Tuesday 31 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Music! Soko!

SummersRadio™ New Music! Soko - 'First Love Never Die'/ 'I Thought I Was An Alien'/ 'You Have A Power On Me'  

Soko is releasing her debut album called 'I Thought I Was An Alien' on February 20th! Stephanie Sokolinski aka Soko is a French singer and actress currently based in Los Angeles. She released her first EP called 'Not Sokute' in 2007 - which contained five tracks including 'I'll Kill Her' which became a number one hit in Denmark, and was also popular in Australia and other parts of Europe.

'I Thought I Was An Alien' is her first full length album - featuring 15 tracks - and it will be released on the Because Music label. Soko's already made a number of exceptional videos for songs that will be featured on 'I Thought I Was An Alien' - and we'll take a look at three of them today. 

Soko cites Daniel Johnston, Elliot Smith, The Magnetic Fields and Belle & Sebastian as some of the artists she enjoys and notes 'My depression.' under her influences. You can learn more about her on her Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/soko?sk=info 

While some of her songs are indeed tales of lost love and loneliness - she also has others that are chocked full of sweet romance and humor. 'First Love Never Die' - is a song about the one love that we will always remember - our first. This song's video proves that you don't need millions of dollars, a parade of costume changes, explosions, and a hoard of backup dancers to make a great music clip.

This is the heartwarming video for the seventh song on her forthcoming album called 'First Love Never Die'... Enjoy!



This is the video for the title track from 'I Thought I Was An Alien' - a tale of alien romance shot by Soko and Spike Jonze entirely on her iPhone... Enjoy!



This is Soko's newest video, released earlier this month for the closing track on the album - this is 'You Have A Power On Me'... Enjoy!



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Sunday 29 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Beats Antique/ Bassnectar!

SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Bassnectar - 'Voodoo' (Beats Antique Remix) Oakland's experimental electronic trio Beats Antique are performing in Vancouver tonight at the Commodore! The band consists of producers David Satori, Sidecar Tommy, and world-renowned belly dance performer/ producer Zoe Jakes - who helped inspire the thematic Middle East tempo of the band.

                             

They describe their unique sound as 'a masterful merge of modern technology, live instrumentation and seductive performance. Beats Antique combines the sounds of the Middle East and orchestral gypsy music with the styles of hip-hop, brass band, downtempo, glitch and dubstep in a new collage of music that is mixed and broken down with ...clever breakbeats for an adept international flair. Beats Antique is producing an un-charted style of music by adding live horns, accordion, glockenspiel, viola, string quartets, kalimba, clarinet and various unusual instruments to their big beat arrangements'. So it sounds like this is going to be quite the show - you can learn more about the band and keep up with them on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/beatsantiquefans

This is a remix Beats Antique recently did for Bassnectar's 'Divergent Spectrum Remixes EP' - a five track EP that was released on January 12th. If their remix of 'Voodoo' below is to your liking you can get a free download copy by clicking on the link below - or better still go to Bassnectar's official site to download a free copy of the entire remix EP here: http://www.bassnectar.net/2012/01/divergent-spectrum-remixes/

This is Beats Antique's new remix of 'Voodoo'... Enjoy!


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Saturday 28 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Music + New Remix! Manuel De La Mare & Alex Kenji! + Hardfloor!

SummersRadio™ New Music + New Remix! Manuel De La Mare & Alex Kenji - 'Acid As 303' (Original Club Mix)/ Hardfloor - 'Acperience 1' (Robert Babicz Spacefunk Remix) 

Italy's Manuel De La Mare and Alex Kenji have just released the first acid techno monster club tune of 2012! 'Acid As 303' was just released on Monday and in just five days it's already lept into the top 3 on Beatport's top 100 techno chart. The one track single is released on Toolroom Records - and the label aptly describes the song as a 'beast of a tune'.

This is the 'Original Club Mix' of the rather awesome song 'Acid As 303'... Enjoy!



Bonus Track! Hardfloor - 'Acperience 1' (Robert Babicz Spacefunk Remix)

Germany's Hardfloor have released a new remix of their acid techno classic 'Acperience 1'! 'Acperience 1' first appeared as the first of four numbered versions of the track on the 'Hardtrance Acperience EP', which was released in 1992 on the Harthouse label.

Last month they released the new 'Two Decades Edition' EP of the track on their own self titled label. The EP features two tracks - this new remix from Robert Babicz, plus the original. This is the 'Robert Babicz Spacefunk Remix' of 'Acperience 1' - it's pretty faithful to the original, as perhaps should be the case with such a classic - but it also has just enough different bits to keep it fresh...
Enjoy!



                  

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SummersRadio™ New Music! Alex Di Stefano! Superjunk!

SummersRadio™ New Music! Alex Di Stefano - 'Funky Prison' (Original Mix)/ Superjunk - 'Kabeen' Just two weeks after the release of the first volume of 1605 Music Therapy's already amazing new sampler series 'Platform' - they've unleashed volume two! Like the first volume, 'Platform Vol. 2' features five brand new tracks of 'grade A techno and tech house' - and it's currently available exclusively on Beatport here: http://www.beatport.com/#release/sixteenofive-platform-vol-2/858606 

These are my two favorites out of the five so far - beginning with track one from Italy's Alex Di Stefano - this is 'Funky Prison'... Enjoy!



