miike snow

i just made sweet jesus love to this track.

In Search Of – Miike Snow

Skream f. LaRoux “Finally”

fuck yes

Finally – Skream feat. LaRoux

spring (live mix) – Darcy

spring – an explosion of random new beginnings mixed with the re-growth of old favorites.

spring

quest – nosaj thing

dark & sticky – redshape

dinosaur – 2562

so derobe – joy orbison

millie – ikonika

love cry  (joy orbison remix) – four tet

hear me (zomby mix) – martyn

sing – four tet

bopgunn (instrumental) – heralds of change

acoustic lady – hudson mohawke

there (lukid remix) – osborne

cafe de phresh (instrumental) – rustie

breath, something-stellar star – flying lotus

to london – falty dl

donut (boy 8-bit remix) – m.a.n.d.y. & booka shade

acid – terror danjah

trollsta (egyptrixx remix) – dubbel dutch

twistclip loop – hudson mohawke

satellite (hudson mohawke remix) – b.o.b.

Four Tet

I realized there has never been a post about Four Tet (Kieran Hebdan) on letanque and figured it’s about time.  He has had a huge influence on me and I am sure on countless other musicians and producers.  I think I have had a crush on his music for almost a decade.  He started as the remix king (sia, madvillain, 2-disc remix album) and then continued on with some really solid solo albums (dialogue, pause, my angel rocks back and forth, everything ecstatic) to name a few.  He sort of disappeared off my radar until his dj-kicks album came out.  It was amazing when it came out but I didn’t quite understand it.  Now, 30 listens and 4 years later I can finally give a wag of my finger and say that he taught me a lesson and I didn’t know it. Now everyone wants to remix him. FFWD today and I can’t get enough of some recent singles/collaborations (burial – moth/wolfcub),   (love cry – remixed by roska, joy orbison), (sing – floating points remix).  Not to mention his newest album – The Is Love In You. I think the number one compliment as a dj or producer would be to work with FOUR TET.

I realize as I search around that I am totally late on this post as he appeared on BBC Radio one not too long ago.  that’s ok,  he deserves more credit.

http://www.fourtet.net/index.php/blog/entry/radio_1_essential_mix/

Some favorites that everyone should have:

As Serious as Your Life [Jay Dee Remix]

And Then Patterns

Rhinestone Cowboy

Love_Cry_Roska_Remix

SBTRKT

another one of those artists that seems to have an aversion to vowels and a love of masks. huge shit though. first up a streakingly brilliant set. great transitions from techno bass swings to tight garage tics. pressure.

Sinden & SBTRKT – Kind Of Familiar (Test)
Joy Orbison – The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow (Aus)
2562 – Flashback (Tectonic)
MJ Cole – Volcano Riddim (Prolific)
These New Puritans – We Want War (SBTRKT Remix) (Angular)
A Made Up Sound – Closer  (AMS)
Headhunter – Prototype (Modeselektor Remix) (Tempa)
EL-B – The Club (Tempa)
MJ Cole – Sanctuary (SBTRKT Remix) (Test)
Pangaea – Memories (Hessle)
Zomby – Digital Fauna (Brainmath)
Erykah Badu – Next Lifetime (Universal)
SBTRKT – Step In Shadows (Young Turks)
Portico Quartet – Lines (SBTRKT Remix) (Real World)

SBTRKT 17.01.2010

next up a remix treat

Scars feat. Kelis, Meleka and Chipmunk (SBTRKT Remix)

the voweless one also contributed a redo of we want war from these new puritans new album – hidden. don’t skimp on a dirty download for this album. its epic percusiveness channels pink floyd and will treat your headphones real nice.

Flexisonic in Victoria Nov. 20th

I will be lucky enough to mix up sets with panda slap as the other half of flexisonic on Nov. 20 and you will be lucky enough to see it if you are in Victoria! come for dinner, stay for tunes.  flexisonic will be playing at the whitebird lounge (768 yates st. 250.380.7040)

also check out the whitebirdlifestyle website

if you are not sure what you are getting yourself into, here is a live promo mix tossed together last minute (some new tunes, some old)

live mix 36:23

my secret lover (diplo remix)
sleeping bear lament (take remix) – architeq
robertaflack (mike slott’s other mix) – flying lotus
stepback (instrumental) – nadsroic
roller skates – samiyam
nothing like this (instrumental) – j dilla
low club anthem – fulgeance
just 4 kicks (instrumental) – rustie
nice green riddim – jahdan blackkamoore
gave you all my love (matt shadetek’s remix) – dj rupture
piano madness – terror danjah
seamonkey (untold remix) – moderat
versus – burial
kingdom – untold
work dat – jaybird
try humanity (starkey remix) – the brown acid
compass (christian martin remix) – l-vis 1990
midnight oil – pinch
color sexist-dorian concept
konotakosuke – dizz1

flexisonic whitebird lounge teaser

DOOM . . .all caps . . .all big letters but it ain’t no acronym

MF DOOM is back! (now just DOOM)

DOOM! although I am still waiting to the follow up to madvillainy (still in my list of top 10 cds eva), this one should definately tide me over! to be released on lex records http://www.lexrecords.com/shop/pages/view.php?stockcode=LEX069CD next week, this one is sure to be a pleaser.  DOOM – Born Like This features DOOM himself, along with Ghostface, Raekwon and others.  beats by Dilla, Jake One and the supervillain himself.  just the news of this release has me giddy, and I know I will have DOOM aka. MF DOOM, Viktor Vaughn, Zev Love X, King Geedorah, Metal Fingers, Supervillain, Daniel Dumile, KMD (one of the members) on my stereo for a month straight!

I am no good at describing this hip hop icon so check out the cartoon/beer loving man behind the mask below

some treatz that I found floating around the net.. . .lots of z’s but definately no zzz’s.  already got this one on order

cellz gazzillion-ear supervillainz mf_ballskin1

arctic outskirts of house

Luomo’s new album does not disappoint. Still makes me want to frolic among the reindeer in the arctic tundra. It’s a cold sound. It’s a silver ice sound. It’s a keep moving-cos-it’s-fucking-cold-so-shake-your-ass sound. It’s all about crossing the boundaries of house. This ain’t no boring 4-4 drivel. And, the vocals are epic. As big as the open nordic skies. Always. Check ‘em out:

love-you-all-with-apparat

have-you-ever-with-cassy

self/wack

dark road. fast car. her head asleep on the window.

Night Drive With U – Anoraak

clear the dancefloor

duke dumont – hoy!

todasantos – ABAG (leifs-acid-blowing-in-wind-rmx)

congorock – exodus

let’s go to war – push up yr lighter

toma fetermix – bubamara koxinel

sizzla – grow u locks

mathhead – megamix (dtl rmx)

kanji kinetic – the buffalo

shitmat – that track