Saw Phoenix at the Glasgow Arches on Sunday just there. Sounded awesome live, but the crowd really didn’t seem up for it. It was quite disappointing actually. I went with my bro and an altbro, expecting it to be really jumpy – but it wasn’t. I dunno if it was because it was a Sunday and people didn’t want to go wild because they had work in the morning or what, but it was a total fucking buzzkill. Worse, it was like the crowd had never heard of ‘Too Young‘ (my fave Phoenix song) or any tunes pre-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix for that matter.

Phoenix @ Arches, Glasgow

Enough of the rant FFS eh! Ok back to la choonage. Heard Sleigh Bells for the first time the other day and was kinda blown away – especially by this song. Sleigh Bells are a boy-girl duo who make a fucking glorious racket and I could see them going down a storm live – plus the singer is FIIIIT! Next is Juiceboxxx who apparently recorded this in one take. Anything with Javelin attached will at some point be posted by me – cos I’m obsessed. Slinky blue-eyed soul from Mayer Hawthorne puts a smile on my faces.

Listen: Sleigh Bells – Crown On The Ground ←♥♥♥
Listen: Juiceboxxx – Runnin’ (Produced By Javelin)
Listen: Mayer Hawthorne – Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin’
MP3: Sleigh Bells – Crown On The Ground
MP3: Juiceboxxx – Runnin’ (Produced By Javelin)
MP3: Mayer Hawthorne – Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin’

Caught this over at PMA and couldn’t resist a repost. Another fantastic Seven remix. I think Fever Ray sent each remixer a strongly worded email telling them to NOT. FUCK. THIS. UP. The Twelves didn’t. In fact, they made the best one yet. Lifelike sprinkled his Falke-dust over Barcelona and out popped this remix. Harvard Bass is fast becoming a staple of my morning wake-up audioporn. Harvard Bass = The Sex.

Listen: Fever Ray – Seven (The Twelves Remix) ←♥♥♥
Listen: Plastiscines – Barcelona (Lifelike Remix) ←♥
Listen: Beni – Maximus (Harvard Bass Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: Fever Ray – Seven (The Twelves Remix)
MP3: Plastiscines – Barcelona (Lifelike Remix)
MP3: Beni – Maximus (Harvard Bass Remix)

Man, have I been missing out on some fat (with a PH) choons this year. If you haven’t already, and if you’re a fan of the danse musix, I’d highly recommend you take a wee surf over to the Erol Alkan Forum to see what the dealio is with the sounds of the past/present/future by like-minded dance musique aficionados. For instance, today I was on a thread about “Which producers and/or DJs are ‘banging’ right now?” and decided to check out some of the most mentioned acts. I’d say L-Vis 1990 and Harvard Bass were mentioned the most in the post (hey that rhymes) – so I checked them out and FUCK me…. well…just listen……

Listen: Gucci Vump – Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 Remix) ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Acid Girls – Lightworks (Harvard Bass Remix) ←♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Jennifer Delano – Amsterdam (Riptide’s Found The Spot Remix) ←♥♥♥♥
MP3: Gucci Vump – Sha Shtil (L-Vis 1990 Remix)
MP3: Acid Girls – Lightworks (Harvard Bass Remix)
MP3: Jennifer Delano – Amsterdam (Riptide’s Found The Spot Remix)

I’d say I’ve probably played the stunning 7-min Gucci Vump remix more times this morning than I have any other song this past week. And just to warn you, I think my speakers were blown out with the drops in the Harvard Bass and Riptide remixes. I’ll definitely be following these with keen interest!

Listen: The Proxy – 8000 ←♥♥
Listen: La Roux – Quicksand (Boy 8-Bit Remix) ←♥
MP3: The Proxy – 8000
MP3: La Roux – Quicksand (Boy 8-Bit Remix)

The Proxy and Boy 8-Bit were also covered heavily in that post I mentioned. No wonder. Apparently Tiga finishes with 8000 at the end of each DJ set. I’ve posted on it before but I actually think it sounds better at a faster tempo! I’m also still reeling from the cancellation of The Proxy @ Cab Vol at the last minute. Thanks to LA Friendly and Noise Porn for these gems.