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Back by popular demand, Ian Robinson returns with the sixth edition in the Juno Download electro house podcast, which sees the Trailer Trash resident work a killer mix that includes Retro/Grade, Tiga, Modeselektor and Caribou.
Juno Podcast: Electro House 6
by Juno Plus on 02.09.2010 at 10:42amThe Count & Sinden – Mega Mega Mega review
by Juno Plus on 23.08.2010 at 09:38amIt’s tempting to compare Mega Mega Mega, this long time coming album from Joshua Harvey/Herve and Graeme Sinden aka The Count & Sinden to the debut opus from Crookers which was released earlier this year. Both the former and the latter rose to fame on the crest of the fidget house wave and both albums are stuffed to the gills with guests. But whilst the long list Crookers album had the faint whiff of too much money and not enough ideas, The Count & Sinden appear to have put a lot more thought into both the guest vocalists and the overall feel of the album.
Generally staying true to their speaker worrying roots, the album opens with the abrasive bass heavy dirty south tones of “Do You Really Want It” assisted by Tracademicks rapping. Sandwiched between this and the Eastern funky jam of “Desert Rhythm” is “After Dark”, the one moment where Sinden and Herve stray from the club path towards outright pop. Featuring the vocal and musical talents of next door neighbours The Mystery Jets, “After Dark” is one of this year’s most infectious jaunts through feel good disco pop – a claim that would seem totally ridiculous back in 2008. Sinden and Herve fans will be pleased by the more straight up club tackle that follows, which is split between instrumental bangers “Panther” and “Elephant 123” and vocal tracks featuring Rye Rye, Bashy (this one has crossover single stamped all over it) and the amazingly monikered Coolio Iglesias.
Tony Poland
Modeselektor/Moderat – 50 Weapons of Choice 2-9 release
by Juno Plus on 02.08.2010 at 10:09amSomething unexpected, rare and highly classy from the Berlin based technoid juggernaut that is Modeselektor. In 2006, a little known bootleg emerged featuring the vocals from 50 Cent’s “Just A Little Bit”, released under the name “50 Weapons”, which subsequently got linked back to the ‘Selektor boys. With the dust having settled, they’ve just dropped a whole new installment of the series, featuring Siriusmo, Roska and Housemeister amongst others. The plan with this self-titled label is to go the distance and release 50 weapons and then stop. If they’re anything like these gems, they’re going to become very hot property.
Remixing unreleased Modeselektor and Moderat material this time around, the assembled crew live up to their awesome reputations. Siriusmo’s mix of “Untitled” is a heavy glitch-step with some incredible double-time breakdowns, while Phon O’s “Art & Cash” is just hands down stunning – a truly breathtaking mix of Baltimore drums, tribal drums and galloping Berlin synths that may well become the favourite with DJ’s from this collection. Headhunter and Shackleton keep things fairly minimal on their mixes – the former making “A New Error” into an icy dub-dream rhythm, while the latter’s “Rusty Nails” goes even heavier on the frosty atmospherics for a full-on 6am vibe. SBTRKT does wonders with “Art & Cash”, supplying upfront beats and roughed-up chords for a heart-wrenching builder, while Housemeister goes full on glitch-techno for his mix of “Untitled”. Roska rounds the set off in the only way he knows how – deep basslines and a slew of perfectly arranged handdrums – on his take on “Art & Cash”. It’s a genre hopping collection, but there’s absolutely no faulting the quality of any of these prize nuggets. All we can say is – use these weapons wisely.
Review: Oliver Keens
Au Revoir Simone – Night Light review
by Juno Plus on 02.07.2010 at 15:25pmAlready no strangers to awesome remixes, after Au Revoir Simone’s Erika Foster found her backing vocals for Friendly Fires’ “Paris” pushed into centre stage by the magnificent Aeroplane, Moshi Moshi go one better and let the latest ARS album get an overhaul by some of the smartest producers out there.
Neon Indian brings his trademark lo-fi VHS funk to “Another Likely Story”, recalling the terror-electro of Kavinsky. In contrast, both Jens Lekman and Jensen Sportag opt for more gentle treatments – Lensman adding sweeping Hollywood strings and a waltz beat to “Shadows” while Sportag’s ‘Cotton Club’ mix adds a jazzy, exotica feel to “All or Nothing”. Dirty Projector’s Angel Deradoorian also chooses beauty over dancefloor mayhem with a stunningly icy version of “Only You Can Make You Happy”, which pairs up nicely with Max Cooper’s echo-chamber-fest “Take Me A I Am”. Combining further chilled vibes with more than a touch of Yacht Rock, Your Twenties turn in a stunning mix of “Anywhere You Looked” featuring possibly the smoothest guitar solo imaginable – worthy of Chris Rea himself.
