Sexy Krauts

There is nothing 'new' that motivated this post. I have no urge to give you something new. The nature of blogging is to share thoughts, music and other rubbish that you feel is necessary for other people to know about. In that case, the sole reason for this post - one of my all-time favourite songs. I don't care if you do or don't endorse it, remix it or even tell people about it. If you did, great. I just think that if this particular song had the power to change the way I listened to and played music, then it should be worth sharing. If only everyone would froth over this melody. As it happened, Chris Martin from Coldplay did. He specifically asked Florian and Ralf if he could use the riff for their song 'Talk'.

Please froth over this. I would like you to. I would like you to embrace one of the greatest electronic songs ever. Sure, that's just my opinion. I don't think it could be any more appropriate though. What a fitting title - Computer Love. This title suggests that these geniuses were way too ahead of their time. Thirty years on and here we are, mounting our computers and other technological software. I use this software as a vehicle for getting this song across to you and watching porn. The latter more discretely of course. Ahh blogging...how irrelevant that last comment was and still it was read by the unknown.

Danke Kraftwek, danke.

Kraftwerk - Computer Love

Cruel Intentions

I read somewhere recently that Simian is like the Chemical Brothers of our time. I think this not far from the truth. Their production style is unique and changing which gives them an element of longevity. Their love and use of traditional synths is always evident and through the accompinent of some solid vocalists they have mad some pretty powerful and lasting songs (Hustler anyone?)
The one that stood out to me the day I got their most recent album was Cruel Intentions. I love everything about it, the stong vocal sung by the big Beth Ditto from The Gossip, the lyrics, the sound, the smell, the taste. This is why I was understandably excited when a lil remix package was released. I like pretty much all the remixes on the release, some more than others but also like the fact that they are all quite different from one another. These are my two favs.

Cruel Intentions (Heartbreaks Slow Action Remix) - Simian Mobile Disco

Cruel Intentions (Greg Wilson Re-Edit) - Simian Mobile Disco

Mix Monday 34

N.A.S.A. is more a concept than an actual artist. North America/South America (N.A.S.A.) is the idea of combining multiple music influences from two large and broad continents. Earlier this year the creative collaboration of Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon released their debut piece of work entitled ‘The Spirit Of Apollo’. This was essentially a 17-track compilation of a huge variety of collaborations. By calling upon artists ranging in music styles, influences and cultures and pairing up unusual duos, trios and even quartets the idea is to bring closer cultures through music. The result is a very diverse and often segmented album. This is neither good nor bad. To start off with the line up of artists is pretty breathtaking with over 30 artists contributing to the cause there is no lack of talent. We’re not talking no-names either with some of the hottest artists the American continents have to offer. The album definately has more powerful moments than others. Sometimes the different influences on a track work extremely well together, often where unexpected. However not every track meets this hard to attain goal. If you had to boil it all down you could call this album a ‘hip-hop’ album. That’s where you’d most likely find it in the CD store (do they have those anymore?).

The the most recent release from the innovative pair is a ‘mixtape’. Tanning On The Moon is an hours' worth of tracks compiled by the two and then mixed by DJ Zegon. The tracklist is quite broad and follows a similar concept of combining often very varied musical styles. This is again executed with a considerable level of success. Not the most flawless or flowing mix but rather a collection of almost 60 tracks and acacpellas both old and new this mix is fun and friendly and does a largely good job of combining influences from across diverse range of cultures. Whether this brings them closer together culturally, musically or otherwise I guess we'll have to wait and see.


Tanning On The Moon - N.A.S.A.

