Ok, the special Election Edition podcast is finally finished! Doesn’t look like he needs any help from me though. Pretty different from the usual electro beats — very old school for the most part and tried to keep things tied to the motif.
Special thanks to Palms Out for pulling my chain on the Soulwax Kids remix, since it brought the gloriously cheesy Rick Astley track back onto my radar.
Out of Controller - Unofficial Obama Mixtape
Track Listing:
Barak Obama - This Mixtape is About You
Pleasure - Let’s Dance
Mr. Oizo - Cut Dick
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul - (I Got) So Much Trouble in my Mind
Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles
Cheryl Lynn - Got to be Real
James Brown - Dead on It (U-tern disco edit)
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Starpoint - Wanting You (Romeo Erotic remix)
Daft Punk - Something about Us (EASTAR remix)
Kool & The Gang vs. Stardust - Music Sounds Better with a Celebration
Daft Punk - AerObama (Adam Freeland remix)
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Well, the next podcast is taking a little longer to come together. Since this is pretty much the norm, I decided to start posting other mixes in the interim since a quality mix is more than the sum of its quality tracks. Hopefully this will appease Byron’s mix cravings. hehe.
This baby is all glorious disco. Some of the mixes are off just a hair, which impresses me more than anything else, because it means Mike the 2600 King is dusting off and mixing the actual vinyl. Not like weenies like me who have come to rely on computers and phase grids and whatnot… Enjoy this fine serving of house music’s great granddaddy.
Mike the 2600 King - Street Sounds Mix
Track Listing:
Lamont Dozier - Going Back to My Roots
Voyage - I Love You Dancer
Lace - Can’t Play Around
Pleasure - Ghettos of the Mind
Arnie Love & The Lovettes - Breakout
MFSB - Love is the Message (Danny Krivit re-edit)
First Choice - Love Thang
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
Vincent Montana Orchestra - Heavy Vibes (club mix)
Eastbound Expressway - Never Let Go
Erotic Drum Band - Everybody Get Dancin’
Manu Dibango - Big Blow
George Duke - I Want You For Myself
Eddie Kendricks - Date With the Rain
Spencer Davis Group - I’m a Man
Chicago - Street Player
Steve Silk Hurley - Jack Your Body (Frankie Knuckles Chicago House mix)
2 Puerto Ricans A Blackman and a Dominican - Do it Properly (The Original)
Lakim Shabazz - Adding On (Club Track)
House Gang - Burnin Up
Sagat - Fuk Dat
A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
I’ve had the old Chemical Brothers track, Galvanize, stuck in my head for days (which has been just fine since it has the most rockin’ bollywood strings riff ever), and I just clicked ’submit’ on the first b-school application. One down, two to go. Feeling very good about it — one step closer to being DJ CFO for real.
I’ll get another BT and some mixes going soon before I’m back to spending every waking second editing essays for the next submission deadline. There have been a bunch of great tracks floating around lately that I’ve been wanting to share, including a slew of sweet new Mr. Oizo tunes…
Big ups to my peeps down in the bay! This song makes me happy, with the usual uplifting melodies of Fred Falke and all the fun memories of tomfoolery that come to mind — most recently the robot invasion that is Labor Day Dom.
See you soon.
After listening more, I didn’t feel right about holding out on you guys with my other 25 Hours a Day tracks since they kick such copious amounts of ass. Here are two more.
Alex Gopher - Carmilla (25 Hours a Day remix)
Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Operation (25 Hours a Day remix)
I also finally realized why the new Kid Sister track sounded so familiar — she’s singing over the old r&b groove that U-Tern posted and I trolled back in ye olde BlogTroll #1…
Kid Sister - Family Reunion feat. David Banner
Jerome Prister - Say You’ll Be
I think I had seen a remix of a Codebreaker track before or something because the name was familiar. I’ve really been digging this track–a little slower, almost funky.
Codebreaker - Fire feat. Kathy Diamond
I hadn’t heard of Grand Popo Football Club before, but they’re french and featured on DiscoDelicious, so you know they’re solid. Here is their big hit from 2001.
Grand Popo Football Club - Men are not Nice Guys
I was a little underwhelmed by Pocket Symphony, and I got it at the same time as like 100 gb of other music, so I haven’t thought about Air in a minute. Talkie Walkie was awesome though, and Mark Ronson adds his usual funky drum kit to the whistling.
Air - Alpha Beta Gaga (Mark Ronson instrumental mix)
I can’t get enough Shinichi Osawa, but this is a lot lighter than his usual electro bangers. He makes Popular Computer’s pop track even prettier.
Popular Computer - Lost & Found (Shinichi Osawa remix)
I (along with the rest of the world) have grown to really like the smooth synth sounds of Anoraak. His version of the Romantics hit is cool. Wow, that was an insightful review…
Anoraak - Talking in Your Sleep (Romantics cover)
Once I heard one remix by 25 Hours a Day, I gobbled up as many others as I could. They are also from France (who isn’t these days?), and made me remember how much I love this guitar-driven disco punk sound. Here is just a taste of how awesome they are.
Phoenix - Long Distance Call (25 Hours a Day remix)
Cassius - See Me Now (25 Hours a Day remix)
Le Castle Vania has been taking the electro world by storm, but some of his stuff has honestly been a little too harsh for me. I had heard this Pumpkins track in a mix this summer though, and almost dropped my macbook when I saw it on the toof. This rocks.
Smashing Pumpkins - Zero (Le Castle Vania re-edit)
We’ll keep going with the bangers. Don Rimini has been blowing up lately with his rave sounds. This one isn’t as stabby as his Bust a Move remix, more arpeggiated. I love when Jay-Z calls out the Oasis tools. Hey, Gallagher brothers: you are not the Beatles. Get over yourselves.
Jay-Z - Jockin’ Jay-Z (Don Rimini remix)
Adam Tensta has been remixed a bunch in the past, must of which I’ve liked. Here is the latest with a heavy-duty electro riddim.
Out of Controller is one year old today!
Has been a fun year since podcast #1; learning html, tweaking graphics and evolving content. At first I thought I would only use the space to upload mixes, but I slowly started writing about shows, sharing tracks and otherwise posting about what matters to me most: music.
Year two should be even more exciting, as I plan to add a social networking component, remix contests and t-shirt giveaways. Not likely. I want to keep the focus just as narrow as ever on good music. Not new or popular, necessarily, but what I consider good. If you come to this blog regularly, then you probably agree with me on what “good music” means. I do hope to vary the podcasts more now that I have soooo much good stuff to pull from and I’m figuring out all the potential of a DAW limited only by the sky.
Keep on truckin’.