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HiBeams

noreply@blogger.com (DCUP) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:24:00 +0000

Tonight HiBeams make his debut performance at the Velvet Lounge and later, the newly reopened Lady Lux, showcasing a bouncy technotronique technique that is about to take Sydney by storm.

Enjoy this loose joint to start your afro party
Myd - Train To Bamako

interview: (pretty) girls & lasers

oham4774@gmail.com (Omar) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:53:00 +0000

Most band names are a play on words, an onomatopoeic orge of vowels and syllables. They can also be something boring, like a singer’s `real name'. But there are very few stage names that can excite the kid in all of us. An electro outfit from New York has a name that does though, harking back to our first disco, first romance, or first laser tag game. (Pretty) Girls & Lasers is comprised of Jack and Levi, two guys that see the NY club scene as a social aphrodisiac - and electro its oyster.

This year they’ve released top-shelf mixes dripping in something between mango juice and Megan Fox’s cleavage sweat – a delicious combination of hot electro and a mixture of older and obscure tracks. Coupled with a residency at the NY club Arlo & Esme, Jack and Levi are flying the electro banner high.

We recently chatted about when their careers started up, the nuances of the NY club scene and what they’ll be excited about in 2010.

So it’s Jack and Levi? Which one of you guys is which?

Jack: I’m Jack
Levi: And I’m Levi.
J: Seriously though. I’m the tall one and Levi is the somewhat taller one.

What part of NY are you from?

J: I’m originally from Long Island (I know, I’m embarrassed by it too) and Levi’s kind of from all over, but was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
L: Space.
J: Yeah. And we do all of our production work in Manhattan.

What’s with your stage name? Tongue in cheek eroto-sci-fi?

L: I don’t know. We just wanted to make up a cool band name, and (Pretty) Girls & Lasers is what we came up with.
J: We wanted to pick something that sounded fun, a little bit indie, and different from most of the dance music acts out there.

When and how did you get into DJing?

L: Well I got into producing trance music with a friend of mine in college, and Jack’s dad was a pretty big DJ during the disco era, so he’s been around dance music his whole life.
J: Yeah, we’ve both been pretty into music – dance music, indie-rock, classic rock, all kinds of stuff – pretty much since birth.

What artists have you been spinning lately?

J: All kinds of stuff – we’re both constantly listening to new music and finding stuff to play. Between the two of us we probably listen to almost a thousand new tracks a week. Obviously most of it’s crap, but you have to go through a lot of stuff to find what’s good.
L: Yeah. As for artists, Justin Faust out of Germany has had some great stuff lately. Will Eastman out of DC, The Twelves, Treasure Fingers, Death to the Throne, Yuksek, A-Trak, 80kidz are some other artists that are pretty consistently good.

So you guys produce as well as mix? What software/hardware do you use?

L: Yeah. We’re actually in the process of working on a bunch of remixes and original tracks right now – they should be coming out soon, although we haven’t set a date yet.
J: We’ve experimented with a bunch of different software, but are mostly using Ableton with a handful of different synths right now.

What’s the club scene like in NY at the moment?

J: Depends on the night and it depends on the place. NYC is big enough that there are always decent places to go if you know where. On the weekends it can be hard to find them because so many people commute to the city for the nightlife, and they’re there for the scene so much more than for the music. They make a lot of the clubs –especially the bigger rooms – pretty intolerable.
L: Yeah, but if you’re plugged into the scene you’re always able to find good parties.

You've said you’re trying to spread the indie-electro sound in NY in response to the dominant hard house and prog trance scene there. What’s the inspiration behind that?

L: I don’t really have the energy for that kind of music.
J: I’ve actually got nothing against hard house or progressive trance music. A lot of it is really good, and when I’m in Europe or even Canada I like going to see a lot of that stuff. But the scene around that music here in NYC is kind of becoming a parody of itself – everyone’s there for the bottle service or for the drugs, and that’s fine, but it just seems like no one’s really there for the music.

How’d the Arlo & Esme residency crop up?

L: We were looking for a place to get our music out, and Arlo & Esme is a really cool room we found ourselves going to anyway. The owner Gage dug our music so we started putting something together there.
J: Yeah it was all pretty organic.

Your latest mix is mostly soft electro-pop in comparison to your previous mix. Is there a reason? Do you think bangers have had their day?

