Fink – Pills In My Pocket
As Glastonbury draws closer by the day I thought I’d post up an amazing song by Folk/Dub/Blues man Fink.
The track is about his trip to Glasto in 2000 and it doesn’t sound like the best time but there is a happy ending. I’ve attached the lyrics at the bottom because I really enjoyed the story.
One of our first posts was about the demo up on his MySpace from his new album expected to drop in May – but this track is from his first album Biscuits For Breakfast.
Hopefully he’ll be playing a stage at Glasto this year – I’ll post up who we’re going to be seeing at Glasto when the lineup is revealed (definitely be avoiding Bruce Springsteen at all costs).
Fink – Pills In My Pocket
Just checked out his MySpace again and there is another new track up called See It All!
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Wolfgang Gartner
Wolfgang Gartner hails from Texas (believe it or not) and is making some seriously nasty electro and these are by far my favourite original tracks he’s put out.
I initially heard him way back one of Mike Kruger’s mixes (check out Slyfly’s blog dedicated to these kind of tracks – http://slyflyrecords.blogspot.com).
Wolfgang Gartner – The Clap
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Foals – Olympic Airways (Ewan Pearson’s Return To The Villa Of Joy Remix)
Boy do we miss Foals here at Mahogany. There hasn’t been a more experimental and enjoyable debut album for a long time – it was essentially one continuous piece of music that had to be split up due to label demands. I know they’re making their second album as we speak which makes the hairs on my back stand up just thinking about it.
Until then here’s an incredibly chilled Ewan Pearson remix which remains true to the song but adds an ‘ibiza chillout’ sound – hence ‘Return To The Villa’.
Foals – Olympic Airways (Ewan Pearson’s Return To The Villa Of Joy Remix)
Foals – Red Socks Pugie (Live on Jools Holland)
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Bloc Party – Intimacy Remixed
Intimacy was one of the best albums released in 2008 and the proof that Bloc Party are able to reinvent themselves whilst staying true to their indie roots. Their first album, Silent Alarm, had been remixed (by Ladytron, M83, among others) and Intimacy just received the same treatment.
We loved the original gloomy version of Signs and Armand Van Helden made it a very danceable tune. Make sure you check the video below!
Kele and his bandmates played two sold-out gigs last weekend in London, and are about to tour America.
Bloc Party – One Month Off (Filthy Dukes Remix)
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Bloc Party – Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
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More High Contrast remixes!
The Imogen Heap post simply wasn’t enough folks – here are some more High Contrast treats.
High Contrast - Pjanoo
High Contrast - Time To Pretend
High Contrast - Hometown Glory
High Contrast - Gold Digger
Now go and shank in the corner!
Imogen Heap – Headlock (High Contrast Remix)
High Contrast loves to put his hands all over today’s chart music and this one (be it old) is gorgeous. It even tastes nice.
Imogen Heap’s original track Headlock has been taken to new levels – he must have spent hours working on mixing the vocals.
Immense.
Imogen Heap – Headlock (High Contrast Remix)
Coeur de Pirate
We recently discovered the music-antichrist version of Céline Dion and we thought you might like it too. Coeur de Pirate (“Pirate’s Heart”. Yes, we do speak French) hails from Montréal and has already seduced her homeland. Béatrice Martin (her real name) was nominated for Francophone Album Of The Year at the Juno Awards 2009.
She’s getting some media attention in France with her piano-based compositions and warm voice. Even Perez Hilton mentioned her on his blog… The lady’s set to make it big. Always good to hear some sweet tunes, and she’ll be touring Canada and France over the next few months.
Oh, and check out her amazing cover of Katy Perry’s I Kissed A Girl. We listened to it and we liked it.
Coeur de Pirate – Comme Des Enfants
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Alessi’s Ark
Mercury-nominated Alessi Laurent-Marke is making gentle waves with her peaceful sounds – she recently signed to EMI after her Myspace attracted a huge audience and we’re not far off from hearing for debut album.
Hailing from Hammersmith, London – Alessi left school at 16 to pursue her music career and with her parents backing she developed her subtle pop infused folky voice.
The track we’re focusing on here is Over The Hill which is to be the first single released on the 27th April. There are all kinds of sounds swirling in the song with hints of Joni Mitchell but at the same time sounds from today’s generation.
Alessi’s Ark fits perfectly into the type of artist Glastonbury or Bestival strive to book to bring the right friendly vibes to their fields.
Alessi’s Ark – Over The Hill
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