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Melbourne label Lightspeed Recordings is doing some awesome stuff of late. They’ve just sent over some recent goodies from Agent 86, Fromage Disco, and Gustav. Check out Lightspeed recordings over at Juno, they’ve been busy. Loving this edit of Watusi Band by Fromage Disco and Knacky Fuckles.

Fromage – “Vicious” (DJ Agent 86 Remix)

[audiohttp://this.bigstereo.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/03 Watusi Band - Oi Gere (Fromage vs Knanky Fuckles edit).mp3] Watusi Band – “Oi Gere” (Fromage vs Knanky Fuckles edit)

Phaseone e-mailed last week to ask me if I knew the cut mixed in at the 28 minute mark of Teebs’ 2 a.m. wine mix. Before I could even respond, he already had the answer. Not bad. I presume it was Teebs’s “Humming Birds,” which made its way onto the St. Louis producer’s latest stellar mix, The Realest Shit I Ever Wrote.  I relate the exchange not to boast (after all, the few e-mails we’ve swapped have revolved around Teebs being the Don — also, who cares?) but because the guy didn’t even apprise me that he was going to drop another heater. I had to read about it on Pitchfork like everyone else. What’s the point of blogging if you can’t cultivate shallow online acquaintances with musicians. I mean, that’s got to be why people continue to write for Coke Machine Glow, right?

Regardless, Andrew Jurnigan’s latest mix continues his streak of seamless blends that synthesize a wide array of sounds (Talking Heads, Aphex Twin, Fleetwood Mac, Tricky, Dilla, Curren$y) and bend them to his will. What would be jarring dissonance in the hands of a lesser producer comes off like the free-floating feel of a great after-hours at 3 a.m. that specializes in beat music, foreign beers, and strong stimulants.  The sort of spot that you need a password to enter and expect to meet people from Luxembourg who attempt to sell you an Portugese orphan and four sticks of hash for under $100. The only better deal you’ll get than that is this mix — free. Tracklist below the jump, so no one e-mails me with questions that I don’t have the answers to.

Download: MP3: Phaseone - The Realest Shit I Ever I Wrote

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Things we like #705/6/7/8

• The Wire trivia
• acid dipped techno freakouts
• Discos
• Sluts

Combining all four is the Body In The Thames Disco Slut remix of Fuzzy Dunlop by Anglo/Swede duo Dadahack – a name familiar to those that read Discodust, and relief for Wiley, Bloc Party & Gwendolyn Stefani who’ll have been wondering whats happened to their producers.

Dadahack – Fuzzy Dunlop (Body In The Thames Disco Slut Remix)

The above remix is available in all 9 minutes of it’’s glory from here

Dadahack’s forthcoming album Tap3 is notable for eschewing the CD format for something all together more individual

Melbourne’s premiere alt-electronic hub Roxanne has come a long way over the last three years, going from being a semi-derelict, fifth floor fire trap to being a semi-derelict, fifth floor fire trap with a lift, an absolutely kicking soundsystem and an impeccable line in local and international DJs and events. Boy, the number of brain cells that I have sacrificed at this venue. It reminds me of this time that I… I… I’ve forgotten what I was going to write. Oh well, nothing to worry about I’m sure *eye twitch*.

And to celebrate this momentous occasion, Roxanne are of course throwing a party. THIS FRIDAY i.e. FUCKING TOMORROW, PUT IT IN YOUR DIARIES PEOPLE. FOR TOMORROW. Oops. I’m shouting AGAIN. I wonder why that KEEPS ON HAPPENING. Mmmm, brain cells.

In keeping with their grand tradition of killer DJs, Roxanne have managed to finagle the mighty Golden Bug as the headliner, with more than able support from local heroes G.L.O.V.E.S. And a shitload of others. As you can well see above. Best thing about having Golden Bug and G.L.O.V.E.S. on the same bill? Golden Bug remixed G.L.O.V.E.S. last year. And it was rad. How rad? This rad:

G.L.O.V.E.S. – PYX (Golden Bug Remix)

For more of the above make you sweet way down to Roxanne TOMORROW NIGHT. Tickets are $15 and there’s going to be an hour’s worth of FREE Coopers Clear to get proceedings started. So you know, get down early and get into it. It’s almost definitely guaranteed to be better than lying at home in the foetal position, crying and masturbating while you clutch a half-empty goonbag to your chest like an Academy Award for loneliness.

