Music Goodness: Shlohmo and Burial

I usually rise on Monday mornings with an ephemeral hatred for all rational reasons to wake up until the memory of coffee and the tracks that are waiting for me strikes.  Regardless of whether any of this sounds familiar, here are some tunes that were a sedate tunnel of productivty for me last night:

Shlohmo - the Way U DO

Burial - Ashtray Warp

Also, follow this link for 42 minutes of good vibes including Moderat, Gold Panda, and Booka Shade.

CORNUCOPIA by Post War Years

Music Goodness: Schoolboy Q / A$AP Rocky / Mr Muthafuckin eXquire

ScHoolboy Q Ft. A$AP Rocky - Hands On The Wheel

There's a whole structure of mise-en-scène hip hop crotch grabs, 40oz bottles, and clouds of smoke I'm not doing justice to with just the audio, but if you dig this I'm certain you'll inevitably be up on all of it.

Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire ft. Despot, Das Racist, Danny Brown, EL-P - The Last Huzzah

This menacing beat is gonna be the start a long hip hop binge and possibly a DUI on Wednesday.

Music Goodness: Classixx / Jamie xx / Caribou / Jimmy Tamborello

(screencap from the psychedelic/tranquil/trippy video)

I've gone to a handful of shows where Classixx was on deck and never gave'em a second thought past the Phoenix remix from a few years back. But I caught them last month closing out an acoustic Moby set and they brought some of those cotton candy disco vibes that shake people around.  I've been waiting for a proper drop since and was happy to see this last week.

Classixx - A Fax from the Beach

In case you've got a case of the Mondays, which the weatherologists are saying will double up as shitty, windy, and rainy day in LA, use these links for four hours of super curated goodness:

Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel/Postal Service started his morbidly monikered radio show last week with a Best Of 2011:
Dying Songs 01-19-12

And as Shawn put it.. two of the best in the game going back to back:
Boiler Room Podcast #69 - Jamie xx and Caribou

Music Goodness: M83 and Trentemøller

I've been keepin' up with this season's How To Make It In America and am consistently impressed by the spectrum of good music and the timing on the drops. Last week's episode closed with a half naked Gina Gershon and M83's Midnight City.  It shouldn't be a surprise that Victoria's Secret also licensed this song for pushing their push up bras.
Here's the sexiest remix off the EP that came out a few months back:

M83 - Midnight City (Man Without Country Remix)

Trentemøller also has a remix on the EP that gives Midnight City an intense minimal/sparse, and even atmospheric funk vibe -- but I wanted to share this instead:

Trentemøller - Shades of Marble

Music Goodness: Shabazz Palaces and Sbtrkt

Two highly listenable tracks sans hype:

Shabazz Palaces - Recollections of the Wraith

SBTRKT- Sanctuary

Music Goodness: Phantogram and Gui Boratto

It's Monday again -- which means that I'll be turning my sweat into cold hard cash, caffeinating away everything on the news, and finding a few playlists to batten out weekend withdrawal. The Flyergoodness team will also be poolside at the Mondrian in Hollywood tonight to catch tonight's SBTRKT show.

Phantogram - Don't Move

The production and chopped up sampling on the new Phantogram had me googling around to see if Star Slinger had his hands up in this. It's a bit more distilled and poppy, but I dig where their sound is going.

Gui Boratto - Flying Practice

Erik pointed me at this Gui Boratto track that's got me hooked. There's lots more where this came from on Spotify and Youtube.

Music Goodness: DJ Shadow and Martin Solveig

The new DJ Shadow album has a couple of tracks that I've been digging a lot. Like a lotta people, I haven't really 'felt' any of his work since Endtroducing, but they're some good and unexpected things happening here.

DJ Shadow - Scale It Back (feat. Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon)

I normally keep club bangers outta my rotation, but French House producer/DJ has this joint with Phoenix's Thomas Mars that's going to be stuck in my head unless I give it fair play.

Martin Solveig - The Night Out (feat. Thomas Mars of Phoenix)

Music Goodness: College and Das Racist

Not something I’d normally post, but I just watched Drive and the soundtrack was on point. It's as much of a storytelling device as the acting in this movie. That could easily be a raw deal, but the good cinematography, adrenaline lit car chase scenes, and seriously stunning shots of LA played right into it and created a cool experience. This song did most of the lifting, but the entire soundtrack is so good:

College feat. Electric Youth - A Real Hero

They played Das Racist's Shorty Said while I was beering out with some Belgian ales at LA's Wurstküche and I realized how potent their music was for mixing good vibes into any setting. Pitchfork might have panned the new album, but I've had it in rotation since it dropped and I’m still feeling that vibe all over.

