Nobody Cares About Kitsune

New Site: In 2012

2011-11-02T10:59:00.003Z

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Pejhy Podcast 3

2011-01-19T11:37:00.000Z

Finally sorted a mix for the Pejhy blog.

TRACKLIST:

1. Lee Foss – Warriors
2. Dan Ghenacia – Gentelized
3. Pteradactil Disco – Clive’s Alright
4. Maceo Plex – Vibe Your Love
5. Shonky – Le Velour
6. Sean Roman – Yeah
7. 40 Thieves Feat. Qzen – Don’t Turn It Off (Brennan Green Mix)
8. Burnski & Robert James – Malibu (Jamie Jones Music Night Remix)
9. Jozif – Suddenly Somethin’
10. Russ Yallop – I Can’t Wait
11. Will Saul & Tam Cooper – Room In Your Heart (Wolf + Lamb & Slow Hands Mix)

Casual Joys

2011-01-17T14:17:00.010Z

One of my favourite tracks off John Roberts' album on Dial if anyone has been silly enough to ignore - Porcelain
Amazing disco treats from Tiger & Woods/Cleo & Patra/Pop & Eye - Can't Let Bluto
and Off Key Hat - Emergency Calling

JANUARY

2011-01-12T16:08:00.003Z

Vocal banger via Kojak Giant Sounds:

Maxxi Soundsystem - Criticize

Since his lovely last EP on Diynamic, David August comes back with: Hamburg is for Lovers

BONGOS: Jacques Renault - Marilyn's Gold

SUDDENLY

2010-12-20T13:28:00.005Z

This is killing me. Killing me to death.
jozif has really upped his game for his new EP on Agoria's label Infiné:

jozif - Suddenly Somethin'
Whilst Corinne via On The Prowl brings some MAD retro acid jams on Tonight and Dream a Little Dream (Midnight Magic Remix)

MIMA

2010-12-17T12:18:00.004Z

Dorisburg - Mima from Margaret Dygas' excellent FACT Mix is too lovely for words.

WHIP IT

2010-12-14T15:08:00.003Z

So much funk: Picture House edit - Let It Whip

Songs like this make me wish I was born 10 years earlier, spandex aside.

ME AND YOU

2010-12-13T17:36:00.003Z

A good mag: I Love You
A good song: Francis Inferno Orchestra - Me and You

LE VELOUR

2010-11-28T16:42:00.002Z

Mr Shonky does it again with his gorgeous new EP Le Velour on Real Tone.

Considering the Urban Dictionary definition of 'shonky' is "a compound word from the two terms 'shocking' and 'wonky' meaning that something is so bad or precarious that it is actually shocking" - This is pretty amazing.

I CAN HEAR YOU ARTHUR

2010-11-25T15:07:00.010Z

Having WAY too much fun compiling the RA poll. Reminds me SONG OF THE YEAR: Lee Curtiss - I Can Hear You Arthur much? Steel drums galore. Supplement Facts how I love you.

LOVEBIRDS

2010-11-23T13:35:00.002Z

The redeeming thing about London and its 6 degrees after reliving summer this November in Hong Kong is an internet connection:

Lovebirds - Love & Happiness to warm me up again.

DELUSIONS

2010-11-03T16:17:00.001Z

Pretty mad at Solomun right now.

He obvs stole my idea and sampled 'I Keep Forgettin' (that Warren G also got to before me). SOMEONE HELP ME FINISH SONGS PLS.

Also liking Session Victim - Time To Let You Down on Delusions of Grandeur in Solomun & Lee Curtiss' podcast. It's even got Geddes in it, what more could you want. (jk)

IL FRAGILE

2010-10-26T16:56:00.003+01:00

Alessandro Izzo - Il Sogno del Salotto

Such a jam from the smooth Italian on Mathematics. However, it may be vinyl only in which case I will be weeping in a corner of Phonica.

STAR

2010-10-19T15:58:00.003+01:00

Well cheesy deep house with proper R'n'B vox by someone who gathering from their myspace may well be a 14 year old LARPer which makes it that much more exciting.

Karu - Definition of a Star

DRY RETCH

2010-10-05T12:31:00.003+01:00

Getting an e-mail from Phil Collins' ex-bandmate asking for a 'rockumentary' has made me want to dry retch a bit this morning. The beautiful beat-less track by Donnacha Costello however, has not. Give it a shot.

Donnacha Costello - Dry Retch

IRIDIUM

2010-09-30T14:16:00.004+01:00

Lullabies in the Dark - Iridium (Superpitcher Remix)

Forgot how amazing this track is, clicking percs, piano stabs, guitar solo and all. Also forgot that it was on Permanent Vacation...

