Stuck on Repeat - Volume 1

This is a new feature we are introducing which will simply collate together a load of tracks over an un-specified amount of time that we consider essential listening. As always with these type of things there maybe certain tracks you've already heard, tracks we've missed or accidentally overlooked, so please feel free to hit up the comments with anything you think is indispensable.



In no particular order....

DJ T Sense Feat. James Teej (Get Physical)
Bobmo Hard Bells (BNR)
Housemeister - Music is Awesome Boys Noize Remix (BNR)
Joy Orbison GR Etiquette
Joy Orbison GR Etiquette (Pearson Sound Symphonic Mix)
Hardrive Deep Inside (Pearson Sound Refix) (White)
Joy O Jels (Hotflush Recordings)
Homework Hudson Square (Exploited)
Joy O Wade In (Hotflush Recordings)
Benoit & Sergio Walk & Talk (Vision Quest)
Jori HulkkonenThreats (Turbo)
The 2 Bears Church Midland Remix (Southern Fried Records)
Holy Ghost Wait and See (DFA)
Booka Shade Scaramanga (Dusty Kid Remix)
Clouds Numbers EP (Turbo)
Justice Civilization (Ed Banger)
Evil Nine Its You (For Lovers)
Lee Foss Cabin Party (Culprit)
James What What About Love (Crosstown Rebels)

Burial - Street Halo EP (Hyperdub)

Burial is back with his first solo material in 4 years dropping the 3 track 'Street Halo EP' on Kode 9's Hyperdub, sparking rumours that a 3rd LP is in the making.



Both tracks are beautifully foreboding ethereal pieces of electronica built around dark and brooding bass and drums with shafts of light piercing through as distant voices echo, reverberate and crackle to life. Burial once again demonstrates why he has had such a profound effect on the development of electronic music and confirms his position as one of the most innovative and talented producers of the last 5 and a bit years.

Burial - Stolen Dog


Burial - Street Halo


Burial - Street Halo EP - Available from (Phonica Records)

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The Black Ghosts - Water Will Find a Way

It has been a while since we last heard from The Black Ghosts, but they are back with a new single 'Water Will Find a Way' taken from the new album 'When Animals Stare', due for release May/June this year on Southern Fried Records. For those of you who dont know The Black Ghosts they first sprung upon us just as everyone was going a bit Electro/Fidget crazy, unleashing a number of electro-indie winners such as Any Way you Choose To, Repetition Kills You, and I Want Nothing. Despite the relative success of their first album they somewhat faded into the night, suggesting that The Black Ghosts was never meant to be more than a one off project, not so.

On first listen to the new single it would appear The Ghosts are in a slightly more laid back mood this time round. Water Will Find a Way is built around a 60's sounding cinematic string breakdown, a shuffling Jazz type drum pattern and a repeating classic piano riff, combining to give a sense of reflection. However despite these restrained moments you can hear the trademark electro horns breaking through the mix suggesting that this track may not fully represent the new Album.



The Black Ghosts - Water Will Find a Way

Electronic Artist of the Week #7 - Kommune 1

Kommune 1 is a 23 year old UK producer who like many has been inspired by the Underground Bass scene that has emerged from under Dubstep's all conquering wing. As you would expect he lists Burial as a key influence but to stop there would be an injustice to this emerging artist. Kommune 1 also has a deep love and knowledge of Dance music's roots siting the likes of Frankie Knuckles, 808 State, Jamie Principle, Kraftwerk, Derrick May and Afrika Bambaataa as inspirations to his music, giving Kommune 1's early work a hybrid feel of old Skool House and Underground Bass. Although not as polished as say a Julio Bashmore or a Midland Kommune 1's early work is impressive for someone who has been producing for less than 12 months, and if he can continue to build on this early promise he wont remain un-signed for long.



Kommune 1 - ksmchldn


Kommune 1 - Moving On (Mvt. 1 & 2)


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Essential Mix Classic - Justice (2007)

Justice are back (Official) and therefore it couldnt be a more appropriate time for another Essential Mix Classic. This is Justice from June 2007, when Ed Banger ruled the air waves and everyone wanted to make un-hinged distorted electronic guitar based music. Those heady times seem a little distant these days, what with all the main protagonists either fading away, changing styles or simply not releasing anything. But lets not dwell on that 2007 was a good year, SMD gave us 'Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release', Digitalism - Idealism, Daft Punk the Alive Pyramid Tour and Justice the Cross, oh and we started Blah Blah Blah.

