Mini Viva are two lovely ladies from the Northwest part of the United Kingdom who have a love for Tokyo. So much so, the duo created the tune, “I Left My Heart In Tokyo“, to show their affection for the amazing metropolis. In October 2008, World’s Finest Records put out a limited 10″ single of “I Left My Heart In Tokyo”, with a Fred Falke dub mix on the a-side and instrumental mix on the b-side, complete with beautiful Japanese styled package design. A 12″ consisting of two more fantastic remixes by Treasure Fingers and LA duo, Acid Girls followed. I like how Acid Girls took the bassline, (which typically may be found mid-song), and placed it in the beginning. The remix kicks from the start. The LA boys also got a nod in The New Yorker recently. Big tings!!

Catch Mini Viva at the two-day Camden Crawl event, 24 and 25th of April, and check the dates below for upcoming Acid Girls gigs.

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Mini Viva – Left My Heart In Tokyo (Fred Falke Dub Mix)

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Mini Viva – Left My Heart In Tokyo (Acid Girls Remix)

Acid Girls Gig Dates

Apr 9 2009 10:00P AITBF at FABRIC w/SMD, Ebony Bones, Casper C & more at Fabric, London
Apr 10 2009 10:00P Social Club at Social Club, Paris
Apr 11 2009 11:45P Dry Guillotine w/Duke Dumont/Hannah Holland/Mikix The Cat at Maria, Berlin
May 1 2009 11:45P CONTROL w/Jokers Of The Scene at The Avalon, Hollywood
Jun 12 2009 8:00A Electro Pop at unk, Azusa

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Worship is an artist from Geneva, Switzerland (almost France though!). He’s part of the roster of On The Fruit Records, which we mentioned some time ago in connection with label boss Franck aka Freak You.

While Freak You has clearly made a big impression on some of us, Worship has left a big footprint on Beatport (apparently making On The Fruit Records one of the best selling labels in the section indie dance). I am totally feeling his “Dome trilogy” but when I checked his myspace the other day, a new song called “Born Live Die” just made me forget everything around myself. It’s an epic synth tune that’s as diverse as life itself. The track is born into a mellow intro, it picks up speed and races and pumps through the world just to fall apart slowly in a huge cheesy sunset at the end.

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Worship – BornLiveDie

This is as beautiful as life can be. Buy Worship’s “The Dome” on Beatport.

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Red, Gold, and Green

Marking the 3rd installment of the Trash Menagerie feature “Trash In the Bassment,” here is the best in bass from the month of March! Culled from a variety of blogs (including our own), music I’ve purchased, as well as the occasional exclusive, you’re bound to be buried in low-end frequencies.

Links to song downloads at their original blog post are available in the tracklist, and songs are available for purchase at your local web-based record store. This mix was mixed live using black Technics 1200 MKII’s, a Pioneer DJM-400, and Traktor Scratch Pro.

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The Crooked Clef – Trash In the Bassment Vol. 3

01. Hello – AC Slater
Rock It Out E.P. available on Beatport
02. In The Death Car (Vocal Mix) – 16Bit
In The Death Car E.P. available on Juno Download
03. Radar (Sukh Knight Remix) – Riz MC
Available on Juno Download
04. Godzilla – Egyptrixx
Available on Beatport
05. Rumours And Revolutions – Zomby
Available on Beatport
06. Township Funk (TRG Remix) – Mujava
Via Curb Crawlers
07. Promises (Roska Remix) –Darkus Beat Company
Available on Juno Download
08. That Mystic – Kingdom
Exclusive. Latest Mix Via Lower End Spasm
09. Bongo Jam (L-Vis 1990 & Bok Bok’s Refix) – Crazy Cousinz
Via Trash Menagerie
10. Killa Sound – DJ Zinc feat. Nolay
Via Digital Bag
11. Zulu King – Mikix The Cat
Movin’ Around Single Via Trash Menagerie
Movin’ Around E.P. Available on Beatport
12. Backlash (Raffertie’s Bigger Bass Remake) – The Scarlet Harlots
Via Electric Zoo
13. In 4 the Kill (L-Vis 1990 RIP Hyper Bass Remake) – La Roux
Via Curb Crawlers
14. Gone Too Far feat. Sizzla (Buraka Som Sistema Remix) – Dre Skull
Available on Beatport
15. Go Round Payola (Matt Shadetek Bye Haters Remix) – Jahdan Blakkamoore
Via Dutty Artz
16. Don’t Wife Dat – Deadly
Via Highness
17. Inflation – Crazy Cousinz
Via Curb Crawlers

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I’ve been following Swiss dj/production duo Round Table Knights for the past year and a bit, but to be honest, I’ve been holding back. Not sure if it’s because I didn’t get what they were doing or perhaps fully appreciate the crazy embracing lots of kinds of sounds that in theory I should love, but in reality baffled me. Hip hop, indie pop and italo disco – what? It shouldn’t be that hard to fathom, but there you go!

I burned myself with tracks such as “Freaks from Desire” (yes, a reworking of Gala’s “Freed from Desire”), which I’m sorry, split the world into two. Still the boys pump out some wicked remixes and came out with a belter of a tune last year with “Hold Me Back“, which was remixed by The Bulgarian and was featured on Trash last year. Fucking bring it on!

