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Known Knowns – Things We Know That We Know

Scottish Friction — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:19:06 +0000

This is a collection of songs that have been vying for my attention over the past week and I’ve only recently got round to listening to them. I’ve attached my picks of the bunch. The theme is “‘Remixes Of Artists Who Are Mainstream“. Listen to me, “Mainstream” – I sound like fucking Carles (miss u bro).

First up is Astronomer reMAXing Micachu. Really great stuff this – when I hear it I think of Pyramid Head waltzing down the corridor in Silent Hill. Chilling!
Calvin Harris can’t really put a foot wrong with his recent remixes, and his invigoration of the new Shakira single is no exception.
Florence And The Machine. Bullshit. There, I said it. Bring on the backlash. I really don’t get the hype around her. She just screams her way through Rabbit Heart. “Raise It Up!” Fuck OFF!!! Yet, this Boy 8-Bit rehash of ‘Drumming Song’ is totally listenable. Mind you, it does go on a bit.

Listen: Micachu – Lips (Astronomer Remix) ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Shakira – She Wolf (Calvin Harris Remix)
Listen: Florence And The Machine – Drumming Song (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
MP3: Micachu – Lips (Astronomer Remix)
MP3: Shakira – She Wolf (Calvin Harris Remix)
MP3: Florence And The Machine – Drumming Song (Boy 8-Bit Remix)

Russ Chimes has increased the tempo of ‘Confusion Girl’, brought the strings to the front and generally livened it up a bit. Like.
Luke Solomon joins the list of people (e.g. Aeroplane, Thin White Duke) who can successfully kick fuck out of a Friendly Fires song and still have it come out smelling of roses – well done!
Rarche showed me the light with this Fake Blood remix of The Gossip. It was in his top 3 underappreciated for the month of August. I couldn’t agree more. Breaks my ears at 1.30 in. Have I made you proud Rarche??

Listen: Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Russ Chimes Remix)
Listen: Friendly Fires – Kiss Of Life (Luke Solomon’s Broken Dreams And Tambourines Vocal Remix)
Listen: The Gossip – Love Long Distance (Fake Blood Remix) ←♥♥♥
MP3: Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Russ Chimes Remix)
MP3: Friendly Fires – Kiss Of Life (Luke Solomon’s Broken Dreams And Tambourines Vocal Remix)
MP3: The Gossip – Love Long Distance (Fake Blood Remix)

St Anthony’s Chapel looking over St Margaret’s Loch, Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh

Lastly but not leastly, more “mainstream” artists being remixed by “mainstream” remixers. Right fuck it, Carles should DEFINITELY hire me. Another Fake Blood remix. As I was putting together this post I noticed how similar the Kills and Gossip remixes were – is this a bad thing? I like the Gossip one better.
The Bloody Beetroots give the same Kills track a healthy stab in the kidneys with the synth machine. I’m undecided on this one, like the Boy 8-Bit remix above, it goes on a bit. To be fair, if I heard it in a club I’d probably lose my shit – fickle cunt that I am.
The more I listen to the Death To The Throne remix, the less I like it. I think it originally reminded me of The Postal Service. I’m starting to wonder why I’m posting it. I can’t be arsed deleting it. It’s nice to end on a high note so I’ll send you HERE – my favourite new website. Might even record a ditty and post it. Is that ghey?

Listen: The Kills – Cheap And Cheerful (Fake Blood Remix)
Listen: The Kills – Cheap And Cheerful (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
Listen: Noah And The Whale – Blue Skies (Death To The Throne Remix)
MP3: The Kills – Cheap And Cheerful (Fake Blood Remix)
MP3: The Kills – Cheap And Cheerful (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
MP3: Noah And The Whale – Blue Skies (Death To The Throne Remix)

p.s. this post will be followed by a (much more banging) sister-post – 3 guesses what it’ll be called.

M.L.I.A. Mixtape

Scottish Friction — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:36:42 +0000

I actually made this for a chill girl – but I like it so much I’ve decided to share it with you.

Runtime: 79 mins
Tracklist:-

1. One Tooth Henderson – Lucie Goes Up! (1:20)
2. Woolfy – Odyssey (4:17)
3. Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer (4:02)
4. Wilco – You Never Know (4:21)
5. Javelin – Trick Bikes (0:10)
6. Javelin – Susie Cues (1:54)
7. Javelin – Play A Slow Jam (0:19)
8. Bibio – Lovers’ Carvings (3:54)
9. Darondo – Didn’t I (3:29)
10. Kid Sister – Life On TV (3:13)
11. Tiga – What You Need (The Proxy Remix) (3:30)
12. The Bloody Beetroots – Warp 1.9 (Feat. Steve Aoki) (3:22)
13. The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix) (8:28)
14. Neon Indian – Terminally Chill (3:29)
15. Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Don Diablo Loves To Slow Dance Remix) (5:04)
16. CSS – Rat Is Dead (Rage) (3:18)
17. It Hugs Back – Unaware (3.24)
18. Telekinesis! – Foreign Room (3:29)
19. The Hood Internet – Two Weeks Of Hip Hop (Dead Prez Vs. Grizzly Bear) (3:34)
20. M83 – Run Into Flowers (Midnight Fuck Remix By Jackson) (7:31)
21. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Working My Way Back To You (3:04)
22. Little Joy – Don’t Watch Me Dancing (3:35)
23. Catty Catterson – Goodbye My Love (0:13)

Download M.L.I.A. (Complete Mixtape RAR file) ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

p.s. I saw Boys Noize last night. Fucking mental! I’ll tell you more about it soon.

