Really wonderful remix of Adele's "Rolling in Deep" by Villa.
Adele-Rolling in the deep VillA Remix by VILLA Soundcloud

I'm kicking off this weekend's festivities with a serious heavy hitter from Breakbot; his new Shades of Black single is some gold-dusted disco magic. Next up is a tasty little slice of nu-disco Shazam--I don't know how we missed this earlier but don't make the same mistake. Finally, well...I don't even know where to start with this Planet Rock mashup from DJ Friction but it's completely bananas!
Breakbot - shades of black (extrait) by breakbot ed banger
I Don't Listen by Shazam (Official)
Breakout Vs. Bambaataa - Planet Rock (DJ Friction Mashup Re-Edit) by DJ Friction

First heard this track on a U-Tern podcast last year. Really excellent track by Gypsy and The Cat (awesome name btw!). Starsmith does this great track justice with a remix he just posted. Check it out. For those that don't know Starsmith is an ace producer making great original stuff, remixes and producing for the likes of Robyn and others. Check out this track and enjoy. Friday is almost here! Gypsy and The Cat - Jona Vark (Starsmith Remix) by Starsmith

Bonus remix:

Gypsy & The Cat - Piper's Song Aeroplane Remix by Aeroplane (Official)

I am loving the sound of The C90s, an act out of London from the pair of Jamie Paterson and Danny Ashenden. Yeah, I know I'm a little late on these guys--I didn't stumble into Shine a Light, their latest single, until just recently. But consider me hooked to their electro sound.

On the remix: Flight Facilities, the mysterious and unbelievably talented Australian duo, mellow out the track and steer it right out into a South-Pacific sunset.

  Shine A Light (Flight Facilities Remix) by TheC90s

Original flavor:
  Shine A Light by TheC90s

Bonus C90s:
  Villa - Beats of Love (The C90s Remix) by TheC90s

Boy 8-bit just recently made his fantastic remix of La Roux's "Quicksand" available on his SoundCloud. First off La Roux is amazing and there are a bunch of great remixes of their tracks out there (some even on this blog). Boy 8-bit aka David Morris has been joining forces with Mad Decent for quite some time and making some great music. No full lengths yet to my knowledge but some great singles and certainly great DJ sets (see his Halloween mix if you haven't, its masterful).

Check out the remix and an original track which I believe is being released on K7! Records.
La Roux - Quicksand (Boy 8-Bit Remix) by Boy 8-Bit
Tropical Heat by Boy 8-Bit

Lyrics Born, real name Tsutomu "Tom" Shimura, is a Japanese American rapper and one half of the group Latyrx. His 1999 single "I Changed My Mind" remains one of my favorite hip hop tracks.

He will be coming to Chicago this Saturday (1/29) to present his lyrical gifts to the audience at Abbey Pub. His stop will be part of his tour in support of his 2010 release As You Were on Decon Records. The album features a ton of talent from Lateef the Truth Speaker, Francis and the Lights, Joyo Velarde, Sam Sparro and the Gift of Gab.

Check out a remix off the record and stop by the show if you are in the area.

Mp3: Lyrics Born - "Lies x3" (Keys n Krates Remix)

For the few of you who don't know Oliver Jones aka Skream is a dubstep producer based in London. Despite his age he is one of dubstep’s first and most prominent producers.

He can take credit for perhaps the most popular dubstep track, "Midnight Request Line" which has been described as "an epic change of key and tempo and been credited as being a key factor in the evolution of a more melodic sound in the dubstep genre."

This track he just posted is awesome..aside from the annoying Soundcloud drops...

Lights in The Distance by SKREAMIZM

I'm in the mood for disco, both "nu" and old school, so here are three tracks to get this weekend rolling. First up is a simply superb remix from Boston's own Nightriders, followed by "Still Breathing", a track I'm really digging from Australian DJ/Producer Ben Houghton. Finally, Leftside Wobble crushes it again with this outstanding edit of Inner Life's "Ain't No Mountain". Have a great weekend!
Fire Flowerz - Over (Nightriders Remix) by Nightriders
Vitamin D by Ben Houghton
Inner Life - Ain't No Mountain (Leftside Wobble Late Night Dub) by Leftside Wobble

You have got to hear this new minimix from the mighty Mylo--this thing flaunts an absolutely epic tracklisting that includes everything from Grand Master Flash to the Pet Shop Boys. An unbelievable piece of work from the artist responsible for one of my favorite albums of the last decade: Destroy Rock and Roll.

