I revived an old music blog from the early 2000s?
Maybe it’s been a foolish endeavor, and maybe I’m the only one who misses the blog ol’ days, but I’ve been giving it a shot. I’ve been working on restoring some of the old content, though much of it was lost. I’ve slowly been rebuilding the old remix sunday archives, and even posting the occasional new edition. And I’ve been writing again.
You can find all the label’s releases here, on bandcamp, or most anywhere you listen to music these days. I’ve still got copies of some of the old vinyl releases, and I recently released the first in a set of charitable cassette compilations to raise awareness about the continued [mis]use of broken windows policing methods.
Plus, I put together a playlists section with a handful of spotify lists that hopefully start to capture a [slightly] updated version of the moods we used to peddle. Give those a listen and a ❤ if you would be so kind. If you want to get in touch, just give me a holler.
– Haldan/Boody
Accessories, nude, and Louboutin’s – grand illusion of the enduring truth to The Miss Education of Alexis Penney (V Magazine). Get your tears out on the dance floor and bring back your vices, the left coast summer heartbreak anthem debut single, in proper vinyl fashion, co-written by Nick Weiss of Teengirl Fantasy, Alexis Blair Penney – Lonely Sea on 7″, is available now. Even the Sorest Queen can dance into a dream.
Alexis Blair Penney – “Lonely Sea” (Honey Soundsystem Remix) (sc)
Hackman is studying at music college in Leeds, but has already released plenty. To look forward to: a single on Greco Roman and an album in the works. While the album might be a ways off, Hackman has given us this satisfying freebie to share.
Hackman – “You Got Tha Munch” (mp3)
From the future: this song seems to have disappeared altogether from the internet. Now it’s back.
Tropical bass incoming! These two tracks are from newcomer Swedish producer Makks. He’s only been producing for two years, it would surprise me if we don’t hear more from Makks in the next few.
Makks – “Happy Smugglers” (mp3)
Makks – “Night Shoes” (mp3)
From their upcoming sophomore LP, Waves of Past Relations. The loveliest people making equally lovely pop music.
Julio Bashmore has done it again. He’s current with a three tracker for Martyn’s 3024 label. The first two are delightfully repetitive, full of great synth work supported by housey 808s and sampled vocals. The final track, which only comes with the digital release, is different- rougher funky/disco, and a touch of early Detroit techno.
Alex “XXXChange” Epton, best known as half of Spank Rock, has teamed up with long time friend Chris Devlin and video collagist Ghostdad on a new project, WIN WIN. The self titled debut album from the Brooklyn-based trio features guest vocals from Andrew WK, Lizzie Bugatsos, Spankrock, and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, the latter of whose collaboration “Interleave” was the subject for director Colin Devin Moore’s new video. Apparently the footage of Alexis Taylor featured in the video was taken inside of a janitors closet during soundcheck, and subsequently transformed by Moore into a visually stunning tour de force.
WIN WIN – “Interleave” ft. Alexis Taylor (XXXChange’s 1993 mix) (mp3)
WIN WIN – “Interleave” ft. Alexis Taylor (Kingdom Remix) (mp3)
From the future: Anyone still have the Kingdom remix as an mp3? Send it my way, if you’d be so kind.
From further in the future: Found it, thanks!
Smell the futurism on these two tracks recently released on the acclaimed Nonplus. Boddika is what he calls himself when he goes beyond, otherwise he’s also known as Instra:Mental. Listen to the B-side below and do the insta safe pickup here.
Boddika – “Breezin” (bc)
Truants have been around for about a year now. To celebrate, they’ve redesigned their blog and released a compilation with fourteen free tracks. Quality stuff from Brenmar, Teeth, the NGUZUs, and LOL Boys & Teki Latex, among others. Listen below or take a jump over to Truants to download. Make a donation if you downloaded it and enjoyed it; all proceeds will be forwarded to the Libya & Region Appeal.
Various Artists – Truancy Compilation One (sc)
From the future: the only place this seems to have survived is on soundcloud. The Truants took down the zip file some time ago. I have a couple of the mp3s, but If anyone has the full collection, let me know — I’m happy to host it.
I don’t hear my city in there all that much, but I like it nonetheless.
Nicolas Jaar’s new album Space is Only Noise is downtempo gold. The whole thing sounds like one long DJ set played underwater by a group of warm, glowing Chilean angels. More innovative and experimental than blogosphere heartthrob James Blake but just as catchy and musically impressive.
1984 has been working hard. The cowbells and horn stabs on these tracks could easily turn most any club into an Italian riot. The EP contains two original tracks from the Italian producer and accompanying remixes from Arcs, Nt89, Meati & Meech, and Misery Peat. Recently released by our friends at Discobelle.
1984 – Arabesque (Nt89 Remix) (sc)
Loaded with the sounds of nature, wound together by patient pads, amidst a flurry of roland drums – Koyote‘s new EP on Mixpak is its own thing. A wild mix of vibes with influences from Deep Purple to Kenny Larkin. Composed in Provence, and perfect for the summer. Listen below.
