EXCLUSIVE CSS: “Let’s Make Love” (RAC Mix)
You guys are awesome. Over $100 dollars in donations in barely two weeks, more than enough to get us back on our feet and even begin to help me make back the some $300 Dreamhost scored for free when they shut our shit down without so much as the slightest hint of a warning (or a refund) two weeks go. So yeah, thanks. A lot. You guys are the best.
We back, y’alls. And what better way to make a triumphant return than with another piping hot exclusive? The Remix Artist Collective hooks us up once again with another exclusive remix, this time for CSS’s “Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above”. I wouldn’t count myself as a CSS fan in the least, but shit, I like this. The original does absolutely nothing for me, but hey, add some massive synth stabs and a huge beat and all of a sudden I’m fully down. The RAC’s most experimental remix to date, it’s as heavy as Justice and as frenzied as SebastiAn, wearing a tangible heavy metal influence on its sleeve the whole way. Throw in some poppy synth progressions for good measure and we’re absolutely golden. Definitely outshines the Simian Mobile Disco remix of the track, and actually makes me able to tolerate the source material, so yeah - high fives all around.
MP3: “Let’s Make Love” (RAC Mix) - CSS [exclusive]
In other CSS news - and possibly the last time you’ll ever hear CSS come up on this site - the band just remixed Lily Allen’s latest single, “Alfie”, and what do you know - they did a pretty great job. Again, all violent synth stabs and whatnot, but who knew “Alfie” could be re-worked into a legitimate dancefloor banger?
MP3: “Alfie” (CSS Remix) - Lily Allen
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, WHERE YOU AT? /// PART DEUX
My inbox is full of emails from people wanting me to check out (typically) shitty music on a daily basis. Every once in a while, however, something completely unexpected arrives to make my day and remind why I keep sifting through miles upon miles of e-correspondence everyday in the first place. Ladies and gentlemen, meet “Sleep Deprivation”, a new track off Simian Mobile Disco’s up coming full-length debut, Attack Decay Sustain Release. Basically a crash course in dropping the motherfucking pressure, the track is 100% instrumental and 1000% bad-ass. This album cannot possibly drop soon enough.
MP3: “Sleep Deprivation” - Simian Mobile Disco
April 26th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Check out Ghostland Observatory……
April 27th, 2007 at 2:48 am
It would be nice to here the whole song of any of your posts?
April 27th, 2007 at 3:10 am
Paul, try downloading them again. I had the same problem at first.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:18 am
simian mobile disco…damn
April 27th, 2007 at 3:59 am
no offense as I know it’s the server’s fault and not your’s, but downloading from here is a pain in the ass, 95% of the time the download stops prematurely…I’ve noticed this on a few other blogs too
April 27th, 2007 at 4:03 am
despite my last post above this…THANK YOU for all the great music you post…I’ve discovered a lot of great things here!
April 27th, 2007 at 4:35 am
Works fine for me. Thx for the grrrrreat music!
April 27th, 2007 at 5:10 am
SMD track is great. Really great. I haven’t really liked their stuff in the past, but I love this. (Then again the main chord pattern is virtually the same as my all time fave Cure song… but it’s still great.)
April 27th, 2007 at 6:30 am
Excellent devotion to the cause. Don’t let the fuckers get you down.
April 27th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Really nice to see the site up again, can I ask where this is hosted right now?
And the RAC remix is insane!
April 27th, 2007 at 10:16 am
wow! the SMD track is super fantastic. i heard they were playing live in MAY. Can’t wait to see that.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
I happen to have an advanced copy of Attack Decay Sustain Release.
And i must say its pretty freakin sweet
April 27th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
[…] CSS get their remix on April 27, 2007 Filed under: mp3 — Paul Newman’s Eyes @ 5:10 pm From the ever dependable Good Weather for Airstrikes, comes a remix of Let’s Make Love and Listen To Death From Above. This was my favourite song of last year, so what have the remixers, the Remix Artists Collective, done with it? Well, to be honest, I’m not quite sure what, but I like. Even though some of it sounds like a synth having dirty, dirty sex with Lovefoxxx. Or maybe because…? On the other side of the fence, CSS remix Lily Allen’s Alfie. A good song, a better remix, and certainly the first good one I’ve heard of Lily. CSS - Let’s Make Love and Listen To Death From Above (RAC mix) [MP3 - Via Good Weather For Airstrikes] Lily Allen - Alfie (CSS Remix) [MP3 - Via Good Weather For Airstrikes] […]
April 27th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Welcome back!
April 27th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
loving your work, mate, loving your work.
this is one sick CSS remix, classic.
any chance you could dig up some maximo park remixes?
April 27th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Derek,
I was at Radio 1 last week and saw the SMD album on Zane Lowe’s desk. Was so tempted to pop it in the CD-RW. The album release must be pretty imminent. Can’t wait.
Loving the tunes as always.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
PS just realised how egotistic that last comment sounded. Eeek.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
the CSS remix was pretty good, but the alfie one, they entirely removed the chorus, and that’s really the best bit.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
I’m so thrilled you guys are back. This is the first music blog I started watching and it’s most definitely my favourite.
Will there be a reposting of the Klaxons? I checked Hype machine but you guys seem to be the only ones with the songs, lol, no surprise!
Thanks so much for doing all you do.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
The SMD track reminds me of old Vitalic! The track is amazing! thx!!!
April 29th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
SMD!
OH MY GOD!
April 30th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
the ‘da da da da da’ gets a bit annoying fast but otherwise a pretty nice remix. i’d still say the spank rock mix is the best of the ‘lets make love’ lot though. dancefloor killer. and i’m surprised there haven’t been more remixes of alfie, to me that song begged for remix treatment.
April 30th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Like Sean said, check out the Spank Rock Remix of “Let’s Make Love…”. Or maybe even the Diplo Remix, not as good as the other two, or the original. But hey, everything to get you to listen to Cansei de Ser Sexy.
BTW, this might be my first comment post, but I’ve been silently reading for quite some time now. And I just wanna say thanks for broadening my musical horizon. Not many people do achieve that. So I’m extra grateful when someone does.
May 1st, 2007 at 9:48 am
OH MY GOD. I have been waiting for nigh on two decades to hear someone use the totally rad (and ahead of its time) music from the Nintendo game KLAX in a remix, and I believe RAC has done it! And with a song that already rules!!! It is the ’00s, and it is time for…CSS. and Klax. Together!!
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Hey Sara,
This is andre, i did the remix and as much as I’m glad you liked the mix, I have no idea what Klax is. hah.
If i find a rom online or something i’ll definitely try to include it some future remix.
November 25th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I have checked out Ghostland Observatory and it would make good material if you edited out the guys voiceee…
Paparazzi Lightning is an okay song.
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