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GIANT FANG – Aqualung (Unicorn Kid Remix)

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Glasgow’s Giant Fang is releasing “Aqualung” as a single on the 23rd of June and to mark that occasion, he’s let loose this excellent jetset-in-the-tropics easy d&b remix of the track by Unicorn Kid.

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Rating 8.3

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06-10-13

Py – Polyethers (Jimmy Edgar Remix)

Polyethers (JIMMY EDGAR REMIX)

Warp artist Jimmy Edgar gives Py’s in-b3-rotation “Polyethers” single a big beats makeover; but in a way the maintains the ethereal other-worldly quality of Py’s original track. The contrast makes for an interesting (and worthwhile) listen.

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Rating 8.45

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06-10-13

Premiere: Johnny Stimson – Human Man (The Golden Pony Remix)

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Johnny Stimson will be releasing his Human Man EP this coming July. And to help celebrate, NYC crew The Golden Pony have remixed “Human Man” into something of an EDM machine. The Pony’s remix is part of a new set of tracks featuring versions of “Human Man” from the likes of Vice, Dirty Tees, and Holborn Circuit. As Johnny himself puts it, “the chorus hits so hard. I adore it. Strange, because I (at one point) asked my manager for an actual pony. Instead he gave me this Golden Pony remix and I’m not even mad. A+++.” There you have it folks, straight from the horses mouth. So don’t sleep on this one, press play below.

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Rating 8.2

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06-10-13

Fenech Soler – Magnetic (SaneBeats Remix)

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So we’re still bumping Fenech-Soler’s “Magnetic” single on the reg. Here, London producer Sane Beats blesses the Fenech boys w/ an excellent big-on-bounce (and much worthy of the great original) remix.

Fenech Soler – Magnetic (SaneBeats Remix)

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Rating 8.3

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06-07-13

Freeze-Tag – Fall In Love

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Freeze-Tag out of our home hood of Cleveland delivers in “Fall in Love” a unique and expertly styled take on contemporary R&B, adding less-traveled in 2013 textured to create a transportative, cinematic, progressive push to the genre.

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Rating 8.0

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06-07-13

Rustie – Slasherr (Flume Remix)

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An interesting (yet unexpected) choice of remix source material from Flume, as the Australian producer give Rustie’s “Slasherr” the “Flume treatment”. The mix sounds (almost unbelievably exactly) like what you’d expect a Flume remix of Rustie would; the bombast, energy and get-up of Rustie’s original has been mostly retained supported by broad sound palette and visceral rap-informed beats.

Rustie – Slasherr (Flume Edit)

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Rating 8.4

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06-07-13

Cosmo’s Midnight – Phantasm feat. Nicole Millar

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Take a load off this weekend and listen to this ambient offering from Cosmo’s Midnight. Australian twins, Cosmo and Patrick, please the masses with their just released EP Surge off Yes Please Records. “Phantasm” feat. Nicole Millar is one to keep on the playlist for those cool summer nights. By Brian Litwin

Cosmo’s Midnight – Phantasm feat. Nicole Millar

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Rating 8.7

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06-07-13

Juan Cristobal – & It Was You

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We love Juan Cristobal from Paris and his breathtaking dreamy three thousand miles away rework of How To Dress Well’s “& It Was You”

Juan Cristobal – & It Was You

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Rating 8.2

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06-06-13

CHVRCHES – Gun (Jamie Isaac Remix)

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Jamie Isaac, a producer out of the UK that we’ve been quite into recently, remixes CHVRCHES’s brand new “Gun” track (amazing to turn around such a compelling remix so quickly!) into a soft shoe waterdrops-on-the-petals-of-roses late night quiet storm affair; a nice piece of indie R&B for yr indie R&B shawty or shawtay.

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Rating 8.4

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06-06-13

CFCF – Camera

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CFCF a/k/a Montreal artist Michael Silver offers up the beautiful sax-driven loop-heavy track “Camera”. “Camera” is excerpted from CFCF’s upcoming Music For Objects, due July 9 on Paper Bag.

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Rating 8.4

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06-05-13

Two Door Cinema Club – Handshake (Amtrac Remix)

Two Door Cinema Club - Handshake (Amtrac Remix)

The prolific Amtrac tries on a bit of UK pop (in the form of TDCC’s “Handshake”) and manages a smanger. We’re definitely into Amtrac taking on more tracks of this type.

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Rating 8.3

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06-05-13

Catching Flies – Stay Forever

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“Stay Forever”, the latest single from Catching Flies, continues forward the rapid progression of the London-based producer. Following up a Hype Machine #1 and a spin from Gilles Peterson, “Stay Forever” is simply a brilliant piece of beautiful beats-based electronic music. Subtle cracks in the tape, acoustic guitar washes, sleepy sax all frame an atmosphere brimming with drama and cinema. Catching Flies’ arrow is clearly oriented up. “The Long Journey Home”, the new EP from Catching Flies, is due June 17.

Catching Flies (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.3

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06-04-13