LBCK "Start" and more...

LBCK, "START" Official Music Video from Leah McKissock on Vimeo.

Its finally Friday and time to get this weekend started already. I got a perfect video to get your morning going by LBCK and a mixtape by the duo for your ride home. Alex Noblé and Mike Lucas aka Long Beach City Kids also have a great soundcloud page if you want to hear more music from the duo.

LBCK & HOUDINI - Volcano City Exclusive Live Mix by LBCK

JUSTIN FAUST – SURFER MYSTIQUE
EMPIRE OF THE SUN – WE ARE THE PEOPLE (SHAZAM REMIX)
SILVER DISCO – ON MY MIND
TREASURE FINGERS – WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO
YOLANDA BE COOL AND DCUP – WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO
LOOSE SHUS – THREESOME
LEONARDUS & QUINTEN 909 – HEARTBREAKER
THE PHANTOM’S REVENGE – JUST LIKE OLD TIMES (REWORK)
STRIP STEVE – BREAKIN’
SURKIN – EASY ACTION
STRIP STEVE – DANCIN’
PHONAT – GHETTON BURNIN’
TELEPHONED – ROCKIN’ THAT THANG
SHADOW DANCER – GOLDEN TRAXE
CHROMEO – BONAFIED LOVIN’ (YUKSEK REMIX)
DEL MARQUIS – RUNAROUND (LOUIS RA ROCHE “IN 1995” REMIX)
FRED FALKE – WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES (QUINTEN 909 REMIX)
HEADS WE DANCE – TAKE MY PICTURE (DIGITALFOXGLOVE REMIX)
LE PRINCIPLE – YOU CAN’T FAKE IT
LOUIS LA ROCHE – PRICK STICK (MOONCHILD REMIX)
LBCK – START
NIGHTCRAWLERS – PUSH THE FEELING ON (SILVER DISCO REMIX)
THE JUAN MACLEAN – ONE DAY (SURKIN REMIX)
THE PHANTOM’S REVENGE – I HEARD YOU WERE DEAD
DAFT PUNK – TECHNOLOGIC (LEBATMAN REMIX)
RAPID SOUND – VISITOTS (THE PHANTOM’S REVENGE REMIX)
FLIGHT FACILITIES – CRAVE YOU (BXENTRIC! REMIX)
WORSHIP – FAT LOVE (LEBATMAN REMIX)

HipGnosis - Blindfold Estatic Mix

I just saw HipGnosis new Mixtape come across the Twitter wire. I am 10 minutes in and I already know this is going to be a hot one. Anytime you start a mix with a Portishead remix; my attention will be instantly grabbed. Follow it with a creeped out/dubstep/downtempo Britany Spears Toxic Remix and I am sold.

Some of you long time SBA readers may remember that HipGnosis was my first official interview. I have been a fan of his music ever since. If you like the tunes below, make sure you check him out Wednesday Nights 10-12pm central on Glitch.Fm or check out his soundcloud page for a complete archive of radio sessions...

Hipgnosis - blindfold ecstatic mix by HipGnosis

Tanlines "Settings"

At first listen I wasn’t digging this album. To tell you the truth, the first time I heard Discovery I didn’t like it either. Something is off-putting about synthesized pop music. But the things that attract the great unwashed to pop music is that hook. Its that jingle that won’t get out of your head. Tanlines is doing it to me. The Caribbean/tropical/electronic inspired pop music hard to resist… I did a quick youtube search to give y’all a sample of what they sound like and now I must play the album again…

Jonsi, A New Postal Service???

Since hearing the Postal Service back in college I have been searching far and wide for a replacement. I gave up years ago for a reunion album between Death Cab For Cutie Front Man Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello aka DNTEL. Owl City came up flat. James Figurine aka Jimmy Tamborello has its moments. Besides that I really haven't found anything that caught my attention like the Postal Service until Monday night. I came across this video from Jonsi of Sigur Ros:

Jónsi - Go Do from Jónsi on Vimeo.

The album completely blew me away. This album is beat heavy and surprisingly fast for a Sigur Ros spin off. It's extremely complex in terms of production. At times the sound is manic until it builds into unbelievable melody. That is what reminds me so much of Postal Service. The Glitch/extreme electronica meet melody/beautiful song writing. For a debut album it sure will have ginormous shoes to follow... Go buy it when it debut in American on April 6th. Here are a few tracks to wet your appetite:

Moderat : The Perfect Marriage

Moderat is the love child between Sascha Ring (aka Apparat) and Gernot Bronsert and Sabastian Szary (aka Modeselektor). I discovered Apparat a few years ago and last year was exposed to Modeselektor when hearing their track with Radiohead front man Thom Yorke. That one track alone got me on a Modeselektor binge that force me to buy every album and EP I could get my hands on. You can only guess how excited I was when finding this gem of a album.
Back to the history: after recording their first EP for BPitch Control records in 2002, they broke up and went their separate ways. In the next 6 six years both groups would release multiple albums and countless EPs. In 2008 they back together to start recording their first full length album, “Moderat”, which released on April 20, 2009. A lot had changed but their fondness of dark, dirty, grimy electronic music had not changed.
I was not disappointed by what I heard. I know it sounds corny that the album would sound like a mix between the two artists but that is exactly what “Moderat” is. If you take the auditory sound-scapes of Apparat and mix in the brutally rough and chopped beats of Modeselektor, you have the mixings of great new band. Sprinkle in guest Vocalist and MC’s on selected tracks and now you have a true cross-over album marketable to the great unwashed. Don’t be surprised if you start hearing them in the media around you.