Special Backfromthedead Post

So this blog has pretty much been dead since June, and I don't really plan on bringing it back to regular posting in the next little while. However, I have a special album that simply HAS to be posted.

My boy Bearplane is back with his second album, Bearcraft Carrier. It is a must download, check it at this link.

That will be all, if you want to learn more check the myspace.

Peacelaters

New Dada Life Video

Too Ridiculous...

Eminem Freestyles on Radio 1

This is DISGUSTING

The Science of Skank

This track reminds me of being in a Zelda dugeon, but with way more layers than my game boy could ever produce. Its a pretty slow track, not really a club hit, more something to chill out and listen to on repeat for hours. Check out Stagga at www.chromekids.com.

Stagga ft Juakali - The Science of Skank (YSI) (zShare)

Purple Lips

Purple Lips are a new act, and I had a lot of trouble finding info on them. Im pretty sure they are an act based in Italy with an affiliation with Alex D'Elia. Either way, the single they sent me, based on a Tetris (yea, Tetris) sample, is ill. Check it out

Purple Lips - Purple Blocks (YSI) (zShare)

Loads of New Stuff

Got some hot tracks in the inbox over the last few days, hopefully ill have them all up tonight (if i dont just go see Star Trek again). Anyway, the first of the bunch is a remix of Passion Pit's "The Reeling" by Burns.

He doesn't take too huge of a swing at it, but tweeks enough of it that it feels distinctly different. in a good way. he adds a couple extra layers in parts that are really really relaxing.

Passion Pit - The Reeling (Burns Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

GALAXY

I really do not have the words to describe the email and mixtape that landed in my box a couple days ago. Check the message:

Hi!,

How have you been?

This time, Hoshina takes us to the galaxy.

He remixed 10 songs. They are concept albums that make galaxy a theme.

First of all, we recommend the thing to which it sequentially listens from No.1 to No.10.

Ten Remixes is one story like stars that exists in one Galaxy.

The same star is not in Galaxy as one. In the same way as, Remixes have the feature respectively.

The story receives the end by the last "Message In A Bottle".

The percussion sound in which time is ticked away rather forgets time.

It’s instant travel not to feel 40 minutes.

Became another year until 2010.

However, we cannot trip to space freely still.

Please experience a little early Galaxy travel in "Galaxy" Remixes / Hoshina Anniversary.

Have a nice Galaxy trip!

Thanks from the Far East,

Takeuchi

and Check the remixes here.

Also, if you think its a little 'out there' listen to it from track one all the way through, it grows on you really fast. If ya want more, check the myspace here.

New M.anifest Cut ft Muja Messiah

Two sweet Minneapolis rappers that Ive featured before, M.anifest and Muja Messiah, team up on this new track from M.anifests upcoming 'Coming To America' release. Its called Rebel, produced by Budo, and is definitely sweet. Its a little slower then the other cuts from these two Ive heard before, but they pull off the slower beat really well too. Sweet flow.

M.anifest ft Muja Messiah - Rebel (YSI) (zShare)

Long Time No See

So finals kicked my ass, but thats all done now. I am home free for the summer months, well until i start working. I havnt checked my email in a couple weeks, so im sorry for all the backlog, ill get through it asap.



To start off the inbox cleanout, heres a sweet new track from May 68, called "My Ways". Its pretty electropoppy, just the way i like it. They are an indie-electo pop group from Manchester, UK, and definitely worth keeping an eye on. I would also reccomend grabbing "The Duke Is Dead", which as been a staple on my radio show for the past month and a half or so.

May 68 - My Ways (YSI) (zShare)
May 68 - The Duke is Dead (YSI) (zShare)

New Beatards Vid

Check the vid for 'Nasty Funky'. Lots of robots and black suits. Definitely worth a peep.

Sicknote

Sorry ive been so spacey with the blogging lately, lots of things going on in the non-blog world. Hopefully ill get back on it as summer winds down. To those of you sending me tracks, I do listen to them, and will get around to posting as many as is feasible. I also just started up twitter, so well see how that goes, twitter.com/auralsatisfacti.