FEELING SAD

2010-09-29T20:47:00.002+01:00

Nick Holder - Feelin' Sad

More dreamy deep house from the Canadian producer with a languid sax line and soft vocal samples.

INTERNATIONAL FEEL

2010-09-22T23:01:00.011+01:00

Rocha - Feel the Love (Greg Wilson Version) on International Feel is a keeper. Soft pianos, soothing synths and old school house beats.

STORY #4

2010-09-06T17:51:00.002+01:00

Anton Zap - Fascinated on Story.

Its status as 'anonymous' / 'untitled' of course made it all the more intriguing. Haunting deep house with a gloriously unexpected intro.

STAY IN LOVE

2010-08-24T16:57:00.005+01:00

One of my most favourite Nico edits, the swinging Stay in Love (Nicolas Jaar edit)

If you haven't heard this before stick till midway at least - bangin' vocals from the original Love Potion No 9.

AUGUST

2010-08-22T23:10:00.012+01:00

So summer has pretty much ended in mid-August. CHEERS England. Some photos from the last of my beach times in Alghero taken with a Boots disposable. And a gorgeous song from the Hivern A L'Estiu Vol 2. Comp.

Pettre - La Verdad Flota

LOVE FEVER

2010-08-19T18:01:00.003+01:00

Holy moly Brooklyn's Jacques Renault and Gadi Mizrahi from Wolf +/Or Lamb are playing this Saturday in a secret dingy hole in Dalston. We've got a fever and the only cure is more funky edits with a kickdrum on it.

U GOT ME

2010-08-18T12:59:00.010+01:00

Incredibly groovy and equally girly Ibiza Voice mix from Lee Foss
Oh the joy.

BEAM ME UP

2010-08-11T12:31:00.002+01:00

Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix)

Ah the rest of the remix package is equally nice but there's nobody better at finely crafting disco epics than Monsieur Renault.

Loving You

2010-08-10T12:06:00.007+01:00

LOVING YOU demo tony lionni by tony lionni

Very catchy. If you don't mind the rave.

Off Summer

2010-08-03T12:26:00.009+01:00

If you like flip flops and Hawaiian shirts, you'll love Picture House' floaty Balearic remix of Crystal Fighters' In The Summer.

I can't believe I'm posting a Crystal Fighters song - total pansys, but this remix makes you forget it's even them innit.

Off Beat

2010-07-26T15:54:00.012+01:00

So of course just as I left the T Bar Closing Party at Scrutton Sweaty Street, Soul Clap decided to play Extravaganza and everyone had an amazing life-changing singalong session and then I died.

To celebrate and recuperate, here's the gorgeous podcast for Hybridlife by Maayan Nidam. It's even got that horribly out of time x acid track, all my favourite things: Oracy - Bass Mood (via Pablo Funkism). So painful.

Lulz

2010-07-21T11:09:00.003+01:00

Parisian deep house producer D'julz's latest Podcast, featuring the likes of Martinez, Omar S & Alex Picone.

Second track in goes berserk. Lovely.

'RADARTE'

2010-07-16T22:03:00.007+01:00

Many lols.

Wind Up (Genius of Time) - Challenge (Pete Herbert & Tim Paris)

Generic in a good way.

R & S the Best

2010-07-07T22:13:00.000+01:00

Pariah - Prism (96)

After getting lol'ed at for liking the cheesy vocals in Pariah's Orpheus, now everyone's hyped about the niceness from the album Safehouses.
Yeah.

No Fun Without You

2010-07-05T08:21:00.000+01:00

Super Sound Single (Ashley Beedle Remix) - Off Key Hat

When I first started seeing 'Off Key Hat' remixes about I just assumed it was the outcome of more off key hi-hats in tracks becoming a prevalent trend. This is much better.

Loving You Was My Mistake

2010-06-25T19:32:00.006+01:00

So the lovely Mr My Panda Shall Fly remixes Josh Pirate 'RAVER4LYFE' Soundsystem's new track.

Expect gated synths and epic breakdowns.

Dub N U

3rd Strike

2010-06-23T13:29:00.007+01:00

Following Erdbeerschnitzel loving, Under The Shade imprint 3rd Strike release the super smooth Homepark EP (soundcloud) as Slutty Tony Fringe ranted about.

Overlooking the remix from Hamburg-based label Mirau's Iron Curtis, fav pick has to be Alternity for epic bongo-laced deep house.

Dallas

2010-06-18T12:25:00.013+01:00

As featured in Zev's Live at Sunset Mix:

Ost & Kjex - Have You Seen the Moon In Dallas? (Maurice Fulton Remix)

Amazingly floaty piece from the guys with a penchant for cheese sampling.

RA Antwerp

2010-06-15T11:26:00.010+01:00

So forward-thinking let's just call it 'Avantwerp' fashion.
Pilotto, Ackermann, oh how I love you.

