I can't think of anything more enjoyable on a shitty rainy day than sitting here basking in the loving glow of my iMac, as I hunt down some new choons, with the Olympics happening in the background. So thank you rain. Maybe that can be my new excuse for not blogging lately...? its just been too damn hot!
Going to kinda ease my way in with this cute little remix from Ron Basejam. He's appeared here before, at least once. So far most of what I've heard from him is a little bit soulful and a little bit playful.. and this one is pretty much right on both of those marks. Plus theres a line about the sun and warmth etc and thats kinda what I want to hear you sing about on a rainy day.
The White Lamp - It's You (Ron Basejam Remix)
Do you know who John Barry is? I really think you should. Especially if you're a movie fan, a music fan, or even more so a fan of the way music is used in film. John Barry scored the Bond films(as well as countless other films)...actually a master at setting a mood with a haunting score. I'm not sure how it's never dawned on me before but Gui Boratto is so similar it hurts. The style, the sound...very few people, and I've heard a lot, can give chills with dance music the way Gui Boratto can. Exhitbit A: this remix of the Battles track "Wall Street".
Battles - Wall Street (Gui Boratto Remix)
So I show up at my friend Charles's house last week and as I walk in i see a flyer for a party in a couple weekends. Lee Foss, Matthew Dear, Soul Clap, Juan MacLean, Nitin and a few more that'll probs be the undercard. Thats easily the tightest lineup I've seen not at a dance music festival this year. Even better was he fact that as I was looking at it I was actually listening to Matthew Dear... who I completely love. On top of making pretty much every kind of music you could think of and making it well.... hes not exactly hard on the eyes. Plus his label has one of the cuter logos out there (Ghostly International). The guys responsible for this remix of Matthew Dear's "Her Fantasy" have appeared before as well...from remixing Neil Young(amazing) to their own productions they turn out stuff that sounds exactly how you'd expect someone by the name of Poolside to sound like... sun soaked, breezy summer beats.
Matthew Dear - Her Fantasy (Poolside Remix)
And now what a rainy day really sounds like.... Another find courtesy VisionQuest... and the rather whacky names of their seasonal collections... this one from the Teen Collection Hot Jam 96. The title doesn't exactly make me want to run out and buy it but once I knew it was VisionQuest I was fully on board. It sounds a lot like Trentemoller who I was a titch obsessed with back in the day... only a bit more dancefloor friendly.
QBeck feat. Julia Govor - Alice
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