Category Archives: electro

Bonnaventure James x Sleepyhead – BxT001

Written by Bonnaventure. Posted on August 29, 2010. Filed under electro. Tagged , , , , . 1 Comment.

So I got the go ahead from Manalogue to shamelessly self promote myself. I mentioned in previous posts that I do in fact produce, I have posted a remix, and a mix I made, but this may take it to the next step.

After realizing that no one was going to email me out of the blue and offer me a record deal, I decided to take some initiative and drop this split tape with my buddy SLEEPYHEAD. I won’t blow any smoke up your ass about how this music will change the world, but I think both sides are pretty decent, so I am sharing this with all of our blog lovers.

Sleepyhead rocks “Light Pollution” pretty hard, we recorded it in his stinky basement in Lethbridge, I think it turned out pretty good. The BONNAVENTURE JAMES tune “Polaroid” was written in Montreal, and recorded in Brooks Alberta, another stinky basement in Southern Alberta.

Go a head and download and enjoy these tunes, if you like them, you can buy the tape, it comes with MP3s of the tape, as well as a bonus EP download of some demos and other stuff. Included is the Air Bridge Demo which I have also included for download.

Buy the tape here: http://booksxtape.bigcartel.com


Bonnaventure James – Polaroid


Sleepyhead – Light Pollution


Bonnaventure James – Air Bridge (demo)

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KUMON PLAZA AZEDA BOOTH GBBL GBBL

Written by Bonnaventure. Posted on August 27, 2010. Filed under electro. No comments.

Have you ever been to  Alberta? I’ve blah blahed about it before, so I won’t continue too much with the flowery praise. I will however remind everyone to be thankful that such an out of the way place, produces such great music. Case in point; KUMON PLAZA and GOBBLE GOBBLE hailing from Edmonton and AZEDA BOOTH from Calgary. I’m hoping to see KUMON PLAZA play with Calgary indie rockers WOMEN, the avant-rock two piece FAUX FUR and the very cool AZEDA BOOTH at the all ages venue LOCAL LIBRARY.

Just when you thought Alberta only had loud punk bands. Enjoy these tunes,

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GOBBLE GOBBLE – Lawn Knives

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Kiss Kiss Fantastic – Violet (Kumon Plaza Remix)

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Azeda Booth – Squall

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MIDNIGHT CONSPIRACY + LUCKY DATE

Written by manalogue. Posted on August 24, 2010. Filed under electro, remix. Tagged , . No comments.

Lucky Date - Hos & Discos (Midnight Conspiracy remix)

After a string of successful remixes ranging from italo-disco to dubstep, Chicago newcomers MIDNIGHT CONSPIRACY go hard with this pounding remix for LUCKY DATE’s “Hos & Discos.” Released on digital outlets such as beatport on Lazy Rich’s label, Big Fish Recordings, the track is now available for free download here.

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MP3: Lucky Date – Hos & Discos (Midnight Conspiracy remix)

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PUNK ROLLA

Written by manalogue. Posted on August 24, 2010. Filed under bass, breaks, electro, mixtapes, rave, remix, wobble. Tagged , , . No comments.

Punk Rolla

PUNK ROLLA is still keeping his identity tied up with lock and key so let’s take a look into his personality with his latest mix shall we.

PUNK ROLLA & DIRTY SMART PRESENT – THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR TEASER MIXPTAPE by PUNK ROLLA

Just a quick glance at the track list reveals a couple of things about him but one thing is clear – he’s into bass. Keep your eyes and ears open though. Rumour has it that he’s going to release his Tori Amos bootleg soon.

01 Laidback Luke Vs Daft Punk – Break Da Funk Down [Krafty Kuts Re Rub] CD-R
02 Breakbot – Baby I’m Yours [Black Noise Re-Fix] CD-R
03 Vato Gonzalez – Badman Riddim [Original Mix]
04 Krafty Kuts Feat. DJ Assult – Shake Them Hips [Punk Rolla Clean Mix]
05 Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer – Blau [Krafty Kuts Re-Rub] CD-R
06 Costello – Get Nasty [Will Bailey Remix] CD-R
07 Alex Mind – Disappear [Original Club Mix] SIMMA RECORDS
08 Will Bailey & Punk Rolla – Kata [VIP Remix] SIMMA RECORDS
09 Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – Dance The Way I Feel [Krafty Kuts Vs Armand Van Helden Re-Rub]
10 Aniki – Feel Good [Original Mix] CD-R
11 Will Bailey – Grind [Original Mix] SIMMA RECORDS
12 Mighty Dub Catz – Magic Carpet Ride [Will Bailey Remix]
13 Swedish House Mafia – One [Congorock Remix]
14 House Of Pain – Jump Around [Will Bailey Mash Up Remix] CD-R
15 Marlon Deja – Million Years [Punk Rolla Remix] CD-R
16 Porter Robinson – Say My Name [Original Mix]
17 Tori Amos – Professional Widow [Punk Rolla's Respect To Van Helden Rmx] CD-R
18 The Squatters – One Life [Original Mix] SIMMA RECORDS

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FEDDE LE GRAND + NICKY ROMERO + BENNY BENASSI

Written by manalogue. Posted on August 19, 2010. Filed under electro. Tagged , , . No comments.

