Received this sexy little mix from London art rocker sweeties George and Fenner from Lesser Panda, who we featured - gosh, was it only back in Janurary? - to celebrate their new release, single “Carousel/Ghostdance” which debuts on 13th October 2008 !
If you get gooey and nostalgic over the great tunes from the 80s like the Cure, Talking Heads, Smiths and Psychadelic Furs, you’ll LOVE Lesser Panda - and you can catch a sneak of “Carousel” on this mix, which has also been featured on fellow music blog Fried my little brain - nice one.
Enjoy!
ps - is vanilla a euphemism for something or am i just being thick? yes, probably.
Blackpool’s darling Victoria Hesketh, aka Little Boots, and former lead singer of Dead Disco, has created a lovely mixtape entitled “Computer Fairyland Mixtape“, a short and sweet listen that will cause you to float off into her disco wonderland! Regarding the mixtape, Little Boots says, “Everyone keeps saying its too short… I stayed up all night and did it the day after I got back from LA with massive jet lag so please excuse. Speaking of which I’m going to back in a few weeks to play Nocturnal Festival (located in San Bernardino, CA), sick rave…. come see me?”
Be on the look out for Little Boots’ release which will come in the form of the “Arecibo” EP out mid-November through IAMSOUND Records. The EP will be on 12” vinyl and digitally through iTunes and emusic, produced by Joe from Hot Chip and Greg from Bird And The Bee. For everyone that is going ga-ga over Victoria, you’ll be pleased to know she is updating the Little Boots blog with news, images, and downloads!
01. Be Beat Girls - For Same Man
02. Hercules & Love Affair - You Belong (Riton Rerub)
03. Purple Crush - Physical Attraction
04. Popular Type - Febbre del Discotheque
05. Black Ghosts - Repetition Kills You (Emperor Machine Dub)
06. Trans X - Living On Video
07. Leon Jean Marie - Bring It On (Little Boots Remix)
DJ SPAZ. Photo courtesy of www.thefriendattack.com
During the course of this abysmal English summer, a Montreal DJ by the name of DJ SPAZ dropped a mix into TM that really cut through a lot of hazy, atmospheric summer type mixes we’d been getting that immediately made me sit up and connect.
After a couple of months of chatting by email, I can say that 33-year-old DJ Spaz, otherwise known as Alex Pearo, is one straight up no bullshit dude, which makes it even more of a pleasure to drop his mix on you lovely folk.
Spaz’s Robotic Mix starts with a winner of a tune, Chew Fu Phat’s remix of Florida hottie “I’m Da Man of My City” from Popov, throws in some Rico Tubbs, plus that nice Crooker’s remix I keep hearing everywhere – of Radioclit’s “Secousse” - then gets busy, banging through 40 odd more tunes.
The end result is a bouncing mix that’s most certainly informed by Alex’s anything-goes style (“good music whatever the style - if it sounds good I’ll probably drop it”), playing electro, Baltimore, ghetto house, house, hip hop, funk, dancehall. And no doubt further influenced by 15 years of Djing throughout Montreal: which included sitting tight on a hip hop and dancehall residency and being the buyer for indie hip hop at a record store for a good six years of those.
Alex explained that the tracks for Robotic Mix were all sourced via the internet, which was as much of a stylistic choice as it is an indicator of how important putting music online is these days.
He says:
“The interesting thing about this mix is all the different sources I used to get the music (blogs, forums, myspace pages, etc). It ain’t record digging like the old days aka 3 years ago, but the end result is similar. I think that the producers who remixed or produced the tracks on this mix have an original and futuristic sound, which is what drew me towards their music in the first place. Also surely many DJs might jump on some of these tracks eventually but they’ll have to hear it on a mix like this first.”
If you’re in Montreal, you can catch DJ Spaz on Thursdays at House - where they recently had DJ CZECH and LA RIOTS as guests – and at Coda’s Fix Fridays, one of Montreal’s biggest electro nights.
He’s jacked in the weekend residencies in favour of branching out of what can become a musical straight-jacket and getting out on the road, with Vancouver parties and an upcoming North American tour – can’t blame him really. Good luck with it Alex & keep us posted.
