What Happened?

Last week was pretty trying for 317. Speaking for myself, I had major computer problems that forced some of my prized computer possessions to be deleted. One of my most prized losses was my beloved itunes play count. Who knew a seemingly pointless stat would create such an emotional loss and have a small impact on my life. Not only was it an interesting to view who was played the most in the recent and past few weeks on my computer, but it also proved to be a valuable sorting tool once i had committed a few hundred hours of streaming music through itunes over the past two years. Luckily I was able to save the music I cared about and the documents that were important. But still… may my old itunes play count r.i.p.

Another problem we had came to us through mediafire- our database for hosting music. I apologize to anyone who felt the effects we did, obviously it still has some bugs that need to be sorted out. However, it’s still not worth switching providers. Mediafire offers an extensive free program with an interface that is easy for users. Files shared with through other providers like zshare sometimes disable links over time to continue fast service. This makes it very hard to develop any form of archive of MP3s for people to download. Therefore, we will continue to keep using mediafire until a better option surfaces. Any link that is experiencing problems through mediashare we will try to correct using another free source such as zshare.

Hopefully all the problems are behind us so we can move on.
That being said, I’m still behind in catching up among the activity sweeping the blogosphere. So this next track comes straight from the personal stash I was able to save from the shitstorm that swept my computer. Don Diablo has left mixed impressions on me in the past. Here he hits me full on. I’m in love with the acoustic guitar and the arrangement. Damn this sounds good..

One EskimO – Givin’ Up (Don Diablo Remix)

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Over the last week, our technical difficulties with blogger, mediafire, and the backup on my computer ended with the loss of a post entitled, Keep On Walking Grandma (Apr 24.09). Since the blog backup crashed so did the ability to retrieve the post. No big deal, but these tracks still deserve recognition. Unfortunately I had to kill the write-ups but here goes, second-time around, a random selection of great stuff all worthy of checking out.

Golden Girls – Do The Criminal (CCENTURIESS Remix)

Le Matos ft. Coeur De Pirate – How Do I Let You Know

Pierce – Goodfriends

Annie – Chewing Gum (Mylo Remix)

Master H. ft. Silicon – Thirteen (Mylo Remix)

You Gotta Know

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Pink is Punk released one sick remix to Airys Vedo In Te this past week. Italo funky electro pop is one way to describe the rooted Milano artists. Both projects have teamed up to create this new track. It’s one of a kind and absolutely covered in good.

Airys – Vedo In Te (Pink is Punk Remix)

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Well, I’m definitely not the first to be introduced to Fear of Tigers. These guys are great. They sound as if they just emerged from the old retro 80′s scene where no one knew what to do with the lights and the new sounds, and simply perfected it. It’s a bold statement but with one listen I was tossed back into my childhood reliving the precursor to the dance parties created by the sweet annual albums of Dance Mix 93, 94, and 95. I hope they bring you the same nostalgic feeling that hit me when I was first heard these two tracks.

Fear of Tigers – The Adventure of Pippi Longstump (Original)

Fear of Tigers – The Rich Cry Too (Original)

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Fear of Tigers tossed up a lot of new great synth which naturally led me to Sferro. The one man monster in Eric Sferro is talented as anyone in making infectious vibes that make you move. The instrumentals are ridiculously delightful. There’s lots of goodies out there so if you like what you hear hit his myspace or further search on hype.

Funked Up – No Ditchin (Sferro Remix)

Sferro – Sexy Talents

Special Delivery

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We had a brand new remix from Linus Loves drop to us a few days ago. It’s delicious. The talented artist has helped bring 18 year-old Pixie Lott to the spotlight. Pixie dips in a sound that’s very mainstream. Right now she’s offering samples off an upcoming album to be released in the new year. You can find these clips on her myspace. The Linus Loves remix offers up a electrotech rendition that’s out of this world. The sound is clean, crisp and highly recommended.

Pixie Lott – Mama Do (Linus Loves Remix)

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Another great song that recently resurfaced is Popular Computer‘s Darling off his first full release Senso Data on Rise Recordings. This needs to be in everyones playlist. PC bring us some amazing haunting electro that is simply terrific. Between the vocals and the beat, Darling creates an entrancing state you won’t want to leave.