Understand This - Jet Project [Get Physical]

A Piece of History - CPR (supergroup Crosson, Patrick, and Reeves)

Won't You Show Me All Of The Galaxy

2010-06-14T13:35:00.020+01:00

As featured in Soul Clap's Phonica DJ Chart, Space Dimension Controller's The Love Quadrant is literally a work of genius. At only 19 hailing from somewhere dingy like Belfast, this harks back to a time of Steves in Bromley & his equally epic Journey to the Core of the Unknown comes complete w/ Kyle Hall remix.

To sum up this track perfectly:
"You know this song was made by a man - A woman could not have made this... because a woman can never understand love, like a man does... And that is essentially, what this song is about". Thomas P Ensom

OPN

2010-06-11T13:02:00.005+01:00

So usually if someone asks do you want to listen to some psychedelic IDM you'd say leave me alone you fucking hippie, but Oneohtrix Point Never is making it a bit interesting. Soaring off-key synths and layered bleeps make for an emotive ride.

Oneohtrix Point Never - Laser to Laser

4 Months

2010-06-01T16:03:00.006+01:00

Erdbeerschnitzel's 4 Months has been out a while now but in case you've slept on it, listen now:

4 Months by erdbeerschnitzel
And forget about the Mark E Edit, it's all about the Original here.

And I've been playing this one out a bit too:
Solomun & Stimming - Eiszauber (Motorcitysoul Remix)

Handbags

2010-05-26T10:22:00.001+01:00

So I think it's safe to say I've never been afraid of handbags until Lynch directed a Dior advert.
Watching AnOther Mag coverstar Cotillard going a bit berserk in Shanghai left me curled up in a ball, wanting a Lady Dior cannage handbag and feeling like a right moby dick. Amazing.

P.s Sigha re-'imagines' the Echologist's (Brendon Moeller innit) Slow Burn.
And featuring insightful lyrics everyone can relate to 'You Can't Hide Your Love' is a pop-tastic blast from the past from DMX Krew, blates a genius.

For the Last Day...

2010-05-18T20:13:00.005+01:00

I've been non-stop listening (well at 15 minutes a pop, repeats pretty much fill up a day) to the beautifully lush SIS remix of Hector. This track will make you exceedingly happy. A lighter version of the bouncy 90s house route as Hector likes to take.

Call Me

2010-05-11T09:30:00.001+01:00

Now in chill out mode:
From the new Future Disco album City Heat via Sean Brosnan,
Ilija Rudman x Greg Wilson on Call Me Tonight.

After a night of bin bags and Bad Rabbits, I'm urgently looking forward to Le Loup at T Bar next week, hoping he'll out-do his amazing set that time I was sober for Resident Advisor at Dalston Superstore -
Though he's up against Crosstown Rebels at Fabric w/ Jamie Jones, Damian Lazarus, Deniz Kurtel & Dyed Soundorom. DEAR GOD.

Document

2010-05-05T17:31:00.008+01:00

The last time I heard this out was at 11 bloody AM in the morning in a dark pit of techno in South London that they call CABLE.

Konrad Black was on (who's apparently not as good as me) (Yeah that's right, TODD) and we had been subjected to staying awake during 3 million hours of Geddes since Mulletover the night before.

Life Lessons - Lee Curtiss (taken from the Document EP on Spectral curated by Ryan Elliott as if you didn't know by now) Super dark, solid release.

Look At You

2010-04-26T12:24:00.009+01:00

Am I the only person on the planet who saw Dogtooth (Kynodontas) over the weekend and didn't curl up in a ball of Lynch-esque fear? Very, very good.

And so is this:
My Woman - Eddie C (PBR Remix) on Wolf Music
WOLFEP005 Eddie C - My Woman (PBR Streetgang Remix) snippet by NYSoul

Bad Rabbits

2010-04-20T16:53:00.001+01:00

Oh my god this is so suave it makes me blush just listening to it.
W+L bringing back 90s r'n'b jams via deep house:
She's Bad (Gadi Mizrahi & Soul Clap Remix) - Bad Rabbits

Room With a View

2010-04-18T13:14:00.006+01:00

After their Atjazz remix, Dairmount & Berardi took on Andre Lodemann's Dark Edge on the lovely Room With a View Records:

André Lodemann / Dark Edge / Dairmount & Berardi Dub by Room With a View

Warm fuzzy deepness.

The Glow

2010-04-14T15:02:00.009+01:00

Did anyone else lol at Lee Curtiss's The Glow edit using the same sample as in Janet Jackson's All For You?

