New Years Top Ten!!!

I recently went to this party in Rotterdam, club Watt, possibly the most depressing and disappointing party I've ever been to. It was supposed to be some kind of New Years party, on the 10th of September, don't bother asking me why, it was a sly attempt at humour by our host Eastpak and the highlights of the party were supposed to be Hot Chip, followed by Goose, who I expected nothing less than a night to remember. Hot Chip started up with "Ready for the Floor" remixed by Soulwax, I believe it was a special edit and it had my hopes high, following this amazing track came a continuous clamor of minimal music that sent me, disappointed, to the smoker's terrace hoping to smoke a joint while waiting for Goose... Around 3am, ther minimal still pumping, I decided to ask the Bouncer whether Goose had died or something, to which he replied that since there weren't enough people they weren't coming, so I left.

The point of all this is that it reminds me of posting a top ten, since Soulwax's remix of "Ready For The Floor" is definitely in there.

Here is what I consider a decent top ten, in no particular order:

Kissy Sell Out - Gonna Make You Mine (Kissy's Ghetto Fabulous Edit) [Buy]

Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (Soulwax Remix) [Buy]

Yuksek - Dat's Right [Buy]

Digitalism - Idealistic (A-Trak Remix) [Buy]

Don Diablo - Pain Is Temporary Pride Is Forever [Buy]

Does It Offend You, Yeah - Weird Science [Buy]

NASA - Whatcha Doin? (Villains Remix) [Buy]

The Rapture - Get Myself Into It (SebastiAn Remix) [Buy]

Santogold - Say Aha (Tepr Remix) [Buy]

Nacho Lovers - Acid Life (Surkin Remix) [Buy]

And one for the road since we have some kind of blog love going about for the Aston Shuffle:

NASA - Gifted, feat. Kanye West, Lykke Li and Santogold (The Aston Shuffle Remix) [Buy]

Heartsrevolution - C.Y.O.A video clip

Love this song, love this video!

Time for a Vacation

Hello everybody,

CookMyBrain will be cooking her brain on the seaside for a few weeks. When it is cooked well enough, she'll get back to you with lots of new music and ideas.

Stay healthy and dance!

iPod Dj Mixer?!

An iPod Dj Mixer ... cool isn't it?!

"Mix things up with this home mixer that lets you combine music from 2 iPods or mp3 players, or one of each. AC adapter; spin option; 2 effects programs with reverb, flange and filter and cross-fade slider; recording option and speaker system connection with a stereo audio cable with in-line jack;. Charges your iPod while it plays; compatible with a microphone. Folding headphones included. Imported. Wipe clean."

Kissy Sells Out!!!

I must admit that for the last several months I have been expectantly awaiting Kissy Sell Out's latest album ''Youth'' that was released halfway through last month, sadly I was a bitdisappointed by the results, I mean his finished version of Harriet really hits the spot! However he seems to have lost his rough and random dirty electro edge, and calmed down a bit. I hope he will come back to his previous style, as his "Kissy Klub" versions sound very different from what he was famous for.

Kissy Sell Out - Bethnal Green Cafe [Buy]

Kissy Sell Out - Garden Friends [Buy]

Kissy Sell Out - Harriet [Buy]

Kissy Sell Out - Youth [Buy]

Discobitch - C'est Beau La Bourgeoisie

Discobitch is an amazing french trio of Kylian Mash (on the left) is the producer of the hit "C'est Beau La Bourgeoisie" , that climbed up to the top of Europe's house charts last year. Laurent Konrad (on the right) is responsible for the dirty electro sound of the song, and the chick with the absolutely unnoticeable orange hair did some amazing work with the sexy-french-english dirty lyrics (check out the lyrics and the translation...so Uffie!).

I fell in love with this song, the first time I heard it in a friends' car. For the last 24 hours I've been nagging him (and spamming him with so many messages and calls :D ) to send it to me, when he finally did. So, enough with the bullcrap, I present you...

Discobitch - C'est Beau La Bourgeoisie [mediafire] [Buy]

Back to the future - retro watchez!

13:51 h - CASIO Retro Digital Watch

11:44 h - ASOS Golden Digital Watch

3:26 h - Cal - Q - Tek 2000 Calculator Watch

00:00 h - CASIO Casual Watch

Round Table Knights - new amazing songs!

Round Table Knights... I don't know how they came up with this very random name, but it sounds good and I like it. The DJ duo comes all the way from Bern, Switzerland with some really nice tracks. It's strange that they don't belong to a particular style, they even say they like it "diverse", so they don't bother carrying whether their songs fit their style or not (haha cool!). They produce "all kinds of electronic / acoustic / futuristic / exciting / romantic / intense music". Cool! However, I fell in love with one of their songs called "Hold Me Back" - it has that cheerful, funky lyrics and melody that cheer you up whenever :) I also found a sweet remix by The Bulgarian, who is an upcoming Bulgarian electro DJ. Thank God, he gives me hope that the electro culture is finally going to hit there. There you go:

Round Table Knights - Hold Me Back [Buy]

Round Table Knights - Hold Me Back (The Bulgarian Remix) [buy]

Black Vs. White

(Click image to enlarge and see the sweet little designs on the t-shirts)

Black Vs White - the two opposites, that always go well together. Today I've made a rather casual combos with the always in fashion jeans and tee shirts.

1. Chick number one chose to wear a Neon Lines Oversized t-shirt, combined with Acid Black Vans jeans.

2. Number two chose one of my favourite Coloured Mirror Vest (I'm gonna kill her!) and Kate Vapour Leggings.

3. Number three was getting on my nerves, because she went mad, cos she said she was supposed to wear the Neon tee, but number One stole it from her in the changing room.. girls... Anyway, so the mad number three now is wearing a crazily designed Exploding tee by 55DSL with Ripped Denim Leggings.

4. Chick number four wasn't pretentious at all... so I chose for her a black Tiger tee by Free Gold Watch with my personal favourite Astara Wash Indigo Jeans.

Peaches - Talk To Me (produced by Soulwax) video

Merrill Beth Nisker, better known as the artist standing behind the name Peaches, is famous for her explicitly sexual and provoking lyrics. Back in 1995 in Canada, no-one would have guessed what was the drama teacher going to become... Now, her songs are played and known in the electronic culture, as well as they have been featured in many movies like Jack Ass Two, Lost in Translation, My Little Eye, Mean Girls etc.

"Talk To Me" was produced by Soulwax, (which immediately won my sympathies, as I have a passion for Soulwax's productions).. and is a part of her new upcoming album called "I Feel Cream". "Talk To Me" is an amazing result of the combination between the little taste of Justice with it's steady heavy beat and the simplicity of the melody, typical for Peaches. Love it.

From "I Feel Cream" album:

Peaches - Talk To Me (produced by Soulwax) [Buy]

Peaches - I Feel Cream [Buy]

Some other tracks by Peaches you might like:

Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away [Buy]

Peaches - Lovertits [buy]