Tag: Joy Orbison

Top Remixes of 2011

January 22nd, 2012 · Robin · Lists No comments - Tags: A1 Bassline, Adele, Africa HiTech, Andy Stott, Blawan, Caribou, Egyptrixx, Gil Scott-Heron, Jacques Greene, Jamie xx, Joy Orbison, Julio Bashmore, Kahn, Koreless, Lucy, Machinedrum, Peverelist, Randomer, Rustie, SCNTST, Synkro, Todd Terje, Tommy Four Seven, Virgo Four, xxxy, Youandewan

For those of you who are new to the site, this is a list of my favourite dance music from the last year. It’s not exclusively remixes, and yes, you can argue you could dance to the songs in the Top Tracks list too.

Out in the Streets - Africa HiTech
The Look (Koreless remix) - Jacques Greene
Surph - Rustie
Sketch - Synkro
Sicko Cell - Joy Orbison
Rolling In The Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle) - Adele
Battle for Middle You - Julio Bashmore
U Don’t Survive - Machinedrum
I’m New Here - Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx
Getting Me Down - Blawan
Ragysh - Todd Terje
Buoyancy - A1 Bassline
mas - Lucy
Dark Details - Andy Stott
Far Nearer - Jamie xx
Start From the Beginning - Egyptrixx
After Light - Rustie
Monday - SCNTST
Ordinary Things - XxXy
Brunk - Randomer
It’s a Crime (Caribou mix) - Virgo Four
Youandme (On My Mind) – Youandewan
Helter Skelter - Kahn
Dance Til the Police Come - Peverelist
Armed 3 - Tommy Four Seven

Running Music Mix #49

September 11th, 2011 · Robin · Running Music Mix No comments - Tags: Joy Orbison, Paddy

Paddy from Honest John teams up with Joy Orbison for a killer, two hour house mix. I’ve have already listened to it all the way though, twice.

Running Music Mix #12

October 31st, 2010 · Robin · Mixtapes, Running Music Mix No comments - Tags: Bobermann, Boys Noize, Erol Alkan, Fever Ray, Fuck Buttons, Gonzales, Jacques Renault, James Blake, Joy Orbison, Justice, LCD Soundsystem, Lil' Wayne, Lone, Midnight Magic, Mount Kimbie, Robot Koch, Shlohmo, Sleigh Bells, Soulwax, White Denim

Sickness and forgetfulness lead to no Running Music Mix last week. This week, I ask for forgiveness with the announcement of a little change to this feature. Every 12 of these (or every 3 months for those who aren’t math geeks), I will be posting a custom-made mix with my random musical highlights. The choices will be faster paced for running, but can be listened to at any time, just like with all the Running Music Mixes featured here. So without further ado…

Tracklist

I Start To Run – White Denim
Infinity Guitars – Sleigh Bells
If I Had A Heart (Fuck Buttons remix) – Fever Ray
Gorom Sen (Shlohmo Remix) – Robot Koch
Would Know – Mount Kimbie
A Milli (Harmonimix Remix) – Lil’ Wayne
Miserable Girl – Soulwax
D.A.N.C.E. – Justice
Death Suite (Bobermann Remix) – Erol Alkan & Boys Noize
BRKLN CLLN – Joy Orbison
Pineapple Crush – Lone
Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix) – Midnight Magic
You Can Dance – Gonzales
Home – LCD Soundsytem

Thanks to Vincepal for the great photo.

Running Music Mix #10

October 10th, 2010 · Robin · Running Music Mix No comments - Tags: Graphics, Joy Orbison

An up-and-coming producer from Oxford puts us through an intense, highly skilled, garage mix. Graphics is only 18, but has a hard worth ethic. You can tell because of the tons of originals, remixes and sets that are already on his soundcloud, many of which you can download for free. My favourite part of this set was the creative mixing of the Joy Orbison track. Found through Truants. Download here.

Running Music Mix #6

September 12th, 2010 · Robin · Running Music Mix No comments - Tags: Burial, James Blake, Jamie xx, Joy Orbison, The Streets, The XX, Zomby

Last week was a really happy mix, this time we are going to the dark side, with an amazing mix of garage from the xx’s front man. It starts with an awesome old school Streets track (one which I had never heard before) and then turns to the xx remix I posted recently. A great beginning which then goes on to feature other artists such as Joy Orbison, James Blake, Zomby and Burial. Download here.

Everything Everything

July 30th, 2010 · Robin · General 3 comments - Tags: Clock Opera, Everything Everything, Gold Panda, Grum, Joy Orbison, Two Door Cinema Club

Everything Everything have PR magic. The first time I heard their name was through the BBC sound of 2010 (among names such as Joy Orbison, Gold Panda and Two Door Cinema Club). Then, Real Horrorshow Tunes posted about their ridiculously catchy single, Schoolin’. And then I get two emails from their agency, a week apart, featuring remixes. Okay, the last part isn’t that magical, but what does make it special, is that the remixes are good. It’s rare you’ll find one decent remix by a buzz band, but Everything Everything have two. If all of this is news to you, I give you a little bit of everything to try out (both the remixes are downloadable). Their debut is being released in August.

The aforementioned Schoolin’ is catchy, staccato fun, the way I like it. It’s got whistling, strings, vocal harmonies and jumpy guitars and drums weaving in and out of everything. It’s a formula for success.

