Remix After All artwork by Jan Lindholm

What started as a vague idea has now sprouted into a full-blown project through an internet-based cooperation between a group of music blogs who have created a remix album for Daft Punk’s infamous third album Human After All.

The original idea stemed from the lack of availability of the strictly limited remix compilation ‘Human After All: Remixes‘, but this little gem was only available for Japanese consumers. However, ‘Remix After All’ will now be released for everyone’s consumption!

A bunch of music blogs (not ours unfortunately) have got together to create this unofficial remix album for public distribution on May 20th.

Each blog has chosen one track from the album and has then begun a search for the producer they think would fit best to remix their song. Which remixer that each blog has chosen will be secret until May 19, one day before release, when the blogs will exclusively pre-release their own remixes as low-quality 128 kbit/s bitrate promotional mp3s.

The remix album containing full-quality 320 kbit/s bitrate mp3s, will then be dropped and published on May 20 for free download. Please see below for which 10 blogs are participating in the creation of ‘Remix After All‘, and which song from Human After All they each chose.

01. Human After All – Chosen by Disco Demons
02. The Prime Time Of Your Life – Chosen by Data Sapiens
03. Robot Rock – Chosen by The Cold Cut
04. Steam Machine – Chosen by Cream Team
05. Make Love – Chosen by Sheena Beaston
06. The Brainwasher – Chosen by Danger! Danger!
07. On/Off – Chosen by The Lemur Blog
08. Television Rules The Nation – Chosen by Noise Porn
09. Technologic – Chosen by Pretty Much Amazing
10. Emotion – Chosen by Binary

To access this digital album click on any of the associated blogs on May 20th for the full length version.

So is this the way forward?

Daft Punk double DJ mix download! Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo on the 1’s and 2’s in Chicago at Route 66 in Chicago in 1997, download, love, and share!

Daft Punk – Chicago 1997 – PT 1

Daft Punk – Chicago 1997 – PT 2

Originally posted April 6th, 2008

Daft Punk After Parties 2007 Alive Tour
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Best Dance Recording
WINNER:
Harder Better Faster Stronger
Daft Punk
Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixers
Track from: Alive 2007
[Virgin Records]

NOMINEES:

Ready For The Floor
Hot Chip
Hot Chip, producers; Dan Carey, mixer
Track from: Made In The Dark
[Astralwerks/DFA]

Just Dance
Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, mixer
[Streamline/Interscope/Kon Live]

Give It 2 Me
Madonna
Madonna & The Neptunes, producers; Andrew Coleman & Spike Stent, mixers
Track from: Hard Candy
[Warner Bros.]

Disturbia
Rihanna
Brian Kennedy, producer; Phil Tan, mixer
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
[Def Jam]

Black & Gold
Sam Sparro
Jesse Rogg & Sam Sparro, producers; Jeremy Wheatley, mixer
Track from: Sam Sparro
[Universal Republic Records]

Best Electronic/Dance Album
WINNER:
Alive 2007
Daft Punk
[Virgin Records]

NOMINEES:

New York City
Brazilian Girls
[Verve Forecast]

Bring Ya To The Brink
Cyndi Lauper
[Epic]

X
Kylie Minogue
[Capitol/Astralwerks]

Last Night
Moby
[Mute]

Robyn
Robyn
[Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope]

Justice – Revolution Number 9 – New Year’s Eve 2009 – Congress Theater, Chicago
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Best Remixed Recording
WINNER:
Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
Justice, remixers (MGMT)
Track from: Oracular Spectacular
[Columbia]

NOMINEES:

Closer (StoneBridge Radio Edit)
StoneBridge, remixer (Ne-Yo)
[Def Jam]

4 Minutes (Junkie XL Remix)
Junkie XL, remixer (Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake)
[Warner Bros.]

Just Fine (Moto Blanco Remix)
Moto Blanco, remixers (Mary J. Blige)
Track from: Growing Pains
[Geffen]

The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix)
Deadmau5, remixer (Morgan Page Featuring Lissie)
Track from: Elevate
[Nettwerk]

Radiohead Photo Stream
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Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
WINNER:
In Rainbows
Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Christiaan Munro, art directors (Radiohead)
[TBD Records]
Ghosts I-IV

NOMINEES:

Jeff Anderson, Trent Reznor & Rob Sheridan, art directors (Nine Inch Nails)
[The Null Corporation]

Poems & Songs
Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (Wu Sheng)
[Ring of Fire Music]