Think First Before You MOVE

Scottish Friction — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:13:27 +0000

Just saw this over at Oh Gosh, They’ve Taken Panoramix. God I cannot wait for The Proxy @ Cabaret Voltaire in August for the Festival.

“The game of chess is like a sword fight,
You must think first before you MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE… “

Spiegel Garden, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Listen: The Proxy – Think First ←♥♥♥♥♥
MP3: The Proxy – Think First

Listen: The Proxy – In New DJs We Trust (Radio 1 Mix 19/09/2008) ←♥♥♥
MP3: The Proxy – In New DJs We Trust (Radio 1 Mix 19/09/2008)

Tracklist:
Chemical Brothers – ‘Hey Boy Hey Girl’ [Soulwax Remix] (Virgin)
Laven & MSO ft. Malte – ‘Reach’ [Alte Schule Acid Instrumental] (Klang Elektronic)
Polymorpbic – ‘Rock To Play’ (White)
Autodidakt – ‘Shit Your Rack’ [Proxy Remix] (Traktor)
Volatile – ‘Faces Of War’ (White)
Proxy – ‘Who Are You?’ (Turbo)
Math Head – ‘Get Hype’ (Trouble & Bass Palms Out Sounds)
Aleem –‘Felix Yo!’[Chef Remix](Pro-Zak Trax)
Shadow Dancer – ‘Cowbois’ [Dilemn Remix]
Math Head – ‘Turn The Music Up’ [AC Slater Remix] (Trouble & Bass Palms Out Sounds)
Digitalism – ‘Home Zone’ [Proxy Remix] (White)
Proxy – ‘Raven’ [Live Edit] (Turbo)
Medicine – ‘I’m Sick’ (Next Century)

Bonus
Listen: Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Dolby Anol Remix) ←♥♥♥ (2.45 onwards)
MP3: Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Dolby Anol Remix)

Brodinski Loves To Slowdance

Scottish Friction — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:13:24 +0000

I’ve been so busy lately I’ve not had a chance to update this but I’ll give it a go. I saw Brodinski last Friday at Sugarbeat!!! He played an absolute stormer. I was supoosed to meet my flatemate there but he eventually couldn’t get in due to his friend being gloriously inebriated (i.e. steamin’!). Nevermind though, the night had a turn up for the books when I met a couple of old/new friends and had a total blast. I think I may have found new gig buddies. Oh yeah, and he dropped this bomb…

Listen: Tiga – What You Need (The Proxy Remix) ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
MP3: Tiga – What You Need (The Proxy Remix)

Complete change of tone for Bibio. This summery pluckfest (and his album for that matter) has been hogging my eardrums this week. Lovers’ Carvings hooked me within the first 5 seconds.

Listen: Bibio – Lovers’ Carvings
MP3: Bibio – Lovers’ Carvings

This Don Diablo remix of Frankmusik‘s ‘Confusion Girl’ is just a really great remix/rework of a so-so song. Kind of like that Duke Dumont remix (read: total annihilation) of Lily Allen‘s ‘The Fear’.

Listen: Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Don Diablo Loves To Slowdance Remix)
MP3: Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Don Diablo Loves To Slowdance Remix)

Finally, apart from Bibio, the Cryptonites‘ ‘Night Drive Mixtape’ has been on basically non-stop. Really really good mix and exactly my kind of taste at this very moment!! I’ve taken the liberty of posting a couple of tracks from the mixtape because they’re very good.

Listen: Cryptonites – Boots Electric (Saint Pauli Remix)
MP3: Cryptonites – Boots Electric (Saint Pauli Remix)

MP3: Cryptonites – Night Drive Mixtape ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thanks to Too Many Sebastians

Tracklist:
01 Pony Pony Run Run: Hey You (sayCet Remix)
02 Benjamin Diamond: We Gonna Make It (Alan Braxe Remix)
03 Van She: Changes (Vemixed)
04 Carl Hanaghan & My Digital Enemy: Leyenda (Bass Kleph Remix)
05 Phonat: Set Me Free (Extended Mix)
06 Beyonce: Me, Myself & I (Laidback Luke Bootleg) (zshare)
07 Housemeister: Beach Control Berlin Stadt
08 Bag Raiders: Turbo Love (Spruce Lee Remix)
09 Housse De La Racket: Synthétiseur (Remix) (zshare) ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
10 Good Luck At The Gunfight: Puma
11 Autodidakt: Ghetto Nonsense (Hostage Remix)
12 Phoenix: Lisztomania (Yuksek Remix Edit)
13 Acidkids: Callahan
14 Zombie Nation: Mystery Meat Affair (Shadow Dancer Remix)
15 La Roux: Bulletproof (Midfield General Remix)
16 Boys Noize: Jeffer (zshare)
17 Cryptonites: Boots Electric
18 Empire Of The Sun: We Are The People (Sam La More Remix)
19 Peaches: Lose You (Yuksek & Brodinski Remix) (zshare)

Bonus (from here):
Listen: Lindsey Buckingham – D.W. Suite
MP3: Lindsey Buckingham – D.W. Suite

“Goethe’s final words: ‘More light’. Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that’s been our unifying cry: ‘More light’. Sunlight. Torchlight. Candlelight. Neon. Incandescent. Lights that banish the darkness from our caves, to illuminate our roads, the insides of our refrigerators. Big floods for the night games at Soldier’s field. Little tiny flashlights for those books we read under the covers when we’re supposed to be asleep. Light is more than watts and candles. Light is metaphor.” Chris Stevens, Northern Exposure (1990)