Alakhazam

Disco disco disco. It lives on, I tell you. Check these next two jams if you don't believe me. The first comes from our good friends Volta Bureau. "Hope" is the D.C. based trio's debut single, and if it's any indication of the group's future, good good things are to come from these guys. Give the song a listen and support it in full here, then check the accompanying video below for additional coolness.
Volta Bureau - Hope (Stream Only)
 



The second is a killer dance floor filler from Bit Funk. Upbeat synth stabs and a fat fat bassline center around a wonderfully ironic vocal sample...and the whole thing's free. You have no excuse, download this.
Bit Funk - Rap Music


Goddamn, Shazam. That's really the only thing I could think when I heard the Perth based producer's latest remix attempt, this time tackling Pase Rock's "Nights". A bit slower than his usual stuff, maybe, but certainly just as stellar. Run into the moonlight and groove to this one.
Pase Rock - Nights (Shazam Remix)


Browsing Beatport DJ charts almost always provides me with excellent tunes I probably would never have stumbled upon anywhere else. Take this Poolside remix for example. The dudes responsible for the perfect daytime/nightime/anytime jam "Do You Believe" serve up this little number, decked out in nostalgic 90's chords and intricate percussion. Check beatport here for the remix and it's accompanying dub.
James Curd pres. Ziggy Franklin - Alien (Poolside Remix) (Stream Only)


My beatport journeys also coughed up this one from Alfabet, the collaboration between Tom Trago and Awanto 3. I literally cannot stop playing this song. I know this gets said often in the music blogging world, but if you don't at least nod your head to this, I think you have a problem. Oldschool house stabs build into a drop of some of the fattest percussion I've yet heard, seeming to suck you in with each kick.    Definitely worth the $1.50 charge here.
Alfabet - Waus Mucic (Stream Only)


Since you may not be satisfied with only two of those songs above being downloadable, I'll leave you all with my opening set for the Justin Faust show in Saint Louis. Plenty of good tracks in here, and it's all available for download, so no complaining.
 Justin Faust Show Opening Set by Bright & Shiny

-PK

Gold Rush

Today's post is truly a post of epic proportions. Each week I go searching for music, I scour the internet with you guys in mind. Obviously I'm looking for good music to fill my own ears, but I'm always considering what tracks I will be passing on to the readers. Today you will all be getting the royal treatment of songs. From high flying synths, to funktastic bass lines, to prog. house heavy hitters, this one will no doubt be a complete playlist in and of itself. Happy Thursday guys.

First up today is a remix of a Treasure Fingers track by a relatively unknown Italian man by the name of Gabriell. According to his facebook, he is a fashion designer as well as a musician. Just based on what Treasure Fingers has to say about this awesome remix, I think you can all conclude that it's great pre-listening. "Nice work man! All the other unofficial remixes I've heard have been pretty bad haha. So thanks for making some good funky shit. Send me more jams if you got them also" - TF

Treasure Fingers - Lift Me (Gabriell Remix)

Here we have Oslo producer Pelifics. This is the first I've heard of this guy and I'm pretty impressed. I look forward to more disco tinged remixes. Also gotta give some love to Fabian.

Fabian - Heatwave (Pelifics Remix)

Shazam is truly a wizard with the music making. He really pumps up the funk quotient of this track, masterfully complementing the super cool Mobroder/Amanda Blank vocals.

Mobroder - Love Duet Feat. Amanda Blank (Shazam Remix)

Disco funk group Small Pyramids here, bringing you a sly killer of a tune. Complete with chopped vocals and a beat that could give a grandmother smooth swagger.

Small Pyramids - I Want Blood

This one is for all you progressive house fans out there. Here we have Steve Angello (1/3 of Swedish House Mafia) and AN21 (Angello's younger bro) + Max Vangeli. This remix really strips bare an otherwise complicated Pendulum track. An epic build leading to the repetition of the main hook of the song really gets the job done. Be sure to bump this one at 3:02 mark.

Pendulum - The Island (Steve Angello, AN21, Max Vangeli Remix)

Tesla Boy has released consistently good remixes for your listening pleasure. This particular one was brought to my attention thanks to my friend Matt Hickerson. The track takes a light hearted approach to a great Anoraak song, really giving it a nice disco sheen.

Anoraak - Nightdrive With You (Tesla Boy Remix)

Before today, I had never come across Villains in my travels. Luckily, this Los Angeles group caught my attention with their rendition of Thriller. They took some key elements of the song, then flipped it on its head. Chopped vocals and a grimey bass synth make this tune one for the dance floor.

Villains - Thrilla

The Twelves are definitely one of my favorite duos. Straight from South America, these boys churn gold out of lead. Alchemists indeed. Without further ado, the bass line of all bass lines.

Black Strobe - Me & Madonna (The Twelves Remix)

Bonus:

The other day I posted the Soundcloud preview of Breakbot's new remix of Aeroplane's Without Lies. Finally the whole track is out, and it's just as good as we all imagined it would be. So much love for both Breakbot and Aeroplane. "I prefer the cherry"

Aeroplane - Without Lies (Breakbot Remix)

Last but not least, the hypnotically colorful video for Acid Washed.

Love, Patrick

Think Big Picture: Mega Post

I'm about to drop some serious gold all over the place, FO' FREE. No lie, this post is everything you've ever wanted, plus a picture of a badass woman in a pink onesy doin' her thang. These tracks deserve intro's, but they don't need them because their quality is evident (plus I'm busy with workworkwork).

Per QX ft. Max C - Ever Before (Bills & Hurr Remix) [Bills & Hurr]

Munk - Down In L.A. (Shazam Remix) [Shazam]

Monarchy - Love Get Out Of My Way (Designer Drugs Remix) [Designer Drugs]

Diplo - Must Be A Devil [Diplo] ==> shout out to Austin Monroe and Kim Dunn for this gem

Gemini Club - Ghost (Midnight Conspiracy Remix) [Midnight Conspiracy]

Laidback Luke ft. Johnathan Mendelsohn - Till Tonight (MSTRKRFT Remix) [MSTRKRFT]

Mathemagic - Sequin [Mathemagic]

The Alpha Snail - Harold Miner [The Alpha Snail]

Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk (French Horn Rebellion Remix) [French Horn Rebellion]

Larry Tee - Let's Make Nasty ft. Roxy Cottontail (Afrojack Remix) [Afrojack]

Royksopp - This Space [Royksopp] ==> This song takes you on a JOURNEY

Sam Wilkes - Let Him Go (Dreamweaver Remix)

Marvin Gaye - Too Busy (Black Tiger Sex Machine Refix) [Black Tiger Sex Machine]

This music video for Feel It All Around by Washed Out has no smoke and mirrors, it's just brilliantly shot and extremely well done.

I'm not really sure what is happening here, but it's AWESOME.

I'll never stop loving you, Patrick