44. SUPER MAL

super mal throws down remixes and original tracks that put a smile on your face and put you in a great mood. they've got that smooth french touch sound but also have some of the partying sensibility and progression you'll find in french house. smooth, but not too smooth (is there such a thing?) i was originally introduced to their stuff through one of my favorite french house guys, lifelike, who remixed super mal's "bigger than big" and "light years." from two producers in the UK to your speakers. this is a great track. you will love it.

Dada Ft The Other - Majestic 12 (Super Mal Remix)

buy the 320s on beatport

44. SUPER MAL

43. THE METATRON

this is a sure fire party mix, and it is extremely intense. like "hold on to your hats" intense. coming from austria, the metatron, is a guy who plays some different roles: a dj, a designer, and a party organizer.

from the metatron: "Skitzo disko is a party series and also a mixtape series! The beginning of skitzo disko was jan/feb 2008. Before SD I played with a friend: wave, new wave and electroclash as 'third wave disco!' I try to make people happy and dance! The blog scene is so overloaded with mixtape without soul. And I think, the people know the difference! The first track from the mix was exclusive made for me and skitzo disko. Made by “transformer di roboter” (berlin/germany), it’s a kind of mash-up-cover-song falco's “amadeus” and scenario rocks “skitzo dancer," but without samples, all selfmade, and the vocals are the best! It’s in german and english.... listen to it and you'll know what I mean!"

you should absolutely have a listen, but be prepared, it's a 90 minutes of HEAVY DUTY. this guy know how to party hard. serious stuff. since the metatron put it up on soundcloud, you can preview it here (download at the bottom of the page):

Skitzo Disko Vol.7 – Legacy of a Skitzo Dancer Tracklist:

01 Transformer Di Roboter - Rock Me Skitzo (Transformer Viva Austria Mix)

02 Hadouken - M.A.D

03 Prodigy - No Good (After Midnight Whats Really Good Mix)

04 Missill - We Don't Care

05 Tape Deck Bros - The Dance Of The Dead

06 Bestrack Productions - Oh Snap

07 Amanda Blank - Might Like You (The Black Dove Underground Remix)

08 Le Castle Vania - Zero Machine

09 Nelly Furtado - Maneater (Peter Rauhofer Reconstruction Mix Part 2)

10 Flo Rida feat. Nelly Furtado - Jump (Designer Drugs Remix)

11 Steve Aoki feat. [[[Zuper Blahq]]] - I'm In The House (Gigi Barocco Remix)

12 Bonaparte vs. Markus Lange - Anti Anti (Markus Lange Edit)

13 Franz Ferdinand - What She Came For (Drums Of Death Remix)

14 Vitalic - Your Disco Song (Docipede Remix)

15 ElectroSound - Harder, Harder, HARDER, HARDER!

16 Hey Today! - Wonderman

17 Fukkk Off - Rave Is King (Le Castle Vania Remix)

18 Lily Allen - Not Fair (Annie Nightingale - Far Too Loud Electro Mix)

19 Super Viral Brothers - Hot Chocolate + Polar Bear Rug (Dada Life Remix)

20 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (The Disco Villains Remix)

21 Super Viral Brothers - Hot Chocolate + Polar Bear Rug (Dada Life Remix) Reprise

22 Dada Life - Perfect Itch

23 Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (Yellus Remake)

24 Grossstadtgeflüster - Laut Reden Nichts Sagen

25 SebastiAn vs. Lady Sovereign - Walkman vs. Love Me Or Hate Me (Overthrill NLLR Edit)

26 Tiga - Shoes (Mr Oizo Remix)

27 Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden - Bonkers (As Heard On Radio Soulwax Edit)

28 Enur feat. Natasja - Calabria (Hot Pink Delorean Remix)

29 Yuksek feat. Amanda Blank - Extraball (Duotone Remix)

30 Franklean - Nate River & MD Luffy vs. Beastie Boys

(DOWNLOAD HERE)

43. THE METATRON

42. DEFEAT

i heard about DEFEAT through a request from our facebook fan page (join plz). as usual, i'm always happy to hear requests - but when i checked him out - i was REAL impressed. this type of thing is really exciting, guys.

so imagine if mstrkrft's first album (i liked it better anyway), alex metric, russ chimes, redial (another up and comer) and danger were all able to have a super baby (a la the film junior) - that would be DEFEAT. his music is a little HEAVIER than some of those guys, but still has that funky sound. loving the axe-style synth! and this guy is going places. any time i'm able to ask a few questions, i do because it's effin' awesome to hear a little bit from the musician. here's a little DEFEAT interview:

slam: when i listen to your music i think of Emilio Estevez "dancing" in Breakfast Club. is that a pretty good way to describe it? running, psyched, fist pumping?