J: Not really. We put out our previous mix at the end of the summer here, so it kind of made sense for it to be a little more up. The most recent mix just seemed to fit with how we were feeling at the time we made it.
L: Yeah, it kind of just worked out that way - we don’t really spend too much time thinking about that kind of stuff.

Which producers/bands are on your radar for 2010?

J: We’re both kind of into all different stuff. When I’m not working on music or trying to find new stuff to spin I’ll spend a lot of time listening to indie-rock stuff – bands like The Rural Alberta Advantage, Liam Finn, The Dutchess & the Duke, The Tellers, Marina & the Diamonds, The Xx and The Pixies. I’m also really digging a lot of Kid Cudi’s stuff.
L: Cavaliers of Fun, Discovery, Russ Chimes, Chiddy Bang, Coconut Records, Wolfgang Gartner, Miike Snow, Sebastian Tellier, People Under the Stairs. Too much good stuff to name.

If you had to incorporate lyrics from your fave song/s into a pick-up line, what would you say?

L: “That’s the first thing I say to you – how’s it goin’? Are you flowin’? Listen honey, thinkin’ ‘bout a couple things to say to you. Showin’, growin’. And I’d like to place my hands upon your fuckin’ sexy ass and squeeze, and squeeze.”
J: I can’t wait to see you use that one this weekend.

(Pretty) Girls & Lasers Late 2009 Mix Part 1

(Pretty) Girls & Lasers Late 2009 Mix Part 2

tracklist in the comments for all you curious souls..

the videodrome mk XXXIV

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:21:00 +0000

Jens Lekman - Sipping On The Sweet Nectar

so this old jens lekman song is awesome and definitely worth a post, but this is only half the reason i posted it.. check out the slack-jawed, vacant stares that this guy rocks at the start of the clip. so seedy, yet so naive. how does this happen?

vacant stares aside, the real reason i posted this video was because of the stunning remix of it by bulgarian personality bogdan irkük.. solid snares coupled with fuzzy bass and luminous arpeggios can only equal success to me.

Jens Lekman - Sipping On The Sweet Nectar (Bogdan Irkük's Love Nectar Mix)

i have to thank the excellent acos coolkas and their "warm layers of atmosphere" mix for giving me the heads up on this track.. if you havent checked out any of the smooth, inter-galactic mixes from these guys, you should get out there and get acquainted now.

apologies

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:19:00 +0000

with all this silly silly season action floating around at the moment, we have found it a little hard to find time to make post..
please please accept our apologies and this deep, crisp, trip-hoppy remix from the excellent joy orbison.. with heartbeat drums and jittery, reverb-ridden vocals like these, it is easy get all glazy and drift off into some sort of jazz trance.. just what you need on a monday..

Four Tet- Love Cry (Joy Orbison Remix)

full posts will find their way back onto blouse again in the next couple of days

xx

metro area inside sydney

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:01:00 +0000

is it weird that it is only tuesday and i am already planning my weekend? probably not that weird huh.. especially when it promises to be so so good.

ive already touched upon the wondrous modular christmas party which is happening on saturday (tix still available here), but i havent yet sprouted any excitement about the effervescent darshan jesrani, who will donning the dance commander hard-hat at goodgod on friday.

for those of you who may be a little behind the whole disco thing, darshan jesrani is one half of pioneers metro area, whose 2002 debut long player "changed the landscape of dance music." (thank you picnic facebook group)..

i was personally (fashionably) late to the metro area party- only stumbling across them at parklife last year.. in a grotty landscape filled with "team parklife '08!!!!" singlets and shittingly repetitive electro, metro area's funk and disco fuelled set was like an oasis.. it wasnt until much after the festival that i realised how groundbreaking and influential these guys are.
compare their beats with stuff produced by artists like holy ghost! and aeroplane to see what i mean..
here are a couple of treats to get you started:

Hugh Masekela - Mama (Metro Area Birthday Dub)

Metro Area - Read My Mind (Special Dub)

this is being billed as one of the events of the year.. so if time, money and health is in your favour, you have no excuse to miss out. grab tickets nownownow.

bonus:
Escort - Starlight (Darshan Jesrani Parks Dept. Dub)

question time in space

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:18:00 +0000

how do you feel about the recent influx of dream-pop? do you find it boring? do you think it all sounds the same? is it the new form of emo expressionism? is 'dream-pop' a dumb buzz word? hmmmmm..

it might not come as news for you, but i for one am particularly enjoying it.. the craft, subtlety and talent evident in the raft of dreamy pop groups is music to my ears.
i do sometimes worry when i see other people not getting into it, because i feel like my love for this genre is reflective of my newly acquired 'grandpapa' status, but then i only have to listen to stellar tracks like these two below and my worries disappear.
all of them.

