Pariah is another in a long line of English producers somehow mixing dark and light electronic sounds with ease. Blending elements of garage, dubstep and techno into headphone headnodders. He has also lent these skills to a number of remixes including Marina and the Diamonds and the XX. Check out one of his tracks, Crossed Out, below along with a recent mix he compiled which sounds very 2010. One to watch.
Pariah – Crossed Out (link removed by request)
Pariah January 2010 Mix (link removed by request – look for it soon on Sonic Router)
Track Listing:
1. Bad Autopsy – Psionic Terror [unreleased]
2. Hanuman – Bola (Atki2 Remix) [Idle Hands]
3. L-Vis 1990 – Zahonda (Greena Remix) [Sound Pellegrino]
3. Martyn – Hear Me (Zomby Remix) [3024]
4. Shed – 10001b [WAX]
5. Cristian Vogel – In [Tresor]
6. Pariah – Crossed Out [forthcoming R&S]
7. J-Treole – The Loot (Sully Remix) [Keysound]
8. K.M.A – Cape Fear [Groove Chronicles]
9. Nu Birth – Anytime [Locked On]
10. Red or Dred – How I Feel (Bad Ass Disco Mix) [Locked On]
11. Agent X – Turbulence [Heatseeker Records]
12. Sentinels – Love Rhythm [unreleased]
13. James Blake – The Bells Sketch [forthcoming Hessle Audio]
14. Pariah – Safehouses [forthcoming R&S] Myspace
Mumford and Sons have been taking Australia by storm in the last fortnight: Little Lion Man grabbing Number 1 in Triple J’s Hottest 100 of 2009, wowing crowds at the St Jerome’s Laneway Festivals around the country, and this morning appearing on Triple J’s Breakfast Show to take on Like A Version. The cover M&S played: White Lies’ Unfinished Business – GD does this sound good with their harmonies and banjo magic!
The boys also played their big hit live and answered some questions, the full length of which can be heard here. For those of you who have had enough of little lion men running around you heads I split the cover for download below. Enjoy!
So what do you need to know. He’s French, he’s just released a single on Ed Banger (which is a whole lot better than some of the drivel found there) and he’s got a schoove disco/soul sound. Plus this just gives me an excuse to post the kick ass mix he did a while back titled Dancing on Glass. Music to smoke a packet of cigarettes to.
Another post, another mix. This one is a whole shorter and a whole messier but anything that combines drum and bass and Vampire Weekend is a winner in my books. Props to friend of BW, The Fangs for this half an hour of stupidity.
Jubilee’s all-over-the-shop-with-constant-bangers MO can get kinda exhausting sometimes, but then it can also result in remixes like this – a superlarge DnB take on the equally babing Roxy Cottontail’s electro jam Double Dare, with the help of Proper Villains. It’s the type of thing that makes Nat touch his area while he talks about it. He hasn’t done that yet but I guarantee you he does.
Some people are just ace. One such individual is friend of BW and obessive fan of Drake, John Glover. After professing his love for a large chunk of our Top 100 list he has since gone on to mix his favourite tracks from said list into one awesome .mp3.
Rick Ross & The Dream – All I really want
Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer (Aeroplane remix)
Mike Snow – Animal
Tim & Jean – Come around
Animal Collective – My Girls
Bag Raiders – Shooting Star
Sub Focus – Could this be real
Bloc Party – One more chance
Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
Muse – Undisclosed desires (Thin White Duke remix)
Royksopp – This must be it (Thin White Duke remix)
Adele – Hometown glory (Chewy Chocolate remix)
Friendly Fires – Kiss Of Life
Phoenix – 1901
La Roux – In for the kill (Skream remix)
Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed (Jakwob Remix)
Drake – Best I ever had
Eric Prydz – Pjanoo (High Contrast remix)
Nero – Do you wanna
Mutt – Conversations
Calibre – Don’t mind
Good hip hop is definitely thin on the ground these days, especially when you’re talking that classic soulful 90’s sound. It’s lucky that 2010 is the year one of the bigger groups of the time come back and remind us what quality sounds like. Reflection Eternal, which consists of Talib Kweli on the mic and Hi-Tek on the production, are about to drop their long-awaited new album in March and to get us hyped they have released a mixtape, titled Re:union. Featuring cuts old and new it’s a must for any boom bap fan from way back. Word.
So our Top 100 is in and for the most part the feedback has been pretty damn positive. In the spirit of the great single/remix I present a fresh clutch of jams.
Somehow this sublime little gem missed out on a spot in the Top 100, lord knows why! It’s got all the ingredients of a late night anthem. Sublime vocals, a moody b-line and classic lyrics. The XX can do no wrong.
While the second Simian Mobile Disco album didn’t quite live up to the hype, it was good for a few smacking remixes. This is the cream of the crop. Appearing in the supposed ‘Year of Dubstep’ this track looks forward to the future of the genre. All growling synths and neck snapping drums perfectly paired with vocal of the often irritating Beth Ditto.
Carrying on the tradition started with Daft Punk on Discovery and explored more recently with Justice on D.A.N.C.E, Beaches and Friends is fucking happy. It may err a little on the cheesey side but when you’re having this much fun who cares. Try not mumbling along to the chorus (I’ll be damned if I know what their sayin’). Bliss.
