Hidden Place (DYR remix) / DYR

Today I would like to shamelessly promote my most recent release!  DYR is my personal electronic project and this past month I have been fiddling and preparing a new remix of Björk's song "Hidden Place".   I am very excited about this particular remix and had a lot of fun remolding the song to make something that will hopefully get the idea of submergence going on in your mind.  This is my second mature release, the first being "Dekotora".  Please download this remix for free via the various sites below.  Any and all comments are greatly appreciated.  Enjoy!



  Hidden Place (DYR remix) by DYR


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Come What May (GoldRush Remix) / Mimi Page

Finally, and just in time, comes a remix that is rejuvenating my summer, which had initially started off on a bad note.  GoldRush has made some cool progressions here, spanning and infusing genres of electronic music you don't normally hear coming together.  Influences of dubstep, pop, glitch-hop, more straight up ambient, and much more are all present in this must-listen track.  It has the impact of a heavy tune with the intricacies of a lighter, minimal remix.  I am also a big fan of that glissing synth sound (as heard in the remix by 813 posted back in February).  I just hope it doesn't start to get over-used if it hasn't already.

To top all of this off, Mimi Page's vocals are absolutely to die for; they are pretty much what everyone wants to work with while remaining completely distinct.  As you take in "Come What May", they will simultaneously lull and haunt you.  My one problem: the male vocal sample at the end; I wish I could just pluck it out!  But it's such a tiny part, it hardly matters.  Be sure to check out her new LP Harmonious Heartbeats on Simplify and prepare to be dazzled.  This is definitely staying at the top of my list all summer!

Mimi Page is an independent singer/songwriter from LA, who seems to have just begun to take off in the electronic music.  I would recommend her and the remixes associated with her to fans of Ellie Goulding and the remixes of her work.

GoldRush is an emerging producer/DJ, also from LA, with a passionate spirit for creating beautiful bass music that blazes through his creations.  Check out more on Soundcloud.

This remix was found via, Less Than 3, my favorite source for new music!


Mimi Page - Come What May (GoldRush Remix) by GoldRush

Beat For / Jamie XX

I am certainly glad to be reviewing Jamie XX (of The XX) again.  I honestly had not listened to too much from him until today when I learned about his newest release Far Nearer / Beat For, just a week ago.  I picked up "Beat For" and am hugely impressed by his work and what he is doing to expand and strengthen the genre of dubstep.  The level of sound engineering and design that went into this song are inspiring and engaging.  This is something you must check out if you like electronic music.

Les Violons Ivres / Agoria

Going back to some artists I found out about more recently, I wanted to make sure I posted this song by Sebastien Devaud (Agoria), a minimal electronic artist from France.  "Les Violons Ivres" is a smooth and very moving track that ambitiously blends hypnotic synth with gorgeous strings. The entire song is a big, rewarding build up.  Great for rainy summer days.

Lengthening Shadows / Telefon Tel Aviv

This is a great track to take in for fans of minimal electronica, ambient, dubstep, and any combination thereof.  "Lengthening Shadows" is a Telefon Tel Aviv track off of DJ-Kicks: Apparat, Apparat's (Sascha Ring) 2010 mix for !K7.

Close Your Eyes / Basement Jaxx

Once again, the makers of Appleseed have blown me away when I recently watched Vexille. Not only was the newer movie better than Appleseed, I was overjoyed when then intro credits began after some epic action and a totally new custom Basement Jaxx tune was playing and was overall more fitting than it had been in Appleseed! Especially because I had never heard the tune before. If you tend to like futuristic movies as well as futuristic music, this is a 100% better experience than Appleseed, I think. I would post it with the intro, but you really need to watch that action scene first so just go watch Vexille on Netflix.

Basement Jaxx is a duo from heaven bringing us the truth through music.

Sparks / Röyksopp

I sat on top of a hill in the afternoon, the sky was blue and I looked up and saw the moon and I thought it pretty much had embodied and was serenading this song, instruments and all, towards the Earth.  "Sparks" is really quite different stylistically for Röyksopp,  especially compared to other songs off Melody AM like "Remind Me", "Eple", "Poor Leno", etc.  "Sparks" is more traditionally downtempo and carries a big sound for the Norwegian duo's debut album which was released 10 years ago!


The song has an awesome video however it cuts out the beautiful synth solo in the beginning (my favorite part of the song) so I have posted both versions for double enjoyment!  Actually, it could be a synth but I'm not positive that it is...

Ancestor Mix 2009 (Ancestor) / Eskmo

What more could one want?  A great mix from Eskmo for free is surely worth the effort of downloading it.  As I've said, I don't usually listen to long mixes, but this is great.


Brendan Angelides is a San Francisco based electronic music producer who records and performs live as Eskmo.


Get your free download here.


http://www.eskmo.com/music/ancestor-mix-2009/

What You Talking About!? (feat. Ms. Dynamite) / Redlight

Total banger put out by the new project of UK DnB producer Clipz featuring fellow UK hip-hop artist, Ms. Dynamite.

Dodfucksupanescorttune / Drums of Death

This is my favorite song to get me pumped up on a good night. Drums of Death lives up to his name in a way you wouldn't expect.  The opening conga samples will reel you in along with a catchy synth riff that leads into a great house drop. Drums of Death seamlessly blends his instruments and samples and is deep while still sounding upbeat and light.


Drums of Death is the stage name for London, UK based electronic artist Colin Bailey originally from Scotland, his music is a blend of techno, old-school house, punk rock and electro.

Songs For Endless Cities Volume 1: Brackles

Great, upbeat compilation mix from London producer Brackles (aka Rob Kemp).  This album was put out in August '10 on Cool In The Pool (!K7) and has served as a quick train mix for myself this past winter.  It's a little bit of everything (as expected from Brackles): funky, grime, 2-step, dubstep, and more..

Tracklist:

01 Flying Lotus: "My Chippy"
02 Floating Points: "Peoples Potential"
03 Zomby: "Tarantula"
04 Roska: "I Need Love" [ft. Anesha]
05 Brackles: "Blo"
06 Martin Kemp: "No Charisma"
07 Kyle Hall: "Luv for KMFH"
08 Cooly G: "Love Dub Refix"
09 DJ Dom: "Sunshowers"
10 DJ Mystery: "Speechless" [ft. Natalie K]
11 Hypno: "Over The Top"
12 Rishi Romero: "African Forest"
13 Breach: "Fatherless"
14 Deadboy: "If You Want Me"
15 2562: "Dinosaur"
16 Dorian Concept: "Trilingual Dance Sexperience"
17 Funkineven: "Must Move"

Listen to the track "Luv for KMFH" by Kyle Hall (with headphones).

The Reeling (Shuttle's Super Club Mega Mix '99) / Passion Pit

It's never too late to post a good remix!  I've been listening to this awhile but it's one of those remixes that's always fresh.  This is a case where I am not as enthusiastic about the artist being remixed as much as the remixer, and Shuttle has really done a fantastic job with this song.  I tried listening to the original but I simply don't like the main singer's voice.  Luckily for me, it's mostly masked by a vocoder effect and those samples are used sparingly anyway.  For the rest, the instrumental arrangement is awesome and what Shuttle does with his bassline is really sweet and hypnotic.


Sorry I used the word remix so much.


Passion Pit is an electronic band which formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States in 2007. They consist of Michael Angelakos (vocals, keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards, guitar), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth, samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass, keyboard) and Nate Donmoyer (drums).  Producer and remixer, Shuttle, is a fellow Bostonian who can be heard on top, international radio stations.


Listen and grab a free download below!