This is the fourth track on the new 'Platform Vol. 2' sampler from Tunisia's Superjunk - the supremely funky 'Kabeen'... Enjoy!



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Wednesday 25 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Saint Etienne!

SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Saint Etienne - 'Tonight'/ 'Stars Above Us'/ 'Like A Motorway' (Alternative Version) London's Saint Etienne have just released their latest single online - from their first album of all new material in seven years! Saint Etienne are one of my most absolute favorite bands of all time, so this is pretty thrilling news I must say! 

I was lucky enough to meet them on their 'Sound Of Water' tour in 2000, and they're all so incredibly charming - they signed all of my cd's and Sarah Cracknell signed her solo cd's as well. She also provided me with one of my most amazing - and surreal - concert moments ever. I was working as a buyer at the Virgin Megastore at the time, and they came by the store in the afternoon. That night when they came out on stage at the now demolished club Richard's On Richards (I was right in front of course) the first two words Sarah said into the mic were 'Hi Jim'! She remembered me - and my name! Swoon :)

'Tonight' is the first single from their forthcoming new studio album (their eighth) called 'Words And Music By Saint Etienne' which is set for release in May. The album will be preceded by another single next month called 'I've Got Your Music'.

Bob Stanley describes the single on their website thusly: 'Tonight is about the anticipation of going to see your favourite group. For some reason, I imagine this show is at the Forum in Kentish Town. The whole album is about the power of pop, how it affects and shapes your life.'

'Tonight' starts off with some beautiful strings and is soon chugging along with some catchy dance beats and Sarah Cracknell's always lovely vocals. It captures not only the anticipation of seeing a great concert, but also the anticipation of their first new album in seven years - 'it's been too long' indeed! If 'Tonight' is to your liking you can download a copy for free for a limited time from their official website here: http://www.saintetienne.com/ and you can also keep up with them on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/SaintEtienneOfficial?ref=ts

I hope there are some club remixes in the works for this song - and if it doesn't make the top 20 in the U.K. there's no hope for popular music! Well, this is the hope right here - even if it's only popular in an underground sort of way :) This is Saint Etienne's excellent new single 'Tonight'... Enjoy!



Bonus Track! 'Stars Above Us' was one of the singles released from their last studio album - 2005's 'Tales From Turnpike House' - a concept album based around a number of characters living in a block of flats in an area of London known as Turnpike House... Enjoy!



Classic! 'Like A Motorway' was the second single and video released from their 1994 album 'Tiger Bay'. This is the 'Alternative Version' - an extended dance remix that was included on the North American version of 'Tiger Bay'... Enjoy!



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SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Bran Van 3000/ JPOD & The Funk Hunters!

SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Bran Van 3000 - 'Drinking In L.A.' (JPOD & The Funk Hunters Remix)/ 'Supermodel' The Funk Hunters and JPOD aka 'The Beat Chef' have released a new remix of Bran Van 3000's classic single 'Drinking In L.A.'!

'Drinking In L.A.' was the first single released from Bran Van 3000 - a Montreal based electronica collective - from their debut album called 'Glee', which was released in Canada in 1997. 'Glee' was released internationally the following year with different cover art and a couple bonus tracks, and 'Drinking In L.A.' went on to reach the top three in the U.K. charts in 1999.

The Funk Hunters are a Vancouver dj/ production duo consisting of Duncan Smith aka Dunks and Nick Middleton aka The Outlier. They're known for their four turntable live dj sets and they embrace a wide range of styles including funk, house, disco, hip hop, dubstep, and drum and bass. If this remix - a collaboration with fellow B.C. native JPOD - is to your liking you can get a free download from their Facebook page here:
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This is the 'JPOD & The Funk Hunters Remix' of Bran Van 3000's 'Drinking In L.A.'... Enjoy!



Bonus Track! Bran Van 3000 - 'Supermodel' BV3's 'Glee' album is/ was a truly groundbreaking/ genre smashing masterpiece, so it came as no surprise that they were later signed to the Beastie Boys Grand Royal label for the release of their second album 'Discosis'. Even though it's 15 years on now, I still listen to it on a regular basis and 'Supermodel' is one of it's many highlights.

The song tells the story of a small town/ city girl who gets discovered, but it also comments on the shallowness of such pursuits while mixing country, hip hop, electronica, samples, and beautiful harmonies to create a uniquely classic song... Enjoy!



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Tuesday 24 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! MMOTHS!

SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! MMOTHS featuring Keep Shelly In Athens - '♥' Jack Colleran is an artist/ producer from Newbridge Ireland aka MMOTHS (in caps) and he/ they've just released a new version of their single '♥' or '<3' or 'Heart' :) online! 'Heart' began it's life as a largely instrumental track that was first released on Soundcloud last February.

This beautiful, dreamy, hypnotic piece of music now features the added vocals of Keep Shelly In Athens - who have clearly been keeping busy with side projects lately - you need only scroll down to the January 14th post to hear singer Sarah P.'s vocal contribution to the Solar Bears latest single 'Alpha People'.

