If anyone doesn’t know, I am obsessed with this song. The original by Van She is probably one my favorite songs, ever. It’s just a perfect song. Van She re-recorded the song for the debut album “V” which dropped earlier this year, but the original version is supremely better, but probably because it’s what I’m used to. There has been some notable remixes of the song by Cut Copy and Alan Braxe & Fred Falke, but this new Lifelike rework is freaking good. I saw earlier this summer on his Myspace he was working on a remix for the Aussie group and I could not wait. The track debuted on his myspace this week. Watch for it on a re-issue of the track on Modular soon.

Van She - Kelly (Original)
Van She - Kelly (Album version)
Van She - Kelly (Cut Copy remix)
Van She - Kelly (Lifelike remix) [myspace rip]

Sebastien Tellier - DIVINE (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)
Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (Kimono Kops Remix)
Pnau - Embrace (Feat. Ladyhawke) (Fred Falke & Miami Horror Remix)
Van She - Strangers (Yuksek Remix)

The first official CC debut isn’t slated to drop until March 18, but we all know how much those dates mean. I never really gave CC much of a listen - I knew they were popular and I had a couple songs, but it was never an obsession. After giving the album a couple listens, I give it a fair grade but the song “Vanished” definitely sticks out in my eyes. Basically it’s a remix of the Van She song ‘Sex City’ (i.e. Vanished). (See Van She). The song is catchy and reworked in an awesome way.

For those of you who don’t know CC sound, they removed the chip from an Atari 5200 and placed it inside a keyboard. Overlaying those gameboy beeps with a drum machine and some distorted vocals, you basically get CC. Some of the trash music is too much in my eyes, but smart electronica is hard to dislike.

Listen: Vanished - Crystal Castles
Myspace

What do you think?

The Australian music scene is maxxed out with electronica. With Cut Copy’s sophomore release imminent, Midnight Juggernauts planning their debut for later this year, and now Van She publicizing ‘Cat & the Eye‘, get ready for Australia to beat France in this blogowar. ‘Cat & the Eye’ was posted on Van She’s website last year, but it’s finally out in physical form now. No information on a US release, but I am sure it will either be on iTunes or easily found on the internet.

Imo, Van She produced one of the best songs of the past couple years, ‘Kelly‘ back in 2005. I still listen to it a couple times a week. If your ready for the coolest thing ever, check below.

Be sure to listen to their new single too, although I don’t think they’ll ever top Kelly.

Van She - Cat And The Eye
Van She - Kelly

This video is awesome - official Kelly video: