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Neon Genesis: quite possibly the best cartoon ever, addressing human isolation and interconnection alongside a religiously oriented apocalypse so beautifully. It’s a really powerful work. Pics courtesy of RentonArg. He has some sick wallpapers to check out if you like anime. Tip: view the images in a seperate window for the full sizes.

First let me point out a new addition to the site: right on the left hand side there’s now a “Post Music” button that you can follow if you want to throw up some of your music or events. It’s all about you, and I’d love the interaction/discussion… I plan on adding a “Chicago Icons” tab as well, featuring links to artists/venues/promoters that will help navigate this crazy city. Stay tuned.

Now on to the music. More Neon Coyote on the way here, this time a clever little edit of the Radioclit remix of Bonde Do Role’s “Gasolina” as well as a Sid & Nancy/Symbol One/MIA cut- gotta love it. Their vocal work continuously bangs, balanced and forthright, these guys are so tight. Wanna hear what they pound like live? Check out the Cakeshop Disco mixtape. Versatile. I could probably do without the PDiddy (I’m just a hater. lol)- but God! That Kelis remix is hot. And just wait until I get the greenlight to post some of Chico Love’s gangster mixes, he’s another Epic Banger that chills with the ‘Coyote. I’m sitting on a tape that’s burning a hole through my jeans. Patience is a virtue I suppose.

Bonde Do Role - Gasolina (Radioclit Remix Neon Coyote Edit)

Neon Coyote - M.I.A.M.U.S.I.C.

Neon Coyote Live @ The Cakeshop Disco

True enough to my word, I was able to score another Redial track. I gave the Sydney group an intro last week, and here is a follow up track called “Close Them”, and close them it does. Very much an anthem-electro tune, it starts out with a Twilight Zone feel and progresses into a full-on fist pumping onslaught.I’m sure it resonates twice as well live as it does on your headphones. I’ll be looking forward to hearing more of their stuff.

Redial - Close Them

A little bit late to the topic, I’ve been banging out Stereoheroes in my car ritually. What else is a loud stereo system for, eh? “Fing Fang Foom” reminds me of the SebastiAn “Motor” track that winds up and up and up and up. It’s like muscles contracting until they snap in half. Or an engine pushing and pushing until it finally explodes. Anyone ever seen “Neon Genesis“- right at the ending when everyone is blowing up.. (not gonna ruin the ending)? It’s like that. Someone reading this has seen it. No doubt. Screw it, I’m featuring all that artwork today.

Stereoheroes - Fing Fang Foom

Stereoheroes - Boom Slang

After checking out You Can Call Me Peslki, another great blog that kicked off at the start of the year (though he’s on a hiatus for a little bit as of now), I found an overlooked Klaxons remix that took me for a ride. The track has been around for over a year and a half, but for some reason was posted on relatively few music blogs despite being a great take on the Klaxons staple. And for some icing, here’s another Crookers track that I found at Pelski as well. Killer bounce, wicked drum rolls.. A pocket ace for any DJ trying to get a crowd movin’.

Klaxons - Atlantis To Interzone (Ayia Napa To Interzone Tapedeck Remix)

Crookers - My Penny

This one isn’t a Neon Genesis pic, it’s a Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya image. Not quite sure what that is, but the pic is pretty sweet. So whateva.

I thought that I was done posting the Yelle “Ce Jeu” remixes, but they just keep popping up on my radar and I can’t quite shake my adoration for the original, so here we are: “Ce Jeu” straight merked by The Videoband. I’m not sure how you spell ‘merk’, but in Chicago, my buddies say that in place of kill, as in “my landlord is such an asshole, someday he’s gonna come over and I’m gonna straight merk him and throw his body in the dumpster.” This aches of a Sesame Street episode (btw it’s Mr. Rogers’ 80th BDay) but the term was new to me when I moved back here and I thought I would share it with you.. Anyways, The Videoband is an outift out of Rotterdam that I stumbled upon after my last Kills remix post by NiteCells over at Tuftsmania (always always great music). They have a few killer (and i mean fucking killer) remixes that are worth taking a look at, and they’re one of the few groups that rock so hard and yet have little attention thus far. I’m sure that will change very rapidly. I’ll try to get more of their stuff, but for now this is what I have to offer you.

