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London Grammar - Hey Now (Sasha Remix)

We haven't been that active lately and thats because of a lot of reasons, that are not of great importance here. What is important is that this marvelous song gave me the motivation to start writing again. 

It's a remix of London Grammar's Hey Now by the one and only DJ Sasha. About a year ago around this time he produced a remix for another indie song, namely Hot Chips "Flutes" who later became one of the best sold remixes of the year. So it's no coincident that this remix is as good as the one a year ago. 

It builds up quite beautifully to a point at 4 minutes where the track reminds me of "Everything in its right place" by Radiohead. After that the voice of London Grammar is more prominent and the track starts firing from every angle. Enough said - dive into it!

posted by Nick

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way2bobo @ disco|very|party

Last Thursday we had the pleasure to dj at disco|very|party in Bern, Switzerland. It was a nice little venue packed with motivated people. The whole party was super fun and was a big success. It was the very first party in a series of 3, which tries to mix up the student parties in Bern a little. 

So here's why I'm writing this post. Friends of us and the creators of the party made a little aftermovie and I, for my part, think it's awesome. Check it out!

posted by Nic

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Justice - Access All Areas

I loved Audio, Video, Disco a lot on its own, but the moment when i realized how it all fit together was when i saw the live show in the winter of 2011. It really seemed to me that the album was made for being listened to in a huge arena with massive speakers and an amazing light show. I was in awe from the sheer power their sound developed in this setting.

Today Justice released a recording of this live show from Les Arènes de Nimes as their new live album titled Access All Arenas. If you missed them on the tour or like me just couldn't wait to hear it again NOW IS THE TIME!

Get it on iTunes, order the CD or Vinyl, listen to it on Deezer, Spotify or rdio.

Posted by Reto

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Fancy - 69 (JBAG Remix)

Tuesday night mixmag was so kind to provide a live stream to Paris' Social Club where Alan Braxe, Tensnake and DJ Falcon put up one hell of a party. I ended up watching the whole thing. Sadly the recording doesn't seem to be available at the moment but in case they make it public again it should be here.

I particularly liked one of the songs Alan Braxe played that i didn't know. Thanks to Shazam and the people in the streams live chat i found it luckily.

JBAG are Jerry Bouthier, whose Shindu Remix we posted in december, and Andrea Gorgerino.

The EP is out on the 6th of May, get it on iTunes!

Posted by Reto

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Russ Chimes - Turn Me Out (Video)

This is a new song from Russ Chimes. It's a good song. Back 2 U was a better song. Don't get me wrong, I really like this one but it's a bit too housy. The video on the other hand is one of the best I've seen this year. I can't really tell if it's the woman, the colours, the robotic movement or just everything in its combination but with this video a can easily appreciate this track as much as Back 2 U. 

posted by Nick

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Touch Sensitive - Pizza Guy

One thing that bugs me the most in music industry these days is when members of a band decide to start their solo career and therefore abandon their band. I do not care if they can better explore their musical inspiration that way or whatever reason there might be for nor focusing on the band. A perfect example of this trend is Late of the Pier. They had one of the best albums in 2008 but after a two song EP in 2010 they had to go on hiatus because of frontman Sam Eastgate. This sounds harsh I know, but luckily there are a few exceptions, namely the solo-careerers that do not stop making music with their band. Touch Sensitive is the keyboardist Michael Di Francesco from Van She and a good example for that.  He put out a hell of a song with Pizza Guy. I might just say im looking forward for more, needless to say only if Van She will not disband.

posted by Nick

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Bit Funk remixes Portland

I'm a big fan of Bit Funk' music, but lately he wasn't that active and his releases lost a bit of that old Bit Funk shine. But forget what I just said, he is back with a good one. His remix for Portland is as shiny as ever - plus the baseline is huge, nothing more to say.

posted by Nick

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Marcus Marr - The Music

It's really good to have one of our favourite blogs, Too Many Sebastians , actively posting again. Thanks to him i just found out about Marcus Marr, a producer from London.

About a month ago he released his single The Music on DFA. It's kind of hard to apply a definite genre to it. I guess it's a journey trough 70's and 80's music with many modern twists, which of course sounds a lot like what Daft Punk are apparently trying to do with their new album.. I know it'll make the wait for Random Access Memories a bit shorter for me!

Also i like my tracks long, and this is a lovely 8 minutes..

Get the vinyl from the DFA store, or the digital release from iTunes (slightly different mix than the vinyl one above)!

posted by Reto

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Disclosure - You & Me ft. Eliza Doolittle

Another day with another absolutely stunning release from UK-based electronic duo Disclosure. The track again shines with wonderful vocals and very fresh vibes which give you the first taste of summer and festivals. Although it is very similar to earlier releases from them I think it is one of their stronger ones - but see for yourself.

posted by Nick

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Bobmo - Sonic Soul

Lately i found that my choice in music has been hugely dominated by Parisian labels such as Marble and Bromance. Artists such as Surkin and all the guys from Club Cheval (If you haven't yet, do absolutely check out Panteros666's recent EP, Hyper Reality. And catch him live if you can!) have really struck a nerve with me with their recent releases. They're very playful and experimental and that's exactly what i want to hear from electronic music at the moment and what i'd love to hear in a club.