Anyone after a bit more poke in their pipe will find Bass Clef’s and Silver Columns’ mixes definite dancefloor favourites, while Aeroplane get in on the action yet again with the mighty “Another Likely Story”. Almost like a part two to their mix of “Paris”, it glistens with the same euphoric mid-tempo disco action that made “Paris” one of the remixes of the decade. Be sure to check Mark Brydon’s incredible Kate Bush-on-pills mix of “Shadows”, or the bass-heavy beats of “Knights of Wands” by Prespeus Homework, and the uptempo dubstep of Roar Terror’s “Organised Scenery”. There really isn’t a duff moment in the entire collection, just a lot of quality to slowly get acquainted with.
Review: Oliver Keens
Nick Thayer – Just Let It Go review
by Juno Plus on 08.06.2010 at 15:39pmAfter an almost constant stream of great singles, EP’s and remixes over the past six months, Nick Thayer’s album finally drops and it definitely lives up to the hype. Encompassing all the colours of the rave rainbow (breakbeat, electro, hip-hop and dubstep all fused together), it’s a full on party album from start to end and a real triumph for the Australian DJ.
The Daft Punk-isms of “Bring On The Drums” kick things off with style. Thayer has a knack of making any tempo work, and so even a moderately slow tune like this one still gets filled out and beefed up so well that it’s impossible not to throw yourself around after seconds. “Alarm Bells” picks up the pace soon after and mixes Crookers beats with martian-synths and some eye-watering builds. “Zombies” follows and kicks some serious octave-riding bass into the mix and some bubbly drums.
While Thayer’s got the heavy breakbeat workers in check, he also brings MC’s Mike Beatz and Lex One on board for some new-skool hip-hop business on “Can’t Touch Me Now” and also on “Gimme Some More” featuring Sporty-O, which marries dirty bass with some equally dirty raps. Fellow hype-masters Black Noise also make an appearance on the collaborative “Rockin’ It” which is a masterpiece of bass driven lunacy powered along by some hard-hitting retro drum breaks. With sixteen hardcore gems on the album, Nick Thayer’s certainly excelled himself on Just Let It Go.
Review: Oliver Keens
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Solvent – Subject to Shift review
by Juno Plus on 26.05.2010 at 11:13amSolvent’s fourth artist album, Subject to Shift is an aptly named record, displaying the Toronto based producer’s shift in sound for the project. Known for his hook-laden synth-pop, his latest album, the first in nearly six years, sees the producer moving into a more future acid tinged, angst-riddled place with lots of melancholy and moodiness. Delving deeper and darker than before, Jason Amm, the man behind the alias, deals with much more sombre moods and uses his beloved vocoder less than on his three previous LPs. The cute, happy and playful robots made with the pleasant buzz and hums of analogue synthesizers from his last full length, 2004’s Apples & Synthesizers are scarcely present, replaced instead with a mixture of dystopian, acid tinged futurism and bittersweet romantic ache.
Solvent’s bright synth tones are still in effect but tend to operate under new, darker conceits on this record. Tracks like “Formulate” hint at Amm’s previous dancefloor leanings but do so in a much more menacing style with a micro-disco throb and slippery vocoder lead. “Don’t Forget the Phone” wraps an arsenal of dark vocal hooks around a jaunty schaffel beat to convey the paranoia involved within a breakup whilst lead single “Loss For Words” and “Caught A Glimpse” explore Amm’s new world of technology aided melancholy. “Take Me Home” is sinister whilst “Panoramic” finishes the record off in beautiful style. There are still the kind of glistening dancefloor moments of old but unlike his previous releases, Subject to Shift is strewn together by Amm’s heartfelt vocals.
Running with an astute sense and beauty and emotional openness from start to finish, this album is arguably Solvent’s finest work to date. It is without question grander and takes the listener to a more rewarding place, but fans of his older material will still be able to appreciate some of its familiarity, whilst also admiring Amm’s artistry growth. Pulled together by live vocals and drenched in its creator’s emotions, Subject To Shift feels, despite being machine-made, wholly human.
