With SIMPLE HARMONIC MINDFUCK reaching almost 10,000 hits, and slowly raising a following of dedicated Mindfuckers who are constantly asking for more. Simple Haromic Mindfuck is introducing another concept to the blog. The MONTHLY TRIPLE MINDFUCK!. Three songs all remixed by one Artist, for three times the mindblowing eargasms. Because three's a party! Hear the MONTHLY TRIPLE MINDFUCK! coming the first day of each month. What more could you ask for?
For the month of October we have a MONTHLY TRIPLE MINDFUCK! from Crookers. Seeing as their EP is dropping on 06/10/09 I thought it would be fitting if these boys started things off...
David Guetta (born November 7th, 1967 in Paris) is a French DJ.
He was the pioneer of French house with Up & Way, a garage-style track with vocals by Robert Owens released in 1992 – really made a name for himself in the mid-90s as one of the key catalysts of Parisian nightlife by promoting evenings at such renowned Paris hot spots as Folies Pigalle, Queen, Bataclan, Palace and Les Bains, where he invited DJ legends like Little Louie Vega, David Morales, DJ Pierre and Roger Sanchez to join him on the turntables. In 2001, however, he went back to his first love: making music.
Launched by the single “Just A Little More Love”, an electro-funk-house cocktail featuring Chris Willis of the band Nashville on vocals, David Guetta’s first album was released by Virgin in June 2002 and went on to sell 250,000 copies. This resounding success carried through in the album’s second, even more devastating single, “Love Don’t Let Me Go”, a track reminiscent of Moroder’s techno-disco style crossed with Depeche Mode’s new-wave sound.
Like fellow Frenchman Laurent Garnier, David started off his career in the gay clubs around Paris. Les Halles district in the mid-80s, going on to make a name for himself in acid-house and hip-hop. His first album heralded the beginning of a new DJ career – this time on a global level. Named after the parties he hosts on Ibiza, the fabled isle of techno, David’s “F*** ME I’M FAMOUS: IBIZA DJ MIX”, which featured his remix of David Bowie’s Heroes, went gold: no small feat for a compilation CD. For the last three years, David has been invited to mix throughout Europe on a regular basis and, more and more often, in the United States, Australia, Japan, Singapore and Israel as well.
The brainchild of Beni G (Mixologists) and Plus One (Scratch Perverts), Jack Beats represent part of the new wave of British house music. Wobbly basslines, big breakdowns and edgy accapella’s are cut, copied and pasted together to create a floor-filling brand of house.
Citing influences as diverse as Timbaland, Rage Against the Machine, A Guy Called Gerald and SebastiAn, this British duo demanded our immediate attention after their gob-smacking take on Boy 8-Bit’s anthem Fogbank dropped earlier this year. What followed were bass-heavy collaborations with Deekline and Wizard, bombastic refixes of Trip’s guitar-driven Who’s That? and The Black Ghosts classic I Want Nothing and the unforgettable transformation of Epic Last Song by Does It Offend You, Yeah? into a classic pop-dance tune.
Here's another Diplo Remix. This one is of Britney Spears' "Circus. Two Britney remixes in two days? Three since the beginning of this blog? What can I say, I guess listening to Britney Spears remixes is a guilty pleasure of mine...
Diplo, Diplodocus, Wes Gully, and Wes Diplo are all pseudonyms of Wesley Pentz, a Philadelphia-based producer and DJ since 2003. Together with DJ Low Budget he runs Hollertronix, a party and music collective. In addition to his solo career, he has worked with Sri-Lankan/Tamil singer and artist M.I.A.. The two were also romantically involved. Pentz’s alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs.
As a DJ, Diplo is characterized by his eclectic, often 80s-oriented mashups, mixtapes, and live sets. On his full-length solo effort Florida, however, his sound is closer to sample-based cinematic instrumental hip hop, not unlike the work of DJ Shadow.
Born in Mississippi and raised across the southern United States, Diplo picked up much of the local culture while growing up there. Music styles such as dirty south, crunk and miami bass are now trademark ingredients of the Hollertronix output. Pentz’s solo work is also influenced by Southern Gothic and other southern literature. Additionally, world music is a strong musical influence on Diplo, especially baile funk which he encountered whilst traveling in Brazil.
