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Here are a few jams to liven up your hump-day. March is just around the corner, time to put away the hearts, and pick up the clovers. Struck out on valentine’s? Mend that broken heart with a little music care of your old pal Bonnaventure:

If you know anything about Icelandic culture, you’ll easily know that it can do NO WRONG! Björk, mandatory daytime running lights, elves, the rival team from the sequel to “Mighty Ducks”. Shall we add Nista/AXXE to that list? It’s too bad that teams in the Olympics can’t form multi-national teams anymore, because the Canada/Iceland duo of AXXE would sweep the podium at the Disco Olympics.

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AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y (Neon Workout Remix)

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AXXE – Hard Candy (Worship Remix)

Why not share this track by fellow Montreal wonderkind CFCF?. This masked hooligan and STILLEPOST denizen remixed KINGDOM for everyone to enjoy. I saw Kingdom DJ for MALUCA and it was some type of wild. Let’s hear it for CFCF! The whole this is dropping as a 10″ DOUBLE A SIDE It’s limited and stamped with FOIL, GO GET IT!

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Kingdom – Mindreader Ft. Shyvonne (CFCF Remix)

And why not dip in to the old inbox for a few “March Madness” cuts?

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I’m Not a Band – Black Horses

I hope that helped. If not, I will try and supply another dose of fun sooner than later for you.

It’s too bad NROTB weren’t called the New Ravers On The Blog, because, given the times the producer’s handle seems so appropriate.

The Montreal duo have been on top of things for a while, and I’ll be completely honest here, since “Droplet” and “Miam Miam” were let loose in the summer, I’ve been trigger happy with every track that has their name on it. There’s enough nostalgia in each of these tunes for a thirty-something-once-upon-a-time-raver (that’s me by the way) to, excuse me, fucking lose it. Add some of the best production of 2009 to the mix and well, it seems as though there are a million reasons to hail this release as the best ever. Really, ever.

Wait.

On Friday, February 5, 2010 the single got an official release on PLANT MUSIC with remixes from FELIX CARTAL and AUTOEROTIQUE. After hearing these mixes I went into immediate cardiac arrest. Basically, I died and somehow I’m living off of the single’s perpetual beat.

NROTB – DROPLET E.P. SAMPLER by Plant Music

Grab the entire release on beatport. You won’t regret it.

The title should be mostly RELIGION since they’ve sent a schwack of tunes this way, but we’ll pretend this post is all about their latest, a grinding electro monster with a little kuduro spice flavoured with a light Italo sweetness.

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MP3: Crookers ft. Mixhell and Soulwax – We Love Animals (Religion Remix)

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MP3: La Roux – Bulletproof (Religion remix)

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MP3: Religion – DVNO LA

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MP3: Religion – Miracles

Photo by Marco Dos Santos

Something a bit strange just happened. A minimal email came from the ED BANGER RECORDS crew, who just happened to include a link to a new track from JUSTICE. And while I’m a little suspicious, the tune certainly sounds like it could be from the French duo who conquered the world with their last album.

Yes, it’s deep and full of flared horns, but didn’t Xavier and Gaspard say they wanted to go in a new direction with a future release? Let’s read into this a bit then, starting with the track’s title, “Beginning of the End.” I’m going to say something was lost in the translation and perhaps it’s the end of the beginning. After all, about half-way through the tune changes directions. Why don’t you have a listen and tell me what you think.

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MP3: Justice – Beginning of the End

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EDIT: Justice has confirmed the track is a fake. I thought this was likely when the emails I sent to the sender kept bouncing back.

One of the reasons (honestly, there are many!) there have been fewer posts is because a mate and I started a weekly. (LOTEK and MANALOGUE have been tag-teaming as THE SHAKE for a few years now.) I feel as though I’m only putting in half the amount of time needed to get this night off the ground, but that’s all I can give at the moment considering other commitments that are a bit more pressing, paying the mortgage for example. If you’re wondering, blogging doesn’t really make any money, well I haven’t figured out exactly how to do it anyway. (Tips are welcome.)

Back to the post. This week I’m pumped to host JAMALL KNIGHT and BERBS. Winnipeg is saturated with djs, and I’d be hard pressed to find any jock in this city I like more than the former. Perhaps it’s because Jamall Knight plays like I/we do – which is a bit all over the place, and every time I’ve seen him behind the decks he consistently drifts to the likes of Proxy, and other noisy producers. Also, big thanks to our freshly minted vj, MRGHOSTY who gives everyone something interesting to look at when they’re dancing or not. This guy’s incredible. I’m totally looking forward to tomorrow!

Like every week though, I have no idea what I’ll lay down but perhaps it might include a schmorasborg like the one below.

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MP3: Groove Armada – I Won’t Kneel (Treasure Fingers Epicwave Radio Edit)

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MP3: Midnight Oil – Beds are Burning (Dj Red and Josh Dupont Club Mix)

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MP3: C-Mon and Kypski – Turn Of The Tides (Estaw remix)

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MP3: Cassian – Final Round

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MP3: 10 Rapid  – It’s Not Right

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MP3: Quiet Riot – Cum On Feel the Noize (KIDS AT THE BAR Remix)

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MP3: Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (ALGERONICS Remix)

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Wolfmother – White Feather (BURNS Remix)
Grab this one from RCRDLBL

Here’s a ripper of tune remixed by KILL FRENZY with lasers and chainsaws. This tune is literally torn apart from the original disco jam by PABLO CALAMARI & VELICIOUS. The German knows how to cut things up, which is probably why labels like SWEAT IT OUT! have picked him up. Incidentally, you should pick up the original and/or some of the other remixes from this singl from somewhere like beatport.

