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BOTR vol 08

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on August 1, 2008
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Well another month has come and gone.  Another thirty or so odd days and another slew of blog posts, emails, and other various forms of communication have brought to my attention enough new tracks to compile a new volume of Best of the Remix.  For those of you who are new here let me explain a bit.  Each month I compile two separate lists here on The World Forgot.  One list contains the thirteen best remixes I’ve heard in the previous month {BOTR}.  The other list which usually appears around this time of the month is a mix of the best tracks I’ve heard which aren’t classified as remixes {BOTM}.  Today I bring to you volume 8 of the series.  Enjoy the music.

All the tracks in one zip file : here {zshare = left click}

mp3 : Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boy Friend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)
Easily one of the best remixes I’ve heard yet this year.  The original track is already outstanding, but this remix takes the song to new heights.  Such great heights even.  Simple brilliance.

mp3 : Britney Spears - Gimme More (Gordon Gonzola Remix)
If more of Brit’s original tracks were this beefed up I’m sure her career wouldn’t be so much in the crapper as of late.  This remix pops and adds just the right amount of edge to little Ms. Spears.

mp3 : Digitalism - Pogo (CSS Remix)
This remix goes in a different direction from the first two tracks.  Where they were bass heavy this remix is loopy, psychedelic, and pop infused.  It’s a different tack on the standard remix and I like it.

mp3 : Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl (Mr Gaspar Remix)
Does anyone remember the sensationalism that surrounded the old group tATu?  I doubt it.  Do you think anyone will remember Katy Perry after the bounce/scandal apparent in this song wears off?  I doubt it.  At least we have the remix.

mp3 : KylieMinogue - Wow (CSS Remix)
Kylie was awesome when she was playing the part of a {hot} scientist in Biodome.  Since then she’s gone on to make a name for herself in the pop world.  And to be honest the remixes of her tracks have been brilliant as well.

mp3 : Metro Station - Control (Steve Aoki Remix)
This remix by Steve Aoki takes this little ditty by Metro Station and freaks it out, gives it some amphetamines, and leaves the listener slightly more ADD than they were before.

mp3 : Metro Station - Wish We Were Older (Phrenzy Remix)
This track is a bit different than the remix of Control.  It would fit more in line with Thin White Duke’s remix of The Killers and less in the ADD category of glitchy technological remixes.  Classic.

mp3 : MGMT - Electric Feel (James Rutledge Remix)
Is there any remix master out there who has yet to weigh in on this track by MGMT?  I reckon we’re approaching full saturation for Electric Feel, but month after month I stumble upon yet another great remix.

mp3 : MGMT vs Justice - Kids Are Your Friends (Japattack Pitbull Remix)
Ok, this is one remix/mashup that I’m not entirely sure about.  In fact I don’t really know what the heck is going on for most of the five minutes.  MGMT is definitely apparent {or at least their keyboard melody}, but as for the rest of it, well, it’s a remix.  And there’s some Ying Yang lyrics thrown in as well.

mp3 : MSTRKRFT - Easy Love (Hydroz Remix)
MSTRKRFT comes in a close third as the most remixed band currently on the market {only being beat out by Daft Punk and MGMT}.  This remix is a clean slice of synth and drum kit, and I like it.

mp3 : Santogold, MIA, and Gorilla Zoe - Get it Up (Radioclit Remix)
This is an excellent mashup/remix.  Excellent.  And although the entire song is well done the absolute best moment takes place over the first ten seconds as sound effects from Street Fighter {notably Ryu’s “hadou-ken” and “tatsumaki-senpuu-kyaku”} are mixed with police sirens.  Brilliant indeed {and kudos to any nerds who recognized these sound effects along with me}.

mp3 : The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (Soulwax Remix)
My favorite Beatles song gets a little rework from Soulwax.  Granted this remix only uses the instrumental parts of Eleanor Rigby, but it’s still a great remix.  Definitely worth a listen.

mp3 : Tiga - Sunglasses At Night (Yuksek & Brodinski Remix)
Why there haven’t been more covers of this Corey Hart classic is beyond me.  Wakey!Wakey! could probably smash this hit out of the block.  Until then we’ll just have to make do with this remix of a cover.

mp3 : Snoop Dogg - Drop it Like it’s Hot (dAta Remix)
Normally I stop at thirteen tracks for the Best of the Remix series.  Today I’m feeling generous, and a little nostalgic for when Snoop was one of the kings of hip hop, so I decided to give a fourteenth track this month just to honor the D oh double g.

That is all kids.  Next month I’ll make sure to have another thirteen tracks for your listening pleasure.  Enjoy the music.  Tell your friends.

