I Feel Brand New Again!

"Prez, what are some nu-disco tracks/artists you can recommend? Thanks"
Sure, why not! Unfortunately, I have a pretty weird definition of "nu-disco." I realize it characterizes the newer style of French House, but I take it a little broader than that. Allow me to explain.


Old School Reunion is smooth, funky, and all over the place at times. Adding in a little LeBatman makes it that much more entertaining. I love this track - wish I had the original, though. Can't find the damn thing anywhere.

Old School Reunion - Lovestory (LeBatman Remix) [click to download]


Next, I've written about The Phantom's Revenge quite a bit. Hell, I've even interviewed him. Anyway, he recently sent me a bunch of music in 320 (thank heavens for no longer having myspace rips). Anyway, here are two of my favorites that haven't been posted here. I think the second one has, but not in 320.

The Phantom's Revenge - Money Money Money Rework [click to download]


The Phantom's Revenge - French Cheese Funk [click to download]


And lastly, Poka. I've also interviewed him. My personal favorites from him are his Galaxie Comete Records tracks, but you be the judge. This is one of my top 10 favorite tracks ever.

Poka - My Love Is Here To Stay [click to download]


So that about does it, I'll be posting way more of this stuff in the future. It's our little way of keeping up to date with music, without posting shitty radio music.

Enjoy,
Prez

Last Japan

While watching the surprisingly gripping penultimate episode of this season of Skins
the other day, marveling at its consistently brilliant soundtrack as usual, one track jumped out at me. Pumping beats, aggressive sawtooth bass and rave stabs all layered together. It was the ultimate party track. And, after a quick bit of searching online, I found out it was a remix of Crystal Fighters' track "Xtatic Truth" by London's Last Japan.

Currently signed to Fatboy Slim's Southern Fried label, 20 year old Last Japan dropped his latest original offering "Jungle Warrior" back in December, and is currently hard at work on his debut album. And with a series of official remixes for the likes of Brodinski, Diplo, Soft Toy Emergency and DJ Tonka behind him, he's got the world in the palm of his hand at the moment. But don't take my word for it, let the tracks speak for themselves.

Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth (Last Japan Remix) [click to download]


Soft Toy Emergency - Critical (Last Japan Remix) [click to download]


Keep it funky,
Joe

Robotic Men Unite to be Acolytes

Creepy.

Anyway, during this recent "not-posting-but-lurking" period, i discovered some cool tracks. And yes, it is a random tracks post, but fear not, as soon as i get my shit done (which should be in about a week), i will make a specific post on a specific artist, but for now, onto the tracks.

We start off with a little british band called Delphic.
This track is off their debut album called "Acolyte" and guess what, im posting the title track itself!
It is nearly 9 minutes of a brilliant progressive track, which starts off slow, to speed up, then to slow down again and then to climax. This peak isnt even at the halfway mark, but somehow it just keeps on going until the very end.
Beautiful.

Delphic - Acolyte [click to download]


Now, we have a rarity. This track you may have heard on The Twelves' latest mixtape, The Twelfth Hour. It is by a german duo called Methusalem, who released an album and two singles in 1980 and then dissapeared from the map.
This single, called "Robotism" is so rare that the 12' copies of it are worth about €100, which is quite expensive for a record.
As for the track, its funky disco at its peak. All it lacks are some vocals, and The 12's do that for us in their mixtape.

Methusalem - Robotism [click to download]


Now, something darker.
Kris Menace's label "Work It Baby" is celebrating it's 10th birthday, and to celebrate, they released a 2-cd compilation with exclusive tracks and old releases.
This is Menace's remix of Moonbotica's "Men of The Future".
It has that melodic, dreamy sound that is typical with Kris Menace, but the lead synth is fantastic is gives a bit more depth to a brilliant track.

Moonbotica - Men Of The Future (Kris Menace Remix) [click to download]


And to finish this post, an exclusive. Ferrenl is a dutch bloke who doesnt really have much history in the music making business.
But the other day, he posted a mashup on TDC that is absolutely brilliant.
You all know SebastiAn's "Threnody". I called it the most stupid track of 2010, 4 days into it.
But what Ferrenl decided to do is to mashup this track with a Raw Man + Blanche track, more especifically "United".
The end result is fantastic. The classical intro of United builds up to the Threnody breakdown, using United's lyrics and finishes with the Threnody outro, all in less than 3 minutes.

Raw Man feat Blanche vs SebastiAn - United Threnody (Ferrenl Mashup) [click to download]


In the meantime, Ferrenl tweaked it a bit, and ou can get version 2 off his soundcloud, but i prefer the original version.

Enjoy!

A model of success,
Alex.

Re-Re-Re-Re-Mix

Yo. Today I present you an artist I discovered on XM Radio (BPM - Channel 36... check it out, it's good stuff).


DJ Dark Intensity is a trance-by-day artist who has recently been cranking out remixes of some of the more "popular" songs on the radio waves.

To be honest, I feel his remixes could be better, and sometimes the lead drowns out the original. But you know what? It sounds cool, for the most part, and the songs are free, again - for the most part. I have a feeling you guys will enjoy it. Be sure to let me know in the comments.

My personal favorite is his remix of Young Money's "Bedrock." The original is just terrible, so there was definitely some room for improvement. I was pleased. Anyway, enjoy!

Young Money - Bedrock [dj Dark Intensity Remix] [click to download]


Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be [dj Dark Intensity Remix] [click to download]


Ke$ha ft. 3OH3 - Blah Blah Blah [dj Dark Intensity Remix] [click to download]


Peace,
Prez

PS - Be sure to check out DJ Dark Intensity here, here, and here.

Remind me.

Hey everyone.

Whilst making a playlist for a friend of mine, consisting of some new tracks I'd recently laid my hands on, my interest was peaked by how a few of them reminded me immediately of other songs. It's not necessarily obvious - or maybe even real - but it sure does make a nice combination.

So, when I first heard this -

Gorillaz - Stylo

I thought of this right away.

Royksopp - Remind Me [click to download]

And when I finally got my hands on this -

Kavinsky - Nightcall [click to download]

Well.

Yoko Kanno - Fantaisie Sign [click to download]

Phil.

(Oh, and pre-order Kavinsky's new EP here, okay?)