diamond cut + professor groove.

seems like it's a good time for killer tracks right now. after college and russ chimes, our good friends and music connaisseurs diamond cut and professor groove got together and created a monster of a disco-flavoured epic synth track.

starting with a chopped up disco loop, the diamond cut remix of 'lose control' quickly turns into pure electro house dancefloor mayhem, just to finish off with some lovely french house including a roaring sidechained bassline and lovely synth action.

and as i've heard from a few people (who have got like zero taste anyway) that the professor's delivery and his ode to risky business might not be anyone's cup of tea, there's an instrumental version for you as well. but let me tell you, you're seriously missing out! about time you lose control before "this party's over like cheap gasoline".

professor groove - lose control (diamond cut reloss)
professor groove - lose control (diamond cut instrumental)

tell diamond cut and professor groove and the booty affair how much you love them! like right now! read more!

muffy + bangladesh.

it took me a while to 'understand' what's so great about 'a milli' but eventually i 'got it' and ever since i am keeping an eye on everything that has the golden bangladesh touch. so when the guys over at the fader put up his production 'dope boi' for muffy the other day, i was curious and now that i've heard it, i am all excited!

i don't know a whole about muffy except that she looks great, has got a lot of style, is into really dirty stuff (considering her lyrics) and raps about one thousand times than that girl that has a very similar name. muffy, muffy, of course! boys pump up the bass, girls lift your skirts, let's get high!

muffy - dope boi

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munk + shazam.

two of our favorite artists, namely munk and shazam joined forces and now we've got this wonderful track called 'down in l.a.' that is just right on time to make you think of the last and the next upcoming summer season while everything out there is nothing but grey.

watch the awesome video above and head over to beatport buy the tracks in high quality! read more!

college + minitel rose.

'born in 1979, david grellier aka college (pictured above, next to russ chimes) revisits the culture and the soundtracks of american tv shows and movies of the 80's. his music is minimalist and sweet, intended as an echo of the cinematic themes of his childhood. in 2007, he created valerie, along with his friends the outrunners, maethelvin, anoraak, minitel rose and russ chimes. a blog and a collective whose aim is to value and share the musical and artistic resources of it's members. after several gigs in numerous european capitals this year, he will release his debut album "secret diary" on futur this winter.'

so goes the press release for 'secret diary', the debut album by college, out on november 28th. while i was talking to my friend russ chimes and we were both saying how much we love the first single 'the energy story' featuring minitel rose on the vocals, he said just what i thought when i heard the track for the first time: 'genius through simplicity'.

college reminds us all of how simple (in the best of all ways) great songs can be. if this album doesn't finally get valerie the huge hype they deserve, i'll just give up on everyone out there who claims to be a music journalist.

not sure if there's any way one can post 'the best song ever' twice on just one day but i think i just did it.

college featuring minitel rose - the energy story

and don't forget that you've got an appointment on november 28th: buy 'secret diary' by college. read more!

van she.

one of my favorite bands (besides interpol and mogwai but last time i checked they didn't really fit in here), the amazing van she recently released their album 'v' and are coming to europe to play some shows early to mid november, check their myspace for tour dates!

in order to stir up some more hype for that or just because the original was so damn good, there are some new remixes of the van she classic out now, coming from lifelike, breakbot, m83 and shinichi osawa. and now guess who made miracles happen and managed to clear his two favorite remixes for posting? exactly.

rumour has it that a few other blogs posted these already but we've got the final mastered versions in 320 kbps. so why settle for less? enjoy!

van she - kelly (lifelike remix)
van she - kelly (breakbot remix)

check out the van she tour dates, go to their shows, buy their shirts, throw your underwear on stage and then go home and make love while listening to 'kelly'. (at least that's what the girl in my dreams always do!) read more!

russ chimes + the outrunners.

upcoming label us two music from the netherlands obviously know where the heat is at these days and hooked up with our favorite frenchmen from valerie in order to release 'these girls are dressed to kill' by the outrunners. and to make it even better, they got discodust all-time super-favorite russ chimes (pictured above) to do a remix. and oh! my! god!

too bad i am not regularly using last.fm, otherwise i could back up how much i love this remix with some actual statistics but you'll just have to believe me when i say i listened to this a couple of hundred times already to brighten up my day. and i just don't know what else to do but quote one of my favorite readers, professor groove: 'russ motherfucking chimes!!!'. this track has got it all: the best chords ever, the best synth leads ever, the best vocoders ever.

hands down my favorite 'dreamy french house' track of the year. (unless russ chimes has got another one up his sleeve that we haven't heard yet.)

the outrunners - these girls are dressed to kill (russ chimes remix)

show russ chimes and the outrunners some myspace love and watch out for much more from us two music on discodust real soon! read more!

aeroplane.

although you might think otherwise considering this blog's name, i was never too much into the whole 'nu disco' thing. most tracks seem to long-winded and boring for me. but ever since i first heard aeroplane, i have been in love with everything they touch.

the production duo from belgium always has the sweetest melodies, the loveliest sounds and an overall very classy vibe. they recently gave away two one-way tickets to a better world - lean back in your seat, au revoir simone (pictured above) and grace jones are serving the drinks tonight, next stop is paris.

friendly fires - paris (aeroplane remix featuring au revoir simone)
grace jones - williams blood (aeroplane remix)

on a sidenote: the grace jones remix was rejected but i guess that's just her. always unpredictable. cheer aeroplane up and show them some myspace love! shouts to my boy jared over at fuck you on friday and marc hogan from the pitchfork forkcast for those. read more!

g.l.o.v.e.s + sneaky sound system.

to finish the 'backfilling' after my slacking (or rather: overly busy work) period this week, here's one more track that has been on rotation in my player this week. g.l.o.v.e.s is back with a new remix for sneaky sound system (pictured above) which sees him go further down the french house road, keeping things all mellow.

this remix is taken from the new sneaky sound system single which has about half a dozen other remixes that are probably great as well but as i didn't receive any promo material (hint), i can't really say much about it. but for now, enjoy the g.l.o.v.e.s remix!

sneaky sound system - when we were young (g.l.o.v.e.s remix)

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