This mix is 2007 Electro not Techno perfectionism, therefore download, try not to think too hard and just press play.



New Single out April 4th 2011 / Album to follow later in the year....

Essential Mix Classic - Justice 2007 Click Here

Track List
01. Earth Wind And Fire ‘In The Stone’
02. Janet Jackson ‘What Have You Done For Me Lately’
03. Prince ‘Earthquake’
04. Dmx Crew ‘Unknown’
05. Daft Punk :’Musique’
06. Busy P ‘Rainbow Man’
07. France Gall ‘Musique’
08. Justice ‘Valentine’
09. Alan Braxe ‘In Love With You’
10. M83 ‘Run Into Flowers (Jackson Remix)’
11. Les Rythmes Digitales ‘Sometimes’
12. I Robot ‘Spacer Frau (Boys Noize Remix)’
13. Hall And Oates ‘Private Eyes’
14. Chromeo ‘Tenderoni’
15. Tepr ‘Minuit Jacuzzi (Data Remix)
16. Chic ‘Everybody Dance’
17. Midnight Juggernauts ‘Shadows’
18. Goose ‘Bring It On’
19. The Proxy ‘Destroy’
20. Zongamin ‘Double Dostiev’
21. Zombie Nation ‘Tape Me’
22. Boule Noire ‘Super Lady’
23. Chemical Brothers ‘It Doesn't Matter’
24. Tc Crew ‘Unknown’
25. Surkin ‘Unknown’
26. Dj Mehdi ‘Lucky Boy (Surkin Remix)’
27. Vamp ‘Outlander’
28. Fields ‘Unknown (Sebastian Remix)’
29. Feadz ‘Sekstyle’
30. Jamelia ‘Something About You (Mr Oizo Remix)’
31. Jesse Velez ‘Fire’
32. Justice ‘D.A.N.C.E’.(Live Version)
33. Surkin ‘Radio Fireworks’
34. Soundhack ‘Freakin’
35. Justice ‘Stress’
36. Zzt ‘Lower States’
37. Justice ‘Stress’
38. Scenario Rock ‘Both Gotta Move On’
39. Vanessa Paradis ‘Be My Baby’
40. The Ronettes ‘Be My Baby’
41. Breakbot ‘Happy Rabbit’
42. Jacques Dutronc ‘Les Cactus’
43. Justice ‘Dvno’
44. Kavinsky ‘Testarossa Autodrive’
45. LFO ‘Freak’
46. Mr Oizo ‘Lotus Suite Koln’
47. Autorepeat ‘Most Keys Are Auto Repeat’ (Soundhack)
48. Midnight Juggernauts ‘Into The Galaxy’
49. Buggles ‘Elstree’
50. Das Pop ‘Underground’
51. Gilbert O Sullivan ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’
52. Human League ‘Things That Dreams Are Made Of’
53. Savas Pascalidis ‘Defend It’
54. Rainbow Brothers ‘Unknown’
55. Chromeo ‘Ah Oui Comme Ca’
56. Leonard De Leonard ‘Leonizer’
57. Ian Pooley ‘Chord Memory –(Daft Punk Mix)’
58. Human League ‘Don't You Want Me’
59. The Prodigy ‘Girls’
60. Klaxons ‘Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax Remix)’
61. Paraone ‘Liege’
62. Daniel Balavoine ‘Vivre Ou Survivre’
63. Miss Kittin ‘Requiem For A Hit (Gegm Remix)’
64. Mr Oizo ‘Stunt’
65. Handycap ‘Murphy’
66. The Rave ‘Mother’
67. Fancy ‘Inside Of You’
68. Syreeta Wright ‘Sweet As Candy’
69. Modest Mussorgsky ‘Night On A Bald Mountain’
70. Joni Mitchell ‘California’

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Burial & Four Tet & Thom Yorke - Ego/Mirror

Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke have collaborated on the limited EP Ego / Mirror. This release has been limited to 300 copies, and judging by my furiously fruitless clicking is already all over eBay. The EP was first aired on Rinse FM last night and you can now hear each track in its entirety via the Rinse FM Youtube radio rips below. For me Ego stands out with its strong melodic hook breaking through the heavily atmospheric and distorted crackles and beats.

