Korallreven & CFCF

Swedish duo Korallreven have slowly but surely made their way into my daily life.  A track here, a track there, a remix here, a remix there.  All of a sudden, they're popping up on all my playlists left and right.  Ever had one of those moments when a song comes on while your walking around or riding the tube/subway/bus and it perks you up a bit, but you can't remember who it it is?  Well, that is/was me with Koralleven.

Here are two originals and a remix.  I picked these up over time, but you can have them all at once. Oh yeah, and Victoria Bergsman is the voice of Taken By Trees, also worth a listen HERE.

Korallreven - Honey Mine (ft. Victoria Bergsman)
Korallreven - The Truest Faith
Korallreven - The Truest Faith (CFCF Remix)

And if you like the CFCF remix above, here's a few more of Memory Cassette, Femme & The Presets.  All of these have been on repeat for me at one point or another, especially that Presets mix.  Brings back dark and sweaty memories...

Memory Cassette - Last One Awake (CFCF Version)
Femme - Bathtub Clash (CFCF Remix)
The Presets - Talk Like That (CFCF Remix)

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Keep Shelly in Athens v. Memory Tapes

Here is the Memory Tapes remix of Keep Shelly In Athens' Running Out of You.  Go and grab the original at my sweetest lil blog by clicking HERE.

Keep Shelly In Athens - Running Out of You (Memory Tapes Remix)


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Small Black

I am looking out my window, and it's snowing.  Just checked the weather, and it's 28 degrees here in London.  While Small Black's warm tones and hazy melodies might seem more appropriate for Summer, I have to say, they are keeping me pretty warm right now.  Good music has a way of doing that, it seems. 

If you like Washed Out, Toro y Moi, and all that blissed out chillwave goodness, you'll love this.  As Pitchfork writes, "feels like a sunrise bike ride with a head full of weed, but this time in full-blown technicolor."  Yeah, that's about right.

Small Black - Photojournalist
Small Black - Despicable Dogs
Small Black - Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix)

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For Dad, Forever Ago

18 October 2008.
That day, on a direct flight from New York to San Francisco, I listened to Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago album on repeat, staring out the window at the endless skies just beyond the reach of the metallic wing, unable to distract myself with the copy of the NY Times I had brought along for my journey home.  Early that morning, I was awoken to the news of my father's heart attack.  He was gone.

To this day, that album remains timeless and perfect for that incredible moment when everything changed.

30 November 2010.
Over two years have passed since that day in October.  I have since boarded a one-way flight from San Francisco to London to obtain a Masters degree in the field I love.  I am moving forward in Dad's example and with Dad's open heart.

This Das Kapital re-work of Bon Iver's 'Skinny Love', a track off For Emma, Forever Ago, is emblematic of this process.  The same song from 18 October 2008, given new life today.  Moving forward, while looking back.  I love you Dad.

Bon Iver - Skinny Love (Das Kapital Remix)
Bon Iver - Skinny Love (Album Version)

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Twin Shadow v. Com Truise

Twin Shadow's just released album 'Forget' is rad.  And that means we are sure to discover some rad remixes.  Well, here's the first of many, I am sure.

Twin Shadow - Castles In the Snow (Com Truise Remix)

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Miike Snow (Threeways)

Javier Dunn's cover of Miike Snow's Animal just landed in my inbox and it inspired me to post it along with two other reinterpretations of the song. Rock on...


Javier Dunn - Animal (Miike Snow Cover)
Miike Snow - Animal (Mark Ronson Remix)
Miike Snow - Animal (Treasure Fingers Remix)

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La Roux v. Chromeo

I have to admit, it's the hook of this track that got me.

New Chromeo ft. La Roux, can't go wrong really. Just in time for the weekend.

Chrome - Hot Mess (Ft. La Roux) 

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Hurtful (2x)

Hurtful(2x). One song, two mixes.  The Penguin Prison remix brings me back to SF, HiFi and all those wild and crazy Thursday nights Erasing Texts and hanging with the home boys and home girls.  The George Lenton is newer, and a bit harder at points, but also very catchy.  A nice track to tackle an English cobblestoned jungle on foot.  Perhaps this will be my London memories in the making...


Erik Hassle - Hurftul (Penguin Prision Remix)
Erik Hassle - Hurtful (George Lenton Remix)

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Active Child v. Classixx

My Sweetest & I were putzing around London today, no real plans except to take it all in.  We began at the Elk in the Woods in Angel for a super tasty brunch.  It was then onto Dover Street Market for some Fall/Winter fashion inspiration and a couple spritzes of Commes de Garcon's fragrance.  While "shopping" (loving the clothes, not the prices) a familiar track came on and put a smile on our faces.  And so....

Here's the original and the Classixx remix of Active Child's 'When Your Love is Safe.'  It's been called bedroom pop, which makes sense given the fact that it's smooth, sexy, emotional and cozier than a goose down comforter.  The Classixx remix gives it that oh-so-good saucy R&B'ness we all have come to know and love from the two dudes.  Just sit back and enjoy these both....

Active Child - When Your Love is Safe
Active Child - When Your Love is Safe (Classixx Remix)

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The XX & Beach House

Found the image of a lonely tree online, added a few squares, and that's about it.  Here are some songs of bands you love, remixed.

Beach House - White Moon (JAQUES remix)
Austin Eterno - I Remember Shelter (The xx vs. Deadmau5 & Kaskade)


And a new one I think you'll like as well...