Boat Club - Nowhere

i was initially reluctant to heap praise onto swedish fellows boat club, as their sound is so very similar to that of washed out or countrymen air france, but then i thought "f%*k it". when you do something this well, you absolutely deserve heaps of praise.
the name 'boat club' is entirely perfect for this group as the free-flowing percussion, calypso-esque guitars and breathy vocals appropriately conjure images of yachts and catamarans.. mmm all at sunset with people on them drinking champagne and expensive sounding beers. it is beautiful music that will soothe your ears on hump day.
grab their ep 'caught the breeze' here

Toro Y Moi - Talamak

i have a firm belief that toro y moi are one of the most "different" dream pop bands floating around at the moment. while most of their debut album "causers of this" is harmonious and melodious, it is the abstract, disjointed animal collective-like noise/art-pop sections that really stand out. you can grab this debut album early next year, or pre-order it right here.

offices = prison

oham4774@gmail.com (Omar) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:18:00 +0000

I’ve been very happy/depressed lately. I’ve also been listening to so much Animal Collective my iPod clickwheel chimes when i slide my thumb over it.

Annie are coming to Australia to round off touring for their lastest album Merriweather Post Pavilion, which has kept them out of the zoo/Baltimore all year.

Their December 11 Sydney sideshow (while they're here for Meredith) will be at the Enmore. They'll play the epic psychedelic-noise-folk-pop they’re now a little too famous for. Regardless, i can’t wait for Brother Sport, My Girlies and - let’s hope - Winter's Love.

As i'm still an Annie virgin, one dude i’m rlly eager about catching is Pander Bair. He’s like the best friend I’ll never have. I wish i knew more bros as tender as he.

Annie will be supported by Bachelorette.

Buy dix to their show here.

going to the roller derby this weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Rachel) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:04:00 +0000

I saw Casiotone for the Painfully Alone play a couple of weekend ago. It was seriously up there with one of the best musical experiences I've had, mostly because it was so different, mostly because his music is incredible. Also, maybe because he is one of my most favourite artists of all time. Also maybe because I seemed to be obsessed with lo-fi indietronica in the same way I was obsessed with lesbians when I was 19.

Some of my all-time faves from Casiotone's back catalogue, mostly from this year's Advanced Base Battery Life but also highly representative of Young Shields and Twinkle Echo:

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Hot Boyz (Feat. Dear Nora)

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Streets of Philadelphia (feat.Concern)

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Sunday St

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - White on White

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Giant

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Roberta C

Is this too many songs to post in sequence on a blog? I feel it might just be.

the videodrome mk XXXIII

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:56:00 +0000

you might have seen some of blu's work in the past.. it is nothing short of incredible.

this is a recent collaboration that he did with david ellis:

wow..

DCUP in SA

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:54:00 +0000

Hey ya'll.
Played rAdelaide last night. It was rad. Yolanda Be Cool came down with me and banged on after my set till 4am. Around that time I had a line of something, a shot, my eyes pointed out in different directions like one of those ugly dogs, and next I woke up in the hotel. They dont do half measures.

Galactik Knights - Falling In Love

(Galactik Knights myspace)

mr robot

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:42:00 +0000

sweaty sweat it out-er harris robotis has just popped out a new single.. it is called 'up all night' and is a twitchy 90's flavoured tech monster destined to have many a cowering punter crawling to a discreet corner to cover their heads.

Harris Robotis - Up All Night

haha well maybe it isnt that brutal.. but it sure is aggressive. it might be the refined cousin of a song like that.

the release also features an auspicious remix from herr knightlife.. i kinda figured that every one had heard this mix before (it is also known as 'go!' and has been floating around blogville for nearly two years) so here is the intriguing reprise of up all night which features some superb slap bass and some strangely off-kilter piano..

