Bring Back The Sun ft. DJ Vadim and Animal Collective
The sun’s disappeared and judging by the history of British weather it won’t return for another year. I feel like the father in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road!
Here are some US imports to warm us up.
Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes (Dam-Funk Remix)
Dam-Funk is currently delivering some of the best electro-funk sounds and he’s recently laid his paws on Animal Collective’s Summertime Clothes. It’s an official remix EP released through Domino so they obviously loved it as much as we do.
DJ Vadim – Saturday ft. Pugs Atomz
DJ Vadim is back with his new album ‘U Can’t Lurn Imaginashun’ and it features this auto-tuned gem. Chicago based lyricist Pugs Atomz lays down the gentle vocals whilst Vadim provides the classic production. This album requires some in-depth investigations!
Watch – Animal Collective – My Girls
Check em all out.
The Day Today
Lots of ups and downs for me today so what better way to musically represent that by starting slow and finishing fast.
Coldplay – See You Soon
Touching song from the Live 2003 album recorded in Sydney.
Zero 7 – Crosses
From The Garden album where we hear Sia and Jose Gonzalez lent all their skills throughout. This track features Jose and is one of the best tracks on the record.
Boy Crisis – L’homme
New York electro-pop band with a little more soul than their most common cousins, MGMT.
Pendulum – Still Grey
For the D&B lovers out there who didn’t catch on to their new live lineup (at all!) – Hold Your Colour is still a landmark album. Acts like Subfocus, Brookes Brothers and Chase & Status need to be thanking these guys for paving their way into the mainstream.
Pendulum – Hold Your Colour
Another track from Hold Your Colour. If you’re a regular gym person then you need to put this on. You’ll beat your personal best or realise the only real exercise is to be done at Fabric.
Currently Playing…
OK so no real theme behind these tracks – just that they’re all great tracks being put on repeat frequently.
The first two tracks are from the Kitsune Maison Compilation 7 – I strongly suggest you further investigate it. One of the bands we tipped a couple of months ago are featured as well!
Enjoy!
Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx Remix)
Crystal Fighters – Xtatic Truth (Xtra Loud Mix)
Kasabian – Fire
Dub Pistols – Back To Daylight ft. Ashley Slater
Solid Gold – Get Over It
Timbaland ft. Wyclef Jean – Hold On
It was a serious shock when Aaliyah died back in 2001 and Timbaland was her right-hand man in terms of production and guidance.
Since then Timbo has reached worldwide superstar status producing beats for literally everyone. I read in Vibe magazine that he’s currently competing in body building competitions – if you check in Google images, he is HUGE!
Anyway there’s a very touching first verse from Timbaland – I do wish he ventured more into his lyrics when he does his albums nowadays.
Timbaland ft. Wyclef Jean – Hold On
Video Drive-Thru
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
Jack Penate – Be The One
I HEART It Through The Grapevine
If you live in London or are ever in London, I strongly suggest you visit The Kings Head pub in Kilburn.
Recently reopening doors they were supplied a jukebox by Rough Trade records which means there are some incredible hidden gems within the ancient machine.
Not all the tracks are from Rough Trade records however which means there are some golden oldies waiting to be played.
One of them is the cover of I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Creedence. Amazing cover.
Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Dognoize – We Are Not Machines
If light of the new Terminator film being released there is one track that any T-800 or T-100o needs to hear before they go on a cold blooded robotic rampage.
This song is the epic rework of the compelling speech made by Charlie Chaplin in the 1940 film The Great Dictator.
The film is a comedy taking the complete piss out of Hitler during World War II but from the sound of the track you wouldn’t think so. It’s interestingly enough the first film in which Chaplin spoke.
Dognoize have taken this audio clip and made a seriously powerful track.
If you’re at work then put this on because YOU ARE NOT A MACHINE!
Listen to We Are Not Machines from this Dognoize Myspace link.
Fat Freddy’s Drop
The weather this week has been incredible and the music I’m hearing on the radio is just not suitable for the heatwave spreading across the UK at the moment.
Fat Freddy’s Drop are a reggae/dub/nu-soul group from New Zealand and considered heroes in their homeland – across the world they sell out huge venues with their soothing songs. They all look great as a band – the huge Samoans playing trumpets at the back of the stage.
Their album Based On A True Story is one of those albums you put on after a heavy night out when everyone’s finishing off their ‘drinks’.
Fat Freddy’s Drop – Hope
