Ages ago I posted a lovely 1980's song by Laurie Anderson called O Superman. M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade have actually made their remix of it less minimal than the original was, that's saying something for the minimal maestros. Here's the original and their mix.






Laurie Anderson - Oh Superman




M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade - Oh Superman






Every now and then you hear something so lovely and sweet it makes you warm to the core. The following song does such things. Johnny And The Moon is Dante DeCaro ex-Hot Hot Heat guitarist and current Wolf Parader, he is the leader of this great folk rock band out of the best place to live in the entire inhabited earth. Thanks to SCTAS for this.







Johnny And The Lion - Tamed A Lion







More remixes, more, more, 'cos they're so good. This Phil Kieran mix of Motor's 1 x 1 essentially is quite similar to the original, tune wise, but packs a lot more bass and bleeps. woo.






Motor - 1 x 1 (Phil Kieran Mix)

A pleasant surprise was to be had when I first heard Ming & Ping's MP2 album about 18months ago, it's synthpoppy goodness kept me sane during a week working in Birmingham (there are no pretty girls in Birmingham officially) Anyway, identical twins Ming & Ping are back with a new album called Causeway Army, basically it's just more of the same soft spoken electro-pop goodness. Fans include me, and FischerSpooner. Get the album here or here






Ming & Ping - Electricity






The Projects have got a wonderful EP out on Track & Field, I can't really sum them up any better than BK really: This latest EP from The Projects will be most notable to readers of these pages for the delectable Broadcast remix of 'Accidents Will Happen', but there's more than that to recommend this EP. Lisa Rosendahl's vocals are spellbinding throughout, maintaining a deadpan sense of new wave cool throughout while steady, uninflected guitars motor on around her. 'New Fun' stands out as an especially pleasing approximation of Stereolab's signature sounds, and alongside that superb Broadcast remix provides ample reason for you to invest. Gettable here.






The Projects - Accidents Will Happen (Broadcast Remix)






I'm going to see of Montreal on Friday! Can't wait, really I can't. I also heard something about them maybe doing a DJ set as well, I would like that, failing that I just hope people dance with reckless abandon y'know, to stuff like The Party's Crashing Us etc etc.







of Montreal - Climb The Ladder (Rory Phillips Remix)






Most beautiful act of media of the day goes to The Dead Texan. This is Aegina Airlines









The Dead Texan - Aegina Airlines






Video of same song

Back after a jolly bank holiday away. Did this and that, this being sat by fires in the middle of nowhere, that being attending a washed out Dot To Dot festival. Much fun was had. Dot To Dot was great, musical highlights being a raucous Kap Bambino set, Slagsmalsklubben kicking organic sound into touch, and the cliche fat gangster type (in the nicest possible way) from Chromeo operating his vocoder through his keyboard and achieving the most incredible sound <3. Oh and Battles' Atlas being played through it's entirity in a DJ set.


DAT Politics have taken over my car stereo and stuff. I was just thinking how incredibly talented they are, probably not given near enough credit for its difficulty, yes the art of composing electronic music is a fine art indeed. Way to go guys. CAUTION: the following song is infectious and fun.






DAT Politics - Dizzy Zip






That's a fine art I have nowhere near ever perfected. This once I made a song, it was the only song I ever made, I feel bad even calling it a song really. The moniker was the only half decent thing about the whole effort. I bring you the musical failing of myself - Weekly Thompson - file under dreamy blip-blop.






Weekly Thompson - Tykes






Moving on to things of much finer quality, there's the split release on Arcade Mode of Bobmo and Jean Nipon. Nipon's track Raw Deal features what I believe is a sample of every kid my ages childhood, the voice of "SEEEEGAAA" when you cranked up your Megadrive. Good times.






Jean Nipon - Raw Deal

San Serac has been getting a bit of blog coverage of late, a one man show that sounds like a 1980's stage show musical, San Serac's charming voice along with cheesy riffs aplenty combine to funk up your face leaving you wanting a bit more. The album Professional is available HERE. Highly recommended.








