The xx coming to Doug Fir on the 26th with Friendly Fires.
Okay, so I missed September but I’m going to make it up to you with a double set of mixes this month. For now we’ll just pretend it’s still October….sunny, warm and dry.
I was a little late on the Fever Ray bandwagon but better late than never and now I’m hooked. The Knife’s Karin Dreijer Andersson’s solo project is amazing. The xx remind me of a mix between Mazzy Star and Hot Chip. Mazzy Star for the mellowness and Hot Chip for the quirkiness. Interesting that they just announced a spring tour with Hot Chip. Only 4 US dates so far and nothing in the Northwest but hopefully they’ll add some dates.
YACHT is a local Portland band and they are getting lots of write ups in the music press. This Classixx remix of their “hit” song is excellent. Miike Snow is coming back to Portland in April and will be playing at the Hawthorne Theater. Their show at Doug Fir last month was sold out. Get your tickets early for this show.
Passion Pit will be in Portland for the 94/7fm December to Remember concert series. They’ll be at the Crystal Ballroom on December 7th. They were in Eugene a couple of months ago but didn’t play in Portland. Don’t miss this show.
Really enjoying the latest Simian Mobile Disco album. They’ll be at the Wonder Ballroom on the 28th of this month.
You really have to check out the Florence and the Machine’s cover of The Source’s “You Got The Love”. The original is great but the xx’s remix is simply amazing!
1. Seven – Fever Ray
2. Shelter – The xx
3. Psychic City (Classixx Remix) – Yacht
4. Song for No One – Miike Snow
5. A New Chance – The Tough Alliance
6. Major Lazer – Cash Flow (Classixx Glass Bottom Dub Mix)
7. Missing The Light Of The Day – Air
8. Moths Wings – Passion Pit
9. Earthquake (Treasure Fingers’ Epicwave Mix) – Little Boots
10. White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes
11. Audacity of Huge (feat. Chris Keating) – Simian Mobile Disco
12. You Got The Love (The XX Remix) – Florence And The Machine
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One of my latest Cocktail Mixes for 94/7fm in Portland. Starting off with a great track from Spanish outfit “Delorean”. They’ve been remixing various artist’s tracks for a while but they’ve really created a nice sound on their own their own record. Holy Ghost! are from Brooklyn and you have to love the fact that we have such a great sounding electro outfit in the US of A! Great remix by Los Angeles band Classixx. Miike Snow is coming to Portland and will be playing at Doug Fir on October 1st. Lots of remixes of Animal out there but I think the Treasure Fingers Mix beats them all. Lifelike did a monster job on Moby’s latest track, Mistakes and I love what John Bourke did with Haddaway’s, What is Love. Brazil’s The Twelves added some heavy beats to Fleetfoxes and John Legend collaborating with MSTRKRFT was a pleasant surprise for me. Finishing off with a classic from X-Press 2 featuring David Byrne. This is a timeless track.
1. Seasun – Delorean
2. Hot Lips (Staygold Remix) – Pacific!
3. I Will Come Back (Classixx Acapulco Nights Version) – Holy Ghost!
4. The Girl And The Robot – Röyksopp
5. Animal (Treasure Fingers Remix) – Miike Snow
6. Bulletproof – La Roux
7. Mistakes (Lifelike Remix) – Moby
8. What Is Love – John Bourke
9. Behind The Wheel (Electroca$h Mix) – Depeche Mode
10. White Winter Hymnal (The Twelves Remix) – Fleet Foxes
11. Heartbreaker Feat. John Legend – MSTRKRFT
12. Lazy Feat. David Byrne – X-Press 2
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I just love this track. Throw in some great 80′s synth sounds and push it to the point of distortion. Catchy hook and interesting vocals by Elly Jackson. They’re actually doing a short US tour this month. Closest show for me is Seattle on July 28th at Chop Suey. Looks like Portland is getting passed up on once again.
Here’s one of my latest cocktail mixes which was featured on 94/7fm in Portland. The Area54 Mixes are on every Tuesday and Friday at 6pm. You can also listen online at 947.fm, or you can check this site or the area54 site for archives of the shows.
Been playing Lo-Fi-Fnk for a couple of years now but really like this track which I pulled off of the Maison Kitsune 6 compilation. Number 7 is already coming out next month and it looks like another great compilation with some really ripping tracks. I had to go back to the granddaddies of the genre with an older New Order track from their 1985 LP Low Life. I remember playing that album so much that I had to get a second copy because I wore out the vinyl. It’s amazing listening to New Order and realizing how influential they were for many of the bands that are currently getting airplay with the new electro 80′s sound that’s so prevalent today.
The Presets were just in Portland and put on a great show. I like their live act but they are definitely a studio band. Not that that’s a bad thing, it’s just hard to reproduce their studio produced sound in a live venue. I’m still up in the air about the new U2 album. This is a nice remix by Fred Falke, but I’ve come to expect more from him. I only have the edit so maybe the extended version offers a bit more but so far I’ve been left cold by both the latest U2 effort and the remixes I’ve been hearing. Judge for yourself.
Moby has a new album coming out next month called ‘Wait for Me’. I’ve heard one track from it so far and it sounds really mellow. Seems like he’s following up his last album pretty quickly though. Finishing off the set with some older standards by M.I.A and a great Plump DJ’s track featuring one of my favorite vocalists; Gary Numan.
1. Want U – Lo-Fi-Fnk
2. Forever [Feat. Neneh Cherry] – Kleerup
3. Sub-culture – New Order
4. This Boy’s In Love – The Presets
5. Magnificent (Fred Falke Remix – Edit) – U2
6. I Left My Heart In Tokyo (Fred Falke Dub) – Mini Viva
7. Lift Me Up (Mylo Mix) – Moby
8. I Remember – Deadmau5 & Kaskade
9. Boyz (The Twelves Remix) - M.I.A.
10. Pray For You (Feat. Gary Numan) - Plump DJs
11. Lights Out – Santogold
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