CFCF’s album Continental is out today featuring this disco house cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Big Love” off of 1987’s Tango in the Night – great reworking but “You Hear Colours” is still my fav track off the album.
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CFCF – Big Love (Fleetwood Mac Cover)
Checkout this fantastic live solo acoustic version of “Big Love” performed Lindsey Buckingham himself.
The metal maven Mixhell takes a stab at the Dewaele Brothers classic tune “Theme from Discoteque” a track they crafted under the moniker, Samantha Fu. Mixhell turns it into a very disco-rock sound track, almost sounds like a Soulwax Nite Version of the original. Lookout for Mixhell this December as he joins the Soulwaxmas tour.
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Samantha Fu – Theme from Discoteque (Mixhell Edit)
Photo by Kirsty Mitchell
In Flagranti turns this already strange tune into a weird italo/epic 80s track especially when that gnarly guitar part kicks in, reminds me of ZZ Top. Fantastic track.
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Crystal Fighters – I Love London (In Flagranti Remix)
I love this dark House/Italo revival that Azari & III and Pink Stallone are leading. Pink Stallone enlists Joey Washington to add an authentic touch of House to their track “Hydroplanes” with its creeping sequenced bassline. Word on the street is that there is a Vietcong Disco x Pink Stallone coming soon, so be on the look out.
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Pink Stallone – Hydroplanes (Joey Washington Edit)
Graphic by Doin Music
MySpace is slowly redeeming themselves with these fantastic live sessions. They capture Miike Snow’s epic extended live sound. “Silvia” is a standout live track that really showcases how moving and epic of a band they are. This might be the album of the year for me – too much good music came out this year!
Download: Miike Snow: MySpace Transmission Session
Watch this amazing version of “Silvia” after the jump – also check out the 3 other tunes here.
Crystal is a very unlike addition to the Hooligan Disco sounds of Institubes records but they are a Japanese quartet that does a great job making a nod to the early electronic greats, Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Jean Michel-Jarre, Human League, to name a few. There is something very quirky yet sincere about their brand of electro pop.
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Crystal – Don’t Mind (Demo)
Asian Dan Q&A: Crystal
1. Who is Crystal? How would you describe your music?
MARS, Keita Onishi, Shinya Sato, Ryota Miyake. Our music is Techno or Elepop.
2. What are some of your influences musical or otherwise?
We love Human League, Depeche Mode, Jean Michel Jarre, Der Plan etc.. YMO was a great band too. But we don’t know them well. We like the exaggerated seriousness of the arrangements of the songs of 80’s. But we like folksongs, psyche music, krautrock, calipso, mambo
This is a rip from the Gilles Peterson – you all know how much support I have been giving Joy Orbison, he can do no wrong! <3
You know the drill – Hey Champ remixes a fellow Midwestener adding their Americana Heartland disco touch to their track making it into some lovely ear candy. Consume and enjoy. Now when can we hear some new/original Hey Champ tracks?!
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Mike Posner – Cooler than Me (Hey Champ Remix)
Ellie Goulding has been making her rounds in the blogosphere and I finally getting around to giving her some Asian Dan Love. I am a big fan of her vulnerable/innocent quality of her voice paired up with some very familiar pop/electro productions. I feel she is doing a very good job following in the footsteps of her pop-lectro counterparts, Little Boots, La Roux & Florence + The Machine. Her Under the Sheets 7″ is out on Neon Gold Records today with some fantastic remixes by Big Monster and Pariah. The Big Monster turns Ellie’s tune into a triumphant declaration a la some early 90s Madonna while the Pariah remix highlights the loneliness theme of the tune by adding this chilled out, dubstep vibe. Also check out the original version of the tune below.
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Ellie Goulding – Under the Sheets
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Ellie Goulding – Under the Sheets (Baby Monster Remix)
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Ellie Goulding – Under the Sheets (Pariah Remix)
Via Neon Gold
Check out Ellie Goulding’s performance of “Under the Sheets” on Jools Holland after the jump.
2009 is quickly coming to a close and I have been thinking lately a lot about how many great albums came out this year, from Miike Snow, Grizzly Bear, Phoenix, and Tiga. But I think Bibio’s. “Ambivalence Avenue” is making its way up to the number 1 spot for me. I cannot get enough of his whole vibe and aesthetic – it is just gorgeous and perfect pop tunes. If anyone pioneered this whole “chill-wave” genre it is Bibio.
Lone takes on Bibio’s “All the Flowers” a minute long tune that I feel is pop perfection – check out how Lone just adds a simple beat and brings a totally new vibe to the tune.
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Bibio – All the Flowers (Lone Remix)
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