Bright & Shiny Saturday Essential Mix, Volume 1

UPDATE: You can download all of the songs in this mix as a .zip file by clicking HERE 


It's that time of the week again.. Saturday night. The best part of the week. Surely you'll all be out doing irresponsible, reprehensible, and thoroughly Bright & Shiny things tonight, so we've come up with the perfect soundtrack to supplement your adventures. This is the first of what will become our weekly saturday mix. It's a collection of the editors favorite songs, plus a few chosen by the dj, mixed together by Bright & Shiny collaborator and partner in crime DJ Ruthy Lopez (be sure to check out her Soundcloud and Facebook pages). We'll be offering the continuous essential mix, as well as download links to all of the songs. Without further ado, we're pleased to present  the first ever Bright & Shiny Saturday Essential Mix.
Warning: Due to the nature of  these mixes, they should not be played within 75 feet of old people or hospitals




  Bright & Shiny Saturday Essential Mix, Volume 1 by Bright & Shiny


TRACK LIST (Click HERE to download all of these songs as a zip)


Etienne de Crecy - Hope (Studio Version)
Villains - Victims (feat. Whiskey Pete) (Designer Drugs Remix)
Disco of Doom - Sex Face
Felix Cartel - Popular Music Intro (Original Mix)
Fuzzy Hair - I Like (Joachim Garraud Remix)
Erol Alkan & Boys Noize - Waves
Eric Prydz - Pjanoo (Dada Life Guerilla Fart #7)
Seductive - Underground Sound
Bingo Players - Devotion
Thomas Gold - AGORa (Short Edit)
Laidback Luke feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn - Till Tonight (Original Mix)
John Dahlback - Everywhere (Rustler Remix)
Don Diablo - Who's Your Daddy? (Blogula Mix)
Light Year - Sex Education
N.A.S.A. Featuring M.I.A., Santigold, and Spankrock - Whatchadoin' (Villains Remix)
Chris Kaeser - Who's In The House (Chuckie Remix)
Fake Blood - I Think I Like It (Tommie Sunshine & Figure EC$TACY Edit)
Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand (Afrojack Meaty Mix)
Afrojack - Amanda
Cirez D - The Tumble 
Round Table Knights - Calypso
Uppermost - Rox Sox (Original Mix)
SILVA, Sandro - Told Ya & Blaze (Apster Remix)
Altern8 - Frequency (Soulwax Remix)
Boys Noize - Yeah
C-Mos - 2 Million Ways (Axwell Remix)
Robbie Rivera - Escape (Original Mix)
Martin Solveig, Dragonette - Hello (Club Edit)
Style of Eye, Magnus - Antidote (Original Mix)
Aeroplane - Without Lies (Breakbot Remix)
WTF! & Dead Prez - It's Bigger Than Hip Hop UK (Dubbed Out Mix)

Mondays Are For Monster Mash

Mondays... back from the untamed wilderness of the weekend to the responsibilities and commitments of real life. Or at least that's what it seems like... However, after years of research and clinical trials, I've discovered a fool-proof method for making sure that, as Soulwax says, "part of the weekend never dies". This method consists of finding the biggest and baddest tracks around, and then proceeding to assault your eardrums with them at the loudest possible volume. If employed correctly, the result should be somewhere between a decent boost and the inability to stop moving your body like you're caught in some sort of tribalistic dance circle.


This first song has been dropped recently by big names like Crookers and Felix Cartel, and it looks as if it's about to be one of the biggest songs of the fall. Antidote is a gem straight out of sweden with a drum pattern strobey enough to send an epileptic into a seizure.


Style of Eye & Magnus - Antidote



Kids At The Bar have done a reworking of the new Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner single Animal Rights, and it's simply out of this world.
Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner - Animal Rights (Kids At The Bar Edit)



Magnetic Man have been making a lot of noise with their recent self-titled LP. Up first we have a Steve Angello Remix that's absolutely massive... the buildup takes about two minutes, but the drop is well worth it. Angello seems to have a knack for putting together the most epic synth lines known to man. The second is a Bright & Shiny approved track off of Magnetic Man's new album that comes at the request of one of our loyal fans Stephanie.
Magnetic Man feat. Katy B - Perfect Stranger (Steve Angello Remix)



Magnetic Man - I Need Air



Up next, some jungly and bangin' progressive house from even more swedish djs
Jerry Ropero & Denis The Menace Ft. Jaqueline - Coracao (Sandro Monte & Andres Cabrera Remix)



Los Angeles' response to Dada Life, Religion have been one of my favorite up-and-coming acts for a while now. Known for their monstrous remixes and energy packed live sets, Religion have done it again with this genre-defying reinterpretation of M.I.A.'s Steppin Up.
M.I.A. - Steppin' Up (Religion Remix)



