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I was quite excited to hear the new X-Press 2 single when it dropped through my door. After all 'Lazy' was brilliant (until it became hugely overplayed anyway... but I have great memories dancing around Buenos Aires to it during a monumental month-long bender!), and the last single 'Give It' (featuring Kurt Wagner from Lambchop) was another memorable anthem. So I was faintly excited when I saw that their new collaboaration was with Tim De Laughter from The Polyphonic Spree - who sings a traditional American Indian chant previously recorded in the 60s by Harpers Bizarre.
Sad to report then that it's terrible. Not the due to the vocal so much, but a backing track that's as lame and uninspiring as I can ever remember hearing, and which sucks all the goodness from the record.
However all is not lost. For Andy Weatherall - who of course originated from the same 'Boys Own' gang as Rocky, Diesel and Beedle - has turned in a cracking remix under his Two Lone Swordsmen guise.
It's a swaggering Garage Rock track that seems designed to slip onto a Sonic Mook Experiment compilation, and gets me curious about the forthcoming new TLS album 'Wrong Meeting' which is due on April 23rd. I've not heard the last couple of TLS albums, but had heard that Weatherall had gone a bit more leather clad and rawk. If they're anything like this I need to get on it...
X-PRESS 2 - WITCHI TAI TO (TWO LONE SWORDSMEN REMIX)
The X-Press 2 single also contains an excellent house remix of 'Don't Make Me Wait' by Diesel. I was very tempted to post that up as well, but I don't really like posting two tracks from a single. Do check it out if you can though, it sounds like 'How Do You Plead' by Soofle (St. Germain), with bad-ass vocal loops and soaring Detroit strings. It's very very good.
Rather than post that though, i'll remind you of how good 'Give It' is (was?). I can't hear it without envisaging Kurt Wagner dressed as a Burroughs-style priest. Rarely has anyone sounded so holy on record.
X-PRESS 2 - GIVE IT (FEAT. KURT WAGNER)
Also being spun this week is a set of highly Zeitgeisty remixes of 'I Get Around' by Canadians Dragonette... with reworkings being provided by Van She, Ratcliffe (who I presume is Simon Ratcliffe from Basement Jaxx), Arthur Baker AND Midnight Juggernauts. Someone has deep pockets.
I decided to check out the original version, however after getting down to it nicely on the myspace I made the mistake of watching the video. Which has totally put me off the track!
It's a good song but I find all the pouting and lipstick lesbianism a bit, well, irritating.
But back to the remixes. Well I guess this is what Wikipedia describes as Blog House... a genre that thankfully I seem to have been absolved of responsibility for.
Aussies Van She are of course loved by all the blogs after a multitude of wonderful remixes. This one begins with a glossy Daft Punk sheen before hitting a, er, Daft Punk-esque Keytar breakdown accompanied by those obligatory cut-up vocals. If the vocals are too much for you, the single also has a dub mix. But I think I like this just the way it is.
DRAGONETTE - I GET AROUND (VAN SHE VOCAL MIX)
Sad to report then that it's terrible. Not the due to the vocal so much, but a backing track that's as lame and uninspiring as I can ever remember hearing, and which sucks all the goodness from the record.
However all is not lost. For Andy Weatherall - who of course originated from the same 'Boys Own' gang as Rocky, Diesel and Beedle - has turned in a cracking remix under his Two Lone Swordsmen guise.
It's a swaggering Garage Rock track that seems designed to slip onto a Sonic Mook Experiment compilation, and gets me curious about the forthcoming new TLS album 'Wrong Meeting' which is due on April 23rd. I've not heard the last couple of TLS albums, but had heard that Weatherall had gone a bit more leather clad and rawk. If they're anything like this I need to get on it...
X-PRESS 2 - WITCHI TAI TO (TWO LONE SWORDSMEN REMIX)
The X-Press 2 single also contains an excellent house remix of 'Don't Make Me Wait' by Diesel. I was very tempted to post that up as well, but I don't really like posting two tracks from a single. Do check it out if you can though, it sounds like 'How Do You Plead' by Soofle (St. Germain), with bad-ass vocal loops and soaring Detroit strings. It's very very good.
Rather than post that though, i'll remind you of how good 'Give It' is (was?). I can't hear it without envisaging Kurt Wagner dressed as a Burroughs-style priest. Rarely has anyone sounded so holy on record.
X-PRESS 2 - GIVE IT (FEAT. KURT WAGNER)
Also being spun this week is a set of highly Zeitgeisty remixes of 'I Get Around' by Canadians Dragonette... with reworkings being provided by Van She, Ratcliffe (who I presume is Simon Ratcliffe from Basement Jaxx), Arthur Baker AND Midnight Juggernauts. Someone has deep pockets.
I decided to check out the original version, however after getting down to it nicely on the myspace I made the mistake of watching the video. Which has totally put me off the track!
It's a good song but I find all the pouting and lipstick lesbianism a bit, well, irritating.
But back to the remixes. Well I guess this is what Wikipedia describes as Blog House... a genre that thankfully I seem to have been absolved of responsibility for.
Aussies Van She are of course loved by all the blogs after a multitude of wonderful remixes. This one begins with a glossy Daft Punk sheen before hitting a, er, Daft Punk-esque Keytar breakdown accompanied by those obligatory cut-up vocals. If the vocals are too much for you, the single also has a dub mix. But I think I like this just the way it is.
DRAGONETTE - I GET AROUND (VAN SHE VOCAL MIX)
posted by headphonesex @ 9:15 PM