Actual genius. B: Lee Curtiss - The Glow - Cityfox Ltd 01 (extract) by teclectic

Baker Man

2010-04-09T11:19:00.001+01:00

Oh my two favourite things combined. Soul Clap and BAKING.
Baker Man Edit by Soul Clap

FYB

2010-04-07T11:17:00.003+01:00

Dunna mix for Brixton night Fill Yer Boots next Friday 16th.
Come down. Expect things like Schneider, Siopis, Solomun and other things that don't begin with 'S'.

Check out their blog.
Check Flammette for the rest of 'em.

Notice:

2010-03-26T12:37:00.011Z

Hi anyone who likes/dislikes/wants to come throw things at NCAK.

Big Chill's hosting a Blog Party with yours truly repping Nobody Cares About Kitsune & Dazed Digital (Slutty Fringe will be Tony/John, woop) on Fri 2nd April.

On at 12.45am:
Expect LOUD NOISES.

Everyone Knows

2010-03-25T17:35:00.004Z

About my rather indiscrete love of Nicolas Jaar.

Mauled him recently on a couple of interviews, this one for Dazed Digital.
Clown & Sunset label feature to come...

Do check out his Get The Curse mix from a while back if you haven't yet.

Photo: Amy Gwatkin

Happy Please

2010-03-16T16:29:00.006Z

First post up on Brandon Sek's Happy Please aka Curb Crawlers 2.
2020 Vision niceness.

Shining Deacon

2010-03-11T11:32:00.000Z

Lighthouse (Youandewan Dub) - dOP

This would be incredibly generic and avoidable were it not for the groovey brass and awesome claps. A deeper take on the actually kinda boring original. Sshh.

Dan Deacon's rant about lighthouses.
"You don't like the lighthouse, you suck."

On & On & On...

2010-03-08T14:36:00.014Z

Am back at what appears to be an office after spending twenty hours over the last two days at Fabric's 30 hr non-stop event seeing Onur Ozer, Gadi W+L, Seth Troxler's 1 million sets, Dinky, and Konrad Black (again), etc. HELP ME.

Here's the Soul Clap Great White Hope mix (kicking off with some much-loved Jaar) in homage to missing their set last night due to... actually I still don't know quite know what happened there.

Highlights included:

Stalking Seth Troxler and
Going mental.

Mm, Danish

2010-03-02T11:21:00.014Z

So it's been the various Fashion Weeks and a Copenhagen trip to meet le Tartelet boys & Kasper Bjorke where during the days we talked accidental pornos and at night got wasted and played gems like Kenton Slash Demons' new record 'Sun' (literally breathtaking) and Danish trance (think I was supposed to stay quiet about that).

But having had a day to gather my tech-house marbles, I bring some Downtown Party Network - Days Like These. Laidback disco with feel-good synths.
And their Danish ventures from the pretty tight release package alongside remixes from Zombie Disco Squad and Jimpster:

Kasper Bjørke: Alcatraz (Kenton Slash Demon Remix) by S-E-N

Dolly La Parton

2010-02-09T17:10:00.013Z

Not another Backwards Barbie but the alias of Alex Under of CMYK via BeMySheep making eerie dischordant-scat driving-tech 'dancefloor choons'. If the dancefloor was full of people looking like they were having a bit of a spaz.

It's Just a Thing (128) / Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens

(Re: pic - Do you dress like the 11 yo girls in this pic? Congratulations, you are 'trendy'.)

Talking Jazz On The Telephone

2010-02-02T13:55:00.012Z

Moodymann - Telephone Blue (Franklin De Costa Tool Edit) by franklindecosta
(d/l)
Vs
Talking All That Jazz (Patrick Lindsey & M.in Remix) - Marc Romboy

The De Costa remix of Moodymann feats some creepy pitched down vocals that wouldn't seem out of place on a Spectral release kicking in amongst the moody (no shit) deep house which lightens up towards the end, whilst Marc Romboy talking some jazz gets re-jigged by Patrick Lindsey & M.in.

Sei Ace

2010-01-19T12:04:00.001Z

I know I make this bold statement at my own risk but.. someone made me like a Beatles song?
Yay for Sei A's magic touch; also appreciating his remix of Moodymanc & Paul Hardy's Sizzler which is exactly that, adding an extra euphoric edge to the 'Josh Wink circa Banana-esque' tech-yness, definitely wait till the half-way mark.

The Beatles - A Day in the Life (Unknown Mix) by Sei A

The Beatles - A Day In The Life (unknown mix) by Sei A

d/l here

Casanova

2010-01-13T22:29:00.017Z

YES to old photos and buying a Holga that's held together with a piece of cardboard from a dodgy jumble lady in a polka dot dress. Expect a series.

And similarly effervescent approval for Mario Basanov who I'm guessing is a pretty slick fella.
French house vocals x tropical deep disco for getting into your car and getting out of my dreams to.

