Remix Roundup

Kids, I confess I had big ambitions this week. I was envisioning a sort of "six degrees of remix roundup" post - everything was going to come full circle and transition beautifully. Until I got distracted by the ensuing awesome tracks and threw structure to the wind. Brits abound as usual. I'd apologize if they didn't deserve every word of praise I'm dishing out this week.

This one has been ALL OVER the blogosphere recently. And for good reason. Ted & Francis work magic on the tracks they remix. They call their particular brand of electropop "tropical pop" and unlike most self-assigned DJ genres, they're spot on, as this track demonstrates. The song fades in over crashing waves and breaks down over a sonic landscape that remind me of a beach volleyball game. Doesn't hurt that the original (get it here), by Irishmen Two Door Cinema Club - who you'd have to be living under a rock to escape from these days - is a catchy bit of delicious fluff, well turned out by these Aussies. Download now and play until summer's end.

Something Good Can Work (Ted & Francis Remix) - Two Door Cinema Club

A fantastic concoction of spooky, childlike vocal samples, tribal drums and Tobi O'Kandi's hammerlike, Krautrock-tinged vocals. Get out your Ouija boards and prepare to be creeped out like a giggling schoolgirl.

Dead Disco Dancer (The Golden Filter Remix) - O Children

Possessing enough slow motion cool for any cinematic glamour shot, this one comes to us from Scotland via London. The Aliens are comprised of several members of The Beta Band, which comes as no surprise if you've heard the psychedelic original. The remix is a stretched out cruise through rolling fields of golden wheat, and the 1970s. It's perfectly centered and justifies every second of its nearly ten minute playing time.

The Sunlamp Show (Disco Bloodbath Remix) - The Aliens

Your average Clock Opera song sounds like a perpetual joyous climax, so it's a delight to see him turn his talents to the darker flavor of the Golden Filter's single "Hide Me." This take is considerably more organic than its source material. There's a distinctly tactile quality to the twinkling backdrop (is that a hammered dulcimer I hear?) and the whole package creates a beautiful meld with Penelope Trappes' ethereal vocals.

Hide Me (Clock Opera Remix) - The Golden Filter

The Plastiscines: French kiddies (They were on Gossip Girl once: embarrassing). Les Petits Pilous: French grown-ups. This song: For all the times you just need a pants-shittingly loud banger.

Loser (Les Petits Pilous Remix) - The Plastiscines

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