Mr. Fresco of the Disco Villains (or big The?) hit us up again with a new remix, to be precise a re-edit of The Faint’s super-popular new single: The Geeks Were Right. Due to some unfortunate laptop-circumstances this is the only new material in 2 weeks which is a lot in blog time. The remix is much better on the bass and in the low range than a lot of recent bass-heroes like the Crookers and stuff. Great waving between background and forefront.

There’s another song which we didn’t share the last time but I’m gonna now and it’s a remix of my teenage-and-still-favourite Nine Inch Nails. The Hand that Feeds is from my least-favourite single from my least-favourite NIN album, 2005’s With Teeth. First, when I downloaded the track from The Docking Station I thought I wouldn’t like it cause, you know, someone touches something that is close to your heart it’s hard to accept it. On the contrary, the remix is brilliant with the piano part standing alone from around 3:30. That’s what I call taste. We still don’t know too much about the Mexican-American duo but I have a feeling that we’ll hear a lot about them in the future. They have gigs lined up with the likes of Glass Candy and Treasure Fingers. And of course, if Justice, yeah Justice woo-hoo, you know do the dance-Justice plays one of your remixes on a BBC Radio 1 show that means a lot.

The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (Disco Villains re-edit) [zshare] // The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (Disco Villains re-edit) [ysi]

Nine Inch Nails - The Hand that Feeds (Disco Villains remix) [zshare] // Nine Inch Nails - The Hand that Feeds (Disco Villains remix) [ysi]

In 1999 Blank-Wave Arcade was a great underground hit. Not that I personally have this experience cause I was only 16 and listening to Nirvana back then. Same thing with Danse Macabre. In 2001 was huge and it was dominant in the club scene but who cared I was into Radiohead and Refused. I think I first heard The Faint around 2002-3 when disco-punk was popular here. Radio 4, House of Jealous Lovers, early !!! It was definetly fun. But as you know, it wasn’t supposed to last. The Rapture and !!! have made a successful career since then and after 4 years The Faint gives it a shot.

The Faint’s next album entitled Fasciinatiion is gonna come out on the 5th of August on their label: blank.wav (they left Saddle Creek). The first single The Geeks were Right is flying around on the internet for a couple weeks now and there are a some remixes for it. First the super-hip Boys Noize vs D.I.M. In my extermely humble opinion this remix sucks badly. Like the German guys just have a pattern named ‘how to make very cool and bass-driven weird-synth club-anthems’ and just forced it upon the song (okay, nice work on the vocals but that’s the least). On the other hand, the Does It Offend You, Yeah? one bangs like hell. It’s banger but a good, powerful one. The third song is another preview from the album Mirror Error. I haven’t decided about the album yet, it’s not nearly as good as the last Rapture or !!! but maybe it’s not that outdated.

The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (Boys Noize vs D.I.M remix) [zshare] // The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (Boys Noize vs D.I.M remix) [fileden]

The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (Does It Offend You, Yeah? remix) [zshare] // The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (Does It Offend You, Yeah? remix) [fileden]

The Faint - Mirror Error [zshare] // The Faint - Mirror Error [fileden]