The Forgotten Chillers

its sunday night and i am creating new meaning to the term CBF. But amongst all that i couldnt be f***ed to do i decided to check the lineup for parklife and stereosonic again as that always makes me smile. Long story short i stumbled upon the fact that Joakim is playing parklife and he fucking rocks. for some strange reason i hadnt soticed him amongst the star studded lineup (or maybe just forgotten). Similiarly i thought i would also give this post to Drop The Lime who are another smaller - but still ripping act (this time at stereosonic). thats it from me ill let the music do the rest of the talking.

Like Thunder - Drop The Lime

Pocket Piano (Joakim Remix) - DJ Mehdi

Who's That Girl (DropTheLime Remix) - Robyn

you stay funky!

Are You Ready?

Are you 'Ready For The Weekend'? as its friday this is a fitting time to give some insight to Calvin Harris' new album 'Ready For The Weekend'. No stranger to the scene and definately an electro household name Calvin Harris' new album follows up from his huge album 'I Created Disco'. One of my alltime favourite Calvin Harris brings a nu disco electro style to his sets, remixes and his originals. 'RFTW' has copped a hammering in British media (although what doesnt - i can see why the boys in green street hooligans hate english journoz) and as you can expect it has not been very well received due to the huge success of 'I'm Not Alone' (the first single of the album). From my listen of the album i would say that no it is not an album full of hits like 'I'm Not Alone', but it has some very good tracks with a true example of Calvins diversity amongst the electro genre. He was slammed for his backlash at the bad reviews of the album but unlike muscles i think he has true variety and quality, lets hope this is not the last of Calvin Harris as its a pretty dang good listen.

Go out to your local record store (even if thats the itunes store) and buy some albums as there is plenty out at the moment. Its one for the list but untill then enjoy these tracks.

Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La - Calvin Harris

I'm Not Alone (Hook N Sling RMX) - Calvin Harris

SICK MIX

ok i am feeling very sick and drained but somehow i cannot fall asleep. So instead i am downloading music! anyways enough crying....i have not posted many mixes lately and wondering whether i may have made a cyber post to do so, however i have for you two mixes from two of the hottest DJ/producers of 09.

Firstly probably one of my most played for 09 is AC Slater who through remixes and originals has been banging his hard-electro around the worls and up the charts. His august mix is not occampanied by tracklisting but some fresh goodies can be noticed within....ill leave the rest of the talking to this 30 min mayhem mix.

August Mix- AC Slater

Lastly this mix is from the uk producer GRUM who have posted tracks from before. This is a mini mix and it is astonishing to see the quality not just quantity of what he crams into 5 minutes....so check it out and email me if you want the tracklisting.

Minimix - GRUM

p.s. i still have a lot on my plate atm and am planning to have a winter mix out before the holidays

you stay funky sydney!

ALBUM REVIEW - Temporary Pleasure/Simian Mobile Disco

Simian Mobile Disco who consist of James Ford and Jas Shaw have transformed themselves from an ok indie band into a master electronic production team. The progressive nature of Simian Mobile Disco's originals along with the repetition and intrumental arrangement is what defines the duo within the international scene. After the success of the first album (Attack Decay Sustain Release) through such singles as Hustler and It's The Beat - SMD's new album has been put on hold to accompany the production skills of James Ford who as mentioned in a previous post was the master mind behind albums from The Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, Muse, Peaches and french electronic pioneers Air.

I must say right now that it was worth the wait, i am not placing any predictions or insight as to how everybody else will receive the new album but i myself am absolutely loving it. The albums augmenting beats are paired with stunning guest vocals, the vocal cameos shine light through Temporary Pleasure which is down as one of my albums of 09. From The Gossip's Beth Ditto to Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor the different styles of vocals and songs epitomize the range and capabilities of Simian Mobile Disco. All in all a wicked album which is due for release in a couple of days - worth a trip to the record store but until then enjoy these three tracks including SMD's single off the album Audacity of Huge

Have a killer weekend - peace out.

Bad Blood (ft Alexis Taylor) - Simian Mobile Disco

Cruel Intentions (ft Beth Ditto) - Simian Mobile Disco

Audacity of Huge - Simian Mobile Disco

DOUBLE BONUS:

As per request of Alice here is a Van She classic which there DJing side (Van She Tech) have 'vemixed'.....its killer enjoy.

