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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.

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]

I know I just posted the latest from GTRONIC a couple days ago, but since BMKLTSCH RCRDS just sent the whole package, including the original, HOSTAGE, and STEREOHEROES mixes, I figured you might as well get a proper download out of it, right? So here’s that monster remix from  and two more deadly stompers!

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MP3: GTRONIC – Ironman (original mix) ♥♥♥

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MP3: GTRONIC – Ironman (Hostage’s Iron Curtain remix) ♥♥♥

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MP3: GTRONIC – Ironman (StereoHeroes remix) ♥♥♥

Do yourself a favour and grab the 320s.

As a bonus, perhaps an incentive, here’s one you might have heard before. Electro clichés aside, this one lives up to its name. Really, it’s a disservice to play any of these in a pair of cans. At the very least, plug into your hifi at home and turn it up; better yet burn them onto a cd and demand your favourite dj to play them.

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MP3: GTRONIC – Destroyer ♥♥♥

Seriously, if you’re in London this weekend, get to this party! By grabbing your tickets here, you’ll save yourself £12, so don’t hesitate. (Sorry, discount tickets are sold out.) All four stages look pretty sick – so the only downside to this would be deciding who to watch. Taking place at Clapham Common on Sunday 30th August (no work Monday!), Get Loaded in the Park is your one-stop festival shop, right in the heart of London. No 1 hour treks to the site, no mud, no camping, no re-mortgage plans needed to finance your fun… and just about every electronic genre is covered across 4 stages in the glorious sunshine! (Good weather not guaranteed.)

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MP3: Felix da Housecat – We All Wanna Be Prince

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MP3: Sneaky Sound System – I Love It (Fred Falke remix)

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MP3: Freeland – Under Control

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MP3: Pendulum – Propane Nightmare (VIP mix)

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MP3: MSTRKRFT – Bounce (lightsoverLA remix)

In case you forgot, THE BLOODY BEETROOTS release their debut long player, “ROMBORAMA” tomorrow. I don’t have a lot to go from other than the two latest singles and the schwack of EPs and remixes coming from the Italian duo. DIM MAK however, describes the album like this.

This is the fusion of two concepts, describing Sir Bob Cornelius Rifos anarchical musica opera. The album destroys the notion of musical genre, expanding the meaning of Music in a period in which this term is in serious jeopardy. In this collection of twenty original tracks, the only common denominator is electronic. It is a journey into the mind of Sir Bob, oscillating between techno, punk, classical and baroque, soundtrack for film, house, italo-disco and hip hop.

Each song has its own inner world, explored with the help of featured artists of the calibre of Justing Pearson (All Leather), Lisa Kekaula, The Cool Kids, Beta Bow, Cecile, STEVE AOKI, J*Davey, and Vicarious Bliss.

The single, “Awesome” featuring THE COOL KIDS, was released on July 27th. Grab your copy from your preferred retailer if you haven’t already.
[iTunes]
[beatport]

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The Bloody Beetroots feat The Cool Kids – Awesome

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MP3: The Bloody Beetroots feat Steve Aoki – Warp 1.9

Also, if you’re able, catch them on tour:

Aug 21 KIEWIT, HASSELT, Limburg @ PUKKELPOP
Aug 22 GLASCOW, Scotland @ DEATH DISCO
Aug 23 ABERDEEN, Scotland @ SNAFU
Aug 25 IBIZA @ RECLAIM THE DANCEFLOOR
Aug 30 LONDON, London @GET LOADED IN THE PARK

All the way from Paris, CONFETTI brings you DATA. The story goes, his gig in LA was cancelled so he’s coming here between his Edmonton and Toronto shows. Werd up. The show is at Ozzy’s on July 31. It will be incredible and we have a stack of tickets to give away. If you’re in Winnipeg hit me up and yer in.

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MP3: datA – Aerius Light

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MP3: datA – Rapture (Edwin Van Cleef remix)

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MP3: datA – One In A Milli

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MP3: Big Face – I Wanna Be A Style Crusader (datA remix)

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MP3: ElectroSound – Never Be Alone In Aerius Light (Simian vs The Cardigans vs datA)

Oh, and just for fun…

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MP3: Snoop Dogg – Drop It Like It’s Hot (datA remix)

Jackin’-Glitchy-Electro-8bit-Pimp-House…

LE BUS comes to us from Toronto, Ontario and brings a whole lot of awesome to the dance floor. His new album (Fission Friction Frequency) is released tomorrow (July 9th 2009) on SPIRAL RECORDINGS and it sounds like the world was taken over by sentient robots in the ’70’s and have been producing our dance music ever since.

CUBIC ZIRCONIA pumped out the monster track Fuck Work on THE SAVANT GUARD a few weeks ago (with an all-star remix lineup) and LE BUS takes the reigns for a jump & pump electro fueled dance floor stomper.

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MP3: Cubic Zirconia – Fuck Work (Le Bus Ultra Mix)

On a side note, check out the video care of NANCY MITCHELL for THREE/21 MEDIA.