On to the music. I got this track 'Death Before Employment' from Sicknote (appropriate, right?) and have been spinning it on air (shameless plug for my radio show, from 9-1030 EST streaming here). Check it out tonight if your down. This track features some heavy beats, way danceable. It also touts the message Death Before Employment, which is of course something we all want. So, check it.

Sicknote - Death Before Employment (YSI) (zShare)

New Matt and Kim Vid

So Matt and Kim decided to run naked through Times Square for their new video. What do you guys think, Art or Not? Im not entirely decided. Check the vid tho.

Matt and Kim - New Music - More Music Videos

New Artist and Old

Ive got a new act for ya, discoRUIDO!. They are a mexican rock band. Something about mexican underground music just has me recently. Thats not to say the track isnt great, its just not what i typically throw up for you guys. Check it out.

discoRUIDO! - Mrs. Love (YSI) (zShare)





If your techno fix hasnt been satisfied, The Polish Ambassador has just hit me up with a remix of Don't stop the Music by Rihanna. Check his blurb:

"Every so often there comes a battle fought for reasons of...battle fighting, a test of strength showcased simply for the sake of spectacle. Through it, ideas are dismantled. Fears are shaken. Platitudes are stirred and sheer randomness guides life in a new direction. In today's contest, pop superstar Rihanna is pitted against indie electro entity, The Polish Ambassador; a virtual David and Goliath scenario. The ambassador strikes first, unleashing a sexy, electro, eighty's vibe so hot it scorches Rihanna's satin panties clean off. It's no doubt Rihanna is shaken. The ambassador establishes early on he is not to be taken lightly. Rihanna counters with a monstrous blow of her own, the smash hit vocals of her pop classic Please Don't Stop the Music. The battle continues, back and forth, back and forth. Polish and Rihanna tussle and tangle fusing together this track. By nightfall, there is only one clear winner. Yes, my darling.... It is you. Free download for all! You did it! Great job. "

Guy cracks me up. Grab the track here

Rihanna - Please Don't Stop the Music (The Polish Ambassador Remix) (YSI)(zShare)

Streetlab remixes Hall and Oats

Streetlab just hit me up with a remix of Hall and Oats's 'I Can't Go For That', which adds a tasty electronic flavor to the classic song. They play with a bunch of the vocals, some are vocoderized, which sounds pretty sweet. Definitely worth a look.

Hall and Oats - I Can't Go For That (YSI) (zShare)

New Eminem Vid

Eminem finally put out the video for We Made You, which has been floating around for a few days. Peep it.



Eminem - We Made You (YSI) (zShare)

Cats v Dogs

Don Diablo just put out a new track called 'Pussycat Too (Ft Example)', which is basically four minutes of why cat lovers and dog lovers can't get along. With Don Diablo riffs, and Example rapping. Sounds sorta iffy, right? WRONG. Definitely a track worth picking up.

Don Diablo (ft. Example - Pussycat Too (YSI) (Mediafire)

UltraChorus

UltraChorus is a Minneapolis based duo just recently put out a sweet 7', featuring two awesome songs, Words Kept Talking and Planetman. They are somewhere between 'Hot Chip, T-Pain, and a little Phoenix'. Sounds good, right? Check em out

UltraChorus - Words Kept Talking (YSI) (zShare)
UltraChorus - Planetman (YSI) (zShare)

New Clockwork Mixes

Clockwork just hit me up with three fantastic new remixes, of Basshunter, Brian Cox, and Bloc Party. Since my first Clockwork post got killed off my the DMCA, lemme throw a little knowledge at you. Clockwork is a 17yr old dj/producer from LA, whos been dropping sweet tracks for a while. Kids these days, right? Anyways, these mixes hit pretty heavy with roaring basslines, the kind you want to jump around to in a packed club. These are definitely worth checking out.