If MMOTHS new recording of 'Heart' is to your liking you can get a free download of the song simply by 'liking' their Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/mmoths

This is 'Heart'... Enjoy!



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Monday 23 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Music! Leonard Cohen!

SummersRadio™ New Music! Leonard Cohen - 'Darkness'/ 'Waiting For The Miracle' A second new song from Leonard Cohen's forthcoming album called 'Old Ideas' has been released online!

'Darkness' is the fourth track on his new album released on January 31st, which will be available in a plethora of formats including on download, cd, vinyl, a cd plus lithograph package, a vinyl plus lithograph package, and it's also available with 'The Complete Columbia Albums Collection'! The two lithograph packages are 'digitally signed', numbered, and limited to 5,500 copies each. You can find out more about these exclusive releases from his online store here: http://www.myplaydirect.com/leonard-cohen/

'Darkness' has a laid back bluesy rock feel with his trademark mix of bleak yet subtley comedic lyrics... Enjoy!



Bonus Track! 'Waiting For The Miracle' is from Cohen's 1992 album 'The Future' and was one of three songs from the album prominently featured in Oliver Stone's 1994 film 'Natural Born Killers'. This video features footage from the disturbingly violent yet beautifully shot film... Enjoy!



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Sunday 22 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Music News + Bonus Track + Free Download! LCD Soundsystem + YACHT!

SummersRadio™ Music News + Bonus Track + Free Download! LCD Soundsystem + YACHT! LCD Soundsystem - 'Shut Up And Play The Hits' (trailer)/ 'North American Scum' (Kris Menace Remix)/ YACHT - 'I Walked Alone' (Get A Room! Remix) (includes free download)

LCD Soundsystem's new film 'Shut Up And Play The Hits' premieres at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah tonight at midnight! The film is a documentary that follows LCD's frontman James Murphy over a 48 hour period - on the day of their final concert performance at Madison Square Garden on April 2nd 2011 - and the day after, including 'the personal and professional ramifications' of his decision to disband the group.

In case you can't make it to Utah tonight :) here's the official trailer for 'Shut Up And Play The Hits'... Enjoy!



This is one of many of LCD Soundsystem's great remixes - the 'Kris Menace Remix' of the single 'North American Scum' from their 2007 album 'Sound Of Silver'... Enjoy!



Bonus Track! YACHT - 'I Walked Alone' (Get A Room! Remix) While it is indeed sad that James Murphy has decided to end such a fine project, he'll no doubt still be kept busy with his label DFA Records. This is a remix from labelmates YACHT - of their song 'I Walked Alone' from their album 'Shangri-La.' - and if it's to your liking you can download a copy for free from DFA Records Soundcloud page here: http://soundcloud.com/dfa-records/i-walked-alone-get-a-room-mix (or simply click on the arrow below)

YACHT are currently on tour and will be performing in Vancouver on February 10th at the Media Club. You can check out the other dates on their world tour on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/yacht This is the 'Get A Room! Remix' of 'I Walked Alone'... Enjoy!

YACHT - I Walked Alone (Get A Room! Remix) by DFA Records

                        

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Saturday 21 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Rare Remix + Free Download! DJ Shadow/ Z-Trip!

SummersRadio™ Rare Remix + Free Download! DJ Shadow/ Z-Trip! DJ Shadow - 'Right Thing' (Z-Trip 'Set The Party Off' Remix In Three Parts) Z-Trip has just released a rare remix he did for DJ Shadow online as a free download!

'Right Thing' first appeared as 'Right Thing/ GDMFSOB' - the ninth track on DJ Shadow's 2002 album 'The Private Press'. This remix is from the rare remix album called 'The Private Repress' which was only released in Japan the following year.

I particularly like the opening vocal sample here about the sheer abundance of music and diggers. This is the excellent 'Z-Trip 'Set The Party Off' Remix In Three Parts' of DJ Shadow's 'Right Thing'... Enjoy!

                   



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SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Kate Bush/ Mighty Mouse!

SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Kate Bush/ Mighty Mouse! Kate Bush - 'Cloudbusting' (Mighty Mouse Re Work) From 'Little Fluffy Clouds' to 'Cloudbusting'... London's Mighty Mouse 'is a Disco loving, cheese eating psychedelic mouse from Space' (his own words) who's just released his latest remix - of Kate Bush's 'Cloudbusting' - online!

'Cloudbusting' was first released as a single from Kate Bush's album 'Hounds Of Love' in 1985. It was then famously sampled and turned into a club hit by Utah Saints in 1992 - and again in 2008 - with their song 'Something Good', which you can revisit here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/10/summersradio-music-news-rare-remix.html

Mighty Mouse describes this new remix as 'Nu Disco Battle Front' and if it's to your liking you can download a copy for free from his Soundcloud page here: http://soundcloud.com/mightymouse-1/kate-bush-cloudbusting-mighty and you can keep up with him on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/wearemightymouse

This also seems like a perfectly apt time to mention one of my all time favorite remixes - of Kate Bush's 2005 single 'King Of The Mountain' - which I'm happy to say ranks as one of my top 10 most viewed blog posts! You can check out/ revisit the 'Kick Inside Remix' of it here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/04/summersradio-rare-remix-kate-bush.html

Ok - enough links! :) This is the new 'Mighty Mouse Re Work' of 'Cloudbusting'... Enjoy!