Mario Basanov - A2 - Caribbean Girl (Ilya Santana Mix)
Mario Basanov - A2 - Caribbean Girl (Ilya Santana Mix)
From Under the Shade.

Curses

2010-01-09T10:57:00.004Z

If groovy French x Spektre-esque tech is what you're pining for, head over to Get the Curse for Olibusta who joined forces with Clement Meyer for an EP on the new GTC label.

Check out his remix of this Brrr-ap house track. (And no this isn't in reference to yet another made-up genre devised by plebs, just some amusing vox in there)

Qoso - Brrr (Olibusta remix) by olibusta

Browns

2010-01-06T12:03:00.005Z

No this is nothing about the South Molton Street boutique ladies, calm the f down. This is dug out from the 'so deep I'm drowning in slap bass' funky/soulful house producer's 'The Early Years'. Circa 2008.

Trus'me - Brown's

Contrary to Popular Belief, Best of Lists are HARD OK?

2009-12-29T13:27:00.045Z

A bit difficult to do 'Best of '09' considering the blog's only been running for a year and furthermore I have the musical (and otherwise) attention span of a thimble. But here goes...

Best/Lol Moments of 2009:

-Telling Riva Starr to collaborate with my mum
-Fucking up Ellen Allien's room w/ a gaggle of girls
-Having Heidi laugh inappropriately at someone's broken arm on the phone
-Giving Keytars/Violins my balloon when he inevitably was too wasted to give it any love or care
-Being asked to interview Kitsune in Paris & being taken to lunch by their lovely press guy
-Making it in Curb Crawlers' Top 5 Blogs of 2009 list for NCAK & Slutty Fringe

Best Tracks?
No. I'm not doing that, it's as near impossible as 'a girl sticking an octopus up her genitals' (See Running Ponies).

Best Labels?
Sorry Turbo, after years of my enduring love and devotion I think you've been topped by Wolf + Lamb, Sound Pellegrino and Tartelet this year and woop at the newer Get Physical stuff

Best Album/Compilations:
Jamie Jones innit, and le Dixon Temporary Secretary Edits were super

Best Remix:

Um.. maybe Alland Byallo's Gold Daytons remix of Soul Clap. So good.

/rant

If You Muffle Your Ears Slightly It Almost Sounds Like 'Jingle Bells'

2009-12-25T14:46:00.026Z

...when you listen to Inxec - Alright from the Matt 90's house Tolfrey and Inxec EP 'Even in Hollywood'. Y'know.. all the same key elements of upbeat (Chicago) festiveness are there.

And even more so for an aptly named A Black Elf by Lucio Aquilina with tinkling bells aplenty for CHRISTMAS DAY.

A blog is for life, not just for 364 days of the year.

Bootsy

2009-12-17T10:11:00.000Z

Ever since his vocals were used in the wonkier-than-thou Claude VonStroke tracks I haven't been able to get him out of my mind-

Bush Doctors vs Bootsy Collins - Disciples of Funk
Because aren't we all.

BUSH DOCTORS V BOOTSY COLLINS by Bush Doctors

Crap..

2009-12-04T16:09:00.004Z

I'm playing tomorrow apparently?

Temp

2009-12-01T15:58:00.000Z

Ame - Setsa is a wonderful clangy number, like a string quartet stumbling into a cowshed.
Dixon dunna edit of it in his Temporary Secretary Mix, though you may want to check out the B-side Ensor.

And if you want to get freaked out by a grinning one-eyed loon a bit too close to those fucking freaky things in the Vauxhall advert - check out the video for the French creative collective Masomenos' Juhuu.

Raining Catz 'n' Dogz

2009-11-23T23:23:00.013Z

Kasper sent me some nice stuff a while back w/ a lot of epic percussion and "bwoo, bwoo, bwoo, bwoo- WOOP-WOOP" bits. Definitive.

Here's the Catz 'n' Dogz & Pol On Skandal remix of his techno-er project 'Kasper Bjorke & His Friendly Ghost's The Great Derangement, a bit more upbeat than their Afera one. At one time I was obsessed with their remix of Freaky Motherfucker and put it in every one of my sets and yelled "Freaky Mofo" at people all the time. Due to various restraining orders, I think this phase has passed.

Afrika Bambaataa

2009-11-21T23:22:00.010Z

The Paranormal (Maetrik Remix) - Voodeux

This won't give you shitting nightmares like the original.

and

Interafrica - Mihalis Safras

Friggin' excellent - Check out his new super homo-house Rubber EP. W/ Hugo mix.

