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Despite my current obsession with dance and pop music from Australia, I never find the time to post all the good stuff that comes through from the big island down under. I just can’t keep up.

Still, I don’t want you guys to miss out on these tunes (if you haven’t leeched them from other blogs yet), so I’m doing a round-up of the last couple of weeks:

Our first one here comes courtesy of Beaufort who are about to release a movie called “Tiger”, which – apparently – is about two models in Tokyo.

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Beaufort – Kraken

Speaking of Tokyo: according to Polygon Palace they built a time machine in the capital of Japan. Crazy. Here are two equally awesome remixes of “Tokyo Getaway” by producer of the moment Cassian (also from Australia) and my fellow Swissies Cryptonites.

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Polygon Palace – Tokyo Getaway (Cassian Remix)

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Polygon Palace – Tokyo Getaway (Cryptonites Remix)

Please also listen to the original song, which is a bit more mellow but should keep the kids of Australia jumping in hot summer nights.

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Polygon Palace – Tokyo Getaway

Moving on to the next moment, this track by Get Stellar is an indie pop gem.

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Get Stellar – The Moment (Extended Edit)

But the remixes by GLOVES and Def Starr are truly beautiful with a wonderful (signature) bassline (the former) and great synths (the latter).

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Get Stellar – The Moment (GLOVES Remix)

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Get Stellar – The Moment (Def Starr Remix)

I’ll end this round-up with the uberhit right now (at least on my soundsystem):

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Dragonette – Pick Up The Phone (Michael Van She Remix)

Dragonette – of course – are not from Australia. But Michael of Van She (aka Arithmatix)  is, so this remix totally fits in this post.

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Criminally overdue, I offer you a near-perfect Friday night pre-funk mix from the brilliant selektah DJ King Pop out of New York City. This is the first in a series of non-dj curated mixes from DJ King Pop, this one from art collective Confetti System. As described on their website, Confetti System is:

“Nicholas Andersen and Julie Ho, a duo working as artists, stylists, and designers. Their friendship, love of communal celebration, and craft making has brought them together to create a new system.The system is a collection of objects born from simple materials. Tissue paper, cardboard, and silk are transformed into interactive objects that create a point of focus where memories can be made and a spontaneous collaboration between themselves and the viewer is sparked. CONFETTI SYSTEM occupies the space that exists between the ephemeral and the permanent and aims to evoke a sense of nostalgia and lighthearted fun.”

Adeptly working through Hip-Hop’s bounce and Dubstep’s growl at the outset, King Pop finishes with a seamless transition to today most compelling iterations of House music in the underground scene. Clocking in at just under 25 minutes, the pace and scope of this mix is artfully swift and digestible. Look to a particularly transportive transition from Louisiana Ca$h to Basement Jaxx’s unequivocal “Scars”. Do enjoy.

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DJ King Pop – Curated: 1 – Confetti System

01. King Pop/Slim Thug/Jay-Z – Swagga Intro
02. Swagga – Excision, Datsik
03. Apocalypse Theme (12th Planet & Flinch Remix) – Dave Nada
04. Eastern Jam – Chase & Status
05. Don’t Stop Looking (High Rankin Remix) – Alex Roots
06. Walk Wit A Dip – Louisiana Ca$h
07. Scars ft. Kelis, Meleka, & Chipmunk – Baement Jaxx
08. Higher – Breakage
09. Shock! (Nero Remix) – Stereo:Type
10. Dope – T-Pain & Shawnna
11. Fever (Mowgli & Bagheera Remix) – Cascada
12. Keep It Goin Louder feat. Nina Sky (Diplo Remix) – Major Lazer
13. Sha, Shtil! – Gucci Vump
14. Afro Nuts (Douster Remix) – Yolanda Be Cool
15. Da Style Deh (Douster Remix) – Busy Signal
16. Right Hand Hi (Kingdom Remix) – Kid Sister
17. Paypur – Udachi & Jubilee
18. Paypur ft. Daytona (Nick Catchdubs Remix) – Udachi & Jubilee
19. Popular Demand (Popeyes) feat. Camron – Clipse

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Sometimes there’s just too much good new music out there for me to really care. And then one track comes around that catches my attention. Here is my track of the day:  SymbolOne, inventors of the infamous Love Juice, have given “Much Better” by Irish duo Deadbots that extra portion synth that I like so much.

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Deadbots – Much Better (SymbolOne Remix)

Listen to the original tune too:

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Deadbots – Much Better

The “Much Better” EP is going to be out digitally on Satan’s Circus Records in late February/early March and available at Beatport and other outlets.

Expect  more remixes by Hystereo and others.

And while you wait for the release, give Deadbots and SymbolOne some virtual hugs!