Basshunter - Now You're Gone (Clockwork Remix) (YSI) (zShare)
Bryan Cox - Let's Go To Work (Clockwork Remix) (YSI) (zShare)
Bloc Party - Flux (Clockwork Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

The Virgins

Ive been really into the Virgins recently, and there have been quite a few quality remixes put out recently. I hope they can get an elbow in on the ridiculous flood of Phoenix remixes that have been flooding hypemachine/my itunes. Get over 1901 people, sure its a great song and all, but it doesn't need a billion remixes a la D.A.N.C.E.

Anyways, i digress. The Virgins are a NY based 3 piece, playing rock/funk/r&b ish stuff. They put out a LP in June, but ive just recently seen a few good remixes hit the blogworld, especially off the track 'Rich Girls'. Check out these two by the Beatards and Le Castle Vania.

The Virgins - Rich Girls (The Beatards Remix) (YSI) (zShare)
The Virgins - Rich Girls (Le Castle Vania's Spring Break No Parents Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

1901 Remixes by Binary

Binary heavy hitters Fabian and Nightwaves just put out remixes of Phoenix's gem 1901. They totally shift the production to a more electro feel, à la typical dreamy synth production that we hear from the Binary guys. Part electro pop, part disco jam. All worth checking out.

Phoenix - 1901 (Fabian Remix) (YSI) (zShare)
Phoenix - 1901 (Nightwaves Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

Super Behind

So ive got tons of stuff sitting in my inbox, ive had something of a busy week. Its finally warmed up a little in vermont, and i managed to get the first sunburn of the year by sitting outside for 5 hours in 40 degree weather today. its amazing what you think of as 'warm' after a coldass winter.

I got this mixtape 'Heads Up Houston' a few days ago, with some really cool stuff on it. Its from this cat Dave Wrangler and features a few originals and some sweet remixes from dudes big and small. If ya dig it, check him at SXSW this week :

Mar 17 2009 1:00P	SXSW @ Gruv	Austin, Texas
Mar 18 2009 11:00P	SXSW @ TBA	Austin, Texas
Mar 19 2009 3:00P	SXSW @ Elysium	Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2009 8:00P	SXSW @ TBA	Austin, Texas
Mar 21 2009 8:00P	SXSW @ TBA	Austin, Texas

Cop this track from You(genious)

You(genious) - Is Your Mind Right? (Dave Wrangler Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

La Chansons

Despite not using the right French article in their name, La Chansons has blown me away. They hit me up with a cover of Marcy Playground's 'Sex and Candy', probably one of my fav 90s songs. La Chansons is a married Atlanta couple who have just recently started putting out music and playing gigs. Definitely worth keeping an eye on. Peep the cover:


La Chansons - Sex and Candy (Marcy Playground Cover) (YSI) (zShare)

Kinky

No, im not talking about sex. Im talking about Kinky, a mexican electropop outfit who just released their third LP, Barracuda. I was lucky enough to grab the copy they sent WRMC, and have had it on repeat for the last couple days. I want to share the whole album with ya, but, unfortunatly, that is soemwhat unethical. So, ive chosen a couple fantastic tracks, but want to qualify them with a reccomendation that you GET THE ALBUM. NOW.

Kinky - Diablo Azul (YSI) (zShare)
Kinky - Mis Paso Tus Huellos (YSI) (zShare)

Myka9

While digging through the albums that were sent to my college radio station, i hit upon a gem in Myka9's 1969. Apparently he used to ghostwrite for NWA, and id believe it. His shit is tight, and his flow is dope. Definitely worth scoping out.

Myka9 - 1969 (YSI) (zShare)

Smell Yo Dick!

The Hood Internet just hit up a mix of the Junior Boys and Riskay. Smell Yo Dick is simply infinitely replayable for me, and this remix is pretty fantastic. Definitely worth checking out.

The Hood Internet - Smell Yo Boys (Junior Boys vs Riskay) (YSI) (zShare)

In other awesomeness, peep this guys impressions. simply ridiculous (props to elitaste)

BEARPLANE

One of my boys, aka Bearplane (www.myspace.com/bearplanebearplane) aka Philippe, just mixed up a techno EP, entitled 'The Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man'. Now, just because im prefacing this with the fact that I know him doesn't mean his stuff is going to be shittier than what i normally put up. His stuff covers quite a few different stylistic environments, but my two fav songs remind me a lot of Moulinex (which is a great thing, since Moulinex is dope).