Popular Computer – Darling

Half in Love

Meanderthals switches things up a little bit on 317 today. Since we’re nearing the end of the year for the student populous, exams are getting tight, papers even more strenuous, I decided to indulge with something a little more melodic and rhythmic with the intent to keep the sound real light. Meanderthals Desire Lines fits this agenda. It combines dimensions from acoustic soft rock, underlying funk, with the great taste of some retro club jazz. Lately it has been helping me get through some long hours but it’s an instrumental worth playing any hour of the day. Play it all the way through before deciding how you feel. The jazz fade-out is sexy. Oh and they are brand-spanking new making it even more worth the listen.

Meanderthals – Desire Lines

Our friends from NY in Gentleman Thieves hit us up with a new track that everyone should be hitting hard. Their sound is developing strong and varies greatly from the previous tracks we enclosed earlier in the year. Despite this being a new track it is very nostalgic to me. It instantly creates a mellow dance mood. Hopefully you enjoy this exclusive track as much as we do.

Gentleman Thieves – Dream Passport

Discodust along with Disco Workout recently helped introduce us to Johnny Jewel, the self-made genius behind such side projects as chromatics, glass candy, and italians do it better. While all projects are unique and offer something new… Jewel has finally found an extraordinary vocalist in Megan Louise in the new project Desire. The new prominent single out of a set of five leaked by the new duo entitled, If I Can’t Hold You is a delightful mix of haunting disco. Watch out for Desire in the future as Jewel is sure to spin up some talent with Megan alongside.

Desire – If I Can’t Hold You

The Hundred In The Hands track Dressed in Dresden has been tossed around the blogosphere countless amount of times over the past few months. Hype is a great way of proving this through a simple search. However, the Jacques Renault remix tosses up a funky fresh remix that is worth treating your ears too. He funks out the orig a bit more and makes it a little bit more danceable to appease us all.

The Hundred In The Hands – Undressed in Dresden (Jacques Renault remix)

The Masters

Doves are a project I found out about accidentally the other week. The latest album, entitled Kingdom of Rust, recently came out April 6th. I haven’t had the pleasure of checking it out yet, but that’s on today’s to-do list along with the hours of other work in the queue. I seriously recommend checking out the Still Going remix to the latest Doves single. It is chilling and a perfect cure for a hangover.
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By now we all know that the Crookers present something a little bit harder…

About a month ago (March 11, 2009) I posted a track by DJ Mujava that had well some real shitty sound quality- sorry about that. Anyways, last week I stumbled across a remix done by the none other, extremely talented Crookers remix to the track in question. If you haven’t heard the orig I’m talking about, check the previous post here (keep in mind the quality). However, this new track has no sound issues (other then it sounding pretty damn good). The Crookers add in a little of their own flare but for the most part leave the backbone of the track untouched. I think this speaks to how solid Mujava’s Township Funk really kills it. Oh and if you know any Armand Van Helden… see if you can spot the sample up front.

Mujava – Township Funk (Phra Crookers Supertrance Refix)

While we’re talking about the Crookers I had to mention an old fav that redthreat resurfaced the other day. This track debuted in March 2008- almost 2 years into the Crooks career. Trash is a hard techno delight that features what I’m going to call “the techno strum,” which is ill. Enjoy the throwback.

The Whip – Trash (Crookers Remix)

New Sounds All Around

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If you have not had the chance to sample Pegase’s new sound that is rapidly moving around the blogosphere then I have a treat for you. Raphaël, better known as the lead singer from Minitel Rose, has dumped out two brand new tracks this past week that are exceptional. He appears to have moved away from the traditional soft synthed Pegase we all knew him by to a dynamic melodic-pop dance scene- where he is equally as good. These two tracks are great. Grab em while you can.

Pegase – Wherever You Are (Demo)

Pegase – I Tried To Be You (Demo)

Pacific!, the guys from Sweden, churned out one hot remix to Poney Poney over the last couple of days. Pacific really did a number here. It will instantly catch you. If you feel like getting addicted to something click below.

Poney Poney – When Do You Wanna Stop Working? (Pacific! Remix)

As for Poney Poney, they recently released a number of new tracks to go with this one. Check em out if you want something a a lil more raw than this track. By The Numbers is the next best track on there (my biased opinion).

Making Love on a Monday

Here’s a little daily dose in something soulful to start your week off right. Disco Workout first introduced Fromage to me a few days ago. I’m very appreciative. The group has posted several free songs online for greedy downloaders like myself to get a hold of. Repeight and Vicious are both tracks worth seeking out. This remix of Chaz Jenkel’s You’re My Occupation is electro-sensual. It’s a mix of heavy bass combined with some fluid vibrant beats and some hard hitting throwback vocals. If you’re a little confused, don’t worry, it will all come together. It’s a real treat for Monday mor…. afternoon. Enjoy!

