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Midnight Juggernauts are venturing to the promiseland, Uhmerica to bless us with their psycehedlic-synth sounds that they have been crafting and honing for the past few years. I feel like their latest track “This New Technology” is a conscious effort to say stray away from the to the whole electro/bloghaus/synth-rock genre they were trailblazing. They are now embracing their Prog Rock roots and the rock side of ELO instead of ELO circa “Time” in the 80s with a touch of Fleetwood Mac and a heavy dose of Mellotron.

Memory Tapes and The Juan MacLean bring Midnight Juggernauts back to their electro-rock roots with these remixes of “This New Technology”. Memory Tapes’ remix is very different from his usual chilled out lo-fi productions – showcasing his bangertastic side. Check them both out below as well as the B-side to the “This New Technology” Single.

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Midnight Juggernauts – This New Technology (Memory Tapes Remix)

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Midnight Juggernauts – This New Technology (The Juan MacLean Remix)

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Midnight Juggernauts – Fantastic Valleys

And as you all know it is CMJ Music Week here in NYC so come check out The Juggernauts new live set:

October 21 – NY – Hype Machine CMJ Event @ Santos – 5PM
October 21 – NY – Bowery Ballroom – MIDNIGHT
October 23 – NY – High Rise/The:Hours @ Norwood DJ Set 10PM
October 24 – NY – The Windish Agency CMJ Event @ Santos – 1AM
October 26 – The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA

Photo by The Cobra Snake

Phoenix live is a totally different animal – raw and rocking. It all comes to life when Thomas Hedlund steps behind that drum kit. Here is a little souvenir for all of you who witnessed them live 🙂

Download: Phoenix: Live at The Wireless 2009 – Sydney, Australia

Tracklist :
01. Intro
02. Lisztomania
03. Long Distance Call
04. Consolation Prizes
05. Rally
06. Sometimes in the Fall
07. Love Like A Sunset Part 1
08. Love Like A Sunset Part 2
09. Too Young
10. Rome
11. 1901
12. Back Announce

Chi-town in the house. Acoustic guitars in Hey Champ tune? I dig it. Don’t worry their signature synth sounds make their appearance. Looking forward to seeing Hey Champ in NYC this CMJ week. Flyer after the jump.

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The Cool Kids x Hey Champ – (We Are) Champions

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Scarlets’ Stefano & Ivan answer a few questions allowing listeners into their musical minds. Their “Boundaries” single is out 11.1.2009 – check out the video for the B-side “The Women of WWII” after the jump and checkout Stefano’s latest mix “KIMONOII”

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Stefano Murgia – KIMONOII

Asian Dan Interview: SCARLETS

1. Who is Scarlets? How would you describe your sound?
Scarlets are five italian boys with a lot of sense of humour, but with a very serious attitude towards their music. Our sound changed radically during the last year. Now I guess we sound like an army charging upon the land.


2. What was your first musical memory?
Ivan:The big huge silver boombox radio standing in our sitting room playing some italian songwriters when I was 3.
Stefano: I guess my mum playing Violent Femmes’ vinyls and not liking them.


3. How did the band form? What is the band’s vision and goal?
We formed because of all the crappy bands hitting off british indie or american punkfunk. We just wanted to do something authentic. Our main goal is succeeding in writing 10 songs that we can still find satisfying after two weeks.
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A-Trak’s best remix to date. I love the synth bassline with that filter and the string stabs. Such classic sounding production techniques. This track has already been championed by Busy P, Erol Alkan and Co. down at Parklife in Aussie now it is all your turn to bump this track. Now I think it is time for some original tracks from Mr. A-Trak.

<3 u A-Trak

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)

Cheers, Disco Dust – May this track spread through the blogsphere like a wildfire now!

Gonzales turns Housse de Racket’s “Synthétiseur” into a “Broadway/epic-the-world-is-mine” sounding tune. Love the guitar solo at the end – reminds me something Queen would do. When is the Gonzales cover/re-working of Erol Alkan & Boys Noize’s “Waves” coming out? Housse de Racket will be opening for Does It Offend You, Yeah? in the UK next week.

Housse de Racket “Synthétiseur” EP out 10.26.2009 on 50 Bones

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Housse de Racket – Synthétiseur (Gonzales Rework)

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Download: Housse de Racket – Side A: Funky

Side A: Funky mixtape tracklisting

The Jacksons-Destiny
Salsoul Orchestra-Getaway
Earth Wind & Fire-Jupiter
Prince-Head
Takling Heads-Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Carly Simon-Why (Vocal 12)
Pony Hoax-The Bird Is On Fire
Mr Oizo-Sucer Danser
Flairs-Truckers Delight
Barry White-Mellow Mood (part II)

Azari & III turns Ali Love’s slick Italo Disco tune into dark, dense house tune that would sound best on a loud soundsystem at 4 in the morning while in a very inebriated and in a very dark room. Also I cannot stop listening to the original version of “Diminishing Returns” – Ali Love, Luca C, and Dubka did such an amazing job.

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Ali Love – Diminishing Returns (Azari & III Remix)

Azari & III’s intense, American Psycho-esque music video for “Hungry for the Power” after the jump.

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Download: Mixmag Presents Club 75 Mix

01 Ramon Tapia & Maxim Lany – Highway (FCL Remix)
02 Kikomoto Allstars – Still Can’t Stop The House
03 Cybersonic – Technarchy
04 D.I.M & Tai – Lyposuct
05 Cassius – Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes’ (Reset! Remix)
06 Mr Oizo – Gay Dentists
07 Tronik Youth – Disco Suks (Aston Shuffle Remix)
08 Justice – D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix)
09 Cassius – La Mouche (DJ Falcon Metal Mix)
10 Jack Beats – Get Down
11 DB-X – Third Rail
12 Boy 8-Bit – Baltic Pine
13 Kevin Saunderson – Bounce Your Body To The Box
14 Fake Blood – The Dozens (Edit)
15 Tony Lionni – Found A Place
16 Cassius Feat Jocelyn Brown – I’m A Woman (Zdar & Boombass Private Mix)
17 DYE – Neige 606 (DJ Mehdi Remix)

Cheers, Let The Music Play

A more up beat/housey sounding track from Joy Orbison – a great follow up to “Hyph Mngo” and “Wet Look”. He is definitely in my top 3 new acts list of 2009. I want more!

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Joy Orbision – J. Doe*Removed by Request*

Download: Joy Orbison – BBC Radio’s Mary Ann Hobbs 20 Min Mix

Tracklist:
Home Park – ‘Beatdown’ [Joy Orbison’s Narcissismix] (White)
Joy Orbison – ‘GR Etiquette’ (White)
Joy Orbison – ‘BRKLN CLLN’ (Doldrums)
Joy Orbison – ‘The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow’ (Aus)
Joy Orbison – ‘Ode To The Brudio’ (White)
Joy Orbison – ‘J. Doe’ (Doldrums)
Joy Orbison – ‘Hyph Mngo’ (Hotflush)