Polymath is a very promising new DJ from the capital of the Highlands (Inverness) and fashions dancefloor grenades from Electro and Disco-House with added WAMP WAMPBANG BANGWTFWASTHAT! Recently featured on the Andy & Jaymo show on Radio 1, he’s also been getting colossal interest from Ministry Of Sound, who wanted ‘Azza Azza’ for their new Hed Kandi ‘Destroy The Disco‘ but unfortunately he couldn’t get his sample cleared in time. BOOOOO! The tune actually reminds me of Fake Blood‘s ‘I Think I Like It’ and I think I LOVE it. See what I did there.
‘Azza Azza’ has DANCEFLOOR written all over it. ‘Diamond Berry’ has this mental muffled fuzz breakdown in it that I can’t stop spinning. Polymath also likes to remix and here he’s made ‘Rock City’ by Sonic Tramp actually listenable! Watch out for that drop at 1.15 (d-_-b)
Arthur’s Seat from Blackford Hill, Edinburgh
Head over to his Myspace right now and give him some love!
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.
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.
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……
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!
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.
CFCF seems to be making waves at the moment, and I can see why after this inspired Balearic/discofied Fleetwood Mac cover/rework – a bit like something Aeroplane or jj would do.
Listen: CFCF – Big Love ←♥♥♥(Fleetwood Mac Cover)
MP3: CFCF – Big Love
I’ve heard the album (Continent) and can report it’s good – but not amazing. At about 20mins too long, it can get a bit same-y. Here are a collection of his best remixes. Enjoy.
Just got my ticket to see Steve Aoki at Cabaret Voltaire on the 13th Nov. This WILL be me.
Kind of a mish-mash post this one. Just a collection of bangers. Aoki gets a lot of stick but I don’t give a monkeys – I’ll be down the front holding him up with the rest of them.
I like to keep up-to-date with new music releases/news/current goings on, so instead of trawling through every. single. fucking. website. I employ an RSS Reader – basically a program that updates you when you’re favourite blog has a new post. I used to use FeedDemon but it fucked up and wouldn’t display images so I now use Google Reader and fuck me its awesome. Even better, apparently I already have 26 subscribers on Google Reader! Yeaaah Boyeeee!!! The moral of the story is – get Google Reader. NOW!
OK enough of my pish. I heard The Proxy remix on James Mountain’s Escape Plan and cheekily ripped it. Saw the Larry Tee and Alexander Technique remix over at Stoney Roads. I ♥ Ubbs like a blogfather. Both of these remixes are top notch, and as much as I would give a kidney to see The Proxy in the live environment, I’d say the Blogula remix just pips it.
Finally getting round to mentioning this absolutely STUNNING remix by The xx. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Florence And The Machine is/are(?) overhyped to the max. I won’t even link to the fucker. The xx, however, have released one of my favourite albums this year. They have a song called ‘Basic Space‘ and I’d say it’s a good description of their sound more than anything else. Single guitar/bass notes, basic drumbeats, sparse production. They have their own ‘sound’ after only 1 album it’s crazy. Goes totally against the grain of what kind of music has been coming out in recent years. Brilliant.
The internet is a fast moving beast, so the streaming MP3s that are posted may not work after a while due to them being taken down. And since I can't be arsed uploading them all again it's tough shite. I'll always post a link to a downloadable MP3 though. As always, if you like what you hear - away and buy it eh!
p.s. if I've put up a song you'd rather not see here then let me know, you can email me here
