"Trick or Treatz" Metronomy

Metronomy is london/brighton-based laptoper, Joseph Mount. He's put out some pretty high-profile remixes over the last while for people like The Teenagers and Dead Disco. I was pleased to discover his original stuff though. Very eccentric and playful but cleverly deadpan. I'm sure you'll see what I mean.

Try to get this bassline out of your head...

"Trick or Treatz" Metronomy (BUY IT)

"Weed Wine and Wankers (SLUTTT Bust in Ur Face Remix)" Miss Odd Kidd

Okay, I'm not vouching for Miss Odd Kidd. As much as I'm down with west-london lipstick grime mcs, she seems a little heavy on hip and thin on talent. Plus, I think her name is dumb. She doesn't look odd at all. She looks like a hot chick with a great tan. I reserve official judgement until I hear some more of her stuff. However, I will go on the record right now saying that the chorus of this song is completely brilliant. The girl likes weed, wine and wankers. And she doesn't care who knows it. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.

SLUTTT is the real hero here though. He/She/They (I don't fucking know. I think it might be a girl with no face.) has/have been doing some of the hottest remixes of the last year or so. Nasty, dirty, sweaty basement party stuff.

"Weed Wine and Wankers (SLUTTT Bust in Ur Face Remix)" Miss Odd Kidd

Feist Remixes

Feist is a lot like Kevin Federline. They both belong to that rare group of artists whose work is received with absolute critical and popular consensus. While everyone agrees that playing a K-Fed CD should be a violation of the Geneva Conventions, everybody loves Leslie.

So, I won't waste your time expounding the virtues of her second full-length, The Reminder, which is, inexplicably, even better than her debut, Let It Die. But I will recommend a few dancefloor makeovers that manage to do justice to the originals. No small feat.

The first is from Berlin techno label Boys Noize. The second is by fellow countrymen and electro-funk gods, Chromeo. And the last, of which I'm particularly fond, comes from Aussie scenesters VanShe.

"My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)" Feist

"Sealion (Chromeo Remix)" Feist

"1234 (VanShe Technologic Remix)" Feist

(BUY) The Reminder CD

PS If you haven't seen the videos for these two songs you're a loser.

My Moon My Man - Video

1234 - Video

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Loosie!

I'm back. What'd I miss?

So, rap music is awesome, in case you didn't know. There's beats and rapping and girls. All good things. Loosie is a small crew from Brooklyn, who I assumed were set to blow up after putting out a great little remix of Peter Bjorn and John's "Amsterdam." But lo and behold, even in this recent period of PB&J hysteria, they seem to have flown under the radar.

Well, it isn't for lack of trying. As far as I can tell, Spec Boogie, Elucid and Von Pea are more prolific than Rainer Werner Fassbinder on crystal meth. And they're giving away most of their shit for free. Although, not for long, I suspect. There's a bunch of music on their various myspace accounts and even more on their website.

The sound is like De La Soul meets RJD2 meets something streety like The Clipse. And they do have away with the remix, so I'm gonna post the Amsterdam Remix, a Mark Ronson/Lily Allen remix and a Loosie Allstars original, "Wump Wump".

"Amsterdam (Loosie Remix)" Peter John and Bjorn ft Spec Boogie

"Oh My God (Loosie Remix)" Mark Ronson, Lily Allen and Spec Boogie

"Wump Wump" Loosie Allstars

Also, they put out this clever little send up to 90's hiphop called "Champion Hoods" for free download. It's the Loosie MC's rapping over classic 90's beats from Wu-Tang, Fugees, Black Moon, etc.

Download it HERE. Don't be fooled by all the Rapidshare advertising bullshit. It's free, just follow the links.