I normally start my mixes slow and build them up as I go along. This time I did a decrescendo and worked my way back down. Great track to start off at around 135 BPM is by Dopamine and then working right into the Plump DJ’s ‘Pray for You’ featuring the vocals on none other than Gary Numan. It’s an older track from 2003 and sounds like the Plump’s wrote the song with Numan in mind. Numan turned 50 this year and he’s still going strong. One of my favorite bands from Toronto at the moment are Crystal Castles and Sinden does a great job with this remix. My last favorite band from Toronto was Martha and the Muffins. Remember them from back in the day?
Dutch LA resident, Junkie XL’s latest release is called “Booming at You” and it’s one loud record. He wasn’t kidding about the booming part. The dynamic range of the recording is pushing the high end of the spectrum and he’s got some resonate lows driving the bass. It’s crunchier than most hip hop records.
I put the Klaxons in there for Calvin who still loves to listen to this track way too loud. Had to put another Dutch plug in there with an older track from Martijn ten Velden. What’s up with the drinking water in Toronto?? MSTRKRFT are off the hook with Bounce as remixed by fellow Torontonians Mansion. Be on the lookout for a new release by the MSTRKRFT boys due out in January ’09 called, “Fist of God”.
The last track is a song I overlooked by a band from Texas called “Midlake”. I would classify them as Indie Rock, but at the same time, there’s a great mellow electro remix of their track “Roscoe” by Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve making the rounds. I picked up a dance remix by Jody Den Broeder who puts some dance floor magic into Midlake’s song. The mix ends around 127BMP. I guess I didn’t bring it down much at all! Enjoy.
1.Hold You – Dopamine
2.Pray For You (Feat. Gary Numan) – Plump DJs
3.When The Dawn Breaks (Dub Mix) – Narcotic Thrust
4.Crimewave (Sinden Remix) – Crystal Castles
5.Clash – Junkie XL
6.Burning Up – Ladytron
7.Gravity’s Rainbow (Van She Remix) – Klaxons
8.I Wish You Would (Martijn Ten Velden Mix) – Phunk Electric
9.Bounce (Mansion Remix) – MSTRKRFT
10.Pyramid (Dirty South Remix) – John Dahlbäck
11.Roscoe (Jody Den Broeder Remix) – Midlake