We interrupt your regularly-scheduled programming to bring you this bomb-ass update: we hit 1,000,000 hits last Friday, awh yeah. Granted, it’s a bit of an inflated number, considering nearly 200,000 of those hits came in one week after the New York Times mentioned my Top 65 Music Videos of 2005 post last year, but hey - I’m still way pumped. Anyways, below is some obscure, rare and exclusive hotness that I’ve been saving for this very occasion. Commence celebration.
MP3: “Atlantis To Interzone” (Hadouken! Remix) - Klaxons [exclusive]
So yeah, I’ve already posted this one, but the kids in Hadouken! were nice enough to hook me up with it as a GWFAS-only exclusive and thus, here it is again. Sure, it’s been floating around in shitty demo quality for a while now, but this is the final edit, polished, properly mixed and ready to destroy your speakers at 256 kbps. All that aside though, this is some real fire and had I heard the finished version last year it would have easily been among my top remixes of ‘06.
MP3: “Tribulations” (Shallow Version) - LCD Soundsystem [exclusive]
Recorded live for Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, the “Shallow Version” of LCD Soundsystem’s best work to date (for my money, at least) removes that massive, churning synth line that defines the original in favor of a thumping bass riff with the electronics reduced to supporting roles. Theoretically, abolishing the essential element of the original track should spell disaster, but it works incredibly, incredibly well here.
MP3: “Golden Skans” (David E. Sugar Remix) - Klaxons
A gentleman as benevolent as he was anonymous sent this to me. It’s fucking wonderful. David E Sugar is a name to watch in ‘07, but more on him later. Just enjoy his glitchy, boom-bip brilliance on this remix and trust me on this one.
MP3: “Luno” (Polysics Remix) -Bloc Party
I’m not gonna call this an exclusive because I know it’s made a limited circulation on the internet (though it never breached the blogosphere as far as I can tell, and trust me, I looked forever before finally attaining it elsewhere), but yeah, NO idea how this was never released. I mean, it’s by no means incredible or anything, but Polysics are a seriously legit band and it’s a pretty great electronic update to an already brilliant track, so I don’t know - you’d think you wouldn’t have to go to the ends of the earth to find it. Fortunately, y’alls don’t have to. Enjoy.
MP3: “Rainbow Man” (K. Christmon’s Slight Tamper) - Busy P [exclusive]
K. Christmon already proved himself to be a great companion for water cooler discussion of the latest and greatest in the European kingdom of electronica, but his presence of mind in speeding up this [Ed] banger to a harder better faster stronger 130 BPM is brilliant. I mean, the original’s solid and all, but this shit kills at its new and improved tempo. Just wait for the 1:40 mark, that’s all I’m sayin’.
MP3: “The Bouncer” (Live In Manchester) - Klaxons
Again, not exactly an exclusive, considering you can cop this on one of the Golden Skans 45’s, but as far as I can tell, you’re not gonna find it in electronic form anywhere outside of the Polydor vaults. Until now that is. But yeah, this live version of “The Bouncer” isn’t anything terribly spectacular, but turn it up real loud and imagine the sheer visceral force of this shit in a live context (y’know, surrounded by sweaty young folks and glowsticks and neon lights) and next thing you know you’re salivating at the thought of your first opportunity to experience it for yourself. I’ll see you at Studio B on April 13th, I’ll be the lanky motherfucker in the striped polo getting all hot and bothered in the middle of the mayhem.
Back to our regular schedule tomorrowish. Hope everyone had as amazing a Friday night as I did. And I guess if your Saturday was great, then that’s okay too.