yes, it has been months ago since I did my latest post here. A long period of exhaustive, destructive and depression causing exams took the upper hand. Now that I am free again, lets catch up the time we have lost.
The White Electric can be called a three piece electro - punk - pop - rock band, with its origin in Melbourne, the beautiful south of Australia. The three piece is formed by Sally, dealing with some attractive vocals, Lachan playing the synths and Dave smashing the drums.
The band was formed in 2008 and already this year it will be releasing its debut EP.
I have to admit, this is not the kind of music you are used to discover on this blog. But I have to admit even more that this is the kind of music you should discover whenever you get the chance.
For me, it was the almighty Trumpdisco remix from "Into You" which led me to the original tracks. (A remix which is not findable at the moment.)
Although I only have one exam left, the previous ones seemed to really have killed me. I'd rather get killed by tunes, so that sucks big time. Consequence: my blogging upkeep seems to be getting slower and slower... I will give you 2 tracks today that I liked a lot recently, there are probably lots of more hot tracks on the blogs these days, but I really am to tired to search any longer. The first one I stumbled on was one from Hostage, let's say that it's a typical one for him - then you know you don't have to expect anything typical! Thanks to the Dem Slackers blog to bring this to my attention.
Geometry are famous for their banging trash tunes, and they recently made a remix for P2t (long time since we heard anything new from those dudes...). They made the song a bit more club-worthy, and what's even more important: they made it better!
The amazing BMKLTSCH record label sent us yet another mail full of news about upcoming releases on the label. Besides their label, these dudes also have a dj/live set (under the name Boemklatsch), where they play on stage with 6 people at the same time (3 dj's, a host and 2 vj's). Their productions always put a smile on my face, because they don't take the whole thing too serious (you've probably already guessed that from the name). Below I have a few upcoming remixes from them, the first is one they did for Shameboy's (very famous in Belgium) "Vultures".
The new releases on the label both come from producers who got famous with a remix for "Amsterdam". Dem Slackers remixed Mightyfools' "Amsterdam", and they made us all admit that we had a serious alcohol problem. RipTidE gave Jennifer Delano's "Amsterdam" a face-lift, and a star was born. Basically every dj of the planet played that track last summer, and it made us all wonder what "I came to the city of Amsterdam, and I bought myself a bicycle" meant. I still haven't figured it out, but I guess it doesn't matter that much, Riptide is on fire!
Dem Slackers & Fake ID (I have no idea who that might be) "Working title" EP is actually a free one, to promote his upcoming "Let's go" EP which is going to hit you straight in your face from in july. Boemklatsch and 3 is a Crowd did a great job remixing, Boemklatsch giving it the high-pitching approach and 3 is a crowd making it a bit techy (not too much luckily) and with a beat pattern that sounds very classic (I remember it from somewhere, can't recall from what though). If this was a buy-able Ep, I had ordered you to get your ass straight to beatport, but hey... it's free! Enjoy!
RipTidE (aka Max Bedeker) is always in for a surprise or a weird thing to do. An example: he recorded a song with Tibetan monks. Now that's something YOU surely wouldn't do! His music sounds original, but sometimes a bit to slow for my taste. The original "Fireleaf" isn't my cup of tea, but Clashes made it a bit more distorted and hard which turns out great. But if I was a Dj, and I was looking for a track to play in my set... it would definitely be "Fk Me". The vocals (Fk me, Fk me,...please don't make me wait) are exactly what a sweaty crowd needs to go completely nuts, and I can't wait until I hear it getting played live at full volume...
My 2 favorite US producers seemed to be a bit lazy the last few months, or at least we didn't brought you any new stuff from them... But The Disco Villains and Figure weren't sitting down and doing nothing, they actually prepared some sick new stuff! Let's start with the Disco Villains, because they had some bad luck with the health of Louie Fresco, who was really sick the last couple of months. Now that he's getting better, they started to work in the studio again, and they pumped out some summer style songs that fitted my mood perfectly today. They're all quite techy and with a latin vibe, but every once in a while I like my songs that way. Eyes wide open for the nex ep, they have caught Etienne de Crecy as a remixer!
Figure's Ep, called 'the death of Joshua" was released on we are live records a few days ago. Angry distorted tunes (like he describes it on his own blog, Penned Madness), that was a genre that he didn't made yet. These 3 tracks are all a bit more trashy than his other stuff, but just like I said before, this man is so genius that it always turns out great! There should be coming a remix ep too somewhere soon, with remixes from Modified Noise and Flufftronix.
