SummersRadio™ New Cover! Emika - 'Let's Dance' (Shocklee-Emikaized Version)
Emika has just released a new cover of David Bowie's 'Let's Dance' online! Berlin's Emika is a songwriter and producer and she's chosen to cover this song as a tribute to Bowie. If you happen to live in Germany 50,000 free downloads of this track are being given away through Rolling Stone (German Edition).
Emika will also be performing the song live at the David Bowie Retrospective in Berlin at the Martin-Gropius-Bau on June 15th. There's no word yet as to whether or not this cover will be made available commercially.
'Let's Dance' was originally released by Bowie as the title track and first single from his 1983 album. Emika's version is structurally the same but it has a completely different feel to it. It's much more atmospheric - the production is reminiscent of some of Andrew Weatherall's work - and her delivery is very seductive... Enjoy!
I stumbled upon an excellent remix/ edit of Iggy Pop's 'Nightclubbing' earlier this week! 'Nightclubbing' was written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop and it was first released on Pop's 1977 album 'The Idiot'.
It reached a wider audience when it was included in the film and on the soundtrack for Trainspotting in 1996. It's also been covered (Grace Jones, Human League) and sampled (Nine Inch Nails, Oasis) by numerous artists.
This trippy remix/ edit by French duo Monoblok & Pslktr was released by their label Meant Records as part of their annual X-Mas present special edit series (which they release as a free download) in 2012. It's received over 3,000 plays on Soundcloud, but it's worthy of so many more so I thought I'd share it.
SummersRadio™ New Video! David Bowie - 'I'd Rather Be High' (Venetian Mix - Wasted Edit)
David Bowie has just released a new video online for his song 'I'd Rather Be High'! The 'Venetian Mix' will be released on limited edition white vinyl as the b-side to the previously featured(http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2013/11/summersradio-new-video-remix-david.html) 'Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA'of 'Love Is Lost'.
The vinyl version will be released on December 16th and the 'Venetian Mix' is also available now on 'The Next Day Extra' EP on both cd and download.
The new video for 'I'd Rather Be High' (Venetian Mix - Wasted Edit) is directed by London graphic designer/ director Tom Hingston and it features some nicely synched up stock footage and special effects... Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ New Video/ Remix! David Bowie - 'Love Is Lost' (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for The DFA) (Official Video)
David Bowie has just released a new video for the full length remixed version of his song 'Love Is Lost' online today! The 'Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for The DFA' clocks in at over ten minutes in length and it's available on the new 3 disc version (2 cd + 1 dvd) of Bowie's latest album 'The Next Day' called 'The Next Day Extra'.
There's also a seven track digital 'The Next Day Extra' EP available separately that includes this remix (available now on iTunes).
This new video features some great computer animation and partial nudity... Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ New Music! David Bowie - 'Where Are We Now?'
I hope you've enjoyed our two Best Of 2012 countdowns - the Top 25 Rock/ Pop & Indie tracks and the Top 25 Electronic/ Club tracks & Remixes of the year! I'd say that we wrapped up just in time too, as there's one piece of music news today that's perhaps bigger than all of today's other musical announcements combined. Today is David Bowie's 66th birthday - and to celebrate he's released a brand new single - his first in ten years!
'Where Are We Now?' (available now on itunes) is the first single from his forthcoming album - his 24th - called 'The Next Day', which will be released on March 11th in the U.K. & Europe and ahem, the next day in North America, on his own Iso Records label.
So far there are two digital editions available for pre-order on itunes - with the standard version featuring 14 tracks and a deluxe version that will feature 17. There's no official word yet on any physical releases.
This is the cover art for 'The Next Day' - a rather oddly updated version of his 1977 album 'Heroes':
Pretty much everyone on the world wide web is jumping for joy over this song - but it's not a rousing comeback or anything. 'Where Are We Now?' is a rather subdued affair - it actually sounds quite sad - and though he makes references to Berlin, Bowie actually sounds a bit lost.
So I wonder how much of this excitement is for an unexpected new song from a musical hero to many - and how much is strictly for the song itself. I reckon it will take a few more days - and listens - for myself and others to fully decide. So here we have David Bowie's brand new single produced by Tony Visconti - and the full length new video directed by Tony Oursler... Enjoy!
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!
'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!
