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Remix 22: Get Some.

First off.. what are you doing on Saturday?

Going to Spark? Thought so!

SPARK!

Here’s some new remixes that I’ve doubt you’ve heard before. What!?

2 new Klaxons remixes. The first is a solid in that its-6am-and-I-still-dancing-OMG-what-did-i-just-put-in-my-mouth?! kinda way. Don’t lie; you totally know what I’m talking about.

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Klaxons - It’s Not Over Yet (Brodinski Remix)

The Blende remix of this is more electro-chai-infused latte style with a bit of extra bass to give it that kick in motherfucking face.

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Klaxons - It’s Not Over Yet (Blende Remix)

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Purchase the Klaxons remix and more from iTunes

There’s been a ton of Bloc Party remixes floating around from their newest album but other than maybe the RAC remix, nothing has really caught my attention. Fury666 released a remix recently and I’ve taken a liken to it. So here you go! He ups the tempo, chops up the guitar, and doesn’t totally jerk the energy levels around like a lot of other remixes do.

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Bloc Party - Hunting For Witches (Fury666 Remix).

Fury6six6 on myspace!

Hacks out

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Remix Week 16: Now With Free Shit.

I have 2 cds to give away for this remix column… so keep reading!

Ok, we here at Resonator have this weird love-hate thing with Tommie Sunshine. See he used to party it up in the same circuit we ran in here in Atlanta back in the good ole’ rave days so we have been familiar with him since “way back when”, if you will. He’s done some really spot on remixes of tracks, bringing “dance music” to the indie rock masses and he’s made some guilty pleasures that we wish we didn’t like, but can’t help but love.

Tommie Sunshine

The last time Shaun and I deejayed together, we dropped his remix of Fall Out Boy’s “Dance Dance” to a room-full of indie kids. They loved the first half where we looped the intro for like 3 mins, but once the vocal hit and they realized they where dancing to the F.O.B., well they cleared the room faster than jungle kids do when the hear “this is the police!”. Man that was fun.

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Fall Out Boy - “Dance Dance (Tommie Sunshine Remix)”

But that was over a year ago! What has Tommie done for us lately??

Well, this:

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Tommie Sunshine - “Dance Among the Ruins”

Its a cool little bouncy dance-rock track set to tantalize dance floors around the country. I thought this was a remix at first (and couldn’t place it) but its not. Its one of a handful of original works on his newest cd: Ultra Records-Ultra Rock Remixed!. Its a 2-disc set of both his remixes and original production work And guess what?

You can win a copy from us right now! Just simply leave me a comment and then shoot me your mailing address (hacks@resonatormag.com). First 2 comments win. Simple as that.

Check out the full details here: http://ultrarecords.com/tommiesunshine/

or visit him on TommieSpace

And, for your listening pleasure, here’s a few remixes by some of my favorites:

Switch

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Klaxons - “Golden Skans(Switch Remix)”

Yuksek

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Shitdisco - “Ok (Yuksek Remix)”

SekSpace
Holla @ Shitdisco

Kissy Sell Out

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Kissy Sell Out - “Get Ready For The K Hole”

Lorn

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Mr. Oizo - “Transexual (Lorn Remix)”

And, as an added bonus, here’s a sick piece of production that Lorn sent us:

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Lorn - “T.R.E.N.D.”

Show Lorn him some Res Loving

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Super 13 Remix Friday!

It’s our 13th week doing the remix thing Hacks does for “shits and wiggles” (that is to get you shaking on the dance floor… not something grosser) and it’s also Friday the 13th! How awesome! Unfortunately, unlucky 13 hit our beloved Hacks earlier this week and his laptop was stolen so he asked me to helm this week. I hope that I can do half as good a job as he does bringing you the stuff to make you move (again, your butt, not your bowels).

Anyway…

Our boys The Presets have put out a little more than an EP, little less than an LP collection of remixes from the smashing Beams. It’s called, perhaps predictably but still cutely, Re-Sets. My favorite from it, probably unsurprisingly, is the Van She remix of “Are You the One?” It turns the relentless bassline of the original into an unexpected wall of feedback guitars.

Are You the One (Van She Remix) — The Presets

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Are you sick of Justice vs. Simian yet? Yeah? WELL TOUGH. DJ Hell has done a great version for Gigolo (now there are two names we haven’t heard in ages) that funks out the bassline, strips down the vocals, and sexes up the whole thing with a haunted house harpsichord line that makes me want to listen to this song all over again.

Never Be Alone (DJ Hell Remix) — Justice vs. Simian

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Speaking of Simian, the Mobile Disco’s “Beat” has gotten a pleasantly heavy on the highs treatment by a bunch of upstart kids… The Teenagers, to be exact. Take this one for the ride home from the club… Still upbeat, but pretty enough to chill you out for sleep.

It’s The Beat (The Teenagers Remix) — Simian Mobile Disco

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Next up is a match made in absolute heaven: Sebastian takes the wheel for a remix of Kavinsky’s “Testarossa Overdrive” that makes me wish I had a sleek black sportscar that would talk to me (or at least get up to 160 mph on a dark, winding highway). This one is just begging for a good car stereo and a heavy foot on the gas pedal.