Mylo R1 Minimix Jan 2011 by mylo

Bonus Mylo:
Bryan Ferry - Shameless (Mylo remix) by mylo

Those impossibly funky Italians in Reset! released a new single this week called Prepare to Fight. It's got all that bouncy, bleepy, squelchy "Turbofunk" sound that made Reset! such a hot, up-and-coming act in 2010. The title track, Prepare to Fight, is the more serious dancefloor weapon between the two cuts included on the single--queue the smoke and lasers and arm waving!--yet it manages to hang on to that delightfully freaky and quirky Reset! sound. Sabrage, the track on the flipside, is nothing to pass over--and may just be my favorite of the two, banging out warbling bass blasts, wailing synth stabs, and a driving disco beat.

The new single is out now on Cheap Thrills--you can listen for yourself below or check it out on Beatport.

Reset! is also heading out on a tour of Australia and Asia. I'm hoping these guys make it to Seattle sometime in 2011, but if you live in one of these cities below you can see them live in the next few weeks.

Reset! Asia & Australia Tour 2011
Jan 20 Bangkok – Bed
Jan 21 Hong Kong – Volar
Jan 22 Singapore - Zirca
Jan 25 Brisbane – Monastery
Jan 26 Adelaide – Roger Sanchez's Beach Party
Jan 28 Canberra – Pang! @ Trinity Bar
Jan 29 Sydney – Chinese Laundry
Feb 4 Perth – Boomtick Presents @ Ambar
Feb 5 Melbourne – Super Disco! @ Prince of Wales

RESET! - Sabrage by RESET!
RESET! - Prepare To Fight by RESET!

Perhaps my favorite song off Plastic Beach is "Empire Ants" featuring Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon. The track gets the remix treatment from the Aussie group Miami Horror. They do a really beautiful job on this remix. Don't miss it.
EMPIRE ANTS - (MIAMI HORROR REMIX) by Miami Horror-LUCID STREAM

Nice homage to Jaws with this promo pic.

Keep Shelly in Athens is a downtempo, chillwave group from...uhh...Athens naturally. The Grecian duo is signed to the blog owned/run Forest Family records started by Gorilla vs. Bear. They remind me of Air with the blend of female vocals and use of lounge tinged electronic melodies.

Check out their awesome remix of Brothertiger and their orginial track "Running Out of You."

Brothertiger - Evening Glow (Keep Shelly in Athens remix) by Keep Shelly in Athens
Keep Shelly in Athens - Running Out Of You by Keep Shelly in Athens

Buy: Support these two here.

New track from Holy Ghost! just released by DFA records. The track features the Brooklyn duo's knack for blending heavy synths with a driving electro bassline. Really catch track that you certainly should be listening to this weekend. Check it out.
Holy Ghost - Do It Again by DFA Records

Want a soundtrack for your Saturday? I'd go with this new DJ mix from Cassian, an Aussie that's been one of my favorite names in the remix scene lately. There's no doubting his skills--after his work on this Miami Horror Holidays remix, I'm expecting him to be a dominating force this year. This mix is fantastic, too--it's a funked-up collection of party-rocking disco and house tunes. Oh, and it's a free download.
YEW.S.A Mix by cassian88

This mix was created to promote Cassian's US tour. Check out these dates below:

Mon, Jan 17 - Hollywood, CA
Tue, Jan 18 - Hollywood, CA
Wed, Jan 19 - Newport, CA
Thu, Jan 20 - Los Angeles, CA
Fri, Jan 21 - Sacramento, CA
Sat, Jan 22 - San Diego, CA
Thu, Jan 27 -Las Vegas, NV
Fri, Jan 28 - Phoenix, AZ
Sat, Jan 29 - El Paso, TX
Sun, Jan 30 - Austin, TX

Bonus Cassian Remixes:
What You Know (Cassian Remix) - Two Door Cinema Club by cassian88
Colorado Strings (Cassian Remix) - Scuola Furano by cassian88

Here's a tasty selection of freshly-baked remixes, featuring tracks from Flight Facilities, NELUE, and a white-hot Chromeo remix from Oliver (new side project from U-Tern and Oligee). So many amazing remixes and we're not even halfway through January.

Chromeo - Hot Mess (Oliver Remix) by U-Tern
Cut Copy - Take Me Over (Flight Facilities Remix) by flightfacilities
Chic - City Lights (NELUE restruction) by NELUE

Nobody is representing Seattle hip-hop right now quite like Macklemore and his co-conspirator Ryan Lewis. There's just something so fresh about the way Macklemore weaves a story, and this one told in his latest video, "My Oh My", is one that's pretty familiar to anyone growing up in Washington, cheering for Griffey and the Mariners. The city lost Dave Niehaus, the M's much-beloved announcer, last year and this song is a hell of a tribute.

This pair has really been picking up speed over the last few years (I thought their last effort was brilliant) and this is yet another great track.

On top of a new video, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are also embarking on a new tour--definitely check out the tour dates in your city! The upcoming show here in Seattle is going to be epic.