Fedde Le Grand - Rockin' High

Dutchman FEDDE LE GRAND shouldn’t need an introduction, afterall he released “Put Your Hands Up For Detroit,” one of my all time favourite tunes. Since that single dropped, his profile has been growing bigger and bigger and well, bigger.

I was pretty excited to see his latest appear in the inbox but had a huge amount of skepticism with BENNY BENASSI attached to it. Let’s just say NICKY ROMERO‘s remix, full of it’s 21st Century tribal-like drums makes up for everything.

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MP3: Fedde Le Grand – Rockin’ High (Nick Romero remix)

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MP3: Fedde Le Grand – Rockin’ High (Benny Benassi remix)

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N.A.S.A.

Written by manalogue. Posted on August 17, 2010. Filed under breaks, electro, remix, robotdisco, stuff my wife would like, wobble. Tagged , , , . No comments.

N.A.S.A.

North America/South America – or more commonly known as N.A.S.A. – is an ongoing creative collaboration between two lifelong music aficionados, Squeak E. Clean (Sam Spiegel) and DJ Zegon (Ze Gonzales), and their friends, friends of friends and musical heroes.

They were one of 10 acts to record their version of a cult classic track which represents the spirit of the people who’ve worn Doc Martin’s, the iconic British shoe, over the past 50 years. The project involved a collaboration of 10 directors to make videos for each of the tracks as well. The latest release is from N.A.S.A who cover Max Romeo’s “Chase The Devil.”

Some of you may be more familiar with The Prodigy’s version. Breakbeat heavyweight Deekline updated the tune recently as well.

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Stream: Deekline – Outta Space (feat. Top Cat)

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CHROMEO + AEROPLANE

Written by manalogue. Posted on August 11, 2010. Filed under cancon, electro, house, remix, robotdisco, stuff my wife would like. Tagged , , . 1 Comment.

 

Could there be a better marriage of robotdisco lovers? AEROPLANE adds some swank to the already oversexified Chromeo single.

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MP3: Chromeo – Don’t Turn the Lights On (Aeroplane remix) ♥♥♥

 

 

It’s been a few minutes (years actually) since CHROMEO released their last long player. “Fancy Footwork” was full of nu disco kitch and it sounds as though P-Thugg and Dave1 haven’t abandoned their roots entirely. “Business Casual” however, is slightly more serious. You can pre-order various packages of the album, which comes with immediate downloads here.

Oh, and if you missed it, here’s another one you’ll love courtesy of MIDNIGHT CONSPIRACY, which is by far the best remix of this tune to date.

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MP3: Chromeo – Night by Night (Midnight Conspiracy remix) ♥♥♥

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BREAKDOWN + DANNY TENAGLIA + M.I.A.

Written by manalogue. Posted on August 10, 2010. Filed under electro, house, remix. Tagged , , , , . No comments.

I actually meant to post this weeks ago and I swear the latency didn’t have anything to do with Danny Tenaglia (even though I thought he was quite a cheese monkey back in the day).

BREAKDOWN do this one up proper -- with thumpy kick drums and a drop nearly big enough to knock your teeth out -- this remix will make it into many peak time sets.

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MP3: Danny Tenaglia -- Music is the Answer (Breakdown remix)

If that wasn’t enough, the LA siblings also sent along an electro fire remix of M.I.A.

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MP3: M.I.A. -- Steppin Up (Breakdown’s HARD LA Remix)

No wait, there’s more…but I thought I posted this already. Perhaps I’m dreaming about blogging? Anyway, you can grab the entire “Ice Cream” EP from Breakdown’s SoundCloud page, including remixes from Hoaxx and Lovestuff. It’s a stellar package and despite it’s title, it’s going to heat things up. Ahem. Watch the video.

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EMINEM + RIHANNA + SICK BOY

Written by manalogue. Posted on August 10, 2010. Filed under electro, remix. Tagged , , . No comments.

Here’s some blahg electro you know and love so well courtesy of SICK BOY. Also, Eminem did something with Rihanna? You can barely tell from this remix which makes it worth listening to.

Love the way you lie (Sick boy remix) by SICKBOYPOPTRASH

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DIRTY DAMAGE – Open Source Club Banger

Written by Bonnaventure. Posted on August 2, 2010. Filed under electro. No comments.


Get Cory Doctorow on this one! This tune is straight up and down, nothing groundbreaking except good ‘bash your head’ synth line madness. Granted, I get down to a bit lower tempos and less abrasive bass.. but that’s the genius thing! Make the tune your own, and owe not an extra dollar to anyone but yourself. Heck, you might even get blog famous!

(please note that I think Cory Doctorow is an excellent author and blogger)

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