Review: Tom Jones
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Beataucue – Cha Cha Cha review
by Juno Plus on 25.05.2010 at 17:59pmSteadily growing in reputation for their remixes of Brodinski and Noob’s raucous “Peanuts Club” and Two Door Cinema Club’s “Something Good Can Work” in particular, Beataucue finally drop their first EP on Kitsune, and it’s a pretty slamming collection from the French duo.
Title tune “Cha Cha Cha” plays call and response between some powerful lead synths and some wild pitch-shifted vocals, coming together to form some wild and off-the-hook builds a couple of times in the tune. “Wolves” is just as frantic – combining raved-up synths with processed vocals that get tuned so high at one point, you’d swear a swarm of bees had invaded the studio.
Daniel Haaksman does his ever-cool ‘funky meets minimal’ thing on his mix of “Cha Cha Cha,” throwing a nice range of percussion into the mix and smoothing out the abrasive elements of the original. DJ A also brings some funk to the same tune, as well as adding an epic “downward spiral” bass sound that won’t be forgotten once you’ve heard it. Willnez Gee and Sharkslayer by contrast take turns to bring even more fire out of “Wolves” on their mixes, the latter especially turned into a very punchy and powerful bass-fest capable of making the club floor cave right in. Clearly a duo with a strong future ahead, Beataucue score top marks for their debut on Kitsune.
Review: Oliver Keens
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Various – Tigersushi: More GDM X
by Juno Plus on 29.04.2010 at 15:46pmSince the turn of the century Parisian imprint Tigersushi has become renowned as a label with an unconditional love of music. Overseen by the daddy of electronic intrigue in Joakim, the label has forged an ethic of not being constricted by contemporary du jour sub genres, a policy that has seen them survive electroclash and its bastard offspring of the 2007/8 era, electro house.
This success was founded in part on the More GDM series of 12 inches and accompanying compilation, named in honour of 70s disco punk icon Gina X, which played host to a slew of electronic music icons, from Maurice Fulton to Metro Area to Cluster to John Tejada. Killer 12”s from the likes of Mu, Poni Hoax, Principles of Geometry and Krikor & The Hilbillies ensured the imprint remained a favourite amongst discothèque deejays. Tigersushi’s sub label Kill The DJ has also been responsible for canon defining mixes by Ivan Smagghe & Chloe and Glasgow’s imperious Optimo Espacio.
And now a decade on, Tigersushi presents More GDM X, a 2xCD compilation that celebrates the multiplicitous nature of the label’s roster which can be seen as a joyous glance towards the past that offers an exciting glimpse at future dance.
Split across the first CD is a cross section of classic Tigersushi hits and unreleased exclusives with several highlights. DyE’s ode to sweatshop loving Sportswear giants is a definite highlight, marrying the abrasive nature of a SebastiAn production with a sweet electronic melody, and is perfect for a more discerning dancefloor. Krikor & the Hilbillies “God Will Break It All” was a hit with DJs like Nadia Ksaiba and Rory Phillips last year and is infused with further punk funk energy here with the à la J-C Edit. In Flagranti fans will freak out to their Lost and Found edit of Freddie Mas, whereas meat eating Tigersushi fans might consider the benefits of vegetarianism after sitting through the six minutes of weirdness that is KIMs “Meat Is Murder”.
The second CD is compiled of Tigersushi’s more experimental output, with Joakim mixing together with no little degree of craft and subtlety tracks from Panico, Naxion, Principles of Geometry and his own music, in what can only be considered a cherry on the pie for fans of this label.
Review: Tony Poland
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Boy 8-Bit – The Keep review
by Juno Plus on 27.04.2010 at 14:41pmProbably the most tech-friendly artist in Mad Decent’s menagerie of talents, Boy 8-Bit has been having a great run of releases over the last year. Tunes like “Baltic Pine”, “The Cricket Scores” and mixes of Florence and the Machine’s “Drumming Song” have been lapped up by fans of his sophisticated synth work and funky treatments with drums.
“The Keep”, released on This Is Music, is not going to harm his reputation one bit and will delight fans of smart and uncliched dance music. While the synths are kept minimal and punchy, the tune really comes to life with some canny arrangements, dropping everything down to just a kick at one point and letting the notes slowly come back for a second time. The horror-movie vibes of “Restricted 18″ employs this trick even more intensely – dropping down to the most distant and spooky bass hum possible before building up again.