Harris Robotis - Up All Night (Reprise)

up all night is out now.. check it out here

well

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:30:00 +0000

its friday today and that can only mean one thing. techy tech bangers as far as the eye can see. if i wasnt going to canberra to have a nice civilised dinner, i think the weekend would consist of me sweating it out between some sweaty gurneys in a darkened sweaty, debauched sweat den.
ahhhh sweat, tech's closest and strongest ally.

if i was to compare this style of eye beast to any sort of animal, it would have to a kangaroo.. bouncing seems to come naturally to this track and it would probably kick the s**t out of you ran into it in a dim sweat-house.

Style of Eye - Kirstenbosch

this popof track is so supreme in the way it channels other tech-noise masterpieces like 'church of nonsense' and 'hot knives', yet also manages to throw in a kind of upbeat sophistication into the mix.

Popof - Mr Orange

while im discussing sweaty techno, i would also like to mention my main man honnery's birthday which is on sunday.. you might know this fellow as "chris" from the brag or as half of local sweat-makers diatribe.. im sure he will be out at some point on the weekend (probably at spice) so if you know him and happen to see him, please wish him a happy birthday from me.

something to do

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:55:00 +0000

well well.. it only seems like yesterday that i was whinging about how cold it was. one blink and ive suddenly find myself smack bang in the middle of november and right at the feet of what is surely going to be the best summer ever.

it seems that modular are every bit as excited for the 'silly' season as everyone else.. accordingly, they have decided to throw 2 massive parties in sydney and melbourne... maybe its their way of say "thanks" for supporting them through a tough 2009. or maybe getting everyone together to have one last trashy modular party for the year in the name of christmas was just a bit too tempting..

the line ups that they have assembled are really quite good and read like a "who's who" of the excellent modular artist roster (probably cos thats exactly what they are).
check out the line up of the respective parties below.. mouth-watering summery fun:

Melbourne at the Espy, 19th of Dec
Tame Impala, Jonathon Boulet, Muscles(??), Bang Gang, Canyons, Knightlife, Andee Frost, Bongmist, Toni Pepperoni, Nick Foley, Modular Djs

Sydney at Beach Road, 12th of Dec yo
Tame Impala, Jonathon Boulet, Ladyhawke (DJ set), Bang Gang, KIM, Canyons, Tim (Cutters), The Swiss, Graz, Anna Lunoe, Modular Djs

the sydney party is only a somersault away from my house, so my ticket is already procured. just thought i would let you know.

sydney peeps can get tix here and melb peeps can get tix here..

modular have kindly provided us with ticket-purchasing/thinking music by promising newcomer jonathon boulet.. an introspective look at his first single "a community service announcement" from the album leaf

Jonathon Boulet - A Community Service Announcement (The Album Leaf Remix)

jonathon "boules" boulet's debut album is really really just about to drop- if you are excited by this, you can pre-order the album here or sip a drink to toast young bouley here

icky space

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:06:00 +0000

good news! 70's cosmic disco extraordineer space has just been officially signed to nang! that means that over the next year or so, space's albums (which sold over ten million copies f.y.i.) will be remastered and re-released. exciting times indeed.
it really is a testament to the quality and timeless..ness of his sound that labels are still keen to re-release his work thirty years after his hey-day. good work!

to celebrate, nang are releasing a space remix cd packed full of reworks, rejigs, rethinks and versions from the likes of bottin, acos coolkas, d-pulse and all-time blouse favourite ichisan.
while the entire release might sound like roger troutman and h.a.l. having a no-pants party, it was ichisan's contribution that really caught my attention:

Space - Just Blue (Ichisan's Quatro Diversion)

the raw drama that a song like this can conjure is enough to make me blush. any band/man that is willing to passionately pound as many power chords as these will always have a spot in my bed. probably.

to check out the re-released albums or to grab your copy of the remixes vol 1 compilation, head over here.

in other related news, ichisan has been busy bee of late.. i stumbled across this new track a few days ago and still cant seem to pry it out of my headphones. compellingly sophisticated space funk fo' dat ass:

Ichisan - Full Bet Rule

catch up with your man ichisan right here.

past blastin'

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:49:00 +0000

friday seems like a perfect day to listen to one of the best songs ever crafted by man:

Malcolm Mclaren - World's Famous

enjoy your happy friday: i hope malcolm mclaren inspires you to have a fun time..

the videodrome mk XXXII

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:10:00 +0000

have you checked out the latest diogenes club tracks? if you havent, they are well worth your time..
previous releases had me expecting lamborghini-electro-funk, but what i actually heard was laid-back lush restraint.. if you feel like 'nice', check out this remix they did for london up-and-comers eat more cake:

