Remix specialist The PEGASUSS works his magic on Barcelona glo-fiers Extraperlo and their track “Banadores.” The PEGASUSS makes the cut just a bit more club friendly with a galloping beat and some synth flourishes. Listen to it here.
80Kidz plan on releasing a collection of their remix work titled This Is My Works out on December 16. Here’s hoping the trio’s remix of Metric’s “Help I’m Alive” sneaks onto the tracklist. Their mix stretches the song out to six minutes but never once lags. Take a listen below. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FosO6Qi8LN0&hl=en&fs=1&]
Cubismo Grafico and Matias Tellez must have hit it off at the Flake Records show earlier this month. Grafico remixed Tellez’s “Convicted,” giving the Norwegian artist’s poppy tune a dancefloor punch. Tracks up at Flake Records MySpace, check it out.
I stumbled across Kyoto DJ/producer Handsomeboy Technique looking for remixes of Thieves Like Us’ “Drugs In My Body.” Handsomeboy (a.k.a. Yoshitaka Morino) somehow made the nocturnal strut of the original into something strangely triumphant. Check it out at his MySpace page. He has a new album of remixes available titled Discommunication Breakdown including the “Drugs”…
I like Passion Pit’s Manners, but I understand why a lot of people would be turned off by their everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to music. These guys didn’t waste any of their label-allotted studio time, cramming their debut with all sorts of synths, drum beats and children’s choirs. I think Passion Pit’s enthusiasm and heart-on-sleeveness saves them…