If you’re in NYC, get your Lindsay Lohan on at Webster Hall. Steve Aoki (of DIM MAK) headlines the night so grab your tickets.

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MP3: The Bloody Beetroots feat. Steve Aoki – Warp 1.9

FELIX CARTAL is playing in Winnipeg again. The first time he was here he was on tour with MSTRKRFT and laid down one of the best sets of 2008. I’m not exactly sure how he did it without using headphones, but whatev. It was all maximal mayhem until JFK tripped over Felix’s laptop cable or something and killed the power. No one seemed to mind anyway, I think cuz everyone was on drugs.

Anyway, this time Felix is playing at the HIFI CLUB and Manalogue has some tickets to give away if you’re in Winnipeg for the show. Send me a message before Thursday at noon and yer in. It’s that simple.

As always, here’s something to get you all hyphy.

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MP3: Felix Cartal – Skeleton

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MP3: Lazaro Casanova – Venganza (Felix Cartal remix)

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MP3: Britney Spears – Outrageous (Felix Cartal remix)

Annie Mac asked the BANG GANG DJs to put together a mini-mix for her show on BBC One. Here’s the result: 82 tracks in 5 minutes! Crazy.

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MP3: Bang Gang Mini-Mix for Annie Mac

Here’s the tracklist.

Hawkwind – Valium 10
Busy P – To Protect and entertain (SoMe Get Naked Mix)
DJedjotronic – Dirty and Hard (feat. Spoek)
Like Woah! – Oh I like (Stab-a-pella)
Tiga – Burning Down
Sylvester – Do You Wanna Funk
Bob Sinclar – Ultimate funk
Liquid Liquid – Optimo (An Optimo Espacio mix)
Feadz – Nummanoid
Machines Don’t Care – Beat Bang
ZZT – The Worm
Digitalism – Homezone (Proxy remix)
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler (A-trak remix)
Boy 8 bit – Bulbs Burn Out
Punkin Machine – Need you tonight
Angello and Ingrosso – Get Dumb
Teki Latex – Disco Dance With You (Para One Remix)
Tiga – Shoes (An edit)
Damn Arms – Destination Pt I
Kevin Saunderson – Bassline
MYSS – Trash My Mind (Lowbrows Remix)
Supertramp – Goodbye Stranger
HRD Vision – Playing for keeps (Daddy’s Angel)
Fast Eddie – Big Ol Booty
Modeselektor – Kill Bill Vol.4
Krazy Baldhead – Krazy Motherfuckers (Midfield General Remix)
Dilemn – Ghetto Town
In a Room – Somebody in the House Say Yeah
Chuck Brown – Berro E Sombaro
Jesse Rose – Touch My Horn
Hot Chip – Ready For the Floor (Soulwax Remix)
Artful Dodger – Rewind
Happy Mondays – 24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter Remix)
Tiga – Mind Dimension
Steve “Silk” Hurley – Jack Ya Body
Santogold – L.E.S Artistes (Switch Remix)
KIM – BTTTTRY (Bag Raiders Remix)
Zombie Nation – Seas Of Grease
Proxy – Raven (Kazey & Bulldog Rmx)
Soft TIgers – Mr Icecream (Waxmaster Version)
Tame Impala – HFGW (Canyons Drunken Rage)
Elvis Presley – Crawfish (Pilooski edit)
Mr Oizo – Z
Inflagranti – I Chatted Up The Nympho Secretary
Buraka Som Sistema – Yah!
Paul Johnson – No big thing
Dance Area – AA 247
Dance Area – AA 247 (Diplo Remix)
Kim – Party Machini (Tomboy Remix)
MGMT – Time To Pretend (Blogula remix)
Shazam – Luckier (Hey Today Remix)
Alex Gopher – Bingo
Circle Children – Zulu
Rebel MC – Street Tuff
Outlander – The Vamp (Strip Steve Remix)
Shazam – Pool Party 2009 (Headman Remix)
Bobby O – So Hot For You
Soundhack – D1
Patrick Alavi – Come To Me
Wekan – Skid (Touche Remix)
The Deathset – On The Street (Bumblebeez Remix)
Nina Simone – Take Care of Business (Pilooski Remix)
Kraftwerk – Tour De France (French Version)
Zombie Disco Squad – Eurovision
MIA – XR2 (Tigerstyle Remix)
Lowbrows – Dream in The Desert (Hystereo Rebrand I)
Jan Driver – Rat Alert
Plaid – Kiddie Castle (Para One Remix)
The Wire – Three Girl Rhumba (Mock N Toof Edit)
Mr Oizo – Cut Dick
Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
Toecutter – Best Party Ever (Original)
Bumblebeez – Clubb Clubb
Dangerous Dan & Nicky Vanshe – Around The World (Brainzar BmoreEdit)
Frankmusik – When You’re Around (Boys Noize Remix)
Human Resource – Dominator (Buzz Fuzz mix)
Bag Raiders – Turbo Love (KIM remix)
Dj Assault – Gimme Head
Zomby – Where were you in 92?
Late of The Pier – Bathroom Gurgle
Kicks Like A Mule – The Bouncer
Ratatat – Mahalo