Bonus rewind:
Macklemore - Otherside feat. Fences [Ryan Lewis REMIX] by Big Hassle Media

From Stones Throw:

"(James) Brown first discovered Tony Cook in 1973, playing at a block party for the WRDW-AM radio station he owned in his childhood hometown of Augusta, Georgia. Cook was still in high school at the time, but stayed in Brown’s sights til the early part of 1976, when Brown began to retool the J.B.s and brought Cook aboard as his new drummer. Cook would hold this position off and on for the next thirty years until Brown’s death on Christmas Day in 2006."

Drummer for The King of Soul is amazing in its own right. But ST is giving Mr. Cook a proper release of his tunes and they are pretty remarkable. This track here was recorded in the early 80s, with 2010 vocal by Dam-Funk. This is from Tony Cook's album Back to Reality out now on Stones Throw. Tony Cook - What's On Your Mind feat. Dam-Funk by stonesthrow

The last couple of remixes from '96 Bulls have been monsters, and this take on The Knocks Dancing With the DJ is just as incredible. Free download, too. Don't miss it!
The Knocks - Dancing With The DJ ('96 Bulls Remix) by '96 Bulls

It's the first real weekend of 2011 and we're already piled high with great new music. First up is a nice edit of 100% Pure Poison's Windy C from Italian producer Nicholas - such an incredible old school funk track. Star Slinger slangs out 'Like I Do', a deliciously blissed out concoction of beats. Wrapping up the set is an absolutely gorgeous track from Monsieur Adi, blending Ellie Goulding's 'Guns and Horses' with Daft Punk's 'Make Love'. So good.

Windy C - Edit by Nicholas
Star Slinger - Like I Do by Star Slinger
Ellie Goulding, Daft Punk, & Monsieur Adi - No Guns And Horses, Just Make Love by monsieuradi

Photo by gstening.

Nice cover hear for Robyn doing Prince's epic track "When Doves Cry." The track was recorded straight onto vinyl at Metropolis Studios. Robyn is right back after it in 2011 building on her amazing success in 2010. When Doves Cry (Prince cover) by robyn

Soundcloud is this mythical place where all my favorite 80 tracks are brought back to life in wonderful fashion. Here are some of my favorite remixes of Mr. Ocean by Rayko, Tesla Boy and Andrew Clarke.

Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (Tesla Boy edit) by Tesla Boy

Billy Ocean - Night feel like getting down (rayko edit) by Rayko
Billy Ocean - Stay The Night (AC Re-Edit) by Andrew Clarke

Pazes aka Lucas is a 19 year old Brazilian beat maker. He just released a 4-track EP called The Southpaw on Exponential Records. The EP showcases his real mellow blend of nicely crafted beats. Pretty promising start for a kid that is 19. The record is not out officially until Feb 15th but you can get the 4 track EP from our Exponential right now. Don't miss it.

Download: Get the whole EP here.

Nice remix of Bag Raiders' standout track "Sunlight" by Gloves. Gloves aka Yama Indra is a producer and remixer from Melbourne and one half of the now defunct yacht house disco group Damn Arms. Check out these pretty impressive remixes of his fellow countrymen.
Bag Raiders - Sunlight (GLOVES Remix) by modularpeople

Bonus remix:
REMIX: Miami Horror - Sometimes (Gloves Extended Mix) by GLOVES

So Merriam-Webster says "austerity" is the word of the year for 2010, but we think "extravagance" is the word of the year for the remix scene--2010 was a lush and fertile breeding ground for juicy, delicious remixes, edits, re-rubs, and everything in-between. Nope, folks, no austerity here!

I was expecting some heated discussions here at Analog Giant about who'd take the #1 remix of the year--but it turns out it was unanimous--I Crave Paris was the best remix of the year. Gorgeous synth lines, electro-lushous beats, and sweet, longing vocals combine seamlessly to make this an untouchable remix.

I think it'd be pretty hard to make a bad remix of a Robyn track--she's simply amazing--but these remixes from A-Trak and Fred Falke are both arguably even better than the originals. It was hard choosing between the two, but we ultimately went with A-Trak's dancey take on Indestructible for our #2 remix of the year.

Fare Soldi was unstoppable this year, serving up a continuous stream of brilliant remixes. They definitely had more popular remixes this year than their take on Duran Duran's classic "Rio", but I think this is absolutely their finest. It's a track that I've come back to again and again.

That covers our top three, but I have to give some special mentions to some of the producers and DJs that made this year so hot for remixes. Go Go Bizkitt! banged out what seems like an impossible number of jaw-dropping remixes--he will a major force in 2011. A few artists were so prolific and brilliant this year, it was hard to boil down their 2010 creativity into just one track. We also saw some mighty remixes from Analog Giant favorites like Ghosts of Venice, Bit Funk, Alan Braxe, Rayko, and Seattle's own 10.4 Rog.