Diplo was recently signed to Ninja Tune, on the Big Dada imprint. In 2006, he started his own label, Mad Decent, signing Brazilian baile funk group Bonde do Role and Dj Blaqstarr.
Size matters, and by any standard of measurement, Alex Metric’s talent is large, as made clear by the release of his new debut artist e.p. Whatshewants. At just 26 years of age, Marine Parade’s newest signing has made a big splash as both DJ and producer. He’s played gigs spanning the globe from Fabric in London to Eastern European festivals to Los Angeles clubs, and developed a significant rep for his work in the studio assisting superstars ranging from Adam Freeland to Darren Emerson. Nominated as breakthrough producer at the 2006 Breakspoll awards, Metric’s also getting buzz for his own production work. DJs across the board have begun to sit up and take notice of his productions on a wide range of esteemed imprints, including Underwater, Fourtwenty, Lot49 and now Marine Parade, with support from the likes of Adam Freeland, James Holden, Laurent Garnier, Pete Tong, Meat Katie, James Zabiela and M.A.N.D.Y. Of late, Metric’s completed official remixes for the likes of GusGus, Black Daniel, Sharam Jey, and Jape (Metric’s driving remix of Jape’s hit “Floating” was recently featured on Adam Freeland’s Global Underground 032: Mexico City mix CD).
On the genre-smashing Whatshewants, Metric’s productions have become more assured, as have the range of influences he brings into his music. In his new grooves, stark electro, indie rock, house, and of course those famous Marine Parade snares all get dumped into the blender to produce a fresh sound not from concentrate.
Feadz is Fabien Pianta, a French Electro DJ on the Ed Banger records label, he is known for his hip-hop infuenced tracks and remixes, especially his collaborations with Uffie.
Originaly from Paris, Feadz with his solid dj background worked with Mr. Oizo on his first album Analog Worms Attack and produce a few ep’s on Ellen Allien’s german label : Bpitchcontrol.
Now he’s working for Ed Banger on the Uffie’s adventure, and still bangin the clubs in the whole world with his ‘hors pair’ selection and technique.
First Don Rimini made all of us freak the fuck out. Then he got radical on us. Now he kicks us in the face… and runs away. You wish he kicked us just once…but with his third release, the Kick’n Run EP, Don Rimini terrorizes dancefloors. that’s the same dude who attacked fiercly with his Absolutely Rad EP and the infamous track “Let Me Back Up” which has been a fixture on dj sets by Busy P, MSTRKRFT, 2 Many DJs, Digitalism, Tiga, A-Trak, Aaron Lacrate, and Diplo among others. “Let Me Back Up” was the launch into the Don Rimini galaxy, this new release is the landing and one tremendous look at the scenery. Armed with a brilliant artwork by 123 Klan, the Don’s new record reveals the wide range of talents of Mr. Xavier Gassemann himself. And that’s Don Rimini. His producer skills got people talking, looking, and stalking, for sure. But Don Rimini is not forgetting where he came from: the turntables. That’s right, before he was a don, he was a teenager djing at raves, learning to move the crowd like Eric B and Rakim. A few years later he’s in the ghetto clubs of Paris’ 18ème arrondissement, mastering the art of spinning hiphop, understanding the hit culture, and absorbing the funk. The result is obvious and beautiful: Run-DMC, DMX, , Underground Resistance Daft Punk, and Robert Armani are names you hear when you ask Rimini about artists who influenced him.
His Majesty Andre is quickly raised with his worldwide played track "Peep Thong" (from "Great Matters EP"), featured on several compilations and radios. With a massive support by Pete Tong, which assonance with the tune name is critical, Annie Mac, Jaymo & Andy George, Mstrkrft, A-trak and lots more has brought back a funky-house groove that make you real feel the music to your soul.
“Nothing is created, nothing is destroyed, everything is transformed” is one of Andre's favourite quotes. That's why he feels so natural to use samples, mash-up tracks and explore other music to create new sounds, groovy things and pumpin' beats, without a single style to impress your ears.
As one of the best picks for 2009 (In new music we trust, BBC Radio 1), Andre has already remixed tracks for Congorock, Autokratz, Redman while forthcoming ones will include Kleerup and Royksopp. One of his recent collaborations include a Bloody Beetroots featuring for the track "Puppets". His Majesty is now working on his 2nd EP which will include four tracks already played by international DJs like Crookers, The Bloody Beetroots, Congorock, A-trak, Count&Sinden, Laidback Luke and more.
