When the amount of electronic producers and dj’s increase it also becomes increasingly hard for the ones who really have something interesting to share to break through. But when they do, we just have to step back and watch them grow into blogosphere-stardom. I wont pretend I jumped onto Disco Villains as soon as my favourite Biscuits expressed their love for them, but I’ve been watching what they’ve been up to lately, and it seems that they just get better and better. Of course, a nice way to get some attention in the blogosphere is to remix Justice, and that’s exactly what Disco Villains have done. Not to say that they’re just taking the easy way to fame, because they deserve every single bit of praise that they get. Here’s the Justice remix and their remix of The Faint is equally great and available just below.
Dubstep has been haunting my speakers for an incredible amount of time by now, and has even resulted in a Dubstep Rundown on here. But I guess that dubstep isn’t really getting the recognition it deserves right now, and what do you do then? The Widdler takes an interesting approach as he merges dubstep and a more club-oriented approach which he cleverly titles Clubstep. So is there really anything new to this? I guess the invention is relatively small, but I think this has a fair chance of receiving some more mainstream approval although this may not be the track to “break” the genre. But this is still great stuff, give it a spin.
The Widdler – Final Stage
If you dig this take a trip to Myspace where he even guides you towards places that allow you to buy his music. That’s good service!
I’ve been really fascinated by the Horrors for a long time (I even shot that pic above), and though their horrorish punk makes me freak out a bit, I still think Strange House is an excellent album and I’m eager to hear something new from them. But right now it doesn’t really seem like there’s something new on the way, so I guess we’ll have to look for something different until then. And fortunately, there really is some excellent Horrors-related stuff around! The always fresh Ohh! Crapp… posted this Horrors remix of The Charlatan’s The Misbegotten, and it’s quality stuff! We aren’t facing something classic Horrors here, the remix is more aussie sounding with synths and even draws some inspiration from more minimal stuff.
I don’t mean to go all video blog on you, but I’ve been seeing some great videos lately, and of course I’m going to share them with you. The most recent one is Feist’s new video for Honey Honey directed by Anthony Seck that features some really sweet stop-motion action and a story about a sailor’s adventures on the sea. I like it, and I like it a lot.
This is so old it’s probably already off any decent blog/news site’s archive, but I was just reminded of Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head’s greatness with the video for Sophisticated Side Ponytail. I’ve become more and more obsessed with this band lately, and the video’s really great and psychedelic in a offbeat way. But really, do yourself a favour and check them out on Myspace. They’re great fun and even deliver some nice tunes too.
I want to post something that I just stumbled upon in my iTunes although I’ve had the track for some time now. I don’t know how I’ve managed to avoid listening to this track until now, but holy crap it’s great! Zero Machine is the name of the monster, and it’s just absolutely epic. And even though it’s heavily distorted it still sounds so good it’s almost to good to be true. So in case you haven’t grabbed this baby on another blog, this one is a real treat and Le Castle Vania definitely needs some more internet love so be sure to stop by his Myspace and you can even grab some freebies through his blog. Free music for dedicated fans? Way to go Le Castle Vania, be sure to give him a lot of love.
I’ve been digging a lot of disco grooves lately, and I think it’s fair to say that somewhere in the future, disco will be huge once again. I’m not talking that 80’s glamour stuff, but some of the wonderful and fresh sounds coming from bands like Weird Tapes, Pink Stallone and everything ever put out on Italians Do It Better of course. The new single from Streetlife DJ’s is a declaration of love for the disco sound, and even though the track doesn’t really sound like the bands mentioned above, this is still a pretty good take on what a electro/disco fusion may sound like when the electro elements are a bit more prominent in the mix. But never mind the genres really, this is just an ace track.
Check out Streetlife DJ’s Myspace for some more great track and an opportunity to buy the 12″ released on Kitsuné and even a ridiculously amazing t-shirt with that helps you declare your love for disco
Wow, this has been rather hectic… I’ve just returned from a weeks holiday in France and when I turn on my computer WordPress goes crazy on me. I guess this means some changes since I’ve received my share of warnings on here. I’ll keep you posted of course until I’ve decided what to do. Until then, here’s a new alternative video for Breaking It Up from Lykke Li. A great video, in my humble opinion, and it even features some Ian Curtis-style dancing
Coki and Mala are the two guys running one of the absolute top dubstep labels, DMZ. You wouldn’t usually think that he would also be releasing great music, but he is! Coki’s releasing awesome tunes in various constellations perhaps most widely known for his collaboration with Mala under the Digital Mystikz name and together they have received a massive amount of praise and even some mainstream recognition when they released the song Anti War Dub that was featured in the movie Children of Men. He also famously collaborated with Benga to create one of the biggest dubstep bangers ever, the incredibly awesome Night, that’s posted below to give you and idea of what he’s up to.
Coki doesn’t have a Myspace, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look up some of the greatness of DMZ on Myspace
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Together with the previously mentioned Shackleton, Appleblim runs the British Skull Disco label which releases some pretty neat dubstep tracks every once in a while. Like Shackleton, Appleblim’s sound is very organic and relies less on drum and bass grooves than most dubstep tracks. In stead Appleblim’s tracks have a huge and reverbish sound with plenty of ambience and drama. There isn’t much of his original material available around the internet or in shops for that matter, but the few ones that are actually out there are great to say the least. On the other hand, he has created plenty of mixes with the Vol. 6 of the Dubstep Allstars series as the most prominent, and possibly the greatest.
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