If you haven’t already acquainted yourself, check out Jason Funk Permanand (AKA Lotek) and his posts on MASHUPTOWN. Jason’s last post is a brave example of reconstructionalism, an art form that will probably be documented and studied as part of the postmodern movement, or whatever that means. Okay, maybe Nirvana’s Come As You Are vs. The Superman Lovers’ Starlight won’t change the world, but it might blow your mind.
Although entirely different in scope and purpose I thought I could direct your attention to an outstanding reconstruction of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Patrick Alavi cuts up the grunge classic into a gritty electro stomper.
Wow. George get’s all the hot dance numbers this week. Tuesday Moby was on the show, and yesterday Kylie Minogue made an appearance, in the form of a re-run mind you. The Aussie superstar dropped her surname and goes by Kylie now, perhaps in pursuit of a more simple marketing scheme. Anyway, she’s undergone more transformations than Madonna could shake her somethings at. Check the rundown.
Pop Tart Princes
As a kid I was all about this song. I danced to it at a sock hop in elementary school. Werd up.
From 2001 to 2003 I worked at a software company in Vancouver. I travelled to Toronto countless times and Kylie was always the soundtrack. The CFO and I got all jiggy whenever we heard her.
When I lived in Brighton I picked up this limited edition picture disc. Unfortunately the better remixes are on the flip so I don’t get to see Kylie spinning round baby right round…er sumthin like that.
Not that all her new tunes could be called electro, it seems as though she’s sculpted that sort of image for herself. The list of commissioned and bootleg remixes help her out with this identity a bit - so does this picture.
I saw the video for VanShe Tech’s remix of Something Good today and wondered why this tune never made it into my best of lists for 2007. In grade 9 I liked the original song so much I recorded onto a mix tape four times. The nostalgia for Utah Saints alone should have nominated to the top of my arbitrary charts in some capacity.
I haven’t posted a mashup in a while (besides that Satisfaction one from yesterday) so I figured I’d direct your attention to mashuptown where I poached this piece of brilliance!
Alex Ferrer worked as a commercial producer but one day in August he decided to pack it in to create music full time. In those few months he’s produced a number of tight gems. The roots of these tunes are planted deepling into house music (despite Alex’s early industrial days) but as with nearly everything coming out these days, there’s a huge amount of cross-genre pollination going on. There’s some acid tweakery, french-like filters, robotfunk, epic synth lazery, and strobed vocals.
