plugs + heartbreak.

uk four-piece plugs follow up their debut single 'that number' with new single 'imaginary friend' which is one sweet catchy song which is taking bedroom pop cuteness straight to the clubs. and even better, the upcoming ep also features a remix by discodust favorites heartbreak who just can't do any wrong right now.

plugs - body heat (heartbreak remix)
plugs - imaginary friend

show plugs and heartbreak some myspace love and watch out for the 'imaginary friend ep' dropping on people in the sky on november 24th.

UPDATE: the first version of the remix i put up had a slight glitch. just edited it out myself. enjoy! read more!

gloves + treasure fingers.

gloves (yama from damn arms) hooked me up with two new remixes he did for van she and the death set. both are getting an official release soon but as modular and bang gang 12 inches are just like so cool, they cleared them for the blogs.

while the death set remix is in fact several months old and sounds a lot like the early gloves originals, meaning rather rave-based, the van she remix is the one that makes me melt being all lovely and naive retro disco in a french house vibe. gloves is definitely one to watch, if you didn't realize that by now.

van she - changes (gloves remix)
the death set - listen to this collision (gloves remix)

in related news, treasure fingers also got busy on the death set and gave them his trademark disco funk treatment, including lots and lots of the best thing ever: vocoders! shouts to my friend travis from bigstereo for this.

the death set - negative thinking (treasure fingers remix)

UPDATE: while i am at it, i have just found this on panda toes. merci.

big gipp - hot (treasure fingers remix)

show gloves and treasure fingers some myspace love! read more!

jupiter + metronomy.

discodust favorites jupiter strike back once again and come through with a great uplifting, all disco-funked up and very danceable remix of 'heartbreaker' by metronomy. for some reason i have almost completely ignored metronomy in the past (as i filed it under 'music that needs more than a minute to get into') but if jupiter are remixing them, they must be good (and i already know that they are, no need for your annoying comments).

anyway, about time to get the disco party going and break some hearts the jupiter way! note that this is 320 kbps, straight from the source.

metronomy - heartbreaker (jupiter remix)

and while looking for something additional to go with this, i've found another 'heartbreaker' remix in my stash, french house mastermind kris menace is delivering another dreamy yet epic masterpiece. i can't decide which remix i like better but who says that i have to pick one anyway? i love both of them. (and isn't that part of what heartbreakers do anyway?)

metronomy - heartbreaker (kris menace remix)

show jupiter, kris menace and of course metronomy some love on myspace! i am out for tonight, breaking hearts! read more!

mansion + mstrkrft.

mansion are a new and upcoming production team from toronto. they scored an official remix for 'bounce' by mstrkrft and while i thought the track was quite played out and i couldn't hear it any more, mansion took it to a whole new level by adding some classic house flavour to it, complete with piano chords, organs and a shuffled pumping groove. play it loud!

mstrkrft - bounce (mansion remix)

and as that track has been on a few blogs already and had me longing for more, i hit mansion up and they sent me two original tunes as well which you definitely have to check out as well. both are heavier than the 'bounce' remix and are somewhere in between electro house, fidget and rave and will definitely get the crowd going!

mansion - break back
mansion - stab

i expect big things to come from these guys and hope they'll keep in touch. now go and show mansion some discodust-flavoured myspace love! read more!

college + anoraak.

[artwork by the zonders] college from our beloved valerie collective finally has a record out now. free danger released 'teenage color' as a split 7-inch with 'cool feeling' by fellow valerie members the outrunners on the flipside.

in order to celebrate this, college hooked us up with a few new tracks - two remixes by maethelvin and stephen falken from the outrunners as well as a live version of his track 'the light of your dress' featuring anoraak on the bass. enjoy!

college - the light of your dress (live)
college - teenage color (maethelvin remix)
college - the scarlett empress (stephen falken remix)

anoraak has some exciting news too. endless summer recordings is releasing his ep 'nightdrive with you' on september 10th and it is already available from rough trade. besides that, he keeps on putting out new material and hooked us up with this brandnew remix for the asphalt duchess signed band sh** browne. awesome as always!

sh** browne - dmd (anoraak sunset mix)

watch out for more anoraak, college and valerie. like the college album 'secret diary' that will be out in mid november! read more!

small.

now small is something that reminds me of german teenage rock i used to hear like 5-8 years ago. i guess it's the voices or the simplified pop lyrics. but who knows, maybe i've just been experiencing too much teenage scum last weekend, i really can't tell.

on the other hand they have this australian approach towards cheesy stadium electro rock, which i really fancy. it makes me wanna see a million fists with sweat bands and all kind of skinny humans with high ideals. andreas asingh, rune kielsgaard and jacob funch could be the next big thing hailing from denmark, where pop music is still meant to pop music. but with a modern touch as van she, midnight juggernauts, cut copy and such.

small - comic girl
small - sunshine lover

just give these two tracks a try, get desperate and show the three scandinavians some fuzzy myspace loving. (for the record: bigstereo and ohh! crapp... were first!) read more!

lorenz rhode.

this ain't no brick house. following suit, german based producer lorenz rhode strikes up some electro house infused with funk. remixing for the likes of eric prydz and tom jones, lorenz rhode could easily seem vegas cheese, but thats hardly the case.

the chick 2000 'love tonight' remix spreads it's wings embracing basslines to die for and signaling the skies for computer inspired sounds, which only adds the utmost depth to the album. french house sound, german boy, diplomats anyone?

keep a look out for more but in the meantime check out the synthesized funk styling of lorenz rhode:

chick 2000 - love tonight (lorenz rhode remix)

check our previous post on lorenz rhode for more greatness and love goes out to ohh! crapp... for having this one up first! read more!

justin faust.

let's play house. german house. which, i must say, is just sexier. in a style gaining popularity from such artists as fred falke and alan braxe, comes justin faust. when you're raised around music it becomes more than just a pastime or a hobby; it becomes a lifestyle.

justin faust was born into beats in 1976 the son of a composer and producer, so he's no stranger to a music studio. since 1992, he has been producing house records on a variety of labels including the dub-inspired netlabel thinner and the steve bug founded forum dessous recordings.

his music, which blends harmonic disco, distorted synth, 'dreamwave' and catchy keys, all add elements that could incite you to fall happily asleep or raise your hands up in ecstasy on the dancefloor depending on your mood. justin faust encourages you to not think, just dance!

add justin faust on myspace and check out this track or you'll rage vendetta on yourself:

justin faust - revenge read more!