Schowi sent this one through and i have to say, this is an absolute favourite of mine ever since. Stromae from Brussels is in my opinion a born entertainer with star quality. the track is so simple and elegant, just imagine what kind of remixes you could come up with. watch the video – where he performs the song live aaaand step by step. ps took me more than 1 day to track down a proper 320 kb version of this tune, this tune is like the best kept secret if you don’t live in Belgium or France. Enjoy the vid
YOYA are an indie band, in the tradition of Radiohead, Animal Collective and Co, they are from in L.A and with their moody and at times deep music they instantaneously caught my ear. I don’t want to be a music critic, so let me just put it this way: i guess their songs mood matched mine and thats that – please check out “Mountains”. YOYA was in our dropbox just recently and besides just putting them up on the site we decided to start remixing some of their songs. Dont know if anything will ever come out of it, but i guess it shows my appreciation for their music. The two tracks posted here are among my favourites – go to their itunes page to check all their material – support them by giving them some love on myspace (haven’t found a facebook page) and of course if you dig it buy their music. You all know, it is probably the only way of supporting a struggling artist before a new method comes along. These guys are young, have a certain vibe to their music and i hope to hear more from them and see other people spread their music on the webs. You guys deserve it.
an arty video to “Blood River”
So thx Alex for letting me know about you guys and i hope this finds many people, speak soon.
Ps @Alex – Blood River has a weird rewinding drumtrack – hard to get it on point with a beat – single tracks would be mucho appreciated by me and the crew.
pic taken at YUM YUM munich August, this was the first girl to come through the door.
I was humming the first Metronomy Rmx for an entire week. Normally a bit too melancholic for me but a great tune/remix nonetheless. 2nd one is for all the Joakim lovers – the breakdown is phenomenal.
One of my favorite remix duos just released a new mixtape called The Tewlth Hour. Of course I’m speaking of The Twelves. You can download the tape via this link.
Another track that Chiddy Bang / Xaphoon Jones sent. I like these kids. They sound like a breath of fresh air and are somehow among the only “real” hiphop you’ll find in our sets these days. But whats real anyway? That 90ies term sounds so corny. Hope this finds its way through the bloglands and the interwebs. These guys are gonna go their way and they can count on us to support them. ★★★chromemusic approved★★★
“Gotta find a new World (YUM YUM edit)” – Check out our Edit of Al Greens classic, which incorporates the drums from Amy Winehouse favourite “I am no good” as produced by Mark Ronson. Also a little Wu-Tang (Method Man) vocal is dropped in the middle of the edit, primarily because this Al Green song gained popularity in the mid 90ies when it was sampled by the RZA and used as the sole sample source for Ghostface Killah’s “Iron Maiden”? track from his debut album. Ps. True story: I used to play this song, for years until the vinyl – Shaolin Soul vol 1- actually broke one night when i was out playing. Somebody dropped it on the floor and stood on it for quite some time. Then it took me 2 years to find another vinyl copy, and after i finally did i had to go for a 180gr pressing which is just not suitable for playing. Played it anyway and i think an edit/version of this song was long overdue. So here it is – make sure to play it out loud.
