Hi, there. I’ve been getting ready to move for the past couple weeks and tackling a big project for work, so I’ve been a bit neglectful of you. I still love you, though. Even you! Here’s what I’ve been listening to as my life is in transition.
I’ve been dying to hear the whole mini-album by The Crêpes (again, for your reference, comprised of The Embassy and Studio’s Dan Lissvik), and I was just recently passed this track which has settled in along with “What Else” on my heavy rotation playlist. I love how effortless they make everything sound - it’s perfect for the waning weeks of summer.
♫ The Crêpes - Love You All The Same
What Else is pretty much sold out everywhere, but will be out digitally this Fall.
There’s a Fake Blood remix of the new Gossip single floating around which I think is pretty good - he’s really been on a roll lately with the Fix Your Accent EP and solid mixes for Miike Snow and Calvin Harris, but I prefer this incredibly crisp piano disco take by Riva Starr. Check out the instrumental mix - it’s more like a dub, with some nice vocal stabs to make it that much fancier.
♫ The Gossip - Love Long Distance (Riva Starr Remix - Instrumental)
Love Long Distance will be out on CD and Digital on September 13.
WhoMadeWho’s Keep Me In My Plane has spawned a pretty impressive remix assortment featuring Modernaire, DJ Koze, the KDMS (Kathy Diamond and Maximilian Skiba, who have a fantastic single coming out on Gomma next month) and now this great stretched out and slowed down delight by Max Pask reminiscent of his great mix for 33Hz a couple years back.
♫ WhoMadeWho - Keep Me In My Plane (Max Pask Remix)
To be honest, I really haven’t been too excited by the new SMD album - I gave it a number of listens, but I stand by my (and others) assertion that they will be the Chemical Brothers of the ’10s. A few great club tracks surrounded with a bunch of limp album tracks with “name” guests that everyone forgets about a couple months after the album drops. That said, this is from the bonus disc of Temporary Pleasure is one of their greatest club tracks, and I think it should have been on the album. So there. Love the end bit from about 4:30 onwards.
♫ Simian Mobile Disco - Do Not Exceed Stated Dose
Finally, I’ve still been listening to Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix a ton, but here’s a track that I saw them play twice on the Alphabetical tour that I still wish would turn up on an album. Supposedly they turned this into something else, but I can’t really tell where or what.
♫ Phoenix - Jetplane (Unreleased - Live @ Southside 2005)
You all go out and have a nice Monday, now, yeah?
original photo credit LuchoCuevas
