Live The Fast Life

Life in the fast lane. Enough said.

What you need to be listening to:

Bonkers (Club Mix) - Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden
After collabing with Calvin Harris on Dance Wiv Me, Dizzee's back with New York's own AvH (above on the left with A-Trak). Definitely full of Armand's gritty, unique house sound, it's a bassy track.
Bonkers - YouTube

No More - Boaz
Soul sampling with a tight beat and some good word work (now it's the rap era, era rap era) + that 70's soul feel in a hip hop track. The download link is up because it was actually available for free on iTunes. Go figure.
No More - YouTube

Swag Surfin' - Fast Life Yungstaz
Monster club smash and huge in ATL.



NEXT POST: Some tight up and coming hip-hop.

All Around The World

Even more Villains this time around, it seems like you can't check out a music blog without running into a new, great remix from them. This post has some of the real highlights of my latest blog crawl (holler at NME and Buzz en Direkt). Also included, one of the best songs from Phoenix lately; namely the one they put out for free in advance of their record in late march. Enjoy.

My genre of the day: Villains Remixes

What you need to be listening to:

Little Bit (Villains Remix) - Lykke Li
To anyone keeping track, it's obvious I'm a sucker for the original Little Bit and all its remixes. Villains put its signature touches on the song with a tight bassline.
Little Bit - YouTube

Boom Boom Pow (Boys Noize Remix) - Black Eyed Peas feat. 50 Cent & Ciroc Obama
At first, I wasn't sure how I felt about this track, especially because I wasn't the biggest fan of the original. The grittiness of it has grown on me though, and 50's flow is a sharp addition. The download doesn't have the Youtube's shout outs.
Boom Boom Pow - YouTube

Quicksand (Joe and Will Ask? Remix) - La Roux
Another stand-up La Roux remix following in the tracks of Skream, Hostage, etc. Adds some good melodic, electro energy to make it flow better than the original.
Quicksand - YouTube

And now for some Phoenix:

1901 - Phoenix



NEXT POST: Coming super soon. New Dizzee Rascal, for sure and some new hip-hop fire.

Back In The Day Joint

The days of less frequent posting has begun, but I am planning on picking up the pace again as I get the time to check out a bunch of new songs. This post has a bit of retro-theme with some of the songs being true throwbacks, and the rest part of the new wave or retro sounding songs, courtesy of Aeroplane's mix CD for Mixmag.

Also, I just dropped a new track as BPM called "Next" check it out here: onlydjbpm

My genre of the day: Italo-disco

What you need to be listening to:

I'll Be Around - Rappin' 4-Tay
True old-school making use of the Spinners' "I'll Be Around." It sounds like something Lupe would put out now, but a little more real.
I'll Be Around - YouTube

Kilometer (Aeroplane 'Italo 84' Mix) - Sebastien Tellier
This is the first of two songs off of Aeroplane's ill mix CD: it is the well-hyped Kilometer mix that I mentioned on my post of the A-Trak remix. After hearing it in the mix, I couldn't resist putting it up. Definitely has the retro feel with a modern edge. Aeroplane does it again.
Kilometer - YouTube

Lion (Bag Raiders Remix) - zZz
The second of the songs off of the mix CD, this is a feel good remix from yet another great Australian electro act. Imagine the guitars from their Fun Punch replaced with a piano.
Lion - YouTube

And a true throwback:

Buddy - De La Soul + Native Tongues
De La Soul with Q-Tip, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, and Monie Love. It doesn't get much more back in the day than that.



NEXT POST: The results of my latest blog crawl.

Can You Feel It?

Remember when Britney Spears was hot? Really hot (I couldn't resist the pic)? Even though those days are over, her new songs have really been picked up by the top remixers out there (see Bring The House Down post in April). Case in point, check out the Villains remix later in this post. Also, sorry about the lack of consistency in posting, I've just had a lot to do lately and a few gigs to keep me busy. I think I am going to move to a less frequent posting schedule (twice a week? weekly?) and just try to stuff each post; subscribe by e-mail to hear about a new post as soon as it drops. Also, I'm running out of good genres, so my genre of day is going to be on a break for a bit.

What you need to be listening to:

Circus (Villains Remix) - Britney Spears
Another solid remix from Villains, these guys get it done. It adds some catchy thump to the over-the-top original.
Circus - YouTube

Leave The World Behind (Barletta Edit) - Swedish House Mafia & Laidback Luke
I would move to Sweden to join these guys (definitely a requirement as they quasi-booted out the stellar Eric Prydz/Pryda for moving to London); it's hard to match their knack for monster house hits that they just keep pumping out, along with great remixes. This is a nice edit, that's been circulating the blogs (Hypemachine stream, look for the play button at the bottom right).
Leave The World Behind - Stream

Feel It - DJ Felli Fel Feat. T-Pain, Sean Paul, Flo Rida & Pitbull
This is just one of those thumping mainstream club songs that got me amped.
Feel It - YouTube

Also...

Holler at my boy Kemmik out of Cali who finally got a blog going. Check it out for his own beats; there's some good stuff there and I can see some fire from him once he gets going.

Speaking of fire from local peeps, ZP Boy Wonder dropped a new one for 4/20, check it out.

NEXT POST: Nope, no idea.