The Kills - Cheap and Cheerfull (The Videoband Re-Distortion)

Yelle - Ce Jeu (Slaughtered By The Videoband)

Sugababes - About You Now (About The Videoband Remix)

Photo by Toni Francois

Justice is in town tomorrow for the Chicago wing of their Myspace Music Tour featuring Diplo , and if you remember the last gig at Smartbar- one: you weren’t partying hard enough, and two: you probably already have tickets to the event. And if you do, you should feel special because the show sold out some time ago, leaving people on craigslist both desperate and demanding. It’s a shame. I had two extras that I was planning on posting about, but they’ve been had already. Sorry. I told you cats a while back to go and cop tickets (go buy Hot Chip tickets, btw)… Here’s a video of Genesis taken recently that I found on Youtube if you want to prep yourself for it all. Look at the comments for firsthand accounts. Looks like they have a different light setup than the last time I saw them. I guess we’ll see.

Scenerio Rock - Skitzo Dancer (Justice Remix)

Justice - Phantom Pt. II (Boys Noize Remix)

But if you slept on those tickets and are kicking yourself right now, don’t be discouraged- there is an afterparty at Sonotheque where the Parisian duo will be spinning for a charity event with Sirhan, John Herndon and the Gutter Butter DJs. So you’ll be able to catch a party tonight if you get there early. I’m guessing really early. There’s also a party at Debonair with Diplo, Dani Deahl, Derek Specs, Joe Vortech & Local Hero! Aaand, there’s the FlybyNight event with Dave Nada, Jackie O, Willy Joy & Capcom at Empire Liquors across the street! Not to mention an afterparty for that over at Evil Olive with DJ Zebo!! Christ Almighty!

But you’ll more than likely catch me at Smartbar, however, for The Bloody Beetroots‘ own version of the afterparty with The Glamour. Judging by how hard they rocked at Vision the other weekend with MSTRKRFT & Lazaro Casanova, I’m really looking forward to more ‘Beetroots. Few rock parties that hard. Here’s a new song of theirs floating around recently, that I found through onewordfish. Really clean. You might remember it from the Justice X-Mas mix that I posted a little while back.

The Bloody Beetroots - We Are From Venice (La Serenissima)

One of the more interesting compilation projects of last year was the Buffet Libre Verbena Selected mixtape. The idea was to take some of the larger up-and-coming electronic acts and ask them to contribute one of their favorite songs into a full length piece produced by Buffet Libre. 15,000 downloads within less than 3 months later, they started thinking that maybe it might be time for a follow-up. Today I was sent the second compilation in their series, with tracks courtesy from everyone from Cut Copy to The Glimmers to Girl Talk. It’s really interesting to see what some of these groups picked as their songs.

Buffet Libre DJs - Verbena Selected 2

For another experiment, we have us the Verbena Rewind project, where the Buffet Libre DJ’s went around requesting a whole bunch of bloggers, including Pardon My Freedom, Get Weird Turn Pro, IHeartComix, D Squared and a whole lot of great music sources (including me ;oP) a single 80’s track for another mix. And the results are great, each saying a lot about the individual people who participated and how early music influenced them. It’s all very reflective. I chose “Six Different Ways” for my single because I’m a huge Cure fan and because that song is totally awesome. Compiled into a two part mixtape, there are separate files and tracklistings. Enjoy.

Buffet Libre DJs - Verbena Rewind Part 1

Buffet Libre DJs - Verbena Rewind Part 2

Simian Mobile Disco (photo by Milon)

We have quite a few days in store for us here in Chicago, coming in the wake of one of the more intense weekends I’ve had. But there is no time to rest. Tonight, Simian Mobile Disco will be playing at Sonotheque along with Dark Wave Disco (03.17.08). The last show I saw of theirs was really evocative: pillars of light surrounding a circular table, stocked full of equipment that they rotated around. Here’s a video of their performance at Studio B that illustrates the spectacle pretty well.

