Simplicity is a great thing. But when it’s completed by a hip-hop producer under a new project title called Dr Don Don and fed through the roots of Mr DCup (more commonly known from ‘We Speak No Americano’) and Two Fresh (going down the route of all things filtered, looped and disco).. it can only be that little bit more refreshing. A sensational capture into a real musical art form puts ‘King Of The Stars’ on the map – committing a whole new emphasis in the word sunshine! Really, really nice!!!
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Prins + DCUP [2 For 1 Wednesday]
Before we get started, none of these tracks are new. I’ve received a bit of flack from readers in the past when I don’t clearly clarify when a track was made. So sorry to those hoping for some new Prins and DCUP to grace A/N. Honestly, between teaching and tutoring I just haven’t had a few extra days to clean out the inbox. I will be doing that very soon. In the meantime, we’ve received tons and tons of snow around Toronto. These tunes are perfect for this kind of weather. They are soft, sensual, a little bit emo, and full of flare.
Nordic producer/DJ/remixer extraordinaire Prins Thomas (Thomas Moen Hermansen) dealt out a wonderful take to Al Usher’s Lullaby For Robert. This remix package includes Thomas, Gatto Fritto, and Bogdan Irkük. The Lullaby For Robert EP is available on most major online retailers. This track uses a variety of elements to create a smooth, subtle vibe perfect for those light snowy rides in to work early in the morning.
As a bonus you can find the stellar 2009 hit remix Together Lonely from DCUP below. The remix package saw a handful of other artists give their rendition to the track. You can find the other versions on Hype Machine. DCUP’s version is my favourite and the drop three minutes in is awesome.
Al Usher – Lullaby For Robert (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
BONUS!
DCUP [More Remixes]
DCUP resurfaced a lot for me this past week. I’m not sure why that was but the Australian sure has a resounding amount of skills. With it being the weekend, I thought we could all use a little more DCUP in our lives. Below are some notables not on this site yet- but they should be. For more, check out some previous posts we’ve done on DCUP here. They all hold some unique and delicious beats- especially the Rainbows of Death remix to Style as well as the Phonat mix to Love Hits The Fan.
GRUM – Can’t Shake This Feeling (DCUP Remix)
Pablo Calamari – Think About You (DCUP Remix)
June 2010 Recap
Top tracks for June 2010:
1. The National – Afraid Of Everyone (We Plants Are Happy Plants Remix)
2. Phonat – Love Hits The Fan (DCUP Remix)
3. Dragonette – Easy (Fabian Remix)
4. The Drums – Forever And Ever Amen (Saint Etienne Remix)
5. Monarchy – Love Get Out Of My Way (Holy Ghost feat. Dixon Remix)
Check out the Monthly 5 section to see all our archived top monthly downloads in one location.
Love Hits The Fan [DCUP + Bestrack + IAMONE]
Phonat’s single Love Hits The Fan was just re-released by One Love/Band Room from his self-titled album. To add to the release, the UK producer made a laidback second version of the track slowing things down a bit. Check it and grab it as a promo before heading over to buy the album, links listed below. And to make things even sweeter, grab a handful of those delicious Love Hits The Fan remixes that came to us over the years featuring some pretty spectacular artists…
Grab Phonat’s album off beatport here.
Phonat – Love Hits The Fan (Part II)
Phonat – Love Hits The Fan (DCUP Remix)
Phonat – Love Hits The Fan (Bestrack Remix)
Phonat – Love Hits The Fan (IAMONE Remix)
BONUS!
Round Up #6: ODahl, Röyksopp, DCUP, Holy Ghost, Angus and Julia Stone
Here’s some new fresh tunes for your ears:
ODahl’s newest to come my way entitled Hold Me is a sporadic and unique mix of tender lovin’ beats. The rapid pulsating synth that drops 30 secs in is marvelous. It surely is an epic tease to start the summer.
This instrumental is beautiful. Epic, clean and full of surprises, Röyksopp has made a lot of noise resurfacing to the top of my library. I honestly didn’t know the Norwegians had this soft element within them. Check out myspace for a collection of others that vary in style but staying within the electro genre.
Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast (Röyksopp True To Original Edit)
In a brand new remix package for The Aston Shuffle’s new single I Wanna See You came another splendid remix from DCUP. The Australian crew know how to make funky electro at its finest.
The Aston Shuffle – I Wanna See You (DCUP Remix)
An oldie but perfect for summer. Holy Ghost put their own touch on a Friendly Fires track- a rendition that could not easily be ignored.
Holy Ghost – On Board (Friendly Fires Cover)
BONUS!
To keep things right chill, here’s a soft indie track from Australia’s Angus and Julia Stone.
Round-Up #1: Muffin. YBC & DCUP. Softwar. Vindata.
Beautiful and sunny today! Here’s what hit my speakers the last little while:
This new track from 19 year-old Melbourne producer extraordinaire Muffin made my day. Real synth-odyssey landscape stuff. Simply stellar.
I always hold a special place for DCUP in my heart. The crew have recently graced my speakers with a ridiculous collaboration alongside Yolanda Be Cool.
Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – We No Speak Americano
I love this track. It’s been everywhere so I’m sure you’ve heard it but I felt I needed to toss it in somewhere. Softwar uses laid-back disco samples with the fruits of TDCC vocals to create some pure disco melodies. Soothing and intricate this track becomes real easy to lose yourself too.
Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyn (Softwar Remix)
BONUS!
The mainstream dance party track of the week goes to an aggressive edit of Young Money’s Bedrock by the Vindata crew.
Young Money – Bedrock (Vindata Dance Remix)
Rainbows of Death [DCUP Remix=Style]
I’m really digging this electro-funk mix to DCUP’s Style. It has tons of great flavour and the drops are soooo good!
There’s not much more I can tell ya right now, other than that this is damn good.
DCUP – Style (Rainbows of Death Remix)
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FUNK & SOUL [Archive]
Every now and then I like to open up the archives and reminisce about a couple tracks you may or may not have heard. It’s a little break from the usual flow of newer stuff one might find on here. So for the first installment I wanted to highlight the best funk and soul tracks to flow my way this past year. I know that’s a pretty bold statement considering the amount of tracks tossed up. This list is pretty subjective anyway. Each bring their own unique style to the genre. Real classy, I hope you enjoy em all.
Gwen McCrae was first introduced to me by my friend and local DJ, MEGAPHONETEETH. I think it came to him through the gems located on beat electric. This track is produced by Steve Alaimo for T. K. Prod., released in 1974 and is damn tasty.
Gwen McCrae – 90% of Me Is You
Electric Wire Hustle was a relatively new stumble for me that happened a couple months ago. I think I was just doing some random internet surfin and stumbled into a gem. I should have bought a lottery ticket that day. Oh well, at least I have this for the rest of my life.
Electric Wire Hustle – They Don’t Want
Raphael Saadiq is another piece introduced to me by MEGAPHONETEETH. What can I say, the guy has an ear for finding funk, soul, and jazz delights. When he showed it to me he described it as ‘a young michael.’ Do you agree?
Raphael Saadiq – 100 Yard Dash
Demis Roussos is another amazing soulful funk track I found last year while working on my last project. I simply love the vocals in this track. The horns, funky bassline all add different dynamics that made it easily one of my favorites and easiest to post.
BONUS!
Alright, while this is a little electrified rework it still has those delicious soulful elements. DCUP always know how to hit the spot. Another one from the archives but it’s just so damn good!
♫ Jazzanova feat. Ben Westbeech – I Can See (DCUP Remix)
If you have any tracks like these that you think others will enjoy, e-mail us or toss up a comment with the track info!
If You Wanna Come See Me
Beni & Sam Sparro recently released their official video to the relatively-new track Maximus. I’ve jumped back on the track since watching it. There’s something pure about watching little kids dance, especially the kids used within this music video. They just carry and transcend positive vibes.
♫ Beni & Sam Sparrow – Maximus (Original Edit)

