Reminder: Alan Braxe & Lifelike Tonight in NYC

Webster Hall is lame, but whatever...

Britney Spears · Anticipating (Alan Braxe Remixes)

Tee Hee Hee, thats great.

Apparently this was from 2003? Where was I? I'm pretty sure if I ever get married, i want the B-Side to be played on a loop for much of the reception. Sorry for the Low Quality, but you'll get the idea (and if you have it in a better rip, send her my way and I'll replace these). [Mercí a Les Cocos]

Britney Spears · Anticipating (Alan Braxe Remix A) [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Britney Spears · Anticipating (Alan Braxe Remix B) [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Items of Note on the Interwebs

2 notes of Frenchtouch delight (or disgust, depening on your perspective):

· Kristin from Showtrotta pointed out a link on Kidz by Collette to a recording from the LA show of the Falcon/Braxe tour at the Viper Room. If you were able to catch this tour of the cousins Quême, you know it was one for the ages.

· Secondly, and I'm sure more controversially, there's a new Daft Punk sampler in town, and it's Janet Jackson.

Janet Jackson - So Much Betta [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]


In the circles in which i find myself, there's been a lot of hating on this track, and the artist performing it. I must say though, i think there's a certain level of elitism going on (and perhaps closet racism?) in the backlash against Hip-Hop's love affair with Daft Punk. I have taken nothing but joy in seeing the worship of my heroes by the Neptunes, Kanye West, Busta Rhymes, and now a Jackson, and while some might argue (fairly) that some of these artists are jumping late onto the Robots' bandwagon (and money train), I simply see it as testament to the timelessness and unstoppable appeal of Daft Punk. The fact that the sounds from Daftendirekt (as in Janet's "So Much Betta") and Around The World (as in Will.I.Am's "I Got It From My Mama [Remix]" [Link Here]) still sound as fresh as they did more then a decade ago, and are being appreciated by a Hip-Hop audience that is certainly more far-reaching then House has ever known. This is not theivery, but rather a continued coronation of the greatest musicians of their generation.

And for the record, I think Janet's the shit. She can do whatever she wants, she's the Queen. The track's great. Let the debate begin...

Kris Menace Remixes: Air & Roísin Murphy

I'm back, and I've brought with me some epic new-ish remixes from Kris Menace. The first is a remix of Overpowered, one of my favorite records of 2007, and the title track on her follow up to her amazing 2005 release, the Matthew Herbert-produced "Ruby Blue".

Roisín Murphy - "Overpowered" (Kris Menace Remix) [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]


The 2nd track is a remix of "Mer du Japon" from Air's "Pocket Symphony", which came to my consciousness through the Alan Braxe Podcast from the UK's "Together" Party. Download it if you get the chance, its massive, and subscribe while you're at it, they have had a lot of great artists do mixes for them, including my favorite Norwegian, Todd Terje.

Air - "Mer Du Japon" (Kris Menace Remix) [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Roulé 303

Roulé 303
Alan Braxe - "Vertigo"

A-Side: Vertigo [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]


B-Side: Vertigo (Thomas Bangalter's Virgo Edit) [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Remix Thursday #7: The Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Edition, starring: Kelis, Justice, Jamiroquai, Goldfrapp, Bob Sinclar, Alan and Fred...

Alright, I know that doing a "Remix Thursday" on Braxe & Falke is probably a lot like doing a "Hip Hop Monday" on Kanye West, but I've been feeling French as fuck recently (like you needed that explanation), and I've come into some cool tracks of theirs as of late. And maybe i'm feeling a little lazy, cause it's 6am and I'm waiting at the airport in Great Falls, MT, to (regretfully) return to the Apple.

So if you didn't know, Alan Braxe is 1/3 of Stardust, who made maybe the greatest track of all time. Braxe and Fred Falke together, have created some of the best house tracks of the last decade, evidenced through the recent singles collection: "Alan Braxe and Friends: The Upper Cuts". As a remix duo, they're second to none, forming epic tracks that take as much from Human-Robots called Kraftwerk as from the Robot-Humans called Daft Punk (borrowing maybe from the soundtrack to "Outrun"--the video game, not [necessarily] the Bangalter track):

Jamiroquai - "Alright (Fred Falke & Alan Breaks Remix)" [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Goldfrapp - "Number 1 (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Main Remix)" [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Justice - "D.A.N.C.E. (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)"
[RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Alan Braxe & Fred Falke vs. Bob Sinclar - "Running Into I Feel For You" (Intro vs. I Feel For You) [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Kelis - "Bossy (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)" [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]
Kelis - "Bossy (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Earth Out Remix)" [RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]

Remix Thursday #4: D:Exter, Adjuster, Pest, Solid Groove, Ian Pooley, Daft Punk, Xavier, A Touch Of Class, Justice, Alan Braxe

D:Exter - "Things Have Changed (Adjuster Remix)" [Zshare Link]

Pest - "Pat Pong (Solid Groove Remix) [Zshare Link]

Ian Pooley - "Chord Memory (Daft Punk Remix)" [Zshare Link]

Xavier - "Give Me The Night (ATOC Remix) [Zshare Link]

Justice - "D.A.N.C.E. (Alan Braxe Remix)" [Zshare Link]

Thanks Iarla.