Now that we finally have some summer weather here in the Northwest part of the country, I thought it would be a great way to celebrate the summer solstice this weekend with a fun and eclectic summer mix. The Management from Brooklyn might have changed their name to the acronym MGMT but their sound hasn’t changed a bit. Their new album is called ‘Oracular Spectacular’ and the second single to be released is ‘Electric Feel’. I can’t get enough of this song. They recorded the song with a layer of distortion that makes it sound like your speakers are blown. It’s not your speakers, so don’t worry about it the first time you hear it.

Ian Brown from Stone Roses fame does a great cover of MJ’s Thriller. If you remember this was one of the first music videos that had almost the same amount of production and cost of a major motion picture. Fujiya and Miyagi’s Collarbone is being used in a Miller Lite commercial. I imagine that they’ve made more money from that song being used in a commercial than they did in album sales. Congrats is in order though since it’s a great song nonetheless.

I had to throw in Yelle as an ode to one of my favorite bands from the 80’s, Heaven 17. Since we’re into that retro ’80’s sound, how about some old Gary Numan? From 1979’s The Pleasure Principle it’s ‘M.E.’ which some of you may recognize as being sampled by The Basement Jaxx in ‘Where’s Your Head At?’.

Parov Stelar’s lastest album is called ‘Shine’ a brilliant mix of jazz, Charleston and breaks. I pulled a mellower vocal track off the album with some great horns and changes. Last song in the mix is a classic Strike Boys track. This one has a great heavy bass line that blew up a stack of bass bins at an outdoor concert of few years back. Probably the most expensive song I’ve ever played.

1. Electric Feel – MGMT
2. Revolution Solution – Thievery Corporation
3. Thriller – Ian Brown
4. Valerie (Feat. Amy Winehouse) – Mark Ronson
5. Money In The Bag (K&S Remix) – Kraak & Smaak
6. Salvador Diaspora (Fort Knox Five Mix) – Rex Riddem
7. Collarbone – Fujiya & Miyagi
8. Reasons (Saturday Night) – Faithless
9. Ce Jeu – Yelle
10. M.E. – Gary Numan
11. Predict The Day – Ladytron
12. Good Bye Emily – Parov Stelar
13. Music Make me Feel So Good – Static Revenger
14. Cocaine Is A Sin – The Strike Boys

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The latest Dave Gahan solo project is called ‘Hourglass’ and ‘Kingdom’ is the standout track on this release. Listen to ‘Hourglass’ once and you’ll realize that he’s the dark side of Depeche Mode. I heard the Yelle track a couple of times before it dawned on me that it’s basically Heaven 17’s ‘Let Me Go’ with some fresh new French lyrics thrown over it. We’ll it’s not the whole song. They loopt part of it and even threw in the killer break, but it’s basically Heaven 17. Felt like an idiot that I didn’t hear it right away since ‘Let Me Go’ is one of my favorite Heaven 17 songs. Herbert’s remix of Jamie Lidell almost makes it a different song and Mark Ronson’s ‘Stop Me’ is a great Mash-Up of the Smiths and the Supremes. Probably the best song on his latest album ‘Version’. I love almost everything Deadmau5 is releasing lately and was stoked to see that he’ll be playing at Coachella this spring. It’s an expensive show, but you almost have to go all 3 days with the line up they have this year.

1. Kingdom – Dave Gahan
2. See Me Now – Cassius
3. Ce Jeu – Yelle
4. Multiply (Herbert’s Hoedown Bump) – Jamie Lidell
5. Moisture – Headman
6. Stop Me (Album Version) – Mark Ronson
7. Happy Feet (Yuksek Remix) – Klanguage
8. Pictures – Sneaky Sound System
9. Love Sweet Sound – Groove Armada
10. Cut Right Through – Cicada
11. Overpowered (Seamus Haji Remix) – Roisin Murphy
12. Not Exactly – Deadmau5

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Here is a copy of the live mix at the Gypsy that we broadcast the other week on 94/7fm. I’ve been getting tons of mails asking about this mix, so I thought I would post it so that you can listen to it once again. The next Cocktail Mix will be on Friday July 27th. So far no location has been confirmed so stay tuned for that one.

Here’s the playlist and the mix:

1. Straight Up Front (Parov Stelar Mix) – Djosos Krost
2. All Good (Noiseshaper Dance Dub) – Zeroleen
3. Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above – CSS
4. I get around – Dragonette
5. Let’s Get Physical – Black Ghosts
6. The End – Lo-Fi-Fnk
7. The Things You Say – Cicada
8. I Love It (Riot In Belgium Forest Rave Mix) – Sneaky Sound System
9. 1234 (VanShe Technologic Remix) – Feist
10. It’s Too Late (Dirty South Mix) – Evermore Vs Dirty South
11. The Acid Never Lies (3pm Rough Rave Mix) – Riot In Belgium
12. Cheated Hearts (Peaches Remix) – Yeah Yeah Yeas
13. My Piano (Original) – Hot Chip
14. 23 Minutes In Brussels (With Philiip) – My Robot Friend
15. Everything Counts (Huntemann & Bodzin Dub) – Depeche Mode

Live Cocktail Mix at the Gypsy, Portland Oregon

Here’s another Vee Mix for June. It’s actually hard to figure out which mix to post since I’m doing 2 mixes a week for 94/7fm and I don’t want too much crossover with previous months but at the same time I also want to showcase as much new music as possible. However, the Cocktail mixes for the radio need some familiarity so you’ll probably recognize a few older songs as well.

Hot Chip was just in Portland at the Wonder Ballroom on the 11th and I wanted to add a new track of theirs off the Hot Chip DJ Kicks release to promote the show. Also, Feist is coming to the Chrystal Ballroom on the 25th so I threw in a great remix of “My Moon, My man” by Boys Noize. They did an amazing job with an already cool track.

1. Drugs In My Body – Thieves Like Us
2. See What You Get – Groove Armada
3. I Get Around (Midnight Juggernaut Mix) – Dragonette
4. My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix) – Feist
5. La Musique – Riot In Belgium
6. White On White Crime (Shirkan Remix) – The Jai-Alai Savant
7. I Know Kung Fu (Nightmoves Remix) – SHITDISCO
8. Sound Of Copper (Soni Code Remix) – LCD Soundsystem
9. My Piano (Original) – Hot Chip
10. Lonely Hearts – Joakim
11. Gravitys Rainbow (Van She Remix) – Klaxons

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