One of the catchiest tracks on the radio currently. Estelle is the premiere London lady. Produced by will.i.am, and written by Estelle, West, and will.i.am, the single is off her second album ‘Shine’ which dropped here in Apirl. Listen to her swoon all over her favorite American “bloke”, asking if he’d “be her American boy”. The single is on airwaves all over the globe. Check these remixes out. The danger and kill the noise remixes get my vote.
Lifelike delivers. Hands down. With every remix, every new track, every monthly mix, this French music master brings the beats that only take one listen to appreciate. His explosive house hit Discopolis was one of the biggest selling dance anthems in 2005/2006. Last year I stumbled upon a track by him that instantly became, still to this date, probably my favorite dance song. ‘So Electric’, released in 2007 around the time I ran across it, is a mastery of epic synths and building beats. It is sure to get any one, any house, any club crazy. It’s suave, laid back energy will hypnotize you, get your head bobbing and feat groovin’. One of my favorite tracks here, ever!
Lifelike has been busy since his 2007 hit ‘So Electric’. There have been remixes of Dk7, Super Mal, Chromeo, The Presets, and recently dropped one of Cazal’s ‘Somebody Somewhere’ on Kitsuné (Pairs).
Been listening to a lot of music over break and I’ve narrowed it down to five bands to watch out for this year. I’m aware it’s already the end of March, but come fall I think these artists will be big(ger).
1. Santogold
Singer, songwriter, producer and solo artist Santogold was recently recommended to me a couple weeks back. From Brooklyn, her first single ‘L.E.S. Artistes‘ was released this month (March) and her self-titled full length debut drops next month. The single sounds a lot like The Gossip or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs if it were done by MIA. But I could be miscalculating that description, just check it out for yourself. There’s been a lot of remixes showing up of her upcoming release.
‘By The Numbers‘ made the rounds last year on the blogs, probably more because the single was produced by Justice, rather than because of the group. It was one of my favorite songs last year. A couple weeks ago the French trio dropped their newest single ‘Cross the Fader‘ and ever since I’ve been obsessed with it. Welcome back rock music with energy. It still blows my mind the group isn’t properly signed. Soon though, very soon, Poney Poney will explode. (I hope).
Also from Brooklyn, Frankpollis just released an EP a few days ago. I’ve been listening to it on Myspace and I’ve been really digging it. Frankpollis is a young band made up of brothers James and Jackson Pollis, John Paul Frank, and Malcolm Perkins. The group’s original claim to fame was having popular NYC club kid, Jackson Pollis as their dummer, but Frankpollis is no longer that. Making positive headlines in Spin, QRO Magazine, and blogs across the net, the group has grown to be respected for the large portion of “rock nostalgia” being served up. Check out the entire EP on their myspace, 1 listen through.
Hailing from Canada’s club scene, Dvas is the best true club music I’ve heard in a long time - yea, better than Justice. Dietzche V. and the Abominable Snowman (aka DVAS), released Macho 2003-2007 late last year but it’s been getting a lot of buzz recently. ‘Forever’ has become a favorite of mine, but the duo’s newest remix of Faunts has been bloggin all over. Watch for these guys to become even bigger this year. The US iTunes store has their album, check it out.
Probably the band on this list you might have already heard of, MGMT (Management) made waves late last year with their electronic-rock goodness. The group’s debut album ‘Oracular Spectacular‘ dropped in October last year with positive reviews. Their single ‘Time To Pretend‘ gives the listener an instant idea of Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden’s sound. Rolling Stone named MGMT an artist to watch in 2008 and the group took 9th in the BBC’s ‘Sound of ‘08′ poll. Listening to MGMT can possibly take you to higher places. MGMT is ALSO from Brooklyn. The group is signed with Columbia records.
This is our decision to live fast and die young.
/We’ve got the vision, now let’s have some fun.
/Yeah it’s overwhelming, but what else can we do?
/Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?
This track was recently given to me by a certain special someone over the weekend, and it’s just too great not to share. I swear I’ve heard this before at a party maybe, it just sounds to familiar and cool. Anyway the track is “Beautiful Life” by Gui Boratto. I looked him up and he’s a 34 year old Brazilian DJ and electronic music producer. This track hails from his 2007 release “Chromophobia”, around the beginning of the year last year. There’s a link below to his website/myspace.
My suggestion: Plug this song in to some big speakers with lots of bass and just zone out for 8 minutes. Yes, it is long but builds so well and it’s worth the pay off. Definitely check this out.
Cartal’s newest track, Vancouver is yet another catchy, bass driven dance tune, but to me it feels like something new. It has been on repeat on my computer most of the week, which probably wasn’t good for finals studying, but I’m pretty sure I raked in all those As and Bs. *cross fingers* Felix Cartal is another dj out of France getting big thanks to blogging, etc.
Missingtoof summed this up nicely: “Cartal is a child of France but his affinity for his second home, Canada is strong. In his newest work, Felix Cartal pays homage to the city where he lived and partied and was undoubtedly inspired. The track is ‘Vancouver’, which bookends his previous track, ‘Montreal Dreams’.”
Check below for the music. If you’re feeling extra intense, listen to ‘Drugs’. I included his remix of MSTRKFT’s ‘The Looks’.
Go here to access his myspace, but be warned don’t click on his band website.
bgebs (Brittany) recently started a blog detailing her life and ramblings in the CU. At omgdidyouhearabout, you’ll find the latest dishes on her love of sparks and djs, her escapades in London, and of course graphs detailing which bars she attends (100% Murphys). Since the blog has gone live, just under two weeks ago it has gotten already over 3600 hits. It has shown up on a Craigslist in San Francisco and is the current talk amongst my friends. Imo, it’s hilarious and a great read. She posts a couple times a day and it’s always a satisfying read. Below you’ll find a small IM interview today and don’t miss the remixes at the bottom.
Probably one of my favorite bands, Cut Copy has ruled the electronic/rock scene since 2004 with their debut release of Bight Like Neon Love. Ever since then they have road pretty low on the radar. The trio is from Australia and is working with Tim Goldsworthy from DFA on their followup album due out in February 2008. The first two singles of the upcoming album, In Ghost Colours, have been ‘Hearts on Fire’ and ‘So Haunted’. These tracks are both great in my eyes, but I think it’s time to spread the wealth off the first album.