The Presets - Are You The One (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)

Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe

Vito and Druzzi from The Rapture are also going to be playing a DJ set over at Evil Olive for Rehab Monday with Jordan Z & Florida Mike (link?) (03.17.0 . Rehab always gets a consistently crazy group of kids in there, plus with awesome drink specials I never have to kill my wallet. I just with that they’d get the DJ booth onto the first floor somehow, that’s my only reservation about it. Check out the Alex Metric remix.

The Rapture - Get Myself Into It (SebastiAn Remix)

The Rapture - The Devil (Alex Metric/Metricity Bootleg)

Digitalism (photo by Mr Kaplan)

Tomorrow, March 18th, my favorite electronic outfit of 2007 (for real) is gracing Subterannean. The German duo Digitalism will be playing alongside Guns’N'Bombs, and I am doing whatever I can to get myself prepared for all of it.. I missed their last performance in the Chi because I was back in Arizona, so I’m really glad that they returned- especially alongside some of my favorite LA bangers, GNB. Welcome back Johnny. Tomorrow should be off the chain! On a side note, I could probably listen to Pogo for the rest of my life and not get tired of that track. Golden. Check this video for a little preview.

Digitalism - Pogo

Digitalism - Zdarlight (Bag Raiders Shout It All Out Edit)

Nico Vega - Cocaine Cooked The Brain (Guns’N'Bombs Remix)

And as if that was all! Riot In Belgium will be hitting up Funky Buddha Lounge for another Outdanced! event with Dark Wave Disco on Tuesday (03.17.0 . The last gig I saw them play out here was at Sonotheque and they killed it. Last year, “La Musique” was definitely one of the hottest tracks that hit the airwaves. That song still kills crowds every time I see it played. The JBAG edit is a nice finish. And Alex Gopher with Riot In Belgium and Knightlife (via indie dancefloor)?? What a combo.

Alex Gopher - Aurora (Riot In Belgium & Knightlife Remix)

Riot In Belgium - La Musique (JBAG Re-Edit)

Riot In Belgium (photo by Suzurooooo..)

Artwork by Buckaroo Kid

And here is a ridiculously nasty remix of The Kills‘ “Cheap and Cheerful” courtesy of non other than Nite Cells. I guess the feedback from their previous Kills remix, “URA Fever,” was fair enough to demand another. Well that’s alright with me, because in my mind there’s nothing better than a breakneck, take-no-prisoners electro track. I’ll take two, as Nibbons would say.

The Kills - Cheap And Cheerful (Nite Cells Bored Robot Remix)

TheKills - URA Fever (IMA Fever Nite Cells Remix)

Time for some Plimsouls. The Get Cape Wear Cape Fly remix is everything I need on a beautiful and sunny day here in Chicago. Glitchy, bouncy and full of a rejuvenating carelessness, the strings section that comes forth at the end of the song is a great touch. On to “Contact” for a second, here’s another example of Plimsouls’ unique production techniques, helping lend the artist more intrigue than I’d be generous enough to give most artists producing right now.

Get Cape Wear Cape Fly - Find The Time (Plimsouls Remix)

Plimsouls - Contact

This may be an unusual post, but I thought I’d throw it out there: today I was sent a link to an interview with Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails. He recently released a 36 track instrumental album called “Ghosts” that he said would not have been possible within the confines of a record label. Good for him. I’ve always had tremendous respect for his work. “Pretty Hate Machine” is still up there for all time greatest albums ever produced. It’s hard to knock Reznor’s ambition, vision and talent. But as it stands, I’m kind of afraid of Trent Reznor. Gnarls Barkley already tried to kill me this year (probably because I hated on their new shit), so I’m just gonna throw this link at you if you wanna take a listen to the album.