Changes (Vemixed) - Van She

The double bonus comes with this awesome video of a track on Temporary Pleasure....it is the coolest light show video ever and is summed up by one word - synchronized (have a look at it here)

BAY-ROOT

behind the melodic melancholy treasure that is Beirut is quite a good story. At 16 the lead singer Zach Condon dropped out of school to drink his way around Europe. Upon this travel in Serbia he discovered a Balkan folk style of music that now is his life. Condons smooth voice and song arrangement is a true testimony to music itself and the folk side of it. The romance and capturing nature of the songs amidst the folk jamming and chilling culture is well represented in this live and pretty cool video version of 'Nantes'. N-JOY these tracks in a chilled relaxed state.peace.

Nantes - Beirut

Elephant Gun - Beirut

BONUS-

Yes it is another remix of La Roux (la-roo)......"this time baby" it is from Nacey and is a chilled serene tribute to her lovely voice.

Bulletproof (Nacey Remix) - La Roux

p.s. tommorrow ill have an album review of our good friends Simian Mobile Disco

BACKK

I am back amongst civilisation now and back in circulation are to big names that everyone should be excited about. I am of course talking about the new albums from The Arctic Monkeys and Muse.

First The Arctic Monkeys new album 'Humbug'. Honestly coming from a huge fan i have to say that this is not what i expected. The brit kids i feel have got a bit big for there boots and have released an average album. The old Monkeys' sound is trapped under a bold choice in producers, by this i mean not sticking with Simian Mobile Disco's James Ford who was brilliant for them on their previous album. The trashy indie rock riffs have been lost and the trash outways with a grimy sound....however there are still moments of revived brilliance amidst the album so its definately one for a listen.

Crying Lightning - The Arctic Monkeys

Dangerous Animals - The Arctic Monkeys

Secondly Muse who have released this track from their anticipated album 'The Resistance' - i am yet to listen to the entire album though without getting my eardrums around it i anticipate a great record that will reflect their old sound along with influence from the hide-away recording they did in Italy (if i am not mistaken).

Uprising - Muse

And as this post was rock orientated check this edit of the Muscles hit 'Sweaty'....Shazam once again shows why he could possibly Australia's summer chiller.

Sweaty (Shazam Edit) - Muscles

CIAO!

I JUST TOOK OFF MY JACKET

I will be away for a few days so that = no posts (sorry).

But all is not lost as the focus for this post is my biggest influence and a damn cool/successful dude. Pedro Winter aka Busy P along with occasionaly DJing some wicked sets and releasing dope tracks he is the owner of record label Ed Banger which im sure ive posted about before. So at some point he did manage Daft Punk but those gods have moved on and now he is restricted to still a f'ing dope roster of artists. Anybody who is going to parklife will see his set and will also hear his festive french accent as he is host of the event-WICKED.....so the post would not be complete without some tracks so here is one of his orginals that you may have heard given a nice lil mix + one of his signed artists Mr Oizo (pronnounced wa-zuu) with a short and sweet - maybe a lil sour track.........in the words of Murs - AU REVOIR MUTHAFUCKERS!!

Pourriture 2 - Mr Oizo

Pedrophilia (DJ EDjotronic Remix) - Busy P

STEREOSONIC

parklife vs stereosonic...who would win stereosonic has probably the better lineup but parklife is parklife.

ok it has been put to the kungfu test it is like chuck norris vs bruce lee its epic....so just go to both and if you cant manage both pick one as bruce and one as chuck and watch the outcome here.

so for those who have not heard the lineup for stereosonic includes rippers like; drop the lime, deadmau5, bloody beetroots, surkin, fedde le grand, cut copy djs, chicane, axwell, crookers, grafton primary, acid jacks, alter ego and zombie nation. So to celebrate probably the best lineup of the year i have layed down a few stereosonic essentials peace.

Awesome (ft Cool Kids) - The Bloody Beetroots

Touch My Horn (Crookers Remix) - Jesse Rose

Banger (Drop The Lime Remix) -AC Slater

Acid Life (Surkin Remix) - Nacho Lovers

Go Go Stop

slowing it down a little bit i am passing through the grapevine a sydney band that have a good sound and even better to come....'stop starter' are worth a listen if you like a bit of indie or electro rock the smooth and melodic sound transfers to another song i am digging tooo much not too share, the last bonus track could use with some decent recording but you could get lost in this one....sit back chillax...

Habbits - Stop Starter

B1 - Stop Starter

Rad Pitt - Egyptian Hip Hop

P.s. for any indie fans then head to the myspace of a previous band that the stop.starter boys were in >>> LearnToSwimSchool [recommended track is 'Weight Down']

la familia uncle jim
peace