This track is so hot it's ridiculous. Do I need to say more than that it's Ciara and Justin?
(if you have problems with the whole "naughty videos" thing then don't press play)
Buy the single at iTunes Music Store
Just so you know. only V is posting today since A is at home with his mama.
There's been a whole lot of spins for Calvin Harris and his track I'm not alone. It's been all over the music blog-o-sphere for ages. But it hasn't really gotten me hooked. Some of the remixed versions absolutely but not the original. Every time I hear the original I keep thinking of all those commercial trance acts back in 2000-2002 like Dj Sammy and Ian van Dahl. I'm sorry Calvin, but that's not a very positive thing anymore. Not in my book at least.
But I'm gonna post his video anyway mostly because the first 50 seconds are super beautiful and because I think it was sucky that he was forced to re-edit the video because of the showing of a knife.
Now I wanted to take some posting to the phenomenon of ridiculous remixes that's been around for ages but I've never heard in any clubs. I don't know why really but I'm gonna give some credit where credit is due.
I started thinking about this when I saw Justin crying out that he wanted Twitterytwats as friends. For some reason I started thinking which justin-track I had been listening to the most. What I realized was that it was one of those amazing remixes that I've never heard outside my own sets and playlists. It's a half-mash (not really a mashup but close) of the sweet and naughty track called SexyBack by Justin and the glorious track Girls by The Prodigy. These two tracks are awesome and both club- and iPod-worthy by their lonesome. But the magic is when they come together.
SexyBack (The Prodigy SexyGirls remix)
Sexy Girls are Back
SexyBack vs Girls
These three names are stuff I've seen the track be called on the interwebs and I've been using the second one. Who cares what it's called as long as it's dope? I used this on the Pink Parx-mixtape posted last week. But I'm gonna give you the videoversion I found when I snooped around tonight. So enjoy.
I've never seen that you can buy this one so I guess you'll have to pirate it or something. I got my copy a long time ago, before I had a conscience. And since I've bought everything else I have by both artist I feel highly comfortable with still using it.
----V
Okay This time we're gonna see how many ways we can dance to the original versions of one and the same artist.
Many years ago there was this girl who had most of her cells in the Dancehall genre:
This track is totally nuts. It's by Filthy Dukes, some of our favorite british people and the track is called Messages. It's hot like Hansel right now ;). PopJustice posted this as their song of the day Wednesday last week but we've been waiting to hear the full track. It's awesome. So retro and fresh at the same time. Heard some remixes over at the HypeMachine so this is totally going on the playlist. Sweet.
But no more nagging. Here's Filthy Dukes:
This is a perfect example of how evolution works:
You have a solid foundation like carbon. It can be used in so many strange ways it's hard to keep track.
It can become weird primates who look weird and sound weird. But you like them anyway.
Let's just face it. We are terrible bloggers having you wait like this for a new post. The thing is that we've been really busy on our separate ways and have gotten a really amazing opportunity to remix for one of our joint obsessions. We can't really discuss this further at this point but when we're done you'll be the first to hear the results (yes they want one from each of us).
As a sign of our repentance for being such bad bloggers we're gonna give you two tracks in this post. first one of the most covered/remixed songs ever is Enjoy the Silence by the gods of DM. Here we have one of the better ones.
Yvan & Dan Daniel - Enjoy The Silence
Then we have one song that cannot be remixed well. We've searched for remixes of this song but came up with nothing. Absolutely nothing. It's Breaking the Habit by the amazing Linkin Park. It needs no further introduction. Here's the video:
Okay. There has been a whole lot of buzzing in the blog-o-sphere of music about Electro acts faking live performances and stuff like that. I just wanna share my absolute favorite live performance of this genre. And it's live. And it has awesome visuals. and the original track is so suggestive and just plain solid. It is a stellar performance from The Knife of their track The Captain from the album Silent Shout. So stop what else you are doing. Press play and just sit back and enjoy sheer genius.
Sweet, huh?
