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).
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Rough Genre: Indie/Electro
This is one of those classic Bloc Party remixes; full of interludes of downtempo guitar twinkling and then building to some big kick off peaks. Kelly's warped vocals really make this one.
Bloc Party - One Month Off (Metal On Metal remix)
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Something quiet and inspiring for a Sunday morning...
Bloc Party - Signs (MMMathias remix)
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Just a fairly nice Bloc Party posterAnd of course I'm not going to leave you without a track. Here's a mellow remix of Hunting for Witches from RAC (The Remix Artist Collective).
Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches (RAC remix)
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Telemitry in the darkJourney - Any Way You Want It (Telemitry remix)
And you can't listen to this too many times:
Bloc Party - Mercury (Telemitry remix)
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I posted recently about Bloc Party's rather tame new single "Mercury" that had been nicely jazzed up in a remix by Telemitry. Bundled with the single came a few official remixes from CSS, Herve and Flosstrodamus. I thought I'd give you a taster anyway so here's CSS's take on Mercury:
Preview "Mercury (CSS remix)":
And while were all here...this is just amazing:
Preview "Helicopter (Weird Science remix feat. Peaches)":
Download free:
Bloc Party - Helicopter (Weird Science remix feat. Peaches)
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This has nothing to do with tea really but I felt I needed a title for this new series of regular features and, well, I'm doing pretty rubbish at thinking well at the moment. So "Tea Friendly" is going to be the place I post about less-upbeat music, mainly acoustic stuff...basically stuff that won't make you spill your tea.
Today, I thought I'd delve into the archives and whip out a couple of cheeky covers for you to accompany a more recent track from Ben Folds & Regina Spektor. Enjoy.
Preview "You Don't Know Me":
Preview "Lover I Don't Have to Love":
Preview "Pioneers":
Free download:
Ben Folds - You Don't Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor) (Mediafire)
Bettie Serveert - Lover I Don't Have To Love (Bright Eyes cover) (Mediafire)
Mystery Jets - Pioneers (Bloc Party cover) (Mediafire)
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Bloc Party are behaving very strangely. First we had Flux, a rapid-paced dancing shoes track that drove far deeper into disco city than previous songs. Then came Mercury and... well it's certainly had a mixed reception.
Despite "Mercury" being a bit 'iffy', I was encouraged to find a great remix by Telemitry which I think nicely jazzes the whole thing up a little. Let's look forward to the single release on 11th August which comes bundled with remixes from CSS, Herve Is in Disarray and Flosstrodamus.
Here is Bloc Party's new single "Mercury" and the Telemitry remix.
Preview Mercury below:
Download for free:
Bloc Party - Mercury (Telemitry remix) (MediaFire)
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