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Thursday 19 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Classic! The Orb!

SummersRadio™ Classic! The Orb - 'Little Fluffy Clouds' (Live Remix) 'What were the skies like when you were young?' If you didn't already know SummersRadio™ transmits (as it were) from Club English Bay on beautiful English Bay in Vancouver's west end. This picture was taken recently from my livingroom window - and it reminded me of this classic from The Orb - not for the fluffy clouds so much as the vibrant colours and the line 'The most beautiful skies as a matter of fact'.

                  

'Little Fluffy Clouds' was first released as a single in 1990 and was included on The Orb's debut album 'Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld' in 1991. It was re-released in 1993, and numerous remixes have also been released over the years. This is a very cool fan made video featuring some amazing time lapse footage... Enjoy!



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SummersRadio™ New Music! Sissy!

SummersRadio™ New Music! Sissy - 'Home'/ 'So Long' Sissy have just released their second album called 'March Of The Humans'! Sissy are an electronic/ trip hop duo from Toronto consisting of singer Johanne Williams and multi-instrumentalist/ producer David Trusz.

'March Of The Humans' or 'M.O.T.H.' features 11 new songs - including the first single 'Acid Cake' - and is released on the Four O'clock Sun Recordings label. The album is available on itunes as well as on cd through their label's website here: http://www.fouroclocksunrecordings.com/shop/ and you can become a fan of Sissy on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/sissytheband

This is the first track on the new album - the wonderfully atmospheric 'Home'... Enjoy!



Bonus Track! Sissy - 'So Long' 'So Long' was the second single released from Sissy's debut album called 'All Under' which was released in 2006 on the Global Underground label. This is it's very cool animated video which makes a statement about bullying and how we treat others - be they human or otherwise... Enjoy!



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Wednesday 18 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Music + New Remix! Guy J!

SummersRadio™ New Music + New Remix! Guy J - 'Shining' (Original Mix)/ 'My Thought Of You' (Sian's Telepathic Mix) Israel's Guy J has just released a new four track EP called 'Shining/ 1000 Words' on the Bedrock Records label! The EP features one brand new track - 'Shining' - plus three new remixes of tracks from his second album (a triple cd set called '1000 Words' that was released in April) and is currently available exclusively on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/#release/shining-1000-words-remixes/856610

This is Guy J's newest song called 'Shining' - the song starts out with a a nice chilled hypnotic groove that gradually builds until about 3:20 in - when it transforms into a full on spacey funky disco stomper... Enjoy!



You can check out/ revisit Guy J's previous single 'Soul In Arp' - which landed at # 8 on SummersRadio™'s Top 25 Electronic & Club tracks of 2011 here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/12/summersradio-new-music-guy-j.html and you can keep up with him on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/SianOfficial#!/pages/Guy-J/47087533517

This is the second song on the new 'Shining/ 1000 Words' EP - and my favorite of the three new remixes - 'Sian's Telepathic Mix' of 'My Thought Of You'... Enjoy!



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Sunday 15 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Little Dragon!

SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Little Dragon - 'Little Man' (Woodhead Remix) Vancouver artist/ dj/ producer Darren Woodhead aka Woodhead has released his latest remix online - of Little Dragon's 'Little Man'! 'Little Man' is one of the singles from the Swedish band's third studio album called 'Ritual Union' which was released last summer on Peacefrog Records.

If this downtempo remix is to your liking you can download a copy for free courtesy of Woodhead on his Soundcloud page here: http://soundcloud.com/woodhead/little-dragon-little-man (or simply click the download arrow below) and you can keep up with him on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Woodhead/157687890917597

You can also check out/ revisit Woodhead's excellent remix of Brenda Lee's classic 'I'm Sorry' here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2010/12/summersradio-best-of-2010-brenda-lee.html

This is the new 'Woodhead Remix' of Little Dragon's 'Little Man'... Enjoy!

                   

Little Dragon - Little Man (Woodhead Remix) by WOODHEAD

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Saturday 14 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Music! Solar Bears!

SummersRadio™ New Music! Solar Bears featuring Sarah P. - 'Alpha People' Irish duo Solar Bears have just released their latest single online - which features the vocals of Sarah P. from Keep Shelly In Athens! 'Alpha People' is the first taster from Solar Bears forthcoming second album called 'Supermigration' - the follow up to 2010's 'She Was Coloured In' on the Planet Mu label.

You can keep up with the progress on Solar Bears new album on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Solar-Bears/139474082795159

And you can check out/ revisit our previous Solar Bears posts here:
http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2010/12/summersradio-new-music-solar-bears.html
here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2010/12/summersradio-solar-bears.html
and m'here: :)
http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/02/summersradio-new-remix-solar-bears.html

This is 'Alpha People'... Enjoy!


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Friday 13 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Music News + Rare Remix! Brendan Benson!

