Lovely Bit of Pine

I'm imminently off to Sweden for a few days for Patrick's wedding... I've not been to Scandinavia at all before, so i'm well looking forward to the few days I'll have drinking expensive beer while looking at Volvos and blonde girls.

In the absence of any Abba on my hard drive, and since I can't think off-hand of any suitable Swedish songs to post up, here are a couple of great new remixes I picked up last week by Norweigan Pop Goddess Annie.

ANNIE - ALWAYS TOO LATE (¥€$ PRODUCTIONS REMIX)

I have heard that this remix is something to do with Richard X (who also produced many of the tracks on Annie's essential debut album 'Anniemal').. but there is no mention on his website, and ¥€$ seems to be rather Google-unfriendly... anyone know anything about him / her / them?

Whoever it's by, this is an excellent Neptunes-style rework, full of freaky noises & pop goodness. I got it on a sampler CD with an order from the 679 Records website... I don't think it's available on vinyl at all (at the moment).


ANNIE - HAPPY WITHOUT YOU (RITON VOCAL REMIX)

This next mix is from the first in a series of twelves organised by superstar DJ Erol Alkan. Like the Alan Braxe mix of 'Heartbeat' I posted earlier in the year, this takes the original & turns up the pop to 11 and the disco to 12. The single also includes a rocking mix by Sebastian which is well worth checking out.

Sorry (once again) for the brevity... but here's me gabbin' when I should be packin'...

Catch ya next week.