sure there may be enough genres these days to make your head spin, but the flip side is that artists don't necessarily limit themselves to staying in just one vein.
rampage is taking full advantage of all the identity crisis and mixing dubstep with jackin' house with b-more on into a new pure hybrid, showcased on his new ep 'war' out on our favorite label
nightshifters.
rampage - loving u is easya spoonful of bpm's help the dubstep go down. haha, while i may not be the subgenre's biggest fan,
blatta & inesha sneak the deep bounce into this
rampage track like a crushed pill in my applesauce and speed it up to smooth perfection. and of course
nightshifters is there to chaperon the entire mixdown. quickly becoming the pacemaker for the musical pulse, they are pairing remixers and artists with the skill that even a sommelier would envy.
rampage - war (blatta & inesha go to luanda remix)the tandem italians are making their us dj debut late this summer so make sure to avoid getting too sunburnt or hungover to go out and see them smash it up.
and don't forget to get the whole release over at
beatport which also has remixes by
heavyfeet for both 'war' and 'loving u is easy'.
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discodust favorite
diamond cut obviously shares our love for
cinnamon chasers who made us swoon
a few months ago. australia's finest dreamdancer applies his trademark sound to the already lovely 'i like watching you', finally giving me and my fellow voyeurs and stalkers a worthy new soundtrack to our finest hours.
cinnamon chasers - i like watching you (diamond cut remix)and just in case you are a real loyal discodust reader who stays away from the evil forces such as
electrorash, you have probably missed these other recent
diamond cut offerings in which he gets busy on up-and-comers
booty luv and
evermore.
booty luv - say it (diamond cut remix)booty luv - say it (diamond cut instrumental)evermore - hey boys and girls (diamond cut remix)show
diamond cut some myspace love!
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alex metric keeps being one of the most in-demand remixers these days. after recently cranking out remixes for
phoenix,
ladyhawke,
autokratz and
freeland, he is coming back at us now with two all new remixes for the forthcoming singles by
bloc party and
reverend & the makers. both are very melodic yet heavy hitting and especially his version of 'one more chance' sports some damn catchy piano chords and leaves me longing to hear this at a good outdoor rave on a hot summer night!
bloc party - one more chance (alex metric remix)reverend & the makers - silence is talking (alex metric remix)this gets me even more excited for the upcoming
alex metric album and i am sure we'll have more of him on here in the future. (maybe even with some new press shots next time!)
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the good people from disco label
mindless boogie, who have previously released tracks by the likes of
in flagranti,
peter visti,
prins thomas and
woolfy, bring us a sublime package of edits by fairly unknown belgium production trio
villa. the whole thing is dubbed 'diva edits', the respective track names are 'tina', 'agneta' and 'anita'. i'll leave the forensic work to you, my beloved and highly educated readers, while i am getting all comfy with a freezing cold cocktail, a huge pile of disco dust and the divas!
villa - anitavilla - agnetavilla - tinastay tuned for a 'real'
villa release after summer! and in case you are looking for mint condition uncompressed versions of these edits, head over to the dedicated
free download page.
in other notes: we are back!
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bay area duo
rubies are releasing yet another single from their very well received debut album 'explode from the center', this time 'diamonds on fire'. the single is out via
tellé from norway, well-known through their releases with
kings of convenience and
röyksopp. the single features a previously unreleased song named 'dreamhunt', a remake of 'signs of love' by
mocky and a wonderful summertime flavoured remix by balearic disco producer
sorcerer who is also one half of
windsurf and who played additional guitar on the
rubies album.
rubies - diamonds on fire (pyramid dub version by sorcerer)so after the
tiedye remix of 'i feel electric' by
rubies which got a release on our friends' label
italians do it better, this should further manifest the girls' supreme status in the land of eternal balearic sundowns. if you like what you hear, pick up the complete release
on itunes.
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i am not exactly sure how long 'black magic' by boy & girl duo (and lovers!)
magic wands, currently residing in los angeles, has been on the blogs and how often it has been posted and released and re-released and remixed and what not, i just know that since like half a year i keep coming across it again and again and whenever that happens, i have it playing on repeat for hours and hours. i read their sound is described as 'cosmic pop' or 'bedroom pop' but to me this track is the fucking essence of rock'n'roll.
