I'll Be Off

Listen. I shall be off to Thailand, and I may not return (even though I will). From now on, the blog may be put on hold. Note the may. There may be input (but not from me). When it happens, you shall see.

French flair.

Noisia - Machine Gun
Make The Girl Dance - Kill Me (The Toxic Avenger Remix)
Boys Noize - Transmission (Mr Oizo Remix)

German technique.

MMMatthias - James (Sabotage Remix)
MMMatthias - James (ReKratz)

English class.

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Russ Chimes Remix)
Erik Hassle & Ellie Goulding - Be Mine

Scottish inventiveness.

Jump Jump Dance Dance - Show Me The Night (Grum Remix)
Goldfrapp - Rocket (Grum Remix)

Irish charm.

Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn (Jupiter Remix)
Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn (Softwar Remix)

So toodles for now kiddos. I'll be back early March!
Oh, and that's my Doppelganger! Mad dog, has WeSCs. Red Urbanears are cooler though.

Round Up : January

January has been eradicated. Honour February!

Top 3 Most Downloaded:

1. Sissy Nobby - Lay Me Down (A1 Bassline Remix)
2. The Crystal Method - Drown In The Now (Danger Remix)
3. The Sound Of Arrows - Into The Clouds (Mille Remix)

Commentary:
1. Yes. A1 Bassline is back, and I'm glad to see it. 1:38, nice name drop and horror synth combo. Incorporating more glitch, as well as 'grime' into his remix makes this tune top notch. Oh, and keep a lookout for grime. Methinks next dubstep (but better).
2. Danger, danger! You're getting into dangerous territory, Danger! Danger, have you no sense of what is dangerous? Danger! But not at his finest. But still Danger. Danger!
3. This, my friends, is what Danger should be producing. Which means that it's bordering on being flawless.

Top 3 Most Underappreciated:

1. Cassian - Final Round
2. Allure - On The Moon
3. Barretso - Midnight Walk

Commentary:
1. As Mille is to Danger, Cassian is to Bag Raiders. This dude has got some serious groove going on is his songs, and this is one impeccable example! Whachaoww!
2. So alluring. Smooth, understated, and seductive.
3. Glitch 'n' synth, that's all you need. And Barretso, he knows it. So sit back, relax, and get Barretso'd.

Bonus For Rarchesters:

Fare Soldi - Tutto Tutti Sempre Subito (Justin Faust Remix)

Oh, and I'm sorry guys. You know, about the non-bloggage. This Round Up is kinda forced. But, never fear, more music will be here (On Rarche).

The Computer, It's Dead

Hi. My computer died on me. Probably too much of me using iTunes (or the fact that it was positively ancient). Transferring all my data took a while, and getting my head around all this computer nonsense took weeks. So, hopefully, I'll be getting a new (quad core) computer soon, and getting back to blogging (regularly).

There will be changes coming to this blog. So hang tight!

Cassian is starting to promote aggressively, you can see it all over Melbourne. Aggressively playing at various clubs, aggressively launching various EPs (one), and, of course, aggressively distributing various promotional music. Which is odd, as his music is not at all aggressive, but funkified and full of groove. Except that I'll Get Yeww! remix. Obviously bettered by this one.

Cassian - Friday Night
Cassian - Final Round
Classixx - I'll Get You (Cassian's I'll Get Yeww! Remix)

Checked out Yes Giantess yet? Rhyming artist name aside, these guys have got it going on. With connections to Passion Pit (some of Yes Giantess are former members), it's assured that these guys produce premier electro pop goodness.

Yes Giantess - The Ruins
Yes Giantess - Tuff 'N' Stuff
Erik Hassle - Don't Bring Flowers (Yes Giantess Remix)
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Yes Giantess' Return Of The King Remix)

Remember, changes!

WhoDIB? : Peanuts Club

Love Peanuts? Love this. Peanuts Club, has gotten much attention from various musicians and bloggers, including remix work, so Noob & Brodinski can be proud of their efforts. I'll be looking at the less popular, but equally polished remixes, since you've probably already heard the Beatacue one.

LA Riots are veteran remixers, and this track is no exception, showcasing their ever increasing arsenal of synths, editing skills, and somewhat pre-packaged sounding drum beats. As you would expect from LA Riots, the song thuds along at first, until the squealing synth starts to kick in.

Now, I've been keeping this little gem to myself until the right opportunity to post it came along, and here it is. Buttonmasher, a young man hailing from Melbourne, Australia, remixed the song in question many (blog) years ago, and, it's pretty darn good. Think bleeps, but lots of them, acting together, in synergy.

WhoDIB? LA Riots or Buttonmasher?

Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (LA Riots Remix)
Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (Buttonmasher Remix)

Buttonmasher.

Dangerous

Danger seems to be whacking out material to increase hype for his third EP, 09/17/2007, due out for digital release on the first of February. His remix of Drown In The Now, is almost entirely glitch with a base of a simple Danger track, which is strange for a Danger remix, but hey, it's Danger. 4h30 is very typical Danger, but I dig the heavier beats and occasional 90's house kick.

The Crystal Method - Drown In The Now (Danger Remix)
Danger - 4h30

Oh, look at this. Mille put out a remix too, which sounds very similar to early Danger, except it has a blissful intro and wonderfully peaceful vocals. Opinion? You know you want it. Basically, it's what I would prefer Danger to sound like.

The Sound Of Arrows - Into The Clouds (Mille Remix)

Return To Form

Danger continues to remix more popular artists, in this case, One Republic's All The Right Moves. Danger is moving further and further away from his signature sound, to a fuzzy, less engaging one, although that lovely Danger sound does kick in later on in the track. Personally, I don't think it's time to move away just yet, and that Danger has indeed not pulled 'all the right moves'. I am so witty.