Young Empires - White Doves 

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Wave Machines v. Artwork

It was just over a year ago that Wave Machines first made their way into my happy zone with their track "Keep the Lights On."  I have vivid memories of bouncing around a huge blue & white beach house in Bolinas with about 15 of my home boys and home girls, with this song as our soundtrack.  Utter silliness, really.  Bare feet, sweat pants, face paint, no bras.  Morning and night, dusk til dawn, a three day weekend of perfection.

That being said, you can imagine how happy I was to stumble across a totally sexy remix of "Keep the Lights On."  Artwork adds a late night synthy disco flair that makes me melt.  Like a panting dog in Vegas, it's your turn to drool.

Here's the remix and the original....

Wave Machines - Keep the Lights On (Album Version)
Wave Machines - Keep the Lights On (Artwork Remix)

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Florrie v. Elite Gymnastics

Damn, I love good tunes.  And I love it when bands that I am into jump onto the remix train and take songs I am loving and add their own flavor.  Man, did I mention I love tunes!

So here is a new track by Florrie, who seems to be the new female vocalist to take the blogs by storm.  Her track "Come Back to Mine" is legit, and totally rad to play at lots of fun places, however it can be a bit hard at times.   Enter stage right, Elite Gymnastics, to slow it down a spice it up.  Elite Gymnastics, who's just released Real Friends EP is at the top of my rotation these days, take the cake with this remix, and remind me quite a bit of a Classixx chilled-out remixe of a harder electro track,  which I often prefer more than the originals.  I'd love to see what other remixes Elite Gymnastics put out, as they have a catchy sound that I would like to see painted on the surface of other songs.  

Check out the album version and the remix below.  Enjoy!

Florrie - Come Back to Mine (Album Version)
Florrie - Come Back to Mine (Elite Gymnastics Remix)

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Mayer Hawthorne v. Snoop

What a smooth mix, pairing two smooth dudes.  Play this one all summer long.

Snoop Dogg - Gangsta Luv (ft. Mayer Hawthorne, G-Mix) 

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Ellie Goulding - Guns & Horses (Tonka Radio Edit)

So, Ellie Goulding does not need much of an introduction.  To be frank, I recently have been feeling a bit of Ellie overload, same goes for Marina & the Diamonds.  Maybe its the female voice singing over synthy beats, I dunno.

Well, I'm back on board thanks to Tonka's remix of Guns & Horses.  Tonka, a German producer, keeps the original song structure mostly in place but adds a nice house beat in place of the original composition, bringing audible images of "Mr. Synth- Pop" himself, Fred Falke, to mind.

Check it out, it's Saturday!

Ellie Goulding - Guns & Horses (Tonka Radio Edit)

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Aislyn

Aislyn is the side project of Passion Pit keyboardist, Ian Hultquist and his girlfriend Sofia Degli Alessandri.  The Brooklyn couple produce original music as well as remixes.  Always a fan of a good remix, here are two of my favorites.

Neon Indian - 6669 (Aislyn Remix)

Freelance Whales - Generator 1st Floor (Aislyn Remix)

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Kavinsky v. Breakbot

Yes! I am feeling this track, and was happy to play it last night. Thank you Mr. Walker for passing it my way, and for sticking it out last night at Erase All Texts from start to finish. And thank you Lucas Walters for visiting us last night behind the decks. Rad times...

Kavinsky's new track "Nightcall", mixed by SebastiaN, produced by Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and featuring CSS’s Lovefoxx, is a bit toned down from what we're used to hearing from the Frenchman. However, I'm a fan of the slow down, and especially a fan of this song. Breakbot, who has remixed Sebastian Tellier, PNAU and AIR, among others, took the original and added his own touch. We're left with one hell of a summer disco pop track...add this to your "on repeat."

Kavinsky - Nightcall (Breakbot Remix)

Here's another remix by Breakbot, this time of Sebastian Tellier. The dude always turns water into wine, or rather, wine into brandy ... since the originals are intoxicating to begin with.

Sebastian Tellier - Roche (Breakbot Remix)

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Body Language

Brooklyn's own Body Language is Angelica Bess, Ian Chang, Grant Wheeler & Matthew Young, a four-piece that cut their teeth as a Brooklyn party act and remixing the likes of Passion Pit and Theophilus London, who they also backed up live on his tour, dressed as The Lovers. Back now to doing their own thing, with a LP out soon, the electronic indie crossover act is worth keeping track of.

Here's two remixed Body Language tracks. The Toro y Moi mix of "At A Glance" is laid back, while the Sammy Bananas and Yes Giantess mixes of "Work This City" are cut out for the late night house-party dance-party...aka, the best kind of dance party.

Body Language - At a Glance (Toro y Moi Remix)

Body Language - Work This City (Sammy Bananas Remix)

Body Language - Work This City (Yes Giantess Remix)

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Taken By Trees v. Memory Tapes

Taken by Trees is the solo project of Victoria Bergsman, former lead singer for The Concretes. Her Sweedish indie-folk music is a nice compliment to the warmth of Summer evenings...especially when Memory Tapes add their own subtle two cents.

Taken By Trees - Watch the Waves (Memory Tapes Remix)

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Neon Indian v. Summer Dregs

I have to admit, the last few weeks have been a bit of a blur. Weddings, work, essays, friends, family, dogs, etc.

This Summer Dregs remix of Neon Indian's Mind Drip is about as blurred & blissed out as my month of April, which has been amazing and full of good energy. Looking forward to what lies ahead...

Neon Indian - Mind Drip (Summer Dregs Remix)

psychic chasms (BRAHMS rmx)

BRAHMS (?) mixes Neon Indian and Neon Indian mixes Grizzly Bear.

Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms (BRAHMS Remix)

Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader (Neon Indian Remix)