Sheffield duo Run Hide Survive include a new mix of “Baltic Pine” which adds to the creepy b-movie vibe of the EP (almost sounding like Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” at one point) and Fools Gold stalwarts Jokers of the Scene remix “Wolfen” into a spooked out disco odyssey. Yet another awesome single from the Boy, and a release that will definitely sound fresh on multiple listens.
Review: Oliver Keens
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SomethingALaMode – 5am review
by Juno Plus on 20.04.2010 at 11:33am
Artist: SomethingALaMode
Title: 5am
Label: Yellow Productions France
Genre: Electro House
Format: Digital
Buy From: Juno Download
Rarely do classically trained musicians transfer their skills and talent into making great dance music. SomethingALaMode (SALM) really do prove an exception though – a Parisian duo who keep their abilities with the violin and cello at the core of their electro tunes.
“5am” features singer K.Flay on the mic and is laden with perfect string parts that drive the tune, as well as deep bass and punchy drums to keep the whole thing club-happy. The breakdowns are where it works best though, with the languid chords suddenly breaking down to just the strings, plucked and processed to ebb and flow while the beat picks up. While the radio version is more gentle, the album version is much more pumping and typically French house, thanks largely to some tastefully distorted bass that wraps itself around the tune like a glove.
This approach gets taken further on the ASP mix, which adds loads of weight and punch, as well as some huge bottom end. The Star Guitar leaves the strings behind and constructs a whole new backing around it, bathing in melancholy and minor chords. James Curd again builds a totally unique track around K. Flay’s vocals, and it’s yet another killer mix from a man on terrific form right now. Expanding the vocals with some subtle reverb, he puts some serious bounce into the tune, even speeding it up a couple of notches to give it maximum energy. Not only is “5am” a cool and original tune, the mixes really elevate this into a pretty memorable single – check out just how far each remix takes it to see what we mean.
Review: Oliver Keens
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Herve – Ghetto Bass 2 review
by Juno Plus on 19.04.2010 at 18:34pm
Artist: Herve
Title: Ghetto Bass 2
Label: Cheap Thrills
Genre: Electro House
Format: CD, Digital
Buy From: Juno Records, Juno Download
Out on his own Cheaper Thrills label, fidget king Herve brings the hard twitchy funk with this second instalment of his Ghetto Bass mixes. A perfect bulletin of the best and most hyped tunes of 2010 so far, there’s absolutely no filler here and every tune comes thoroughly road tested. Jack Beats’ mix of Passion Pit kicks things off with some serious attitude, backing it up with Max Morrell’s mighty mix of The Glamour’s “Love Burn”. For a trademark mix of stuttering bass, hip-hop acapellas and huge build-up’s, check out the obscure but incendiary “The Sound” by Kill Light, a banging tune made even better by some killer drum rolls.
Herve picks out some classy alternate mixes of some recent playlist favourites, such as MJ Cole’s standout and thumping mix of L-Vis 1990′s already classic “United Groove”. There’s also the Baltimore flavoured Mane Thing remix of the Shalamar-sampling “Peep Thong”, a hit from last year on Cheap Thrills, as well as Herve’s own mix of Steve Aoki’s recent “In The House”, and an exclusive mix of Orbital’s “Lush”. More Herve exclusives include “Zombies” and “Hot! Drum Attack”, both of which show a funky tropical influence on the beats with oodles of glitchy bass still present and correct. Douster’s mix of Yolanda Be Cool’s “Afronuts” works well alongside these, while a double dose of Joy Orbison ushers in a change of direction into more heavy wobblin’ dubstep territory, courtesy of R1 Ryders, High Rankin and Sukh Knight among others.
Review: Oliver Keens
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Various – Kitsune Compilation 9: Petit Bateau Edition review
by Juno Plus on 16.04.2010 at 14:05pm
Artist: Various
Title: Kitsune Compilation 9: Petit Bateau Edition
Label: Kitsune
Genre: Electro House
Format: 12″, CD, Digital
Buy From: Juno Records (2xLP, CD), Juno Download
The peerless Kitsune are back with yet another superbly curated collection of songs and artists that all straddle the line between indie and dance so perfectly. One man band Washed Out gets things off to an inspired start with the hauntingly beautiful “Belong”, a truly memorable tune that has the vibe and swing of Carly Simon’s classic “Why?”, but with a deliberate lo-fi roughness (as though it was recorded on cassette) and enough echoed vocals to make Panda Bear jealous. The funk gets a little more conventional with Penguin Prison’s “Animal Animal”, which is an endearingly child-like throwback to the likes of the Tom Tom Club and even Howard Jones.
