Fairly late to catch the boat on this tune by Das Racist. Especially when it’s got 8-bit and point-and-click PC adventure gaming homages bursting at the seams… Did I mention there’s a Mishka flatcap getting repped? Anyway, video is directed by Thomas De Napoli.

Like what you’re hearing? Why not grab their Shut Up, Dude mixtape HERE.

Don’t know much about them, was alerted to their existence by Graeme Sinden facetwittering his support for Rustie‘s remix of their tune I’m Gone featuring Bay Area hyphy hood stomper Turf Talk. From the snippets I’ve heard it’s glitch with 8bit/chip tune instruments and samples, influences from 80s electro-hip hop, and some dubstep 2/4 beats interspersed here and there! Highly reminiscent of The Glitch Mob.

Lazer Sword – I’m Gone feat Turf Talk (Rustie Remix) The original mix of the track is from their forth coming self titled album, to be released early November!

Check out their blog for info about their releases, and purchasing. Check out their soundcloud for productions, remixes, DJ mixes et al!

And for good measure: epic 80s action movie montage hair metal song inspired track with fully s1ck beatz!!

LAZER SWORD – SHOT IN THE NITE by LAZER SWORD

And so the end of summer has arrived and as expected the weather has gotten, well let’s say a little different. Truth be told, the post pic above isn’t that far from the actual conditions that have lashed out over the weekend – epic rain, flash floods, thunder, lighting, golf ball-sized hail…

Anyway, this week’s tracks are after the jump… (Well, technically they’re last week’s tunes but it was my last week at my old job = flat out transition/wrap-up, and I was sick so boooo!)

Wolfgang Gartner – Undertaker (Original Mix)

This is what happens when you combine that Deadmau5 electro progressive-ish house sound with equal parts of 8-bit glitch, a solid, driving kick drum and A-Trak-esque sirens… Big fan of this one.

Classixx – Cold Act Ill (Extended Mix)

Rad video clip with heaps of old school skating. Love it! One of Classixx’s earlier tracks here giving the Roxanne Shante/Biz Markie track ‘Def Fresh Crew’ a spacey nu-disco polish over.

Defeat – D.I.Y.

Kavinsky reincarnate? Well the man is back with a new EP this month, but no, Defeat is a local producer from Western Australia and after you give this track a listen you’ll definitely see that the Dead Crusier was obviously an influence. Not that that’s a bad thing at all!

Jump Jump Dance Dance – Show Me The Night (GRUM Remix)

Some lovely synth pop remix goodness from GRUM of all people. Saw a bit of Jump Jump Dance Dance at Future yesterday but unfortunately the shoddy weather started right when their set was on so a fair few punters would’ve missed out on a nice indie pop set.

Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar

How To Make It In America is my new favourite TV show, well until Entourage comes back on… Anyway, this is the music that is used in the open sequence of the show. Did I tell you that Kid Cudi is a part of the cast?

Tiga – What You Need (Chromeo Remix)

It’s Tiga and Chromeo together. Another Canandian win in my books.

DJ Falcon – Honeymoon

This is up there as one of my all time favourite French Touch track and the relevance of it getting posted isn’t just just self indulgence… It is in honour of the great man touring Melbourne in late April! Gonna be another good long weekend! So who is DJ Falcon you may be asking? Cousin to Alan Braxe and co-collaborator with Thomas Bangalter in the group Together (‘So Much Love To Give’ and ‘Together’).  He is without doubt, a part of French House royalty.

I sometimes wish I had a clone. Then I would’ve been able to have seen both Jack Beats and attend my mate’s epic poker/Arnie movie marathon the same night earlier on this year… *Sigh*… Anyway, apologies for letting this one to sneak up all stealth-like. After you give this Essential Mix a listen you’ll agree it’s anything but stealth…

Essential Mix – Jack Beats (20-02-2010)

Tracklist is after the jump and it’s mutherfuckin’ epic! And for you jza, even that god-awful Doctor P track, ‘Sweet Shop’ gets dropped haha! Not to forget 16-Bit and a few other dubstep tracks…

