Welcome to the first of a (hopefully) long running series of posts. Huzzah!
The story behind the name "Betty's Fat Ones" is long and complicated; and quite frankly, I don’t remember. However, I shall hopefully be bringing some new and interesting tunes twice a month.
First up is a stonking piece of disco-house from the French duo, Revolte. Many will spot the similarities between these and two other well-known French artists – right down to their masked appearance for live shows. Still, this track is a tremendous piece of cut-up that doesn’t sacrifice any groove in the process.
The next track has been around for a while but it is still pretty darn fresh. Italian based producer, Dusty Kid (whose recent appearance at Wax:on in Leeds passed me by…bugger), serves up a cracking techno track. A pulsating bass line draws you in before it erupts with a massive, repetative siren. Absolutely loving it at the moment…although not too keen on the Crookers re-work.
The best of the rest includes a re-discovered Simian remix of The Go! Team, a smile-inducing number from Monk (with a great piano stab running through the chorus) and a swirly, bleepy re-work of Daedelus. Hope you enjoy!
The first one is Enya Vs. Prodigy - Smack my Orinnoco Falls Up
(Even though i'm fairly sure it should be Orinocco Flow this is the name it came to me as a few years ago so that's what i'm putting here)
Some people might know the song as 'Sail Away' but I think that's just a bit lazy to be honest. It's a song that shouldn't work mixed with prodigy, it should be truly awful, but it really really isn't. Seriously, have a listen to this Mashup of Smack My Bitch up and Orinocco flow and tell me it doesn't stick in your head.
This next one is a great song to play at an indie club,
because it starts with the very distinctive Interpol Bassline then you just hear the Dizzee Rascal vocals come in over the top. As a rule I usually hate mashups, but these are probably the only two that have stayed in my collection for any length of time.
These songs are real growers, give em a chance, and try them out at a party or something when people have had a few... guaranteed to get a reaction. Fun stuff
I was one of the lucky ones who got Leeds Festival Tickets when they went on sale a while back and I can't believe how good the line-up has got since then, they keep adding artists and it's getting better and better.
There's nearly all the bands i'm into at the minute like MGMT, Justice, Digitalism, Crystal castles, Be Your own Pet, Lethal Bizzle, Foals, Chromeo, The Whip etc etc.... as well as some of the band's that would have been top of my list some years ago including Slipknot and Rage Against The Machine.
The Friday night Dance tent lineup is ridiculously good...
CSS, Digitalism, Simian Mobile Disco, Chromeo, Crystal Castles and The Whip!?
That's going to be amazing...
This first track is possibly the best under 2minute song i've heard in years, it's such a perfect party punk song that you can't help but shout along to. I defy you to listen to this three times in a row and not at least mouth 'Food Fight!' if not shout it and punch the air.
Lethal Bizzle was better than Dizzee Rascal when I saw him at Leeds Festival in 2006 and easily one of my personal highlights of the festival, i'd always had a soft spot for Bizzle but it was his live set that really got me to buy into it. Grime isn't a joke? Who knew.
This is a remix done by Sam E. Danger from one of my favorite bands of the past few years 'Test Icicles'.
I DJ'd recently at a clubnight called Flipside Club where I could only play B-sides or remixes so a lot of what's here is stuff that I put together for that. These are the songs from my set for that club night which I think are keepers...
The first song's by Late Of The Pier, it's the best of a few different remixes available for 'The Bears are coming'. Apart from the slightly cheesy klaxon sound in the middle it's a good song to play in a set - it's different enough to keep things interesting, while still having some of the great hooks from the original...
The next one is a remix by The Whip of 'Any way you choose to give it' by The Black Ghosts, I got put onto this by a friend who has a talent for finding bass heavy electro remixes... this is one of the best remixes i've heard in a while. It's really heavy, pounding electro that is pretty relentless but works so well.
I also have a lot of time for 'Twelves' remix of the Black Kids song 'I'm not gona teach your boyfriend how to dance with you'. It leaves the vocal in tact pretty much and just electro-disco's it up a bit, it's all pretty standard stuff but it turns a good indie song into an electro-indie song that works well in a club.... hence it's inclusion here
The next one is a song that I know, I know has been around for what seems like forever.... but this A-Trak remix of The count and Sindens 'Beeper' was new to me until fairly recently so maybe you haven't heard it yet either... anyway. It doesn't have the Kid Sister vocals on it, and has a ridiculously catchy beat instead, whilst still having the hooks of the original when they're needed. Basically, it's good.
Last track for today is the Soulwax remix of 'You cant always get what you want' - Rolling Stones. This song really lends it's self to being played by DJ's because it sounds about 20x better when it's been speeded up by a fair bit, it's so slow when i listen to it normal speed now! If you've got any sort of DJing software or your a laptop DJ then this is one for you. Otherwise, it's just 'OK'.
Also... went to see Soulwax at the amazing new Victoria works venue in Leeds (it's a huge converted warehouse) and it genuinely looked and sounded a lot like this trailer! If you get chance go see these guys live, do.
INDIE // ELECTRO // NOIZE // GRIME // ROCK // ELECTRONICA // ALTERNATIVE DANCE // WEARETHEPEEPS // This blog is about new music, old music and most importantly good music. The songs on this blog are here because we think they're worth a listen and want you to get into them, if you like what you hear then get out there and buy some music or go to a gig! If it's your music that we're showcasing, and you'd rather we didn't, then please get in touch and we'll be more than happy to take the link down. thanks, The Peeps
Welcome to the first of a (hopefully) long running series of posts. Huzzah!