Give em a listen, their worth it

Bearplane - Ultimate Gluttony (YSI) (zShare)
Bearplane - Slayviation (YSI) (zShare)

Sonic Truth

I stumbled across Sonic Truth yesterday, and have been listening to their 20 track promo pretty much constantly. They are a gruop of djs from North Carolina, and their promo tape is a collection of remixes, mashups, and original tracks spanning all kinds of genres, from electro to dubstep to downtempo to hiphop. They are all worth checking out, and you can do so for FREE, right here!

Sonic Truth - 20 Track Promo (zShare)

Tracklist:

Bobby Light - Dirty Girl (Sonic Truth Remix)
Busta Rhymes - Wooha! (Sonic Truth Remix)
GhostFace Killah - Cherzcherz La Ghost (Sonic Truth Edit)
Jim Jones - We Fly High (Sonic Truth Remix)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Mstrkrft Remix Sonic Truth Disco Edit)
Latryx - Lady Don't Tekno (Sonic Truth Edit)
Nore - Super Thug (Sonic Truth Edit)
Sonic Truth - Courtship Technology (Crystal Castles VS 50 & Justin)

Sonic Truth - Digital Lovin' (Daft Punk VS Minnie Riperton) (YSI) (zShare)

Sonic Truth - Girls Around The World (Daft Punk VS Lloyd & Lil Wayne)
Sonic Truth - Jacob Dub
Sonic Truth - Mangled Love
Sonic Truth - Nasty Girl (Biggie VS Vanity 6) (YSI) (zShare)
Sonic Truth - Night Shifter (Benga & Coki VS Amit)
Sonic Truth - Paper Look (M.I.A. VS Nas)
Sonic Truth - Push In This Club (Gameboy Gamegirl VS Usher)
Sonic Truth - Ready To Get It On The Floor (Hot Chip VS DMX)
Sonic Truth - What I Am Honey (Edie Brickell VS 9th Wonder)
Swizz Beats & Lil' Wayne - Up In The Club (Sonic Truth Edit)
TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun (Sonic Truth Edit)

You can also grab all of them individually at the band's myspace.
Rock it loud

My Love (Diplo Remix)

Diplo takes a hit at Timberlake's 'My Love', and knocks it out of the park. His rework is simply beautiful. It brings out Timberlake's lyrics perfectly, it emphasizes the nature of the song, and just generally kicks ass. Fantastic fantastic rework

Justin Timberlake - My Love (Diplo Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

In other news, MIA had her baby boy, who is apparently healthy and already making mixtapes with his mother. Sweet.

Fare Soldi Remixed

A couple sweet remixes of Fare Soldi's 'Survivor' just dropped into my box. Fare Soldi are Udine, Italy based synthrockers with a definite pop flair. The original is pretty sweet, but the remixes are pure gold. First up is Saint Pauli, one of my fav acts (who don't get enough exposure in my opinion).

The Saint Pauli remix has a nasty pumping bassline and some hot hot drums. This one is a definite killer. Also, if you havn't heard much from Saint Pauli, I would highly recomment picking up their 'Suden' EP.

Fare Soldi - Survivor (Saint Pauli Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

Next up is a remix by Keenhouse, who pumps out something a little more synthy and slow, that is until you get into it. The hook hits really hard, with a much more syth driven line than the previous mix.

Fare Soldi - Survivor (Keenhouse Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

*BONUS*
Since I realized i hadn't yet posted about Saint Pauli, I thought id throw up a link to one of my fav tracks of last year. CHECK IT

The Floor Is Made of Lava - 5-Vice (Saint Pauli Remix)

Don Diablo

So when i peaced for a week, no less than seven new Don Diablo tracks found their way into my inbox. Sorta crazy, eh? And the thing is, there isnt a bad one in the lot. However, there were a couple that were particularly good.

First up is Don Diablo's remix of Walter Meego's 'Girls'. The original is fantastic, and Diablo hits it up with a nasty bassline and a hot break. def worth your bandwith.