We warned you that we might have to keep throwing up remixes from Martin Solveig's world-shattering Hello EP. Michael Woods effort here is nothing short of incredible, so I'd feel remise if i didn't share it with you.
Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette - Hello (Michael Woods Remix) 



Let me start of by saying that Uffie is pretty awesome. For whatever reason though, halfway decent remixes of her can be hard to find sometimes. Which is strange, considering she's on French super label Ed Banger. Far Too Loud have done here what few others have managed to do, putting together an Uffie remix that's entirely worth listening to.
Uffie - MCs Can Kiss (Far Too Loud Refix)



HOMEWORK
This is probably the only time you will ever see me post dubstep. Unless i keep hearing stuff like this, that is. Bassnectar manages to blend the stylings of dubstep with the rhythm hip-hop into something wholly irresistible known  as Dub Hop. 
Bassnectar - Wildstyle method

Just for fun..

Justincase - Teach Me How To Say It Ain't So





Augustus

if i'm not beside you i'm behind you

French Touch gods Daft Punk are true jacks-of-all-trades. Their robotic interpretation of the R&B/hip-hop beat is refreshing. The duo crafts a smooth, muffled soundscape over which Pharrell exercises his famous falsetto with his funk band N.E.R.D. along for the ride. To be honest, I'm not even close to digging the vocals, but try and listen to the backing track because it's gorgeous; this brand of robot hip-hop is something I could definitely get used to.
N.E.R.D. - Hypnotize U (prod. Daft Punk)


Before his Daft Punk days, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo was one half of Le Knight Club off the legendary French house imprint Crydamoure. Quinten 909 of the Netherlands (another goddamn Dutchman) has impressed the whole of Bright & Shiny with the consistently outrageous quality of his productions. He does it again here, making this song more like Daft Punk than it already was. Do yourself a favor and watch out for this guy.
Le Knight Club - Soul Bells (Quinten 909 Remix)


Geht's Noch?, a couple of nice young men from Belgium, have made a very nice song. The build-up is very strange, but when it drops... well, you know the rest. And make sure you're wearing a helmet.
Geht's Noch? - Body Jack (Original Mix)


Frenetic, pounding electro beats: exactly what we've come to expect from Felix Cartal.
Felix Cartal - Love (Original Mix)


I don't know what this says about me, but I had never heard of Martin Solveig until the release of his Hello EP with Dragonette. That being said, I am now convinced this man is a genius. The lineup of artists he commissioned to rework this track is so obscene that he will have forced us to put nearly every track from the EP on the blog by the end of the week-- it's THAT good. Now, I do have a conscience, so I insist that you go and buy the "Hello (Club Mix)" on beatport this instant. It's better than all the remixes, which are incredible, because it will have everyone from your girlfriend to your grandmother on the dancefloor faster than you can say "Who the fuck is Martin Solveig?" The first remix is from Dada Life who bring their uniquely ragetastic brand of electro direct to your face. The second is from Dutch warlock Sidney Samson, taking it back to the good old days with some delicious acid house. God, I love acid house and Martin Solveig.
Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello (Dada Life Remix)

Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello (Sidney Samson Remix)



the Clubhaus

Today's edition of Clubhaus is a mainly Dutch production... like usual. First up is Oliver Twizt, with this sexy, afro-latin inspired track.
Oliver Twizt - Loca ft. Maluca


AFRO YAAK. This is just a preview ripped from Tongy's show on Radio 1, but it sounds to me like Afrojack is taking his interpretation of the Dutch sound in a new, more club compatible direction. This is the most spacious shit I've heard out of him in a while. I dare you to listen to this and not imagine yourself dancing your ass off in some futuristic, warehouse rave like the one in that awesome Yeasayer video.
Afrojack - Amanda (Radio Rip)


Speaking of spacious, I am very proud to bring you today a beautiful, prog-house song from AMERICAN producer, Ian Carey. Apparently Carey hails from Maryland like 3/4 of Bright & Shiny. Weird, right? Think again. Maryland is the next Netherlands. Mark my words, one day we'll all be listening to Maryland house when we're too drunk to do anything but dance. Anyway, this is the only good remix I've heard of chart-smashing single "Take Over Control" by Afrojack and it's VERY good.
Afrojack - Take Over Control ft. Eva Simmons (Ian Carey Remix)


Check out this sexy video for Swedish House Mafia's summer anthem "Miami 2 Ibiza" which came out a week ago.

Swedish House Mafia feat. Tinie Tempah - Miami 2 Ibiza from EMI Music Norway on Vimeo.

THANK GOD IT'S technically FRIDAYYY

Sir Real