It must be the holiday spirit or something, but artists, bands and producers have been even more generous than usual and our inboxes have been overflowing with all sorts of tuneage in a variety of tempos and styles. Here are our ten picks from yet another two weeks of quality music.
The undisputed king of mash-ups and party mixtapes, Girl Talk released his latest collection of nostalgia meets college party meets weird meets brilliant beats online for free and if you haven’t already picked it up then you’ll find it all below. Daft Punk’s Tron OST is currently doing the rounds on the leaky pipes of the web to a mixed reception but if you didn’t catch their collaboration with N.E.R.D. then check out Nero’s remix if beats float your boat more than synths and strings. Shy FX get taken apart from one of the year’s biggest beatmakers Breakage as this weekend turns into a guaranteed party.
Pow 2011 is causing another forward riddim stir in London and Wiley’s meme-spawning ‘bududududada’ bars over the beat makes one of the most addictive dubplates of the year, get it! Crossfader subject Submerse keeps on going from strength to strength and his remix of Wolf Gang’s ‘Lion In Cages‘ sees blogs on a hype for his forthcoming releases. X-Ray Spex’s frontwoman Poly-Styrene makes a welcome return to our speakers with ‘Black Christmas‘. Crystal Castles made one of the most press-worthy collaborations of the year, dragging in Robert Smith for ‘Not In Love‘.
If you thought Jay-Z’s 99 Problems couldn’t be remixed any more then you were very wrong; Liam Howlet takes a simple but effective rework route for this banging Prodigy remix. New York three piece fun. live up to their name again with an acoustic version of their buzzing ‘Walking The Dog’. And last but not least, the hottest female to come out of Wales since… we can remember, Marina and the Diamonds gets a hypegenre workout courtesy of the ungoogleable but absolutely listenable oOoOO.
Go and get them.
N.E.R.D. & Daft Punk – Hypnotize U (Nero Remix) by Crossfire Music
Wiley – Mz Bratt Pow 2011 Dubplate by Crossfire Music
Wolf Gang – Lions In Cages (Submerse Remix) by Crossfire Music
Poly Styrene – Black Christmas by Crossfire Music
Shy FX – Raver (Breakage Remix) by Crossfire Music
Crystal Castles “Not In Love” (ftrg. Robert Smith) by moderntonic.com
fun. ‘Walking The Dog (Acoustic)’ by Hassle Records
Jay-Z – 99 Problems (The Prodigy Remix) by Hypetrak
Marina and the Diamonds – Obsessions (oOoOO Remix) by Hypetrak
Girl Talk – All Day by Hypetrak