SummersRadio™ Music News + Rare Remix! Brendan Benson - 'Metarie'/ 'Metarie' (Alpha's Dub Mix)/ 'Alternative To Love'/ 'Garbage Day'

Brendan Benson has announced that he's releasing his new studio album - his fifth - called 'What Kind Of World' on April 21st! The album is released on his own Readymade Music label - which was born in the 90's when Benson released his very first demos on 12" singles with The Wellfed Boys. This year the label goes worldwide with releases from both himself and other artists - including Young Hines - the first signed to the label. You can keep up with Brendan and his label develpments on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/brendanbensonmusic

Brendan is perhaps best known these days as the co-founder of The Raconteurs - with Jack White (of the White Stripes) - but I'm more partial to his solo work. There isn't any new music available from his forthcoming album just yet, so instead we'll feature a few of his finest songs released over the years - including a rare remix!

'Metarie' is the first Brendan Benson song I heard - and I fell in love with it instantly! Several different recordings of the song have been made, including some with different lyrics. There's the 'Wellfed Version' recorded with The Wellfed Boys in 2003, 'U.K. Version', 'Fred de Faye Mix', 'Demo Version', 'Alternative Version' and the rather rare 'Alpha's Dub Mix' (which I will feature below).

I think a couple of them might actually be the same version with a different name - there's so many that it can be a challenge to sort them all - but it's the version from his 2002 album 'Lapalco' that is most to my liking. I love the female backing vocals on this version, it has a warmer production feel to it than some of the others, and I think it flows more smoothly (perfectly in fact!) as well - but this might just be because it was the first version I heard.

This is the album version of 'Metarie'... Enjoy!



This is the rare 'Alpha's Dub Mix' by Alpha - which was included on the U.K. cd single for 'Metarie'. It's a dub mix not so much in a club remix sense - although it does feature fewer overall lyrics than the original, and it repeats a key line or two as many dub versions of club songs will do - but more dub sounding as in the reggae style. One might describe it as trip hop as well - with Alpha being from Bristol and all... Enjoy!

Brendan Benson - Metarie (Alpha's Dub Mix) by SummersRadio™

'Alternative To Love', a song about the neverending seach for true love, was first released as a b-side of the 'Metarie' EP/ single - but was later re-recorded and became the title track (sans 'The') of his 2005 album 'The Alternative To Love'. Brendan's sound is often described as power pop - with influences noted to include artists such as The Cars, Wings, E.L.O., and David Bowie. I like how the bass and occasional hihat give the song a danceable, almost (subtle) disco feel... Enjoy!



'Garbage Day' is a track from his previous most recent solo album (after releasing two albums with The Raconteurs) - 2009's 'My Old, Familiar Friend'. Any regular reader will likely know by now that I'm a fan of well used/ placed strings - as 'Garbage Day' has in abundance. You can certainly hear an E.L.O. influcence here - but it also has a nice Motown feel to it as well... Enjoy!

Brendan Benson - Garbage Day by SummersRadio™

                     

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Thursday 12 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Concert News + New Music + New Remix + Classic Mashup + Free Download! Snow Patrol!

SummersRadio™ Concert News + New Music + New Remix + Classic Mashup + Free Download! Snow Patrol - 'I'll Never Let Go'/ BIGkids - 'Drum In Your Chest' (Snow Patrol Remix)/ Snow Patrol vs The Police - 'Every Car You Chase' (Party Ben Remix) (includes free download!)

Northern Ireland's Snow Patrol have just announced a North American spring tour that will bring them to Vancouver on April 30th, performing at the Orpheum Theatre! Tickets go on sale this Friday at Ticketmaster. The band our touring in support of their new studio album - their sixth - called 'Fallen Empires'. Although the album was released in the U.K. in November, it's just officially been released in North America this week. While not one of the official singles from the album, I like it's opening track - this is 'I'll Never Let Go'... Enjoy!



BIGkids - 'Drum In Your Chest' (Snow Patrol Remix) BIGkids are a new duo from London - and this new remix of their current single 'Drum In Your Chest' by Snow Patrol has just been released online this week! You can learn more about BIGkids on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/BIGkidsmusic?sk=info#!/BIGkidsmusic Enjoy!

                   

Drum in Your Chest [Snow Patrol remix] by BIGkids

Snow Patrol vs The Police - 'Every Car You Chase' (Party Ben Mix) This is an excellent mashup from 2006 of Snow Patrol's 'Chasing Cars' and The Police's 'Every Breath You Take' made by San Francisco's Party Ben. If this seamless mashup is to your liking you can download a copy for free from Party Ben's Soundcloud page here: http://soundcloud.com/partyben/every-car-you-chase Enjoy!



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Wednesday 11 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Music! Hellomonkey! + Pe & Ban and DJ Mandraks!

SummersRadio™ New Music! Hellomonkey - 'Yes' (Original Mix)/ Pe & Ban and DJ Mandraks - 'The Sound Of The Drums' (Original Mix) 

1605 Music Therapy are off to a fiery hot start (it is going to be the year of the dragon afterall - although one of the artists name's here involves a monkey!) in 2012 with a brand new mini compilation called 'Platform Vol. 1'! (currently available exclusively on Beatport here: http://www.beatport.com/#release/sixteenofive-platform-vol-1/853544) It's actually the first release in a new series from the label - of samplers featuring all new tracks. Volume one features five new songs - which 1605 describes as '5 tracks of grade-A techno and tech house' - and I agree with them 100%!