The mighty Crookers show up in cahoots with French MC Yelle on “Cooler Couleur” (from their Tons Of Friends album), while fellow Frenchman Yuksek also embellishes his latest, “Supermenz”, with some pretty hyped up vocals. Highly rated and upcoming London band Fenech-Soler don’t disappoint with new song “Stop And Stare”, which rides along a sophisticated sea of synths and crafts out a gorgeous melody on top of it all. Brazilian DJs The Twelves do a lovely job with Two Door Cinema Club’s “Something Good Can Work”, taking it down the disco and adding some crafty arpeggios in between the verses.
Brooklyn’s Holy Ghost! have been keeping fans on tenterhooks ever since their first DFA single “Hold On” dropped. With an album finally nearing completion, they drop “Say My Name” here on Kitsune 9 and it looks like it should be something pretty special indeed. With exclusives such as an Arthur Baker mix of Manchester duo Hurts, as well as other essential new tunes from Monarchy, Logo and Feldberg, Kitsune prove their cool yet again with this compilation.
Review: Oliver Keens
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Featured DJ Chart: Alex Gopher
by Juno Plus on 13.04.2010 at 15:38pm
Alex Gopher has been making fun, unpretentious electro for more than a decade now, part of a vintage crop of French producers that included Daft Punk, Cassius, Etienne De Crecy and Air. Not one to rest on his laurels, he’s just released a compilation of his newest remixes, which is soon to be followed by a new EP due out this month on his Go4Music imprint. We hunted the Gopher down to find out what’s been lurking inside that record bag of his…
Kavinsky – Nightcall review
by Juno Plus on 09.04.2010 at 12:25pm
Artist: Kavinsky
Title: Nightcall
Label: Record Makers
Genre: Electro House, Disco/Nu Disco
Format: 12″, Digital
Buy From: Juno Records, Juno Download
Kavinsky returns from the dead with his latest offering on Record Makers, “Nightcall”. Evoking the sensual, epic and romantic feel that we have come to know from the Teddy Boy, this is Kavinsky’s chance to be recognised as of the same stature as fellow Frenchmen Justice, SebastiAn and Mr Oizo. “Nightcall,” produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (one half of Daft Punk) keeps the underlying pop aesthetic of French electro and adds a slower, housier beat.
The track is part organic, part robotic with CSS’s Lovefoxx (who is also Kavinsky’s girlfriend, for the benefit of those who like their reviews to come with salacious gossip) providing the organic vocals whilst Kavinsky himself adds the robotic parts. Talking directly to each other, the dialogue adds to the ballad dynamic of the production. The remix comes from Dustin N’guyen who keeps the vibe of the original but adds a heavier kick and more powerful drops.
“Pacific Coast Highway” is another Kavinsky original, again telling its own story. This time, the retro influenced sound charts the drama of a ghost car evading police officers on the highway. This time French avant-garde producer Jackson provides the remix, turning Kavinsky’s effort into an epic 9 minute drama befitting of the story it sets out to tell. A perfect taster for his forthcoming album, “Nightcall” proves that the French still lead the way when it comes to making sensual and romantic pop tinged house music.
Review: Tom Jones
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Juno Podcast: Electro House
by Juno Plus on 01.04.2010 at 15:03pm
The Juno electro house podcast is here, just in time for your Easter break. As always it has been lovingly mixed and hosted by Ian Robinson of Trailer Trash fame.
Shit Robot – I Got A Feeling review
by Juno Plus on 18.03.2010 at 10:21am
Artist: Shit Robot
Title: I Got A Feeling
Label: DFA
Genre: Electro House
Format: Digital
Buy From: Juno Download
DFA are truly specialists when it comes to releasing retro-futurist club tracks. “I Got A Feeling” and “Norfolk Nights” by Shit Robot are joining a long list then, but it is testament to the label and the tracks that they release not none of them become forgettable faces amongst the crowd. “I Got A Feeling” is no different, establishing a unique sound for itself but fitting comfortably onto James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy’s New York label.
Following his move from his hometown of Dublin to New York in 1992, Marcus Lambkin or Shit Robot as he is now know, began playing and then later throwing parties in the city. Along the way he was to meet DFA co-founder James Murphy, who is now releasing the two tracks on his esteemed label. Serving as the follow up to 2009’s “Simple Things Work It Out” this release comes at exactly the right time for the Irishman.
