It’s been a while since we have heard from Trash Yourself, but now the wait is over. They have lovingly provided us with the hardcore track, “Die”, which is a collaboration with the The Toxic Avenger. A little something for you to salivate over.

Personally I love this track, it’s heavy, exhilarating and most of all heart palpatating fun.

Trash Yourself and The Toxic Avenger – Die

What do you think?

If you need another dose of TY fun you can catch them touring across the US:

4.08.09 Oklahoma City, OK – Robotic Wednesday @ Electro Lounge (John Bourke DJ Set)
4.10.09 Houston, TX – The Mink / The Backroom (John Bourke DJ Set)
4.11.09 Kansas City – Spring for Green (John Bourke DJ Set)
4.15.09 Oklahoma City, OK – Robotic Wednesday @ Electro Lounge (John Bourke DJ Set)
4.18.09 Chicago, IL – Light It Up 2 :: Seismic Bass Prod Warehouse Rave (John Bourke DJ Set) and Local Hero
4.22.09 Oklahoma City, OK – Robotic Wednesday @ Kamp’s (John Bourke DJ Set)
4.29.09 Oklahoma City, OK – Robotic Wednesday @ Kamp’s w/ London Calling DJs (John Bourke DJ Set)
5.02.09 Dallas, TX – Orgazmic @ Afterlife (John Bourke DJ Set)
5.09.09 Denver, CO – Lazer Nation 2 w/ Matt Darey, Frankie Bones, Noise Floor Crew & !Trash Yourself LIVE
5.16.09 St. Louis, MO – Robotown Get Down (John Bourke DJ Set)
6.20.09 Louisville, KY – Kentuckiana>>> !Trash Yourself LIVE
7.11.09 Denver, CO – The Electronic Casino: BJE’s 4 Year Anniversary & !Trash Yourself LIVE

Franki Chan (iheartcomix) has taken on a new role this December: Santa Claus! December 25th via beatport, Franki is releasing the new EP for FUTURECOP! (in a partnership with Southern Fried Records). FUTURECOP! does 80s-ish instrumental sounds and Franki says that he’s super pumped about this release. The tracks they’re releasing are the stuff people dream of remixing…

Franki’s newest iheartcomix signee is sounding promising because not only is he known to have great taste (with Heartsrevolution on his label and recently completing a tour with Toxic Avenger), but he’s also known to throw some bangin’ parties… especially, in my memories, at SXSW every year in Austin, TX. Last year I have the distinct memory of being on a rooftop garage jamming out to Spankrock at his party.

The FUTURECOP! EP is releasing everywhere on Jan. 29, 2009 and the latest tour dates are 1/23 in NY and 1/24 in LA thus far.

FUTURECOP! – Eyes like the Ocean

FUTURECOP! vs. Ciara- Fast Forward 1-2 Step

Julien Minet and his crew are quite possibly in the top 2% of most productive people in France. In addition to running Boxon Records (Tom Deluxx, Toxic Avenger, DilemN, Elcier, etc.) and working on the new EP they have coming out in January, he’s also started a Tech-House genre sub-label called Synch Records.

Already supported by Technasia, Renato Cohen, and Jack de Marseille, Boomka “EP” is the first release of Synch Records. It shows four tracks from Dj/producer Finzy, resident of the club “Le 4 Sans” in Bordeaux (France).

Julien is sharing with all you lovelies a track from this release called “Hi Derrick!” which is really quite danceable, fun, and definitely reminiscent of old school drug filled nights in ginormous clubs with loud music and free flowing cash money. It’s something that would make for a great Saturday night party or a sweet drive.

The whole album is available for download on itunes.

Finzy – Hi Derrik!

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

GET IN TOUCH WITH THE TRASH MENAGERIE CREW – CONTACT@TRASHMENAGERIE.COM

MF Doom photo credit: XXL Magazine

The new Madlib record is due to drop week, its been eagerly anticipated by many, on a couple of tracks, he collaborated with MF Doom – identity unknown, because he wears a mask, yo. Mind you, he was wearing a mask before Toxic Avenger and these other various electro guys. Why do artists wear masks? Are they superhero’s or evil villains? Are they hiding? Or making an artistic statement? I suppose they each have their own reasons. Me personally, I would not wear a mask, Especially if you’re DJ’ing, one, it would get really hot under there, and two, it would be really difficult to see the knobs and sliders on the mixer. (Or the keys on your I-Pod or computer.)

Madlib also collabed with J Rocc on the record, and J Rocc just did a new podcast for Stones Throw, you can check out here – J Rocc Podcast.