---A
Well we are on a roll here with all the cherrytree stuf so this would probably be a good idea to continue. If you check out the artists page on their website (link) you will find an amazing artist called Feist. One of her absolutely best songs is My Moon, My Man. You can listen to that and all of her albums at her myspace-page (link) so like Fever Ray she gets major solidarity points. Sweetness.
Here is the video for My Moon My Man which is one of those videos that just make you smile.
But there is more. Because we did not discover Feist through Myspace or Cherrytree even if that would be logical in our case. But Some time ago an extremely talented DJ named Alex or more famously known as Boys Noize featured a track on his album Oi Oi Oi that caught almost everyones attention. It was his remix of this track. double the length and maximize the Donk and add some of Alex's trademark crispyness. Masterpeice. Sorry about the video. We know it's just a picture.
And speaking of Solidarity if you check out the Boys Noize MySpace-page you will see that you legally can stream both Oi Oi Oi and Oi Oi Oi remixed Total Solidarity.
Today we both learned something. Aparantly Flipsyde isn't just one dude but a full group. Most of you remember the song Happy Birthday which featured a sample from the ever so awesome pseudo-lesbians from Russia called t.A.T.u. What mad that song stick out was the thing with a black rapper doing a song about abortion.
But Now they have released a new track called When it was good. This track is unbelievable. V can't really put his finger on what it is but it is on his most played list for today. The video looks good as well.
Now you might wonder how we found this specific track. Who we should thank. Of course it's our friends over @Cherrytree Records. Flipsyde belongs to them. :)
And if you like the song up there in the video. Buy it, don't download. and the entire single is only $0.99 so don't be cheap, support the artists you like. (Single on iTunes)
The awesome label Cherrytree records is, according to us, releasing some of the most amazing tracks you can possibly find. But right now we're gonna focus on two hot(in more than one sense of the word) ladies, who are extremely musical and talented but hide behind the technology. You can find all the musig in this post for download if you go to the iTunes Music Store and search for 'Cherrytree Sessions'. Yes they cost 5 bucks all togeter but they're dynamite so don't be a cheap S.O.B.
First up is Lady Gaga who basically forced her way into the humming-sphere of everyone last year with her hit song Just dance. Don't get this wrong, it was and still is extremely club and iPod-worthy, but it did not show off her best side. Her absolutely best side comes out when she's behind a piano. Check it out:
If you wanna see her perform the whole tracks you can do so at Cherrytree Records website:
Just Dance
Pokerface <---------- Gotta have it
The second bunch of talent you have here is Robyn, the main thing why Sweden is not deported from Earth. She started out her career with a lot of RnB-ish sounds, then moved into more mainstream pop-stuff and created tracks like Underneath the Heart and Psycho which will forever be etched into our Swedish contributor's heart. Then Robyn went her own way, and that meant towards electro and she has never been hotter. Her versatility and talent is shown when she does stripped down acoustic versions of the songs that always seem to invade our sets when we play. Check this out:
Same thing here, if you want to see her perform the whole tracks you can do so at Cherrytree Records website:
Be Mine
With Every Heartbeat
Bum Like You <--------- Total sweetness
That's it. We know it was long but who cares when such awesomeness(as Barney would say) is on display?
Okay, for you Aussies out there we have a special treat. The Australian Idol-alumna Ricki-Lee has been a bit reworked by Florida-based DJ Mickey Bono under the name Beat Thrillerz. The track in question is the very somber and serious Wiggle it. This track is absolutely club and iPod-worthy so check it out together with a visual here:
If you want to download this you can make your way over to the guys over @Digital Eargasm
We like most young people around the world don't really have the money to go buy music all the time. And with the legislation on intellectual property being what it is in the western countries, we're kinda scared of downloading illegally. That's why we love artists who think about these things. One of our favorites is Fever Ray (Karin Dreijer-Andersson of the Knife). She's made her entire album available for online listening on her website. No real downloading, just streaming. A lot of our friends are listening to Fever Ray's magical debut on that site until they can afford to buy the album. If you haven't listened to it yet then you totally should. It is one of the best releases of this year.
Check it out here: FeverRay.com
If you want to involve your eyes as well in this experience you should check out Fever Ray's YouTube channel where you can see the masterpieces that are her music videos. (link)
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