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts Interview Segment 1

Back to some Ed Banger records for a minute. DSL released a new EP appropriately titled “Invaders” featuring their original “Invaders” tracks alongside remixes by Busy P, Djedjotronic and Zoukatronic (link?). Pretty hot stuff there. You can purchase the EP at Bleep if you wanna get yourself a copy of it. And there will be a long-awaited EP by our most pious of Ed Bangers, Justice, ready for you to gush all over as soon as it hits the shelves. For now, we have the Surkin edit of the classic, but coming up you can expect versions by LA Riots, Todd Edwards and Les Petits Pilous as well as an exclusive Justice edit. And here’s the new music video in case you missed it on every other blog in the planet.

DSL - Invaders

Justice - DVNO (Surkin Remix)

My mailbox blew up this week with Redial, from Sydney. Funny it wasn’t my cell phone, right? The Daft Punk “One More Time” remix was the lure, for sure. The “45 Overdrive” was the payoff. The “One More Time” effort is a nice touch to the timeless classic. My favorite part of it is the drop after the first minute and a half. It really works for me. I’m really liking what I’m hearing on their myspace as well. I’ll try to get some more of their tunes to throw at you guys soon. I wish I could be down there for the Gameboy/Gamegirl EP launch that’s kicking of on April 11th. That oughtta be a rocking good time.

Daft Punk - One More Time (Redial Goes To Hell Refix)

Redial - 45 Overdrive

To close this one out with some class I’ll bring in Anoraak. More pop oriented, 80’s inspired dance music that I’d usually associate with an artist like Deadmau5, I’ve been really pulled towards his work for some time now. After his discovery upon the College remix a couple months back, I’ve always been excited when I come across some of his new (or old) material. He seems to be picking up some popularity as of late, I hope that his yields some more of his music. Check out this remix of The Outrunners.

The Outrunners - Cool Feeling (Anoraak Remix)

Artwork from Dockera.com

To help bring in MSTRKRFT right, it’s time to throw down some Death From Above 1979. For those of you who are not in the know -which is hope is a small fraction- DFA79 was the group that JFK of the ‘KRFT & Sebastian Grainger came together to form. Elephant noses and all, they turned heads the world over before the electro-punk duo kicked the bucket and each went on to continue to alter the face of music seperately.

Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights (The Phones Lovers Remix)

Death From Above 1979 - Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Johnatron, from over at DiscoWorkout, dropped (always droppin’ the hot shit) a Squarepusher remix the other day with his “My Red Hot Car” edit. It’s nice to see people referring back to the classics, I don’t know where my head would be without Squarepusher banging in my headphones my entire highschool career. Some of the most influential music that I listened to when I was younger came from his direction.

Squarepusher - My Red Hot Car (Johnatron Remix)

Another track that I’ve been chilling on, zoning out to in a nostalgic daze, is Solid Gold’s “Who You Gonna Run To?”, off of their self titled EP. I’m really vibing to it, and though it is such a nice piece with it’s casual tone, I do like what Woltie did with it. Love the brass. I know that I’ve said it before, but I always feel that the best electronic music is sad.

Solid Gold - Who You Gonna Run To?

Solid Gold - Who You Gonna Run To? (Wotlie Remix)

John from Neon Coyote turned me on to this Yeasayer remix by local Chicago artists Hey Champ DJ’s. Its hard to even explain how much I like this song. I’ve been told numerous times to peep the Yeasayer album, this is now repositioning it on my priorities, for sure. Spending a majority of their time as Hey Champ, every now and then Jonathan Marks, Saam Hagshenas, Pete Dougherty find time to whip up some killer electronic jems, as Hey Champ DJ’s, that I hope to feature more of in the near future. Hey Champ recently released a live EP that you can cop on iTunes as well, so go do that.

Yeasayer - Sunrise (Hey Champ Remix)

Time for a fat throwback for all y’all this weekend. What’s solid about this tune is that all you neon hipster kids won’t have to change gear to rock out to it, these fools pioneered that shit. LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! Who wants to remix this one for me? Toss some bass on it and let ‘er rip. Give it a shot, eh?