T BAR

2009-11-16T11:36:00.004Z

Holy vin diesel, I'm playing T Bar tomorrow night. Come over at 10.30pm for free frolics. Here's a new mix over at Flammette as a non-preparation for the night//

Crabsticks

2009-11-06T12:17:00.012Z

This is a song called 'Crabsticks'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_stick: "Crab sticks (also called imitation crab meat or labeled as krab) are a type of processed seafood made of surimi, or finely pulverized white fish flesh."

This is the best selling point I could ever hope for.
Plus it's the remix by Bart Skils who hailing from Amsterdam has this creepy as hell orange-giant-pixelface-webpage, surely proving his genius.

Crabsticks (District One Aka Bart Skills Remix) - Mihalis Safras & Mark Broom

Nice One, Max

2009-11-04T12:41:00.012Z

Eelectronicaa.

Don't Add the Word 'Boogie' or 'Groove' on the End of a Song Please

2009-10-26T16:39:00.000Z

Who could have thought bongos could be so boring.
WELL, Raymundo has done it with a track called 'Stanstead Boogie'... Can you IMAGINE getting on your 4.30am Easyjet flight listening to this? I'd be cranky as hell.

Anyway, this is nice: Dan Ghenacia - Now U Need as featured in M.A.N.D.Y's mix for Dazed.

(P.s Magda's done a nice Fabric mix: 49 innit. Feat. Robert Babicz, Marc Houle, and Heartthrob, OFC.)

Spencer Parker Spencer

2009-10-20T12:32:00.004+01:00

AN OLD ONE BUT A NICE ONE:

Spencer Parker- Yogoto
(I dunna Rekids spree)

Darkstar

2009-10-13T15:03:00.009+01:00

And hopping on the Hyperdub wagon, their release from Darkstar - Aidy's Girl is a Computer is an excellently melodic Jay Prada/Kimbie-esque number.

Fast Hands

2009-10-09T13:05:00.016+01:00

Slow Hands - Fast Tongue at Juno
On Zev and Gadi's Wolf + Lambykins

More erotic than that time I accidentally bought crotchless tights.

Photo from Heavy Puff

Time

2009-10-04T21:34:00.013+01:00

Time - from Samuel L Session's The Man With the Case.

Some lovely epic and smooth complexly layered tech/house from a dodgy man in Sweden with as catchy a name as Joy Orbison

Never Sleep

2009-09-24T12:55:00.019+01:00

Apologies for the neglect recently.. NY and LDN Fashion Weeks means no eat and NO SLEEP, with even less time for trumpets.

Sobered since the bright lights & the mousetraps in my goody bags, I bring the Gadi Mizrahi rereremix of Seth Troxler's Love Never Sleeps from Wolf + Lamb.

And long due a post is one half of UBER disco Retro/Grade, Tom Neville's -NWN feat. some ever-necessary psuedo-scat 'n' all.

Tartelet

2009-09-18T12:09:00.005+01:00

I like pastries a lot, and like most people who talk about dating them I've often wondered how our relationship can really progress before you om nom to death it to its flaky demise. However Tomboy & Fredski of WhoMadeWho have long honoured this love with their Danish label (yum, danish) Tartelet Records featuring piano stabby tech-house and grown-up understated stompiness from artists like Wareika, Kenton Slash Demon and James Braun (Mothership).

Here's one of my (and probs Christian Martin's seeing as it was in his FACT Mix) fave pick:
Kenton Slash Demon - Singla (from the awesome Khattabi EP available at Juno)

and the unreleased Clouded Vision Remix via Matt Walsh's blog.

Their Tarterama Mix for Panorama Bar.

NEW BLOG

2009-09-15T23:59:00.005+01:00

A Blog I Made Whilst Making a Mix:

Flammette Blog

Fuck

2009-09-15T15:25:00.004+01:00

Wow, a Fuckpony song I actually like.
A Pills Medley is some pretty smooth going from Fuckponey poney.

P.s check out my interview with Renaissance Man for Dazed: here.

Too Much

2009-09-09T21:00:00.004+01:00

dOP- Genius of the Crowd

Another 'geniusly' percussive piece from fave dOP aside their Bateria remix, with Insomnia-esque vocals from the EP with Mambo Jambo, complete with a Guy Gerber remix.

Such insightful lyrics from Bukowski beg the question of where dance music is going.

The answer? Nowhere.

I mean come on. The peak of dance music was recently a song about peanuts and a song about I don't know what the hell you're saying.

..Or beating a bird with a BAT?

Nice one VonStroke.

You've Made a Big Mistake

2009-09-01T14:27:00.002+01:00

Metronomy - Not Made For Love (Astronomer Remix)

You all know who Astronomer is? Lovely.

Espresso

2009-08-29T23:43:00.001+01:00

NY's Biatchcorp sends love via the medium of Karraskilla's Expreso Cali (Pawas Remix)

ft. soaring synths, jittery cut-up vox and strummed harps, over Karraskilla's trademark breed of dark driving bass.