01. I’M DA MAN OF MY CITY (CHEW FU FIX)-POPOV
02. BMORE DOMINATOR-RICO TUBBS
03. SECOUSSE (CROOKERS RMX)-RADIOCLIT
04. LET’S GO TO WORK (ANDY GEORGES & JAKZ RMX)-BRYAN COX
05. BREAK IT DOWN (HERVE RMX)-ESTAW
06. BREAK IT DOWN (DETBOI RMX)-ESTAW
07. PUSH THE FEELING ON (DJ.DSTAR RMX)-HOODS UP
08. GANGSTER-RICO TUBBS
09. PARTY LIKE US (UDACHI RMX)-AC SLATER
10. TAKE ME UPP-N.R.O.T.B.
11. GUNSHOT LEAN FORWARD (ANDY GEORGE & JAKZ RMX)-DETBOI
12. SAY WHOA -A-TRAK
13. GRAB YA FUNKSTICK-KELEVRA
14. GET FAMILIAR FT RYE RYE (START THE VIOLENCE RMX)-COBRA KRAMES
15. EVERYBODY (HEADSHOTBOYZ RMX)-BACKSTREET BOYS
16. SOUND TAPE KILLING (DETBOI RMX)-TODDLA T
17. SMILE (DETBOI RMX)-KIDDA
18. STUCK ON REPEAT (FAKE BLOOD RMX)-LITTLE BOOTS
19. MOTHERFUCKING BASS (POPOF RMX)-DJ RUSH
20. RAVE ON-DON RIMINI
21. ON A ROLL MAN-MACHINES DON’T CARE
22. BACK IT UP MAN-FEADZ FT. SPANK ROCK
23. THE CHASE-ROB 3
24. BREW BARRYMORE-DIPLO
25. MAKING ME MONEY (SWITCH RMX)-JACKNIFE LEE
26. BIG DANCIN-BOUNCE CAMP
27. JERK IT (NACHO LOVERS RMX)-THUNDERHEIST
28. FASCINATION-KW GRIFF
29. NEWSTYLE CROOKS (CHAVY BOYS MIX)-SCOTTIE B
30. GETDOWN-METERHEAD
31. NERVOUS BREAKDOWN-DON RIMINI
32. MARS (DAVE NADA HOOD MIX)-FAKEBLOOD
33. MAKE IT BORDERLINE (RED FOXX RMX)-MICHEAL GRAY
34. HOLD ME DOWN (FOAMO RMX)-PRIMARY 1
35. BILL COSBY SWEATER (HOSTAGE RMX)-OH SNAP!
36. THROW IT AWAY (DESIGNER DRUGS RMX)-MESSINIAN
37. HOT CHICK (DETBOI RMX)-UFFIE
38. ANYWAY YOU CHOOSE TO GIVE IT (FAKE BLOOD RMX)-THE BLACK GHOSTS
39. LOOK FOR THE WOMAN (FAKE BLOOD RMX)-DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP
40. KAPUTT IN HOLLYWOOD (TROUBLEMAKER RMX)-ROBOSONIC
41. GREAT DJ (CALVIN HARRIS RMX)-THE TINGS TINGS
Rounding off the Futurecop! mixes, here’s their latest August mix with many original Futurecop! tracks we’ve all come to love and some of their favorites. Look out for their EP in the coming future! Waiting on a track listing..
Taken from their July 10th podcast, ‘We Are The Future‘ mix by Futurecop! will leave you basking in these 80’s tunes and 2 of their own, then reaching for your nearest Rubik’s Cube. Check the Futurecop! blog for updates!
01. Madonna – Borderline
02. Cameo – Word Up
03. Phil Collins – Sussudio
04. Belinda Carlisle - We Want The Same Thing
05. Janet Jackson – Principle Pleasure
06. Jermaine Stewart – We Don’t Have To Take Clothes Off
07. Futurecop! – Tonight’s Hero
08. Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes
09. Bruce Hornsby – The Long Race
10. Kenny Loggins – St Elmo’s Fire
11. Robert Tepper – No Easy Way Out
12. Simple Minds – Don’t you (Forget About Me)
13. Futurecop! – Transformers
14. Robbie Robb – In Time (Futurecop! edit)
Growing up in the U.S. in the 80’s meant endless viewing of John Hughes films. I believe I watched Weird Science over 400 times, Sixteen Candles, 500 times and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 600 times. I could never get enough and rotated through those three fantastic movies. Every once in a while it’s nice to be taken back to all that was birthed out of that culture – Nintendo, E.T., Transformers, My Little Pony, Molly Ringwald, Miami Vice, David Lee Roth, Apple, Micheal J. Fox, Jem and the Holograms and so much more.
