I currently don't have any tunes that I'm that hype about.

Apart from the following two bangers:

Justin Faust's remix of 'With You', which is a lot more intense and dance-powered than his usual mellow stuff. Having said that, it's not too noisy. Faust blends the nice soft side of his music with a pacier funked-up bass and pounding drum pattern to create a sexy little dance song. Noice with an extra 'o'.
Then you have The Aston Shuffle, who I've loved since that awesome Grafton Primary remix, with a tasty new tune. Stabby synths and souped up 80s bits and bobs are laced all over 'Do You Want More', but it retains quite a sharp and bangerrific edge to go with the bounciness.

And while we're on the subject of bangers - how good is that Villains remix of 'She Wolf'?
Very good.

Probably almost as good as that DatA remix of La Roux I keep banging on about.

Bestrack - With You (Justin Faust) Buy
The Aston Shuffle - Do You Want More (feat. DAnimal Kingdom)[AS Remix] Buy
La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (DatA Remix) Buy DatA

Flash

I've been on holiday, which is my excuse for the short sabbatical. But now I'm back, with an ipod overflowing with tasty tunes. (Huzzah!). Anyway...

I don't know who St Andrew are, but I know that I've spent the whole morning trying to find out. Apparently he is some guy called Andrew Swanson, he has studied film, some other boring stuff... and he makes nice tunes. 'Cosmic Terror' is his calling card and despite spending most of today listening to his stuff I can't think of anything better to post up. Its a punchy piece of laidback electro, very much in the mould of Nosaj Thing and Flying Lotus but with a bit more action - bigger synths, glittery electro shizzle plastered all over it, some great vocal work, etc. Well worth a listen for anyone who's a fan of the aforementioned two producers, or a fan of electronic stuff in general.

I've been waiting for a good quality copy of this next tune for a good month or so now. And here it is. The Chase & Status remix of Nneka's 'Heartbeat'. This is quite possibly the most obviously commercially-viable crowd-pleaser ever produced by anyone in the history of history (thats probably why they've labelled it so self-consciously) but... f*ck it. Because it is amazing. (In before underground people banging on about how they've sold out. It sounds good to me and thats all that maters).
The thing about crowd-pleasers is that they are pleasing, after all. Big guitars, big bass, massive snares, good times.
Expect this one to be going off everywhere. If it isn't already.

Speaking of commercial stuff, La Roux is very popular at the moment. It seems like anyone who's anyone, or noone (but wants to be someone), is remixing her tracks. 'Bulletproof' is the most recent single, and it's attracted everyone from Foamo to Tepr, but my favourite mix so far comes from the Barcelona duo Y A L L. It's attracted a lot of notice since they entered it for her remix competition by virtue of being brilliant. The Barcelona boys have thrown a load of electro stabs and synths on the song, with a bit of strings (a la Justice/MSTRKRFT/Neo Tokyo) and it sounds awesome. Very dancey, bouncy and cheerful. All the things the original was, multiplied by the power of electro. Definitely a must have.

Last up, how about some feel-good indie? I've posted about Two Door Cinema Club before but I feel like they deserve another mention. The band come from NI and they make very happy summer tunes. 'Undercover Martyn' is their first single and 'tis very nice indeed. You can see the video here if thats the kind of thing you're in to, or just give the track a listen. It's very sing-along, they change the pace up nicely, the guitars are all trebley and rifftastic. Think Delorean, Mew, a less-french Housse de Racket/Phoenix. Indie-pop stuff, basically. There are probably some much better comparisons out there, I just wanted to list bands I like. Ho hum. Check 'em out, they could be the sound of our 'barbeque' summer.

More tomorrow.

St Andrew - Cosmic Terror Buy
Nneka - Heartbeat (Chase & Status 'We Just Bought A Guitar' Remix) Buy C&S
La Roux - Bulletproof (Y A L L Remix) Myspace
Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn Buy

Dubstep Madness

So I'm listening to Annie Mac, and she just played High Contrast's edit of Skream's 'Let's get ravey' 'In For The Kill' remix. Obviously, it was awesome, but it made me angry ... because it wasn't Last Japan's edit. I've been listening to Last Japan's edit all day (thanks to the kind people at NoisePorn who put it up) and it is quite literally f*cking sick.

Skream's original mix is obviously huge, but because I'm impatient I keep having to skip to the end so I can enjoy the most hardcore bit. Last Japan's edit just makes the whole thing hardcore, and increases the levels at all the right moments, introducing a posionous synth and a slightly more puncky snare to the mix. He preserves all the best bits of the original, and adds all the bits that were just missing (for me, at least).

It's huge!

La Roux - In For The Kill (Last Japan's (Skream) edit) Myspace

On a side note, both Annie Mac and Pete Tong tipped Surkin's remix of The Juan MacLean as destined for greatness. For those who are interested, I posted it here.