Although all five tracks on 'Platform Vol. 1' are really good, I've chosen my two favorite songs to post - the first and last tracks on the compilation/ EP - but I shall begin with the last, and finish with the first. :) This is track five on the EP from Hellomonkey (aka Andrewboy aka Lucky Orgia) - an artist from Budapest Hungary - and this is his new song called 'Yes'. I like the rather minimal yet positive lyrics - especially with the awesome production around 3:15 in... Enjoy!



This is the first track on the 'Platform Vol. 1' mini compilation/ EP - from Pe & Ban and DJ Mandraks - who all hail from Brazil - called 'The Sound Of The Drums'... Enjoy!



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Tuesday 10 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Short Film! Revelation On The Dance Floor!

SummersRadio™ New Short Film! 'Revelation On The Dance Floor: A Film Dedicated To West Coast Festival Culture'/ MiMoSA - 'Psychedelic Stereo'/ Revise featuring Adaline - 'Without A Trace' (Max Ulis Without Mix) (includes free download!)/ Of Porcelain - 'You Are The Sun'

'Revelation On The Dance Floor: A Film Dedicated To West Coast Festival Culture' is a short film by Vancouver's Syd Woodward, that he's just released online! The film celebrates some of our finest electronic music festivals and features footage from three of them this past summer - Basscoast, Lightning In A Bottle, and Shambhala. It captures some of both the vibe and beauty of these festivals - through some wonderful footage, fine editing, and a most suitable soundtrack - I shall feature each of the songs below.

You can learn more about the background of the film and Syd Woodward's web based tv network - called Grounded TV - from their official website here: http://getgrounded.tv/2012/01/09/revelation-on-the-dance-floor-a-film-dedicated-to-west-coast-festival-culture-featuring-lightning-in-a-bottle-basscoast-and-shambhalal-music-fesitvals/
and on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grounded-TV/32591727137

If you haven't been to one of these festivals yet, this is a great introduction - and if you have it will no doubt bring you some fond memories - this is the new short film by Syd Woodward called 'Revelation On The Dance Floor: A Film Dedicated To West Coast Festival Culture'... Enjoy!



Featured music:

MiMoSA - 'Psychedelic Stereo' Tigran Mimosa is an L.A. based artist who's released two albums, a number of EP's, and started his own label called False Idol Music. You can learn more about him on his Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/mimosamusic

This is the title track from his 2010 four track EP called 'Psychedelic Stereo' (available on itunes)... Enjoy!



Revise featuring Adaline - 'Without A Trace' (Max Ulis Without Mix) Sam Lawton aka Revise is a Vancouver based 'cinematic downtempo electronica' artist. This song features Vancouver vocalist Adaline and is remixed by another Vancouver artist - Max Ulis.

'Without A Trace' is from his album called 'Palettes To Burn' (available on itunes) and if this remix is to your liking you can also download a copy for free from Revise's Soundcloud page here: http://soundcloud.com/revise/without-a-trace-max-ulis-without-mix and you can keep up with him on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/Revise Enjoy!



Of Porcelain - 'You Are The Sun' Of Porcelain is the downtempo side project of L.A. artist Ooah. This song is from his 2009 album called 'A Southern Summer's Breeze' which is available on Bandcamp here: http://ofporcelain.bandcamp.com/album/a-southern-summers-breeze and you can keep up with him on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/OfPorcelain

This is the lovely 'You Are The Sun'... Enjoy!



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Monday 9 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Rare Remix/ Remixes! David Bowie!

SummersRadio™ Rare Remix/ Remixes! David Bowie - 'Fame '90' (Absolutely Nothing Premeditated/ Epic Mix)/ 'I'm Afraid Of Americans' (V1)/ 'Hallo Spaceboy' (PSB Remix) It's David Bowie's birthday! David Robert Jones aka David Bowie was born in London in 1947 - so he's 65 today! We shall celebrate his lengthy, distinguished career with a few selections - three remixes (one quite rare) from his great body of work.

First up we have 'Fame '90' - a rare remix called the 'Absolutely Nothing Premeditated/ Epic Mix' - and it is indeed epic - clocking in at a massive 14 minutes and 26 seconds! 'Fame' was first released as a single in 1975 from his 'Young Americans' album - and it became his first number one single in North America.

I don't recall what year the 'Fame '90' remixes came out :) but I do know that they were released on various formats including cd, 7", and 12" singles - and they featured remixes from the likes of D.J. Mark "The 45 King" (which also featured vocals from the always lovely Queen Latifah), Ron Fair, Arthur Baker, Jon Gass, and this remix from David Barrett.

There is an EP for 'Fame '90' available on itunes but it features the 'Bonus Beat Mix' instead of this most excellent and now out of print 'Absolutely Nothing Premeditated/ Epic Mix'... Enjoy!

