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Erol Alkan BBC Radio 6 Mix 19.09.2009

September 21st, 2009
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Erol delivered a new mix on BBC radio 6, and the general consensus seems to be: it’s pretty rad. We got some delicious gems in there like a Siriusmo remix of ‘Heavy Cross’ as well as the very much anticipated Gonzales’ take on ‘Waves’. The tracklist below is a shameless copy-paste from the Erol forums, so don’t hold us to it. Enjoy!

Erol Alkan BBC Radio 6 Mix 19/09/2009 (192kbps CBR)

Drums Of Death – Got Yer Thing
Gossip – Heavy Cross (Siriusmo Remix)
Mike Snow – Black And Blue (Tiga Dub Exclusive!)
Acid Girls – Lightworks (Havard Bass Remix)
Kindness – Swinging Party
Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart ‘09
Spacearc – Love Machine
The Phenomenal Handclap Band – You’ll Disappear
Metronomy – Not Made For Love (Astronomer Remix)
Fool’s Gold – Surprise Hotel (Micachu Remix)
Roy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Experience
Joy Division – No Love Lost (Demo)
Patrick Cowley – Memory Fails Me
Pisces – Mary
Memory Tapes – Bicycle
Duchess Says – Black Flag (Emperor Machine)
Floating Points – Vacuum
Gucci Vamp – Unknown (Elvis 1990 Remix)
Erol Alkan – Waves (Gonzales Reversion)

Credit to http://www.believethehype.de/ for this post

Handsome Furs on 18th Sep Friday at Home Club, Singapore

September 15th, 2009
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LO-FI 1st Anniversary at HOME club, this Saturday

September 8th, 2009
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Vitalic’s new album “Flashmob”

September 3rd, 2009
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Vitalic’s new album “Flashmob” (Release date: 28th Sept)

Musicians such as Vitalic are few and far between. In a time when words such as “pioneer” and “innovator” get tossed around far too easily, Vitalic – otherwise known as Dijon-born and bred Pascal Arbez-Nicolas – like his Gallic peers Daft Punk, is part of a dying breed that actually warrants such epithets. With the one-two punch of his incendiary “Poney EP”, followed by his seminal 2005 debut “OK Cowboy”, Vitalicpretty much singlehandedly invented a whole new phase of dance music – think blistering, claustrophobically compressed production, beautifully brutal beats and madly addictive tunes, emotion, invention and melody, all delivered with a wink of its glittery disco eye. A host of imitators quickly followed in its wake, but none could quite match his breathless spirit of adventure and experimentation.

Vitalic’s latest album Flashmob. Release date: 28th Sept ’09

Now, after a 4 year break, Vitalic is back with “Flashmob”, a brand new album. Comprising 13 razor sharp nuggets of perfectly formed, ruthlessly effective electro, it is a stunning return to the musical landscape, and one that is certain to knock everyone for six. Although noticeably warmer and sweatier in nature, his signature stamp is all over the record, from the luscious “Poison Lips”, a soaring disco tune buoyed aloft by cooing female vocals, to the infectious first single “Your Disco Song”, propelled ahead by synths and razor sharp beats, and the vicious, deliciously dirty aural assault of “Terminateur Benelux”. And then there’s the epic, spacious title track, which sees Vitalic stepping up a gear and creating quite possibly the most epic, dancefloor igniting track in his oeuvre yet, a brilliant shift in gears from his previous track record and a radical quantum leap ahead from his peers.

All told, “Flashmob” is not only an evolution in Vitalic’s sound, but a gigantic step ahead for electronic music in general. In terms of its breadth, its scope, Vitalic has created another matchless record, and one which easily rivals “OK Cowboy” in terms of scale and ambition.

Tracklist:
01. See the Sea (Red)
02. Poison Lips
03. Flashmob
04. One Above One
05. Still
06. Terminateur Benelux
07. Second Lives
08. Alain Delon
09. See the Sea (Blue)
10. Chicken Lady
11. Your Disco Song
12. Station Mir 2099
13. Chez Septime