Remix Friday

April 19, 2019 — Leave a comment

• La Roux – In For The Kill
• Skream Let’s Get Ravey Remix

“A proper remix, the kind that nudges the original song into thrilling new territory. Young Croydon dubstep producer Skream removes everything from the perky original bar the vocal, which, in its ominous, bass-heavy new setting, now seems replete with yearning. The sudden outbreak of old school drum’n’bass near the end is terrific too.” — Gareth Grundy

Sample Tuesday

April 16, 2019 — Leave a comment

• Big John Hamilton – Big Bad John
• Big Daddy Kane – Warm It Up, Kane

I heard somewhere that LL Cool J ghostwrote this song. Can’t imagine he didn’t.
“You need another helping hand to swing on.
I stand alone, but still you gotta bring on
your Batman and Robin, Cagney and Lacey
Starsky and Hutch, but they still can’t faze me …”

Too Good Monday

April 15, 2019 — Leave a comment

• Marshall Jefferson – Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)

“Everybody said it wasn’t House music when I first did it: ‘That piano … what the hell is that doing there? Who do you think you are, Fats Domino? You don’t put no piano on no House record, that ain’t House music!’ … So I called it The House Music Anthem.” — Marshall Jefferson

Remix Friday

April 12, 2019 — Leave a comment

• Enter Shikari – Juggernauts
• Nero Remix

Despite Tony Wilson being instrumental in helping Electronic music take over England, then the world, I’m not sure he fully understood it. No disrespect but he always looked at things through a Rock ‘n’ Roll lens, so I’m going to take this quote with a grain of salt. Still, he’s been right about so many things that it at least makes me want to take a second look at the band.
“I have not seen anything as exciting since the Sex Pistols. They are that good.”