DEFEAT: Haha, that's an interesting way to describe my music in a picture. I would agree that in terms of Emilio's epic dance moves, I also strive to bring epic & emotional elements into my music. I feel that I need to transport the listener somewhere and take them on a journey. This is why I have such a love for 80's music in general. Pop/Glam Rock bands from that era made the most epic songs of all time and bands like Tears For Fears & Simple Minds are perfect examples of this. I guess I just love manifesting that nostalgic feeling you get from listening to 80'smusic, and injecting it into my own work.

slam: where are you from? how long have you been doing this?

DEFEAT: Perth, Australia. I've been making music for around 10 years now on and off, I had originally started making drum'n'bass which progressed over the years into slower styles of electronic music like nuskool breaks & house, and finally electro/disco. It's been quite a journey in terms of my changing taste in music and the learning curves & experiences along the way.

slam: what are some of your favorite artists and who do you draw influence from?

DEFEAT: Too many to list! I think when growing up there were some definite influences that I can recall, especially Michael Jackson & Quincy Jones' productions, I was obsessed with MJ when I was a kid, but who wasn't in the 80's? U2 and Roxy Music are two more bands that I think have influenced me a lot, and I would like to think that stems from Brian Eno's background work with both of the bands, he is a genius! More recent artists of today include Daft Punk & Justice. I just love the French-Touch sound.

slam: you have the material for an LP (or a couple of EPs) and the production level already seems pretty high. what's happening next?

DEFEAT: Well, I've had some interest from a couple of local Australian labels so far but nothing concrete and I'll be doing some light touring in March across the country in Sydney so we'll see how that goes for now.

slam: you collaborating with any other artists on any projects?

DEFAT: Personally I've never worked with anyone else in the studio before, I've had requests to do some official remixes at the moment so I'll definitely just be concentrating on those for the time being.

slam: Awesome - looking forward to it!

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i've listened to all of his stuff and it was very hard to choose only a few tracks:

DEFEAT - BNDTS

DEFEAT - LOST IN PARIS

DEFEAT - D.I.Y.

DEFEAT - DANCE

also, head over to trashbag kids and you'll find a DEFEAT mixtape!

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41. BAD VEINS

anyone who comes here often know that the majority of the tunes i throw up here are electronica. every once and a while, something comes along that isn't the usual for us, but it's something we really enjoy.

here we have ohio based duo bad veins. can't believe it's just two guys. i listened to their debut (self-titled) LP this morning and it's one of those perfect albums to wake up to. great way to start the day. it's not the type of album where every track sounds the same. you know, one track will be chill, good to relax to, and the next track will be like "stop sitting around." there's also great mixtape potential: how do you represent your affections? buy their track found and put it on a mix for your crush.

musically, they have some similarities to arcade fire, shout out louds, the killers, and a little bit of the thrills thrown in for good measure. comparisons, but damn, they have their own flavor. a lot of unique arrangements and instrumentation.

Bad Veins - Go Home

good morning. here they combine one some of my favorite things: horns, synths and strings. always good.

Bad Veins - Gold And Warm

hey, go to work, have a good day, ok?

also, guess what, they're touring:

We Were Promised Jetpacks / Bad Veins Schedule

2.11 - The Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY (hey that's here!)

2.12 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA

2.13 - Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington, DC

2.14 - The Middle East - Cambridge, MA

2.15 - The Knitting Factory - Brooklyn NY (that's here too!)

2.17 - Casbah @ The Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC

2.18 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA

2.19 - The End - Nashville, TN

2.20 - Maxine's Pub - Hot Springs, AR

2.21 - Hailey's - Denton, TX

i highly recommend the album, these two tracks are really just a taste. buy it here.

