of montreal + diplo = BANG

hey, check out this sweet diplo remix of id engager, the first single off of montreal's latest record, skeletal lamping. oh man is this good, like so good. diplo has a way of writing lines that stand on their own, then putting them together in a way that works so well, but he can also strip the songs down with equal success.

Of Montreal - Id Engager (Diplo Mad Decent Mix)

U.R.A.Q.T. (diplo remix)

YOU BIG DUMMY. you guys have ssen diplo so many times on this blog, and its for good reason, he's great, such a sense of what works and what doesn't and why what doesn't work doesn't. he produced this track in the studio and made it even wackier. furthermore, maya's rap on this track is simultaneously badass and hilarious. so step up and grab it y'all. YOU GOTTA LOVE THAT SANFORD AND SONS SAMPLE RIGHT?

M.I.A. - U.R.A.Q.T. (Diplo Remix)

video

first up is maddecents fan vid of the week, no idea who did it. But speaking of sunny days....

aa247 sesame street edit from aaron meola on Vimeo.

apparently they know who did it, as do i. fantastic song right? recognize it from lazy pixel?

next up is an unusually spirited live number from jens lekman, sing along without a smile, i dare you, I DARE YOU. it should be noted that this is a cover of "your beat kicks back like death" by scout niblett.

finally is something that is long overdue. SHARKS. MURDEROUS track by the former test icicles.

bmore bounce

Baltimore Bounce (a.k.a. Bmore Bounce a.k.a. Baltimore Club a.k.a. Club Music) is a pretty badass regional style of dance music that formed in the early 90's and has become perfected as of late by DJ Blaqstarr, Solly, and adjunctly by Diplo. It is a style most easily defined as glitchy, fast, repetitive, and bouncy; marked by call and response, percussion, and breakbeats galore! Blaqstarr is known for layering staggered vocals then making beats around those vocal parts, check it out on Hands Up Thumbs Down and XR2, which he produced with Diplo.

DJ Blaqstarr - Hands Up Thumbs Down (with Rye Rye)

M.I.A. - XR2

Next up is a remix from Diplo obviously influenced by Blaqstarr.

Diplo - Fired From Work

Finally is this dude (actually living in Tel Aviv, Israel and from St. Louis Missouri) Solly remixing the fantastic Shove It by project pat and santigold.

Brooklyn We Go Hard - Solly with Santigold

P.S. I switched file servers, let me know if you have any problems!

P.S.S. As fantastic as Slumdog Millionaire was, the Oscar love is a tad bit extreme don't you think?

Howdy

I do say, its hard to feel sick when people are being so supportive of you! thanks to everyone for showing up, I think that was about as crippled as we've ever been, and hopefully it won't happen again, but it did go so well. I would also like to publicly thank Nels Long who despite knowing me for a very short time has thrown himself behind PYROglyphics in an awesome awesome awesome way. DUDE ROCKS. So many cool people right? Anyway, it's time for a post right? I thought so too!

So, there are lots of guys out there who remix, some of them have a really great sound, and some of them know how to get people movin, we know those guys. But Laidback Luke is special since he can get people from Manila (where he's from), to the Netherlands on the the dancefloor. He has numerous styles (that he is completely comfortable in) and always manages to make his song distinct. Just check out these wildly inventive remixes and a collaboration and see how he makes himself with some of the biggest names in the game and some of the most popular songs in recent memory. And notice how none of there songs sound similar AT ALL, impressive his range for real.

(gotta love this Bmore edit of Daft Punk's omnipresent One More Time, which begs the question, do you gets get bmore, or should I go into that for next time?)

Daft Punk - One More Time (Laidback Lukes 'Be More Time' Edit)

Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor (Laidback Luke Remix)

Laidback Luke & Diplo - HEY!

A little history lesson

the story begins on a likely rainly day in england, September 17, 1982, when the clash wrote a skinhead anthem entitled "Straight to Hell." the song wasn't really what one might expect from a skinhead anthem, but what would one expect really? they didn't have kottonmouth kings back then.

Now lets jump forward some many years to 2007 when M.I.A.'s Kala was released, and another gem

is found for kids everywhere to get all gangster to, Paper Planes.

and kids everywhere became hardened ganst.... they made dances, really shitty dances.

worse?

Worst?

But hey, aside from the terrible dances, people did some really rad remixes, some with star power!

Then it got huge with the release of pineapple express, which featured the song in its trailer.

And M.I.A. got pregnant, you can't get mad at that. (Oct. 2008)

Then it got intense. hits radio stations started givin you "you heard it here first" paper planes, over a

year late. next thing you know every one and their mom was on that song.

and finally in mid october 2008, La Fonda released her remix, a remix so terrible that it pushed the

producer of PPRPLNS, Diplo to pronounce paper planes dead. i initially though it may have been

premature, but he was right to kill it when he did. just listen, its below the picture

http://maddecent.com/blog/2008/10/06/rip-paper-planes/

and so there you have, a history lesson on your favorite song and perhaps future prom anthem for

years to come. goodday.

some music favorites!

here is the magic of youtube.

blackstreet - no diggity

Diplo - DANCE Remix