This is a fantastic meeting of 3 modern musical innovators and a release worth bidding on, should it come to it.





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Justice - Civilization - Adidas Is All In (Advert)

Justice return April 4th 2011 with the single 'Civilisation', with the album to follow later in 2011. The new single has also been chosen as the musical backdrop for the new global Adidas advertising campaign. The video is directed by long term Justice collaborator Romain Gavras, who chose Justice to soundtrack the campaign.

I think you'll agree that both the video and soundtrack superbly compliment each other, and even if your're more Nike than Adidas the new Justice track hints at a potentially special second album........lets hope they can deliver much like their robotic peers did a decade ago in 2001.

Check the newly released Adidas video

Kingdom - XLR8R Mixtape

Kingdom one of the Night Slugs bass crew has crafted another flawless mixtape for the month of March. Following up his recent mix for us, he can now be heard in the mix for XLR8R, and its a throughly enjoyable piece of work from the rapidly rising US based artist. As you would expect its an entertaining and twisting mix of bass, house, eratic drum patterns, with a little characteristic flava sprinkled throughout. This mix is also crammed full of exclusive tracks and edits, making it an essential download for anyone who likes a well crafted and buzzing mixtape.



Thanks to XLR8R for hooking this mix up.

Tracklist
01 Jacques Greene - Tell Me (Kingdom Edit)
02 Kingdom - SFX
03 Kingdom - Los Poderes (Edit ft. Floetry)
04 Kingdom - Stalker Ha
05 Kingdom - Uptown Buck
06 Jam City - Aqua Box
07 Katy B - Lights On (Girl Unit Remix)
08 Kingdom - Okay To Dance
09 MikeQ & Angel X - Let It All Out 2011
10 Nguzunguzu - Timesup
11 Kingdom - Stadium Pass
12 Bok Bok - Silo Pass
13 DJ Cabos x Kingdom - Snapduro + Appetite Edit
14 Kid Ink Keep It Rollin
15 Kingdom If You Buck
16 Win Win - Interleave (Kingdom Remix)
17 Total Freedom - YB Voice Song
18 DJ Exota Vs. DJ Vali - Pu**yf**ker (Kingdom Edit)
19 Jim Jones / Automatik - Go Cinderella (Kingdom Edit)
20 Ciara x Girl Unit - Ride + Every Time (Kingdom Blend)

You can also catch Kingdom on his US tour which started yesterday in Chicago. Click the following link for his full list of dates.

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Hanna - Music by The Chemical Brothers

You may or may not know but The Chemical Brothers have been tucked away between shows recording their debut movie soundtrack for the highly anticipated movie 'Hanna', an assassin movie staring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett. Movie plot aside the clips suggest that this movie will be a fast paced and tense action thriller, that will also take time to explore the lead characters dark and young personality. Our initial reaction based upon the clips below is that the Chemicals have potentially produced a stronger score than the recent Daft Punk effort, however we will reserve final judgement until we have heard the complete album and seen the movie.

Who's next - Justice, Prodigy? Let us know who you think could record an OST....



Hanna Soundtrack - Released March 15th.

Gesaffelstein - Clash Magazine Mixtape

Gesaffelstein is one of our picks for 2011 (see Electronic Artist of the Week #2) and it turns out he is also one of Clash Magazines top tips for this year for whom he has kindly recorded a fresh mixtape.



Gesaffelstein - Clash Magazine Mixtape


01. Francois de Roubaix - Rencontre Avec Le Skua
02. Magda - Get Down Goblin
03. Appleblim and Ramadanman - Void 23 (Carl Craig Edit)
04. Redshape - Future Shock
05. Son of Sam - Nature Make A Mistake (Ame Remix)
06. DJs Pareja - Kenia
07. Charles Manier - At the Bottle
08. Krikor - Crackboy (Querelle Remix by Plein Soleil)
09. Mmm - Nous Sommes Mmm
10. Pan Tone - Hair of the Dog
11. Bukaddor & Fishbeck - Monofolder
12. Abe Duque - Outlook
13. Kraftwerk - News
14. Das Ding - Reassurance Ritual

Thanks to Clash for putting this out there.

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Munk - The Bird And The Beat (Album Review)

We've pretty much had Munk's album on repeat here at Blah Blah Blah since it was released last week. So it's about time we got our review on and told you why we've been enjoying it so much.


