The Heat

I got the MSTRKRFT album a few month' back and I thought 'Oh, the new MSTRKRFT album. This is pretty good.' Since then I've pretty much ignored it. Mainly because there was too much rapping on the songs and I'm not really keen on that with my dance music. I like beats and nonsense vocal snatches and cuts, not big long verses about why (insert rapper here) is so awesome and rich.
(Not that I'm hating on rap, I just don't think it works too well over electro.)
Anyway, long story short, I've started listening to it again. The reason for that is Wolfgang Hartner's remix of 'Heartbreaker', which was my favourite tune of the week up until yesterday when I heard 'Calypso'. The original version was probably my favourite track from the album, but Gartner takes it to a new level. The addition of a much more powerful bass kick sets it off nicely, and the crazy, wobbly, electro blips and fuzzed out vocals turns this into an absolute classic dancefloor filler. It's in the same sort of vein as Chris Lake's remix of 'Oh My God', for anyone who's heard that.
In case I haven't sold this enough: it is f%@£!*g incredible and you must download it. It makes my brain shit gold.*

I don't want to get stuck in a rut or anything, but I'm going to post another Alex Metric tune. And another Treasure Fingers one. At the same time!!!!
I hope that won't blow your mind too much.
Anyway, this is an older mix that Mr. Fingers did for Mr. Metric, and it is pretty much everything you would expect. Funky bouncy bassline, decorative spacey synths, dance-friendly reverbed vocals and a clubtastic beat. Probably my favourite effort from Treasure Fingers so far actually, loving it. (The original is called 'In Your Machine'.)

I don't know if anyone's seen the new Transformers film? I haven't, but thanks to Datsik & Excision I have now heard it. Seriously. I may be a bit late with this one, but 'Calypso' is literally one of the grimiest dubstep (or is it wobble now?) tunes I've ever heard. If robots went out for a massive lash-up and started raving their rusty metal tits off, they'd be doing it to this tune. The bassline is literally like the sound of something industrial throwing up, and the tune is filled with weird metallic stabs and effects that are out of this world. Heavy. Highly highly recommended to anyone who doesn't know it.

The next tune is one from the ever on-point RubADubDub blog, but it isn't (strangely enough) a dubstep cut. It is, in fact, a bit of intense drum and bass, courtesy of Spor. I could pretend that I know loads about Spor and his tune, but to be honest all I know (and all I need to know) is that 'Aztec' is a banger and I love it. If Formula 1 cars had fat soundsytems, this is the kind of intense, fast-paced shit they'd be playing.

Enjoy

MSTRKRFT (Feat. John Legend) - Heartbreaker (Wolfgang Gartner Remix)** Buy
Alex Metric - In Your Machine (Treasure Fingers Remix) Buy
Excision & Datsik - Calypso Buy
Spor*** - Aztec Buy

*Slight overhype.
**You can DL from there easy enough, they don't appreciate re-hosting. Check out the other free tracks - some of them are pretty good.
***Call me late, but apparently Feed Me is Spor's house/electro productions moniker. I now love him 10x more. Legend.

Brown Noise

So I was listening to 'Rock the Casbah' on youtube this morning and I happened to skim through the comments bit underneath the vid, which is where I came across this:

"yeah buddy i listen to fucking music that would make any high school preppy guido bitch shit her pants. sorry i dont have a narrow mind when it comes to music"

And it gave me epic lulz + wtfs.

But it also made me think. Not in a deep way like 'why are some people so stupid and hateful that they find themselves needing to post those comments oh the woes of the world and the youth of today ...etc', but in a 'lol imagine if a tune could make you shit your pants' kind of way. Now obviously there is the mythical 'Brown Note':

The brown note is an infrasound frequency that is said to cause humans to lose control of their bowels due to resonance.

But I'm not talking about that. I'm talking more about tunes that are so frucking banging they might actually cause you to shit yourself in pure joy. I mean, I've been in clubs where the bassline has been so deep I felt like I might just go right there on the dancefloor, but I've never actually done it.

Maybe one day I will.*

Until then, I'll make do with listening to bangers. These tracks (probably) won't induce bowel-loosening euphoria, but they are pretty sick. First up is the Sidechains remix of Booty Luv's 'Say It'. I've already posted Diamond Cut's take on this song, but the Sidechains mix is a bit lighter and more club friendly (synths, funky bassline, fade outs etc). Its the kind of song that has earned them their place on the bill at Ibiza, and is worth a listen. Those who like it a bit more hardcore and bassy should check out Nero's pretty stellar remix instead. Bufi's 'Homeless Hero' sounds almost exactly the same as Bag Raider's 'Fun Punch' to me, but that is no bad thing. Any fans of Fun Punch or BR should probably check it out. As for Moonbootica, yes, their name is ridiculous and takes far too long to say, but their music is pretty sharp. Very sharp, some would say. Anyway, Freeland is obviously a fan, because Moonbootica got drafted in to remix the new single 'Do You'. Joker and High Rankin were given the same honour, and their remixes are full of dubsteppy goodness, but I've gone for Moonbootica's mix instead. This is mainly because I like them, but their version is pretty good - full of grinding distorted-guitar type synths and a nice bassline stab that promotes headnodding in a big way.

As for Classixx, they probably need no introduction. Cold Act Ill is a tune they released a while back (which is my way of saying I have no idea when) and has had a fair bit of attention from blogs - including Gottadancedirty, which is where I got it from. It is very very awesome and very euphoric - huge beat, great vocal sampling, big, smooth, clubby synth chords ... like a mix between Justice, Fred Falke, Moulinex and Deadmau5. Hopefully thats enough name drops to make everyone download it, and to make everyone so confused that they'll have no idea what it should sound like, letting me get away with that terrible, terrible description.
If any of these tunes make you shit your pants, it'll be this one.

Booty Luv - Say It (Sidechains Remix) BuySC
Bufi - Homeless Hero Buy
Freeland - Do You (Moonbootica Remix) Buy
Classixx - Cold Act Ill (Extended Mix) Buy


*Lol?