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Here’s a release that I’ve been waiting for (or rather: longing for) for quite some time: Lisbon-based collective and label Discotexas are releasing their “Forbidden Cuts” today. The EP features three tracks by Moullinex, Xinobi and Rockets. You should recall the latter from a post on these pages.

I can only speculate about the origins of the title but this is dangerously addictive stuff from a wonderful crew that is now making their way from the blogs to some of the coolest labels in dance music: While Moullinex is getting his full-length ready for Gomma, Xinobi’s “Day Off” is finally seeing a proper release on Work It Baby soon and Rockets debut 12″ is going to be released by Alavi’s RoXour!

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Moullinex – Lover In Me

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Xinobi – Valsa in NJ

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Rockets – Running To You

It’s their love for details, the warmth in their tracks, awesome production, and – of course – their ability to make people dance that makes me want to proclaim a new genre right now. No more French touch, this is Portuguese house!

Go to Discotexas’ website to purchase “Forbidden Cuts” and give these guys some love on their myspace sites!

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So this internet thing might achieve the impossibility of simultaneously being amongst hundreds of so-called friends while still being entirely alone. Thus the joy of personal connection combined with intimately shared musical taste is an experience so delightful it is only matched by the afterthought that this is partly a frustrating illusion created by the world wide web, and that in fact this connection is being made thousands of miles away from me, this time, in Boston.

Max Pearl, aka DJ Kat Fyte is our newest progenitor of the “nu whirled music” vision, coming in correct alongside other Mass. reps like Dancehall Diva Rizzla and the mother/father of the “nu whirled” Wayne Marshall, of Beat Research and Wayne & Wax.Today marks the introduction of DJ Kat Fyte the DJ and genre-destroyer, but also DJ Kat Fyte the promoter and curator.

Kat Fyte is involved in hosting touchstone DJ’s of the transnational bass movement at this year’s Boston Electronic Music Festival “Together”, taking place between February 8th and February 14th. Kat Fyte’s invites include Trash Menagerie short-list favorites DJ/Rupture, Kingdom, Kat Fyte himself, and the homie Taliesin of Dutty Artz, all corralling to put truth to power in the superhuman command of heavy bass music from the depths of the globe’s party basement.

To kick-off Together and originally mixed for Boston-based blog On A Friday, DJ Kat Fyte offers a very persuasive argument for the intersection of Dancehall rudeness and underground club music. I look forward to hearing more from this kid, as I’ll be even more thoroughly delighted to share a physical stage with him, rather than this lonely alternative.

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DJ Kat Fyte – The Cat In A Bag (Mix for On A Friday)

Tracklist (45:55):

01. Balkan Beat Box – “Bulgarian Chicks (INSPKTR Bootleg)”
02. Sticky feat. Natalie Storm – “Look Pon Me feat. Natalie Storm”
03. Princess – “Frontline – Original Mix”
04. Heckmann – “mushroom man ji fi remix”
05. Killaqueenz – “Double Up feat. Lady Chann (The Only & Breakdown Remix)”
06. Malente&Dex feat. New Kidz – “Lions (Douster Remix)”
07. Shystie – “Pull It (ill Blu Funky Mix)”
08. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)”
09. Headhunter – “Prototype (Modeselektor’s Broken Handbrake Remix)”
10. Pangaea – “Memories”
11. Octa Push – “Ai Nadia”
12. K Dot – “Get Milli Get Mad (DJ Q remix)”
13. Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix) Simian Mobile Disco
14. ??? – ??? (White label)
15. Kat Fyte – “Birthday Sex (PAINFUL EDIT)”
16. Sp:Mc – “Trust Nobody”
17. Zomby – “Liquid Dancehall”
18. TEMPA T – “Next Hype (Starkey Vocal Mix)”
19. Jahdan Blakkamoore – “The General Remix feat. General Steele”

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Sometimes having the same first name as a pretty famous DJ and boss of a nice boutique label is a good thing: about six months ago I found a brand new and unreleased Shazam remix of Lorenz Rhode’s track “Like A Player” in my inbox, where it was sent accidentally. Pretty cool, right?

Of course I didn’t share the tune with you guys, because it was only available some months later on Shir Khan’s Exploited compilation. The original of that song has just been released as Lorenz Rhode returns with “Something Hot”, which is out on Exploited (and up for grabs at Beatport) now. Vocals on “Something Hot” are sung by Berlin-based singer Snax.

“Like A Player” is a b-side to this single. And I received permission to share the radio version of this electro-funkin’ beast with you:

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Lorenz Rhode – Like A Player (Radio Version)

Of course, this guy beat me on this, again.

Say hi to Lorenz on his Myspace.