Bring The House Down

I'm going for a more multimedia feel (if you can't tell) to keep up the pace of the postings, given that I can't put up as many songs as before. That and making posts a little shorter (though apparently not this one). Still should be good though.

First up, something different and completely unrelated to the feel of the post:

Ministry of Sound - Clubbers Guide to 2009 (Australian Version?)
I normally don't get entire CD's but the Ministry of Sound series always seem to be worth it even if I get rid of over half the songs. Kind of a guilty pleasure? The songs are too big already to post, but here are some of the highlights for me on the CD (YouTube links). Huge range of style even outside of the ones included here (Fake Blood, Inpetto, Bag Raiders, etc.), check it out for yourself even if its just to see a few songs you missed out on (every song is definitely not going to be for everyone).
Human (Ocelot Remix) - The Killers
Everytime We Touch (Extended Mix) - David Guetta, Steve Angello, Jaochim Garraud, Sebastian Ingrosso, Chris Willis
Everything (Magik Johnson Vocal Mix) - P-Money feat. Vince Harder
Come Fly Away (Soha & Adam K Remix) - Benny Benassi
Need Me To Stay - Tommy Trash feat. Mr. Wilson

My genre of the day: D-Town Boogie (not a wiki)

On to the tracks.

What you need to be listening to:

If U Seek Amy (Crookers Toy Soldier Remix) - Britney Spears
This is the Milan boys' (see pic above) re-tool of Ms. Spears' new jam. Big bass and kicks add up to a slower version of the original.

If U Seek Amy - YouTube

Throwbackkk:

Promised Land - Joe Smooth

Classic, classic house tune. All the hallmarks of early house, it's straight up happy. 'Nuff said.

Promised Land - YouTube

NEXT POST: Another Britney remix?

Destroy This Trak

Sorry about the delay in the post, I've been kind of busy as of late (new, kind of cheesy track in the works). That said, I've come across a few good tunes casually over the past week. For whatever reason, all but one of the items happen to involve A-Trak (the brother of one of Chromeo's members, Kanye's personal DJ, and one of the hottest DJ's right now) in some way. Definitely check out his blog, and his A-Trak TV vids.

Also, again, links are in the song title.

My genre of the day: Whatever it is exactly that A-Trak makes

What you need to be listening to:

I Poke Her Face (feat. Kanye West, Common, Lady GaGa & A-Trak) - Kid Cudi
This is a funny track from Cudi with a lot of good people laying it down for him. He'll be playing in Hanover, NH at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in May; check him out (I will probably be there; dates and confirmation coming).
I Poke Her Face - YouTube

Kilometer (A-Trak Dub Mix) - Sebastien Tellier
This mix has been getting almost as much hype as the Aeroplane (check out their remix of Friendly Fires; see Ca C'est Paris post in March) remix of the song. Throws in some high strings and energy into the mix.
Kilometer - YouTube

I Found You / Get Money Kids (Axwell vs. Pase Rock) - Emynd
Came to me by way of my boy DJ Straus (holler, check out his new contest mash-up of Love Song with Ratatat), it adds Pase Rock's flow to an upbeat house riff from the Swedish House Mafia's Axwell. Unfortunately, the only listen link is through Hype Machine of all places. Just look for the play button.
I Found You - Hype Machine

Finally,

One of A-Traks vids with Steve Angello (also of the Swedish House Mafia) where they make gypsy techno wedding music. I thought it was kind of funny.



NEXT POST: Who knows? But definitely a new Crookers remix.

Guess Who's Back

Sorry for the delay: It's been a while, but I wanted to make sure that when I came back I would be able to keep this blog in the green. On that note, I am going to try a couple of new things. First, download links will be up at the top of the bit about a song as the title without the word download next to them. I will also be discriminating about what songs I put up in the hopes that whole posts don't get taken down. That said, I will still post YouTube links for all songs, even if I don't feel I can put up the download. Still, I hope that the majority of the songs I put up will be downloadable. Posting will probably be a little less frequent too.

In short, I'm back.

Oh and as for the count of how many different countries visited, it kind of blew up so I stopped counting. Tight.

My genre of the day (for no real reason): Electroclash

What you need to be listening to:

Snoop Dogg Millionaire (Feat. Tanvi Shah) - Snoop Dogg

Whoa. Snoop Dogg jumps into Dubstep by laying down his flow over Eastern Jam by drums 'n' bass duo Chase & Status (check out Against All Odds from them: see Barney Rubble, Mar. post). Rap over dubstep by drums 'n' bass guys? Oh, and it has the girl from Slumdog Millionaire singing too. Kind of a crazy mix up there, but Snoop's flow does fit well with the tune with a darker feel. Hear it for yourself.
Snoop Dogg Millionaire - YouTube

I'm Not Alone (Deadmau5 Remix) - Calvin Harris

The original is one of my favorite songs of the year and Deadmau5 always does solid work, so this seemed like a no-brainer. Much more laid back feeling than the original, it goes on at a relaxed pace.
I'm Not Alone - YouTube

And...

She's So Fly (I'm So High) - Grind Mode

No way I could get away with posting a download for this. This is just a great party hip-hop song that I liked a lot when I heard, for whatever reason.
She's So Fly - YouTube

Also, I just dropped a new song, 3mm. It's a quick bit I threw together that uses a sample from The Whispers' And The Beat Goes On.
Check it out/download here: Onlydjbpm

NEXT POST: Absolutely no idea.