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Kill/Buzz/Kill

Scottish Friction — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:16:26 +0000

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)

Unknown Unknowns – Things We Do Not Know We Don’t Know

Scottish Friction — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:18:18 +0000

Fuck Rumsfeld! Although, he did inspire the titles of these past 2 posts, so… thanks Donald. Originally I was just gonna pile everything into the one post, but that’s just too much for your tiny brains (and mine) to handle at one time. So I decided to split them up Hipster Runoff-style into “mainstream” and “alt” – at least what I consider “alt” anyway, you might have a completely different definition. This posts’ theme is therefore titled “Remixes Of Artists Who Are Alt“.

Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian

This may be old but I don’t care – Edwin Van Cleef rocks my little socks! Thanks TMS! Asian Dan recommended ‘Kyouki’ a couple days ago. You see how close my ears are to the ground ? The Tom Deluxx remix is another stormer! If I were to ever remix a song, I’d hope it would come out sounding like this Shoes remix – man when that beat drops it DROPS! Naaam Sayyyin??! Got that from LA Friendly. I should rename this post ‘Fucking Bangers To Bop To‘, especially after these 4 eardrum grenades! Kish from Futuristic Silence has awesome taste, and knows a tyrannosaurus beat when she hears it. You can thank her, then, for bringing to your attention this John Roman remix of Felix Cartal.

Listen: Edwin Van Cleef – Overtaken ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Shinichi Osawa & Nima Tahmasebi – Kyouki ←♥♥♥
Listen: The Shoes – Movin’ In (Feat. Primary 1) (Tom Deluxx Remix) ←♥♥
Listen: Felix Cartal – Skeleton (John Roman Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: Edwin Van Cleef – Overtaken
MP3: Shinichi Osawa & Nima Tahmasebi – Kyouki
MP3: The Shoes – Movin’ In (Feat. Primary 1) (Tom Deluxx Remix)
MP3: Felix Cartal – Skeleton (John Roman Remix)

Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian

You’d be a Mightyfool not to like this IllStM & Zôl remix. See what I did there. Also, I’m really digging this AC Slater remix. That’s a great name for a DJ eh. I’d be Screech. Panoramix rulez. The Twelves are also yet to disappoint me. Weaving slinky disco basslines into their remixes like they own it.

Listen: Mightyfools – Cops! (IllStM & Zôl Remix)
Listen: Juiceboxxx – 100MPH (AC Slater Remix) ←♥
Listen: Yuksek – So Far Away From The Sea (The Twelves Remix)
MP3: Mightyfools – Cops! (IllStM & Zôl Remix)
MP3: Juiceboxxx – 100MPH (AC Slater Remix)
MP3: Yuksek – So Far Away From The Sea (The Twelves Remix)

The Conservatory (built 1832), Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian

I actually saw Freeland when I was down in Brighton a few months ago for the Great Escape festival. I’ll be honest – I wasn’t impressed! They came on like Kajagoogoo, but with worse hairdos! HAHA! Joke. GRUM can also do no wrong, his remix of ‘Borderline’ is impressive (altogether now “DO YOU FEEL ME?“) but he really shines on his own track Heartbeats. Heartbeats (like VEGA‘s ‘No Reasons‘) will probably be in my year-end top 10 song list. Lastly, Lifelike is a brutha from another mutha who hasn’t slipped up at all recently. Wind down the end of this post with the 80s-indebted ‘Radio 84′ – fuck me it’s even in the title.

Listen: Freeland – Borderline (GRUM Remix) ←♥♥
Listen: GRUM – Heartbeats (Extended Mix) ←♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Lifelike – Radio 84 (Lifelike Remix)
MP3: Freeland – Borderline (GRUM Remix)
MP3: GRUM – Heartbeats (Extended Mix)
MP3: Lifelike – Radio 84 (Lifelike Remix)

p.s. look at the size of that fucking chute!! I used to go there (Dalkeith Country Park) as a bairn. Fond memories

It’s A Blitz!…Of Songs I’ve Been Hoarding

Scottish Friction — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:20:05 +0000

This is the last post I’ll be doing now for a couple of weeks while I get my final MSc project handed in. I’ve been really busy as of late so I’ve accrued quite the collection of decent tunes. So without further ado…

A mate sent me the link to this song last week. REALLY great remix. Blitz!Blitz!Blitz!Blitz!Blitz!Blitz!Blitz!Blitz!

Listen: A Girl And A Gun – Teenage Blitz! (Dave Scorp Remix) ←♥♥♥
MP3: A Girl And A Gun – Teenage Blitz! (Dave Scorp Remix)

Think I saw this over at Nashville Nights. Very good stuff also.

Listen: Dragonette – Fixin’ To Thrill (Villains Remix)
MP3: Dragonette – Fixin’ To Thrill (Villains Remix)

Did I get this from Pigeons & Planes? I can’t remember. Either way, this is the kind of hip-hop that gets my head bopping.

E4 Udderbelly, Bristo Square, Edinburgh

Listen: Drake – The Search (feat. Saukrates) ←♥♥♥
MP3: Drake – The Search (feat. Saukrates)

Another great Punks Jump Up remix I found somewhere. If I could remix – I’d wish it to come out sounding like this.

Teviot (Edinburgh Student Union) during the Fringe Festival, Edinburgh

Listen: Lykke Li – Breaking It Up (Punks Jump Up Remix) ←♥♥♥♥
MP3: Lykke Li – Breaking It Up (Punks Jump Up Remix)

This is possibly my favourite song on this post. Absolutely stunning remix. I don’t know how/what/where they’re doing this shizz but Classixx justt makee meee wantt tooo writee likee thisssssss. Where did I find this? Tooo Manyyyy Sebastiansss ofcourse!

E4 Hullabaloo Garden, George Square, Edinburgh

Listen: Major Laser – Cash Flow (Classixx Glass Bottom Dub) ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
MP3: Major Laser – Cash Flow (Classixx Glass Bottom Dub)

If you haven’t seen Miles Fisher by now then WTFF (thats fucking fuck) have you been?! He not only pulled off a fucker of a Tom Cruise impression, but then went and topped it with this hilarious Christian Bale/Talking Heads tribute. Can you tell I love a good impressionist? Aaanyway, the good looking fucker that he is also sings and writes music. The song I’ve posted is actually great and I got a shock. Reminds me of Brendan Benson‘s solo work actually – which is a very very good thing. I hope he gets the recognition he deserves – apparently he’s gonna be appearing in the new season of Mad Men. Let’s see if he tops Don Draper in the cool stakes.

Inside E4 Hullabaloo Garden, George Square, Edinburgh

Listen: Miles Fisher – What We Know ←♥♥♥
MP3: Miles Fisher – What We Know

Don’t like Noah & The Whale. At all. But I like this Twelves remix. They’ve cut the funk up and sprinkled their disco-jizz all over this bitch!

Listen: Noah And The Whale – Blue Skies (The Twelves Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: Noah And The Whale – Blue Skies (The Twelves Remix)

Another Simian Mobile Disco track has hit the WWW and the verdict is good. Just the right amount of Ditto. Too much and what have you got? Dot Cotton rottenness.

Listen: Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (Feat. Beth Ditto)
MP3: Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (Feat. Beth Ditto)

This is the oldest (and last, you’ll be glad to hear) track on this post. Teenage Bad Girl were introduced to me through the medium of a facebook status. It went something like “rediscovered the Teenage Bad Girl album. BEEF JUNKY“, whatever that means! Anyway, cheers Mikey!

Listen: Teenage Bad Girl – Ghost House
MP3: Teenage Bad Girl – Ghost House