This week Marble's Bobmo released his Sonic Soul EP. Listen to the teaser on soundcloud:

My favourite is the closing track, Hot Spot. I love the official release notes description:

""Hot Spot" sounds like setting fire to your ex-girlfriend's stuff and dancing on the ashes while punching the air and stomping the floor, with a smile. Leather Electro Revenge."

Pretty accurate i'd say..

Listen to it on Youtube:

Buy the EP on iTunes or Beatport.

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Mike Mago - The Show

It's been quite a while since Mike Mago pleasured us with his sounds. But this is probably just me because we weren't that active lately and didn't follow our soundcloud feed properly. I'm glad i did today, this song is some serious stuff! Pumping, moving - you just can't stand still to it and we are defenitely gonna play this one in our next set, for sure! 

Sadly there are no informations when and where it will be released yet. Nevertheless you should listen to it as much and as loud as you possibly can!

posted by Nick

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Jonas Isaksson - Leav EP

Jonas Isaksson is signed to Stockholm based 12-3 Recordings. I've never heard of him but his new EP is rather tasty. The EP doesn't lack variety. While Bask and Scent are stomping club tracks, Attack is a smooth ambient techno beat. Listen to the whole thing below.

Buy it on iTunes or Beatport.

posted by Nick

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Sarah’s Top 10 Handclapping Songs

For quite some time I have had a bizarre thing for handclapping in music, so it was a natural decision to put together a spectacular list and share my discoveries. Just to be clear:

“A clap is the percussive sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals.”

There you go, don’t forget to free your hands before you start listening…

  10. Local Natives - Breakers I wasn’t certain these sounds were made by human hands but after the concert last month, I can assure you they are.

  9. Grum - Power This track is on my list, mainly to illustrate how EVERY genre should consider including handclaps. Yes, I know you can hardly hear them.

8. Everything Everything - Qwerty Fingers Even if it’s only for the first part, this is just fabulous!

  7. Does it Offend You Yeah? - Being Bad Feels Pretty Good I get the impression the song wouldn’t be quite as fun without these subtle background claps.

  6. Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue Handclaps don’t necessarily need to be spectacular, this will absolutely do for me.

5. Rod Thomas - Same Old Lines If I were to choose the king of handclaps, Rod Thomas aka Bright Light Bright Light would be my man. Just listen to that EP! (And yes, that video is very weird)

4. HUNDREDS - Happy Virus I guess I get way too excited for that 0.50min part…

3. Fanfarlo - Luna There are very few things in life that make me as thoroughly happy as these perfectly timed handclaps!

2. Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside This song was the trigger for my profound interest in handclapping. Apparently I was always clapping along while listening, so one day a friend of mine asked me about “that song you’re always happily clapping along”. Thus I discovered my passion!

1. Post War Years - The Black Morning Be patient and you’ll be rewarded. I can’t help clapping like a fool.

posted by Sarah

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Yuksek remixes KOSTROK

After a couple of not-that-cool releases he finally finds to his old power and gives us a tasty remix of KOSTROK's Right Now. It is a little bit more discoy than most of the other Yuksek stuff and that's the strenghts of this song in my opinion. It feels good to be back, serving you good music for your hard working days. 

posted by Nick

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After a lot of trouble with our registrar we are back online. They decided to completely rework their whole system right around the date our domain had to be auto-renewed. Of course this screwed up everything and our Domain was not auto-renewed. So first I had to renew it manually, then in took about a week till it was up and running but this wasn't the end of the story. With their rework it was very, believe me, very hard to understand the basic functionlities I had to use. So it took me a while to figure out their new system. When I finally thought I had the right settings it just didn't. Because of a lot of stress at university I forgot it for about a week and suddenly today in a physics-lecture the whole thing startet working again. I think it was the positive energy of this physicsplace that changed everything. I honostly have no idea why its working now, but at least it does! We are happy to be back to give you frequent news about good music again. 

Nick & Reto

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New Empire Of The Sun Album

This is what I've been waiting for for so long - a new Empire Of The Sun Album and it's finally happening. This some kind of a trailer to the new album which gives a little taste what the album will be about. No other band has the ability to produce such weird videoclips. The track at the end of the video is also veeery promising! This is big news for us, i can't find the words to describe it properly, so i suggest you just watch the video and share the love!

posted by Nic

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Daft Punk snippet on last night's SNL

After they got us all excited with the recent update of their website, the fact that it was "only" a picture and no new music left us wanting more. 

Last night, or rather this morning for most non-americans, a little bit more came. In a rather surprising move and completely unannounced a tiny teaser clip was shown during last nights Saturday Night Live. 

It sounds very funky and most likely has Nile Rodgers on the guitar:

I've been listening to this 10 minute loop all morning and it doesn't get boring, i swear!