Eat More Cake - Red Sky (The Diogenes Club Remix)

listening to these diogenes club tracks prompted me to do some myspace stalking..
and after jumping over to labelmate casio social club's 'space i discovered this slice of lemon cheesecake from '98.. oh my god:

Zapp & Roger - Summer Jam '98

who are zapp and roger? am i a fool for not knowing? do you think chromeo are quaking in their boots after i have discovered their sole inspiration?

the raveonettes and some other things

noreply@blogger.com (Rachel) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:07:00 +0000

Oo I do love a danish noise rock duo eating smørrebrød. The Raveonettes have been satisfilling my desire for lo-fi 60s inspired indie rock for a long time now. If my hair ever starts growing again, I would like it to look like Sune Rose Wagner's. I can only dream.

The Raveonettes - The Chosen One

I don't know if I feel the same need to be satisfilled with 80s tinged remixes of scare bangers. But I do love Australian bands with kooky men on vocals and I do love disco reworks. Put them together and what do you get...

The Scare - Could Be Bad (Gloves 12" Megamix)

damned

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:01:00 +0000

once again, im totally out of the loop. i always find this loop so comfortable when i get back in- its hard to remember why i consistently choose to jump out.

so i stumbled across a fellow by the name of dam funk and his supremely funky track 'LAtrifying' a few months back. even though it immediately grabbed me, i only got around to doing some extra-curricular dam funk research in the last couple of days.

i discovered that secretly, he is doing all sorts of taking off over in the u.s. he even has a show coming up on nov 24 with warren g.
thats right: warren g. this guy is going places. and his hair is amazing.

to get a li'l sip of dam funks irresistible flavour, check out this mix that he recently mixed for pitchfork.. so dam smooth (ha):

Beautiful Music 4 Beautiful People Mix By Dam Funk (via pitchfork)

and here is the track that kicked it all off for me:

Dam Funk - LAtrifying

if you get a sec, head on over to his 'space and watch some of his videos..
if you get two secs, head over to the stones throw site to find out a little more about mr funk and maybe even pick up some wax..

electro is actually cake

oham4774@gmail.com (Omar) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:44:00 +0000

Boys Noize's sophomore album Power is, yeah, not mind-blowingly great. It's a careful extension of the arid electro his debut Oi Oi Oi had people trading hickies over.

With all the attention Mr Noize, aka Alexander Ridha, received over the past two years the pressure to set the bar higher might've given him some sleepless nights. So he's gone the other way and produced an album that is, overall, less edgy.

The best example is the track 'Nerve' lacking a hard kick drum. Instead Ridha has used the synthline like a violin. This creates rising and falling tempo in all the right places. It fucks my life.

'Rozz Box' does the industrial electro thing as Oi Oi Oi was renowned for, 'Gax' is whimsical and catchy, 'Kontact Me' is like a modern horror movie theme song and 'Transmission' needs a few listens because it's got this annoying synthline that, eventually, makes you realise how clever this Boy(s) really is.

Boys Noize - Jeffer (Modeselektor Remix)

Modeselektor have got the right idea. They turned this little slut of a track into upbeat, hippity-hoppity electro with a minimal glaze over the top. Yeah, it's like peach-glazed Savarin cake.

Boys Noize - Heart Attack (MMMatthias Edit)

The original is like a shoegazey lullaby. MMMatthias takes it to a place i think the electro genre is already heading - toward lo-fi, damp, ruminating dance music.

Boys Noize - Kontact Me (MMMatthias Edit)

This is a lightly edited version of the original and would be great for a party playlist because it's shelf life will probably be about four minutes. But it's still worth listening to because it's like ripped stockings. A bit wow until you rock up to work in them.

Grab your copy of Power right here.

fridays and fridays

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:28:00 +0000

im kind of ashamed to admit it, but so much of my early electronic music education came straight off the early bang gang podcasts. i dont particularly know much about the scene pre bang gang (cos i was only a wee nipper) but i like the direction that they took it when they were at the helm.

this particular piece of friday bliss was lifted from some early mix that they did (possibly one of the first two buttfuck mixes by gus?).. i had no idea that the affable geyster was behind this genius, but i like to think of it as an unsullied version of 'all this love'..