One Republic - All The Right Moves (Danger Remix)

Damn. It's as if A1 Bassline read my blog post and said to himself "Rarche is right. What am I doing?". He did everything right, emphasizing a heavier, grittier dubstep, more glitch, and even the Rasta. Go A1 Bassline!

Sissy Nobby - Lay Me Down (A1 Bassline Remix)

He's back, and it's pure SebastiAn, experimental and destructive. The original track was 13 tracks of unlistenable noise, but luckily Too Many SebastiAns has provided us with a nice little edit.

SebastiAn - Threnody (Edit)

MMMatthias has returned to us with a glitchy, growling, and somewhat relaxing remix of Yeasayer. As you would expect, the entire melody is constructed from glitchy, rearranged vocals, random sounds, and occasionally 8-bit tunes. Very nice.

Yeasayer - O.N.E. (MMMatthias Remix)

Mr Oizo's Cheetas is, surprisingly non retarded. While this might be beneficial for the majority of musicians and their music, it's not for Mr Oizo, who we've come to think of as our loveable, crazy Frenchman friend. Come on Mr Oizo, we need more 'woops' and 'pew, da-d-da, je suis!' in your music!

Mr Oizo - Cheetas

Round Up : 2009

2009 is gone. Here comes 2010!

Oh, and kids. I was browsing at tracks to put in the Top 10 Most Underappreciated, and I was gobsmacked at how many top quality tunes had received relatively little attention. So, do yourselves a favour, and either:

1. Click on the names on the side of some of the artists you fancy.
2. Back track, and have a look at what I posted earlier in the year.
3. Checkout Round Ups only if you're in a pinch for time (one of the names on the side).

Top 10 Most Downloaded:
1. Lost Valentinos - Thief (Shinichi Osawa Remix)
2. Erik Hassle - Don't Bring Flowers After I'm Dead (Crystal Fighters Remix)
3. Kaiser Chiefs - Every Day I Love You Less And Less (Boys Noize Remix)
4. The Black Ghosts - Any Way You Choose To Give It (Fake Blood Remix)
5. Mr Oizo - Pourriture 7 (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
6. Sidney Samson - Riverside
7. Mariah Carey - I'll Be Loving You Long Time (Designer Drugs Remix)
8. Foals - Electric Bloom (Neo Tokyo Remix)
9. La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)
10. Daft Punk - Fragile

Commentary:
1. Excellent remix, deserves to be at top spot. Goes off at 1:14.
2. Erik Hassle's music sometimes comes across as somewhat bland and austere, but Crystal Fighters added a variety of drums and buzz to bring out his voice. Great.
3. Very simple Boys Noize, very simple. But very good.
4. Ah ah ah ah, keum keu-keum keum keu-keum, for-or-or-or-or-or-or-or-or-or ey ey! You know how it goes. Pure glitchy goodness from Fake Blood himself.
5. Really not that good at all.
6. See above. But add more lol.
7. I don't care if it has Mariah Carey. It's damn good, and you know it! Designer Drugs did their homework on this one.
8. "It's just another hospital, it's just another, it's just another." with squealing, reverb, gristle and distortion to make this one tasty track.
9. Jack Beats destroyed this song. And, while some people view destruction as a good thing, I don't necessarily agree. Check out the much more polished DatA remix instead.
10. Daft Punk are a timeless duo. Fragile might possibly be a fake, but that doesn't make this any less alluring.

Top 10 Most Underappreciated:
1. The Hundreds In The Hands - Dressed In Dresden
2. Chateau Marmont - Maison Klaus
3. The Juan Maclean - One Day (Surkin Remix)
4. N.A.S.A. - Whatchadoin? (Villains Remix)
5. Edwin Van Cleef - I Want You (Justin Faust Remix)
6. Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth (Xtra Loud Mix)
7. Tiga - What You Need (Proxy Remix)
8. Clubfeet - Teenage Suicide
9. Little Boots - New Town Girl (A1 Bassline Attack Mix)
10. Keenhouse - Ari-Es (Hemingway Starlight Yacht Remix)

Commentary:
1. Featuring aspects of indie (plenty of guitar, subdued female vocals) and electro (a mixture of heavier reverberating bass and softer synths), this is one top notch track.
2. This is the type of song that we've come to expect from Chateau Marmont, the dreamlike, surrealistic synthfest that makes
3. Rocking out with 90's house influences, Surkin pulls it off with style and, most importantly, rave stabs.
4. A heavy remix from those kids called Villains, this features womping and buzzing bass in spades. 1:36 is groovy.
5. Justin Faust is an accomplished remixer. This is a prime example.
Bonus For Cool Cats:
6. That Crystal Fighters magic is everywhere, the heavy drums, the Spanish guitar and accents, deliciously european.
7. Vocals distorted so that they slowly but surely increase in pitch, leading to a 4x4 beat breakdown, Proxy style.
8. Ignore the depressing name. This is, without a doubt, one of the happiest songs I have heard for a long time. Think Passion Pit happy.
9. When A1 Bassline does things right, he does them right. This is a near perfect remix of New In Town (still don't know why he changed the title). Even the dubstep is decent.
10. Ever read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald? If that was a song, this would be it. Now, when a song reminds you of classic literature, it must be good. How fitting that the remixer is called Hemingway.

Bonus For Rarchesters:

Lushlife - Meridian Sound (Part Two) (Abacus Remix)
Radiohead - Reckoner (The Twelves Remix)
Bertie Blackman - Black Cats (Calling In Sick Remix)
Bertie Blackman - Black Cats (Shazam Remix)