Grooves, wobbles, heavy basses are the weapons used by His Majesty Andre to conquer the world during his DJ sets.
What's going on? Playing and having fun. What are your incoming projects? New traxx, remixes and pushing things on. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A fireman, than a drummer, than a dictator. Your favourite words of love? Together. Your favourite vice? Iced tea.. Your current top five? Music, girls, samples, laziness, smiles. Who's your hero? Everyone who believes in me. Which star would you like to seduce? Drew Barrymore or Daisy Haggard.
I don't play accurately,anyone can play accurately.
But I play with wonderful impression.
Runark (His Majesty Andre 'Growl' Remix) - Congorock
Ottawa's Jokers Of The Scene made the leap from party DJs to producers simply by working with what they knew best: the most mind-meltingly intense parts of dance music throughout history, from ecstatic big room house buildups to hyper-distorted electro basslines and the lighthearted samples of 90s techno, all thrown in a blender at 130 BPM. It was the sound of Bob and Doug McKenzie trading their fishing hole for a rave cave. Hoser house?!?!? Whatever you want to call it, JOTS' cheeky approach has been lighting up dancefloors worldwide for the past two years, with remixes for underground favorites like DJ Blaqstarr and Muscles and their own Fool's Gold release, the heavily imitated, tempo-switching rap snack "Y'all Know The Name."
Yet on the Jokers' follow-up Acid Bagg EP, the duo has decided to take their sound much, much deeper. "Acidrod" is a refined (though no less ravey) take on their signature club collages, meshing crowd pleasing breakbeats with subtle tech house bleeps and hypnotic synths. "Baggy Bottom Boys" is their most ambitious track to date, a multi-part rave epic that DJs from Diplo to Erol Alkan can't help but play out through every single peak and piano breakdown. And if these two massive originals weren't enough, remixes from Brodinski, Destroy Disco and Canadian dubstep upstart DZ nicely round out the EP.
Another Aoki remix this time it's Chris Cornell getting the Aoki treatment. Listening to this who would have thought the guy was in a huge rock band called Sound Garden.
What happens when you get two dope songs and run 'em together? You get a really dope mix. Check this one out. Deadmau5's "Ghosts N Stuff" with MSTRKRFT's "Bounce". Mixed by Get Down or Die DJs (James Miller & Ryan Miller).
Why GET DOWN AND DIE?
Cause "If you can't move to the music, theres no point in living."....Well said Guys.
Their performances have won them an army of fans, most notably in the form of super-producer Kissy Sell Out - who nominated them as his favourite new DJs as part of the BBC Introducing Tour 2008.
In April, Jaymo & Andy became two of the youngest people to ever record a live Essential Mix for Radio 1 - quickly catching the attention of the stations bosses.
Fast forward four months and the duo have their very own show on Radio 1, and prepare to take their sound global! Crafted with the sole intention of fronting the world’s coolest music, the show promises to be as fun and unpredictable as their rumbustious DJ sets!
As producers Jaymo & Andy have been responsible for some massive dance-floor bombs! Andy’s ‘Big Dipper’ was one of 2008’s most popular jump-up Electro tracks, prompting a flurry of remixes for scene-leaders Lord Skywave, Toddla T & Jokers Of The Scene.
Jaymo, however, first came to the attention of the music world with his Hip Hop infused ‘Tuned In Live’. With support from DJ Touche, Boy 8 Bit & Crookers he quickly found himself delivering remixes for the likes of Skint & Data, whilst notching up worldwide compilation appearances.
With countless gigs at the worlds coolest clubs and an ever-growing discography of heavy-duty club tracks, it’s hard to predict where these boys will be in another 2 years!
Up for Download we have a funky remix of the Futureheads' "I Wouldn't Be Like This".
I Wouldn't Be Like This (Andy George Remix) - Futureheads
After a long hiatus of no updating, things are finally coming back together at SHM. Just this past Monday I got to see one of my favourite bands at frosh week. Metric, Metric, Metric! They played an awesome set although it was short it was definately sweet.
This song wasn't on the set list but I happened to stumble upon a remix that was released not to long ago by Mike Shinoda. Without further ado, here it is.