Pretty. Odd.
Alex Kirzhner & Panic At The Disco, art directors (Panic At The Disco)
[Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen]

@#%&*! Smilers
Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz, art directors (Aimee Mann)
[SuperEgo Records]

Best Alternative Music Album
WINNER:
In Rainbows
Radiohead
[TBD Records]

NOMINEES:

Modern Guilt
Beck
[DGC Records/XL Recordings/Interscope]

Narrow Stairs
Death Cab For Cutie
[Atlantic]

The Odd Couple
Gnarls Barkley
[Downtown/Atlantic]

Evil Urges
My Morning Jacket
[ATO Records]

I have to begin this post with a confession: until about a little more than two years ago I almost didn’t listen to electronic music. I mean, I liked the Infadels and some Daft Punk, but I liked indie rock and folk a good deal better. (And of course I liked Justice’s remix of Simian’s “We Are Your Friends” when it first surfaced.) But what won me over for electronic music, especially for dancing, was this one guy who helped his girlfriend play some electro music (MSTRKRFT and similar) to a crowd of kids at a weekly indie rock party in Budapest. (The owner of the venue had rented the place out for a high-school kid’s birthday party which nobody of the indie crowd knew and so I ended being asked for more R’n'B when I played Wolfmother (so sad they split!) and the likes. But that’s another story.) Anyway, I had always had a weakness for pop and electronic elements in rock. But this guy, who goes by the name of TMX truly went beyond my ideas of electronic music. He played rough, he played dirty, and he played sweet.

It turned out that TMX was one third of Kollektiva, a DJ collective who frequently organizes parties in selected venues of Budapest (like Merlin, an old theater all painted in white) to which they invite DJs and acts from all over Europe. Their past bookings are quite impressive. When in Budapest, I try not to miss any of their parties because they’re always a lot of fun. The two other guys on Kollektiva are Popbitch and Fullstereo.

Of course I was delighted when I heard that Popbitch is now also running an artist management agency called Ektiv with a – as of now – all-hungarian roster. Some of their artists/DJs have received quite some attention in the blogosphere before. Alright, alright, enough talk for now. Ladies and gents, dear readers of Trash Menagerie, let me give you…

We Plants Are Happy Plants: Born Peter Bergmann, this young man from Budapest has done fabulous remixes of Radiohead and others. He just recently finished work on a remix of Jean Michel Jarres’s “Oxygen”. His original work should get people’s attention too as he is currently unsigned.

We Plants Are Happy Plants – Four On The Floor

We Plants Are Happy Plants – Trance Steel

Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene (WPAHP Remix)

Daft Punk – Human (WPAHP Remix)

Headshotboyz: I love their remix of the Backstreet Boys’ “Everybody” which apparently got airplay on Kissy Sell Out’s radio show. They now come with a remix of my fellow Swiss Cryptonites’ “Can’t Give You Up”, which they give a bit of a B-More touch.

Cryptonites – Can’t Give You Up (Headshotboyz Remix)

Tits & Clits: They don’t look half as naughty as their name suggests. They’ve been around for some time – accelerated liquid age time, that is. The duo is offering a remix of Le Batman’s “Killer Defos” as well as some original work. New Geeks On The Blog is currently hosting a remix contest for their “Attack of The Living Dead”.

Tits & Clits – Attack Of The Living Dead

Tits & Clits – House Music

Tits & Clits – She Likes Gasoline (Dirty Monkeez Remix)

Le Batman – Killer Defos (Tits & Clits Remix)

Dirty Monkeez: They are the latest addition to Ektiv’s roster. While I’m not sure I like their work on Justice’s “Stress”, I certainly love what they did to Robyn and the Bloody Beetroots’ version of “Cobrastyle”. The two guys from Veszprém (kinda close to Lake Balaton) have also produced some original tracks “She’s On Drugs” has a wobbly bassline and is almost pure techno.

Dirty Monkeez – She’s On Drugs

Justice – Stress (Dirty Monkeez Edit)

Robyn ft. The Bloody Beetroots – Cobrastyle (Dirty Monkeez Remix)

Don Rimini – Hools (Dirty Monkeez Remix)

Finally, TMX: As mentioned, he’s one third of Kollektiva. This guy really loves what he does. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody so enthusiastic about electro music and playing to a crowd that goes nuts. Except maybe for his partner Popbitch. His remix of “Sing Hallelujah” just destroys it and “Far Out” gets a nice treatment to. He’s really into piano loops, it seems.

