OO its getting close to Christmas and so... here is an entirely un-christmasy tape. Never mind, I'm sure you're getting your Christmas fix elsewhere. I won't be updating Cassette Culture till January now because I'm having a bit of a holiday! So I hope you enjoy this tape. See you in the New Year.
Italians Fare Soldi bring us their track Tutto Tutti Sempre Subito a gloriously rapid electro chirper.
Fare Soldi - Tutto Tutti Sempre Subito
Le Castle Vanias remix The Virgins track Rich Girls. Massive.
The Virgins - Rich Girls (Le Castle Vanias Spring Break No Parents remix)
An absolutely storming remix of The Yeah Yeah Yeah's Cold Light by French duo Les Petits Pilous.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cold Light (Les Petits Pilous remix)
Here's Hot City with their grooving track Head Work. It sounds a little like an electronic bag pipe / wailing spanner.
Hot City - Head Work
Australian artist Pogo weaves together short samples from films and other sources to create beautiful electro tapestries. Featuring samples from Mary Poppins Expialidocious is just one of many great Pogo tracks.
Pogo - Expialidocious
A cool, atmospheric piano track from Deadmau5. A relaxing way to end. Faxing Berlin.
Deadmau5 - Faxing Berlin (Piano version)
Cassette #6 Under Bridge (Mixed by Cassette Culture)
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So sorry about no tape last week, things got very busy and I ended up on a mountain. No Internet up there... This weeks tape owes a lot to a post on the Too Many Sebastians blog from which I nabbed three cracking tracks from We In Music, Hey Champ and the Priors. Star of the show though is the In Flagranti remix of Ali Love's Smoke and Mirrors which is perhaps the coolest song of the month, at least. Enjoy =D
A remix from the super-talented MMMatthias. This echoey munchcin is quite light hearted affair, a nice builder.
Its been a while Cut Copy! We've not seen much from these Australian electro terriers for a long time now. This is their remix of quirky American band The Juan MacLean's track Happy House which they twist into that much-loved Cut Copy sound. Launch me into space...launch me into space...
The Juan MacLean - Happy House (Cut Copy remix)
By far the best track I've heard in the last few months! I love this to bits, its just makes me dance all, over, the, place. In Flagranti remix Ali Love's Smoke and Mirrors.
Ali Love - Smoke And Mirrors (In Flagranti remix)
We In Music is a collaboration project of Raw Man (see below), Play Paul (Paul De Homem-Christo - one half of Daft Punk), Benjamin Diamond (of Stardust) and Curtis (Fabien Lefrançois). So with all that French talent pumped into one song you can see where this going.
We In Music - Time Unlimited
According to Too Many Sebastians (to whom this blog is massively indebted), the following two remixes were part of an exchange. Hey Champ remixed Priors track What You Need in return for a Raw Man (one half of Priors) remix of Neverest. I'm finding it pretty hard to keep track of whose one half, quarter or eighth of what but the tracks are damn good.
Hey Champ - Neverest (Raw Man remix)
Priors - What You Need (Hey Champ remix)
Good old Royksopp, still churning out deep, wholesome downbeat electro sprinkled with those sweet mellow vocals. The Hungarian Beyond Deep remixes their track Tricky Tricky.
Royksopp - Tricky Tricky (Beyond Deep remix)
Cassette #5: Smoke and Mirrors on the Dancefloor (mixed by Cassette Culture)
Cassette #5: Smoke and Mirrors on the Dancefloor (all zipped up small)
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Sorry folks no tape this week. Tune in next Sunday though!
If magic chickens made music instead of golden eggs, I think we'd see something along the lines of this lot. The mix is here.
Mainframe is a new light 'n beaty instrumental from Kris Menace under the name Love on Laserdisc. EP out soon.
Love on Laserdisc - Mainframe
Favourites of last week's tape, Fear of Tigers and Edwin Van Cleef (who I incorrectly said was French when he's actually from Leeds - oops!), come together in one cracking package. The Adventures of Pippi Longstrump, a track from Fear of Tigers impending album does its superb name justice in this mighty remix.
Fear of Tigers - The Adventures of Pippi Longstrump (Edwin Van Cleef remix)
Apparently partly educated by a Japanese robot called Victor, Golden Bug is the chap behind this electro number that REALLY gets good when Gloves does a rewrite and we hit 3 mins in...
Golden Bug - Last Dance In Tokyo (Gloves rewrite)
Well I was faffing around making the mix of this week's tape and I couldn't find a new track that fitted in so I just whacked in an old Van She Technologic remix. Bizarrely, Van She Tech remixed this track by accident. Apparently the manager of a band sent them the parts for this I Am Finn track instead of the band they were actually supposed to be remixing. And I don't think anyone, including Van She, has heard anything from I Am Finn since!
I Am Finn - I Love You (Van She Tech remix)
Simian Mobile Disco have just released a bizarre video for their track Cruel Intentions. Does any one know what that's about?? It's certainly one of the better tracks from their Temporary Pleasure and Beth Ditto does a grand job on vocals. This is the scrunched up Joker remix.
Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions (Joker remix)
At first the name Jonathan Boulet conjured up images (and sounds) of a James Blunt type figure, strumming out some generic guitar music and generally annoying everybody. Well, I've come to the conclusion that that perception was entirely based on the fact that they both have the initials JB and it is a complete myth. The real Jonathan B is actually a 20 year old "wonder boy" signed to the Australian Modular Records. This is the ambient Album Leaf remix of his track A Community Service Announcement, a nice quiet one to end of this week's tape. You can download the original for free at LastFM.
Jonathan Boulet - A Community Service Announcement (The Album Leaf Remix)
Cassette #4: Whack An Egg In It (mixed by Cassette Culture)
Cassette #4: Whack An Egg In It (all tracks zipped up small)
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Susan was at the park and sat under a tree, with her book, her bike and a flask of hot chocolate. This weeks tape is named after her! Download mixed here.
Something a bit different to start things off - electro-strings! Twirling violins make this electro number stand out from the rest. Something A La Mode with Rondo Parisiano.
Something A La Mode - Rondo ParisianoA classic mid-set track from Soulwax's Dewaele brothers, produced under the pseudonym Samantha Fu, Theme from Discotheque is a just a cool man talking and then some smacking beats. The Mixhell edit makes the floor shake a little more.
Samantha Fu - Theme from Discotheque (Mixhell Edit)
Producer Edwin Van Cleef has recently released an E.P. Overtaken. Well worth checking out if you enjoy the Fear of Tigers track below.
Japanese/British electro man Fear of Tigers will be dropping us an early Christmas present on December 1st when he releases his album Cossus Snufsigalonica for free. Here's one of his older tracks Sirkka for you to get a taste of things to come.
We've been hearing some great Classixx remixes but how about checking out some of their originals. Here's the Douster remix of single I'll Get You.
Classixx - I'll Get You (Douster remix)
New Crystal Fighters track I Love London will be released on Nov 30th on Kitsune. Here is the cracking Jocks remix.
Crystal Fighters - I Love London (Jocks Dawn in Dalston mix)
The beautiful lyrical meanderings of Phoenix have been re-crafted by many and this is one of my favorite tracks, Fences. Slower and softer.
Cassette #3: Susan At The Park (mixed by Cassette Culture)
Cassette #3: Susan At The Park (zip file)
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