Tracklist:
01. Tanning on the Moon Intro
02. Eric B. & Rakin - Juicy ( Eli escobar Vs. N.A.S.A. Short Edit)
03. N.A.S.A. - It’s NASA collage
04. N.A.S.A. - Samba Soul (Ape Sh!T Brothers Remix)
05. N.A.S.A. - Strange Enough (Mr.Oizo Remix)
06. Kanye West Vs. MGMT - Electric Feel vs. Touch the Sky (DJ Zegon Mash Up)
07. Knight Rider Vs. A Volta (N.A.S.A. Mash Up)
08. A Skillz & Krafty Kuts - Happiness
09. Eric B. & Rakin - I Know Got Soul (Acapella)
10. Jesse Rose - Well Now
11. Amanda Blank - Might Like You Better
12. M.I.A - 10 dollar
13. The Count & Sinden - Hardcore Girl (feat. Rye Rye)
14. Holly Ghost! - Hold On
15. La Bionda - Wanna be Your Lover
16. Theme from S’ Express-S’Express
17. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
18. Egyption Lover - Egyption Lover
19. Todd Terje - I Want Your Love
20. Justin Timbarlake - My Love
21. Simian Mobile Disco - Love
22. The Beatles - All You Need is Love
23. N.A.S.A. - Gifted (Boombotz Remix)
24. The Jonzun Crew - Pack Jam (Look Out For The OVC)
25. Sweet - Love is Oxigen
26. Ultramagnetic Mc’s - Burn Dope (Instrumental)
27. DJ Medhi - Pocket Piano
28. Kid Kudi - Day N’ Night (Crookers Remix)
29. Bart B.More Beat vs. Rakin (DJ Zegon Edit)
30. Major Lazer - Hold the Line
31. Dick Dale Vs. Major Lazers - Hold Misirlou (Ape Sh!T Brothers Mash Up)
32. Silvio Mazzuca - Cerveja
33. The Champs - Tequila
34. Drunk Masters - Top Cat
35. The Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Soulwax Remix)
36. M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
37. The Jacksons 5 - I Want You Back (Roger 72 Remix)
38. Missy Elliott - I’m Really Hot (Instrumental)
39. Michael Jackson - Bad (Acapella)
40. Soho Vs. Missy Elliott - Hot Music Vs. I’m Really Hot (DJ Zegon Mash Up)
41. LCD Soundsystem Vs. Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Innocuous (N.A.S.A. Mash Up)
42. Tittsworth - Boojangles (Instrumental)
43. Mighty Dub Katz - Magic Carpet Ride
44. Friend and Lover - Groovy Now (Mighty Mi Mix)
45. Mylo - Drop The Pressure
46. Daft Punk - DaFunk
47. Daft Punk - Da Funk (Thunderous Olympians Remix)
48. Kid Color Vs. Too Short - Blow The Zonga (N.A.S.A. Mash Up)
49. B-easy - Bongo Joint
50. Switch - A bit patchy (Acapella)
51. N.A.S.A. - Money (Count Of Monte Cristal Remix)
52. N.A.S.A. - Money
53. N.A.S.A. - Whachadoin (DJ Zegon Megamix)
54. Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Baile (N.A.S.A. Remix)
55. Ron Rico - Miss A (Sneeze Song)
56. Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons - Beggin’ (Pilooski Re-Edit)

2009 Track reports

2009 has seen evolution in many fields, including the above new 27" Imac, David Guetta also has had a career changing year.

With the Oz summer starting to climb in temperature, a few personal around the world are climbing harder. Just wanted to acknowledge the latest poll around the world. David Guetta closed at Number 3 in Dj polls. With a massive year he got an album out, 'One Love', also collaborated with the biggest including kelly Rowland, Akon and The Black Eyed Peas. Why he did it, as he has most of Europe under his wing already. The next frontier is obviously the urban hip hop culture in the US. Tying the electronic and urban culture s together seems impossible but the man for the task, is Guetta himself.

He seems like a pop queen himself but Guetta himself knows talent when he sees it. Mentioning the Dutch Afrojack as the 2009 breakthrough DJ/Producer and stating James Zabiela as the most underrated Dj in the world. Some people take his stuff the wrong way, purely because of the medium being used to sample his stuff, the radio. I hear people saying Sexy Bitch or etc. But if you jump onto itunes and check out the rest of his new album, you can still hear his roots, its like Joachim and Guetta at Redlight festival 2007 all over again.

Guetta has got a spot at Future Music 2009 and as its already on its third release, some must be attending to hear sexy bitch.

