Chateau Flight: Baltringue

Röyksopp: Remind Me (Ernest St. Laurent Moonfish Mix)

Dntel: (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (Superpitcher Kompakt Remix)

So The Knife swept the city with a force and went west. It was indeed quite a show; such reverence from the audience...incredible....

The Knife: Like A Pen (Demo Version)

On the other hand, Rex the Dog is back with more retro-infused high energy synth-pop house! Hurrah!


Rex the Dog: Everyday (Could Be The Last Day)

And I depart with a tantalizing tekno trak:
Oxia: Domino

Black Strobe: Me & Madonna



Yesterday found myself sitting and watching Madonna's Truth or Dare from 1991 and I must say that it was truly delightful, insightful, and completely irreverent. A must watch.


Charles Manier: Change You
Telex: How Do You Dance? (M83 Remix)

This will have to be a definite purchase (along side Alex Smoke's Sci.Fi.Hi.Fi. compilation):



Felix da Housecat Feat. Miss Kittin: What Does it Feel Like (Röyksopp Return the Sun Remix)
Aphex Twin: Ptolemy
DMX Krew Feat. Tracy: Make Me
The Knife: Bird
Trentemøller: Miss You

Must say that Drew Daniel (half Matmos, whole Soft Pink Truth) is sexy.




Anyway, his Bjork remix with the analog synth and the cymbals may be confused with a Peaches/The Knife crossbreed. It's not though. It works, even though I try to dismiss Bjork in this blog even though she's had a great impact on our music blah, blah, blah, but I can't help but enjoy this track.

Bjork: It's In Our Hands (Soft Pink Truth Remix)
DMX Krew: DMX Krew Rocks the Beatbox
[T]ékël: Sac D'os

The first one is not to be confused by the Kitsuné released version. Same band, same charming crooning man, different version- if anything it's the new "real" version of it?

The last one is from The Knife's self-titled first version...aaandd....below that is an image from the America-bound Silent Shout Tour as can be viewed on theknife.net.

The Whitest Boy Alive: Inflation
Matthew Dear: Dog Days
The Knife: I Take Time

A little e- pop to soothe the soul.

Vive La Fête: Touche Pas
Broadcast: America's Boy
Appareil: I Will Betray You
Chikinki: Like It Or Leave It
Erlend Øye: The Athlete



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Cosmicity: The Moment

Death in June: Wicker Man Song
Silicone Soul: Under a Werewolf Moon (Martinez Full Moon Madness Remix)



Two tracks whose names sound autumnal. At least to me.

Don't know much about Twice A Man, except that they have that super sexy minimal-wave sound that just drives me insane. Apparently their Swedes and now they're some art collective.
I also love remixes of Spektrum tracks.
Yes.



Twice A Man: Happy Life
Spektrum: Mayday (DJ T. Remix)

So I'm slowly getting back in the game. In an attempt to find a free file host, I established a Mac account. Hopefully it works. Let me know if it's a failure. Here's a few treats while I'm at it.

James Figurine: Ruining the Sundays
DAF: Der Mussolini
Sam Koivikko: Pääjääsä



Aug 31: Ghostly International @ Tribeca Grand
Sept. 29: Ladytron @ Webster Hall/ DJ set at Hiro (?)
Nov. 1: The Knife @ Wesbter Hall

Christopher & Raphael Just: Popper (Shinichi Osawa Disortion Disco Edit)
King Roc: Diesel Tribe
Adam Sky: Ape-x

Trying to hang in there during these dog days. I'll be in Houston on the fifth and will return until the fourteenth- hopefully with a new plan of action.

The first one is an old favorite of mine that I will always love and never get tired of- I can even sing the lyrics at her pitch if I try enough.
The second is a newfound favorite of mine that I'm totally in love with right now.
And last but definetly not least is a pairing of two of my favorites- a reunion if you will, of Rex the Dog reworking The Knife. I must add that it really didn't live up to my expectations; I mean it had to live up the remix of "Heartbeats" otherwise it would fail. I doesnt fail; but nay- it does falls short. I still like it of course. I am dreaming of the day when the pup throws it back like "I Look Into Mid Air" and releases a full album....
But as for now, I'd rather pop in Christoper & Rapheal Just's "Popper"- especially the Discotown original. And the Shinichi Osawa Distortion remix. And even the track plus the Fox n' Wolf vocals. Did I mention I'm in love with this song also? And Kitsune?




Hanayo: Joe Le Taxi
Serge Santiago: Bad Passion
The Knife: Marble House (Rex the Dog Remix)

By the way, why is it that Houston begins to shine when I've long gone moved away? This shit never happened when I lived there!: The Boys & Girls Club

A little electro house, a little early electro, a little disco, a little goth. Anything else?

Gina X Performance: No G.D.M.
James Holden: Lump
The Vanishing: Lovesick
Chromatics: Glass Slipper
Chikinki: Like It Or Leave (Tom Neville Remix)

Photocall: Silver Clouds
New Baccara: Tokyo By Night

The first track's from the Go Commando compilation; the second, a self-discovered piece of italo-disco/synth-pop trash. Pure cheese, in the sense that it's one of those tracks you could only find amusing drunk at home with a buddy. Otherwise, it'd be totally fagulous. Just pay attention to the lyrics about 2:20 minutes in- she's not really saying "Fuck me, fuck me" in a faux Japanese accent, is she?

By the way, that particular track is dedicated to the humilated, yet hilarious Japanese girl on So You Think You Can Dance- yet another item on my list of guilty pleasures.

This reminds me of my best friend Eric in Baltimore and the Are We Not Men (No Rave) party at The Depot:


DMX Krew: The Glass Room

To get you wiggling.


Booka Shade: Darko
Solvent: Remote Control

I've been lazy lately...what, with monsoon season hanging out over the city....


Matthew Dear: Send You Back
Jona: Yellowstone
Alex Smoke: Left Drift

Throwing in a little modern synth-pop; one a little edgier than most, I'd say.



Solvent: Spin Cycle
Tetine: Men In Uniform
Chikinki: Something More (Tiefschwarz Vocal Remix)

Waking and baking with M.A.N.D.Y:


Zwicker: Monkey Mood