                      

David Bowie - 'Fame '90' (Absolutely Nothing Premeditated / Epic Mix) by SummersRadio™

'I'm Afraid Of Americans' was co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno in 1995 during the 'Outside' recording sessions, and a rough mix of it appears on the soundtrack to 'Showgirls' - with the slighty different, less political lyric 'I'm afraid of the animals'. It didn't see a proper release until it was re-recorded and included on his 1997 album 'Earthling'.

When the cd and 12" singles were released in North America they featured six new (non-album) remixes - numbered V1 - V6 - including remixes from Nine Inch Nails (three of them), Dave 'Rave' Ogilvie, and Photek. This is the 'V1' remix (available on itunes) by Trent Reznor, who also appears in the video - which was inspired by the film 'Taxi Driver' - as a creepy stalker character... Enjoy!



'Hallo Spaceboy' first appeared as a track on 'Outside', but when it was released as a single in the U.K. and Europe the following year, it was re-recorded and radically remixed by the Pet Shop Boys as a more dance friendly song, that featured additional vocals from PSB's Neil Tennant. I love the lines 'Do you like girls or boys? It's confusing these days'... Enjoy!



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Sunday 8 January 2012

SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Sound Remedy!

SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Sound Remedy - 'I5' L.A.'s Sound Remedy has just released his first new recording of 2012! The song is called 'I5' (I believe it refers to the Interstate 5 highway which runs along the west coast from just south of here in Vancouver - in Washington state - all the way to Mexico) and it's from his forthcoming new album called 'Haunted Valor' - AND as a bonus he's made the song available as a free download!

'I5' embraces a mix of styles - as Sound Remedy will do. You can revisit his excellent remix of Nirvana's 'All Apologies' here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/10/summersradio-new-remix-new-music-free.html (includes free download)

The song is an uplifting mix of electronic, house and techno - and it's perfect for a chilled Sunday afternoon/ evening. He describes it on his Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/SilversixDJ?sk=wall#!/soundremedy) thusly:

'If Your Are Ever Feeling Down Just Close Your Eyes And Drift Away.... I Promise I Have The Remedy'. If 'I5' is to your liking you can download a copy for free from Sound Remedy's Soundcloud page here: http://soundcloud.com/soundremedy/sound-remedy-i5 
(or simply click the download arrow below)

Enjoy!

                   

Sound Remedy - I5 by Sound Remedy

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Saturday 7 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Best Of 2011 Countdowns! Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club Tracks! #'s 5 - 1!

SummersRadio™ Best Of 2011 Countdowns! Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club Tracks!
#'s 5 - 1!

#. 5 Cazwell & Peaches - 'Unzip Me' (Original Mix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/11/summersradio-new-music-cazwell-peaches.html



# 4. Dirty Vegas - 'Days Go By' (Joe Maz Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/09/summersradio-new-remix-free-download.html (includes free download!)



# 3. Boys Noize & Erol Alkan featuring Jarvis Cocker - 'Avalanche (Terminal Velocity)'

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/08/summersradio-new-music-boys-noize-erol.html



# 2. Ryan Riback & John Baptiste - 'Kids These Days' (Silversix Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/12/summersradio-new-remix-ryan-riback-john.html



# 1. Nine Inch Nails - 'Closer' (Tall Sasha Bootleg Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/12/summersradio-new-remix-free-downloads.html (includes free download!)



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SummersRadio™ Best Of 2011 Countdowns! Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club Tracks! #'s 10 - 6!

SummersRadio™ Best Of 2011 Countdowns! Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club Tracks!
#'s 10 - 6!

# 10. Alex Metric & Steve Angello - 'Open Your Eyes' (Original Mix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/02/summersradio-new-music-alex-metric.html



# 9. Hertz - Red Ryder (Original Club Mix)

original posts: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/03/summersradio-new-music-hertz.html and http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/04/summersradio-forward-to-past-part-3.html



# 8. Guy J - 'Soul In Arp' (Original Mix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/12/summersradio-new-music-guy-j.html



# 7. Fedde Le Grand - 'Metrum' (Original Club Mix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/05/summersradio-new-music-fedde-le-grand.html



# 6. DJ Mankeletor - 'On Track' (Original Mix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/02/summersradio-new-music-dj-mankeletor.html


On track by mankeletor

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Friday 6 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Best Of 2011 Countdowns! Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club Tracks! #'s 15 - 11!

SummersRadio™ Best Of 2011 Countdowns! Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club Tracks!
#'s 15 - 11!

# 15. Hertz & Subway Baby - 'Rejoice' (Original Mix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/04/summersradio-new-music-hertz-subway.html



# 14. Mark Broom & Mihalis Safras - 'Tru Tru' (Paul Ritch Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/01/summersradio-new-music-mark-broom.html



# 13. The Human League - 'Never Let Me Go' (Aeroplane Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/02/summersradio-new-music-human-league.html



# 12. Underworld - 'Cowgirl' (Great Scott's Melty Face Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/03/summersradio-new-remix-free-download.html (includes free download!)



# 11. Jaydee - 'Plastic Dreams' (Dino Lenny & Amnesia Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/07/summersradio-new-remixes-jaydee.html



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Thursday 5 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Best Of 2011 Countdowns! Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club Tracks! #'s 20 - 16!

