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It’s been far too long since one of these posts appeared on these pages so please don’t be hatin’.

Like the band’s presence on the KICK 40 this track has been about for a minute already. It even started THE SHAKE on the July 25th episode, but don’t let this stop you from giving it the blog love, especially because this track’s so HOT!

The original by MGMT is pretty good, actually it’s really good and I hope it climbs up a spot to number one. Justice added some of their filter magic turning the tune into a slow-moving floor burner. The vocal addition from the Broolyn production duo DDPESH adds some B.I.G. 90s gangsta flow.

Scoop it from my man Jason over at MASHUPTOWN.COM.

ddpesh - Nasty Feel (MGMT vs Justice vs Notorious B.I.G.)

You can here more dancefloor remixes and reconstructions every Friday.

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I finally started sorting out my records and came across this gem that dates back an entire decade. In a way, finding this 12″ gives me some sort of vindication. You see, it’s proof that my love for remixes runs further than the posts on this blog.

MP3: Spiritualized - I Think I’m In Love (Chemical Brothers remix)

Sample-based music has been around for decades but within the last few years it’s exploding. Some of the earliest uses of samples date back to the when the Amen break was first torn apart and reconfigured in funk and hip hop, in both live and produced environments. With the rise of hip hop and various forms of electronic dance music sample use has become increasingly more common - not just from the famous beat credited to THE WINSTONS in the 1960s but from other parts of countless songs, movies and television shows as well. Now - with the number of bootlegs and remixes flooding record shops and places like THE HYPE MACHINE alike, entire songs (not just the use of samples) are open for re-use and re-interpretation which in turn has restructured the entire music industry. Advancements in technology is the leading suspect for this change and like it or not, for better or worse, its here to stay.

Here’s a rework from Italy’s DOMENICO BIANCARDI that’s largely built on a few different samples from an iconic song. The end result provides dancefloor heat with some slightly progressive breakdowns and a stompy beat.

MP3: Rage Against The Machine - Killing in the Name (Biancardi mix)

A couple weeks ago Biancardi sent a remix he did of The Clash’s classic. As with the track above, this one has a bit of Baltimore Club flavour and is sure to be a hit in any set. Somehow the tune managed to hide in my inbox until now so here it is as well.

MP3: The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go (Biancardi mix)

It’s no secret that I love remixes of tunes that were cheese at one point. For that reason there will continually be posts of bad 90s rap and in this case, bad Euro dance. Oh but there’s more.

Member of the Budapest DJ team KOLLEKTIVA, TMX remixed Dr. Alban’s work that relied so heavily on the Happy Mondays sample. While there’s not much re-interpretation in this track specifically, this is the exact kind of musical connect the dots that gives me a boner for post-modernism. You see, some consider the HAPPY MONDAYS the fathers of rave. It was this band that allowed people to dance like they never have before - maybe thanks to a trunk load of ecstacy smuggled from Spain - at the legendary HACIENDA.

TMX’s remix relies on the obvious vocal sample, but adds a grimey bassline that should cause a bit of a wiggle.

MP3: Dr. Alban - Sing Hallelujah (TMX remix)

BONUS

MP3: Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Club mix)

<<REWIND is an 80s remix project from BUFFETLIBRE featuring 60 remixes from some of your favourite and not so favourite tunes from the hairspray generation. Indeed, the whole all-you-can-eat package will fatten your hard drive, especially because every single tune is available for free, most of which are shared at a high bit rate.

Here are a few choice cuts for the dancefloor.

This song is infectious. It’ll get in your head and suck out your consciousness like a parasite.
MP3: Anoraak - Talking In Your Sleep (The Romantics Cover)

Way back when, this was a sockhop favourite so now with some added grit and booming sonics it’s easily becoming a modern replacement.
MP3: Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Hidden Cat remix)

Purely instrumental, this track is a modern spin of the original’s timeless riff. Slop it up with some wet and sticky synth work and it’s difficult not to like.
MP3: Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (The Missiles remix)

My wife and I were driving somewhere when the original of this one started playing on the radio. I started singing, or tried to rather, which really surprised her. She thinks I only listen to music with chainsaw synth and bass. Thankfully, this ace remix let me prove otherwise.
MP3: George Benson - Turn Your Love Around (Database remix)

What has nine arms and sucks? Def Leppard. That’s my all-time favourite joke so automatically Heartache had a huge handicap with this track. This one is quite enjoyable for the most part, although it’s difficult to get past what little vocals that remain.
MP3: Def Leppard - Photograph (Heartache remix)

The sharp piano and bandsaw buzz contrast so well in this track it’s like partybangerfloorfillerpop. Bring it on and practice yer dance. Doods take note - there’s a message in here: SUIT UP!
MP3: Dragonette - Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top Cover)

Can’t say I undersand much of the tune except it’s synth pop with a banging 4/4. Wait a minute I think I understand everything now.
MP3: ER2 - Le Jerk (Thierry Hazard Cover)

There’s a bit of pattern emerging. Yes, I like crusty basslines and chainsaw guitars. Manalogue favourites Cryptonites deliver more of the afformentioned with some epic, big room high-end keeping the momentum up for this three-minute stomper.
MP3: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Cryptonites remix)