Walter Meego - Girls (Don Diablo Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

Next up is a Vday mixtape, by the name of 'Electronic romance for boys and girls'. Its a fantastic tape with some really heavy hitters, and sharp remixes.

Tracklist:

1 Random man from Scotland
2 Kurtech - Hometown
3 Van She - Kelly (Breakbot Rmx)
4 Kanye West - Streetlights (Max Justus Fix)

5 Passion Pit - Sleepyhead (Wallpaper Dio Rmx)

6 Worship - Ritual Action (The Dome pt. 2)
7 Sigur Ros - Saeglopur (Crash Overdrive Rmx)

8 Shoutout from ...!?

9 The Who - Baba O'Reilly (SebastiAn Fix)
10 Gonzales - Working together (Boys Noize Rmx)
11 Autokratz - Stay the same (80kids Rmx)

12 Cagedbaby - Forced (Don Diablo Rmx)

13 R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Steve Skream Fix)

14 Outfit - Oh love

Electronic Romance for Boys and Girls - Don Diablo 09 Vday minimix (YSI) (Mediafire)

New Kickdrums Tape

The new Kickdrums Mixtape, Smash the System, is terrific. I would highly recommend everyone check it out. I was a huge fan of the last tape i picked up, which was taken down by the DMCA, but this tape takes it to another level entirely, so don't worry. (If you want to scope it, check out their myspace).

Tracklist:

01. The Kickdrums - Make the Girlies Get Dumb Intro
02. Kanye West - Good Morning (Kickdrums Remix) (Feat. Big Sean)
03. The Kickdrums - Do Ya Job (Feat. Ray Cash & Scarface)
04. Ray Cash - Killa Flow (Feat. Fitty)
05. Lil Wayne - Bottom of the Map (Feat. Pimp C)
06. Kidz In The Hall - Untouchable freestyle
07. The Kickdrums - One Bad… (Feat. Chip the Ripper)
08. Kid Cudi - TGIF (Feat. Chip The Ripper)
09. Jay-Z - No Love Coming Home (Kickdrums Remix) (Feat. Fitty)
10. Kanye West - We Major (Kickdrums Remix) (Feat. Charles Hamilton & Ray Cash)
11. Adele - Melt My Heart To Stone (Kickdrums Remix) (Feat. Big Pooh)
12. Freeway - Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (Feat. Young Chris)
13. Izza Kizza - Insane With My Pimp Game
14. Joe Budden - Talk To ‘Em
15. Ray Cash - Wavin The .44 (Feat. The Notorious B.I.G)
16. Ray Cash - Do That Shit/Dipset Freestyle (Feat. Pooh Gutta & Hell Rell)
17. Buckshot - Who Got The Props Pt. 2
18. Talib Kweli - The General Freestyle
19. The Kickdrums - Sky High (Feat. KiD CuDi)
20. Willie the Kid - Sky High freestyle
21. Idiot Savant (Verbal + The Kickdrums) - The Times
22. Joell Ortiz - Move On (feat. Joe Budden, Royce Da 5'9" & Crooked I)
23. Joe Budden - Classic
24. Ced Hughes- Good Ish (YSI) (zShare)
25. GoDChild - I Gotta Live

Download the tape via Nah Right

Im BACK

Ive been travelling over break, which was effin sweet, but had no internet. However, Im coming back strong.

Death to the Throne sent me two SWEET remixes that are fantastic. The first is a triple vocal mashup of Bucky Done Gun, Pull Up The People, and Jimmy. pretty sweet, if lazily named 'New MIA Song'. Check it

New MIA Song - Death to the Throne (YSI) (zShare)

Next up is a remix of M83's Teen Angst. He really doesnt play with the vocals too much, but kicks up the synths and drumline to make the song somewhat more upbeat. The interplay between the soft vocals and the pumping synths is really cool.

Teen Angst (Death to the Throne Remix) - M83 (YSI) (zShare)

PS, if you were wondering what could keep me away from new music for a week, peep the pic. Nasty, eh?