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MP3: Pablo Calamari and Velicious – Think About You (Kill Frenzy remix)

Hey!

The AFGHAN RAIDERS take on NEON INDIAN

This tune is nice because it takes the original, gives it a wobbly dirt bass line and an overdriven lead, but doesn’t rave it out to the point of MDMA overdose. Quirky and fun listen!!!!

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Neon Indian – “Deadbeat Summer (Afghan Raiders Remix)”

Here’s an example of why people shouldn’t necessarily judge a book by its cover, or more appropriately, why we shouldn’t judge an album by its artwork. I admit, when I was initially sent some info on ALMAMY I thought the dood’s business was all rnb pop, but I gave a few tracks a spin or two and was hooked.

This unusual singer fuses his squeaky tenor, infectious pop melodies and cheeky lyrics with stripped down yet snappy electronic sonics with enough sass to give it the deserved attention.

Born in 1982 in Dakar, Senegal, Almamy started out as a dancer and an actor in his early teens, performing locally until he won a scholarship to study and dance in Paris in the late nineties. After relocating to New York in 2002, to study at the famed Broadway Dance Center, Almamy found himself immersed in the club scene began to explore sound. “Ballet couldn’t contain me anymore,” he recalls. “I was becoming a songwriter, I was singing and going out a lot to dance clubs, to listen to some cool electronic music.”

Collaborations with producers Peter McLean (D1 Music) and Mike Degen (RuPaul, Heavy D) followed but it was not until Almamy teamed up with guitarist and programmer Nick Holmes that he could produce, by layering his androgynous squeal of a voice and insistent melodies over skeletal instrumentations, a sound of his own.

Embodying the DIY aesthetic that is prevalent in the dance music scene Almamy then set up his own label, ModyWorks, in 2007 to issue a series of recordings. The first of which was a twin EP project released in January 2008 which was followed by a maxi-single featuring remixes of his best-selling song Like You Do by established (Seelenluft, Fonteyn) and up-and-coming (BeTrash, SilverSpirit) producers/remixers.

It was this release that caught the attention of Manalogue, particularly the remix from EN MASSE, which dices the original tune with lasers and electro chainsaws.

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MP3: Almamy – Like You Do (En Masse ‘Like We Do’ remix)

Almamy is currently working on The Love, a 5-track conceptual EP to be released this year. It’s the first installment in a series of conceptual EPs to be released every few months. The lead single, a cover of Daft Punk’s Digital Love will be out in March.

But not a very researched one. Actually, that’s a lie. For the last two months when I wasn’t bombarded with homework, I was trying to download EVERY ALBUM I MISSED LAST YEAR. The results? Don’t ever try to do that…

I have one fav. album from last year. MODERAT -- MODERAT (or would you write it MODERAT -- S/T?) on BPitch CONTROL from Germany. It’s got just the right amount of thump blended seamlessly amongst the sappy. I suggest the CD version over the vinyl because the vinyl doesn’t include BEATS WAY SICK featuring BUSDRIVER (On a side note, this years album JHELLI BEAM by BUSDRIVER didn’t quite do it for me). MODERAT are a collaboration between APPARAT & MODESELEKTOR.

The I wish all at the staff at MANALOGUE the best of luck in the New Year and to all the people out there behind the screen…keep listening.

Honourable Mentions:
Applescal -- A Slave’s Commitment [Traum Schallplatten]
The Field -- Yesterday & Today [Kompakt]
Kap Bambino -- Blacklist [Because Music]
Nathan Fake -- Hard Islands [Border Community]
Telefon Tel Aviv -- Immolate Yourself [BPitch Control]
Zombie Nation -- Zombielicious [UKW]

Every time I think about this past year, my brain starts to shut down. I can barely discern one month from another, and coupled with this being the end of the decade, I’m overwhelmed with ideas for a wrap-up.

This instead will be a “Bonnaventure Approved” post. I am not going to say anything about these tracks, except they found their way in to my headphones/car/DJ set and I made the effort to put them in to this post. I hope you understand. Happy New Year friends!

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Example – Won’t Go Quietly (The Juan MacLean Remix)

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Get A Room – The Dreamer

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John Roman – Are You Ready For This?

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Piranha Piranha – Stutter

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Sidney Samson – Riverside (Breakage Remix)

Ok, I feel bad for not saying anything… The EXAMPLE track is extremely catchy and remixed by THE JUAN MACLEAN. I live in an area that’s months behind musically, so I have no idea who Example is, but this song is catchy. I sing it in my car to pass the time. The Dreamer is a track that was apparently edited from a movie? The DJs GET A ROOM! made a fun track with a italo feel, but wrote an annoying promo email so I kind of forgot about this tune until it shuffled in to my life, I’m hooked.

JOHN ROMAN is a Canadian that is blowing my mind with this tune. The horns scream “I want to be dub” on first listen, but once the track kicks in with the main lead, you WILL lose your mind. I am DJing New Years Eve, and this will be dropped at a peak moment. PIRANHA PIRANHA makes dubstep that isn’t trying to make it big, but is trying to make something original. This isn’t London dubstep, this is Calgary dubstep, the post apocalyptic themes are still apparent, but there is no biting of style here.

Speaking of dubstep, it’s fun right now. Will it be as hyped this time next year? Who knows? All I know is that I compulsively whistle this amazing SIDNEY SAMSON tune, and whenever something awesome happens, I tend to yell “Riverside Mother Fucker!”. I’m not the only one, I am sure of it. So that about wraps up this post, which is much longer than I expected. If you are wondering what my favourite album of the 00s is, I just have one word: Yoshimi.