SummersRadio™ Best Of 2011 Countdowns! Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club Tracks!
#'s 20 - 16!

# 20. Mr. Federick & Matteo Batini - 'Eleven'

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/06/summersradio-new-music-mr-federick.html



# 19. Alex Kenji - 'My Oscar'

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/03/summersradio-new-music-alex-kenji.html



# 18. Warma - 'Cocaine' (Trockensaft Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/07/summersradio-new-music-free-download.html (includes free download!)



# 17. Phunk Investigation - 'Guru'

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/08/summersradio-new-music-phunk.html



#16. Underworld - 'Dark And Long' (Christian Smith Tronic Treatment Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/08/summersradio-new-remix-underworld.html



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Wednesday 4 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Best Of 2011 Countdowns! Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club Tracks! #'s 25 - 21!

SummersRadio™ Best Of 2011 Countdowns! Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club Tracks!
#'s 25 - 21!

Ok, so now that SummersRadio™'s Top 25 Rock & Indie tracks of 2011 have been revealed, it's time to move on to our next countdown - part two - the Top 25 Electronic & Club tracks of the year! Once again I shall post each song sans any additional comments - but I will include the link for each original post so you can find out more information on the artist and/ or song. I will also make note of any songs that (still) feature valid free legal download links for your enjoyment.

And so we begin our second countdown - SummersRadio™'s selections for the Best Of 2011 - presenting Part Two: Top 25 Electronic & Club tracks... Enjoy!

# 25. Gigamesh featuring Induce - 'When You're Dancing' (RAC Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/09/summersradio-new-music-free-download.html



# 24. Marco Carola - 'Groove Catcher' (Martin Buttrich Catcher Remix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/01/summersradio-new-music-marco-carola.html



# 23. Greg Kutnar - 'Criminamorphe'

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/03/summersradio-new-music-greg-kutnar.html



# 22. Hertz - 'Funkster EP' (Original Mix)

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/05/summersradio-new-music-hertz.html



# 21. Bart Skils - 'Dust'

original post: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/07/summersradio-new-music-bart-skils.html



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Monday 2 January 2012

SummersRadio™ It's 2012! Rare Remix! Chic!

SummersRadio™ It's 2012! Rare Remix! Chic - 'Good Times' (2004 Remix) So it's 2012. Some people think that the world is going to end this year - on Dec. 21st to be precise. (so if even if 'they' are right there's still lots of time!) Personally I don't buy into it - you see there have been several notable times over the years when the world was scheduled to end - and countless less notable ones. (see May 21st of last year: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/05/summersradio-end-of-world.html) And the one thing that each prediction has in common is that none of them came true - if we don't remember the past we're bound to repeat the same mistakes.

In the 70's the world was supposed to be taken over by robots. Sure 'they took our jobs' (some of them) but four decades later they've yet to overpower us humans. In the 80's there was the whole 'Brave New World' thing - and when nothing happened in 1984, the fear was rescheduled for 85 - but nothing happened then either. And of course there was the ongoing fear of nuclear war, and then in 1999 there was that nasty Y2K bug - but no planes fell from the sky and the world didn't end then either.

So now it's 2012 - and I'm willing to wager that we'll pretty much all still be here this time in 2013. I would like to share a quote that a wise person once said outside of my tent at the Soundwave Music Festival on Vancouver Island - 'If you're going to perpare for the worst, then you might as well prepare for the best as well'. Sound advice I'd say.

By the time Chic's 'Good Times' was released from their album called 'Risque' in the summer of 1979, the fear of robots had pretty much subsided. The song was a massive number one hit - it's been a huge influence on both dance and rap music - and it has gone on to become one of the most sampled songs of all time. 'Good Times' has famously been used as the backing track for the Sugarhill Gang's classic 'Rapper's Delight' and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's '...On The Wheels Of Steel'. It also inspired two other massive hits - Blondie's 'Rapture' and Queen's 'Another One Bites The Dust' - and even Daft Punk's club anthem 'Around The World'!

This disco house remix was released as a limited white label 12" single (actually the label was more of a light blue!) in the U.S. in 2004. This is the peppy '2004 Remix' of 'Good Times' - aside from the aforementioned quote, my advice for 2012 would simply be 'Party On'... Enjoy!

p.s. when I've fully recovered from last night's shenanigans I shall begin Part Two of the Best Of 2011 Countown - the Top 25 Electronic & Club tunes of the year - so keep your dancing shoes near! Stay tuned.



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Sunday 1 January 2012

SummersRadio™ Happy New Year! Classic/ Rare Remix! World Party!

SummersRadio™ Happy New Year! Classic/ Rare Remix! World Party - 'Thank You World' (Remix) This is a rare remix of 'Thank You World' - the title track from World Party's now out of print nine track 1991 EP - remixed by Peter Lorimer.

The song has some great reflective lyrics and features some amazing trippy production. I particularly like the vocal sample exclusive to this remix that begins at 3:47 in - especially the line regarding the eyebrow pencil starting with 'Oh yeah - you could say I've got stress...'.

Enjoy!

                       

World Party - Thank You World (Remix) by SummersRadio™

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