In a similarly lush vein, the DJ Hell and Tigerskin remixes of 'Abe Duque & Virginia's Following My Heart are pretty tight too, the latter as heard in that Matt Walsh Fabric Promo Mix in Juuune or whatever.

Ghostly

2009-08-18T11:17:00.000+01:00

A far cry from Matthew Dear's light summer choons from the Ghostly/Spectral labels also of Audion, Seth Troxler, and deep 'MANDATE MY ASS' disco Daso comes

Lawrence (of Dial Recs) with Divided.
The gardener-turned-minimal-techno-producer brings us this beautifully chilling track with the gentlest of claps and ethereal leads, the perfect soundtrack to a berkishly pretentious film about a blossoming young lady coming of age in Tokyo. Or something.
Also to check out is Immune by Bodycode, a melancholic rhythmic shuffley motherbitch feat. dark vocals accompanying the piano and robotic blips.

LuckyMe

2009-08-16T23:26:00.002+01:00

German lady photographer Debora Mittelstadt

Glitchy

2009-08-14T22:20:00.000+01:00

Roman Fluegel- Prinzessin X

This is really glitchy. In fact, horribly so, but like a small cranky child, have some patience and bear with it and it becomes this lovely almost Unit 4's Remix of Aquaplane deep house-esque layered piece with warped bass. (That's what kids become, right?)

Jet Set Njet

2009-08-12T23:20:00.001+01:00

GREAT name. GREAT artwork. Little bit poop band.

Like the kinda reject Artrocker proto-ensembles you used to nod your head knowingly to down in the Buffalo Bar in Islington and that's got to be a good thing- on Norwegian Anomalie Records 'cause I've bloody heard of that.

EU Funky

2009-08-10T21:26:00.003+01:00

Have been in love Mount Kimbie's 50 Mile View- but will get shot in the bum if I leak this so check it out here. Beautifully ambient 8-bitty dubstep of epic proportions.

Perhaps my posterior is a little more likely to remain intact if I post these gems:
A remix by Solo for Maps' I Dream of Crystal.
And motherfucking SIS- (Stipe Remix) of Sum. Far from his Trompeta, it remains a superbly summery breed of tech-house similar to the wave of Dutch/Danish/Euro tracks these days featuring ridiculous pitch-bends and tribal percs added with 'ethnic/world' sampling more silly than Primary One's voice in Style of Eye's Vocal Remix of Who's There?
Call it... 'EU Funky'.

Macking Hoes

2009-08-07T21:36:00.001+01:00

Here's a snippety snip of the sample from which Erol Alkan created his Waves:

Albion- Space Time Continuum. Unfortunately nerds will catch you out, don't expect them to be out macking hoes on a Friday night as if they wouldn't prefer to be at home on the 'Robots for Robots Forum' which discovers this track is a result of further musical theft. Shock. (Hehe thanks Leighton)

Maher Daniel- Casbar on Get Physical's awesome Full Body Work Out Vol. 5.

Sparse trippy vocals and expect the triangle.

Illustration by Ricardo Fumanal: My Dazed article on his surreal shizz is out HERE.

Bambi

2009-08-03T23:49:00.001+01:00

Should have done this post last week but obviously I was still suffering a facial spasm from the cuteness of Stella McCartney's Fall '09 campaign with Sigrid Agren shot by Ryan McGinley.
Described as an attempt to "contrast fierce clothes with the innocence of Bambi".

Look at Thumper there. What an absolute twat.

I cba to post an unreleased il/legal mp3 today with the hopelessly vague intent of making people buy other stuff of the artists I like so I will do this:
GO HERE for the Astronomer (aka Alex Skull Juice Egan) remix of The XX. Tis lovely.
(Sadly the Clouded Vision is a bit meh)

Away for the Weekend Chart

2009-07-29T20:49:00.001+01:00

Thought I'd do a little 'chart' (I'd make a 'mix' but 'Nobody' would listen to it) before I embark on a free trip to Amsterdam to see some Chuckie, Afrojack, Pilooski, and Toddla T. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?

-Gregor Salty's- Mexer (3am Remix by 'FUNKIN Matt')

-DJ T- Bateria (Dop Remix)

-Gossip- Love Long Distance (Riva Starr Remix)

-Digital Manges- Manges (Sharkslayer Dubmix)

-Steve Angello & AN21- Flonko

-Voodeux- Pina Colada (J.Phlip Remix) or something pon her myspace

-Iron Curtis- Solgerhood as also featured on Brodinski's Bugged Out Mix

Some bangers. Some non-bangers.