Das Racist - Girl

Music Goodness: Shlohmo and Little Dragon x Syd The Kid

Shlohmo's new album, Bad Vibes, has layers upon layers of chill and lushed out sounds that I'm comfortable describing as organic. The level of production and emotive quality almost reminds me of James Blake's work.

Shlohmo - Just Us

This is already six months old in internet time, but I just came across the remix of Little Dragon's Seconds from Odd Future's Syd The Kid. I didn't expect to like it cause she's working with a beat that's already sexy, but the added synths and r&bish beat play off each other really well.

Little Dragon - Seconds (Syd The Kid Remix)

Music Goodness: Caribou x Altrice and The Drums

I totally slept on this Caribou remix album for a year. Lots of talent including Gold Panda and Junior Boys are on it, but I kept coming back to Altrice's rework of Sun. Dopeness ensues on his soundcloud page if you dig this:

Caribou - Sun (Altrice's "Only What You Gave Me" Remix)

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Lots of good drops this month, but I've been fighting the urge to hit repeat the most with this new tune from The Drums. Here's what the vocalist, Jonathan Pierce, had to say about it:

"..sometimes I feel like I really can't live without someone or really can't live without something and I take it to such extremes sometimes. This song is sort of about coming out of that feeling and out of that mindset and realizing that sometimes the things you think you can't live without are actually things you can live without and things you never actually needed in the first place. So, I guess it's a song about delusion and then figuring out what's actually important."

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Music Goodness: Fourtet and Onra

French/Vietnamese artist Onra makes hip hop from the future. I'm sure of this. His entire discog isn't up on Spotify, but the spectrum of influences I heard while going through the what's available is impressive. Everything from lushed out Ed Bangerish electro to vietnamese oldies are used to soundscape his beats.

Onra - The One feat. T3 from Slum Village

There were tons of good vibes going off at this year's FYF Fest in LA and seeing Four Tet was nothing short of magic. This is one of my favorite remixes of his :

The Notwist - This Room (Four Tet & Manitoba Remix)

Music Goodness

It's no secret that Thom Yorke has been treading through the various beat scenes. He's posted a ton of killer playlists on the Radiohead blog, made multiple appearances at LA's Low End Theory and even put out a 12" with Burial and Fourtet. The upcoming Radiohead remix album, TKOL RMX 1234567, feels like an inevitable culmination of these events. I'm looking forward to hearing the SBTRKT remix of Lotus Flower, but this Thriller Houseghost one is my favorite so far:

Give Up The Ghost - Thriller Houseghost RMX

Normally I'd link another track but last week Fourtet, Jamie xx, and James Murphy all dropped mixes and there's gotta be at least four hours of hand picked listening that I'd much rather recommend:

Beats in Space radio show #587 ft Fourtet

Beats in Space radio show #586 ft James Murphy

Jamie xx's BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

There's a preview of Jamie xx's remix of Bloom on that mix as well as enough house, disco, and post dubstep / UK funky to keep even a vicious Monday at bay.

Music Goodness

We were repping FG at the Mad Decent block party in LA this weekend and caught a set from Canadian beat maker Lunice. Hypnotic dance worthy beats were blowing up on that stage while this dude was doing tomahawk chops syncopated to his bass kicks.

Lunice - Glow

NYMag put out their anticipated new albums list for fall and some sweet stuff is ready to drop. I recognized most of it, but the Gauntlet Hair comparison to Washed Out / Animal Collective left me curious and digging for more.

Gauntlet Hair - I Was Thinking

Music Goodness

Joe Goddard - All I Know by DFA Records

Joe Goddard, the vocalist from Hot Chip who sings that line "Hot Chip will break your legs" on The Warning, put out a 12" last week with this track on it. The entire EP is worth a listen, but this radio unfriendly 9 minute track builds with so much depth.

Tycho - Hours by Tycho

The first track to drop from Tycho's upcoming LP dropped last week as well. Nothing to hype here, just legit rotation worthy music.

Music Goodness

Three hot tracks of listening goodness. Boom.

