So yeah, one of the most anticipated albums of 2008 for the lovers of smart electro sounds was V of Australia’s and Modular’s Van She. This debut album is one of the bests this year. Not surprisingly beside Cut Copy’s second. I don’t think I can say anything new with fact-value. I think it’s beautiful and surprising.

The record manages to somehow combine club-feeling (LCD Soundsystem comes to my mind) with shoegaze aesthetics. My favourite is Memory Man with it’s grandeour and monumental structure. Not only shallow makes-you-dance stuff but real guitar-drum music with influences ranging from obvious ones like new wave and synth pop to strange stuff like singer-songwriter, acoustic and whirlwind-esque psychedelic sound like M83 or the now seemingly returning My Bloody Valentine. More indie pop than electro. I would say it’s spiritually closer to the aformentioned Of Montreal than to The Presets for example. It can move passions, mountains, get some tears in your eyes and shape a landscape for flying dreams. The reason I’m writing this now is that I got the Van She Tech remix of The Whip’s Frustration from Ohh! Crapp and it’s again a masterpiece. Have a listen and order V.

Van She - Memory Man [zshare] // Van She - Memory Man [ysi]

The Whip - Frustration (Van She Tech remix) [zshare] // The Whip - Frustration (Van She Tech remix) [ysi]

South Central attacked the hit of The Whip. We’ve already posted about The Whip and now they have their full lenght out entitled ‘X Marks Destination’. They have a lot of attention from everyone.

South Central are a great act from Brighton, UK. They are not newcomers, they remixed Klaxons, Shy Child and Late of the Pier among others. They have a buzz on the blogs every time the produce something new either a remix or a song of their own.

This particular remix has the power of the original, modified vocals are insane and the added sirens are fucking awesome. I can imagine a dancefloor with red lights and an evacuation order in place that everyone ignores. Hardcore.

The Whip - Trash (South Central remix)

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

Since I’ve first heard the “I wanna…” chanting in ‘Trash’ about a year and half ago I adore The Whip. It was a soundtrack song for the summer of 2006.

They are from Manchester, UK. Their songs are featured on Kitsuné Mainson 3 and 4. They are remixed by and remixing the coolest acts around the UK and France. They have 5 singles out: Frustration, Trash, Divebomb (video), Muzzle No. 1 (video) and Sister Siam (video) They are going on tour next year with Simian Mobile Disco.

Everyone can guess now the kind of music they play. Usually, the whole new dance movement is ‘blamed’ on Daft Punk which is not really the truth. Whatever, they play electronic dance stuff with guitars, laptop, synth, etc. They are like a softer version of Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Here’s a selection

Remixed

The Whip - Trash (Cassette Jam remix)

The Whip - Divebomb (Crystal Castles remix)

The Whip - Muzzle No. 1 (The Bloody Beetroots remix)

The Whip - Sister Siam (Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya remix)

Remixing

The Black Ghosts - Any Way… (The Whip remix)

The KBC - KBC (The Whip remix)

Asobi Seksu - Strawberries (The Whip remix)