San Serac - Command Shift Sexy





San Serac - Teenage Wildlife










That hip musical chameleon Kap10Kurt has put out another track, Mastah Of Puppettes. Once again he delivers the dance beats and 8-bit treats this time with a tinge of urbanicity, yea!









Kap10Kurt - Mastah Of Puppettes










I didn't realise those anti-popsters Best Fwends had made so many tracks, I thought the 7" of theirs I had was about as far as it went, however Moshi Moshi are releasing their efforts in alpabetical order - 33 tracks in total, most of which roll in at around the 1 minute 30 mark...... perfect for short attention spans.










Best Fwends - House Ghost

Justin Timberlake is one pop-star who I don't mind shoving on at a party, his beats (or whoever makes them) are some of the best around, and the lyrics, well, I don't pay much notice, just dance. Geordie man Riton did this mix of Timberlake's Sexy Back and renamed it Dexy Brokeback, he's taken what was already an ace tune, and retuned it for the dancefloor, squelchy bass etc. Fantastic. Get the 12" HERE








Riton - Dexy Brokeback








Hyperbubble is perhaps a cliche name for an act that sounds somewhere in between Freezepop and Ladytron. Boy and girl - Jess and Jeff lay down some fine synth-pop tunes with great aplomb and are bound to strike a chord with any lover of Freezepop, Ladytron, et al.








Hyperbubble - Syntesthesia










Imagine my great joy when I discovered that my favourite Swedish instrumental blip-bloppers Slagsmålsklubben had been added to play at Dot To Dot on Sunday! I cannot wait to see these guys!








Slagsmålsklubben - Borg Of Hate








Now off to watch the football.... I heard Jan Molby passed a late fitness test, Liverpool will definitely win!

As i've said previously, I quite often decide to check out a band based on their name. This week it was John's Candy. Their sound? Super sweet electro-pop perhaps not too dissimilar from The Knife's more upbeat colourful times of past.






John's Candy - Amusing Using You







Girl bands are for yes. I do love Girls Aloud. But I love Dynasty that bit more, the left-coast no-wave girl group are just the best, with their playful lyrics and off kilter no-fi sounds.







Dynasty - You've Got Problems






Dynasty - Amy's Song








I love Brigitte Bardot as well.







Brigitte Bardot - Ecoute Le Temps

Sorry for Eggdisk going down and taking all mp3s down except for yesterdays post. I hope they fix it and the tracks come back. I'm using FileXoom for now.



As way of an apology, and to show how bleep my love is for you all, I shall let you in on a little Crystal Castles yo. Same beats, more vocoder. YUMMM..







Crystal Castles - Insecticon









The other day I stumbled upont Megapeng. They bring German Casiocore enthusiasm at full pelt right in your face. Comparisons include Le Tigre on Speed, The Chicks disco dancing with Bis and Gravy Train. DIY-pop done well. Now dance.









Megapeng - Rauberhohle

So yeah, I had about 8 minutes free time at work today, which I used to readjust the blog image a bit, not sure if I like it or not though.


Damero's album Happy In Grey out on BPitch Control is perfect for dancing lying down. Like BPC boss-woman Ellen Allien, this is IDM with femininity, and I love it.





Damero - Things Gone (feat. Headkit)






Sticking with girls and electronics. Olga Kouklaki is a girl. Also DJ, also producer of fine songs. You may have heard her featuring on a Poni Hoax song called Budapest a while ago. Olga was born november 1979 in Athens, Greece. She started playing the piano at the age of 8 and have been involved with music since. While doing her classical music studies, curiosity brought her into the electronic scene. She started DJing in Greek bars and clubs and learns more about music production. September 2001 she moved to Paris, DJing, taking courses in interior design and contemporary music. Just recently she's released an EP entitled Get A Life which features this remix by Black Strobe.