Testarossa Overdrive (Sebastian Remix) — Kavinsky

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Next is Granny D reminding you that Sweden is still the best place on earth for music with the rushiest, blissed out trance tune I’ve heard in a long time… And it just happens to be a remix of our darling Justin Timberlake! I’d kill to hear this one with my eyes closed under flashing lights in a fog filled room (TAKE NOTE, Studio B DJs!). Granny D’s got a few more up on MySpace as well as the funniest MySpace name EVER.

My Love (Granny D Loves Steve and Sebastian Remix) — Justin Timberlake

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Here’s the Granny’s 30 minute full-length– mostly gems, with a couple of unfortunate cheese tracks at the end, but still a good time and worth a listen.

Granny D presents Nu Brinner Hela Skogen

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And with that… I’ll just remind everyone that the Klaxons will be at the B (as the cool kids are calling it) tonight– and here’s their damn convincing take on “My Love.” See you on the dance floor!

My Love (Live) — The Klaxons

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The Return of the Weekend

Maybe it was that moment of 70 degree weather 2 weeks ago. The first hint of short sleeves and a subconscious realization kicks in that I’m not going to have to look after my coat or shiver uncontrollably on the walk home, sweat freezing on my untanned skin. The spring hasn’t really come yet, but it’s tickling the back of my mind, and it means that it’s time to get out, get moving, and have a great time.

Ahhh, yes. Spring. When flowers bloom, you start noticing that people are sexually attractive again, and strappy shirts and miniskirts leave a vacancy in the closet for your gigantic coat.

It’s time to go dancing!

Before we talk about this weekend, let’s wrap up last week’s– here are those much promised videos and photos from Patrick Wolf’s successful-even-with-issues cabaret spectacular at MisShapes on Saturday. Thanks to CDK3000 for all the photos and videos (and trusting me when I dragged him out on a cold and awful night to see an artist he’d never heard of):

Sure, it’s blurry… But this photo during “Bloodbeat” captures the whole hazy, hedonistic feeling of the night and how high emotions were running when the whole… problem… occurred.


Now, moving on to THIS weekend. Here’s my to-do list:

Friday:

*Go to work.
*Work on my thesis.
*Go see the Klaxons at my favorite club on earth.

Sure, they playing down the street from my apartment tomorrow, and Studio B is a schlep from here, but I can’t get enough of the place. CDK3000 will be sitting this one out, which means I’m either going to have to suck it up and lug my gigantic camera with me or that there won’t be photos. If you’re in NYC and you miss the Bowery Ballroom show (or you just can’t wait to see them again) come out and join me! I’ll be going nuts to this track:


Totem on the Timeline — The Klaxons

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But what about the next day?

Saturday:

*Work on my thesis.
*Go see people making asses of themselves singing karaoke… with Of Montreal.
*Dance to Flosstradamous till I forget I have a thesis.

I know that the plan is that Of Montreal is going to play other artists’ work for karaoke and then do a whole set of their own stuff afterward, but quite frankly, I’d like to be the jerk who requests to do this number off the band’s newest record:

The Past is a Grotesque Animal — Of Montreal

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And as far as Flosstradamous… I can’t even weigh in on their stuff because I’ve heard it at home and it’s CLEARLY meant to be heard while working it out on a dance floor. But here’s a taste:

Act a Fool Ravestradamous — Flosstradamous

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Sunday:

*Go to work.
*Work on my thesis.
*Be very happy that Studio B exists to alleviate the stress of graduate school.





Friday Remixes (Now on Friday)!

The first track I’m going to post comes via Big Stereo and its a banger.

Van She Tech

Vanshe Technologic has been destroying the scene recently with some killer dance floor remixes (check out the collaboration they did with Utah Saints… yes, the UTAH SAINTS) and I’ve been loving every minute of it. They describe themselves as

the electirc love children of the shoegaze epic Van She. Vanshe’s Tech, are, two girls who work closely with 2 of the band members of the band in order to create powerful and elegant, wacked out remixes from other peoples music for your dancing pleasure.

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Sneaky Soundsystem - “UFO (Van She Tech Mix)”

Yeah, I’m in love.


Next up I’ve got a Nightmoves remix for you (you may remember the “Sex City” remix of theirs I posted). Not as much of a banger, but more of a slowly rolling 7 min long almost old skool house epic. This would work really well to help break the top off of a longer progressive type set (if anyone even does those anymore). At about 3:00 mins in, the track starts to get really sick.

Nightmoves
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Bent - “Waiting For You (Nightmoves Mix)”


Next up, another David E. Sugar remix. I posted up sebatiAn’s remixes of “Golden Skans” in a previous edition, but this takes it in a totally different direction. David offers his really cool 8-bit-dirty-gritty sound in every remix of his I’ve heard –this being no exception. You’ll know whether you’ll like this remix or not within the first 4 bass hits. While the other remixes of “Golden Skans” may be “prettier” this is, by far, more dance floor material.

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Klaxons - “Golden Skans (David E. Sugar remix)”

Be sure and check out David’s MySpace and say hi.



One more for good measure:

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M.I.A. - “XR2 (Tigerstyle remix)”

That’s it for me; have a good weekend!