Also, Koyote has offered up a demo tune not included on the record as a free download –“Dragonfly Frenzy”– so get that too.
Koyote – “Dragonfly Frenzy” (demo) (mp3)
Datassette and Datashat are the aliases of London-based computer programmer and producer John Davies. His signature retro-digital sound has the crunch of vintage synthesizers while maintaining somewhat of a sharp edge. The sonic landscapes he creates are reminiscent of a video game, which isn’t surprising seeing as how he has made one of those too. The Datassette website has a pretty extensive free downloads section, so go check it out.
Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five – “The Message” (Datashat Remix) (mp3) (originally posted as part of Remix Sunday 61)
Datassette – “Start It Again” (mp3)
Datassette – “Making Plans For Nigel” (mp3)
Röyksopp – “Happy Up Here” (Datassette Remix) (mp3)
From the future: Davies seems to have removed the free downloads section of his site, so I’m uploading these bits here instead. There is a bunch of pay-what-you-wish stuff on his bandcamp though, so check that out too.
Proper syncopation from Baobinga & Hyetal. This is on Bao’s own Build Recordings.
Baobinga & Hyetal – “Trouble” (sc)
Friends of the family Jillionaire & Jubilee are throwing a daytime party this Saturday in Miami – featuring our own Carli, French Fries, Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team, MayaVanya, and some special guests. Those of you in Miami this weekend should go!
Jillionaire did a mix to celebrate, and he included a couple of tunes I have coming out soon… check it out on letsmix.
TRACK LIST
Denise Belfon — Dance & Dingolay
Blaxx — Tanti Woi
Watch Em Come (BOTNEK Remix) — Micro Prophet
K.I.S.S.I.N.G. — Dooze Jackers & Deviance
Where Yuh From — Kes The Band
So High — Machel
No Gangsters (So Shifty Remix) — Bunji Garlin & Fay-Ann Lyons
Performance Pt. 1 — MX Prime
Don’t Need No One — Maya Vanya vs Majik Johnson
Ani Riddim feat. Mumdance — Toy Selectah
Come Gyal — Kes The Band
Jerpa — BOTNEK
Cairo (Tony Senghore Remix) — Jean Nippon
Chicken Lover — Bassanova
Bad Gal — Savage Skulls & Douster
Senta — French Fries
Bear vs Lion vs Shark — Boody B
Guap — Boody B
Baxter — Richie Beretta
Masta Blasta — Dillon Francis
Tik Tokka — BOTNEK
Chickenazo — Icy Lytes
Wotless — Kes The Band
From the future: this mix is long dead (RIP letsmix). If anyone has a copy of it, drop me a line.
Hype Williams – “The Throning” (sc)
Jim E Stack – “Do U” (sc)
Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross – “White Sun” (sp)
From the future: this turned out to be the last Remix Sunday, but I didn’t intend for that at the time. It must’ve felt like it went out with a whisper. But even though it’s been ten years since I posted this, I’ve decided to start doing these again. I can’t promise how often, or when exactly I’ll start. And sure, the world has changed a lot since then, but I hope it might make a few of you out there smile. <3
Remix Sunday 156 Zipped Up. (127mb zip) password: palmsout
When Saint Go Machine – “Fail Forever” (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
Amerie – “1 Thing” (French Fries Remix)
CREEP – “Days” (Deadboy Remix)
Gucci Mane – “Dollar Sign” (Duke Dumont Remix)
Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne – “Motivation” (Diplo Remix)
Mustang – “Dick Reverse” (Canblaster & Sam Tiba Remix)
Gucci Mane – “O Dog (ft. Wyclef)” (Mosca Remix ft. Trigga Nom)
Rihanna – “What’s My Name” (Brenmar Remix)
Usher & Nicki Minaj – “Little Freak” (Savage Skulls & Douster Remix ft. Marcus Price)
Katy B – “Lights On” (Lao Guarachero Edit)
Melé – “Trappin’” (Contakt Remix)
She Wants Revenge – “Take The World” (Jokers of the Scene Remix)
Cassie – “Addiction” (Altered Natives’ TLA Dub)
Savage Skulls – “Caravan” (Jacques Greene Remix)
image/ Olav Christopher Jenssen
One of my favorite Danish bands – Giana Factory – are coming out with their first full-length, Save The Youth.
In preparation for the release of the album this fall, the band will be releasing a series of 7″s, each featuring one song from the album and a remake by former tourmates like Glasvegas, Whomadewho, Autolux, and first up: Trentemøller.
Giana Factory – “Dirty Snow” (Trentemøller Remix) (bc)
If you search the archive on this site, you might find a few posts by Red Foxx. But they’d probably just be about preteen Japanese video game culture, or how he invented rainbows, or getting punched. Follow him on twits @LILINTERNET or at lilinter.net.
REDFOXX – “I WANT 2 B FREE” (mp3)
From the future: this song pretty much disappeared from the internet after Azaelia Banks used it as an instrumental for a song. Julian has since gone on to do too much to list, but definitely invest some time into New Models.
