DON'T STOP

There's just too much good music coming my way. I have to give it to you.

So the latest buzz is that M.I.A sent the vox for her new single straight to her favorite remixer: none other than our boy DTTT.

M.I.A - NEW SONG! (DEATH TO THE THRONE REMIX!!!!!!!!!!!)

FIGURE released an e.p a while back and my favorite song was forbidden to post...Until now. enjoy this NN exclusive:

FIGURE - Volume Pals

Van Scott is a NYC dj who is gaining quite the following alongside Alexander Technique; enough so that they are being remixed by Chewy Choc./JFK.

Alexander Technique feat. Van Scott - Nightlovers (CCC / JFK RMX)

Them Jeans have released their own ghetto banger remix which I have been playing out quite a bit. The track has got that warbly bass drive that I seem to be crushin on these days.

Them Jeans - Cross Country

Teen angst remixes have been popping up all over the place but not like this...never like this.

M83 - teen angst (DEATH TO THE THRONE REMIX!!!!!!!!) ^orgasmic yes?

DTTT MYSPACE
FIGURE MYSPACE
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE MYSPACE
THEM JEANS MYSPACE

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PARTY PACK

Get your headphones out, I have an insane line up for you today.

First off we have the final version of the Hot Chip/D.I.M collaboration of which I posted a teaser for a while back:

Hot Chip - Hold On (D.I.M. Remix Final)

Chromeo and CSS have both discovered a way to sit on the fence between blog post underground and mtv/ipod ads so it's appropriate that they work together.

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (CSS Remix)

Your favorite track off of Alive is stripped of gleeful screams, polished, reworked in the form of a 7 minute anthem.

Daft Punk - Around the World 2009 edit

Boys Noize and Royksopp.

Royksopp - Happy Up In Here (Boyz Noize Remix Teaser)

And of course heres the latest sound from TBB who, under dim mak, are releasing low quality versions of their mixes for sampling purposes. Sample away:

SPA - Pets Dance (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) (taken down by request)


DIM MYSPACE
CSS MYSPACE
DAFT PUNK MYSPACE
BOYS NOIZE MYSPACE
TBB MYSPACE

If you missed the Yuksek review/tracks check them out here.

FIGURE

Figure has pursued his career with unbashful and relentless self promotion in such a way that I have to stand back and applaud. His latest opus goes by the name of the Walrus Shuffle and I can not for the life of me stop listening to it's deep bass pounding glory.

FIGURE's remixes and originals can be seen littered throughout the vast regions of the hype machine but this one sets itself apart from the others. Although I'm not usually partial to bass dependent anthems this one, like the Valerna track, reinvents itself a couple times (with a surprise sax solo waiting for you in the middle).

FIGURE - Walrus (Original)

FIGURE MYSPACE

AWAY FROM THE SEA REVIEW

The Yuksek debut album is similar to The Chemical Brother's: We Own The Night (both in sound and execution). Both albums pull help from producers and artists in their field and they both have a couple songs that stand out from the rest.

Yuksek - So Down featuring Chromeo

Away From the Sea is versatile in its delivery of club bangers (Tonight, I Like to Play), indie rockers (So Far Away From The Sea, Tonight Reprise) and retro disco stylings (So Down, I Could Never Be A Dancer). The Album makes an excellent soundtrack for meaningful porch summer parties or late night club hopping adventures.

Yuksek - So Far Away From The Sea featuring. The Bewitched

B+

YUKSEK MYSPACE

RELAX

Here are a few instant classics; each one breathier, swirlier and synthier than the last. With as much style and class as the Vice City soundtrack, these songs will transport you to a beach somewhere, watching the sunset as silhouetted roller skaters (circa 1987) in short shorts go skating off in the distance.

Beni - My Love Sees You (Classixx Remix)
Yuksek - Freak O Rocker
Justice - D.A.N.C.E (Flavish Dance Hop Edit)
Appaloosa - The Day We Fell In Love (Ted & Francis Remix)

SPIRIT OF APOLLO REVIEW

I get my hands on this release and the breath leaves my lungs. There is so much to take in at once. I have been waiting for this release ever since I heard the Felix Cartal remix of N.A.S.A Music. In order to give this album justice you have to listen to it from beginning to end in one sitting (with headphones on).

There I was, lying in my bed in the dark with my eyes closed while David Byrne crooned around various rappers who I will not pretend to know anything about. The leaked tracks gave way to hype for tracks supported by M.I.A, Santogold, Lykke Li, Karren O and Spank Rock.

N.A.S.A - Whatchadoin? Feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner

The rest of the album proved to be just as exciting with cameos from Del, Tom Waits and Cool Kids. The end result is something close to Night Ripper but Itunes friendly. The album is total stoner pop and it sounds like Urban Outfitters funded the whole operation yet don't let the catchiness/mass consumer appeal turn you off (if you're that kind of person) this album is well worth buying.

N.A.S.A - Strange Enough Feat. Karen O', Ol' Dirty Bastard & Fatlip

A-

NASA MYSPACE

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