Oh Pete Heller! I have been waiting around for a song like this to hit me for some time. His own personal remix encompasses a lot in nine minutes but every bit of it is great. Big Love contains remnants of some sweet Jazz-electro and soul. It is delicious in every way, with fade ups and downs, ending with one great dreamy soundscape. I got big love for Big Love!
♫ Peter Heller – Big Love (Heller’s Original Mix)

Friendly Fires new remix to Phoenix‘s Fences took me awhile to get used to. It falls a bit from the typical dance anthems we’ve been accustomed to over the last little while by the trio. It also has that very mainstream catchy feel to it. Maybe that’s what’s bothering me? Maybe it’s lacking the typical hook that usually captivates me through most of their tracks? I don’t know. Regardless, I’m now warming up to the new mix, but slowly. Check this out if you don’t already have it and let me know I’m not just nitpicking on the Fires.
♫ Phoenix – Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)

I found a damn good dub mix to Jazzanova‘s I Can See, a track that instantly became a classic to me once DCUP touched it up (here). Now DocDaneeka is giving it a shot. His dub-bump mix is laced with some heavy beats but maintains the original catchy jazz sequence that attracted me to the track in the first place. The result is a powerful combination.
♫ Jazzanova – I Can See (DocDaneeka’s dub-bump mix)

Baxter hit the blogosphere by storm this past week with the release of Proof. While it’s worth the buzz, I still don’t think it comes close to the likes of this next beauty. Placid Mind is an epic tease of electro and melodic vocals. Look for the breakdown three and a half minutes in, it’s gold.
BONUS!
Here’s some dynamite material I passed over last week that deserves a second go. Enjoy!
♫ Miike Snow – Black & Blue (Savage Skulls Remix) *****
♫ Touch Sensitive – Body Stop ***
Autumn Woes