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BOTR vol 06

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billy
on June 2, 2008
in acid jacks, amplive, ayumi hamasaki, best of the remix, botr, chairlift, daft punk, david wolf, dj topcat, immuzikation, jorge elbrecht, juliette lewis, justice, kylie minogue, leif, mgmt, mix, mmmathias, mp3, mstrkrft, music, odio, of montreal, remix, roccanova, syria, talib kweli, usher and wolfmother
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As I sat at my computer during the last month I had but one thought on my mind; how can I make this volume of Best of the Remix the most absolutely epic post of all time. And I got to wondering, pondering even, how this could be done. I’ve had some pretty wicked BOTR posts in the past six months {for a full list click here}, but I wanted to see if I could take this one post to never before achieved levels here on TWF. The thing is I’ve noticed a trend lately whereby bands, or other entities, are choosing to spell their name entirely with capital letters sans vowels. Whether this is because of lawsuits or becuase they simply think their online only record label now has a trendy name is up for debate. Regardless of the reason it’s quickly becoming a trend that threatens to be as popular as putting the quite ubiquitous “the” in front of your band name.

All that explanation aside I was still looking for the most epic BOTR volume I’ve posted yet. To do so I settled on two bands and two bands only. If their name didn’t appear in the song title then the remix didn’t make the track. In the end I found sixteen tracks {up from my standard thirteen} that are all excellent remixes as well as involving either MGMT or the masterful MSTRKRFT. Enjoy these remixes, this has been the most fun I’ve had on the BOTR series. Let’s hope this is epic.

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All the tracks in one zip file : here {zshare = left click}

mp3 : Acid Jacks - Awake Since ‘78 (MSTRKRFT Remix David Wolf Edit)
I’m already in love wish this song even with though it comes across as slightly obsessive with the repeated phrase “disco” drilled into the speakers.

mp3 : Ayumi Hamasaki - Beautiful Fighters (MSTRKRFT Remix)
I’m not sure another remix in this series {world} will ever come close to matching the combination of power and grace embodied in this remix. It almost makes me want to go back to my J-Pop and K-Pop days. This is what I mean when I use the word epic.

mp3 : Juliette Lewis & The Licks - Got Love To Kill (MSTRKRFT Remix)
If the previous Ayumi Hamasaki track was light and angel filled then this track featuring Juliette Lewis is the devil that sits on your other shoulder that encourages you to get out there and slam dance at prom.

mp3 : Kylie Minogue - Wow (MSTRKRFT Remix)
As gorgeous, and talented, as Kylie is sometimes her tracks fall a bit flat when they stand on their own. Luckily for us all there’s always a dash of MSTRKRFT to pick up the pieces and make it shiny again.

mp3 : Usher - Love In This Club (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Usher has fallen a bit in the lyrics department lately. I feel as if he’s still making music, and selling records, based on the fact that he incorporates a dance break into all his music videos. If he hired MSTRKRFT to produce the beats for his next disc it would be massive.

mp3 : Wolfmother - Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix)
The most surprisingly likable remix hails from a band I wouldn’t give a second chance any other day of the week. Is there anything MSTRKRFT can’t turn into gold?

mp3 : MSTRKRFT - Street Justice (MSTRKRFT Remix)
What could possibly be better, more epic, than taking your own track and remixing it into something more ferocious than before? This is the longest track in this BOTR volume and it’s worth every second.

mp3 : Syria vs MSTRKRFT - Neon Knights (Roccanova Remix Odio Remix)
I’m really starting to love the new direction the mashup world has taken {that being one spearheaded by acts such as Immuzikation and Girl Talk} where tracks are mixed in such a way that they’re almost entirely new songs, not simple over dubs.

mp3 : Chairlift - Evident Utensil (MGMT Remix)
Not exactly the standard beat heavy remix I feel this edited track would be more fit in a Wes Anderson film than in a dance hall. I love it, but then again I own all of Wes’ films.

mp3 : Leif - Electric Feel My Cool (MGMT Remix)
This easily puts MGMT into the elite realm of remixers occupied most frequently by duos such as MSTRKRFT or Daft Punk. This is by far the best remix I’ve heard from these pop heads. And the flute is brilliantly displayed in this mix. {Although I’m not entirely sure if this mix can be entirely credited to MGMT}.

mp3 : MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
What would an epic volume of BOTR be if somehow, some way, Justice didn’t sneak into the list {regardless of their blatant inclusion of vowels in their name}? Maybe they should change their name to JSTC and they’d get their own volume of BOTR.

mp3 : MGMT - The Youth (MMMathias Remix)
There are parts of this remix that remind of sounds filtered through a passing train. They come at you in bursts, in glimpses, and yet your mind somehow puts them all back together and creates something beautiful and coherent again.