The better of the two remixes, Clock Opera wins for originality, I love the chopped up intro. The remix standard pumping is kept interesting with other splices from the song.

Next GRUM’s take on the same song. He is not normally someone I’m a fan of, but this time his synthpop made a real impression on me.

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The Big Mixbag

May 25th, 2010 · Robin · General, Mixbags 2 comments - Tags: Cha-Cha, Explode into Colors, Joy Orbison, Mr. Oizo, The Beatles, Wu-Tang Clan

BRKLN CLLN – Joy Orbison

Joy Orbison is the most hyped electronic artist right now. Hyph Mngo placed 23rd in tracks of 2009 by Resident Advisor and 1st by Fact magazine. He has received a best new music award from NME, Pitchfork and the BBC. The taste makers seem to indicate he is good. So if you’re bored of Hyph Mngo, try its far cooler cousin, BRKLN CLLN. This one has been produced to perfection, and will sound so good blasting out of your speakers.

Paper (Hot Sax Version) – Explode into Colors

Basic, but addicting stuff from my favourite smart people music blog.

Got Your Money - Wu Tang vs. The Beatles

The beautiful original is warped into an elegant hip-hop beat. Added on top is the timeless vocals of the Wu-Tang Clan. Though I haven’t listened to the whole of this mashup album, I can safely say the production values are top-notch, with everything cleverly put together with a copious amount of love.

Flat Beat – Mr. Oizo

I’ve been researching Mr. Oizo for his DJ set at the Southside festival this year. So far I have learned;

He is really fun, but terrible, DJ
He used to create films as well as music
His video featuring Flat Eric makes this song far more epic than it deserves to be

The Fellowship - Cha-Cha

Fun indie rock with influences from The Virgins, The Strokes, The Police and Phoenix sent to my inbox a couple of months ago. It’s good.

Best Remixes of 2009

January 12th, 2010 · Robin · Lists 3 comments - Tags: Anti-Pop Consortium, Astronomer, Black Noise, Boys Noize, Crookers, Crystal Fighters, David Bowie, Dirty Disco Youth, Disco Villains, Dj Earworm, Empire Of The Sun, Erol Alkan, Fever Ray, Flight Of The Conchords, Florence and the Machine, Four Tet, Friendly Fires, Gold Panda, Jack Peñate, Jay Z, Joy Orbison, Justice, Mark Ronson, Marvin Gaye, Metronomy, MGMT, Miike Snow, MSTRKRFT, Neo Toyko, Noah and the Whale, Parov Stelar, Passion Pit, Phoenix, Pixies, ReSeT!, Schwarz, Sex Machine, Spiral Into The Storm, Stardust, Surkin, The Bloody Beetroots, The Field, The Juan Maclean, The Notorious B.I.G., The Twelves, The Very Best, The XX, Theophilus London, Washed Out, Wiley, Yacht

Electronic music has become a much larger part of my musical listening now, and so this post has evolved into a “let’s put as much random electronic stuff in here as possible” list. We now have the main dance-y list and a bunch of little snippets of random genres within electronica. And this year I’ve put the dance mix into a large mp3 file for your pleasure. Do you like that? Should I make one mp3 mixes more often? Should I actually mix it myself or just let my program do it? Any advice on this post would be much appreciated. Thanks for the picture Tanakawho.

Relaxed/Chilled/Spacey Non-Dance Electronica

This section has seen some of my favourite discoveries, with the likes of Four Tet, The Field and other such types really blowing my mind with their fantastic sound manipulation. Great for studying, sitting back and zoning out.

Not Made for Love (Astronomer remix) - Metronomy
Kiss Of Life (Spiral Into The Storm remix) – Friendly Fires
Love Cry – Four Tet
Feel It All Around – Washed Out
Leave It – The Field
Quitter’s Raga – Gold Panda
Hyph Mngo (Original Mix) – Joy Orbison
You’ve Got the Love (The xx Remix) – Florence and the Machine

Mash-ups

Mash-ups are generally fun, but never amazing. My favourite this year was definately Party and Bullshit because it managed to make me dance to Miley Cirus with a smile on my face. This year DJ Earworm’s billboard project was really good, probably because there was a much faster beat to his previous work.

Music Sounds Better with Your Friends (Stardust/Justice Mash-Up) – C.I.T.Y. vs. DiscoTech
United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop) – DJ Earworm
Get It On My Mind (DJ Zebra Mash) – Marvin Gaye vs. The Pixies
Party and Bullshit in the USA (Hathbanger Mash-Up Remix) – The Notorious B.I.G. vs. Miley Cyrus
Stardust Kids (David Bowie vs. MGMT) – A plus D
99 problems vs. phantom II - Jay-Z vs. Justice

The Rest Which Don’t Get A Proper Heading And Because They Wouldn’t Go Well In The Dance Mix

Too Many Dicks On The Dancefloor (Schwarz Remix) – Flight Of The Conchords
Fleur De Lille – Parov Stelar
Animal (Mark Ronson Remix) – Miike Snow
Pull My Heart Away Remix prod. Jamiexx - Jack Peñate
Volcano (Four Tet Remix) – Anti-Pop Consortium

The Actual Dance Stuff

This mix is a good hour and a half and makes up my favourite dance tracks of the year, starting with some slow funky stuff (The Twelves being my favourite new DJs this year), and then moving to some electro, which gets pretty hard with Boys Noize, another discovery from this year.

Forward Music’s Dance Mix of 2009 mp3!!!.