Geyster - John Clay (Skalp Funky Groove Remix)

also, check this amazing den haan track.. its quirky coolness and amazing/epic drop make it a friday mainstayer for sure yo. masssssive props to the phenomenally classy waves at night for this.

Den Haan - Russian Boat Commander thank you waves at night

any people that make a song featuring the lyrics
"bullet from a gun/theres nowhere to run/don't you understand/he's here to take command/russian boat commander/hes a really big demander" instantly go up a couple of notches in my book.
for more friday fun, head over here and download den haan's italo funk mix.
for even more friday fun, head out and buy one of these.

Strip, Steve

noreply@blogger.com (DCUP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:44:00 +0000

I just had to get this to ya'll

Strip Steve's remix evokes strong memories of early Daft Punk. Im loving the downtempo electro funkular. Hes got a new EP on the way, lets hope for more like this.
Someone drop a lyric on this beat!

Das Glow - Lite Brite - Strip Steve remix

awesome new republic

noreply@blogger.com (Rachel) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:25:00 +0000

Hey I am always up for listening to a super indie super tight electro-pop-rock band. Can’t have too many pairs of sneakers right? Do you know there is one blog I like better than Blouse and that is James Murphy’s blog on the LCD Soundsystem MySpace. He could update it more frequently and maybe use some exotic fonts but everything else is perfecto.

Awesome New Republic - Dark Water

Awesome New Republic - Digital World

Awesome New Republic - Last Drop

Awesome New Republic are only new to me I think. I am many millions of years behind Stereogum and Pitchfork who are totally into the two-piece from Miami. There's flashes of Oasis, Friendly Fires, Jamie Lloyd and Hot Chip in them. Wikipedia has all the important info.... In 2008, they were featured as a center piece in a New York Times article about the budding Miami music scene which hailed them as "one of the newest exponents of this growing tropical bohemia." Awesome New Republic uses Twitter actively.

Their new album Hearts comes out TODAY!

hello rachel yes i do exist.

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:56:00 +0000

sorry for the radio silence.. to say that it has been busy around these parts recently would be an understatement..

mixtapes are an ideal music finding medium when short of time.. i find that having other people/djs do all the scouring for you is occasionally a nice thing.
i know ive already recommended the allez allez mixtape series, but im going to do it again. not only is it consistently awesome, but it gives me perfect segue into introducing allez allez (the band) who were from belgium in the 1980's..
they had a mini revival last year when they released their 'best of' which featured remixes by aeroplane, lindstrom & prins thomas and optimo. this little gem however, shows just how good they were in their own right.. such an influential sound..

~~Allez Allez - Turn Up The Meter~~ taken down by request

'turn up the meter' should only be played at parties with lava lamps and flares. in the 1970s. incredible. in case you havent already, grab the best of allez allez here.

on a slightly more blog-house friendly note, here is a remix that burns recently made for his main man frankmusik. it has been floating little while and to be honest, i cant really work out why it has only been blogged minimally.. some truly uplifting pianos to iron out your wrinkled tuesday.

~~Frankmusik - 3 Little Words (Burns Back to '96 Remix)~~ taken down by request

DCUP is back!!

noreply@blogger.com (DCUP) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:25:00 +0000

Who was thinking "its about time the 'CUP sent us some blog love"?
whoever you were, I heard ya.
The new remix dropped on Beatport today, Act Yo Age's "Night Of The Hornheadz". Kid Kenobi loves it, you will too, go grab the track and watch it rise the charts!

Here are some boogie gems from my boy in Cali, Westorious.
Hes the king.

Stay tuned...

Westorious - Stand Up Cutie

Westorious - Ride (Lets Do It)

Westorious' myspace

digits: that is him in the photo

noreply@blogger.com (Rachel) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:18:00 +0000

DOES ANYONE EXIST ON THIS BLOG ANYMORE? I feel so alone. Blogger for life.

Digits - You're Going to Age

Digits - Sarah

Digits is beautiful introspective electro pop that manages to be upbeat, not melancholy. Sarah is one of the sexiest electronica tracks I have heard for a while, makes my palms a bit sweaty. I would seriously recommend listening to his whole album Hold It Close here because it is so varied and progresses so magnificently. One mag describes him as "sharing the sadness and emotional vulnerability of Joy Division and the daft electronic drive of Hot Chip". That is so spot on einstein music journal.