Alright, enough of my hollow words. No matter how clever I aim to be you’re just here for the music. I’ve got you figured out, especially all you who read via my feed. Scalawags. This is the Best of the Remix series. Each month I scour the interwebs for what I think are the best remixes. Here they are presented in an easy to read and easy to listen to format. If you’d like to check out the entire BOTR series you simply click here. Enjoy the music.
All the tracks in one zip file : here {zshare = left click)
mp3 : Coldplay - Talk (Junkie XL Remix)
This is an epic elongation of a fine Coldplay track. Before you download and listen be warned that this baby stretches past eleven minutes. It’s worth it, but plan accordingly. This is my favorite remix of the bunch.
mp3 : Daft Punk - Something About Us (EASTAR Remix)
This remix, which I believe hails from about five years ago, reminds me a lot of seventies funk smashed up against standard Daft Punk. Interested?
mp3 : Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Remix)
Who made this remix? This is an official request for the hyper informed and well connected bloggers and blog readers alike to give me an answer. Until I get it I’ll just keep listening to this destructive mix.
mp3 : Grafton Primary - She Knows It (Kap10Kurt Remix)
Simply gorgeous. If you’re looking for a chilled out remix in this bunch of fun then look no further than what Kap10Kurt has come up with on this remix.
mp3 : Justice - Genensis (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)
I think I prefer chocolate chip to chewy chocolate when it comes to selecting an afternoon snack, but when it comes to remix heaven I’ll stick with Chewy Chocolate Cookies. I think a futuristic robot ate this song.
mp3 : Lupe Fiasco, Pharrell, Q-Tip, Sarah Green - Paris Tokyo (Remix)
This is yet another anonymous remix. Anyone got the name of the remixer? Anyway, if we were playing “one of these things is not like the others” this would be the track you should choose. Where the rest of this month is filled with typical dance/electric/minimalist styles, this track is as smooth and fluid as we allthought Boyz II Men used to be.
mp3 : MGMT - The Youth (MMMathias Remix)
If you’ve been reading blogs over the past six months, or if you’ve ever stopped by to check out a past volume in the BOTR series, then you know that MMMathtias hits it out of the park each and every time.
mp3 : Moby - Ooh Yeah (Kris Menace Remix)
It’s a slow build for the first minute of this track but then it hits exactly the place you were all hoping this track would get to. To be honest I’m not sure how much of the Moby original survives inside this new home, but it’s good.
mp3 : p e a c e FIRE - Sapphire (GRUM Remix)
Does the opening minute of this track remind anyone else of every single Final Fantasy game ever made? There’s just something so overbearingly uplifting about the opening segment. In a good way.
mp3 : Radiohead - Reckoner (Chark Mu Remix)
Radiohead + Chark Mu = enough said. Download away.
mp3 : Snow Patrol - Take Back The City (Lillica Libertine Remix)
This remix takes a fairly solid single and mods it until it’s something not of this world. It’s a brilliant reimagining of what Snow Patrol originally made. Forget any acoustic guitar, this is poptronica.
mp3 : The Kills - Last Day of Magic (James Rutledge Remix)
If you’re stingy on filling up your harddrive this is the only track you should download and listen to. This is exactly what a minimalistic atmospheric remix should sound like.
mp3 : Thieves Like Us - Drugs In My Body (The Bang Gang Deejays Remix)
The louder you listen to this remix the more you’ll like it. Trust me, it’s meant to be moved to. Even if you can’t dance this track will make you want to try. And just wait until the vocals start. Easily the best vocal effect I’ve ever heard in a remix. Hands down.
Peace out home skillets. That’s all I have for you this time around. Tell your friends, check back often, and keep searching out great music. {This concludes the regularly scheduled BOTR broadcast, thanks for reading}.
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