First order of business: I think this blog needs a throwbacks post. You know, those tracks that bring even your parents out on the dance floor… Those remixes that make everyone think they’re just groovin’ to an oldie, but then in one unstoppable moment it all blows up in their face with the fattest monster of a bassline you could ever imagine in that moment.  You know what I mean.  It’s called a brainvasion.

My personal favorite is Mandem N Tandem of Toronto with their own take on The Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.”

The Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive (Mandem N Tandem ElectroShock Bootleg)

Next, South African fidget prodigy Dylan Holshausen and his buddy Shaun Fiddle, working together under the alias Wobbly Sluts, drop this great throwback of an old song that everyone knows in which the singer encourages a caucasian male to play some funk music at a party.

HouseSick – Boogie Riddim (Wobbly Sluts Funking The Music Bootleg)

From there, we’ve also got LA duo Cold Blank’s hit “Doin’ It Right” and UK’s The Squatters on remix duty. I think the sample’s from somethin’ classic-ish… maybe not… but it def sounds like a throwback and you know what… that’s all that matters.  Anyway, it’s a bit on the cheesy side, but I can’t help imagining this hitting pretty hard in the heat of a well-invigorated dancefloor.

Cold Blank – Doin’ It Right (The Squatters Remix)

Finally, CYV™ homie Slade Templeton, and his UK partner Jack Stuart a.k.a. Jaksaw put together this heavy remix of the ’92 reggae-pop hit “Informer,” which definitely never fails to wreak the utmost havoc on large crowds of dancing hooligans.

Snow – Informer (Defunct!’s Plump Beat Bootyleg)

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Scion A/V Presents: Sound Pellegrino – Straight From The Spring by ScionAV

A WORD BY TEKI LATEX ABOUT SOUND PELLEGRINO

Sound Pellegrino’s sonic identity is a paradox.
When I play the current house and techno music that I like to my French “banging electro” friends, they think it’s minimal. When I play it to minimal DJs, they think it bangs too hard. We love hard stuff when it’s creative and groovy, and we love minimalist music when it’s not boring nore serious. The first three Sound Pellegrino releases totally embody that state of mind.

Straight From the Spring: Sound Pellegrino (Free Download)

Sound Pellegrino on Beatport

Killer video for this Coma Remix of Thomas Schaeben & Schad Privat’s Body Hotel. Fantastic cardboard shapes and a pair of turntables lay background for a mustachioed character sporting teal Ray-Bans! And as far as the music goes, I’d say its somewhere in the realm of indie-pop. It sounds kind of airy, very melodic at points, and still hooks you in with some nice synth-work to tickle your electronic side.

Music: “Body Hotel” by Thomas Schaeben & Schad Privat (Remix by COMA)
Directed & Produced: David Lüpschen
Sound Design: Marius Bubat

Something I didn’t know about Mr. Oizo until recently is that he is also a film director and writer who goes by his real name – Quentin Dupieux. His latest film Rubber, which you can read more about here and here, is the world’s first killer tire movie!

A US release of the film is on its way but what interests me more is the music score which was produced by Mr. Oizo and Gaspard Auge (half of Justice).  An EP for Rubber was just released on Ed Banger Records and just the fact that it is new material from the Justice camp makes it worth checking out. The title track ‘Rubber’ is pretty crazy, reminds me of ‘Justice – Stress’ it has lots of glitchy tweaks and distortion, dropped at the right time it’d get the crowd bonkers for sure. Fly-lo’s take on the track stays true to the twitchiness of the original while adding his own signature twist. Listen to the rest of the EP on Beatport.

Gaspard Auge & Mr. Oizo – Rubber [192]
Gaspard Auge & Mr. Oizo – Rubber (Flying Lotus Unprotected Sex Remix)
Gaspard Auge & Mr. Oizo – Tricycle Express
Gaspard Auge & Mr. Oizo – Polocaust

Out Now on Beatport

The Glitch Mob recently dropped the first remix of tracks from their Drink The Sea album, Fistful of Silence (Eskmo Remix). After massive feedback from people wanting to take a crack at a remix, the Remix It Like You Stole It competition was announced. Winners will have their remix featured with more well-known names in a full release for the Fall with all proceeds benefiting a charity for Haiti.

The Glitch Mob – Fistful of Silence (Eskmo Remix)

Grab the stems and Remix It Like You Stole It for a chance to have your track featured in the upcoming Drink The Sea Remix Album and have your music promoted by The Glitch Mob.

The Glitch Mob will celebrate the release in Fall 2010 during the band’s 25+ show US tour. Proceeds from the sale of the release through Download to Donate for Haiti v2.0 will benefit Music For Relief’s Haiti Earthquake Recovery, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to victims of natural disasters and disaster prevention.

This double CD release offers a selection of highlights from the Multiverse studio’s recent history. Leading the charge are both ‘Lion’ and ‘Pop Pop’ by Vex’d, records that formed the first bridge between classic British industrial music and dubstep, a fusion now championed by the likes of Surgeon, Distance and Milanese.

This appears alongside Joker and Ginz’s ‘Purple City’ the track that spearheaded the emergence of the Purple Wow phenomenon. Also present is Pinch’s ‘Qawwali’ one of the key tracks that broke dubstep to a global audience via Mary Anne Hobb’s Dubstep Warz compilation. Pinch’s influence within Multiverse extends across the compilation through his collaboration with P Dutty on ‘War Dub’, featured in the movie Children of Men, and ‘Get Up’ with Massive Attack vocalist Yolanda Quartey and Bristol legend Rob Smith (RSD). Equally the more avant-garde work of the studio is represented through Moving Ninja, an artist who pioneered the blurring of boundaries between dubstep and sound design, and emptyset, whose eponymous debut album fused the streamlined European minimalism of Mika Vainio and Raster Noton with Bristol’s unique bass heavy production style.

This ground breaking selection of tracks sit alongside contributions by techno/dubstep pioneer 2562, half-step progenitor Loefah, Skream and Caravan label boss October.

Dark Matter :: Multiverse 2004-2009 [selected tracks from 2 x CD Compilation] by Multiverse.

No free tunes here, so please support the artists through the following links!

Physical: Boomkat
Digital: iTunes

Big shout to the guys over at Bass Music Blog for letting us know about this awesome release! They’re up in the blogroll now too, so please, go check em’ out! Quality toonz on the regular.

Ya’ll should come out and shake some booty to Sticky K with us next Friday! Another local favorite, Casey Masterpiece (AKA Casemo) will be in the buildin’ too, so if you finna get down to some quality beats with some cheap drinks, then make your way down to Agenda Lounge!

The Slump! Vol. 05 Ft. Sticky K & Casey Masterpiece

DJs:
Sticky K
Casey Masterpiece
Hyphidelity

Date:
Friday, July 30th

Time:
9PM-2AM

Location:
Agenda Lounge
399 South 1st St.
San Jose CA, 95128

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