The perfect soundtrack to your next bittersweet Jazzercise class.

Ercola feat. Annie- Follow Me (Lifelike Mix)

Another example of a finely polished turd.

The Young Punx- Rockall (Phonat Mix)

Kissy Sell Out has the power to make me enjoy songs I would normally hate. Add this to his list of polished turds (Gwen Stefani, Goodbooks, All Saints, Libertines). Some band NME loves (a sure sign of quality), The Dykeenies gets remixed with spectacular results. Kissy makes the most joyful bangers.

The Dykeenies- New Ideas (Kissy Sell Out's Crude Oasis)

The Whole 12 Inches Vol 1

I found this EP at the Salvation Army, battered bruised and lonely. The first track is thirteen minute tribal cosmic disco kind of affair, the second a pounding piano and horn hit kind of affair, the third a sprawling synth and piano Jean Michel Jarre type of affair, and the final track is a straight up cosmic roller. You need only see the cover to know what you're in for.
Quartz- Quartz
Quartz- Beyond the Clouds
Quartz- For Geromine
Quartz- Chaos

Definitely slept on this one for awhile, but the new Trans Am album, Sex Change, is one of their best yet. Equal parts electro, meandering krautrock, and wall of sound heavy riffage come together on one their most cohesive albums. With its motorik rhythms and acoustic guitar, this track sounds like Michael Rother reborn.

Trans Am- 4,738 Regrets

Portuguese band Loto was kind enough to send me a copy of their new single, Cuckoo Plan (w Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order!) today. However since my buddy Scot over at The Sky Report already wrote this one up for y'all, its only fair to point you over there.

Geek Post

Ooh. Pretty.

So at the risk of being the outcast of the entire blogging community, here we go. I didn't like the Ed Banger party. There. They all rolled in drunk. Fine. They all decided to just trade off playin records, usually about two apiece. Lame. I don't know if this is the way they're doin it for this tour or what, but I'm not down. My hypothesis is: somebody (one of the dudes in Justice) got too wasted and couldn't play (unless he played after I left) and everybody just decided to trade off, disposing of the continuity and personal styles we would have got (I think) with 4 solo sets. It was just sloppy, I know thats part of their appeal but it just didnt work this time. I've heard mixes by most of these guys and I know they're better than what I heard on Saturday. At least I'll see who I was most excited about, Sebastian, twice this summer. Hey, but the hipsters loved it. Maybe I'm just too old to get it.

Thankfully the Booka Shade show the previous evening was fantastic.
They know how to put on a show for sure.

Heres another jam out of my record stacks. Off Demon's Lil Fuck EP in '99, this is before Oizo discovered square waves and started dissecting tracks into unrecognizable pieces. A liitle glitch and a lot of bass, Flat Beat style. Couldn't find this one anywhere else, so here ya go.

Demon- Nod Factor (Mr Oizos Egg Factor)

Mr Master was a one off pseudonym used by Carlo Favilli and Stefano Zito of BWH back in 1983. Beautiful rolling spacey italodisco very reminiscent of Alan Braxe, Fred Falke, Lifelike and Kris Menace. In fact Kris Menace sampled this track for his '06 track Voyage. Sampled is an understatement actually.

Mr Master- A Dog in the Night (Instrumental)