Normally known for his keen remixing catalog, DatA’s upcoming original EP is gonna rock, full stop if the initial single is any indication. I don’t think it’s a stretch to speculate that this ends up on all those ’super duper tracks of ‘08 blabla’ toplists and turns the corner for the Frenchman. As if we needed another Frenchman occupying that space. Well, it’s okay, really.

For those familiar with previous work, like the awesome remix of Aerious Light, you’ll recognize the inclusion of those lovely building synths that’s by now a DatA trademark. Extra bonus points for having a guitar solo! How many songs these days have a guitar solo!?

“We could never be friends, I love you until the end”… the refrain seems to get straight to the heart of so many matters of the heart.

DatA - Rapture [zshare] //DatA - Rapture [ysi] //DatA - Rapture [fileden]

It’s been quite a while since the new album of M83 came out. I really like M83 but I haven’t written about it so now, with the DatA remix of the new single, Kim and Jessie, I have a reason.

The fourt studio album Saturdays = Youth came out on 15th April. Anthony Gonzalez from France always made beautiful melancholic music from coming from behind the veil that separates us from the other world. The overture You Appearing is one of his best songs ever. According to Gonzalez, the album is about the 80s, the wasted youth, teenagers. Hip themes. Buy it here.

The next single will be out July 21. Kim and Jessie in the original is a weird pop song with extraordinary waves of instruments. Great stuff and no compromises, the catchy sound is a product of post-rock and shoegazing aesthetics. My Bloody Valentine jumps to my mind. He got remix-attention from hip acts like Yuksek for the previous single, for this, the DatA edit really fits. It strengthens the original otherworldly feeling but gives it a La Boum-esqe twist. DatA is a great guy btw, his remixes of Big Face, Tepr and Chromeo could rule the dancefloor. France at its best.

M83 - You Appearing [zshare] // M83 - You Appearing [ysi]

M83 - Kim and Jessie (DatA remix) [zshare] // M83 - Kim and Jessie (DatA remix) [ysi]

We proudly announce our first mixtape. This comes as a present for this beautiful season. It kinda has a lot of things that are cool now and has one or two surprises as well. Enjoy.

The tracklist is

rival joustas - clarity (blamma blamma clear as mud mix)
digitalism - idealistic (dirty disco youth happiness is a drug remix)
surprise track
justice - genesis (chewy chocolate cookies remix)
these new puritans - elvis
dead kids - fear and fluoride (shy child remix)
nid & sancy - my rave (sluttt don’t fuck remix)
big face - i wanna be a style crusader (data remix)
cazals - cut a long story short (autokratz remix)
the whip - trash (cassette jam remix)
friendly fires - on board (nic nell’s n-tronica remix)
bonus track

And the download link:

Kunk - Don’t Stop Mixtape