Tracklist of the teaser: Lover of the broken Bring it The death of joshua
This remix for Tiga's "you gonna want me" is one of the few songs that I'd happily download a shitty, setripped and full of jingles- version from. The reason why is obvious: it's massive! Played by Erol Alkan, and tons of others are to follow!
If you follow this blog since early april (or earlier), you'll probably still remember who the fuck Haezer is. This South-African dj and producer has boomed since then, and his highly anticipated "Who the fuck is Haezer"-Ep dropped this week on beatport (check all the remixes and buy it here). Remixes from Cyberpunkers, Trumpdisco, Noize Generation,... 7 in total, and from those the remix Cyberpunkers pumped out is my favourite. It blows your head off with it's hoarse, even a bit sexy vocals, combined with the pumping cycles of madness that we know from the Italian punkers. Haezer - Who the fuck is Haezer (Cyberpunkers remix) (I hate the fact that it this version cuts off before the end, I'd love to hear more of that...)
There was a time when we got our hands on awesome Trumpdisco remixes and originals almost every 2 or 3 weeks, but their stream of promo stuff was set on hold for a few months. This doesn't mean that they were being lazy during that time, in fact they are looking for labels to release their stuff. A small 2 weeks ago they uploaded a bunch of new & old stuff on their soundcloud, I think that you should definitely check all that... I'm gonna do that myself too, but my neck still needs some recovery from all the headbanging sessions from the last few days! Their take on Haezer's track is typical for them, a simple, pumping beat pattern under thick layers of trash and distortion. And that's why Trumpdisco is so fuckin' genius! Haezer-WTFIH-TrumpdiscoRemix promo by Trumpdisco
Modek has been really busy the last few months, with remixes for Nadisko, Rave Our Souls, The Oddword, Serial Chillers,... and his own "Mumps" Ep which was released on Kiez Beats (Check all Modek's productions here). To promote all that stuff, he decided to give away a track, called "Pink". It has a fat bass, big bleeps, and the crushed sound that we've all come to love as "trash".
Ado is giving away his remix for Modek's "Mumps" away for free, it's slightly less distorted then his original tracks. But you'd be mad if you let this one slip through your fingers, Ado is still sick! Whatever he says in his titles, don't get yourself fooled! His debut Ep will drop somewhere in september, so we'll keep you posted about that.
Modek - Mumps (Ado ain't sick mix) Trashing Teenagers have been featured here some time ago, but this time we have downloadable stuff! My favorite of the whole package is "Supernova", but their unfinished tracks sound very promising too! Their track on Basserk's Some tunes 4 compilation (Freakz on 66) was very noisy too, it might even be the trashiest thing on that cd... Buy that release on beatport here!
With 2 of my toughest exams down, I hope that I can find some more time to throw more stuff on the blog, but since I'm basically on my own, I don't have someone to cover my back when I'm feeling lazy.
Ok, let's cut the crap and get to the music! Snob Electro Sounds just finished a new remix for Gsus' "Vendetta", which I really like. It builds up very atmospheric, with some clerical "ooooooooh's" (a bit like the first 30 seconds of Cornelius from the Bloody Beetroots), and then it gets destroyed so rapid and violent that you just can't do anything but dance!
This is an older one, but it has the same feeling as the previous one, so hard and trashy that even your grandma won't be able to resist banging her head.
"The Funniest Dudes" in Flanders electro universe have made a remix for SES and Gsus's new song "Beatgrinder". I am talking about Depuis 91 of course, the guys that gave away their last Ep for free. They mix melodic parts with trashy explosions, that's the way how to do it! Check the original mix on Snob Electro Sounds' soundcloud!
In the early days of this blog, I throwed a lot of Sharkslayer stuff at you, and this stream has weakened ever since we focused more and more on trashy shit. The last thing I listened from those Finnish dudes however, was just to NICE. I think this will be something that we'll be hearing on a lot of festivals this summer, it has everything to be a hit: a silly vocal, a tribal bassline, and it's highly dance-able too!
If you want to send us tracks, money, girls, booze, free entrance tickets for party's,... just contact us at: ratrabbitsblog@gmail.com. We will listen to it carefully and definitely post the stuff we like!
