Lol

Hallo hallo! This week in Thailand, all policemen are required to wear these hilarious face masks to "reduce the stress from drivers when they see the police." Can you believe it? "Some 200 police booths [will] also distribute holy water, chewing gum and mints." Why can't they do that in Canada? Read more in this article from the International Herald Tribune.

Speaking of things that make me smile, there's a new mix of Datarock's Computer Camp Love that's been floating around. Actually, I'm not a big fan--maybe because I love the original so much. The lyrics crack me up, but you can't really hear them in the Villians remix. Here's both versions and you can compare for yourself.

Datarock - Computer Camp Love
Datarock - Computer Camp Love (Villians Remix)



Datarock, sportin' the coordinated sweatsuits.

Other songs that might make you laugh...although I can't promise anymore than that

My Robot Friend - Why Won't You Call Me Back?
Porno Mathematics - Zelda Bitches (This song makes no sense at all)
Dj Lobster Dust - It's Fun to Smoke Dust (Queen v. Pastor Gary Greenwald v. Midfield General)
Does It Offend You Yeah - Weird Science (The puking sound is crude, yet classic lol)
Goto 80 - Error Energy
Gameboy;Gamegirl - Sweaty Wet/Dirty Damp ("My ladies are like, woah what is wrong with your glands?")
Snob Scrilla - Mr Officer
Trippple Nippples - RIP Meat
Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes

Finally, this video is completely awesome (although entirely ridiculous). What's with the purple velvet robe? And those weird fingernail things?



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neonguns

Beepbeat

Hallo hallo! This is a mini post, so it'll be brief.

Check out this awesome mix from BeepBeat. Go read the original post too (just click on the BeepBeat link). The mix description verges on poetic!

BeepBeat MixCast Vol. 005 - Nuclear Winter

1/2. Deadmau5 Vs. Boys Noize - Oh! Ghosts! (Beep Iams Mashup)
3. Mr. Oizo - Positif
4. Pete Tong & Dave Spoon - Gas Face
5. Hatiras f. MC Flipside - Autograph
6. Baltimoroder - Cat
7. Noisia - Seven Stitches
8. Fake Blood - Mars
9. Sebastian - Momy
10. CLP - Ready Or Not (DJ Sega & Diplo Remix)
11.Bingo Players - Get Up (Diplo Remix)
12. Pryda - Rakfunk
13. Evil Nine - They Live! (Rogerseventytwo Remix)
14. Laidback Luke & A-Trak - Shake It Down
15. Deadmau5 - The Rewared is More Cheese
16. Machines Don’t Care - Afro Jacker
17. The Hours - See The Light (Calvin Harris Remix)
18. Tiga - Mind Dimension 2 (Soulwax Version)

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neonguns

Shadow-Dancing Away Your NYE

Hallo hallo! Since nye is so close at hand I thought I'd post some heavy stuff to play once your party's in full swing. The UK duo Shadow Dancer, signed to Boys Noize Records, are not only prolific but pretty good too. I recently picked up their new unreleased remix of Shine Shine so here it is (plus a few other tracks that have been floating around my computer for awhile).

Boys Noize - Shine Shine (Shadow Dancer Unreleased Mix)
Me My Head - White Lights (Shadow Dancer Remix)
Shadow Dancer - Soap
Suicide Club - Sous Acides Club (Shadow Dancer Remix)
The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (Shadow Dancer Vocal Mix)
Shadow Dancer - Poke
Shadow Dancer - Are You Now?
Shadow Dancer - Daytime Drinking
Shadow Dancer - Cowbois

Shadow Dancer might be peeved I just posted a bunch of their stuff--I don't think they like bloggers too much :*( For more info, read this interview from Baked Not Fried and go buy their new release, Soap, on Beatport.

If you're in Montreal for NYE you should go to I Love Neon with Chromeo, Tommie Sunshine, Kap Bambino, Jordan Dare and NROTB. Yes, I know Chromeo's played out, but it will still be fun. I went to see Simian Mobile Disco at Coda last spring. Chromeo was in town for a gig and decided to show up at Coda to see SMD too. I was standing at the back of the club to cool off and randomly they came over and stood right next to me (OMG!!!!). Yeah...that's my lame story...I stood next to Chromeo. Either way, go to I Love Neon. Nextron and I went to last year's party at SAT and it was super fun!

To make up for my terrible story, here are a few more bumpin' songs for your party playlist:

Tiga - Mind Dimension 2 (Soulwax version)
Cicada - Metropolis (The Twelves B-live Rio Mix)
Leif - Black Magic
Just A Band - Burn it Out (THIS/is remix)
Goshi Goshi - The Lock Shot
Dizee Raskal - Dance Wiv Me (Aston Shuffle Mix - Kissy Klub Version)
Cold Blank - Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters anyone?)

And of course, this is essential too (Royksopp is back!)

