inbox wednesday.

it seems labels really finally acknowledged blogs as a good 'tool' to promote new releases. my inbox is bursting right now and there is no way i can find the time to write a dedicated post about all the tracks i have received via labels, promo agencies and also artists lately, so here is everything that i consider worth posting all in one package.

a quick rundown: playdoe (new project by spoek and sibot) remixed by toxic avenger, a 12 minute mini mix for the upcoming machines don't care release (featuring tracks from detboi, drop the lime, fake blood, hervé, trevor loveys, sinden, toddla t and affie yusuf), coldplay remixed by cryptonites, late of the pier remixed by switch, cut copy remixed by midnight juggernauts, matt and kim remixed by radioclit, young mc remixed by don rimini and finally the first track from the new eclier ep.

make your choice and i hope i can get back to normal soon. all of these are 320 kbps, except the 12 minute mini mix.

playdoe - it's that beat
playdoe - it's that beat (toxic avenger remix)
machines don't care - 12 minute mini mix
coldplay - violet hill (cryptonites remix)
late of the pier - space and the woods (switch remix)
cut copy - hearts on fire (midnight juggernauts remix)
matt & kim - no more long years (radioclit remix)
young mc - bust a move (don rimini ravekid remix)
eclier - boxon say hello

much love.

UPDATE: added the original "it's that beat" by playdoe. thanks bigstereo.

ladyhawke + alex gopher.

after the wonderful (download only) 'back of the van' and the respective remixes by van she technologic and fred falke, ladyhawke is back with her first full single 'paris is burning', set to be released on june 30th, probably one of my favorite pop songs ever and right on time to become a huge summer anthem this year, fingers crossed! the single will feature remixes by peaches, kid gloves and alex gopher.

you can check out the alex gopher remix right here which is another very driving electro house dancefloor mayhem as we've got used to from him by now. don't miss this:

ladyhawke - paris is burning (alex gopher remix)

watch out for the ladyhawke full album due for release in september and add her on myspace.

tronik youth + grum.

[artwork by the zonders] after the smash hit first single 'we are', tronik youth is back with a new track: 'laugh, cry, live, die'. the single is coming up on back yard on june 2nd and will feature remixes by headman, acid jacks, young lovers and discodust favorite grum.

check out the original and the hard hitting grum remix out right here at 192 kbps:

tronik youth - laugh cry live die
tronik youth - laugh cry live die (grum remix)

watch out for the release coming up on back yard and show tronik youth some myspace love!

infadels + alex metric.

two years after their debut album 'we are not the infadels', after playing over 300 gigs from europe to china, infadels are back with a new album named 'universe in reverse', 'bursting with energy, growling guitar melodies and hooks in abundance'. the very catchy feel-good anthem 'free things for poor people' is the second single from the album which is coming up on june 23rd on wall of sound.

lucky as we are, wall of sound got some remixes for the single as well and my favorite one is done by alex metric who constantly impresses me with all of his recent work, including the remix for splittr and of course his own ep 'in your machine' on marine parade. his remix is a perfect combination of stadium indie rock track and a driving electro (yeah you hate that term by now) banger that will cause fireworks in your heads. go check it out right here in high-q, blogged first on discodust:

infadels - free things for poor people (alex metric remix)

show infadels and alex metric some myspace love and watch out for the album 'universe in reverse'.

overthrill.

the post on my favorite recent 'find' from germany, overthrill, obviously had quite some impact, as they got tons of friend requests, remix offers and a request from no love lost records to contribute a mixtape to their exclusive mixtape series. and what an outstanding tape it is, featuring 82 tracks in less than an hour. lee from nllr delivered a nice write-up again, better than i could ever write anything, so here you go:

"arriving with our fifty-first exclusive mix is overthrill from germany and they've put together an absolutely gargantuan mix for us. eighty-two tracks carefully selected from across the entire dance, pop and hip hop space-time continuum. to give you some idea of just how broad a sampling of tracks overthrill have masterfully worked into their epic set, here are just a smattering of the artists featured: bangers & cash, les rythmes digitales, dizzee rascal, queen, chemical brothers, bob sinclar, madonna, westbam, propellerheads, danger, m.i.a., timbaland, the prodigy, jackson and his computer band, lady sovereign, uffie, the avalanches, sebastien tellier, pussycat dolls, rolling stones, thomas bangalter, beastie boys and obviously many, many more. overthrill clearly love indulging their every dance floor whim and who can argue with that ethos when you can pack more than eighty tracks into an hour long mix without it sounding rough or gimmicky, quite brilliant. enjoy overthrill's maximix and share the love via their myspace page!"

i highly recommend (!!!) you to check out their mix, it is simply stunning and hands down one of the best mixes i have heard in ages:

overthrill - exclusive nllr mix (on mediafire)
overthrill - exclusive nllr mix (on megaupload)
overthrill - exclusive nllr mix (on zshare)

enjoy this masterpiece of a mix, check the comments for the tracklist and go add overthrill on myspace!

annie + get shakes.

finally every underground super hipster's favorite pop princess annie from bergen, norway, is back! with 'heartbeat' and 'chewing gum', she was on her best way to become the new queen of pop but it seems as if the mainstream media wasn't up for that yet.