Mos Def & Madlib – collabing in ‘09 on “Ecstatic”

Toxic Avenger – MASKED
Bloody Beetroots – MASKED

Who doesn’t enjoy a good Bordeaux, especially when it comes to music? Boxon Records is Julien Minet’s dirty sexy record label out of Bordeaux, France that features prominent music artists (Tom Deluxx, Eclier, Toxic Avenger, Philipe de Boyer, Pro7, etc), and the incredible graphic designer Anem.

If you like teeth grinding, head banging, body shaking electro-trash music then this next one is for you. Coming out in late September, I had a sneak peak at the new Boxon album and it is fanfreakintastic. There are two separate and distinctive mixes of Tom Deluxx’s “Mushion Heroes” on here and they are both pure goodness. Who are the faces behind them?

First is Philipe de Boyar, the Suisse DJ/Producer who does a mixture of House/Electro/Breaks. He’s not a newbie to the scene, having already had tracks popping up in MIXMAG and is set to have releases on Erase Records, Hammarskjoeld Records or his own digital imprint Rockville Music as well as other labels. His version of “Mushion Hereos” is slap-in-your-face hard and reminiscent of the same energy you get with the Toxic Avenger.

The other version is by Pro7, an international party player who has already tricked with the likes of Sebastian, Teenage Bad Girl, TTC, and more. His version is very slightly lighter than the de Boyar one, with a little funky feel. Caution: these two tracks are not at all to be confused with each other, even if they stem from the same original! They are completely different takes and both quite enjoyable. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear them both pounding in clubs in the next 2-3 months.

Also from Boxon as of late, the latest video from Paris production company Born To Film of the Toxic Avenger’s “Bad Girls Need Love, Too”. It captures perfectly the style of Toxic — edgy electro with a rock feel. Tattooed ladies and Lolita like nymphs are in the video rocking out in this beautifully shot video clip with amazing color saturation. C’est tellement sexy et j’adore!

In other news, Boxon veteran Tom Deluxx has a new EP coming out this October, and I’m on the edge of my seat to hear it, especially if it sounds anything like the remix he sent us, “Fake” by GRS Club, who also have an EP arriving this October!

Putain c’est la classe! Anem is doing the artwork for the album. Including the fresh preview up top Boxon sent us!

Grs Club – Fake (Tom Deluxx Remix)

Tom Deluxx – Drama Queen (Eclier Grinded Version)

Tom Deluxx – Mushion Heroe (Pro7 Remix)

Just in case you are not aware of the delectable Ladytron I have decided to do this rather lovely post about them!

This sharp electro tarnished foursome originally hail from Liverpool UK and are now in the midst of touring their new album Velocifero around Europe, which will be followed by a whistle stop tour around Australia and then back to Europe for seconds! Phew they are busy…..

Anyway if you haven’t checked them out before, please listen to the haunting tune (pardon the pun) that is ‘Ghosts’ its spookily addictive.

Oh and to give you an extra dollop of Ladytron goodness we also have delish ‘Ghosts’ remixes by Toxic Avenger and a chilled-out dreamy remix from Modwheelmood.

Ladytron – Ghosts (Original)

Ladytron – Ghosts (Modwheelmood Remix)

Ladytron – Ghosts (Toxic Avenger Remix)

The much hyped ranks of hard electro continue to swell with fresh talent eager to join the brigadiers of the new noise (see: BOYS NOIZE, SEBASTIAN, JUSTICE, THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, THE TOXIC AVENGER, CHARLIE FANCLUB, LILLICA LIBERTINE, THE PROXY, CHEWY CHOCOLATE COOKIES, BUSY P, FELIX CARTAL et al) who continue to purvey their head-banging dance music to an increasingly evangelical congregation of binary head-bangers. One such new talent seeking to preach the hard electro gospel is 23 year old Adrian Glen, aka ADO! of Dundee, Scotland.

Sighting the release of the seminal PRODIGY album “Music For The Jilted Generation” in 1995 as probably the single most important influence on his musical tastes, Adrian has been in hardcore music making mode ever since. He got his hands on his first pair of decks at age 16, blagged a loan to get his first laptop at 21 and now 2 years later the first clutch of raucous ADO! atom bombs are ready to drop and they are nothing short of incendiary.

But, the proof of the pudding is in the eating as they say, so sample on us the living dead stomp of “Ctrl*Alt*Defeat” and serrated disco ball miasma of “Shit Talking DJ’s“, both available for download below. Currently back in his sweatbox home studio slaving away on more ADO! carnage, this August Adrian will also launch ‘Ctrl*Alt*Defeat‘ the club night at Dundee’s Reading Rooms. When asked who he’d most like to collaborate with Adrian mentioned those BLOODY BEETROOTS, so if you’re listening boys…

Ado! – Ctrl*Alt*Defeat

Ado! – Shit Talking Dj’s

Ado! – Flash

Ado! – Red Pepper