Royksopp - Happy Birthday

Bonus: Awesome video! Dance Area ft Austin Boston - AA/247



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neonguns

Cornelius

Ugh. Late nights during exams are not so much the good. Oh wait, actually they're totally worth it.

This is for the dude with the mask at Foamo

CORNELIUS from borntofilm on Vimeo.

If only I had a mask, I could be a superstar DJ too. Also, why aren't shows here like that? I do really have to go to Europe to see good electro with people who know something about what they're hearing? Stuff like this:

I'm A Rope (Yuksek Remix) - Tommy Sparks

or kinda funky disco-esque tunes like this new Cut Copy remix:

Far Away (Damn Arms Remix) - Cut Copy

are hard to come by here. Maybe I should move to New York. Or Toronto...only for the wider music scene. Ideally people here would get their collective musical shit together and stop wiling out on crappy tunes, promoting a negative Montreal electro/house reputation...

Until then,
Enjoy

FOAMO @ Coda

Hey hey everyone looks like we're gettin lucky this season, first with Designer Drugs last weekend, FOAMO tomorrow (Friday) at Coda and Surkin on December 13th. The Montreal Mirror interviewed Foamo this week, check it out, got some nice background info on the dude.

Hot damn these are gonna be awesome shows. But please, leave the scarves at home.

Hold Me Down (FOAMO Remix) - Primary 1

Cross The Dancefloor (Designer Drugs Remix) - Treasure Fingers

Ghetto Obsession (Straaatch Rmx) - Surkin

See ya there!

Examcrunch, a new electro cereal from NslL!

When Calvin Harris came to Montreal, I didn't go. I didn't go because I thought he would just perform live and not do anything I haven't already heard on his album.

Oh but what a fool I realize I was after hearing his essential mix, which is apparently what he played at his Canadian shows. Download and tracklist here. Its an amazing mix, blending heavy electro house, disco, and prog house. The first song is all it took to hook me, highly recommended.

Bearries is a group outta Chicago dropping both heavy grinding beats and simple, almost experimental, electronic jams. Good both for dancing and zoning out.

Explorer One - Bearries

Jaws - Bearries

And finally, Yuksek came out with an awesome podcast recently, which is apparently a mixtape for Fabric promoting a recent show. In any case you gotta have it!

YUKSEK - Fabric podcast 200908

The individual tracks and the mix as a whole are well worthy of the repeat button.

Enjoy.

DMCA or something

Well apparently the man deleted my last post for some copyright thing. C'mon, really, property rights laws? Doesn't everyone know that they're just a figment of the liberal media? heh

Aaaaanyway a friend of mine fooled me into watching this just as I will dupe you into loving it:

Pretty dumb but whatever.

Synth-punk?

Another new band for you all, Late Of The Pier a 'glam-techno' synth-punk new-age conglomeration from England (as they usually are). Their album 'Fantasy Black Channel' is quite original in a retro way, using some sounds and progressions reminiscent of the Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. But as with most bands these days, they tend to escape accurate description. In any case here's what you want:

Focker - Late Of The Pier

Bathroom Gurgle - Late Of The Pier

And here's a something more of our usual fare:

Bathroom Gurgle (Tronik Youth Remix) - Late Of The Pier

Louis Vuitton (Database Remix) - Larry Tee

go run around outside while its still nice

Nights Out

for some reason this post got deleted. here it is again in all its glory



This group Metronomy released their album 'Nights Out' about a month ago to rave blogosphere acclaim. The name rang a bell, but I just put them off as another British electronic-pop group...Until I actually heard their music that is, and realized that I had seen them at Montreal's Meg festival in August and had a great time.



I highly recommend that you actually buy 'Nights Out' cuz its a brilliant album. Here's a little teaser, one of my favorites:

Heartbreaker - Metronomy

Breakbot, one of our favorite producers, remixed 'A Thing for Me' from 'Nights Out' with his usual piano and funky bass sound and made it better than the original, imho:

A Thing For Me (Breakbot's B-LIVE Miami Mix) - Metronomy

And for something quite different but definitely worth mentioning, Van She has released another banger, this time remixing Maximum Joy from Shinichi Osawa's 'The One'

Maximum Joy (Van She Remix) - Shinichi Osawa

You gotta love it

enjoy

Too drunk to go out

While I recognize D.I.M. as a great DJ, as of late he hasn't been on the top of my list especially after his lackluster performance here in MTL some months ago. However, it seems that he has released some new tracks with a kind of sound and style quite different than what we are used to hearing from him (especially in 'Out of the Blue'). Check 'em out:

Sunglasses At Night (D.I.M. Remix) - Tiga & Zyntherius

Out of the Blue (D.I.M. Remix) - Darmstadt

Another group seemingly making a 'comeback' of sorts and one of my favorites, Van She Tech, has remixed Utah Saints to great success, bringing us a great upbeat track:

Something Good (Van She Tech Remix) - UTAH SAINTS

As usual, enjoy.