Sept 22 already? Time flies. Posts are going to slow down a bit for me, but in turn get bigger. As I progress further into the semester, university tends to eat up the majority of my free time. Compounded by homework, my job, and planning one hell of a dance party for next semester, time is rather limited. Although we’ll still have weekly updates with lots of good noise for your ears. Speaking of which, check out the following:
I stumbled across a funky electric treat from the Sydney based duo DCUP the other day. The two really know how to create mesmerizing beats that mix genre and style to produce a unique original sound unmatched in the industry. The sax is brilliant. Funky, funky, funky!
♫ Pablo Calamari – I Bought My Wife On The Black Market (DCUP Remix)

I’m going to be one of the last blogs to cover this track but it is definitely THE disco-house track of the past week. Fred Falke delivers again and with his synth flare’s and electric drops it’s hard not to want to keep this track on repeat. More including this can be found off BURNS‘ new EP entitled Teknique and can be purchased off beatport.
♫ BURNS – First Move (Fred Falke Remix)

Missing summer already I turned to the Standing On The Shore remixes to bring a little bit of it back in my life. The best by far came from Cassian and Lifelike. Each are unique and bring something new to the table. Lifelike takes the title literally and reconstructed an instrumental fitting for the shore. Cassian returns this track to the dance floor. Both are great for different moments and moods, all pending where you are and what you’re digging.
♫ Empire Of The Sun – Standing On The Shore (Cassian Remix)
♫ Empire Of The Sun – Standing On The Shore (Lifelike Remix)
Lifelike is a busy man. Here’s another eclectic dreamy soundscape produced by the French man himself. Stellar stuff.

This next track is for all you heavier, aggressive junkies out there. Generally this isn’t for me, but the powerful ups and down’s, crazy drum intro, along the Beetroots signature synth drop makes it very difficult to not want to throw yourself around wherever you are. Dada Life and Alex Gopher… you make gooooooood music!
FROSH
(photo: digitracs)
DCUP‘s latest is another exceptional remix. This time the Sydney-based producer tossed up a unique spin to the Prior’s track What You Need. It’s fresh out the oven and couldn’t be any more delicious.
♫ Priors – What You Need (DCUP Remix)

We missed out on several remixes to 317 newcomer Bestrack last week while we were moving. He recently released his debut EP Sunset City and it is simply banging. Everything I have heard from him is brilliant. If you don’t have these tracks below, you need em. Every track offers something raw and unique. If you dig what you hear check out the EP. You won’t be disappointed.
The remix Justin Faust throws down is killer. It is guaranteed to get the floors going.
♫ GRUM – Woah (Bestrack Remix)
♫ Bestrack – With You (Justin Faust)
♫ Madonna – Into The Groove (Bestrack Remix)

Here’s something perfect to finally put an end to summer. I know it’s a little early but let’s face it, school’s in session and no one is booking anymore summer vacays. Night Max is another entangled member of the very fierce YALL production package we keep hearing so much about from Barcelona. He is very, very talented. Check out some earlier stuff here.
♫ Night Max – Beach Hut (192)
I caught hold of Mark Ronson‘s dub-reggae take to Miike Snow‘s Animal and wow is it ever fresh. The horn and key segment near the middle is perfect. To be honest I’m not quite sure how he masks the vocals to adapt to his funky-ass beat but he does, and it couldn’t be any smoother.
♫ Miike Snow – Animal (Mark Ronson)
BONUS:
Justin Faust is Still Kickin’

Give it up for Justin Faust. The man representing Valerie released a bunch of new remixes over the last few weeks that are incredible. Among the stack of beauties are these two gems. Mad danceable, mad catchy, mad vibrant, and mad good. Included in the new batch is also a new take on Missy Elliot’s Work It Out that has a lot of people talking. Listen in on hypem here. Find it hosted on Discodust if you want it. But to me that track has nothing on the two listed below.
♫ SomethingALaMode – Rondo Parisiano (Justin Faust Remix)
♫ Edwin Van Cleef – I Want You (Justin Faust Remix)
BONUS!
I don’t think I’m ever going to stop liking really funky tracks that combine variations of disco. With that in mind I’m also not going to fall off the DCUP bandwagon anytime soon. So when I first started getting into the group a few months back this track hit me and it instantly stuck. I think it will impress a lot of you. The same goes for Le Babar. He is also good… really good. His new funk track It’s On You is excellent. Check out his myspace for more fresh music in electro, house and funk.
It’s Party Time C.Wil
Funky electro is today’s theme and I have some great remixes to throw down. Proxy makes the pop sound of Mystery Jets real funkin’ good. The remix to Half In Love is excellent. Dirty and rhythmic, I can’t get enough.
♫ Mystery Jets – Half In Love (Proxy Remix)
Erger has been all over DCUP as evidence here, here, and well here. It’s now my turn. The terrific mash of funky electro from the Australian captivates me every time. Here’s another delicious banger for your speakers. It surely will not disappoint. Check the previous posts for more.