Dr. Alban – Sing Hallelujah (TMX Remix)

Sonz of da Loop Era – Far Out (TMX Remix)

Now, after you’ve sucked down all this music, go give the guys some love on myspace, all of them!

We’ll probably hear a lot more of Ektiv’s roster – especially WPAHP – and Kollektiva. If you ever go to Budapest, go to one of their nights and have a good time. TMX and Popbitch will certainly party hard. T and K, way to go!

Dorothy’s Gallery located in Paris’ Bastille neighborhood has put together a collection of Obama inspired art with 30 French and American artists, viewable from the 3rd of October through the 17th of November.

Take a look at the Global Electoral College, What if the whole world could vote, featured on the The Economist, and the support Obama has around the globe. Viewing the world map really shows just how much the rest of the world is in favor for Obama. If this election were to happen in Europe, he most definitely would win by a landslide!!!! Hopefully for the U.S. we’ll do the right thing.

Dorothy’s Gallery
27, rue Keller, 75011, Paris
tel: 01.43.57.08.51
Open Tues-Sat, 1-8pm, Sun 4-8pm.

“…I guess music is more about making decisions than having skills. We are not great musicians. We are not great producers. We are not great songwriters. We are just nothing, but we have clear ideas of what we want to do, and even more what we don’t want to do.” – JUSTICE

Extraordinary things always happen when unexpected. French duo Justice spent 18 months touring following the release of their debut LP “CROSS“, and for the last 3 weeks of the tour, a film crew traveled with them 24-7, capturing those moments no one will believe or get the essence of, if you told them about it, unless they were there.

As Justice were about to embark on their second tour of the US, they enlisted multi-award winning directors and intimate friends, Romain Gavras (”Stress” director) and So Me (”D.A.N.C.E.”, “DVNO”) and taped every second of the 3 week tour. The documentary is about life on the road, the real deal, and about the extraordinary and unexpected things that can happen along the way.

“A Cross the Universe” live CD + DVD drops December 9th on Atlantic Records and will include recordings of Justice’s signature headbanging live sets along with show footage and various hijinks captured as the band toured the US in March 2008.

Justice Tour Dates:
10/28/08 – MONTREAL, QC – METROPOLIS
10/29/08 – TORONTO, ON – CIRCA
10/30/08 – NEW YORK, NY – WEBSTER HALL
10/31/08 – LOS ANGELES, CA – HARD FESTIVAL

Confirmed Screenings:
10/30/08 – NEW YORK, NY – IFC CENTER @ 7PM

Additional screenings of the film will be held in each city around the DJ sets late October.

On the horizon, Justice & So Me land in Chicago for New Year’s Eve 09 . . .

Justice – One Minute to Midnight

More info on NYE
www.revolution-nye.com
www.industreate.com

This is what Trash Menagerie was throwing down during the month of September. Features, interviews, parties, and plenty’a mix and MP3 download. We’re snuggling in for the busy month of October. Have you started thinking about your Halloween costume yet? We’re looking for ideas, so please hit us up and let us know if you’ve got any. Last year we gave you a heads up on how to MAKE YOUR OWN DAFT PUNK COSTUME. Hipster Runoff offered up a bit of inspiration, “WTF SHOULD I B 4 ALL HALLOW’S EVE”, But is it “ok” to be a Justice this year, if you were a Daft last year?

A truly scary option, the United States Vice Presidential Republican
Candidate and current Governor of Alaska – Sarah Palin.

Hmm, I guess she didn’t get understand the memo regarding last year’s Halloween Party. It was a Nordic theme. Looks like she still won anyway, even though she didn’t really come close to qualifying.

Sarah Palin 7 Months Preggers “I can hide my belly in a sexy, yet sophisticated, little black business suit.”

Goodness, her belly is HUGE, she looks like she’s going to pop any day now, right?

This is what Demi Moore looked like when she was seven months preggers . . .

Photo: Vanity Fair

Sarah Palin’s Witch Doctor . . .

Other potential options – “Sarah Palin Mayor of Meth”, “Sarah Palin Miss Alaska”, “Sarah Palin Soccer Mom”. Wow, and to think, the election isn’t even over yet, we’ve still got a few weeks to go . . . goodness, i’m sure we’ll have so many more choices to choose from. Maybe i’ll pull off one of those “couple costumes,” and we can go together as “Foreign Palin Policy“. One of us will be Russia, and the other Alaska, and we’ll stand on opposite sides of the room and say “I can see ya over there, behave yourself!”

“Sarah Palin Miss Alaska”

Anyway, Sarah, this song is dedicated to you . . .