mp3 : MGMT - Time To Pretend (Jorge Elbrecht Remix)
I’m not sure if there’s a darker edge to any other remix in this list. I feel like this is what MGMT would sound like if they somehow became a mysterious mall goth act {who still loved synthesizers}.

mp3 : MGMT vs Daft Punk- One More Time To Pretend (Immuzikation Remix)
Easily one of the best mashups I have ever heard. I know I’ve posted this track before, but I felt that it was good enough to get yet another spin here on Best of the Remix.

mp3 : MGMT vs Of Montreal - Future Faberge (Amplive Remix)
I would listen to this track over and over again just to hear the computerized voice say MGMT over and over again in the first thirty seconds. By the end I feel like I should be watching a macabre clown parade at a circus in some barely understood anime.

mp3 : Talib Kweli vs MGMT - Time To Listen (DJ Topcat Remix)
I love this mashup, honestly, maybe more than I love the Immuzikation effort. I’m not sure. Mixing spitfire rap over the top of MGMT’s synth almost seems too perfect to not have been realized before. I feel like Nas would be another perfect candidate for this treatment.

There you have it folks, the most epic post I could imagine for volume six of the Best of the Remix series. I think the only thing that could possibly be more epic is if I could get a bootleg recording of a live MGMT set where MSTRKRFT is mixing all the beats for each song {but that’ll most likely never happen. If it does, I better get comp tickets}. And for those of you who missed the link up top, if you’d like to view all six of the BOTR volumes on one page click here.

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BOTM vol 08

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billy
on May 31, 2008
in acoustic, best of the month, botm, cloud cult, coldplay, cover, death cab for cutie, debbie gibson, emilie simon, eugene francis jr, flaming lips, indie, kylie minogue, live, magnetic fields, mp3, mstrkrft, music, regina spektor, say hi, sigur ros and weezer
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I’m actually committing to doing this month’s Best of the Month volume actually at the end of the month {volume 07 came out about five days after April was a bygone, so this is a change of pace}. Once again I present to you the best tracks that I heard during this month. This is my no means a completely exhaustive list of all the great music floating around on the interwebs, but it’s my personal slice of thirteen delicious tracks. Enjoy them on at a time or grab the entire volume in one convenient download. For all previous volumes of this series click here.

All the tracks in one zip file : here {zshare = left click} {link broken}

mp3 : Cloud Cult - Love You All
I’ve been listening to their latest album almost nonstop since I got it a few months back and I’m starting to think that this is my favorite track from the disc. Granted it has arguably the most simple lyrics on the album but the complexity of emotions portrayed through the arrangement is quite amazing.
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mp3 : Coldplay - Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Live Kylie Minogue Cover)
Although they might not be the biggest band of all time I would argue that they just might be the biggest band of this year. They’ve masterfully promoted their new album and somehow they’ve kept the lid on the leaky pipes which plague so many other big bands. This is a great cover.
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mp3 : Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Although Violet Hill was the first single dumped on the world, and the music video for that song is quite well done, I think it’s Viva la Vida which shows a nice maturity for these four boys fronted by Chris Martin. My only question is how they produce the strings in a live setting. Quite a brilliant start for their upcoming album which I am greatly anticipating.
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mp3 : Death Cab for Cutie - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Live Cyndi Lauper Cover)
With all the hype surrounding bigger, or at least more blogged about, acts I feel as if the launch date of the latest DCFC album passed by without much ado. In all actuality I guess I didn’t even post a review {although I love it}. Regardless I love Ben Gibbard’s special take on this classic song.
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mp3 : Emilie Simon - To The Dancers In The Rain (Live)
Sometime during this month I started listening to the more melancholy female singers on the market right now and I found myself falling in love with each of them in turn. Sometimes being sad is what you need to feel and sometimes listening to sad music is the right choice.
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mp3 : Eugene Francis Jr - Poor Me
Kind of like a mashup of Frou Frou with The Shins, Eugene Francis Jr seems like the golden reason to make a sequel to Garden State {if only for the soundtrack}. I love this song.
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mp3 : MSTRKRFT - VUVUVU
I haven’t really listened to this genre of music since the days of undergrad all nighters spent studying architecture. Energy drinks of tomorrow will still fall short of the punch packed into any MSTRKRFT song. Ever.
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mp3 : Regina Spektor - The Call
Although I’m not a big fan of The Chronicles of Narnia movies {they’re a bit childish and the CGI is almost as bad as that found in the new Indiana Jones} it’s quite a treat to hear Regina Spektor on the soundtrack. And I really like the lyrics in this song. Kudos to you Ms. Spektor.
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mp3 : Say Hi - We Lost The Albatross
After dropping the To Your Mom from his title and, arguably, dropping some of the silliness from his musical creations as well, Eric Elbogen’s music has grown up quite a bit. I love this song off his latest album and I hope it’s a sign of even greater ideas yet to come.
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mp3 : Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
I’m officially a sucker for all things Sigur Ros {much to the chagrin of many of my friends}. I don’t know how I first heard of this band from Iceland {a land I’ve long wanted to visit}, but I’ve loved them from that first listen. This song hails from their upcoming album {hot on the heels of their last effort Hvarf/Heim} and they’re giving it away free from their website.
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mp3 : The Flaming Lips - Knives Out (Radiohead Cover)
The Flaming Lips caught my attention when they sang about robot killer Yoshimi {for an entire album} and it’s great to hear them cover another of my favorite bands. This performance hails from a 2002 set they played at the esteemed KCRW studios.
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mp3 : The Magnetic Fields - Too Drunk To Dream
I really hate the latest album by The Magnetic Fields. It was such a departure from the melodramatic beat and cello filled pop of their previous two efforts. Somehow songs from that album keep sneaking into my favorite lists though. It’s as if taken one at a time the songs are alright, but when put together for forty five minutes they’re simply too much to handle.
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mp3 : Weezer - Pink Triangle (Live Acoustic)
I love me some Weezer and I really love what I’ve heard so far from their upcoming album. Pink Triangle hails from what may be my favorite Weezer disc of all time, Pinkerton, and this is a solid live version of the song {even if the crowd gets picked up by the mics a bit much. Cut them some slack, obviously they’re drunk. Right?}
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BOTR vol 03