This track has more of a groove than a stomp so the low end keep you rollin and the buzzing keeps you satisfied. Don’t worry, it’s still a dance number but the hands won’t be waving in the air like they just don’t care which is perfect by me cuz that means they’ll find something more interesting to do. WOT?
MP3: Lismore - Wot (Captain Sensible cover)

If this was a contest, hands down this remix would win - it’s the Manalogue favourite of the entire Rewind project. Super glam. Super deluxe. Yes. I don’t even like Madonna much.
MP3:Madonna - Get Into The Groove (Sidechains remix)

How much chainsaw grinding buzziness can one take? Geez! This one’s close for first place. It’s thumpy and introspective, a bit dark perhaps, but EFF! Pure dancefloor thunder with an overthetop guitar solo you’ll be sure to air out.
MP3: Marietta - Destination Unknown (CSK OK remix)

I’m really getting tired so I hope you’re enjoying all of this. Comments are appreciated. I’m sure Moulinex would appreciate your love too. He knows I love this song, well if he reads this he will. Seriously, this remix/cover/reconstruction would go so well with a warm sunrise. Baby.
MP3: Pinapples - Come On Closer (Moulinex remix)

Modern French house music…or something like it cuz Overthrill are two guys from Germany. Whatever, they’re influenced by Daft Punk so if you can’t hear that then yer deaf. Filters, squelch, and a beat to keep you moving late into the night. Dig it.
MP3: The Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me (Overthrill remix)

Finally, the last one. Well there are tonnes more over at BUFFETLIBRE you can check out. This one though, the last Manalogue favourite if you will, is a tasty house number. I could do without the hornsomethingoranother but I’ll get over it.
MP3: Roger Troutman - Do It (Xinobi remix)

I’m not really sure what to make of this. The last three messages in my inbox have all been from German producers. What’s happening here? Can someone tell me?

The previous two posts strayed slightly from content usually featured on Manalogue so here are a pair of remixes by Hamburg’s COCONUT WIRELESS you might come to expect more of. Viscous basslines and a rich 4/4 makes for a great floor-filler start. These ingredients are like the spoons of sugar over slices of apple in a tasty strudel.

Electro vixen SARAH WALKER gets the remixxx treatment - if you know what I mean.

MP3: Sarah Walker - Punani (Coconut Wireless remix)

The CHEMICAL BROTHERS gets thick and gooey. Yummy.

MP3: The Chemical Brothers - Salmon Dance (Coconut Wireless remix)

uuuuuuuuuuuuuh, this is totally crass, but there’s a fishy theme to this post all of a sudden.

Just got the okay to post this but before you poach it, CHECK IT OUT ON BEATPORT. Yes, it’s more wobbly bass from MOWGLI, this time in the form of a MARTIN SOLVEIG remix. Mowgli adds some bass thunder to this otherwise straightforward house track.

Mowgli has some UK dates followed by an Australian tour this fall so if you’re able, throw him some love and see the man tear up the dancefloor.

18 Jul 2008 ROUGH DISCO @ Penelope Sheffield
19 Jul 2008 LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM FUNDRAISER London
24 Jul 2008 Summer Rocket Festival Sestri Levante
8 Aug 2008 MOWGLI @ The Priory Doncaster
18 Aug 2008 Plug n’ Play Festival w/ Jeff Mills-Carl Craig-Magda…. Lecce
22 Aug 2008 LA Scala w/ Drop the Lime Berlin
29 Nov 2008 Stereosonic Festival 08 Adelaide
29 Nov 2008 Stereosonic Festival 08 Melbourne
30 Nov 2008 Stereosonic Festival 08 Sydney
6 Dec 2008 Stereosonic Festival 08 Perth
7 Dec 2008 Stereosonic Festival 08 Brisbane

MP3: Martin Solveig - I Want You (Mowgli Mix)

Also, if you’re feeling it, check out some other remixes available at VOULES RANDOM.

I’m happy I can finally enjoy some R&B pop garbage others loved a decade or two ago. Get ready for some illegitimate sample use. Bobby Brown or any of the three Anthonys from Tony! Toni! Toné! probably don’t read Manalogue so I think it’s safe to post them here.

MP3: Breakdown - Do What I Want
Some might save this as “My Perogative”

MP3: Breakdown - Feel This!
Others might save this as “Feels Good”

If you’re feeling adventurous, make sure to check out BREAKDOWN’s remix of Bass Phenomenom.

THE WHITE TIE AFFAIR are from Chicago. Judging from the looks of these guys you might think they’re a bunch of try-hards who thought they might have better luck with the ladies by being in a band. They have really well manicured coifs and is the tall dood really wearing a brass knuckle pendant? Let’s just say they’re into a scene I don’t really understand, mostly because I only have one dimension and points to the dancefloor. Thankfully they sent an unreleased remix we all can jive to.

MP3: The White Tie Affair - Allow Me To Introduce Myself…Mr Right (ReboxX remix)

See the ladies in the background?

If your little sister likes bands like Fall Out Boy and Maroon 5 tell her to check out the original.

MP3: The White Tie Affair - Allow Me To Introduce Myself…Mr Right

I’ve been rocking the CRYPTONITES remix of COLDPLAY’s latest single for the past two weeks. The original tune had a tangental arena rock vibe but thankfully the Swiss remixers ramp it up and smash their rework into a monster anthem.

MP3: Coldplay - Violet Hill (Cryptonites remix)