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.

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.

Re: Sweden Post

So my previous post on the Swedish House Mafia disappeared, and I have no idea why. If anyone knows anything about this, please let me know. UPDATE: I was able to recover all of the links, so enjoy. Sorry that the formatting is not as nice as usual.

-Chris BP

TEXT OF POST (thanks to the e-mail subscription):

Vlkomnande till... Sweden

A little bit of explanation: the Swedish House Mafia is not post-minimal-breakbeat music from Sweden. I promise. It's actually a group of Swedish house DJ's: Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, and Axwell. It also used to include Eric Prydz (AKA Pryda. Don't worry, he's also going to be in this post) until he moved to London. All of their productions are upbeat house tracks - Eric Prydz was the one who dropped Call On Me - and they all have a similar style. Oh and they also love to get together in pairs and name themselves something else.

Also, keep up spreading the word. Interest in the blog is definitely picking up thanks to you guys. UPDATE: I fixed commenting so you don't need to be registered somehow to leave one.

My genre of the day: Swedish House Mafia

What you need to be listening to:

I have to admit, this might as well be a Know Your Genre because all of these songs are older, but whatever, it's all good.

Tell Me Why - Supermode
A remix of Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat by Steve Angello and Axwell (Supermode). No way I could do a post on these guys and not include it, this song is huge. Think Call On Me with 80's vocals.
Tell Me Why - YouTube

Breathe (Instrumental) - Mode Hookers
A tune from Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso (Mode Hookers). Starts off with a repetitive beat, but quickly drops off into sweeping strings. Worth it just for that bit.
Breathe - YouTube
Breathe - Download

Nice (Eric Prydz Radio Mix) - Duran Duran
A great remix from Prydz that injects a ton of energy into Duran Duran's original. Another note: all four of the Mafia are amazing remixers (just check out Axwell's remix of Hard-Fi's Hard To Beat or Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso's remix of Hard-Fi's Suburban Knights).
Nice - YouTube

Feel The Vibe (Instrumental Mix) - Axwell
Super house tune from Axwell, who probably makes the brightest sounding songs of the four. Made for clubbing on a beach.
Feel The Vibe - YouTube

AND

Nothing to do with the Swedish House Mafia, but...

I'm Not Alone (Extended Mix) - Calvin Harris
The real version of I'm Not Alone finally dropped. If you haven't heard it or downloaded it yet (see Fancy Some Euphoric? post in Feb.), do it now.
I'm Not Alone - Download


NEXT POST: May be a little more of a wait then usual. Maybe a normal post?