01. Dead Can Dance – Dawn Of The Iconclast (Jack Beats Intro Edit)
02. Passion Pit – Little Secrets (Jack Beats Remix)
03. Lee Mortimer & Laidback Luke – Blau! (LA Riots Remix)
04. Jack Beats – Labyrinth
05. Pase Rock – Nights (Nadastrom Remix)
06. L-Vis 1990 – United Groove (MJ Cole Remix)
07. D1 – Pitcher (128 Mix)
08. Kissy Sell Out – This Kiss (Jack Beats Remix)
09. Black Box – Ride On Time (Zombie Disco Squad Remix – Jack Beats Edit)
10. Sound of Stereo – Button (Beataucue Remix)
11. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Epic Last Song (Jack Beats Remix)
12. Foamo – Jookie
13. Tiga – What You Need (A-Trak Remix)
14. Zombie Nation – Seas Of Grease (Harvard Bass Remix)
15. Diplo & Blaqstarr – Get Off (Jack Beats Remix)
16. Noob & Brodinski – Peanuts Club (BeatauCue Remix)
17. M.A.N.D.Y & Booka Shade – Donut (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
18. Mvsvem – French Jeans (Style Of Eye Remix)
19. Boys Noize & Erol Alkan – Waves (Chilly Gonzales Mash-Up Edit ‘Thing’ With A Vocal…)
20. Felix Da Housecat – Kickdrum
21. SonicC – Unicorns On Acid
22. La Roux – I’m Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)
23. Jack Beats & MC Dynamite – What (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
24. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars (Siriusmo Remix)
25. Claude VonStroke – Vocal Chords
26. Popof – Serenity w/ Fingers Inc – My House Acapella (Jack Had A Groove)
27. Breakage – Justified feat. Erin
28. 16-Bit – Jump
29. Joker – Tron
30. Calvin Harris – You Used To Hold Me (Nero Remix)
31. Subscape – Hardcore Members
32. Doctor P – Sweet Shop
33. Benga – Little Bits
34. Donaeo – Riot Music (Skreamix)
35. Jack Beats – U.F.O (K-Hole Bass Riddim)
36. Lady Sovereign – Got You Dancing (Jack Beats Remix)
37. Unknown Artist – BG (Crookers DJ Tool Mix)
38. Florence + The Machine – Drumming Song (Jack Beats Remix)
39. AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
40. DJ Zinc – Gimme A Camera feat. Angela Hunter
41. Hockey – Song Away (Jack Beats ‘Anger Management’ Unreleased Dub)
42. DJ Zinc – Super Sharp Shooter (Jack Beats Remix)
43. The Count & Sinden – Panther
44. TC – Deep (Jack Beats ‘2008 Unreleased’ Remix)
45. L-Vis 1990 – The Bird
46. Project Bassline – Drop The Pressure (Jack Beats Remix)
47. Diplo & Laidback Luke vs. Proxy – Hey vs. Raven (Will Bailey Bootleg)
48. Faithless – Never Going Home (Herve Remix)
49. Fake Blood – Mars (Jack Beats Remix)
50. Jack Beats – Get Down VIP

The UK’s legendary Club NME is heading to Australia this February, with the first of what will be a series of regular club nights!

Since its inception in 2004, Club NME has spread its branches across the planet with six UK clubs and nine venues across Europe and the US and now it’s our turn!

To kick off the tour, Club NME Australia has rounded up some of the finest indie party starters in the country including Philadelphia Grand Jury, Yacht Club DJs, and Purple Sneakers DJs plus they’ll be shipping over iconic Brit Andy Rourke, bassist from legendary band The Smiths. Rourke is now a high profile indie DJ who has spent the last few years touring the world as well as hosting Saturday nights on Xfm Manchester.

To kick off the celebrations, the Yacht Club DJs have gotten glitchy with Philadelphia Grand Jury’s hit single (which made it into this year’s Triple J’s Hottest 100 at #57) ‘The Good News’.  Get ready for an 80s computer game inspired, disco-dance remix! Download link and tour dates are after the jump:

Philadelphia Grand Jury – The Good News (Yacht Club DJs Remix)

And now the Club NME Australia tour dates:

THURSDAY 25TH FEBRUARY – Empire Hotel, Brisbane
Also supporting: VELOCIRAPTOR
Tickets available from http://www.oztix.com.au/

FRIDAY 26TH FEBRUARY – The Hi-Fi Bar, Melbourne
Also supporting: LOVE CONNECTION
Tickets available from http://www.thehifi.com.au/

SATURDAY 27TH FEBRUARY – Manning Bar, Sydney
Also supporting: TENNIS
Tickets available from http://www.moshtix.com.au or http://www.manningbar.com/

Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball...

