grum.

discodust favorite grum keeps making big moves, unleashing his new shining summery smash single 'heartbeats' while his previous tracks 'runaway' and 'sound reaction' still haven't left the bags of dj's out there.

showing off that grum is a big fan of 'discovery'-era daft punk and the human league, 'heartbeats' is an uplifting joyous floorfiller or damn, more like a real banger in the best way possible or as the promo info puts it: "this is what mylo would have sounded like if he'd been raving to justice the past couple of years". while we can't hand out any downloads yet (sadface), we at least secured a premiere of the video for 'heartbeats' as you have probably seen above.

grum - heartbeats (video on vimeo)
grum - heartbeats (buy it on beatport)

you can buy 'heartbeats' on beatport now along with remixes by fellow discodust favorites joe and will ask?, worship and weird tapes as well as stockholm syndrome.

support for the release comes from big players in all kind of scenes including the likes of aeroplane, pendulum, rob da bank, richard x, jon hillcock, axwell and annie mac.

in oder to further fuel the fire, here is a round-up of the latest grum remixes for passion pit, tommy sparks and freeland. every single one of these remixes is so good that each would have been worth a post of their own, tempting me to say that grum is the number one remixer to turn to for getting your (indie) pop straight to the dancefloor right now!

passion pit - to kingdom come (grum vocal mix)
freeland - borderline (grum remix)
tommy sparks - borderline (grum remix)

bonus track: grum - minimix (for annie mac's mash up)

show the man some love on myspace or twitter and buy 'heartbeats' on beatport now. (tracklist for the minimix is in the comments.) read more!

super mal.

(note from aleks: welcome aboard our new writer leon, also known as fakebeat, who is easily the most enthusiastic french house connaisseur i have ever come across and a great addition to our ranks!)

i don't think super mal needs much introduction here, but just to refresh your memory, this british duo has worked back and forth with the now erupting phonat on various releases in the past. from the folks who brought you 'bigger than big' and 'pixelated' comes a brand spankin' new single called 'blood & sun', out now on their very own bandito records.

'blood & sun' is the perfect end-of-the-summer remedy. the moment you get locked into the hypnotic bass and bright pads you might start to see your two feet planted next to coronas sunken in the sand. sure that sounds great and sunny, but where exactly does the 'blood' part come into picture? funnily enough, that little dreamy vision i painted has got nothing to do with the track name.

i got the chance to ask lyndon from super mal where the track name came from. lyndon and james actually left the track unnamed for a while, until they found themselves in a local convenient store on the adventurous streets of london, (important part) a bit baked. waiting in line, they noticed an elegantly dressed old man. the fellow demanded something the store owner did not have, and to everyone's surprise was so upset that he pompously slammed his fist on the counter in fury and shouted 'blood and sun!!!'. anyway, old man or not, it won't be hard to find yourself humming to the catchy tune of super mal's latest.

super mal - blood & sun

and as a bonus, super mal have done a re-edit of their track 'pixelated' which was done in collaboration with phonat last year.

super mal & phonat - pixelated (super mal vocal re-edit)

make sure to support this re-emerging act and buy the tune on beatport to hear it in its full 320 kbps glory. make sure to say thanks on their myspace. read more!

visitor.

visitor (formerly known as cobra dukes) have only landed a few weeks ago and already caused quite some stir around the blogs with their diamond cut produced track 'los feeling' and a lot of quality remixes to go with it.

now they're unveiling another new track and this should be the final call for the music industry and label people observing this space (and abusing me as their free of charge a&r) to hit them up and get them a decent deal because you're just losing money every second visitor are not on your team!

'too far gone' is another perfect example of how to blend quality indie-pop style songwriting with captivating stadium-ready electronic production, resulting in an instantly catchy song. enjoy another premiere on discodust, hopefully spreading all over the blogs like wildfire soon!

visitor - too far gone

consult the hype machine for more from visitor or hold out and let us do the hard work for you as we'll have a dedicated round-up post with all the good 'los feeling' remixes some time next week, only just waiting for a certain very special someone to deliver his remix now. for the while being, follow visitor on twitter. read more!

kid cudi + fever ray remixed.

even more remix goodness involving kid cudi just dropped over at the fool's gold blog and that seemed like a good opportunity for me to finally introduce some afrojack goodness on here, as he's dominating dj playlists like no one else right now. dubsided rockers nadastrom also got busy on the track, so i just had to feature these remixes on here as well.

kid cudi feat. kanye west & common - make her say (afrojack remix)
kid cudi feat. kanye west & common - make her say (nadastrom 88 dub)

plus just yesterday i was whining about how fever ray is not as danceable as the knife and then i've found an all new crookers remix on the always amazing electric zoo. first i couldn't really get used to the synth line but now i am totally hooked on it! all about it! in love! can't live without it any more! starting a fan page! no, seriously: this is straight fire and i can't wait for the crookers album to drop.

