Pleasure

I cannot tell you how many weeks I had this on repeat on my ipod. It was very pick-of-the-week for me, and just happened to last for more than a week haha. I look back very fondly on that time, it was a very light-hearted time because of this delicious electro-synth-pop song.

Oh yea, the lyrics are sad but still I find it a joyful song. Makes me wanna... run through the fields and play my fingers along the grass, or crops, or whatever.

I actually thought the song was Japanese at first, and then seeing the video pretty much confirmed it for me. So imagine my surprise when I read that it's by a one-man band from Norway, vocals by Heidrun Bjornsdottir.

Love those Scandinavian countries and their uncharted territory/music. But I may just love Japan more! Next post, the Japanese.

Pleasure - Out of Love

Pop Tarts: Beyonce and Britney

Always nice to find good remixes of (very) good pop songs.

First up is Miss Sasha Fierce Beyonce Knowles, whom one has to admire for churning out album after album, year after year, without rest. One can only imagine how Mommy Knowles continues to, uhm, inspire her child to be so hard working!


Beyonce - Check Up On It (DJ Chorizo Remix)

Beyonce - Me, Myself, and I (Remix feat Grafh)


Ok, just two remixes of Beyonce for now. More to come later.

Ahh, Miss Britney Spears, so controversial, so... exposed. I've had a listen to a few tracks from the newer album of 2008. It's alright, definitely not as good as Blackout. Oh Miss Britney, why have you gone sober!

A couple of great remixes.


Britney - And Then We Kiss (Junkie XL Remix)

Britney - Do Something (DJ Uppi Dance Remix)



Some good remixes.


Britney - Break The Ice (Rochelle Remix)

Britney - My Prerogative (Armand Van Helden Remix)

Britney - Slave 4 U (Overprotected Remix feat Jadakiss)



And one that goes down as one of the best mash-ups EVARR.


Britney vs Daft Punk - Daft Slave

Lifelike

Lifelike is a one-man outfit from France. His music has really been to my taste recently, very edgy, nostalgic. Not my typical type, but that's why it's so refreshing to have his music sprinkled around my playlists.

First, a video for the Epic Last Song remix, then a few choice tracks.




Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Epic Last Song (Lifelike Remix)

Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor

Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor (Lifelike Remix)

Van She - Kelly (Lifelike Remix)


And my favorite!


Relation - Your Tiny Mind (Lifelike Remix)

Cut Copy

From In Ghost Colors, one of the best albums of the year 2008. The first track is my absolute favorite, and kept me entertained for hours and hours. The second track is a really cool, retro track.


Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire

Cut Copy - Far Away


A remix that I'm just beginning to like


Cut Copy - Far Away (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)


Plus, some tracks from their previous albums


Cut Copy - Glittering Clouds

Cut Copy - Going Nowhere

Cut Copy - Going Nowhere (Digitalism Remix)

Mathematikal

Listening to Mathematikal edits is what made me realize I can't just be listening to bass all day without paying attention how beautiful the bass really is.

Because the bass laid down by Mathematikal is so fucking beautiful, I realized that there is also bass that is terribly unremarkable, and sometimes downright terrible.

I remember once telling a friend that my taste in music was maturing, specifically the awesome bass, and that's all thanks to Mathematikal!




An old song, with a new spin

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Mathematikal Rerub)


For comparison, 2 remixes of a killer song, both equally bangin'

The Kills - Cheap & Cheerful (Mathematikal Rerub)

The Kills - Cheap & Cheerful (The VIDEOBAND Re-Distortion)


And finally, a song that makes me think that life would be so much better as part of the Borg (for the Trekkie in all of us)!

Harris Robotis - GO (Mathematikal Rerub)

8-bit lovvvve

Even though I sometimes don't get their music/videos, Crystal Castles are still the shittt



Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating

Crystal Castles - Vanished

Crystal Castles - Good Time

Crystal Castles - Good Time (FITFORUSE edit)


And some of their remixes


Uffie - Make It Hott (Crystal Castles Remix)

HEALTH - Crimewave (Crystal Castles Remix)

SohoDolls - Trash The Rental (Crystal Castles Remix)


Plus a video of Courtship Dating, maybe you'll get what I mean about the not understanding. :o)

Taken by Cars

Here's a vid of the fantastic Taken by Car's Stereolove. It's just the album cover but it achieves the purpose, to get you guys to buy their CD.

The lead vocalist, Sarah Marco is sooo the next Nina Persson. The guitarist, Siopa Chua, is just the cutest thing to walk earth, and I know a bunch of girls who've professed lust for the bassist, Benny Yap. The fourth member, Bryce Zialcita, I don't know much about, but I bet he's great too!

Ok, one song of theirs, one that they unleashed on Filipino radio networks earlier this year, thereby gaining them notoriety that crossed national borders.

Taken by Cars - Uh Oh

After a long hiatus...

Some bangin' tracks.




First, from everyone's favorite, Mylo.

Annie - Chewing Gum (Mylo Club Remix)



Next, the only good remix of David Rubato's Circuit. It's the only good one because the original is so good, no other remix ever came close to it. And then Aeroplane did.

David Rubato - Circuit (Aeroplane Remix)



In anticipation of their new forthcoming album.

Disko Anne & Karvaopelit - Rokkibaby (Rock Your Baby)

Pehrson & Torbjorn Brundtland - Geared Up (feat Annie)

Royksopp - What Else Is There? (Thin White Duke Remix)



A few from this years best new groups.

Hercules & Love Affair - Blind

Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Dub)

The Kills - U R A Fever

Supermayer - The Art of Letting Go



One of my pet favorites.

Metronomy - My Heart Rate Rapid



A group that makes me fall in lust with the club scene everytime I hear them, Goose.

ShitDisco - I Know Kung Fu (Goose Remix)

Uffie - UPDATED LINKS!

Here's some uffie to give your day a quick start. We all need a kick start some days, especially in this hot, hot summer!

Uffie - Make it Hott (Crystal Castles Remix)

Uffie - Pop the Glock

I've enjoyed these two tracks on many a morning. And many a night too, actually haha. Uffie's a french singer who's been compared more than once to Yelle. She's cute as a button.

I like them both, they're different kinds of fun.

A Good Start -- UPDATED LINKS!

There's a LOT of electro on the net. A lot of it is no good too. Here's a couple of quality tracks for you to download. Alter Ego's best track, and the only MisShapes track I can find on the net.


Alter Ego - Why Not?!


Why Not?! is bass heaven. It has a blend-into-the-background quality, which it does when you listen to it while you are doing something else. It does not need your attention to entertain you.

The MisShapes - House of Holland Mix

The MisShapes track is a mix of 5 mini-tracks, all of them great. They just sound like a fun duo. Partying with Agyness Deyn, mixing for Henry Holland. All our lives should be so fun... Hmmm ya, sure. At least listening to this track will make you feel you are partying with them!