The name Russ Chimes has been floating around for a little while now (like a year! ok so that’s FOREVER in blog-years), and the more I hear it, the more I want to hear. Whether it be remixing, production work, or even himself that gets the remix treatment, nothing disappoints. He maintains this slick, summer-jam-itala-disco roller skating on the ice kinda vibe and has totally been my personal musical style of choice recently.
Lets start with the old, and then we’ll push things forward.
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Russ Chimes - “Mulsanne”
Starts off nice and smooth and just oscillates itself into high gear. If you can’t get into this then please just close down your web browser and see what’s up with billboard because you’ll never be my friend.
Here’s three more earlier tracks, just -you know- for reference. “Afterburner” starts off all nice and bouncy and then totally kicks it into full on roller skating gear, “She’s Got The Heat” is just silky smooth all the way through.
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Russ Chimes - “Afterburner”
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Russ Chimes - “Push The Feeling On (Russ Chimes Remix)”
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Russ Chimes - “She’s Got The Heat”
To flow in nicely from that last track, here’s the Cryptonites Remix. Its a little lengthy, but its a good track to underlay while executing those ableton mixes you kids love:
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Russ Chimes - “She’s Got The Heat (Cryptonites Remix)”
LINKS: Cryptonites MySpace
More recently, though, he’s been pumping out the remix jams, and each maintain he’s musical vibe, but each also is a piece unto itself. Here’s 2 notable ones:
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The Millioners - “Body Into Use (Russ Chimes Remix)”
LINKS: The Millioners MySpace | The Millioners Website
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College - “Teenage Color (Russ Chimes Remix)”
LINKS: College MySpace
And, what is one of the best remixes heard so far this year.. just absolutely disgustingly good:
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Chromeo - “Fancy Footwork (Russ Chimes Remix)”
LINKS: Chromeo MySpace | Chromeo Website | More By Chromeo…
So yeah, drop by his MySpace and give him some res lovin’. He’s currently touring countries I have no possible way of visiting, but you should try and catch him, whether that means getting there by plane, train, bus, horse, moped or just by walking and talking an excessive amount of uppers.
http://myspace.com/russchimes.
Super Bonus:
On a related theme, I did a mini-mix for the Basstown kids. Check the full info here, or if you’re too lazy, here’s a direct link to the set:
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(if you streamed this before 11:15 AM then you got a terribad draft copy of the mix… sorry!)
Choyce Hacks! - May Mini Mix
Tracklisting available on the Basstown blog.
Rock it out!
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