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billy
on February 22, 2008
in best of the remix, botr, bronski, jens lekman, klaxons, kylie minogue, maroon 5, michael jackson, milli vanilli, moby, mp3, music, nirvana, one republic, remix, rihanna, robyn, timbaland and yeah yeah yeahs
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Enough time has passed through these pages that I again bring you the ever popular Best of the Remix series. This is volume 03. If you’d like to see the entire series displayed on one page just click here. I hope you enjoy the remixes, I’ll be out of town seeing a friend play a concert and catching up with old university mates of mine for the weekend. Anyway, I thought you all could enjoy some awesome remixes over the weekend and maybe throw a little dance party while you’re at it {although would this type of music really work at a house/flat party?}. I guess the only way to know is to throw a party, invite all the gorgeous ladies, and play some remixes nice and loud. Enjoy the music.

All the tracks in one zip file : here {zshare = left click}

mp3 : Jens Lekman - I’m Leaving You Because I Don’t Love You (Spoolwork Remix)
mp3 : Klaxons - Gravity’s Rainbow (Guns ‘N Bombs Freakout Remix)
mp3 : Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts (DirtyHands ‘Freemassons RTA’ Radio Edit)
mp3 : Maroon 5 - This Love (Kanye West Remix)
mp3 : Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Mathematikal Rerub)
mp3 : Milli Vanilli - Girl U Know It’s True (Tittsworth Remix)
mp3 : Moby - Porcelain - (ATOM’s Blue Underglaze Remix)
mp3 : Nirvana - Lounge Act (Z-Trip Remix)
mp3 : One Republic vs Bronski - Apology (Team9 Smalltown Remix)
mp3 : Rihanna - Umbrella (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanual Club Remix)
mp3 : Robyn - Be Mine (Ocelot Mthrfckrs Remix)
mp3 : Timbaland - Miscommunication (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
mp3 : Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion (Diplo’s Optimo Remix)

The tracks by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Michael Jackson, Moby, and One Republic vs Bronski are all quality. To be honest I didn’t think Timbaland’s remix of the One Republic song could be improved upon, but Team9 has proven otherwise. If you haven’t heard this remix that’s the first one you should download. The track by Robyn is also really fun to listen to, it just builds and builds and I could imagine it being a great song to hear at a rave or new moon party.

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Spitzer does Kylie Minogue

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billy
on February 15, 2008
in dance, kylie minogue, mp3, music, remix and spitzer
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Awhile back I reported that Spitzer, aka Damien and Matthieu Spitzer from Lyon, France, were cooking up a little remix for the beautiful Kylie Minogue. I feel it should also be noted that it appears they were asked by Kylie’s people to undertake this remix, not any other way around. Now simply being talked to by one of the reigning dance pop diva’s of the past decade {not to mention her brilliant portrayal of a gorgeous scientist in Bio-Dome} is a good sign you’re doing the right then, but then there’s also the fact that this remix is hot. And yes, I’m talking Kylie Minogue hot.

mp3 : Kylie Minogue - In My Arms (Spitzer Remix)

This also came in the personal email from the boys. A little bit of news. “We’ve been contacted by record companies but the definitive choice is not already made.” I reckon, making music like this, that they have a license to wait for a better deal. And they should. To stay up to date on all things Spitzer make sure you check out their myspace page as that’s where most of their updates happen.

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