so this year she's giving it another try and her new single 'i know ur girlfriend hates me' (yeah, i bet they all do) is going to be released in early july. we were lucky enough to get ahold of this hypnotic vintage electro disco flavoured remix by get shakes two months early. check it out right here and enjoy another premiere on discodust:

annie - i know ur girlfriend hates me (get shakes remix)

listen to the original track on annie's myspace and while you're at it, add her as a friend and tell her aleks from discodust loves her!

pony pony run run.

our good friend anoraak just sent over a new track by his band pony pony run run and it's a great change from all the grimey bangers stuff i've had in the mail lately. 'boy/girl surrender (summer edit)' is an awesome electro-flavoured powerpop summer anthem that is playing on repeat here since i got it and it will probably end up on a lot of my summer mixtapes. get addicted right here:

pony pony run run - boy/girl surrender (summer edit)

show pony pony run run some myspace love and watch out for more them on discodust real soon!

after midnight + the frail.

after midnight are philthy b. (former villains member) and dj farron from la. think chuck norris meets prince, as in the coolest mother-fucker meets the baddest mother-fucker. they have experience in all of la/hollywood's hottest clubs and are currently trail-blazing the rich la electro-based scene with intentions of hitting the top without ever looking back. check out their heavily banging remix of 'addiction' by the frail from sf, another premiere on discodust:

the frail - addiction (after midnight remix)

show after midnight and the frail some myspace love! (and if you've got the feeling that this entry is a bit rushed and is very similar to the official after midnight press info, you're right, but that's just because i am already late for a date and did not want to leave you hanging without this killer track! yeah, making girls mad at me 'cause i love my readers, that's me!)

designer drugs.

time for another discodust premiere: designer drugs deliver another top-notch remix, this time for fake shark real zombie! and what a coincidence, the track name is 'designer drugs' too. get this non-stop bouncing track that will work perfectly on the floor right here:

fake shark real zombie! - designer drugs (designer drugs remix)

show designer drugs some myspace love as it is really time for them to get up to the highest ranks now - labels feel free to contact them for well-paid remix offers!

hostage.

hostage loves rave. and discodust loves hostage. i won't introduce him for the 25th time on here, hostage has been a discodust favorite for ages, if you don't know him yet, you might want to check the archives. here we go with his latest floorfiller 'snake charmer' where he perfectly combines his trademark old school rave synths and shuffled fidgety grooves:

hostage - snake charmer

also make sure to get 'stab up', another premiere on discodust, a bouncing banger featuring nearly every kind of rave signals and broken beats, which had some massive airplay on radio 1. don't miss:

hostage - stab up

and finally, this has been out for a while but just in case you've missed it so far, here is a malente remix for 'roll on' by hostage. killer.

hostage - roll on (malente remix)

show hostage some myspace love!

(UPDATE: the people over at noise porn want to let you know that 'snake charmer' is an 'exclusive' on their blog (see the comments). then again it was probably not that exclusive as i just downloaded it from alan's myspace for this post but oh well.)

lismore.

finally i get around to feature lismore! australian-born penelope and ohio-bred stephen are currently residing in new york and are working on their new album. we have been sending mails back and forth for quite a while now but i have always missed out on actually featuring them on the blog, yeah all right, blame me and my inbox disorder! lismore are touring the states in early to mid may along with ac slater and joee irwin on the "that's right bitches" tour.

click here to see all dates of the "that's right bitches" usa tour
check the comments for a more detailed list including venues

with their new track 'more', a great piece of electro-flavoured synth-pop, lismore make sure to set the floor on fire and keep you longing for 'more'. while you stay tuned for the remixes coming from ac slater and lismore themselves, get the original right here:

lismore - more

and as a bonus, here is another lismore track called 'paradis', remixed by udachi and if that doesn't get your party going, i don't know.

lismore - paradis (udachi remix)

show lismore, ac slater and joee irwin some myspace love and go to their shows!

a-trak.

a-trak goes europe! the world dj champion, official kanye west tour dj, fool's gold label owner, digitalism, simian mobile disco and mstrkrft remixer is touring all over europe for almost entire may! norway, england, sweden, ireland, belgium, france, netherlands, italy, germany, austria are all on his list as well as a stop in israel (!), so if you get the chance, definitely go see him!

click here for a detailed list of a-trak's european tour-dates in may

to get you in the mood, visit a-trak's myspace and check out two of his latest remixes for the count & sinden and boys noize right here:

the count & sinden - beeper (a-trak remix)
boys noize - oh! (a-trak remix)

as a bonus, here is the latest track from fool's gold artist sammy bananas, first seen over at our friends from mad decent:

sammy bananas - all the girls

show a-trak and fool's gold some myspace love, check out the fool's gold blog and yeah, i'll repeat myself: go see a-trak live!

rex the dog + goldfrapp.

i've been waiting for this for quite a long time and finally it slipped through the cracks: rex the dog, well-known from their releases on kitsuné and kompakt, are remixing 'happiness' by goldfrapp. not sure how long it is going to be up, as this is unapproved and did not make it on the actual release (god knows why), so get this right now:

goldfrapp - happiness (rex the dog remix)

watch the video on youtube and head over to the rex the dog myspace page to show them some love!