fever ray - seven (crookers remix)

so now show these busy remixes some love: afrojack, nadastrom and crookers. also check out the all-new crookers blog. read more!

greenmoney + kid sister + sibley.

like we told you about a week ago, there's just nothing stopping greenmoney right now. they're playing fabric this friday, killing it in room 3 alongside uk key players such as mj cole, zed bias and seiji while skream, caspa and benga got room 1 locked down. check the full line-up over at the fabric homepage.

in order to celebrate this, our friends at greenmoney and fabric hooked us up with two really special treats. first up is the remix for kid sister's new single 'rhh' coming up soon on fool's gold, originally produced by the swedish house mafia but i suppose you already know who made our favorite remix on this release. as a world premiere, stream the track right here on discodust.

kid sister - rhh (greenmoney remix) on soundcloud

and as you know how we roll, just a stream won't really cut it, so we have also got greenmoney's remix for los angeles' hottest new female rapper sibley (pictured above) up for you. coming from a modeling and acting background, she has been recording tracks since 2005, was recruited for ne-yo's girl group project "l'creme" but dropped out in favour of a solo career. she's currently working with producers and songwriters previously leading the likes of rihanna, m.i.a, chris brown and ne-yo to the top of the charts. make sure to check out the blazing hot video to 'tie me down' as well.

sibley - tie me down (greenmoney full vocal)
sibley - tie me down (greenmoney dub)
sibley - tie me down (video on youtube)

if you still want more from greenmoney, our friends from discobelle are hosting their trevor loveys remix and the greenmoney radio show is still going strong as well. and if you're in london this weekend, go see them live at fabric. read more!

azari & iii.

azari & iii is the lovechild of dinamo azari and alixander iii, both from canada and besides that unknown to me. however, they dropped a track into my myspace inbox a couple of weeks ago, unfortunately in a time where i didn't really give a fuck about this blog but damn, i have been playing this track on repeat nearly every day ever since i received it and while i am really bad at compiling charts, this would take the number one spot right now, hands down.

'reckless with your love' by azari & iii is a classic house anthem in true detroit style, probably the most pure and catchy track in that vibe ever since inner city back in 1988. those beats, those vocals, those strings - fuck, this is an instant classic for me and i can only hope that this masterpiece gets an official release and all the love that it deserves.

azari & iii - reckless with your love

show azari & iii some love on myspace and find 'hungy for the power' over at 20jazzfunkgreats who always seem to know what's good even before any producers out there even think of it. read more!

kid cudi + pitbull + natasja remixed.

without a lot of talk, here is a bunch of remixes in the 'urban' vibe (at least that's what i hear german club dj's dubbed it these days) i came across while doing the blog rounds today, ranging from electro house (felix cartal and bird peterson) to overly aggressive bangers (hot pink delorean) and mosh-pit dubstep (evol intent, the drum & bass collective that brought us computer club and treasure fingers). we stay in the club!

n.o.r.e. featuring kid cudi - floating in the sky (felix cartal remix)
n.o.r.e. featuring kid cudi - floating in the sky (bird peterson remix)
enur featuring natasja - calabria (hot pink delorean remix)
pitbull - i know you want me (evol intent remix)

shouts to media contender for most of these. and i miss you, palms out remix sunday. and rest in peace, natasja. read more!

joe and will ask? + saintsaviour.

joe and will ask? are definitely discodust regulars by now and they just keep getting better and better while staying true to their techno-rooted sound. now they just dropped their first full original vocal track 'fabric of win', which turned out electro-house flavoured and catchy as hell with the wonderful voice of saint saviour (pictured above), reminiscent of fever ray when she was still fun to dance to. get a taste of the goodness with the radio edit of 'fabric of win' right here!

joe and will ask? featuring saintsaviour - fabric of win (radio edit)

note that the mp3 previously floating around on some other blogs had a minor glitch, so in case you already downloaded it elsewhere, you might want to get this proper one. the complete single with the original, alternative and instrumental versions of the song is up for sale on beatport now.

besides working on original songs, joe and will ask? are still very in-demand remixers, so after they recently reworked la roux and little boots, their remix for well-established german producer sharam jey is good to post now as well, celebrating the release of the video to his latest single 'in my blood'.

sharam jey & nik valentino - in my blood (joe and will ask? remix)
sharam jey & nik valentino - in my blood (video on youtube)

show saint saviour as well as joe and will ask? some myspace love and if you like what you hear, buy 'fabric of win' on beatport now. read more!