Look At You

Am I the only person on the planet who saw Dogtooth (Kynodontas) over the weekend and didn't curl up in a ball of Lynch-esque fear? Very, very good.

And so is this:
My Woman - Eddie C (PBR Remix) on Wolf Music
WOLFEP005 Eddie C - My Woman (PBR Streetgang Remix) snippet by NYSoul

Bad Rabbits

Oh my god this is so suave it makes me blush just listening to it.
W+L bringing back 90s r'n'b jams via deep house:
She's Bad (Gadi Mizrahi & Soul Clap Remix) - Bad Rabbits

Room With a View

After their Atjazz remix, Dairmount & Berardi took on Andre Lodemann's Dark Edge on the lovely Room With a View Records:
André Lodemann / Dark Edge / Dairmount & Berardi Dub by Room With a View

Warm fuzzy deepness.

The Glow

Did anyone else lol at Lee Curtiss's The Glow edit using the same sample as in Janet Jackson's All For You?

Actual genius. B: Lee Curtiss - The Glow - Cityfox Ltd 01 (extract) by teclectic

Baker Man

Oh my two favourite things combined. Soul Clap and BAKING.
Baker Man Edit by Soul Clap

FYB

Dunna mix for Brixton night Fill Yer Boots next Friday 16th.
Come down. Expect things like Schneider, Siopis, Solomun and other things that don't begin with 'S'.

Check out their blog.
Check Flammette for the rest of 'em.

Notice:

Hi anyone who likes/dislikes/wants to come throw things at NCAK.

Big Chill's hosting a Blog Party with yours truly repping Nobody Cares About Kitsune & Dazed Digital (Slutty Fringe will be Tony/John, woop) on Fri 2nd April.

On at 12.45am:
Expect LOUD NOISES.

Everyone Knows

About my rather indiscrete love of Nicolas Jaar.

Mauled him recently on a couple of interviews, this one for Dazed Digital.
Clown & Sunset label feature to come...

Do check out his Get The Curse mix from a while back if you haven't yet.

Photo: Amy Gwatkin

Happy Please

First post up on Brandon Sek's Happy Please aka Curb Crawlers 2.
2020 Vision niceness.

Shining Deacon

Lighthouse (Youandewan Dub) - dOP

This would be incredibly generic and avoidable were it not for the groovey brass and awesome claps. A deeper take on the actually kinda boring original. Sshh.

Dan Deacon's rant about lighthouses.
"You don't like the lighthouse, you suck."

On & On & On...

Am back at what appears to be an office after spending twenty hours over the last two days at Fabric's 30 hr non-stop event seeing Onur Ozer, Gadi W+L, Seth Troxler's 1 million sets, Dinky, and Konrad Black (again), etc. HELP ME.

Here's the Soul Clap Great White Hope mix (kicking off with some much-loved Jaar) in homage to missing their set last night due to... actually I still don't know quite know what happened there.

Highlights included:

• Stalking Seth Troxler and
  
• Going mental.

Mm, Danish

So it's been the various Fashion Weeks and a Copenhagen trip to meet le Tartelet boys & Kasper Bjorke where during the days we talked accidental pornos and at night got wasted and played gems like Kenton Slash Demons' new record 'Sun' (literally breathtaking) and Danish trance (think I was supposed to stay quiet about that).

But having had a day to gather my tech-house marbles, I bring some Downtown Party Network - Days Like These. Laidback disco with feel-good synths.
And their Danish ventures from the pretty tight release package alongside remixes from Zombie Disco Squad and Jimpster:

Kasper Bjørke: Alcatraz (Kenton Slash Demon Remix) by S-E-N

Dolly La Parton

Not another Backwards Barbie but the alias of Alex Under of CMYK via BeMySheep making eerie dischordant-scat driving-tech 'dancefloor choons'. If the dancefloor was full of people looking like they were having a bit of a spaz.

It's Just a Thing (128) / Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens

(Re: pic - Do you dress like the 11 yo girls in this pic? Congratulations, you are 'trendy'.)

