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DOWNLOAD: AC Slater - Sidewinder (Drop The Lime Remix)
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The term “Sidewinder” means a stripper trick to me, though AC Slater has a more sensical explanation for his big bass anthem: it’s his favorite artillery missile. And true to his word, this Drop The Lime remix is certainly better suited for dropping bombs than skirts. With a maddeningly slow opener, this electro-juice finally results in a series of spasmodic drops so teeth-gnashing, you’ll be down to chewing cud after a minute or so. Made it to the end? Congrats, you’re a total monster, will likely survive Armageddon and deserve to hear the rest over at Trouble & Bass.
DOWNLOAD: Dragonette - Let It Go (Faustix & Imanos Remix)
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Punch, flip, play, shout! Bang, smash, kick, stomp! Dragonette and Faustix & Imanos just keep making you wanna move on this electro-heavy redux of “Let It Go.” Lots of booming synths and agitated builds are now layered between the original’s clean lines and candy vox, so half the time you’ll be popping up and down with joy and the other half feel the urge to kick someone in the ribs. Basically, it’s the dance version of adolescence. Fun! No, really, it is.
DOWNLOAD: A Place To Bury Strangers - So Far Away (School of Seven Bells Remix)
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Electro-noise begets headbanging bliss when A Place To Bury Strangers meets School of Seven Bells in this refit of “So Far Away.” It sounds of late ‘90s vampire pop in the best way: metallic, glammy, grimy. Something to drink blood, be ghoulish and wear leather to. Much like the rest of Onwards To The Wall, which you can grab along with tour dates, right here.
DOWNLOAD: AM & Shawn Lee - Promises Are Never Far From Lies (Rob Garza (Of Thievery Corporation) Remix)
AM & Shawn Lee might have a distrust of most other people, but label mates are just fine. The electro-soul group's boldly-named "Promises Are Never Far From Lies" gets even more funkified here in remix form by fellow ESL Music artist Rob Garza of electronic mainstay Thievery Corporation. The result is a metallic, droney synth haze with deep, squelching bass and AM's soulful falsetto. It's also a good one to dance to with leaves falling outside your window.
PREMIERE: Karlsson & Winnberg - The Dance (feat. Spank Rock)
Karlsson & Winnberg, the Swedish production duo behind Miike Snow, seem to have meticulously crafted "The Dance" for wild-out club effectiveness. Riding a punky electro beat, the track pivots around an impaling mixture of oddball chirps, moans and scrambled funk synths that form a raved-up home for Spank Rock to work his microphone magic. Here, this includes lines about stomping out roaches on his bedroom floor and the dance in all of our wildest dreams.
DOWNLOAD: Dominique Young Unique - Gangster Whips
From basketball courts in Tampa to international sass queen, Dominique Young Unique is a master of raved-up raunchy rap. Check the irresistible "Gangster Whips." Spitting over a genuine trunk-rattler with herky-jerky wallops of synths, Dominique once again proves that haters are in for the worst possible shame. Real talk: Her new mixtape Stupid Pretty rests firmly where M.I.A. should have ended up.
PREMIERE: Mathieu Santos - Northern Mentality (Friendly Ghost Remix)
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You may think of Mathieu Santos as the founding bassist and chorus crooner in Ra Ra Riot, but after today you’ll think of him as the wondrous nerd in the popsicle windbreaker who gets electro-whipped to his knees by Friendly Ghost. Synthpop bomb “Northern Mentality” forgoes the chamber-pop lean of Santos’s past for slappy breaks, bullish synths and flaming bass. And oh how they fit. Check the rest of his highly melodic solo effort over on Barsuk.
Mathieu Santos - Northern Mentality (Friendly Ghost Remix)
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PREMIERE: Toddla T - Watch Me Dance (with Roots Manuva) (SebastiAn Remix)
Toddla T = ravey pinball wizard. Roots Manuva = Britdub rapper. SebastiAn = Parisian electrobanger. Toddla T’s “Watch Me Dance” with Roots Manuva remixed by SebastiAn? A factory-built wall of chilly bleeps, bank robber alarms, and crunchy bass. No undulations, no frills, and no progression—just angry, robotic noise that your parents will never, ever understand. Play it until Toddla T’s new LP drops on Ninja Tune later this summer. Or until the ceiling caves in. Whichever happens first.
Toddla T - Watch Me Dance (with Roots Manuva) (SebastiAn Remix)
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