Ghetto Sunrise

tuesday night.. chill time in the 'hood.

one thing that i have discovered over the past few weeks is that chill time sure aint chill time without californian armon bazile (aka aybee) and his overwhelmingly smooth, soulful beats. i initially found it hard to pin down his sound, but have since learned to get over it and just love his irresistible blend of soul, house and techno.
this track, "ghetto sunrise" featured prominently on motor city drum ensemble's fantastic resident advisor mix from '08.. soft pads, a gently bubbling bassline and chanting. i can feel my eyes misting over already:

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what did everyone think of van she's 'ze vemixes'? i have to say that i wasnt overly impressed.
sure, the changes remix was banging, but it really seems like the boys are in the midst of a remixing (vemixing?) identity crisis: to go on making their once genre-changing indie bangers which are perhaps a little stale and over-copied, or to follow most other aussie indie producers of note down the nu-disco road and sacrifice the crazy reputation that they earned for themselves.. hmmmmm... quite a dilly.

with all that aside, here is their new mix of 'synthetiseur' by frenchies housse de racket.. a definite banger to help you reminisce on the good old vst days..

Housse De Racket - Synthetiseur (Van She Tech Remix)

ok.........

Photo by Patrick Fraser

now its a lot later on friday and i want my bangers..

here are two WICKED remixes off the 'one pure thought' single by the effervescent hot chip.. truly banging.

Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (Hot Chip VIP Remix)

Hot Chip - Wrestlers (Sticky Dirty Pop Remix)

the ready for the floor remix is exactly my kind of fidgety banger- not too stupid or wobbly, has wicked b'more-ish drums and is intense as hell. epicly awesome.
the wrestlers remix is fucking rad as well but is a more by the numbers fidget jam.. perfect for fri night!!

to last to you out the weekend, here are two DJ mixes done by two awesome sydney DJs/producers.
sorry for the zshare guys but dj mixes take up toooo much room on our lovely new server..

The Gameboys 60.30 Mix

the gameboys have become local fixtures in recent times, playing heaps at places like candys and qbar.. they have built up quite the fanbase with their sweeeet skills and sweeet tracks.. haha but seriously we love the gameboys up in here- make sure you catch them soon (sosueme tonight or sounds on sunday).
The title of their mix '60.30' is actually very smart because on it they mash sixty songs (yes 6-0) into 30 mins. thats like 2 songs every minute.
AMAZING- make sure you check this out (tracklisting in comments.) very clever mixing of indie/electro.. kind of makes you listen in the same way as girl talks new mix.

Jeepers (aka John Paul from the Heat) has also recently thrown around a mix to get us all excited for summer and the excellent rooftop parties @ the eastern..

Jeepers Rooftop Mix

have a good weekend everyone!

ps for anyone going/wants to go, the Van She show at the Spanish Club has had to be pushed back to next week and will now be at the Cross (above the Bourbon).. buy tickets here

the Videodrome mk VII

van she are awesome. this is a fact. everyone (except jack) knows this.

i wont waste time kissing their asses on this blog because that has already been done on every other blog on earth. instead, im gonna go against the grain and say that the songs that i had heard off 'V' before today have been rubbish.
Cat and the Eye was an ever so slightly uber M.O.R./pop jam. that got used as the channel 9 jingle (not that thats a bad thing but hearing that song during most ad breaks really did nothing for the song or me). shite.
and im not sure if Danny is a song off the album but whatever. im not even sure what was going on there.

but i dont care about these songs. all i care about today is Strangers.


Van She - Strangers

my boots are still smoking. how good is that song? GOOD! kind of a mix between kelly and sex city that somehow transcends both? PROBABLY WOULDN'T GO THAT FAR BUT ITS GOOD. do i have sun in my eyes right now thats annoying me? YES.

Van She - Strangers (Van She Tech Remix)

Van She - Cat and the Eye (Van She Tech Remix)

in other news there are a couple of newish van she tech remixes that somehow slipped under my radar.. weird..
again, i love van she tech. its true that for a while there all of their remixes sounded the same, but their newer remixes are a bit more different.. a bit less intense than the older ones.

Shinichi Osawa - Maximum Joy (Van She Tech Remix)

Martina Topley Bird - Poison (Van She Tech Remix)

actually come to think of it- im not 100% sure that these songs were actually remixed by van she tech but the track titles said that they were so the probably are.