Talking Jazz On The Telephone

Moodymann - Telephone Blue (Franklin De Costa Tool Edit) by franklindecosta
(d/l)
Vs
Talking All That Jazz (Patrick Lindsey & M.in Remix) - Marc Romboy

The De Costa remix of Moodymann feats some creepy pitched down vocals that wouldn't seem out of place on a Spectral release kicking in amongst the moody (no shit) deep house which lightens up towards the end, whilst Marc Romboy talking some jazz gets re-jigged by Patrick Lindsey & M.in.

Sei Ace

I know I make this bold statement at my own risk but.. someone made me like a Beatles song?
Yay for Sei A's magic touch; also appreciating his remix of Moodymanc & Paul Hardy's Sizzler which is exactly that, adding an extra euphoric edge to the 'Josh Wink circa Banana-esque' tech-yness, definitely wait till the half-way mark.

The Beatles - A Day in the Life (Unknown Mix) by Sei A
The Beatles - A Day In The Life (unknown mix) by Sei A

d/l here

Casanova

YES to old photos and buying a Holga that's held together with a piece of cardboard from a dodgy jumble lady in a polka dot dress. Expect a series.

And similarly effervescent approval for Mario Basanov who I'm guessing is a pretty slick fella.
French house vocals x tropical deep disco for getting into your car and getting out of my dreams to.

Mario Basanov - A2 - Caribbean Girl (Ilya Santana Mix)
Mario Basanov - A2 - Caribbean Girl (Ilya Santana Mix)
From Under the Shade.

Curses

If groovy French x Spektre-esque tech is what you're pining for, head over to Get the Curse for Olibusta who joined forces with Clement Meyer for an EP on the new GTC label.

Check out his remix of this Brrr-ap house track. (And no this isn't in reference to yet another made-up genre devised by plebs, just some amusing vox in there)
Qoso - Brrr (Olibusta remix) by olibusta

Browns

No this is nothing about the South Molton Street boutique ladies, calm the f down. This is dug out from the 'so deep I'm drowning in slap bass' funky/soulful house producer's 'The Early Years'. Circa 2008.

Trus'me - Brown's

Contrary to Popular Belief, Best of Lists are HARD OK?

A bit difficult to do 'Best of '09' considering the blog's only been running for a year and furthermore I have the musical (and otherwise) attention span of a thimble. But here goes...

Best/Lol Moments of 2009:

-Telling Riva Starr to collaborate with my mum
-Fucking up Ellen Allien's room w/ a gaggle of girls
-Having Heidi laugh inappropriately at someone's broken arm on the phone
-Giving Keytars/Violins my balloon when he inevitably was too wasted to give it any love or care
-Being asked to interview Kitsune in Paris & being taken to lunch by their lovely press guy
-Making it in Curb Crawlers' Top 5 Blogs of 2009 list for NCAK & Slutty Fringe

Best Tracks?
No. I'm not doing that, it's as near impossible as 'a girl sticking an octopus up her genitals' (See Running Ponies).

Best Labels?
Sorry Turbo, after years of my enduring love and devotion I think you've been topped by Wolf + Lamb, Sound Pellegrino and Tartelet this year and woop at the newer Get Physical stuff

Best Album/Compilations:
Jamie Jones innit, and le Dixon Temporary Secretary Edits were super

Best Remix:

Um.. maybe Alland Byallo's Gold Daytons remix of Soul Clap. So good.

/rant

If You Muffle Your Ears Slightly It Almost Sounds Like 'Jingle Bells'

...when you listen to Inxec - Alright from the Matt 90's house Tolfrey and Inxec EP 'Even in Hollywood'. Y'know.. all the same key elements of upbeat (Chicago) festiveness are there.

And even more so for an aptly named A Black Elf by Lucio Aquilina with tinkling bells aplenty for CHRISTMAS DAY.

A blog is for life, not just for 364 days of the year.