Encore

im really starting to lose track of where weekends end and weekdays begin. and it is awesome. having no full time job for the first time in years is precisely as excellent as i thought it would be.

i also really love matias aguayo's music. everytime i listen to it, i envision a big truck with big speakers inching slowly down a road packed with sweaty, tanned dancers sipping on cheap beer..
and his latest ep "i dont smoke" definitely fits that mould. powerful, rhythmic percussion and minimal synth melodies. perfect for summer! im sweating even thinking about it!

Matias Aguayo - Ligado

head out and grab the "i dont smoke" ep here.

by now most of you would have heard black van's (aka kris menace & kowesix from moonbootica) take on munk's new single 'mis labios' but in case you haven't, here it is in all its glory..
beautifully crafted and composed down-tempo electro with some great synth touches.. one of the better examples of the genre that i have heard for a while:

Munk - Mis Labios (Black Van Remix)

grab the "mis labios" remix package here.. definitely worth a listen with a cool joyce muniz remix and the awesome original featuring.

im really in two minds as to whether i still have time for the ravey indie dance of digitalism. a lot of the tracks on their new album "i love you dude" sound really good to me - and i appreciate that they have toned down a lot of the ravier sounds from their earlier work - but im just not sure that their big, made-for-festival sound really appeals anymore.. or maybe i should just stop being a dick.
this is one of my early favourites off the album - a bright, happy number that feels like a spray of water from surly festival security at the front of a digitalism show.

Digitalism - Encore

"i love you dude" will be released in 10 days from now! pretty exciting! preorder yourself a copy right here.

right - im'ma sign off and go and enjoy some more sun. have a good weekend!

disco whoa

a bit of radio silence from us recently.. sorry about that! the silly season seems to really be clogging up our schedules.
in any case, there is an absolute truck load of good music doing the rounds at the moment.. a bit of quiet time has helped us to soak it all up.

the disco that ive been hearing around the shops recently has been absolutely impressive. just in time for summer really.
bot'ox's "bearded lady motorcycle show" is an absolute stand out with its grungy, sweaty sound taking its time to blossom into a breezy head-nodder thanks to some lovely, calming synths. great, great track: "highly recommended".

Bot'Ox - Bearded Lady Motorcycle Show (alt)

'bearded lady motorcycle show' is plucked from bot'ox's 'blue steel' release which you can find here. there is also an excellent remix package of 'blue steel' which you should check out. right here.

bottin's latest project involves a swiss vocalist curiously named joy freypong and is called 'tinpong'. i didnt mind the intimate jazz club vibe of the original, but the glamourous strut of pete herbert's dub really caught my ear. love how serious shit gets at the 3:40 mark. stabbing keys ftw.

Bottin Presents Tinpong - New Religion (Pete Herbert Dub) (alt)

grab the full 'new religion' release by tinpong/bottin here.

i always thought that discodeine was limited to his little patch on the blog haus map but recently he has been proving me very wrong indeed. following hot on the heels of their superb take on rebotini's '777' is this slice of heaven called 'synchronize' featuring pulp vocalist jarvis cocker. great disco-pop ditty complete with strings, pianos and emotional vocals.. what more could you ask for?

Discodeine - Synchronize (feat Jarvis Cocker) (alt)

grab the full 'synchonize' release here.

im still trying to make my mind up about black van.. i sometimes think that their beats are a little too simplistic and undeveloped. feels like both oliver kowalski and kris menace have had to dial back their individual flair to get this vehicle moving. still, 'the calling' is a nice little piano house number with a really strong melody and deck-chair vibe. definitely worth a look:

Black Van - The Calling (alt)

'the calling' is off black van's 'moments of excellence' release. you can grab that off the kompakt site here.

beers

ok while i finish my beer- dont you think that kris menace is one of the most under-rated music people ever?

