parklife

This coming Sunday Parklife will hit Sydney, a long weekend and celestial Spring weather. There really is no better combination to usher in the festival season. The only thing that could compare is if the moon became a strobe light on NYE. Or spun around and said something dopey.

Fellow Parklifers, there are things you should and shouldn't do this weekend. I'll illustrate.

*Cue dark synths and smoke machines* It was way back (last week), one sunny summer afternoon in a Potts Point apartment. A raving buddy and I hung our arms from the breezy window, above a fucking hipster's balcony. We smoked cigarettes like air, drank Vodka like water and debated the "way of the rave" for hours.

We discussed 'rules' for Field Day 2010, but the ideas applied to any festival. Like Confucius, my buddy's words echoed through time like planets colliding. Her name is Lauren Murada. She is also a hipster, loves Top Shop, indie-electro, will trip in heels of any height and reckons chicks go to dubstep nights to experience vibrating toilet seats. This is what she said:

"My advice would be to definitely leave your shirt on. Don't wear thongs. Invest in a pairs of Cons or High Tops. Wear sunscreen. Don't pass out before 1pm and don't wet yourself. Oh, and see the Juan Maclean."

Empire of the Sun - Standing on the Shore (Cassian Remix)

Miike Snow - Black & Blue (Tiga Remix)

La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (datA Remix)

La Roux - In for the Kill (Diplo and Bot Edit)

Services - Element of Danger (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Late of the Pier - The Bears are Coming (Joakim Remix)

Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches (Crystal Castles Remix)

Claude Von Stroke - Who's Afraid of Detroit? (Audion Remix)

Metronomy - Not Made for Love (Joakim Remix)

The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers (Morgan Geist Remix)

Sydney Parklife 2009 set list.

standing in the grass

there are some people that are of the opinion that empire of the sun remixes are crap. i have never seen eye to eye with these people, and after hearing this piece of saturated summer bliss from wunderkid cassian, doubt i ever will.

Empire of the Sun - Standing on the Shore (Cassian Remix)

i have no idea where cassian popped out from, but im certainly glad he did.. each remix he makes is an improvement on the last, and this free-flowing, sun-drenched sound that him, dcup, shazam and miami horror are rocking is absolutely going to make my summer.

fridays

yep today is another one. *excited friday spiel*

melbourne kid cassian seems to have popped up from nowhere.. at first i thought he was the cassian from snob scrilla and csk ok fame, but after listening to some tracks, i knew he couldnt be.. no lo-fi/rough bedroom bangers here - think warm slap-bass-driven funk.. think slick friday soundtrack..

Damn Arms - Destination (Cassian Remix)

jason tyler recently sent us this song recently which definitely grinds and bangs with the best of them.. although i really strongly dislike most sorts of hip hop in electronic music, these vocals actually match the song really well. except for the 'chi-town! chi-town! chicago!' chant. that could have easily been left out.

Jason Tyler - Heartbeats

in other djing related news, good blouse friends sosueme are playing at splendour this weekend. seriously epic news. word on the street is that they were (naturally) pretty excited when they got the call up.
so excited that they went ahead and made a mixtape for their long journey up there.
for people like me who are stuck at home, this mix might be able to act as a sort of teleport machine.. we might not actually be there, but by listening to it we can easily imagine what it would be like.

Sosueme In The Grass Mix by Joyride and Hansom

not working? damn.

in less epic news, me and mandu from electrorash are spinning some sikkk tracks down at soho in the cross tonight.. if youre out and about come down and say hi!