Viewing Futurecop!’s profile page takes me back to that 80’s wonderland. Here are a string of mixes from the past few months that have come out of Futurecop! land, that I never got around to posting. Thanks to Valerie for posting Futurecop! Live at Berlin Lounge, Australia, from June. Enjoy!
When NYC’s Mishka and Canada’s Jokers of the Scene get together, this is what happens – Mix tape love!!! Featured on the Mishka bloglin, we’ve snatched it up so we can spread the love around a bit more! Here’s what Mishka had to say on mix tapes and their collab with JOTS!
“Mix tapes have always been an integral part of NYC’s underground culture and burgeoning music scene, and as such, Mishka is proud to carry on the tradition with the launch of Keep Watch. Featuring top DJ’s hailing from every genre and geographic corner, Mishka’s Keep Watch party-mixes celebrates one of the most widely practiced American art forms. Released on a semi regular basis (usually to accompanying party), the mixes will be available for free download through our site, the Bloglin and very shortly podcast on Itunes.
To kick off the Keep Watch series, we have invited our Canadian friends, Jokers of the Scene (JOTS), to put together something special just for you. This first volume by JOTS also celebrates the 5th anniversary of their high popular club night Disorganised, which has hosted the earliest Canadian appearances of such party heroes like MSTRKRFT, CSS, Diplo, Crystal Castles and Girl Talk. Listeners can expect to hear mind-melting mixes that are loud, fun and guaranteed to light up dance floors world wide.” – Mishka
01. Audiofly & Paul Harris - Miscalate
02. Bumblebeez - Rio (Boy 8-bit Remix)
03. Style of Eye - Girls
04. Fairmont - Fade and Saturate
05. Congorock - Runark (Jokers of the Scene Remix)
06. Machines Don’t Care - Afrojacker
07. Sawtooth Sucka - Letting Go (Andy George Remix)
08. Bart B More - Bingo Players (Diplo Remix)
09. Dj Rob - The Chase
10. Jokers of the Scene - Acidrod (Destroy Disco Remix)
11. Baobinga - State of Ghetto Jackin
12. Nacho Lovers - Go On (Jokers of the Scene Remix)
13. Dj Rush - Motherfucking Bass (Popof Remix)
14. Lil Bo Tweak - Pressin’ On
15. Rejected - Let’s Go Juno (Harvard Bass’s More Chords Edit)
16. Santogold - Les Artistes (Switch Remix)
17. Thunderheist - Jerk It (Jokers of the Scene Remix)
01. Dopest Shit On The Streets Intro
02. The American Dream Team - The American Dream
03. The Black Ghosts - Any Way (Fake Blood Remix)
04. Cryptonites - I Can’t Give You Up ( Kill The Noise Remix)
05. Fake Shark Real Zombie - Designer Drugs (Designer Drugs Remix)
06. Pismo - Analyze Or Sync (Codes American Dream Team Remix)
07. Tony! Toni! Tone! - Feels Good (Breakdown Remix)
08. Alias - Think Again
09. The American Dream Team - American Stomper
10. The American Dream Team - Personality feat. Pismo
11. Obryan - Im Freaky (Romeo Erotic Remix) (Treasure Fingers Reflip)
12. The Lounge Kollective - Riddim Come Foward (Herves Fire Pon Dem Mix)
13. Destroy Disco - Fly Or Bounce (Bart B more Secured Rerub)
14. Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (Computer Clubs Fat Eric Remix)
15. Eselle feat. Kanye West - American Boy (Kill The Noise Remix)
16. Shwayze - Buzzin (Villains Remix)
17. Para One - Piste Bleue (Rrrrump Edit)
18. The American Dream Team - Pound For Pound
19. True Pseudo - Freaking Me Out
Finally getting around to posting the latest top mix by Mr Graeme Sinden for We Make It Good Mix Series Vol 3. This mix is drenched with some fantastic tracks from the likes of Fake Blood, Detboi, machines don’t care, Skream and more!! Greame has some words to say on the mix and with each track, which means I am off the hook!!
