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Dance Music vs. Bad People on the Internet

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

Downside with working primarily on the Internet: you get to see how horrible people on the Internet are. Today was exceptionally shitty.

I wish it was mandatory for everyone to use their full, legal name on all comments for all websites. If that wouldn’t cut down on the amount of sexist, racist, homophobic bile spewed forth on a daily basis, it would at least make it easier for me to find the people responsible for it and kick them in the knees.

Röyksopp
Eple (Shakedown Remix)
Eple (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Damn umlauts, making me cut and past names from other websites because I can’t be bothered to learn macro codes.

You’ve probably heard this  song and don’t even know it. It was in a billion commercials, and according to Wikipedia it was even used as the start-up music for the Setup Assistant in some versions of Mac OSX. Whatever, the Windows start-up sound is by Brian Eno; that makes Windows is way more indie than Apple ever will be. Boom. Shots fired.

I mostly bought this 12″ for the Fatboy Slim remix, and damn, if it isn’t a wonderful example of Fatboy Slim’s ability to dumb down even the most harmonious and beautiful dance track. Don’t take that as an insult though, I dig what he did to the track. It’s just really, really stupid. It’s impressive how dumb it is. I like purposeful stupidity when it’s done for good and not evil.

Moby
Porcelain (Torsten Stenzel’s Remix)
Porcelain (Force Mass Motion Remix)
Moby was just announced as a headliner for Movement, the big electronic dance music festival in Detroit. Dammit, now I might have to go to Detroit.

If you’ve never seen or heard a live Moby DJ set, try to if you get a chance. While his music isn’t always on target, his DJ sets are massive, amazing house sessions that will make your hair stand on end, your feet catch fire, and your head explode from the sheer awesomeness of it all. Okay, I realize that by saying it like that I kind of make it sound unappealing, but trust me, he’s really good live. Dude can cut a mix like no one’s business.

Both of these mixes are from a 12″ single, and are pretty great, radical re-interpretations of the original. I dig them.

Krust (Featuring Saul Williams)
Coded Language (Roni Size Desert Road Remix)
Coded Language (Roni Size Desert Road Instrumental)
The first line of this song is “Motherfuckers better realize!” and that’s exactly how I felt today. Word, Saul Williams. Word.

This drum and bass remix is pretty great, but it does remove a lot of Williams’ amazing lyrics. That man is a genius. Check out the original version here. Six minutes of one bad motherfucker dropping truth bombs on your ass.

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I am a Champion of Justice

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

I wrote this post Sunday night and then forgot to hit the “Publish” button. I think that’s the first time I’ve done that sober.

Björk
Joga (Alec Empire “Empire State Of Emergency” Remix)
I had a ton of Atari Teenage Riot lined up for tonight’s post. But you can get all of it on iTunes and Amazon apparently, so there went that plan.

I wanted an excuse to talk about the group though. They have a new album coming out soon, and you can currently download two excellent new singles from it here. They are one of my favorite bands from the 90s, and I cannot wait for their new album to blow new holes in my eardrums.

Thankfully, I was able to find this remix of Joga by digging around my music library. I’ve posted this twice before, but I do not care. It’s an amazing mix. And it’s shockingly not in print anywhere at the moment, so I’m going to run with it.

This is NOT the “Alec Empire Mix” or the “Alec Empire Hardcore Mix” this is a separate, different mix. I know its been on a few different Bjork singles, but I found it on an odd comp in the late 90s called Y2k. Other cuts from that gem? “Busy Child” and Apollo Four Fourty’s remix of the “Lost In Space” theme. It’s a weird little CD.

Röyksopp
Poor Leno (Sander Kleineberg’s Northern Beach Mix)
I try to lump all the artists with umlats in their names together, makes it easier. I’m not particularly fond of this track. It’s good, but held up next to other Röyksopp singles like “Remind Me,” “Happy Up Here,” and the fucking incredible “Girl And The Robot” it just kind of pales in comparison. That, and it makes me think of Jay Leno. Fuck that guy. This remix is from a 12″.

Front 242
Tragedy â–ºFor Youâ—„ (12″ Vox)
Tragedy â–ºFor Youâ—„ (Neurodancer)
Tragedy â–ºFor Youâ—„ (Punish Your Machine Mix 12″)
Tragedy â–ºFor Youâ—„ (Slo Mo Mix)
How did I create the triangle symbol? I didn’t. I cut and pasted it from Wikipedia. It took me forever to find a place that had that thing in the fucking title of this song.  I’m not a fan of random punctuation in band/song names. Random macro characters are just too much. These mixes are from a 12″ single. Listen to them while punching something.

Tomorrow (or later today) I will have a new post. In it there will be a song that can save the world.

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