Lazy Sunday

Hey guys, it's Patrick and.................................I'm sleepy. These songs are real good. Trust in me, just in me.

This first song is pure craziness and I love it. Leno Lovecraft is a new face, at least for me, and from the looks of things he's got nowhere to go but up up up.

Housse De Racket - Dans l'Avion (Leno Lovecraft Rem)

Rainbows of Death has become a staple on all my best playlists. They do good stuff.

Pocket 808 - Ghostship ft. Nathan Hudson (Rainbows of Death Remix)

Bloody Beetroots people. Two thumbs up for them. Relaaaax.

Groove Armada - I Won't Kneel (Bloody Beetroots Remix)

Drrrreeeeeaaaamm syyyynnthhsssssssssssss. Good job Anoraak.

Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms (Anoraak Remix)

After seeing Chromeo live, I've acquired an intangible bond to their music. This song is typical Chromeo, but oh so welcome.

Chromeo - Hot Mess

This next song is awwwwesome. Savage Skulls and Douster recently released this song on Mad Decent. That's Robyn singing with her super Swedish voice.

Savage Skulls & Douster - Bad Gal

This song isn't new, but that doesn't make any less good. Not really sure what genre to put this in.

Picture Book - Sunshine

Oh hi DCUP. I love you so much.

Yolanda Be Cool - Afro Nuts (DCUP Remix)

Irrelevant video of the day:

Love, Patrick

Beauty..

is simplicity. (round 2)

Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime (Daniel Rose Edit)

Acid Washed - Acid Washed (Danger Remix)

Gravitonas - Religious (Dada Life Remix)

Chromeo - Night By Night (SposhRock Remix)

NinjaSonik - Bars (Religion Remix)

Steve Angello & Alex Metric - Open Your Eyes (Original Mix)

Florrie - Give Me Your Love (Fred Falke Club Edit)

HOMEWORK

For today's homework we'll be looking at a dude named Russ Chimes whose beautiful remixes have been bumping nonstop from my speakers over the last couple of days. He's got a new EP coming out called Midnight Club which happens to have an awesome 3 piece music video/disco-opera-movie-thing to go along with it. I highly recommend you check it out (it's below the songs).

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Russ Chimes Remix)

Sunday Girl - Four Floors (Russ Chimes Remix)

Part I

Part II

Part III

.Augustus

Sanity

See that? Yeah, I wasn't there.

So considering I'm the only member of the Bright and Shiny crew who didn't end up attending Electric Zoo, I feel as though I need to compensate for the copious amounts of fun I missed out on with some extraordinarily fantastic tunes. Acquiring these tracks was the only thing that kept me sane as I read the often unintelligible texts my ravin' compadres were sending me. Here you go.

Posting a Kanye track, especially first, is not something you'd see from me normally, but this one is too good to pass up.
Kanye West - Devil In a New Dress


Fare Soldi prove with each new remix and release that they are absolutely bat-shit insane, and I mean that in the best way possible.
Duck Sauce - Barabara Streisand (Fare Soldi Remix)


Scissor Sisters? Piano stabs? Dutch house sounds? All from Carte Blanche? I like.
Scissor Sisters - Any Which Way (Carte Blanche Remix)


Louis La Roche improves with each new release I hear from him, probably because he spits them out about every 5 seconds.
Human Life - In it Together (Louis La Roche Feeling Remix)


Just like La Roche, Hidden Cat's shit gets better every day. I am very excited to see how big this kid can get in the near future.
ArnHao - Oh?! (Intangible Fantasy) (Hidden Cat's Totally Tangible Remix)


Big Boi's Shutterbug is not a track I thought I'd see remixed by the likes of Jack Beats, so when I saw this one I had to check it out. Keep in mind, this is only a preview.
Big Boi - Shutterbug (Jack Beats Remix)


I don't really know how to describe this one. It's nuts though. I remember LeCastle Vania dropped it at U-Street (one of the few highlights of his set) and I went bonkers.
Les Petits Pilous - Goog


Big room banger timmeeee.
Afrojack & David Guetta - Louder Than Words (Original Mix)


I can't even imagine the chaos that would ensue anyone dropping this one in a live set. My brain hurts.
Sebastien Drums & Avicii (Angger Dimas Bambu Remix)


