Good job for you I wasn't born a killer
Were one to gather together 2007's best remixers for a single, you couldn't do much worse than selecting South Central, Ashley Beedle and Emperor Machine. Well these three Dons in fact come together on a new single by Lalula... the joy of which has been slightly tempered for me after just discovering through google that this is being released on the back of a Bacardi advert.
Anyway, without the knowledge that i'll soon have to listen to this while staring at Vinnie Jones crushing limes, it's a pretty crazy track. Like a funked up Whitey fronted by a chanting Japanese girl.
All the mixes are very good, but i'm enjoying Ashley Beedle's the most... following up his brilliantly nimble reworking of The Black Ghosts a few months ago. Anyway, this comes on like an old-style Basement Jaxx carnival tune. Something like a housed up 'Knights of the Jaguar'. I'm not saying it's as good as that (what is?!), but it should make you shake your tailfeathers.
LALULA - SUPA BAJO (ASHLEY BEEDLE REMIX)
I've had this next one a while, but was a little put off by the frankly awful sleeve. Which doesn't help as a deciding factor for a song that is a little bit difficult to decide whether it's genius or annoying.
So at the risk of doing a Mika and embarassing myself enormously i'm plumping on the side of genius for now. It's inventive and interesting... and very reminiscent of Guillemots playing the theme tune to some black & white chritmas film (the strings sound very familiar). In fact I was surprised to discover that they're from New York, since this sounds pretty English to my ears. They're now signed to XL & being played on Radio 1, so perhaps this will make the charts...
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - MANSARD ROOF
This next one reminds me a little of Vampire Weekend, and not just because it comes in a terrible sleeve. It's some interesting indie music, with a real theatrical flourish. A great tune that never sticks to the expected path.... and never uses a guitar when a fisher price accordian will do
Though sounding like a cacophonous rabble, FrYars is in fact just one man. Though he hangs around with the likes of Cajun Dance Party and Clor, and seems to have absorbed some of their ways with a chorus. This one is very memorable.
FRYARS - THE IDES
On Thursday i'll probably pop along to 'East London is a Vampire', which is this month being headlined by Cut Off Your Hands. Following Flight of the Conchords & Crowded House straight outta Auckland, they seem to come from a long line of Buzzcocks inspired power pop bands. Whether they have the tunes to make them stand out remains to be seen, but this is quite enjoyable
CUT OFF YOUR HANDS - STILL FOND
Anyway, without the knowledge that i'll soon have to listen to this while staring at Vinnie Jones crushing limes, it's a pretty crazy track. Like a funked up Whitey fronted by a chanting Japanese girl.
All the mixes are very good, but i'm enjoying Ashley Beedle's the most... following up his brilliantly nimble reworking of The Black Ghosts a few months ago. Anyway, this comes on like an old-style Basement Jaxx carnival tune. Something like a housed up 'Knights of the Jaguar'. I'm not saying it's as good as that (what is?!), but it should make you shake your tailfeathers.
LALULA - SUPA BAJO (ASHLEY BEEDLE REMIX)
I've had this next one a while, but was a little put off by the frankly awful sleeve. Which doesn't help as a deciding factor for a song that is a little bit difficult to decide whether it's genius or annoying.
So at the risk of doing a Mika and embarassing myself enormously i'm plumping on the side of genius for now. It's inventive and interesting... and very reminiscent of Guillemots playing the theme tune to some black & white chritmas film (the strings sound very familiar). In fact I was surprised to discover that they're from New York, since this sounds pretty English to my ears. They're now signed to XL & being played on Radio 1, so perhaps this will make the charts...
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - MANSARD ROOF
This next one reminds me a little of Vampire Weekend, and not just because it comes in a terrible sleeve. It's some interesting indie music, with a real theatrical flourish. A great tune that never sticks to the expected path.... and never uses a guitar when a fisher price accordian will do
Though sounding like a cacophonous rabble, FrYars is in fact just one man. Though he hangs around with the likes of Cajun Dance Party and Clor, and seems to have absorbed some of their ways with a chorus. This one is very memorable.
FRYARS - THE IDES
On Thursday i'll probably pop along to 'East London is a Vampire', which is this month being headlined by Cut Off Your Hands. Following Flight of the Conchords & Crowded House straight outta Auckland, they seem to come from a long line of Buzzcocks inspired power pop bands. Whether they have the tunes to make them stand out remains to be seen, but this is quite enjoyable
CUT OFF YOUR HANDS - STILL FOND
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