Yeah, it’ll probably be better than that.

-luke

One of my favorite blogs- Curb Crawlers- has died and in it’s place is a new site called Happy Please. To kick off the new site Jokers Of The Scene made a lil’ mix for them! Woo!

Jokers of the Scene – Bombs Over Belleville

Jokers of the Scene – Joking Victim B.D.I. – City & Industry Daniel Meteo – In The Mood (Abe Duque Remix) Crash Course In Science – Flying Turns (Terence Fixmer Remix) Tiga – Sex O’Clock (Playgroup Remix) Aberrant – Kirkbride’s Dungeon Stephan Bodzin – Mustang Jori Hulkonnen – Boying in the Smokeroom Fairmont – Mobula Geiger – Bambam Boy 8-Bit – The Keep Mathew Jonson – Ghosts in the Al 2AM/FM – The Path LFO – Freeze Extrawelt – Fernweh The Black Dog – Witches Ov

Did Corey Haim use the alt-est drugs on the planet?

Was Corey Haim the original mainstreamer turned alt?

Was Corey Haim a master of the edgy old guy alternative personal brand?

Were Corey Haim and Corey Feldman the original alt bros? Please use the comments section of this post 2 reflect on the passing of Corey Haim? Did he deserve today, or was he gone too soon? In 20 years, when the child actor from Little Miss Sunshine/Paul Dano dies of a drug overdose, will we remember her in a similar fashion? Should we execute child and tween stars when they turn 32? Is Ron Howard the only successful child star in the history of modern culture? Is Corey Haim in heaven or in hell?

Our friends over at Brrrrrln blog have got themselves in a bit of a pickle, a pickle with the same weight, texture and buoyancy as a new digital record label called Neon.

First EP featuring Italian Bass Stallions 3 Is A Crowd and En Masse is out now.

Here’s a glitchy, squeltchy techno swipe at the lead track ‘Solomon’ by Mike Genius

3 Is A Crowd + En Masse – Solomon (Mike Genius Remix)

Grab the rest of the EP, including a slamming Stereo Killaz remix, from Beatport and Juno

-Mandu

Last Friday our good friends Spank Rock put on a last minute party at Goodgod Small Club and donated all profits from the night to Heaps Decent. They raised $1200! Thanks to everyone who came along to the party, and of course everyone involved in running the evening!

Writing this post made me realize that we still owe some appreciation to some great folks that have supported Heaps Decent in a big way over the last few months:

-Dan Chin aka Splitter for running The Wall stage at Playground Weekender last month. As well as having DJs and comedians performing over the weekend, Dan set up easels around the stage and had local artists paint canvases. These canvases were auctioned off on the last day of the festival and $2,800 was raised for Heaps Decent. Thanks Dan!!

- Sam Korotkov and everyone at Sounds get a HUGE THANKS for putting on A HEAPS BIG PARTY, a fundraiser late last year that raised $12,000 for Heaps Decent! A belated thank you to all the DJs who played too.

Of course we also send a big thank you out to everyone who has donated money to Heaps Decent in the last few months. We’ll be putting the names of everyone who has donated to us on the site soon, if you would like to add yourself to that list you can make a donation here!

Here’s Lomandra students Tristan and Allan busting mad rhymes with us on Tuesday afternoon for Detours and Destinations. Make sure you head to the Detours and Destinations blog to hear new beats we’ve made, along with some great new photos, rhymes and videos!

Key College, the independent high school in Redfern that Heaps Decent has been teaching at for over 2 years now, has opened it’s doors for another year and we’ve been coming each Monday afternoon to teach music production and songwriting.

Here’s Sarah, sister of Key College class of 2008 alumni Jasmine, working on her first ever beat using Ableton Live.

Can’t believe I’ve been sleeping on DC native Matt Hemerlein for so long. The dude has been taking the city by storm with his

via All Our Noise

Zooey Deschanel is in a band called She & Him with some bro named M Ward. For some reason, they have indie credibility, I think because she has cute bangs, and because she is married to the Prince of Indie Music, Benjamin Gibbard. In She & Him’s video for “In the Sun”, you can tell that they are jonesing for mainstream traction.  They utilized several different visual gimmicks to attempt to subconsciously appeal to the mainstream music fan.

