Lancelot had a great year in 2011 with some sharp commissioned remixes of the fellow Aussie’s New Navy and Penguin Prison and in the past two weeks he’s released some brand new sounds.

Starting off with his remix of Australian folk artist Matt Corby whose already beautiful vocals (similar to that of Patrick Watson) are accentuated through Lancelot’s clever productions.

The second comes from his upcoming ‘We Can Dance’ EP due out on 20th February which is the first highly anticipated original works. Both pieces are really nice, can’t wait for the full LP.

D’Angelo – Untitled / How Does It Feel (L-Vis 1990 Own Way Edit)

Swiss duo Zebra & Howard have dropped a succession of absolutely superb mixes in the past, but it’s been a little quiet on their front recently so we started speaking about kicking off the mixes in 2012 with an exclusive Mahogany mix, and oh boy did they deliver!

The pair have answered some questions as well so click play and read on…

1. The Dead Rose Music Company – Keep the Faith
2. Tiger Skin – Unreal Thing (Original Mix)
3. LeSale – Make me Feel so Good (Original Mix)
4. Adana Twins, Dr. Dru – Juicy Fruit (Original Mix)
5. Discodromo, Hard Ton – Build a House (Tensnake Remix)
6. Audiojack – Get Serious (Original Mix)
7. Maxxi Soundsystem, Royston – Open Your Eyes (Original Mix)
8. Terry Walker, Jozif – Twilight (Casino Times Remix)
9. Jonas Rathsman – Feeling You (Original Mix)
10. Lula Circus – Miami Vice (Original Mix)
11. Ruben & Ra – Street Machine
12. NY’s Finest, Victor Simonelli – Can You Feel Me (Club Mix)
13. Jazzler (Dixxie Yure) – She Has (El Txef A Remix)

1. Who is Zebra & Howard, where are you both based and when did it all begin?

Zebra & Howard are Cedric Marti and Jan Skalski. We are both from Switzerland and met in Geneva for the first time, about  3 years ago. We both studied there and got to know each other by attending the same classes.

We soon found out that we both like the same kind of electronic music and as Geneva offers a lot of venues with good DJs we partly got inspired by some of the acts we had seen there. We both had been experimenting with programmes like Ableton for some time before but we had never played in bars or clubs. One day a friend offered us to play in Zurich and we decided to give it a try. We had a lot of fun that night and that’s how it basically began.

2. Where do you both stand when it comes to analog vs. digital — are you the record store or Beatport generation?

We both like going to record stores and get inspired by digging and discovering new records and sounds. We do the same on the internet and usually get the tracks there.

When we listen to a mix or dj set we attribute more importance to how it is mixed than where the tracks are bought or what device is used. The whole thing must be coherent, which means that there must be some sort of logic continuation with one track following the other. But most important of all, you have to be able to enjoy what you are hearing.

3. Talk to us about the mix you created for us

The mix we did for you is  a compilation of some tracks we have been listening to lately. It has some disco, soul and  house influences.

Some of the tracks contained I’ve discovered during my recent stay in New York, like NY’s finest and Victor Simonellis 1993 track ‘Do You Feel Me’ or the mor recent Lula Circus’ ‘Miami Vice’. The Miami Vice EP came out this fall on Brooklyn based label Stranjjur which is led by some guys who initially limited themselves to organizing parties in New York and introducing amongst others artist such as MANIK (Hot Natured) and Pezzner (Freerange, Crosstown Rebels) to their hometown. As a consequence the EP now also features remixes by both MANIK and Pezzner to which it is also worth listening to.

Other tracks are from emerging European producers, such as British youngster Maxxi Soundsystem, whose moves we have been observing since his debut ‘Criticize’, or Göteborg based Jonas Rathsman, who started out together with DJ Nibc as the duo ‘Stuffa’.

Finally, and since we both started out by playing disco and nu disco records, we’ve got some these in it too, like e.g. Tensnake’s remix of  ’Build a House’.

It’s absolutely freezing outside but regardless, I’m going to embark on a long cycle tomorrow and I’ve deliberately not listened to the new album from The 2 Bears as it’s going to act as my musical lucozade during my sweaty cardio adventure.

I’ve enjoyed everything that the duo have released thus far so it’s definitely not going to disappoint and as well as the album this amazing remix by St Etienne is available as a free download!

Of the many official remixes out there, this may just be my favourite…

Follow through to the SoundCloud page for the download link.

Azari & III – Reckless (Cottam Deep End Remix)

We’ve downloaded, listened, streamed, mixed and watched an almost unhealthy amount of music since the year began but like a greedy over-eater, we’ve kept some special space reserved for new material coming from electronic three-piece Dems and yesterday our appetites were rewarded with a couple of remixes and whilst an original EP is on it’s way, we’ll keep our teeth sunk into these.

Both are complete reinventions – firstly a spine-chilling remix of the folky Jonnie Commons and secondly a reworking of teenage South London popstar A.M.E.

I get a little cagey when big companies and brands invest money in music-based projects when their own business operations couldn’t be further from music – yet every now and then there will be a worthwhile project which gets together the correct creative minds and comes away with something meaningful and even inspirational.

Car manufacturer Hyudai are cross promoting their new car with a project called RE:GENERATION which sees the likes of DJ Premier, Skrillex, Mark Ronson, Pretty Lights and The Crystal Method come out of their typical musical comfort zones and delve into genres that have been fundamentally influential to them and team up with some legends in the process to create brand new sounds.

The result, as you’ll see in the YouTube trailer, are moments of revelation and frustration but the key aspect here is that an album of sorts featuring all the work is being given away as a free download on the official website with a feature length film to follow.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlxvrXURoo

Amongst all of the melee, one of our favourite UK producers/artists Bonobo has remixed the huge collaborative Mark Ronson track – have a listen!

Mark Ronson ft. Erykah Badu, Mos Def and Trombone Shorty - A La Modeliste (Bonobo Remix) – download here

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Big thanks to Shura for aiding us in the discovery of Bristolian producer Stumbleine and his deep downtempo remix of Sumberve’s 2010 two-step track Kowai.

Top stuff.

Submerse – Kowai (Stumbleine Remix) - right click, save as to download

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The Neon Lights have a penchant for an incredible tidy remixes and edits and their remix of The xx topped our ‘Best Remixes of 2010′ poll back in 2010.

They’re back now with a sumptous bootleg remix of SBTRKT and Sampha’s Hold On which word on the grapevine says SBTRKT himself is dropping on his DJ sets.

Huge.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKSEyofXcFQ

Bet you’ve never heard the late Notorious in the way that San Franciscan producer Viceroy wants you to, well we haven’t, and it’s so different that we instantly fell in love with it.

Think the caribbean, think tropicana, think palm trees and white sandy beaches and so on, which may be where the larger than life rap supremo would have chosen to have spent his maturer years if we were still around today.

Check it out…

via Manalogue.com