“It was always going to be hard to compete with the 2 previous DJ mixes in the series (large up Pretty Titty, Chris Devlin) but i managed to surpass them (haha jokes!). Nah serious that’s too bold a claim, but I am happy with how it turned out. Its a fair representation of some of the jams i’m playing in my club sets right now. And the mix is very ‘right now’. As I write this, none of the tracks have been released yet. Not that I just play dubs, mind. I draw loads of old and familiar tunes, too, because that would be dumb and who cares how exclusive you are anyhow. I really wanted the mix to be a kinda preview to a whole bunch of stuff to get excited about in the forthcoming months. It was a good place to air some new productions fresh out the HD (machines dont care, the count and sinden) and big up a few new cats too (rude kid, detboi, mujava). Enjoy!” – Graeme Sinden
01. DON RIMINI – RAVE ON EDIT (MENTAL GROOVE / MILKCRATE CDR)
Im really feeling his productions right now. Up until recently i thought his name was Dom.
02. HERVE – CHEAP THRILLS (ARMAND VAN HELDEN REMIX) (DATA CDR)
Van Helden also on the hook
03. LITTLE BOOTS – STUCK ON REPEAT (FAKE BLOOD REMIX) (CDR)
Love the original but this version works best for my sets. Fake Blood cant do any wrong.
04. THE KILLS – CHEAP AND CHEERFUL (FAKE BLOOD REMIX) (CDR)
More Fake Blood. Blood Splashing! Blood Splashing!
05. MACHINES DONT CARE – DROP IT TO THE FLOOR (MACHINES DONT CARE CDR)
Off the forthcoming Machines Dont Care album. Herve, Fake Blood and myself feature on this cut.
06. TIGERSTYLE – BALLE SHAVA FEAT VYBZ KARTEL, NIKITTA & MANGI MAHAL (SINDEN REMIX) (NACHURAL CDR)
Forthcoming remix of my favourite UK bhangra act.
07. DETBOI – JUMP UP AND DOWN FEAT SEROCEE (SKINT CDR)
Recent Cheap Thrills signing drops an EP on Skint.
08. HERVE – THE CHAMP (CHEAP THRILLS CDR)
Brand new Herve. Summer heater!
09. THE COUNT AND SINDEN – HARDCORE GIRLS FT RYE RYE (DOMINO CDR)
Next single!
10. SAM SPARRO – 21 ST CENTURY LIFE EDIT (THE COUNT AND SINDEN SIDEWINDER REMIX) (UNIVERSAL ISLAND CDR)
New Sam Sparro single given the C&S bassline once over.
11. BUSY P – PROTECT AND ENTERTAIN (CROOKERS REMIX) (ED BANGER) / MICHAEL JACKSON – WANNA BE STARTING SOMETHING
Love the CLS chop up at the end. MJ segue!
12. MUJAVA – TOWNSHIP FUNK (CDR)
Rad Kwaito tune forthcoming for the Summer. “Click here to for more Mujava:“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l5-zQlgoEE
13. BURAKA SOM SISTEMA – KALEMBA FEAT PONGO LOVE (HOT CHIP REMIX) (GRECO ROMAN CDR)
Monster. Forthcoming on Hot Chip affiliated Greco Roman label.
14. SKREAM – FICK (CDR)
New Skream dub. Disgusting.
15. LAVA UNIT – 8 BAR BANGER (Aftershock CDR)
New grime posse cut with too many MCs to mention. Off the forthcoming Lava Unit mixtape.
16. GHETTO – SING FOR ME (CDR)
Rude Kid on the buttons – best new up and coming producer in the scene.
Drop The Lime is truly on fire. His latest EP ‘Like Thunder‘ is out on Trouble & Bass Records now. Coming 9th July, you’ll find his talents featured on the upcoming ‘Machines Don’t Care’ LP. And the monthly party he throws with the Trouble & Bass crew at Love in Manhattan, has blown up! It seems absolutely nothing is stopping our favorite basshead and that’s fine with us!
Here’s DTL’s last live Fabric mix from March and some older interesting footage of him dancing somewhere in the green fields of what looks to be England? Love the glove and the animals. Catch DTL back at Fabric Friday 4th July along with Switch, Sinden, Scratch Perverts, Toddla T and special guests! This just in Room 1 – Pendulum and more in Room 2!