Stream excerpts of the album on Soundcloud.

Munk is Mathias Modica the multi instrumentalist and co-founder of Gomma records. The Bird And The Beat is his third album and provides a deliciously summery dose of disco influenced dance music. Instead of mining disco for samples, however, he's created 14 tracks that put something back into the genre.

The Bird And The Beat is, for the mostpart, a joyous melange of melodic 70s sounds lovingly replicated with a modern twist. Centered around pelvis-gyratingly funky bass lines and soft percussion Mathias drops in classic flanged guitars, latin and tropical disco influences and vocals. Over the 14 tracks he has enlisted 10 different girls from 10 different countries to contribute, as well as adding his own voice (like a vocal Hugh Hefner) to the mix. On top of vocal duties and production he has also opted to play every guitar, drum, bass, synth, piano, xlyophone and kitchen sink himself. It's an impressive feat and creates a real cohesion across the album. Each track is individually enjoyable yet sits smoothly within the record itself.

As much as The Bird And The Beat might owe to disco, its not just a strut across multi coloured dance floors. Here and there Munk slips seamlessly into Chicago House, Hip Hop, Italo and Pop and whilst the majority of the album will have you basking in imaginary sunshine next to your pretend swimming pool there are chillier moments. As might be expected of a Berliner, Munk's analogue synth lines occasionally drift into the deeper, darker realms of chugging dance music with the sultry, foreign-accented sirens taking on an eery quality. These tangents give the album just enough of a modern edge to keep it fresh and exciting and in DJs' set lists.

The Bird And The Beat is a thoroughly enjoyable listen both in the headphones and on the speaker stacks. It's melodic, relaxed and most of all, fun.

Tracklist
01. Can I Have Your Attention?
02. La Musica
03. No Moon (...over Kuala Lumpur)
04. Violent Love
05. Keep My Secret
06. Kitchen Call
07. Mira / Excuse Me
08. Mis Labios
09. Tipsy?
10. Marseille Macheta
11. Rue De Rome
12. So Close
13. A Bored Heart
14. Dort

Written By Matt Allfrey (Battery Powered)

Out now and available from all good music retailers including Ape.

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Tensnake - 10Ten #02

Looks like something new from Tensnake, not much information on it other than the slightly vague track title and a genre tag which suggests this was recorded live. Either way this track has a strong summery Housey disco vibe, sort of track you could imagine gracing an Aeroplane mixtape or an Ibiza beach front bar.



Tensnake - 10Ten #02 (Click Here)

IT WOULD APPEAR THE TRACK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON TENSNAKES ACCOUNT.

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Electronic Artist of the Week #6 - The 2 Bears

The 2 Bears are made up of Joe Goddard (Hot Chip) and Raf Rundell (Greco-Roman Soundsystem) and combined they make curious Indie-Electro House. Their EPs combine straight up dance floor Electro House Follow the Bear, Work it Out, Curious Nature, Be Strong alongside more emotive vocal led dance such as The Church, The Lunatic and When am I going to make a Living. On the whole these two styles work, however its the more grizzly synth led tracks that come to the fore, pushing the weaker vocal tracks into the background, having said this Midland's remix of The Church and TEED's remix of The Lunatic are superb.



Recommended 2 Bear Listening:

Curious Nature EP (Work it Out / Curious Nature)


Follow The Bears EP (Follow the Bear)


The 2 Bears: Church (Midland Remix)


The 2 Bears: The Lunatics (TEED Remix)


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Gold Panda - Marriage EP

For those who read our blog regularly will have noticed we are equally as likely to get sweaty on the dancefloor as we are to kick back to a quality slice of electronica, and the subjects of this post Gold Panda are amongst the finest exponents of this sound alongside the likes of Caribou, Egyptrixx, Fourtet, Mount Kimbie and others.



Gold Panda's debut album 'Lucky Shiner' topped many a 2010 end of year album chart and to further enhance the albums reputation they have just released the Marriage EP. Marriage in itself is a great track, however the EP also includes 4 remixes of which the Star Slinger Remix and Baths Remix really standout, and are both worth owning in their own right.

If you're new to Gold Panda we would also recommend checking the tracks Snow & Taxi's and Back Home

Gold Panda - Marriage EP (Out this week)


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