Jacques Greene loves old school R&B, 90′s UK garage, and running his snares through a really low-cutoff filter. His debut EP, which came out in December on the Lucky Me, is anything but dreamy. “The Look” straight up swings like some circa-’92 London pirate radio fodder. Four-to-the-floor kicks, pitch-bent shakers, bubble-bass and all. On this edit, Kingdom tackles the most sonically abstract composition on the EP, bringing it back to NYC.
Jacques Greene – “Tell Me” (Kingdom Edit) (sc)
Palms Out is extremely excited to announce the release of Marcus Price & Carli’s Bubbelgum, the follow up to 2010′s smash Mat Bira Kvinnor Weed. Bubbelgum is an ode to small towns, motels, and getting lifted in the club–a specific reference to that oh-so-famous strain. Stylistically, it references Chicago house & Baltimore club, while staying squarely in the bounds of modern club music, and maintaining the unique soundscape originally crafted for Mat Bira Kvinnor Weed. Shot in Nice, in southern France, by Tim Erem; the travel themed Bubbelgum video is a follow up to the cooking show madness of last year’s Mat Bira Kvinnor Weed video. Following the video is a preview of B-side “Jexpert” featuring the subject matter–Jexpert himself.
Bubbelgum is out now on bandcamp (and everywhere else), with remixes from Sam Tiba, Rebecca & Fiona, L-Wiz, and Carli himself.
We’re New Here – Jamie xx’s remix project with Gil Scott-Heron, was released last week. Heron’s voice becomes something totally new atop Jamie’s production. This is worth a listen.
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Stagga’s been pumping out OG dubstep for a while now, and he’s got the testosterone-fueled death wobble sound on lock. However, it wasn’t until I encountered tracks like “Rub On Ya Bass Binz” and “Face Gets Splat” that peripheral interest became pure, unadulterated love. This new collab with Joe Blow and Skamma is a propa chune. It’s nice and minimal, but with a jerky, off-time quality to the rhythm that makes the producer’s moniker all the more appropriate.
From the future: Egyptrixx (David Psutka) now makes music under the name ACT! and runs the label Halocine Trance.
Machinedrum and Praveen’s collaborative project, Sepalcure, is back with Fleur. Driven largely by crisp 2-step rhythms and lush atmospherics, this one is worth your money. Also check out their recent remix for the London-based group of Spaniards, Crystal Fighters.
Crystal Fighters – “In The Summer” (Sepalcure Dub) (sc)
Thank the god for the internet. Now that we can ustream basement grime parties in Shoreditch from the comfort of our New York apartments, find Shangaan electro music videos on youtube, and get ahold of fresh cumbia techno records made by adolescent boys at the moment they drop in Monterrey, there’s not a lot of real detective work left to be done for most DJs. Borders between genres of dance music blur as the auras of provinciality deteriorate with exposure, and classifications like “global bass” and “tropical” are being taken seriously, for better or for worse. As a DJ, one way to respond to this chaos is to take a purist attitude: to let juke be juke and reggaeton be reggaeton, even though that Tego Calderon track would sound really sweet with triplet toms and an 808 hi-hat roll. The other way to go is to just surf the post-modern wave into the hyperreal, slapping whatever sounds god together and hoping things turn out alright in the end. That’s what DJ Orion has been doing for a while now. His new Animus EP cuts up 3ball guarachero and splices it together with brostep standards and some Nola bounce for good measure. You’ll either adore this or hate it. If you like it, check out Orion’s bmore/cumbia record Carajo Colombia too.
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Dj Orion & Big Freedia – “Get Back” (Orion Guarachero Edit) (mp3)
16 Bit vs. Dj Leo – “Jump Guarachero” (Orion Guarachero Edit) (mp3)
Magnetic Man – “Mad” (Orion Guarachero Edit) (mp3)
Borgore / Toadally Crossed Out / Rusko – “Woo Boost” (Orion Guarachero Edit) (mp3)
Bar 9 vs. Jorge Veliz – “El Gordo Shaolin” (Orion Guarachero Edit) (mp3)
A couple of very nice tracks from Venezuelan duo, Pacheko.
Pacheko – “Destruyelo” (mp3)
Pacheko – “Medias Panter” (mp3)
Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.
– Theodor Adorno
Remix Sunday 155 Zipped Up. (120mb zip)
Drake ft. The Dream – “Shut It Down” (Norrit Late Nite Refix)
Little Majorette – “London” (Marcus Price Remix)
NGUZUNGUZU – “Mirage” (Jim-E Stack Remix)
DJ Technics – “Gabryelle” (D Malice Refix pt.1)
Cassie – “Must Be Love” (Jacques Greene’s Marriage Proposal mix)
Sia – “Little Man” (Exemen Remix)
Rye Rye & MIA – “Sunshine” (Cristian Dinamarca Remix)
MC Zulu & Poirier – “Go Ballistic” (Wildlife! Re-Rub)
David Lynch – “Good Day Today” (Boys Noize Remix)
Amadou & Mariam – “Sabali” (Uproot Andy Remix)
Azari & III – “Into The Night” (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
Krystal Klear – “Tried For Your Love” (Hudson Mohawke Remix)
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