Tunes of 2009 from the biggest names:

David Guetta:
David Guetta feat Kelly Rowland 'When Love Takes Over' (Virgin)


Deadmau5:
Tim Green 'Kitch In' (Dirtybird)

Axwell:
Axwell/Ingrosso/Angello/Laidback Luke feat Deborah Cox 'Leave The World Behind' (Axtone)

Steve Angello:
Steve Angello 'Monday' (Getting Official release this Month, Tune)

Sebastian Ingrosso:(watch for his album next year)
Axwell/Ingrosso/Angello/Laidback Luke feat Deborah Cox 'Leave The World Behind' (Axtone)

Laidback Luke:
Major Lazer feat Afrojack 'Pon Di Floor' (Downtown)

Eric Prydz:
Brian Sanhaji 'Stereotype (Thomas Krome Remix) (CL Recordings)

Chuckie:
Joris Voorn 'Sweep The Floor' (Rejected)

Sebastian Leger:
Siwell 'Kenya' (Sphera)

Tocadisco:
Cirez D 'On/Off' (Mouseville)

Umek:
Len Faki 'Death By House' (Cocoon)

Dubfire:
Fergie, Reset Robot & Alan Fitzpatrick 'Gas Mask' (8 Sided Dice)

Roger Sanchez:
Michel Cleis 'La Mezcla' (Cadenza)

Mark Knight:
Mark Knight, D Ramirez and Underworld 'Downpipe' (Toolroom)

Aeroplane Top 10

Ten Facts

01. Music Style
Psychedelic / Emo / Italian pop

02. Origin
Walonie, Belgium

03. Band Members
Vito De Luca & Stephen Fasano

04. Record Labels
Eskimo Recordings

05. First 12"
"Caramellas/Aeroplane" (2007)

06. Artists Remixed
Cobra Dukes, Das Pop, Lindström, Cut Copy, Grace Jones, David Rubato, Beach Boys, MGMT, Bloc Party, Sebastien Tellier, Robbie Williams, The Shortwave Set and Friendly Fires

07. Funny Story
Grace Jones intially turned down the Aeroplane DJs mix of 'Williams Blood'. After second thoughts she decided to allow it to be released. This is now a huge track recognised world wide!

08. Self-proclaimed fans
Laurent Garnier, Optimo, Danny Howells, Joakim, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas

09. Residences
Make Up Club (Ghent, Belgium)

10. Album
In the working and due out this year on Eskimo Records...



Aeroplane Top 10 - Taken from their October Mix Chart

01. Cruel Intentions (Maurice Fulton Remix) - Simian Mobile Disco
02. Diminishing Returns - Ali Love
03. Magic (Donnie Sloan Dub)- Ladyhawke
04. Robotic Hypnotic Adventure - Neurotic Drum Band
05. Cloned In Vatican - Nina (Road To Cagliari) (Cloned In Vatican's Balearic Disco Trip)
06. Panorama - Tuccillo (SECRET TRACK!)
07. Thunderbird (Villa Remix) - The Golden Filter
08. This Must Be It (The Bloody Sisters Remix) - Royksopp
09. Best Party Ever (Jordan Lightyear & Jimmy 2 Sox Remix) - Toecutter
10.Groove Armada - I Wont Kneel

Mix Monday 33

Erol Alkan is one talented musician. He just came out to Australia for the first time and opened many Aussies eyes to what Europe has been salivating over for almost a decade. What makes this man so successful and has helped him acquire a cult following is his true and devoted passion for music. He has released very few originals (independently) but has produced a tonne of stuff collaborating with a numerous and diverse range of artists. He has a few remixes which again range greatly in style. The beauty of the remixes is the subtle use of simple production executed cleverly. This has left him with a small collection of potent and lasting remixes.

His recent tour down-under was received very well as he bounced around the country with the bunch of other DJs playing Parklife in each of the capital cities. One of the unique aspects of his tour was that he played two sets in each city. So while each DJ had one time slot at Parklife he had two separate ones on two different stages. The idea behind this was Erol's recent Disco 3000 venture. This is a style of music that can't be easily defined but by the name suggests there is a definite disco element with a futuristic approach. So he played a regular festival style set which was still very well put together with a pile of big electro/house/tech songs and ALSO played a 'Disco 3000' set.

At the end of last year Erol released the first part of his Disco 3000 series and people began to stir. The underground scene hopped onto it quickly and music boofs started talking. Without a tracklist countless blogs/forums tried to pinpoint a complete tracklist. I still haven't seen a complete accurate one to date. Erol Alkan's Resident Advisor Podcast (RA171) was re-released recently as part 2 of the Disco 3000 series. A similar thing has happened with the tracklist this time with Erol saying it's "coming soon" people have from all over have tried to decipher the mash of tracks.