And finally, if you feel the need to cool down and relax after listening to the above tracks, please, do yourself a favor and choose this.
Washed Out - Feel It All Around

Electric Zoo: Day 2

12:45 pm: Grum

Grum was incredible. I (Patrick) was the only one of the Bright&Shiny crew to make it to this early afternoon performance and I'm so glad that I did. Grum has been one of my favorite producers for quite a while now with his funky disco dance bass lines and genius remixes. Originality just oozes from this man. As he was strolling through the crowd after his set, I was lucky enough to be able to stop him and have a little chat. Quiet and reserved, he was kind enough to sign the cover of his new EP (I Can't Shake This Feeling) that I had picked up at the merchandise stand before his performance. Needless to say, I love him and everything he does.

Chelley - Took The Night (Grum Remix)

Grum - Can't Shake This Feeling (DCUP Remix)

5:00 pm: Moby

Moby was cool. He chose a really old school rave track list and threw in some remixes of his own classics like Porcelain. I realized about 10 minutes in that he was using the exact same track list from one of his DJ sets a year ago, but I didn't mind 'cause it was virtually a perfect track selection anyway. Here are some of our favorites from it.

Dero & Montero - The Big Room (Dero & Montero Mix) (FODIDO!)

Miles Dyson - Anthem

Fukkk Offf - Rave Is King (Zodiac Cartel Remix)

Moby - Porcelain (Moby Remix)

6:30 pm: Boys Noize

[Sir Real's screen name] (4:59:14 PM): how unremarkable was boys noize

[Augustus' screen name] (5:02:23 PM): yeah i thought he was being too like industrial and austerely crazy german for my likes

[Augustus] (5:02:44 PM): i usually dont like being assaulted like that when im fuzzily ENJOYING MYSELF [CONTENT CENSORED]

[Augustus] (5:03:00 PM): he was being mean

[Note: We LOVE Boys Noize, his set at Electric Zoo just didn't do anything to build upon his legend]

8:30 pm: A-Trak

So stupid. This man can cut like none other... literally, considering he won DMCs World DJ Championship in 1997 at age 15. Not only was this man scratching like the world champ that he is, he was dropping the heat left and right. A-Trak is by all regards a first rate DJ in any situation and seems to be most at home when spinning house. Plus, he announced that "Barbara Streisand" is due out October 4th! Not that we here at Bright & Shiny don't already have it for you in full 320 kbps quality... so sneaky. Here are the tracks I was together enough to write down from the set, all of which KILLED on the Red Bull Music Academy set up.
Jack Beats - Out Of Body

A-Trak - Loonies To Blow

Rogerseventytwo - Take Me Higher

Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand (MAMIHLAPINATAPAI!)


9:30 pm: John Digweed

The deepest of the deep, John Digweed is a librarian of excellence in dance music. We had the opportunity to see Steve Aoki or Armin van Buuren during this time slot but chose instead to close out our experience at the Zoo with Mr. Digweed. I didn't even know any songs from the set because it was so deep (although there are a couple at the bottom, here), but it was goood and cleansed the soul with its minimal, bassy grooves. I had heard that this man was a legend and now I know why. If you ever have the opportunity to see John Digweed throw down I advise that you do so with haste.

Triangle Ft. Mark Ridout - Five (We've Found It) (King Unique Dub)

Day 1 Wrap Up:

Axwell was dirty and functioned as the whole of Swedish House Mafia by dropping tons of SHM tracks including the amazing Miami 2 Ibiza. While my colleagues enjoyed the latter half of Benny Benassi, I (Patrick) couldn't resist heading over to catch some of this show. Axwell/SHM never do disappoint after all.

The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix)

Eric Prydz - Slammin' (Axwell Remix)

Patrick + Sir Real + Augustus

Evolving

On our quest to world domination, we here at Bright & Shiny realized that eventually we'd probably have to get our own domain. So we did. What that means is

You can now just type in

brightshinymusic.com

and you'll get taken directly here. Tell your friends!

For my main man petey bowles..

LCD Soundsystem - Pow Pow

(this is only 128kbps, if you guys want the high quality version go buy the cd 'cause LCD Soundsystem is the shit)

p.s. for our international readers it might take a day or two for the switch to be effective

.Augustus