41. BAD VEINS

40. UFFIE

i know many of you are already in love with uffie. those of you who aren't, her first single off of her upcoming LP may change your mind. i heard this track in a mix a little while back, (it's been around for a while) and loved it because its got uffie's vocals and lyrics on top of a disco beat. it's great to hear her over something a little different. return to disco, baby. she always works with great djs: feadz and justice to name a few, and this is no different! remember mr. oizo's "it takes two?" if you liked that (everybody did), you will love this track. makes sense, because he produced this too:

Uffie - MCs Can Kiss (orig)

hey, you should buy some of her stuff here, it's all good.

according to wiki, her album "Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans" is coming out on V day 2010. look out for it.

40. UFFIE

39. HELP US + HOLY GHOST

we are always looking for new music, if you have any recommendations or have any connections to musicians you think we might like, please hit us up! you can reach us through many different ways, because we are EVERYWHERE:

email us

comment on our gross myspace

follow us on twitter @youcantstopah and retweet if you like what we're doing or saying

soundcloud (you can send us music that way)

(new) become a fan on facebook

we also really need to increase our following, because it is steadily growing, but isn't quite where we'd like it to be. we need your support! those who frequent the page, y'all should start commenting. also looking for people to join our team. currently, there's only really three of us. we want to grow!

enough of the boring stuff. holy ghost! (of LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy's DFA label) did a two part mix of their remixes and original tracks and are giving it out for free! i've had it for a while. it's awesome. holy ghost! is producing tracks that have an original sound and aren't comparable to anything done in the last 15 or so years (you can hear some post-disco liquid liquid in there). they're helping prove that you don't have to have a tempo of 130 bpm to get your groove on.

WINTER 2009-2010

Holy Ghost! Mixtape

Side A

Side B

i am not hosting these myself, they are coming through this (the label's) death from above link. tracklist can be found there. also check out that link to listen to other holy ghost! radio mixes, there's a bunch. it will keep you occupied for a while! big thanks to DFA and holy ghost! for giving this out for free. also: from BROOKLYN. represent.

39. HELP US + HOLY GHOST

38. GHOST CLUB

every once and a while, i feel like i stumble on something that's still hot from the oven. i think i've burnt my fingers here. ghost club has only been around for a few months, has yet to play any shows, but wow, some really promising stuff coming from idaho. you don't hear that very often. listen to the first 30 seconds of CONFORM! and you'll think this was coming from paris, where the streets are paved with glowing neon.

here are my first impressions: sometimes melodic like mylo, sometimes industrial like justice (and much of EB), sometimes all over the place like tots & hootch, sometimes similar in vocal effects to the presets.

i asked them some questions because there's nothing out there (yet).

slam: who are you?

GC: Ghost Club consists of Louie Bash and David Mikkelson. We saw each other at a coffee shop one day and we'd known each other in the past through mutual friends. I'd heard David had made music in the past but never asked him about it until then. We showed each other our stuff that we'd made just messing around and we were both really stoked and decided to try and put our ideas together. We both have been programming for awhile and David does vocals and I was super stoked on the way David sounded so we just went with it and it's working out better then either one of us thought. As far as what we both do in "Ghost Club" we both program, David does vocals and we're yet to play a show but when we do David will be doing live vocals. I'll be handling the "Dj" part of it I guess you could say and we'll both be playing live keys. We're just trying to incorporate as much as possible for a live show. We both think that's really important.

slam: I ask almost every artist this question: can you describe your sound? What music has influenced you?

GC: Definitely going for a harder sound. Trying to be as unique as possible at the same time. Really influenced by SebastiAn, Justice, Danger, datA and pretty much any artist that can make us jump. We're also just trying to bring a new sound to around were we live. There's not much variety in the music scene around here. Not many people have been introduced to Electronic based music around here let alone banging Electro music but we won't let that get in the way of what we're going for whatsoever. We just wanna be loud as fuck straight up.

slam: What are your plans for the future? Any EP or LP on the way? Any other projects you guys are involved in?

GC: Yeah we've definitely talked about it. Our main focus right now is just to keep making music and really try and mature in our sound. Of course it's on any artists mind to put out a E.P. or an L.P. but we definitely want to write a lot more music before any of that. We're not trying to rush anything by any means. We've had some solo projects in the past but nothing compared to what we're trying to do with Ghost Club. We'll always be putting new music up on our page so keep posted for sure!

for best listening pleasure, listen in the below order:

Ghost Club - Black Gloves

Ghost Club - Spinning Off

Ghost Club - Images

Ghost Club - CONFORM!

don't forget to head over to their myspace and say hello.

38. GHOST CLUB