I’ve so enjoyed watching the saga of the incremental ever-increasing bit rate leaks of the MGMT Kids Soulwax remix. It’s a little bit of genius. I think every song should be released this way: beginning at 96 and slowly working up to 320, 10kb at a time. Imagine… mp3 leaks and music blogs could become baseball cards and card shops for a new generation.

“Hey, I’ll trade you my 312kb Midnight Juggernauts Into the Galaxy for your 220kb Justice D.A.N.C.E. and 132kb MGMT Kids Soulwax…”

“Dude you have a Galaxy 312!! That shit is so rare! I heard only about 4 of those were released.”

“Yeah they posted it on www.incrementalbitratesrus.com 3 years ago for about seven minutes, before taking it down and replacing it with the 320kb. But I scooped it just in time. Been holding onto it ever since. I think though it’s time to diversify. I heard the 132 Kids  is become more valued these days as people have been destroying them.”

“Yeah it’s true. Many hard drives have been wiped of that version lately… it’s probably just a conspiracy by the blogs to drive the price up. Fuckers.”

Anyhow… with regards the songs themselves… my fave of the lot is the Tronik Youth edit (or Shr-edit as it’s aptly worded). For the reason that it’s kinda loose and disorganized — which to me is the appealing side of MGMT — and that bit gets accentuated nicely. The Kooks cover is cute as well.

MGMT - Kids (Tronik Youth Shr-edit) [zshare] // MGMT - Kids (Tronik Youth Shr-edit) [ysi]

MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Nite Version) [zshare] // MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Nite Version) [ysi]

MGMT - Kids [zshare] // MGMT - Kids [ysi]

The Kooks - Kids (MGMT Cover) [zshare] // The Kooks - Kids (MGMT Cover) [ysi]

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at 4:34 am and is filed under mgmt, us, Soulwax, tronik youth.