'black magic' is fueled by the most addictive overdriven guitar-riff ever and then puts a spell on you with truly captivating lyrics that leave me wondering whether the chorus or the verses are the more catchy element. all this wizardry is accompanied by heavily stumbling drums, stuffed with shouts and layered with tons of reverb and distant conjuring chants that will literally want to make you go 'hell yeah'.
this is what i was always hoping for when i've encountered people raving about
yeah yeah yeahs,
the white stripes or
the kills but it was
magic wands who finally delivered.
magic wands - black magicas i have mentioned remixes before, here is one that i've got in the mail today but for me it does not even come close to the original.
magic wands - black magic (l'amour la morgue edition)get yourself the 'magic, love & dreams' ep from
bright antenna or
young and lost club.
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originally i decided to try and avoid posting a lot of tunes that have been on the blogs in the last couple of weeks while i was idle but well, i just can't let this slip by. the wonderful
marina and the diamonds (previously
featured here) is back with a new ep named 'the crown jewels', out on
neon gold.
the opening track 'i am not a robot' got the remix treatment by
starsmith (you know him
from our post on ellie goulding, he is her producer) as well as
the aspirins for my children and while i definitely like both a lot, i have to say i am totally hooked on the
aspirins now, probably because i have a severe weakness for late nineties trance chord stabs. and pizzicato strings. and robot voices. and dramatic strings. and marina. and lovely music!
marina and the diamonds - i am not a robot (the aspirins remix)marina and the diamonds - i am not a robot (starsmith's 24 carat remix)and it wouldn't be fair to let you go without any original
marina and the diamonds material, so here is the amazing 'seventeen' from 'the crown jewels'. and once again, this is the kind of songwriting that makes everyone else look like amateurs.
marina and the diamonds - seventeenyou can buy 'the crown jewels' by
marina and the diamonds from
pure groove or directly from
neon gold.
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memory cassette plus
weird tapes equals
memory tapes. easy as that. a debut album is in the works, dropping in september on one of our favorite labels around,
acephale and the first single 'bicycle' is fucking insane, featuring everything we love, from hang drums to cowbells, deep synth basslines to bass guitars, haunting chants to desperate screams, piano chords to guitar riffs. what a catch! definitely one of my favorite tracks so far this year!
memory tapes - bicycleand if you feel like further expanding your trip and are up for some stoned hippie kids meeting caribbean islanders with a rockstar degree in both wavves surfing and sound production utilizing antiquated instruments, don't miss out on
friend's version of 'last one awake' by
memory cassette. (this masterpiece made the rounds on the blogs while i was hiding away from the cold world of anonymous muppets.)
memory cassette - last one awake (friend version)save some of your money in order to make
acephale rich by the time the
memory tapes album drops!
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short internal notice: i just haven't been too motivated to get some blogging done in the last weeks (or to quote the upcoming song 'there was a time when my world was filled with darkness') but i promise i'll try hard and not leave you alone for that long again. hopefully you missed us!
in order to get us back on track, we start off with a fresh remix by discodust favorite
fake blood who got busy on 'animal' by
miike snow (pictured above), a band consisting of the production duo
bloodshy & avant (responsible for
britney's 'toxic') and singer
andrew wyatt.
fake blood once more applies his dancefloor-proven formula while maintaining the original's fun factor. enjoy another high-quality first on discodust, 320 kbps!
miike snow - animal (fake blood remix)have a listen to the
miike snow full-length if you haven't heard it yet and watch out for new material from
fake blood as well! more new music coming later tonight!
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maybe some of you were wondering who
jakwob is when they saw his remix of 'starry eyed' by
ellie goulding way up high on the
grindin may charts. actually i don't really know either but at least i know that he is uk-based, seems to be really productive and already had his tracks played on the radio shows that matter, meaning he got plays by
annie mac and
jaymo & andy george.
time for you to get to know him better now, as his 'starry eyed' remix is finally good to go and just like our friends over at
neon gold are pointing out, this should definitely be the next big dubstep-flavoured hit after
skream versus
la roux,
nero versus
the streets and
caspa versus
deadmau5. and if you are missing an actual description of the track, just one word: fierce!
ellie goulding - starry eyed (jakwob remix)show
jakwob and
ellie goulding some myspace love. shouts to
neon gold for making this happen and if you missed our previous post on
ellie goulding, you can
find it right here.
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