Don't miss any of these remixes!

1. Aeroplane vs Friendly Fires vs Flight Facilities - I Crave Paris by future classic
   
2. Indestructible (A-Trak radio edit) by robyn
3. Duran Duran - Rio (Fare Soldi "Sposerò Simon Le Bon" rmx) by FARE SOLDI
4. Cassius - "1999" (Tim Green Remix)
5. Sam Sparrow - "Black and Gold" (Russ Chimes Remix)
6. Robyn - "Dancing On My Own" (Fred Falke Remix)
7. Booka Shade - "Regenerate" (Russ Chimes Remix)
8. Homboi - "Shrimps" (Nautic Remix)
9. Penguin Prison - "Worse It Gets" (RAC Remix)
10. Miami Horror - I look to you (Go Go Bizkitt! Remix)
11. Daft Punk - "Something About Us" (Laberge Remix)
12. Talking Heads - "Girlfriend is Better" (Bit Funk Remix)
13. Pacific! - "Narcissus" (Alan Braxe Remix)
14. Active Child - "When Your Love Is Safe" (Classixx Remix)
    
15. Grum - "Can't Shake This Feeling" (Ghost Venice Remix)
16. Helladope - "Just So You Know" (10.4 Rog Dub Puddlestepper Remix)
17. Mystery Jets - "Dreaming of Another World" (Lindstrom and Prins Thomas Remix)
18. Rayko - "Broadway" (Rayko Edit)
19. Daft Punk - "Burnin'" (Les Loups' Bruit Infernal Mix)
20. Mark Ronson & The Business INTL - Bang Bang Bang (U-Tern's Disco Dub)
21. La Roux - Bulletproof (Nacey Remix ft. Matthew Hemerlein)
22. Reset! - If We Try (Kry Wolf's Space Disco Remix) by Kry Wolf
    
23. Caribou - "Jamelia" (Gold Panda Remix)
24. Robyn - "Hang With Me" (Starsmith Remix)
25. The XX - "Shelter" (C.R.S.T. Remix)

photo by [auro].

Happy New Year to everybody. Time for every blogger's period of self indulgence of posting our favorite tracks with our favorite remixes to follow. As representative of this blog we are all over the place in terms of musical genres. A bit of hip hop, some electronic, pop, house and rock. Let us know what you think.

If you post your top 3 tracks on our Facebook and we will pick one lucky person to receive a bunch of random records and cds we have laying around amongst the baby toys.

Tensnake was in heavy rotation in 2010. It was hard to pick just one track as everything he does is awesome. "Get Right" stands out amongst some amazing electronica/disco this year. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) aside from having the most amazing name in music hit it big with "Garden" which is one of the most beautiful and moving tracks of the year. Easy to listen to over and over again.

I was about to make Aloe Blacc's track "I Need A Dollar" not the best track of the year but was promptly told by my co-contributor, his wife and my wife that I would be a damn fool if I chose anything but this classic. I came to my senses and made Mr. Blacc's hit the best track of the year and I feel good about that.

Aeroplane's record was one of my favorite of the year and "We Can't Fly" is my favorite track off that record. Roots and Kanye West keep hip-hop fresh with two epic releases. "How I Got Over" gets my vote for video of the year and "Power" takes the take for hip-hop anthem of the year. Let me know what you think about the rest.

1. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar by stonesthrow
2. Tensnake - "Get Right"
3. Garden (edit) by T-E-E-D
4. Aeroplane - "We Can't Fly"
5. Roots - "How I Got Over"
6. Kanye West - "Power"
7. Nas and Damian Marley - "As We Enter"
8. Penguin Prison - "The Worse It Gets"
9. EL GUINCHO / FM Tan Sexy by Young Turks
10. Nosaj Thing - "Nighcrawler"
11. Onra feat. Reggie B - "High Hopes"
12. Breakbot feat. Irfane - "Baby I'm Yours"
13. Lord of Isles - "Miles to My House"
14. Reflection Eternal feat. Bun B - "Strangers (Paranoid)"
15. Big Boi - "Night Night"
16. Robyn - "Dancing On My Own"
17. Pantha Du Prince - "The Splendour"
18. Chilly Gonzales - "We Can Dance"
19. Reset! - "If We Try"
20. Chromeo - "Don't Turn the Lights On"
21. Gold Panda - "Same Dream China"
22. Star Slinger - Mornin' by Star Slinger
23. Mark Ronson feat. Boy George - "Somebody to Love Me"
24. SBTRKT - "Step Into Shadows"
25. The Count & Sinden - After Dark (Featuring Mystery Jets)

photo by kisolomonng.