Roll Call

Lil Wayne busted into my feeds again this mornin with a Carter IV leak. Its got a buncha stuff thats been leaked over the last couple weeks, but has a few gold tracks that I hadn't seen yet. Like this track with Lil Jon and Ciara.

Holy Shit, this track is fantastic. It throws in some guitars, which i guess Wayne is into now, but has a Ciara chorus (and verse with her fantastic voice). Lil Jon has this weird echo verse where everything he says he shouts back to himself. A little weird. Otherwise, this track is fiiiiiya

Lil Wayne Ft Ciara and Lil Jon - Roll Call (YSI) (zShare)

Don Diablo v Ting Tings

Don Diablo takes on The Ting Tings' 'Thats not my name' with a bit of a forthcoming track of his, and some serious vocal mixing. The result is 'Thats not my rave' a driven synthy track with some pulsing laser sounds and a sweet bassline. check itttt

Don Diablo v The Ting Tings - Thats Not My Rave (YSI) (Mediafire)

Slumdog Millionaire has got a million dollar soundtrack.

Music is great, and so are movies. In honor of its recent win at the Golden Globes, I want to plug A.R. Rahman's mindblowing soundtrack from Danny Boyle's film Slumdog Millionaire. If you haven't seen this movie yet, go now. Slumdog awesomely features M.I.A. in the songs "Paper Planes", "Paper Planes (DFA Remix)", as well as A.R. Rahman's original composition "O...Saya". Other great tracks include "Jai Ho", "Gangsta Blues", and "Latika's Theme". It's an eclectic mix of Bollywood, hip-hop, rock, electronic, and folk -- all in one package.

Check out the links below for some sample goodness. I know we've posted "O...Saya" before, but I've just got to remind you all how fantastic this whole soundtrack is.

A. R. Rahman ft. Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalakshmi Iyer - Jai Ho (zshare)

A. R. Rahman ft. BlaaZe & Tanvi Shah - Gangsta Blues (YouTube)

M.I.A. - O...Saya (zshare)

Streetlab Takes on The Beatles

Streetlab (streetlab.net, just in case because blogger's being kinda shitty with links) just hooked me with a hot new remix of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of my fav Beatles tracks ever. They rework the beat without adding too many new samples or new vocals. Def worth checking out

The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Streetlab Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

Kaseo v Don Diablo

Ive been hearing so much Don Diablo recently, and Im LOVIN IT. his newest mix is on the first single Ive heard from Kaseo, who are a new electro hit from Sydney, in the vein of cut copy/midnight juggernauts. If anyone picks up a link for the original of Kill the Radio, hit me up. Until then, enjoy the Don Diablo Remix

Kaseo - Kill the Radio (Don Diablo Remix) (YSI) (Mediafire)

Neonman

Neonman, some sweet German indie/dance/punk outa Berlin, hooked me up with a few tracks from 'Knights of Error'. Its pretty sweet rock, but definetly has a solid dance vibe intertwined. Def worth checking out

Neonman - Peep Show (YSI) (zShare)
Neonman - Nightclubbing (YSI) (zShare)

Discotech takes on The Police?

DiscoTech, who are responsible for that amazing remix of TI's Whatever You Like, have decided to take on Roxanne by the Police. Absolute insanity. It is a must download

The Police - Roxanne (DiscoTech Remix) (YSI) (zShare)

Japanese Cartoon

Lupe Fiasco's side Indie/Post-Punk project, Japanese Cartoon, just leaked a couple tracks onto the blogosphere. It is unclear wether Lupe is the singer, who rocks a faux british accent and doesnt really rap. However, it definitely features him as a producer/financial backer, according to NME. Either way, it works out pretty well.

Japanese Cartoon - Heiroplanes (YSI) (zShare)

Gigamesh takes on Lykke Li

Gigamesh took on one of the top songs of the year, Lykke Li's 'Little Bit' in a fairly light remix. It spruces up the beat, making the song a lot more upbeat, but keeps Lykke Li's vocals mostly untouched. Gigamesh turns the heat up on Little Bit just the right amount. Check it out

Lykke Li - Little Bit (Gigamesh Remix) (YSI) (zShare)