rubies + sorcerer.

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. read more!

magic wands.

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 magic

as 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. read more!

memory tapes.

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 - bicycle

and 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! read more!

fake blood + miike snow.

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! read more!

jakwob + ellie goulding.

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. read more!

bag raiders remixed.

gotta love releases that kinda come out of nowhere, when you expect them the least. but that's what happens when superb labels prefer quality over quantity. indeed there's not too much coming out on banggang 12inches, but everything they put out is just great and it's not any different this time! what we get is a supercharged package of 'turbo love' remixes, the a-side of the last ep by bag raiders, who have just returned from their middle american bowling alley dj tour.

following knightlife, we have yet another 'come back' by one of our favourite aussie producers: whitenoise. i have been dying to hear some new tunes with all his noise and massive build-ups. that in addition to one of the best bag raiders tracks? you can do the math...

bag raiders - turbo love (whitenoise remix)

one of the other remixes in this powercharged turbo pack is done by a producer duo from australia named light year. we really hope to hear more from them in the future as they have successfully squeezed some cut up italo flavour into 'turbo love' awarding it a pleasant smooth party vibe.

bag raiders - turbo love (light year remix)

and before anyone is asking "but where are the 'shooting stars' remixes?", we can assure you there's gonna be another remix ep dedicated to that lovely bag raiders b-side too. in the meantime you should enjoy these tracks and also check the other 'turbo love' remixes by shinichi osawa, k.i.m, flight facilities and spruce lee.

you may buy the 12" online at modshop, spank records or juno. and you should show banggang 12inches and bag raiders your true myspace love and get early updates about new releases in return! read more!

greenmoney + magistrates.

from one of the hottest producers on to the next team that currently provides constant straight fire: greenmoney are back with a new remix, this time going for xl recordings' new indie-pop band magistrates, taking just the right parts of their new single 'heartbreak' and ending up with some balearic sprinkles on top of their trademark uk funky inspired deep bass style. in short: another sure shot!

magistrates - heartbreak (greenmoney's balearic mix)

there is lots more to come from greenmoney and if you need another banging track right now, check out their remix for 'juke dat girl' by dj gant-man, out on fool's gold and available at beatport, also featuring a remix by nadastrom. read more!

sharkslayer.

discodust favorites sharkslayer are seriously going right through the roof just now, skyrocketing remix after remix alongside fresh original tracks. tonight we've got their remix for renaissance man's 'spraycan', an edit of the nadastrom remix for 'trouble is a friend' by lenka and their latest original named 'skanking' for you. don't miss out on this serious triple threat for the floors!

renaissance man - spraycan (sharkslayer's respect to nassau mix)
lenka & nadastrom - trouble is a friend (sharkslayer's nassau edit)
sharkslayer - skanking riddim

as if that wouldn't be enough, check out this video for sharkslayer's next upcoming jam called 'critters'. top billin crew's on fire!

sharkslayer - critters (on vimeo)

sharkslayer should be your friends on myspace, as they are definitely among the top of my list of the hottest production teams this year! read more!