Saturday, November 19, 2011

Remix Saturday!

Jamie xx.
Oi! I'm in remix-mode these days - there are really so many gems to find out there, if you know where to look!


A good place to look is with Jamie xx, who hits the nail insanely on the head sometimes, as with this new rework of Radiohead's 'Bloom'. Jamie's original rework for the TKOL RMX 1234567 series wasn't very exciting, but this one is really massive! There isn't much left of the original tune though, but who cares. The link also contains a pair of seriously hard ass remixes by Anstam and Nathan Fake.


Another good place to look is at Belgian masters Soulwax, whom I dug up slightly for a party recently. They did a sweet mix of 'DARE', off Gorillaz' second album, Demon Days


A third good place to look is with French producer and remix wizz Yuksek, from whom I found this lovely remix of Mali duo Amadou & Mariam's 'La Realité'. It's off the 2010 Amadou & Mariam Remixes album, which really contains some nice mixes!


I guess everyone noticed James Blake dropped a new tune today, 'Curbside'. Perhaps not everyone noticed that it's actually pretty sweet. I've never been fond of Blake, and usually ignore whenever he plagues the blogosphere with his minimalist wank. But this is good enough.


Finally, Real Estate did a Take Away Show performance of 'Green Aisles' while they were in Paris for the P4K get-together recently, which I think you all should check out. I'll give word on their new album, Days, soon btw. Peace out.