Chaz Jenkel – You’re My Occupation (Fromage Remix)

So Fresh! Lifelike, The Twelves, Free Disco, Compuphonic

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In mid-March Lifelike dropped another funky fresh remix, this time, to My Secret Lover by The Private. This track is getting a lot of attention internationally, therefore it deserves to have a pit stop in Canada. Laurent Ash, aka Lifelike, has dropped some hella good stuff already on 317. It’s interesting to note the surname change as we all knew him by Heinrich back in the day. Check the post for the old intel as well as another dope track in So Electric.

Anyway, most people are either going to love or hate the Lifelike rendition of My Secret Lover. It’s danceable, funked out, and mad catchy. On the other hand, the vocals can be hit or miss with most. I’m still in the air. I’m not sure if I would dig it without Lifelike making it real, real nice.

The Private – My Secret Lover (Lifelike Remix) (DMCA rbr)

This next track was introduced to us by a good friend and family member of 317. Everyone knows the track Take On Me by A-Ha; if not by name then definitely by first listen. Anyway, it was decent way back when it emerged, but The Twelves have made it absolutely fantastic as some might say. Anyway I’ll let the track speak for itself. On a side note, I was informed the other day by erger that The Twelves are from Brazil- who would have thought?

A-ha – Take On Me (The Twelves Remix)

Left Field Boogie by Free Disco is a ridiculously good funk track. Horns, a solid bassline, and the odd laser- yes lasers, don’t judge it (prominent around 2:20 in the song). Whatever the instrument, Free Disco absolutely destroys it here. Left Field Boogie is an uptempo swing track that makes you want to move. It’s stellar, I seriously recommend. Oh and P.S. lasers are sweet. Where would we be without laser tag, laser pointers, and the gladiator “Laser” (from the 80′s show, not that Hogan crappp).

Free Disco – Left Field Boogie

Javelo is one of the alias’s the guys from Aeroplane used before they started. Thanks to their foundation Compuphonic was able to make something that gave me my daily dose of sweet synth vibes. He delivers on the sick remix to the Javelo track entitled Spleen. For those looking for the intel, in 2002 Compuphonic started to learn the basis of electro and music production. He signed to make his first production off the label Dirty Dancing records where he released five EP’s. His fame in Belgium gave him the opportunity to become a resident Dj. Since, Compuphonic has progressed through signing remixes for Kolombo, Tiga, the Presets, and Modular. Word on the street is he already has some new stellar tracks queued up for ’09, we’ll keep you posted.

Javelo – Spleen (Compuphonic Remix)

Get Excited, The Future is Sweet

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Wow, the people behind Valerie continue to impress me. They continuously unite great artists in phenomenal shows time and time again. Valerie Party, Paris, April 10th is no exception. It marks Electric Youth’s first European tour. Included alongside is College, Anoraak, and Maethelvin. April 10th in Paris is shaping up to be one hell of a night. To celebrate my love for Valerie and the upcoming show we kept it real simple.

College are sweet. I’m digging on a remix by 1928 that hit the Valerie Collective a couple days ago. This track is captivating. The vocals compliment the track so well and wow, don’t even get me started on the rhythm. Simply awesome. It’s pretty much continuously playing right now. Valerie’s promotional description is pretty spot on so I thought I would include it for the curious mind.

We have a highly-rated sound this week, the Australian 1928, who did me the wonderful favour of remixing ‘Can you kiss me first’. This remix stays faithful to the original in mood and character, but the addition of a feminine vocal allows us glance upon it in a completely different way.Valerie

College – Can You Kiss Me First (1928 Remix)

Also on the card April 10th is Maethelvin, which coincidentally is incredible. I stumbled across a demo track by him about a week ago that really impressed me. Caught up with work I neglected to toss up a post. No longer procrastinating I now have an excuse to share this track. Maethelvin = great.

Maethelvin – Delight (Demo)

To continue in the spirit of the April 10th show in Paris, (with Electric Youth, College, Anoraak, and Maethelvin…yadda yadda, going to be a great show) included below is the video link to College’s track “She Never Came Back,” which feature Hamilton’s Electric Youth. The screenplay for the video is by Frantz Lasorne and Nicolas Guyon. It’s a great track and the video is fresh out the oven. Get it while it’s hot.

College – She Never Came Back (Vimeo Video Link)