“I Got A Feeling” builds slowly from its minimal beginnings complete with rough lead riff and slow jacking body onto the house-led second half of the track. At the mid-way point, housey piano chords start the ascent into this territory before the vocals from Saheer Umar, one half of NYC dance duo House of House, begin to kick in. Moving further, bassy synths and electro handclaps join a driving beat as the echoing vocals cascade over each other, sending the track into overdrive.
“Norfolk Nights” on the B, another 8 minute journey like its predecessor, merges old school beats and building Italian style, spacey synths on top. As it peaks though, things descend into an eerie quietness before the track builds itself back up from scratch.
Review: Tom Jones
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Groove Armada – Black Light review
by Juno Plus on 04.03.2010 at 17:33pm
Artist: Groove Armada
Title: Black Light
Label: Ministry Of Pies
Genre: Disco/Nu Disco, Electro House
Format: Digital
Buy From: Juno Download
Black Light, Groove Armanda’s first studio album in three years, is so potent and so fresh it sounds like it could easily have been made by another band. Darker, more reflective and involving than their previous work, they have given the finger to their trademark boisterous funk-inflected anthems and embraced something altogether more subtle, using pitch black synths and reflective, resonating lyrics as they draw on everything from new-wave to electro rock to create an album which will be regarded as a genre classic in years to come.
This transformation may come as no surprise to long-time fans; the electro duo has performed several volte-faces during their twelve-year careers. They rode the chill-out wave in the late 90′s with “At the River”, launched big-beat with their stormers “I See You Baby” and “Superstylin”, and closed the decade with the glorious electro-pop of “Song 4 Mutya”. But it is the sheer ambition and scope of this record makes it their most impressive and stylish work of their careers to date.
As the album progress, they lead the listener through an exploration of the potential of the Roland TR-77 sampler; the crunching electro of “Cards To Your Heart” is reminiscent of Talking Heads, while the haunting disco of “History” draws on Imagine’s classic 1981 single “Illusion”. Meanwhile, “Shameless” lets 80′s crooner Bryan Ferry to roll back the years and add his silky vocals to this seductive ballad, while “Warsaw” is post-punk at its shiniest, the product of a collaboration with Nick Littlemore, one half of Empire of the Sun.
But all of these tracks, and indeed the whole album, revolves around the melancholic, burnished vocals of the hitherto unknown singer SaintSaviour. She features on the album’s first single, “I Won’t Kneel”, a sombre reflection on relationship compromise, and “Paper Romance”, an exquisite new-wave anthem reminiscent of Bloc Party at their melancholic best.
Review: Peter Carroll
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Crookers feat Miike Snow – Remedy (Remixes 2/2) review
by Juno Plus on 17.02.2010 at 13:54pm
Artist: Crookers feat Miike Snow
Title: Remedy (Remixes 2/2)
Label: Southern Fried
Genre: Electro house/Electroclash
Format: 12″, Digital
Buy From: Juno Records, Juno Download
Finally, after steadily setting the world on fire from 2006 (starting with their incendiary mix of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck), Italian DJ’s Bot and Phra are almost ready to drop their first album proper, Tons Of Friends, in March. But before that, we’ve got some tantalising mixes of their single with Miike Snow, done with even more friends’ help.
Having had Crookers rework his track “The Bushman”, Magik Johson returns the favour with a vocal and dub mix here. Both tinker with the originals’ core elements, adding a lot of flair to the gliding lead sound that brings in the chorus and adding some dirty distortion to the bass. The dub is even tougher, combining rising acid squelches and bit-crushed leads to mash things up even harder.
Riton has a lot of fun with the tune by adding Baltimore-patterned kicks over a high pitched guitar-like lead that sounds like Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood has stopped by for jam. The vocals and piano of the original are kept in too, but it almost begs to be an instrumental. Cassius slow things down a tiny bit for a more epic/less glitchy version that makes a nice rounded contrast to the other mixes. Expect to hear even more of Crookers’ friends making an appearance when the album drops in March.
Review: Oliver Keens
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Crookers album launch announced
by Juno Plus on 17.02.2010 at 13:31pm
Rowdy Italian duo Crookers will officially launch their debut album, Tons Of Friends, on March 6 in the main room at Fire in Vauxhall, London.
Juno Podcast: Electro House 4
by Juno Plus on 02.02.2010 at 14:26pm
This month Trailer Trash resident Ian Robinson mixes up the finest electro cuts of the here and now, with Computer Juice, Alex Metric and the Bloody Beetroots all making an appearance.