Even though the song itself is sorta honky and her voice is ‘interesting’ in a way that you could say might be negative, it seems like it is in the perfect position to ‘cross over’ and end up on the mainstream radio. Feel like there are a few flaws with the video. They should not have let the bro from the band play the love interest because he looks like he is a 40 year old high schooler. In addition, the dancers aren’t graceful enough.

Sorta feel like this video ‘ripped off’ the contextual setting of Britney Spears’ hit debut video “Baby One More Time.”

Do yall prefer skanky backup dancers?

Or some bro in a lil scarf?

Video: Britney Spears – “Baby One More Time”

I think the ultimate goal of this video might be to brand the band as something similar to Feist. The video for “1-2-3-4″ confirmed that cute indie girls also have to be whimsical dancers who are just looking to be ‘free spirited’ in a some what surreal context.

Circular imagery + crane shots seems important.

Feist’s pre-iPod brand was definitely aided by her desire to ‘just dance’ [via Lady Gaga] Does Zooey Deschanel need to go for upmarket Feist audiences, or ’shorten that skirt’ and go after the Britney Spears fans? Is She and Him a ‘good product’? Is Zooey Deschanel a relevant alt female? Did Joanna Newsom teach us that “they can’t all be Feist”? Will Zoey Deschanel have a Britney Spears-like breakdown and bitter divorce from Ben Gibbard that alt blogs use to fuel content for 1-2 years? Is She & Him’s target audience male or female? Hit Me Zooey 1 more time.

Alright, so here’s the deal. Kid Sister has a new track – “Daydreaming” – dropping on April 19th. Nice little track, no complaints. However, the part of the release that people are getting crazy excited for is the Style of Eye remix. No huge surprise: Style of Eye is a big name, and the remix is massive. However, my favorite effort off the release has to be the Douster remix. It’s got a big time club vibe, but there are epic pop waves as well. This effort is truly top-notch – it’s got it all. Peep the track below:

Kid Sister – “Day Dreaming” (Douster Remix)

Brandon Sek disbanded his Curb Crawlers blog (one of our favorite blogs period), but don’t worry since he won’t be leaving us in the cold. He already started up Happy Please (together with the wonderful Flora Wong of Grindin’, Nobody Cares About Kitsuné and Dazed Magazine fame). To kick things off on the new domain he provides us with this techy stormer of a mixtape from the boys in Canadian duo Jokers Of The Scene.

Jokers Of The Scene – Bombs Over Belleville (direct link)

Tracklist after the jump.

01. Jokers of the Scene – Joking Victim 02. B.D.I. – City & Industry 03. Daniel Meteo – In The Mood (Abe Duque Remix) 04. Crash Course In Science – Flying Turns (Terence Fixmer Remix) 05. Tiga – Sex O’Clock (Playgroup Remix) 06. Aberrant – Kirkbride’s Dungeon 07. Stephan Bodzin – Mustang 08. Jori Hulkonnen – Boying in the Smokeroom 09. Fairmont – Mobula 10. Geiger – Bambam 11. Boy 8-Bit – The Keep 12. Mathew Jonson – Ghosts in the Al 13. 2AM/FM – The Path 14. LFO – Freeze 15. Extrawelt – Fernweh 16. The Black Dog – Witches Ov

Granted, the tribal hat, hirsute demeanor, and gluten-free physique do not lend credence to the idea of Javelin having anything to do with a song called “In Heat.” But do not believe your eyes and trust your ears. Listen to the bassline off Javelin’s reinvention of this track from HEALTH’s Get Color. It sounds like it could’ve been sampled from a Slave record. Add that to the ’80s movie montage-synths and washed out vocals and it helps explain why Tom Van Buskirk and George Langford strive for the middle ground between Donuts and the nostalgic chill-whatever stuff that ran the Tofurkey set last summer. If you haven’t already pirated it via murky Russian backchannels, the new Javelin album is spectacular, but there will be more on that later. In the meantime, I will try to resist some not-so-clever weather and/or NBA Jam-related pun about how it’s “heating up,” and just tell you to play this on repeat.

Download: MP3: HEALTH - “In Heat” (Javelin Remix)”