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.

That's The Beat

This is going to be a short post, because I did promise trance part 2 would be coming soon and this is not trance part 2. Just a random sampling of some really good songs I've picked up in the last couple of days that I thought I'd get out there.

Also, if anyone knows why a lot of my posts keep disappearing, let me know.

My genre of the day: Dubstep

What you need to be listening to:

In For The Kill (Louis Philippe DnB Mix) - La Roux
This is actually a re-fix of the Skream (pic above; he's the Croydon boy wonder who made that It's Not Over Yet remix that I never got around to posting) Let's Get Ravey remix. Takes the deep bass and adds a drum 'n' bass beat and a spacey arp at the end for some energy. Listen with some good headphones.
In For The Kill - YouTube
In For The Kill - Download

Your Love - Rob Threezy
This tune starts out a bit slow but kicks in with the housey piano and a bit of a ghettotech beat a minute in. Sounds a bit like Crookers without their wobbly basslines. No streaming anywhere to be found unfortunately, but check it out and give it a listen.
Your Love - Download

Broken (Demo) - Gorillaz
One of the three demos that could make it onto the next album. Pretty hard to explain, it has a rolling bass and organ bit. Hear it for yourself.
Broken - YouTube
Broken - Download

NEXT POST: Trance part 2?