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PREMIERE: Atari Teenage Riot - Black Flags (Tony Senghore Remix)
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Fresh off a reunion record in June, German digital enthusiasts Atari Teenage Riot weren’t content simply proving they still had it. Fusing techno with a punk flare and anarchist agenda, ten years did nothing to damper the band’s seemingly endless pool of innovation. In the footsteps of Is This Hyperreal? comes the Black Flags package, featuring a number of remixes of songs “Black Flags” and “Activate”. Swedish remix fiend Tony Senghore’s take on the title track flips an electronic hardcore churner into a driving dance anthem without stripping it of ATR’s signature grind. The full package is out October 3 on the band's storied Digital Hardcore.
Atari Teenage Riot - Black Flag (Tony Senghore Remix)
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PREMIERE: Omar-S - Got the Drop on Dem
Straight from Rock City, it’s Omar-S and his techy Detroit house. “Got the Drop on Dem” is simple stuff—just moldy basement synths, razor snares and plastic beats. And yet, it bypasses boring for hypnotic. This dancey breakdown never crests, leaving those on the floor shuffling confusedly and those on the couch still passed out in a cold sweat. Add even more to your freebie bin tomorrow, when his new EP drops on Scion A/V.
DOWNLOAD: Philippe Sarde - Le Cortège Et Course (MCDE Extended Edit)
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Raw Cuts, Vol. 1, a collection of singles from German DJ/producer Danilo Plessow, aka Motor City Drum Ensemble, is a necessary addition to any dance music fan's collection, as much a refinement and enhancement of house and techno music as Metro Area's eponymous album or Moodymann's Silent Introduction. That's why it's a smart move on the part of !K7 to hand over the most recent installment of its DJ-Kicks series to MCDE, whose edition is one of the best in recent memory. For a taste of the menu, check out his reworking of French composer Phillipe Sarde's "Le Cortége Et Course," where an anxious, noir-tinged bass line and descending string plucks are given extra heft with a steady kick drum.
Philippe Sarde - Le Cortège Et Course (MCDE Extended Edit)
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DOWNLOAD: Kevin Saunderson - The Sound
Often when combing through the robust dance music selection we rock at RCRD LBL, one has to say a little thank you to our forefathers. And this case, Kevin Saunderson is primed for praise. A true OG, he helped develop techno music in the suburbs of Detroit with his buddies Derrick May and Juan Atkins decades ago. "The Sound" was record in 1987 and was a huge hit in Detroit and Chicago, the two American cities who reign over electronic dance music, and at NYC's now defunct Paradise Garage, one of the most notable gay nightclubs, where the New York dance music scene truly flourished. While subtle, the track sheds a light on the origins of electronically-crafted music. A must listen for music history buffs and dance music lovers, alike.
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DOWNLOAD: The Dirtbombs - Sharevari (Omar-S Remix)
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Ah, Detroit: To many, the birth of garage rock; to all, the birth of techno. In 1981, a group of kids from Detroit wanted to try and duplicate the Italo disco records they listened to, creating the track "Sharevari," where digitized escalator bass lines and laser beams sproing around a loop of someone monotonously chanting the title. Thirty years later, garage rock revivalists The Dirtbombs release Party Store, where they take their primitive tools and try to cover the futuristic visions of Detroit techno tracks. Finally, present-day Detroit techno star Omar-S remixes that track. So what we have here is a contemporary techno remix of a garage rock cover of an early Detroit techno classic. What more can I say?
The Dirtbombs - Sharevari (Omar-S Remix)
DOWNLOAD: The Concretes - My Way (Seconds Remix)
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Swedish band The Concretes are best known for their winsome, colorful take on '60s and '70s pop, skipping along from girl groups to disco over the course of an album. Bu the Seconds remix of "My Way," off their recent album WYWH, is a detour—the bubbly electronics turning into a dribble, the bouncy bass lines turning into a crawl, the light drumming injected with adrenaline. A seething, nocturnal techno track, "My Way (Seconds Remix)" is an intoxicating new perspective on The Concretes' multi-hued pop music, and only suggests how many routes this band can take. To see all the different paths, check out WYWH, out now on Friendly Fire Recordings.
The Concretes - My Ways (Seconds Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Discodeine - Tom Select (La Horse Remix)
There are few albums more heavily anticipated in 2011 than the forthcoming self-titled debut by French duo Discodeine. Last year's "Synchronize," a collaboration with Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, was one of the best singles of 2010, an elegant fusion of disco's pulse with the sophisticated snobbery of arty pop. French producers Pilooski and Pentile each have an extensive resumé in underground dance circles, and judging from what's been released so far, expect more nuanced takes on different chapters in dance music's history. On the La Horse remix of "Tom Select," Ivan Smagghe and Danton Eeprom take a screwy approach to Discodeine's original, contorting signals and chimes over a minimal bass line and industrial-strength drums. It's a forceful track, and the sounds are a little warped, but it is nevertheless remarkably slick. Expect more glossy propulsion when Discodeine drops February 25th on Pschent.
Discodeine - Tom Select (La Horse Remix)
PREMIERE: Anthony 'Shake' Shakir - Assimilated (FaltyDL Remix)
For a long time Anthony 'Shake' Shakir was one of those "forgotten hero" kind of guys, the battles he won for Midwestern American dance music felt but maybe not appreciated as much as they should have been. That changed earlier this year, when Dutch label Rush Hour put out Frictionalisms 1994-2009, a compilation of his best stuff that still sounded remarkably fresh despite its decade and a half in the making. Here, New York garage tyro FaltyDL squeezes all the tweaking energy of "Assimilated"'s eight minutes into four, compressing Shake's influence on the game for those with the digital age's bustle locked in the codes of their blood. The result of this clash between past and ever-encroaching future is something you need to hear—find it, alongside a remix of Shakir's "Detroit State Of Mind" by Space Dimension Controller, on this new remix 12-inch.
Anthony 'Shake' Shakir - Assimilated (FaltyDL Remix)