Kim Wilde - Kids In America

To top this all off, we have Roccanova dropping in to throw a “NYC Beat” remix at all y’all. If there’s a better track to drop on a crowd of kids in this city, let me know. Every time I see a DJ play this for a crowd in my city the dancefloor sets on fire. I’m glad we have Rocc on top of things, ready to show us another side of the classic. And just for tonight, to further amp myself up, i gotta toss on the MSTRKRFT remix one more time, right??

Armand Van Helden - NYC Beat (Roccanova Remix)

MSTRKRFT - She’s Good For Business (Roccanova Remix)

I knew that it would happen at some point, but I didn’t figure that it would be at Vision. I guess the largest nightclub in the city is probably the best venue for one of the largest up-and-coming acts in the world. MSTRKRFT is set to land tomorrow with LA Riots, The Bloody Beetroots & Lazaro Casanova and Dark Wave Disco! I’m so excited that I can’t even really phrase it without the aid of explicit hand gestures and random limb-spasms. This is going to be huge.

The last I saw MSTRKRFT was at Coachella, where they decimated a massive crowd in the dance tent. Before that, it was back in Scottsdale where they opened for John Digiweed (blowing him out of the water) at Axis/Radius for the Diamonds ‘07 Tour. Lazaro Casanova was a nice surprise to see on the lineup. Also, consistently one of the best acts from way out west, LA Riots are known for stellar remix work and amazing live performances. They’ll be there too. You may have seen them last at Smartbar with Treasure Fingers a few months ago. As far as the ‘Beetroots go, there’d better be someone ready to stuff a wallet in my mouth when they land on the decks- ’cause I’m gonna freak out. Go buy a ticket. You really really don’t want to miss this. (big ups to Brrrln for the Gopher)..

The Crystal Method - Keep Hope Alive (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Martin Solvieg - Cest La Vie (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)

Alex Gopher - The Game (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)

The Knife - You Make Me Like Charity (Lazaro Casanova Tax)

LA Riots - Kill Bill

For the 26th No Love Lost Records mixtape we have none other than Charlie Fanclub (from Derby, of course!) dropping an hour worth of banging electro tracks for you all to cut rugs to. It’ an honor to bestow it upon you guys. At the start of the tracklist there are three spankin’ new Fanclub originals, including “Scissor Hands,” Pleasure From Disgrace” and “Mr. Belvedere,” along with a whole setlist of killer tunes all thrown together for your listenin’ pleasure. Enjoy this one.

Charlie Fanclub Exclusive NLLR Mix

01. Charlie Fanclub - “Scissor Hands (Ice Dance Intro)”
02. Charlie Fanclub - “Pleasure From Disgrace”
03. Charlie Fanclub - “Mr. Belvedere”
04. Yelle - “A Cause Des Garcons (Tepr Remix)”
05. Charlie Fanclub - “Jet”
06. Trip - “Who’s That? (Jack Beats Remix)”
07. Popof - “Alcoolic”
08. Sebastien Tellier - “Plug It”
09. Charlie Fanclub - “Dirty Blonde”
10. Bobmo - “Freak Me”
11. Outlander - “The Vamp (Kevin Gorman Remix)”
12. Burnski - “Pop3″
13. Paul Johnson - “Get Get Down (Charlie Fanclub Remix)”
14. Darone - “The Time Has Come”
15. Dohr Mangold - “Sunrise 5:30am (Style Of Eye Remix)”
16. The Chemical Brothers - “Boot It Again (Mowgli Remix)”
17. Michael Jackson - “Wanna Be Startin’ Something (Streetlife DJs Remix)
18. WTF? - “Chicken”
19. Huoratron - “$$ Troopers (Charlie Fanclub Remix)”
20. Charlie Fanclub - “Frankenhooker”
21. Timbaland - “Miscommunication (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)”
22. Charlie Fanclub - “Nightbreed”
23. Martin Solveig - “C’est La Vie (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)”
24. Felix Da Housecat - “Silver Screen Shower Scene (Thin White Duke Remix)”