RTK are currently on the last leg of their USA tour, ending in San Franciso on 3 April at the Rickshaw Stop. I reckon seeing them live will be a good one, not least recommended by the parties they’ve rocked at (Sonar, SXSW, etc) or the people they’ve knocked elbows with (TTC, Beastie Boys, Holy Ghost!, Spank Rock, Coco Rosie, Justice, Modeselektor, Simian Mobile Disco, Soulwax, M.I.A, Crookers, Poni Hoax, etc).

Not to name drop or anything, right?

Round Table Knight’s Winter Mix 2009 dishes up some stripped down minimalist and tribal house, taking me back to the sweaty, smoke-filled blacked-outclubs in Berlin I was partying in a month ago. Music’s been a little bit brash lately, and it’s a relief to go back to the basics.

Get stuck in to this one.

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Round Table Knights – Winter Mix 2009

Round Table Knights Winter Mix 2009
01. Loco Dice – M Train To Brooklyn
02. Woolfy Vs Projections – Return Of Starlight (Invisible Conga People Remix)
03. Jagged – Langenthal
04. Robert Dietz & Markus Fix – Sunshower
05. David Kena – Discoteca
06. Mowgli – Pa Po Pon (Nat Self Remix)
07. Jesse Rose – Touch My Horn
08. Mastiksoul – Cumbia De Bogota
09. Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner – Tromp It
10. El Guincho – Kalise (Round Table Knights Remix)
11. Consistent – Midnight Blend (Oliver $ Remix)
12. Matt Star – Kuhle Fliege (Hugo Remix)
13. Analogik – Hov (The Menu Sarracen Remix)
14. DMX Krew – Bad Boy
15. Chad VanGaleen – TMNT Mask
16. The Whitest Boy Alive – High On Heels
17. Hot Chip – One Pure Thought (Geese Remix)

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Rob da Bank gives us plenty of reason to tune into his show on BBC Radio 1, ‘Rob da Bank and Friends‘, which he describes as, “A higgledy piggeldy romp through music’s underground and leftfield, from folky noodlings to boshing Russian techno and Brazilian dubstep.” – The Independent.

On 9th March, Rob gave us a nice 2 hour window of time, to soak up some of the tracks that are on the minds of two of France’s golden boys, producer Fred Falke and Ed Banger’s, Pedro Winter. Fred throws it down with some new tunes and Pedro shows us he’s not all banger’s and mash.

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Rob da Bank’s Double Decker – Fred Falke & Pedro ‘Busy P’ Winter

Fred Falke – BBC Radio 1 2009.03.09
01. Aphrodite – I Want To Live (Fred Falke edit)
02. Hans Zimmer – Great Boat Race (Fred Falke edit)
03. Kleer – I Love To Dance (Fred Falke edit)
04. Todd Rundgren – Love Is The Answer (Fred Falke edit)
05. Sugababes – Girls (Fred Falke remix)
06. Digitalism – Apollo-gize (Fred Falke remix)
07. Filthy Dukes – This Rythm (Fred Falke remix)
08. Will Young – Grace (Fred Falke remix)
09. Fred Falke feat Tef Balmert – Chicago
10. VHS or Beta – Burn It All Down (Fred Falke remix)
11. Fred Falke – Ampkiller

Busy P – BBC Radio 1 2009.03.09
01. Bullion – Get Familiar
02. Kid Cudi – Day And Night
03. Santogold – Lights Out (Dj Mehdi remix)
04. Erykah Badu – Honey (Seiji Remix)
05. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Rich
06. Maurice Fulton – My Gigolo
07. Dj Mehdi – Tunisia Bambaata
08. Busy P – Rainbow Man
09. Clark – See See
10. Esg – Ufo
11. Lopazz – F**k Me!
12. Cut Copy – Hearts On Fire (Holy Ghost Remix)
13. Chromeo – Waiting For You (DJ Mehdi Mix)
14. Sh*t Robot – Dondolo
15. Black Science Orchestra – Save Us (Motorcitysoul Remix)
16. Sam Sparro – 21st Century Life (Dj Mehdi Secret Disco Dub)
17. Maw feat India I Can’t Get No Sleep
18. Djedjotronic – Horrorklub
19. Boys Noize – Shine Shine

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Swiss DJ/producer duo Cryptonites have locked themselves up in their studio where they are spending most of their free time (i.e. weekends) working on their new EP “Boots Electric” (working title) and some remixes.

Cryptonites have just finished a remix for Australian band Polygon Palace.  Some of the remixes that should be released soon are the following ones:

Lions At Your Door: LAYD (Cryptonites Remix) on Gash Digital
Nightriders: Into The Spotlight (Cryptonites Remix) on OMG! Records
Grafton Primary: Allstars (Cryptonites Remix) on Sonic Constructions

Every once in a while they realize they should stay in touch with the world and friends and so they send out snippets to friends in 96kbps to make up for their antisocial behavior and think they can get away with it…

When they are in a good mood and feel generous, however, they put together a nice mixtape, like the one they sent me some days ago.

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Cryptonites – March 09 Mixtape

Cryptonites are DJing with Surkin in April in Bulle, Switzerland and with Ponybomb in Warsaw.

Give them some love here.

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