The Presets - My People (Kris Menace Remix)

Heartache - N.U.M.B. (Kris Menace Remix)

The O T Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down (Lifelike & Kris Menace Remix)

ok so maybe hes not the most underrated person ever but i think he needs to be much more famous than he is.. i think some nokia ad style personality lifting is in order

so what

i dont care if i was the last person to get this song. it is really awesome.. like late 90's house awesome. like that remix of 'sun is shining' by bob marley awesome

Tough Alliance - Neo Violence (Shazam Remix)

like cut copy awesome?

Cut Copy - Saturdays (Kingroc Remix)

like lifelike/kris menace awesome??????

Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis (A Hundred Birds Remix)
seriously - probably not cos this is probably one of the best songs to to sing- and playing it with live bass, percussion, horns and strings (instruments)- hundred birds style is probably the best thing ive ever heard

as good as jumping ship and finding a new job?

well well well

so iam missing alan braxe. damn.
word on the street (and on youtube) was that his good buddy fred falke played bass over 'intro' whilst djing here earlier in the year..
time for al braxe to step up then. maybe (probably) he'll will get on the mic and do the chanting live.

he only has two shows left in australia so if your in canberra tonight or sydney tomorrow, go and check this *god of french house* out y'all

Oct 31 Stonefest 2008, University of Canberra, Canberra
Nov 01 Alan Braxe, Yu, Sydney

to try and cure my alan braxe blues, here are my favourite braxey songs.. so good

Alan Braxe & Kris Menace - Lumberjack

Annie - Heartbeat (Alan Braxe Remix)

and of course the track that hes going to most likely be chanting over tonight.. (also one of the most iconic (french) house songs of all time)

Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro

so yeah, its friday. go out have fun. take solace in the fact that ill be doing gardening in canberra. whoop

Yuksek - Tonight (from Tonight EP.. buy here)

En Masse - Sugar Bowl (from Italiani Farlo Meglio.. check it out here)

relief

so.. another week is finished huh?

Kris Menace - Jupiter

Fred Falke - Love Theme

Late of the Pier - The Bears Are Coming (Emperor Machine Remix

Glass Candy - Iko

and to top off all this fridayness, here is a mix made by melbourne disco kings fromage..

fromagedisco by Fromage

hearts and love y'all..

put two fingers out like this...

in my mind i had planned to do an ultra mega v fest post tomorrow but instead im gonna be rad and do one now.. i think i might be a little too excited to wait a WHOLE day to post up v related tracks.. it certainly will be a fun day- but whats with the wack peeps up in v headquarters putting the headlining acts on at the same time at the end? huh? lame.

anyway i think we'll find a way to get around this and have a fun time. just like this

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey

Duran Duran - Save a Prayer

The Presets - Go Hard, Go Home (Ascii Disko Remix)

Air - Mer Du Japon (Kris Menace Remix)

Donnie Sloan - Call You Up!

Donnie Sloan - System

The Rakes - We Danced Together (sebastiAn mix)

And cos i apparently love her:

(Harder)

Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (Herve & Roisin In The Secret Garden Mix)

Roisin Murphy - You Know Me Better (Trevor Loveys Remix)

(Less Harder)

Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (Kris Menace Remix)

Roisin Murphy - You Know Me Better (Nightmoves Mix)

Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know (Joey Negro's Destination: Boogie Remix)

Whoa... i DID NOT just post 12 tracks... damn kid.

as an added treat- you should go and download Munk and Flosstradamus' mixes from the bang gang podcast site (sorry think there might be a recurring theme here.. no we are not sponsored by the bang gang but would seriously consider any funds that they would like to send our way...) they are well wicked and might convince you to go and see them. ps was i the only one that only just noticed that there was a stage called the 'virgin mobile venue' cos the table for that is in white?!?

bonus: might be a bit 6 degrees of seperation action but here is

Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Bagraiders mix)

cos it was on Flosstradamus' mix for bang gang and it rocks out- especially after the drop (at 3 mins). Like everyone on sat that will be at V fest. woot.