...in which Vetiver's Andy Cabic remixes Vetiver track "More Of This". It gets more disorientating than that, Cabic's 'Neighbours' remix taking in Hawaiian surf and sun-drenched Afro guitars and still somehow sounding like Christmas. I guess it's the bells. Either way, things are pretty chill here, so we're not gonna ruin the good vibes by worrying about it too much at work's-almost-done 'o' clock on a Friday - find "More Of This" on a new, limited edition Vetiver 12", out through Bella Union at the end of the month.
Azari & III's classic house tribute "Hungry For The Power" first appeared on the Moments Of A Crisis compilation I'm A Cliche put out earlier this year, but the Parisian label was so enthused by the song they decided to give it a proper release. So, a 12-inch boasting two additional songs, a remix from Runaway, and this version from first-time collaborators Matias Aguayo and Cosmo Vitelli is disseminating across the globe, presumably making lots of people do bad things in dark corners. Kind of like the semi-NSFW video they shot for it.
L.A. afro-rock collective Fool's Gold get the amphibious remix treatment from Mad Decent's masked crusaders Toadally Krossed Out, they of many ribbits and squiggly beach rave synths. If there ever was a Weekend At Bernie's 3: The Ibiza Adventures, this would have to play during the credits.
Today brings our second gift from Bobby Birdman off his upcoming New Moods. “Weighty Weight” is a slow-burning track, coasting in and out of guitar plucks and white noise. In the new vid, a hypnotic TV glare lures us in with skate videos, priming us for optimum scare when Bobby’s creepily half-lit face emerges out of nowhere. Look, man, we didn’t know anyone was home, so we’ll just back out of here, all right? We don’t want any trouble.
The three Finnish ladies in Le Corps Mince de Françoise (guesstimately correctly translated by our commenters as "the thin body of Françoise") are putting out "Something Golden" as a new single through Kitsune, though this slo-mo electro-disco flip from Lenny Picko won't be on the release. What will be on there is a trio of versions from Renaissance Man, Oleo, and Heartbreak, all of it preceding a new album called Love & Nature that includes production from Switch. As if they didn't already have you at that photo.
Enthusiasm, falsettos, child choirs and the-falling-in-love-every-five-minutes - there's something about Passion Pit that just screams youth, so it's no surprise to learn that the latest kids to remix them look about 12 and are the youngest DJs ever to record an Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1. Ain't nothing dance-geek about Jaymo & Andy George - there's a little Moroder in there at the start, sure, but on the whole they're faithful to "Little Secrets"' carefree buoyancy, working it up into unabashed chart-house for you to smile at and make up funny dance routines to.
RCRD LBL pal and Fool's Gold co-founder Nick Catchdubs recently linked with Proper Villians for this flip ofthe Cataracs' "Club Love," morphing the Berkeley duo's vocodered club rap into an elephantine trunk rattler. Grab the MP3 below and for more Catch remix work, hit the Fool's Gold blog for his version of Udachi and Jubilee's "Paypur."
Uninhabitable Mansions could be considered a super-collective, what with band members from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Au Revoir Simone, Dirty on Purpose and Radical Dads. As you’d suspect, they make big, strummy, fading-light pop that hits right into the soft spot of your swelling indie heart. You should have that thing looked at, dude. Pick up the album here after lifting the two excellent tracks below and check in with the band's MySpace for updates on their 2010 tour schedule.
While we're told their new album, Know Better Learn Faster, is a break-up record, San Franciscan indie trio Thao With The Get Down Stay Down don't do mopey. "When We Swam" paints the severance in beach metaphors and twisted doo-wop rhythms, while the title track is shuffling and agrarian, fiddle and slide guitar laced throughout. Both are below, the former exclusively, while the band roll through New York tonight to play the Bowery Ballroom. More tour dates after the break.
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