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Hello, so after Cassette Culture's slightly protracted Christmas and New Year break, here is the first tape of 2010. I've had a whole 4 weeks to build up some tunes for this so I hope you'll agree that they're real crackers. As always, you can download this cassette tape as a mix, as individual tracks or everything in a compressed file.

Alex Metric, a DJ whose brought us a series of cracking remixes in the past, has certainly never driven me away with his own originals, Deadly on a Mission being a particular favourite. However, not content on shuffling pre-recorded material around on a mixer, Alex has decided to take his work straight to the crowd with a live setup. His live act at the Old Firestation in Bristol this Friday (22nd) was average, the crowd weren't really moving much, but he has one or two catchy tracks, and with a bit of work this could be something big. This Primary 1 remix of It Starts is something quite different! They've slowed the whole thing right down. Its all rather calming! Lovely.
Alex Metric - It Starts (Primary 1 remix)

After catching the blogging world's attention with a few cheeky remixes, Illinois band Hey Champ have unleashed several great tracks of their own. Download a mixtape they've made here for free. Look out for an album in 2010.
Hey Champ - Cold Dust Girl

Mirror People have seized the catchy guitar riff from this Detachments track and made it its sweet centrepiece. This version is stripped back to its most compelling parts, like a swarm of pacified killer bees with a story to tell.
Detachments - The Flowers that Fell (Mirror People 're-make re-model' version)

Gemini Club's track Mary's Day reminds me a little of The Rapture. They've hit that electro-indie sound right in the face.
Gemini Club - Mary's Day

There was a time when I would dive upon everything with Van She written on it and it saddens me a little that Matt has broken away from the pack. What this means for the band I don't know. I kind of hope its a temporary forage into the bushes of solo because I've not been that impressed so far. Saturday Night had some nice elements but it failed to grab my imagination like anything Van She ever made. A quick click over to Matt's myspace reveals similar 'alright' pop tunes which just seem to lack a little power and grit. Anyhow, now I've built this up so much (!) here's a version of Saturday Night that I can listen to more than once. Would we expect anything less from Gloves?
Matt Van Schie - Saturday Night (Gloves remix)

I'd not heard of Swedish producer Mille before this track hit my table. Recently released on Neon Gold, Crysteena has attracted remixes from Justin Faust, Fear of Tigers and Edwin Van Cleef which says something about the caliber of tune we're listening to here. A quick listen on Mille's myspace tellS us this isn't a one off.
Mille - Crysteena

I've been waiting for a decent remix of Ellie Goulding's track Starry Eyed for ages! I knew I wouldn't be disappointed when I saw Russ Chimes had had a pop.
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Russ Chimes remix)

Listen to all the above mixed up:

Cassette #7: Not a fan of the Curtains (Mixed by Cassette Culture)
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Bit late on these but perhaps I'll catch the fish that slipped the net. I think this blog is probably read exclusively by fish anyway.

So we've heard of Bloc Party and we've heard of Ladyhawke and to be honest we've probably heard every One More Chance and Paris Is Burning remix we ever want to hear and we're all getting a bit bored... but that's where Alex Metric comes in. I've yet to here a duff mix from him. More Alex here.


Bloc Party - One More Chance (Alex Metric remix).



Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning (Alex Metric remix).

www.myspace.com/blocparty
www.myspace.com/alexmetric

Just a little something until I've unpacked my rucksack -


Metric - Help I'm Alive (Twelves remix).

Sounds Like: Good news for the album...

Alex Metric has a new three-track EP Head Straight coming out on the 25th May preceeding his album due out in September. Here's the track titles:

Head Straight
What Now
Shirley, you can't be serious?

You can hear snippets of all three tracks over at Alex's Myspace.

But I do have Head Straight in full for you today in glorious 360kbsp:


Alex Metric - Head Straight.

www.myspace.com/alexmetric

I promised to post some tracks from my Daft Monkey live mix last week. I'm going to start off with an Alex Metric track that I stumble upon 5 minutes before I played my set (God knows how) and loved it so much I quickly fashioned some kind of shifty blend over from the Sunshine Brothers remix of DVNO. Its called "Deadly On A Mission" and its bloody good.


Alex Metric - Deadly On A Mission (Alex Metric mix)

www.myspace.com/alexmetric
Buy Alex Metric @Amazon

In the summer I bought myself a Hercules console and set about learning how to mix by pressing buttons and hitting stuff. I made my first pre-recorded mixtape a while ago but didn't feel it was good enough to share here. My next effort is a little better but still very amateur! In no way am I proclaiming this to be anything amazing at all - I just thought a few of you might like a listen and if anyone can give me feedback, positive or negative, I would really appreciate it. The mix is a live set I played at a party in Cardiff last Tuesday and I've called it "Daft Monkey" (there's a lot of Daft Punk in there)

I'll be posting some of the tracks over the next week or so - look forward to that!

Tom Hardwicke - Daft Monkey (360 kbps MP3 version - 86Mb)

Tom Hardwicke - Daft Monkey (High quality WAV version - 382Mb)

Tracklist:

1. Daft Punk - Ouverture + Utah Saints - Radio One minimix sample
2. Miami Horror - Summerfest '86
3. Daft Punk - Human After All
4. The Count and Siden - Beeper
5. Justice - DVNO (Sunshine Brothers remix)
6. Alex Metric - Deadly on the Dance Floor (Alex Metric mix)
7. Armand Van Helden - I Want Your Soul (Fake Blood remix)
8. Nirvana vs Disco Trash Music - Smells Like Neon Spirit
9. Crystal Castles - Vanished (Nasty Nav remix)
10. The Whip - Blackout (Shinichi Osawa remix)
11. Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (LA Riots remix feat. Villians)
12. Daft Punk - Technologic
13. Daft Punk - Prime Time of Your Life (Night Facilities remix)
14. Alex Gopher - Aurora (Shinichi Osawa remix)
15. Dave Spoon & Pete Tong - Gas Face (Japanese Popstars remix)
16. Mystery Jets - Half In Love (Foamo remix)
17. MGMT - Kids (Soulwax remix)
18. Daft Punk - Aerodynamic (Northie remix)

Here's a great track for you I've been listening to recently. Its not new or anything, just something I think you should be aware of, especially if you're called Ben.

Preview "No Sex For Ben":


Oh found this too - Alex Metric remix of "The Devil" (give it a minute to get going!)

Preview "The Devil (Alex Metric remix)":


Download free:
The Rapture - The Devil (Alex Metric remix)(Mediashare)

www.myspace.com/therapture
Buy@Amazon(Their album's only a fiver!)