Yep that’s right, yours truly has a gig on this Sunday at the Fringe as a part of the St Kilda Festival wind-down. So come down for a laugh if your loved ones let you… Better yet, why don’t the both of you do!

So yes it seems that I may have missed a posting last week. Sorry folks, I was running around errands post-parents return from holidays. Anyway, while I may have missed a post it didn’t mean I missed out on listening to the odd track here and there…

Cassian – Friday Night
Lovely bit of disco house/synth pop fun from this Sydneysider. Definitely one to get you in the mood for a party – on Friday of course… Cassian is on the road at the moment promoting the ‘Friday Night EP’ and for us Melburnians he’ll be doing an EP launch at Sorry Grandma of January 22nd.

Renegade – Pilot
While I really wanted to post the track ‘Threshold‘ instead, it seems there isn’t a copy floating out there in the digital world just yet. This track is just as bangin’ though. Think of the Renegade sound as a bit of Justice + Danger + Kavinsky + Le Castle Vania + Revolte + GRUM etc… Could 2010 be the return of the electrobanger sound?

SebastiAn – Threnody (Capt & Cooked Edit)
When the original floated on the net last week there was definitely a whole lot of “WTF?!” thrown around with about the same amount of praise bantered around also. Anyway, it hasn’t taken long for someone to tap into the 2 minutes of gold and turn it into something the masses could enjoy. Most importantly it’s come from another local talent in the form of Capt And Cooked. Take a bit of the intro, mix it into the drops of gold and you have a yourself banger. Expect this to be one of the better remixes/edits of this track.

The Phantom’s Revenge – When Mr Hyde Killed Dr Jekyll (Original Mix)
This track has come as a bit of a surprise for me as I’ve always known The Phantom’s Revenge for his French Touch goodness. This on the other hand takes a leaf from Ed Banger book of bang with a bit of fidget in for good measure. My prediction for 2010 looks but more importantly sounds better each day…

Dadahack – Hello Dust (Featuring Hannah Robinson)
A bit of melodic prog house has never hurt anyone (plus it’s a bit of a break from all of the bangers above…). Anyway, Dadahack is a new production duo consisting of James Banbury and Pete Davis who have previously produced for the likes of Gwen Stefani, Wiley and Bloc Party.

Palermo Disko Machine – Theme Of Palermo Disko Machine
So who is Palermo Disko Machine you may be asking? Well it is Jens Moelle of Digitalism fame and he’s been working under this alias for some time now. Try looking at Kitsuné Maison circa 2006… Anyway, I thought I’d wrap this post up with a tune that’d be right at home at your local space disco.

So yeah, this is a ridiculously awesome pixel art video from fresh-faced director Jérémie Perin. Ah the memories of playing Maniac Mansion/Sam & Max/Day Of The Tentacle or any of the LucasArts based point-and-clicks of the 90s come flooding back after seeing this vid.

Note: I’m gonna have to slap a NSFW tag on this one too as it’s just a tad racy.  It really makes  that other pixel art vid look kinda lame… So, without further ado, here’s the video:

In you’re wondering, the track itself appears as a part of Soulwax’s Part Of NYE Never Dies Mix of last year which you can find a link and tracklisting to just below. Oh yeah, the record label suits have also been kind enough to offer the Alex Gopher remix which’ll feature on the “Truckers Delight EP” as a free download also. How awesome is that?

Flairs – Truckers Delight (Alex Gopher Remix)

MixMag Presents: Soulwax – Part Of NYE Never Dies Mix

Tracklisting:

01. The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy, Hey Girl (Soulwax Remix Edit)
02. Zombie Nation – Forza
03. Tame Impala – Half Full Glass Of Wine
04. Tiga – Mind Dimension 2 (Ghent Version)
05. Mr. Oizo – Pourriture 7 (Soulwax Edit)
06. Esser – Headlock
07. In Flagranti – Business Acumen
08. Flairs – Truckers Delight
09. MGMT – Kids (Soulwax Remix)
10. Das Pop – Fool For Love
11. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Feurprobe (Rory Phillips Remix)
12. Mickey Moonlight – Interplanetary Melodies
13. Late Of The Pier – Random Firl
14. Ali Renault – Our World Is