Disco Villains – Move Bitch
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TRASH MENAGERIE SEPTEMBER FEATURES

NEW MIX – TALIESIN “VIRTUAL LIGHT”
2008 End of “Summery”
Division Kent – Gravity in Your Face
Dskotek Emerges From the Rabble of LA
Why Republicans Should Go Down!!!
Bloggers Beware!
Bass Welterweight Kanji Kinetic
Revolver Disco
On A Mission
ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH
London Airwaves Festival Line-up Announced!
The BOX is ON
This Juan’s for You
Sarah Palin Beauty Queen
Diesel 30th Anniversary Parties!
Mystery Jets – Half in Love with Elizabeth – Delorean Remix
The Presets & The Aria Awards – They are like . . . GRAMMY’s, YO!
Midnight Juggernauts – Into the Galaxy – DANGER Remix
Charlie Ash
Miss OddKidd – Don’t Be Afraid To Sweat – Remixes – Drop The Lime & Goldielocks
Salem – Dirt Video
Rewind Chicago 1990’s Rave – Hardcore Jungle
Uproot Andy-The Great Migration
Spitzer’s – Rainy winter in Sydney
New Madlib Album & J Rocc Podcast on Stones Throw
Death Set Live at Studio 1087 pt 1 of 2
FOOLS Remixed GOLD
The Rapture !K7 Mix – Unmasterd
Crying Blood Ties in VV Brown, Holland, Weatherall, Death In Vegas, !!!
Little Boots – Meddle – Designer Drugs Remix
Yo Majesty Makes it Clap
Hold On! Hot Chip Touch Too Much
PLAYBACK – Episode 1 – Andy Butler – Hercules and Love Affair
Krudmart-Steve Kream’s Autumn Love Mixtape
Hey! Hey! Its Hey Champ!
MSTRKRFT – Fist of (oh my) God Tour
Micachu live at DURRR
A Black Hole is Opening
Bang! Bang! Eche!

TRASH MENAGERIE SEPTEMBER MIXES

Bite This! Robotic Mix From Montreal’s DJ Spaz
Little Boots – Computer Fairyland Mixtape
A Very Vanilla Mix from London’s Lesser Panda
4AM Jess vs. Proper Villians
Ruffneck DJ Set @ Brockout! Chicago, 1995
DJ Trace w GQ & 5-0 @ Psychosis – Chicago, 1995
Uproot Andy – Guacharaca Migration
The Toxic Avenger Live at Piknik Electronik – Montreal
Jon Hillcock Xfm Mixes

TRASH MENAGERIE SEPTEMBER LISTINGS

NY’s New Favorite Place to be on Friday’s
N.A.M.E. festival 2008 – Edition n° 4 – France
NewPop + Dj Mehdi, Local Hero – Chicago!
MSTRKRFT Fist of God Tour
Somewhere In The Universe There Must Be Something Better Than Man’ 2nd Birthday – Brighton
Sinden at LOVE 9/20/08!
POP MONTREAL 2008 FINAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED
Atmosphere on Tour & on Kimmel
2008 DECIBEL FESTIVAL : FULL LINEUP & PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
Italian Invasion – LA

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Here’s a great video from Chicago’s, Hey Champ a hot new trio in the scene making some fresh tunes. The video is for the band’s new single “Cold Dust Girl“. This is one of those sneaky songs that you hear at night and wake up in the morning with its melodies still infecting your thoughts. Then you immediately want to hear it again. It’s just that fresh.

The first exposure to the world for the trio was when a blog accidentally posted their remix of Scenario Rock’s “Perfect Love Antidote” as Ed Banger’s distorto super producer Sebastian. When the remix was discovered that it was really Hey Champ, the trio’s take on the song was strong enough to gain plenty of acclaim. It is even available on itunes (Europe only) and was put out by a major label Sony.

Their sound can easily be compared to the likes of Van She, Cut Copy, Fred Falke and Les Rhythmes Digitales. Mixing rock with elements of house all based over an abudant amount of synth action. Sometimes playing out as a full band and sometimes doing dj sets, Hey Champ is paying their dues quickly. Already featured in UR Magazine with an upbeat, good times mix. Gaining bookings more and more and even getting rapper Lupe Fiasco attention enough for him to write about them on his blog. It is also entirely possible that the group will be scooped up at anytime by a record label.

Enjoy the video and the mp3 and check the groups myspace to keep updated.

Hey Champ! – Cold Dust Girl