Claude Von Stroke Remix)
02. Lidell Townsell – I’ll Make you Dance
03. Unknown – Acid Side
04. Armando – 100% of Dissing You
05. His Majesty Andre – NRG555
06. D.I.M. – Is You (Brodinski Remix)
07. One Last Riot – We Make Acid
08. Jesse Rose – Wake Up
09. Hijack – No More
10. Bart B. More – Make Some Noise
11. Basement Jaxx – Take Me Back To Your House (Speakerjunk Remix)
12. Dub Pistols – Open (Trevor Loveys Remix)
13. Bloody Beetroots – Detroit (Ghetto Edit)
14. Skream – Midnight Request Line (Switch Remix)
15. Don Rimini – Let Me Back Up (Crookers Remix)
16. Curses – This Is The Way (Drop The Lime Remix)
17. Full Phat – Did Anyone Know (Detboi Remix)
18. DJ DLG – Paramount (Brabe Remix)
19. Crookers – Knobbers
20. Bloody Beetroots – We Are From Venice!

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We just received a nice little email from Spitzer telling us about the progress they’ve made in the past couple of months. For those Trash Menagerie faithful, you might remember the post we did on their first tunes a couple months ago. Well I guess the blog attention that they’ve received has thrust them into the sight-lines of some pretty high profile artists, most notably the renowned diva, Kylie Minogue, who has asked them to do a remix of her single, “In My Arms”. Well, they’ve been kind enough to provide us with said remix to give to you. Frankly, i feel that its the best thing they’ve done yet. Go Spitzer!

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Kylie Minogue – In My Arms (Spitzer rmx)

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The quintessential love motel evokes a string of images that come to mind; a near retro feel, pink tinted lights, wood paneled walls, shag carpet, mirrored ceilings, water beds, and perhaps a scantily clad girl in fish nets to complete the picture. The mood is perfected with sounds coming off the player by Geneva, Switzerland based group, Love Motel.

Three years after their critically acclaimed debut album “Après le paradis”, JP Kazemi and Stéphane Mercier, have returned with a 2nd LP, “Mind the Void”, bringing back something out of the 80’s with them. With Andres Garcia’s skillful production, he mixes glam rock guitars, booty bass and robotic rhythms, whilst keeping it contemporary.

“Invoking a full suite of portraits, Love Motel describes his 21st century through the eyes of a bunch of lost souls (wasted nerds, sadistic gigolos, repentant machos, TV addicts, sadistic gigolos, peroxide femme fatale’s, former dictators and naughty astronauts) looking for salvation. And while the portraits that he paints aren’t that pretty, his sexy musical performance as well as his dark and ironic lyrics transform Mind the Void into an hypnotizing, beautiful and menacing soundtrack of now.”
– Love Motel bio

Love Motel plays the exclusive Heidi parties and has worked with Detroit Grand Pubahs (remember their Sandwiches track? “You can be the bun, and I can be the burger girl, I know you wana do it and we can make sandwiches..”) on vocals for “Dial God USA”. They’ve been getting the love they deserve, having been remixed by several artists, including Leonard de Leonard, Water Lilly, Kaz, Shane Fontane, Cryptonites, Grum and Noise Maker. Listen to all of them on the Love Motel Motel Project remixes page.

Released at the end of October 2007 on Poor Records, “Mind The Void” is due for a late March release in France through La Baleine and is available on beatport and itunes. Cheers to Love Motel’s promoter, Stefan, for alerting me about the group and sending these remixes!! Stay posted for more on this unique, charming act!!

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Love Motel – Dial God USA (Leonard de Leonard Rmx)

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Love Motel – Nothing Hurts (Shane Fontane Rmx)

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Love Motel – Je Pleure (Noise Maker Rmx)

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Time Out Chicago editors weigh in on how blogs shape their worlds and name-check the sites they consider bookmark-worthy.

Clubs

Blogs have been nothing short of instrumental in the club-music universe in the last couple of years—witness the emergence of blog house, a term invented to describe the digital remix–sharing frenzy. With DJ-oriented MP3 blogs, the music files themselves can be DJ sets or track remixes, as well as original tracks that clubgoers and DJs can download and play at the club that night.

Discobelle.net DJs and fans of new club music around the world follow blogs like this to hear the next trend before it hits, bringing new styles and unsung classics to clubland faster than ever.

Trashmenagerie.com A small group of underground and industry insiders from Chicago (DJ Local Hero and Lovestar), New York and the U.K. contribute to this site, which features exclusive music from producer chums, alongside coverage of fashion and nightlife events. Inviting participation—it has a drop box for aspiring producers to leave their tracks—its critical function highlights unknown artists with potential. Trashmenagerie has broken out at least one act, Lillica Libertine, a teenage destruco-disco phenom, who released his first EP in January. DJs and producers also trade tracks, remixes and edits on secret, password-protected blogs—for added dance-floor freshness.

Everyoneisfamous.com, klickingandscreaming.com These Chicago-based nightlife photoblogs are an excellent way to find out if that club night you skipped was banging or boring, and whether a new venue is slick or just plain tacky.

—John Dugan

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As a bonus, here’s a stock photo of Mr. Foxxworthy after a recent 17 day ecstasy binge.

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