The Rapture, "How Deep Is Your Love"

The Horrors / Still Life

Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)

Music Goodness

Every time summer rolls around, it feels good to remind myself that a cold beer on a warm summer night is on call when I want it. Here are some jams I plan on diggin' out when that happens:

Frankie Paul - Worries in the Dance

I found this off a reggae mix compiled by Deadbeat for oki-ni. Listening all the way through was a solid nostalgia trip of my life in the Caribbean and all the after parties by the beach. Somehow, a car with a supped up soundsystem laying down irie vibes and rasta drug lord curated pot always showed up.

Painted Palms - All Of Us

A cute girl on a bike gave me the sunniest grin ever when I was cruising through Culver City with this song echoing out of my car. YMMV, but I can't recommend the Painted Palms EP this is off of enough.

Foster the People - Helena Beats

Finally, this summer's indie darlings have a new video. If you've already heard this song every time you've turned on the radio, click through here for their Terry Gilliamesque Mad Max meets Lord of The Flies video.

Remix Goodness

There is no end to the amount of reinterpreted, remixed, and repurposed music you can find on the internet. This idea used to be cool to me, but lately, I'm finding more and more songs I love after they've been digitally molested by producers that would no doubt put dub frequencies in their mom's cooking if Ableton would let them.

This all kinda crystallized after reading a Com Truise interview where he shares the way he responds to remix requests. Here's a quote and a few remixes I can get behind:

".. if someone comes to me with a track I really enjoy then I will probably not remix it. It’s like someone asking you to remix your favorite song, which, in your mind, is already perfect. I’ve tried it–it’s a mentally exhausting process. I like to remix tracks that I think would sound better if I had a hand in it, not putting anyone’s productions down. I’m just ultra picky."

- Seth Haley (aka Com Truise)

Ana Lola Roman - Klutch (Com Truise Remix) by Com Truise

Nico - I'll keep it with mine (Pocketknife's Odd Beauty remix)

I'll just say this (and hope Erik doesn't yoink my posting privilege) -- it's worth seeing what is possible when a producer like El-P works his jedi beat whisperer magic on a Bieber vocal stem.

Justin Bieber - Baby (El-P Death Mix)

Lastly, if your Monday could use less Monday, check out this fun 8 to 64 bit nostalgia trip from RAC: Nintendo vs Sega 2.

Monday Music Goodness

MF Doom - My Favorite Ladies (Equal Remix) by Equalibrum

Erik and I agreed this is the best remix we've come across from Doom's highly remixed catalogue. The original goes hard and gritty, but this remix dropped by Santa Barbra producer Equalibrium is a smooth, polished, and funked out ride.

Dawn Golden And Rosy Cross - Blacks

The first sixteen bars of this track hooked me quick. I did not expect to find out it was a Mad Descent release based on all the moombahton and super high bpm joints that have been flying off Diplo's label. Good to know they're keeping it electic. If impressive production coupled with addictive chilled out synths and metronomous claps sounds good to you, then you should give this a listen.

For some extra 4th of July fun, check out this thirty eight minute pos-vibe rollercoaster of a mixtape from producer Evan Awake:

Evan Awake - Side A

Music Goodness: Pantha Du Prince and TOKiMONSTA

Pantha Du Prince's album Black Noise was opined best electronic album by One Thirty BPM last year and I'm finally enjoying being up on it. A remix album also dropped last month and has this gem on it:

Pantha Du Prince - A Nomad's Retreat (The Sight Below Version) by One Thirty BPM

Also on rotation is Tokimonsta's recently dropped EP Creature Dreams.

Tokimonsta - Little Pleasures (feat. Gavin Turek) by SASHIRADIOBLOG

Monday Music Goodness: The Weeknd and Star Slinger

Instead of rehashing how clever and mysterious The Weeknd's rotation through twitter and the blog circles seemed, or speculating over what this means for r&b, I'll just rearticulate Buttermilk Sessions' comment at 47 seconds into this Soundcloud embed; "this song is the shit". There's enough sex, drugs, and r&b on this joint to give any after party playlist a bump in the right direction.

The Weeknd - The Morning by The_Weeknd

Nods from Diplo and official remix releases on labels like Ghostly/Rough Trade/Arts & Crafts say all that's gotta be said about Star Slinger. His signature glitched out sound has been a lifesaver to me in LA traffic. Streaming the entire Soundcloud page is highly recommended.

Gold Panda - Marriage (Star Slinger Remix) by Star Slinger