Olga Kouklaki - Get A Life (Black Strobe Remix)






The Bloody Beetroots can seemingly do no wrong at the moment, from deconstructing and remixing the heck out of everything, to producing their own brand of 'disco-rtion'. Their hard synths and catchy keyboard riffs will send you into rhythmic convulsions. They're set to destroy dancefloors across Europe in the coming months, check their page for dates/times/locations. <3<3<3





The Bloody Beetroots - Harvest Time

Mr Miyagi - It Dies

















Pat Morita would be very proud.

It's probably been my most danced to song of recent months, no matter how many times you hear it, no matter where you are, Fox n' Wolf's Youth Alcoholic is just the most fun that has ever been encapsulated into song format. Then there is a remix. Slightly more formulaic maybe, slightly more serious perhaps, excellent? You bet! Then again what do you expect, it's Etienne de Crecy that's mixed it up.






Fox n' Wolf - Youth Alcoholic (Etienne de Crecy Remix)






I flipping love Fox n'Wolf btw.

Not much to report really.



I have been loving a remix done by an uber hot DJ from Germany, namely Xenia Beliayeva. She has put a spin on arguably the key modern electro exponent Anthony Rother track Don't Worry. It is really excellent and I can't wait to hear the full-length Rother that's due out on Datapunk label at some point. This mix though is just dark synth beat heaven with vocals to suit.








Anthony Rother - Don't Worry (Xenia Beliayeva Remix)








You may have heard Teen Video's mix of Justice's D.A.N.C.E. Well there's more to him than that, this is a pretty sweet electro-emo-gospelfunk tune from him. Worth checking out.









Teen Video - Teenage








Perhaps a surprise to regular partakers of the music I post about, Nico Muhly reigned supreme on my last.fm charts, and deservedly so too. His experimental violin play is simply incredible. If you like Johann Johannson and so on, this guy will certainly impress you. Grab his album. It also features Antony of Johnsons fame.








Nico Muhly - Honest Music

I never really talk about electro-pop or Sweden do I, so here is some electro-pop for a change. Artymove are like most electro-pop bands, from Sweden, they are a duo plus one. They make lovely synthesized tunes with sweet melodious vocals over the top. Reminds me of Ms John Soda, very nice indeed. Their website is so chic, their music video is lovely. They are unsigned....








Artymove - Say No More









Then going back a while, Dieter Schmidt (Joakim Ijäs) did a split with Simian Mobile Disco, their track was The Count, Schmidt's was Morse Code From The Cold War, He may be better known as Kiki, and whatever his alias, he makes great tech-house!








Dieter Schmidt - Morse Code From The Cold War

Best band name ever? Quite possibly .... with fantastic songs to boot!





MP3:


Trippple Nippples - R.I.P. Meat






Perhaps with the exception of Duran Duran Duran. Still, Trippple Nippples make way catchier stuff, J-Pop with a twist? It's fun whatever.

I love natural sounding 8-bit noise. Cheap Dinosaurs do it to good effect here. I like Cheap Dinosaurs. It's like playing Zelda on your 1989 model Gameboy with headphones on, and maybe one of those stick on lights 'cos you're supposed to be sleeping in bed.







MP3:




Cheap Dinosaurs - Pxl Beech








Now for your weekend dose of super dope beats, Dada Life. I like their philosophy, it goes something like this: Destroy dance music and have fun. Don’t look back in the past. Always go forward. Don’t think too much. Always follow the money.







MP3:



Dada Life - We Do Have A Plan REMOVED






and whilst talking about Dada Life I just can't resist sticking in the outrageously good Linus Loves remix of Big Time, beautiful, dancefloor slaying bit-pop forever!






Dada Life - Big Time (Linus Loves Mix)REMOVED









Not electronic based, but still with amazingness in common, there is this song by Pete And The Pirates, who are essentially Tap Tap. Anyway this is Pete And The Pirates version of She Doesn't Belong which you may have heard on Tap Tap's smash hit album.... as regards which version came first I could not tell you, and it's far too late for me to be delving deep to find the chronological order of these songs. I don't know which version I prefer, ask me in 12 years, maybe you can make your own mind up quicker than me though.






MP3:


Pete And The Pirates - She Doesn't Belong





Tap Tap - She Doesn't Belong