I rate this mix for two main reasons. Firstly, its a collection of unknown tunes which creates a element of freshness and suspense that often mixes lack or more often loose after a short period of time. Secondly the alternate style of mixing keeps the mix interesting and also showcases Erol's amazing ability to somehow make two opposite songs sit side by side. Just download it and see what I mean.

Disco 3000 (Part II) - Erol Alkan

Tracklist

01. Black Cock - Get Ready (Reprise)
02. Serge Santiago - Hypnotic
03. Charlie - Spacer Woman
04. Knight Action - Single Girl
05. Beat Club - Security
06. Supercharge - I Think I'm Going To Fall (In Love) (Disco 3000 Edit)
07. Hypnotic Samba - Stop - Watch
08. Harry Thumann - Sphinx
09. Riz Ortolani - Il Corpo De Linda
10. ???
11. Possible Erol edit
12. Luv You Madly Orchestra - Moon Maiden
13. ???
14. ???
15. ???
16. Bumblebee Unlimited - I Love You
17. Independent Movement - Slipping Away (Popular People's Front Edit)
18. Junior Byron - Woman
19. In Flagranti - EFX 10-11
20. Jodie "Fingers" Finch - Jack Your Big Booty
21. Soundstream - Love Town
22. Peter Jacques Band - Walking On Music
23. Martin Circus - Disco Circus
24. Max Berlin - Elle Et Moi (Joakim Remix)
25. ???
26. Stevo Armani - (Don't Say) It's Over (Mascara DJs Action mix)

If you having any off the gaps please fill them in.

Feeling Sick?

Boy 8-Bit (a Staying Sick fav) is currently undertaking an Australia/New Zealand tour with Ed Banger boy Feadz. Fuzzy has brought the interestingly matched pair out for a whirl wind tour, in a weeks time they're playing 5 different cities in 5 consecutive days!

Personally I'm very fucking excited to see Boy 8-Bit's set. Feadz will be good no doubt but I think the British cat could bring us something special. Similar to this fresh remix that's so new you'll struggle to find it elsewhere!

La Roux-Quicksand (Boy 8-Bit Remix).mp3

Head HERE to check out tour dates and info.

Mix Monday 32

This is the final installment of the Bang Gang Mini Mix series before they dropped their brand new of complilation of "tracks, songs, jingles and jangles". It's by none other than local Sydney boys the Bag Raiders. I think it's a neat selection of songs including a few old time Bang Gang favourites. By chopping and changing relatively smoothly this mix stays interesting and fun with a few twists. Im excited for the next batch of originals these guys put out.

Mini Mix - Bag Raiders

Tracklist

1. The Eternals - Wrath Of Zeus
2. Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
3. Vernon Butch - Get Up
4. Royksopp - Happy Up Here (Breakbot Remix)
5. Beni - Fringe Element
6. DJ Swoosh - Swoosh
7. Solo - Congaloid (Minimow Remix)
8. Felix da Housecat - Like Something For Porno
9. DJ Swoosh - Swoosh (Swooshapella)
10. Classixx - I'll Get You feat. Jeppe
11. Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars (Kris Menace Remix)
12. The C90s - 10:01 DM
13. Kid Sister - Right Hand Hi (Kingdom Remix)
14. DJ Swoosh - The Swoosherman (reprise)
15. Nicholas - Goldelectric
16. DJ Swoosh - Swoosh (Mr Swooshy's Nothing But Net Re-rub)
17. Phoenix - Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)

Dance Till Ya Dead!

I served you the entre a few weeks ago and it went down well. Now here is the real thing in it's full 320kbps glory! It's even better than I remember. A-Trak you are a genius and this is gold. Off with ya head!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)

Bonus:
Unfortunately this is a rip but it's still most definately worth a listen. Everyone loves a lil Biggie including Avicii and Philgood. This bootleg has a big house sound and reminds me of the distinctive Swedish House Mafia Sound.

Biggie-Hypnotize(Avicii_vs_Philgood_Bootleg)

Gypsy Wedding Music

This comes from the A-trak files, you should check out his youtube vault some cool videos of all his scratch routines. These guys just sit around making solid tunes. I want that studio!!!