SHOES

2009-07-26T23:20:00.002+01:00

16 year old STEVE from Bromley's amazingly homoerotic Midnight Roland Remix of Shoes.

It was on that weirdo Tiga podcast about dwarves innit.

Note: I HATE Shoes (Original).

Pic: Juergen bloody Teller for Christ's sake:

His Marc Jacobs Advertising 1998-2009 Book = WANT

Renaissance Boy

2009-07-25T00:31:00.002+01:00

Sonic C- Saiph sounds a bit like a 17 yo Aoki making trumpet tech.
Oh wait. IT IS. Fun stuff.

Chaim's back with a new EP Thrill You on Bpitch to go mental with your shopping cart, remember his Chicken Kiev? This is what happens when you name a song when you're higher than Balmain's next season shoulderpads.

Floating Points

2009-07-15T00:19:00.000+01:00

Today is the day for making up more sub-genres because Lardcore and Crudstep weren't funny enough:

Floating Points- Shangrila

Nice deep-step hip house B-side to Love Me Like This

Bibio - Jealous of Roses

Funk house groove beat from Ambivalence Avenue

Train to Tehran

2009-07-09T00:13:00.002+01:00

Photo: Skeleton Legs

Namito- Train to Tehran (Original Mix) as heard in Style of Eye's Essential Mix so you know it's good. Even got everyone in a vicarage singing along to SoE's Grounded (Radio Edit) on a Sunday morning.

Er I hear everyone is posting about that Joy Orbison guy innit. HYPH MANGO. I'm COOL. Since when did 21 mean GRANDMA? I'm down with the kids.XXX

Riton + Primary 1

2009-07-05T23:25:00.001+01:00

Video as directed by L-Vis 1990 for Who's There out on Erol's Phantasy label.

Yes it was Riton & Primary 1. SIGH..

No it wasn't Erol Alkan & Boys Noize AGAIN,

no it wasn't Erol Alkan & LA Priest,

and no it REALLY wasn't a small child and half a bean pie.

SUPER DISCO

2009-07-03T10:41:00.001+01:00

Hey guys. Me mate Kirsti from Dazed is Djing tonight alongside Nathan Fake and Vincent Oliver at the 'Gold Bar' (genius name?) on Stoke Newington Church St. Check it out if you're not Brodinski-ing.

Plus rumour has it Buster Super Super Bennett has started a 'DJ School', 808 Academy. Prepare for more Peaches Pudding Face Geldofs.

Solo + SIS

2009-06-28T17:58:00.000+01:00

The Big Stef

Big sample.

Cannot wait to see 'midget house' pioneer Solo from Rome playing Fabric this Friday at Brodinski's all-star line-up Suck My Deck launch for Bugged Out/Kill Em All.

Hopefully if 'Dusty Kid' is in attendance I can voice my concerns for how he got that way and finally call social services.

Plus: Wo Worst Du?- SIS

Something Dark

2009-06-21T23:45:00.000+01:00

Palle (Spektre Remix)- Los Suruba

'Cause everyone likes exotic duo Spektre from Cardiff/Leeds

Arabe (Milton Channels Remix)- Hector Cuoto
Milton's driven clean percussion reminiscent of early Popof leads into eerie delayed breakdowns.. Oh how I miss proper 'tech bangerz'

In My Blood (Mom & Dad Remix)- Sharam Jay

Yeah it's been around, but I like it.

Plus, in case you missed THIS BANGING MOFO-

Renaissance Rene's Party House Mix:
1.Herbert - Moving Like A Train (Smith & Hack Remix) -K7
2. SIS- Trompetta -CDR
3. Zombie Disco Squad - Esperanto -Sound Pellegrino
4. Radioclit- Secousse (Brodinski Remix) - Mental Groove
5. Obi Blanche - Beetle Fight - CDR
6. Mixhell - Boom Da (Downtown Remix Instrumental) - New Judas
7. Green Velvet - Thoughts - Music Man
8. Renaissance Man - Aloha Dub - CDR
9. D.H.S - House Of God - Poker Flat
10. Thomas Schumacher- Picanha - Get Physical
11. Renaissance Man - Spraycan - Dubsided

Heart Attack

2009-06-16T22:02:00.004+01:00

Tara Darby shoots for Undercurrent Magazine.

Everyone loves lairy tribal house from the Netherlands:

Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie - Moombah (Afrojack Remix)

So smooth it calmed me down after I had a shitting heart attack at new Minimow like my computer did that time I opened up Turbo Recordings AND Cocoon on the same web browser:
Giorgio Gigli Podcast for Turbo

Thunderstorm

2009-06-15T19:03:00.002+01:00

Beautiful songs for the weather outside.

Bicycle- on Memory Tapes' blog
&

Battlehymn for Children (Tensnake Dub Remix)- The Faint