Something old, Something new. Or vice versa....

We love Remixes! There's no doubting that the next dance club you go to (*insert plug about Apocalypso hitting Cat Club this Friday in S.F. HERE!*) will play one of your favorite songs, only it's better. With bigger beats, righteous loops and snippets of your favorite chorus line. We often highlight the best dance remixes and often, the original work is left in the dust as a hit that created a better hit. The remixers claim their fame and it creates a win win relationship for the dance floor. The original artist is still exposed. The remixer gets his creds. There are countless times I hear "Who does this remix!?!" by someone drenched in sweat and 3 cocktails to the wind. They wont remember in the morning. But they'll be furiously searching blogs and bugging their friends to help them find it.

I'd like to give awards to two of my current favorite remixers right now. I'm not sure what the awards are. I guess it's that I'm talking about them. Right here. Right now.



Evil Nine. Evil Nine has worked with the likes of artists such as Autokratz, Alex Metric (see previous post) and Aesop Rock. Recently, they released an EP entitled No Manners feat. Spoek Mathambo. And I patiently await to hear this on a bangin' sound system. With that Indie-Diso feel, paked tightly with hilarious lyrics about an unfortunate club girl, that once you wrap your head around what they are saying - you can't help but sing along. They won me over at the mention of Bananas and Tony Danza. It's just too much fun. Butt don't take my word for it, take a listen for yourself.

Evil Nine - No Manners Ft. Spoek Mathambo

Another remixer on my golden list is Yuksek. Yuksek definately has a certain "sound." If you heard their remixes in a club and were familiar with Yuksek's work, you might be able to call it out. The thing about Yuksek's sound is that it never gets boring. It's good. Everytime. And, quite honestly, if you work with Amanda Blank - you don't get much hotter than that.



Yuksek can take a well loved song and take out everything that's soft and leave you with the best parts. For instance, take Lady Gaga's (c'mon, who DOESN'T LOVE HER?) Paparazzi, and take that teeny bit of it that you can't stand anymore - throw it out, wrap up the leftovers with some gritty bass and slather it on dance floor toast - and the song is a perfect, tasty snack. I'm not sure how I worked that into metaphorical "dance floor toast," but maybe I just have a hard time coming up with realistic metaphors. At least it didn't involve unicorns... hrmmm.... Lady Gaga riding a unicorn.... oh, right. The music.

Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (Yuksek Remix)

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And that's all for now, folks. See you tomorrow night on the dancefloor.
<3 Starr