Turbo Recordings: Planet Turbo EP

Earlier this week (on the 21st to be more specific) Tiga's record label Turbo Recordings put out the Planet Turbo EP. The EP is a collection of new remixes of previously released tracks on the label by some of our favorite artists. Check out the EP below and don't forget to buy your favorite tracks over here.

TURBO 088:

1. Tiga - You Gonna Want Me (Hey Today! Remix) 6:00 (A fresh make over of Tiga's track by Germany's Hey Today!)

Tiga - You Gonna Want Me (Hey Today! Remix) by turborecordings
2. Proxy - 8000 (Diplo Remix) 3:51 (Diplo and Proxy?)

3. Boy 8-Bit - Yard Birds (The Finger Prince Remix) 6:31
4. Popof - The Chomper (Matt Walsh Remix) 7:40
5. Chromeo - Don't Turn The Lights On (Carte Blanche Late Nite Mix) 4:27 (Personal Favorite)

Chromeo - Don't Turn The Lights On (Carte Blanche Late Nite Mix) by turborecordings

A little Bonus:

A hit from the not so distant past. Check out Hey Today! remixing Radio Controlled by Zombie Nation. Solid track, still maintains the elements that made you love the original.

Zombie Nation-Radio Controlled (Hey Today! Remix)

Noise Invaders

It should be kinda obvious that I am a fan of Mako Records at this point. I have posted on it's founder Proxy and it's artists Polymorphic, Marseille, Eclier, The Mould. However, there is still one major piece of the Mako puzzle missing and that piece is Noise Invaders. This talented duo from Moscow, Russia have churned out some magic tracks this past month. First up we have a Noise Invaders remix of Polymorphic's new track Apocalypse. The Apocalypse EP is out now on Coco Machete Recs and it features the original mix and a Marseille remix along with the Noise Invaders edit, pick up the whole thing on Beatport. Up next we have a very interesting re dub of Chromeo's Don't Turn The Lights On by Noise Invaders. You can also grab that remix and more fantastic Don't Turn The Lights On Remixes here on Beatport. Definitely keep an eye on Noise Invaders, I expect big things from this duo in the future. Mako Records blog has promised to do an interview with them soon, swing by MakoRecsBlog some time and see if it's up yet.

Polymorphic - Apocolypse (Noise Invaders Remix)

Additional Mako Records Listening -  Polymorphic is super sick. Tracks like this one below definitely stand out to me from a sea of fantastic Russian producers. Clearly, French legend Mr. Oizo agrees, watch him drop this awesome track below and pick it up for yourself on beatport.

Cassius x Ed Banger - The Rawkers E.P.

French house legends Cassius (Zdar and Boombass) and O.G. French house label Ed Banger Recs have finally united to bring you The Rawkers EP and as expected it is pure magic. Rawkers delivers five beautiful house tracks that are mixed to perfection. The other track on this six track EP is a slight departure from Cassius' house roots, the track I ♥ U So premiered on BBC Radio one a few weeks back. You can follow this link to check out a bad quality preview of Cassius' fun dubstep number I ♥ U So. The Rawkers E.P. drops October 4th on Vinyl and October 11th digital so you guys are getting a super secret preview of this fantastic release. Check out my favorite tracks off the EP in Transcoded (or compressed and lower quality) 320kbps and make sure you swing by iTunes and pre-order The Rawkers EP for digital download or here on coolcats.fr for vinyl 12". 

 The No No's by Cassius

Shark Simple by Cassius

Additional Listening - Cassius truly are legends in the business of making music. Philippe Zdar alone has produced some of my favorite electro pop/rock albums like Phoenix's Grammy award wining Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Cut Copy's first album Bright Like Neon Love. More recently Zdar has worked on Chromeo's new album Business Casual. Check out one of my favorite track off that album "You Make It Rough" and pick up the whole album here on iTunes. Up next we have one from the vaults, going way back to 1992. Before Cassius was created and Boombass and Zdar colaborated under the name La Funk Mob, Zdar had a side project with another french house legend Etienne De Crécy. This colaboration was called MotorBass and they released 2 EPs and one LP. I highly recommend you check out some old school fantastic french house long before the days of Daft Punk.

Chromeo - You Make It Rough (Produced by Philippe Zdar)

MotorBass - Flying Fingers (MotorBass = Zdar + Etienne De Crécy)

MotorBass - Ezio

Alex Metric's Radio One Set

I love England so much! I have only visited a few times before but I am still absolutely in love with the country, it's people and it's music scene. And even though I might not be a fan of the weather, the food, or the temperature of their beer; there is one thing in the United Kingdom that redeems all this and it is their radio. From the BBC to pirate radio I am consistently hearing some of the world's best DJs dropping new and exclusive stuff on the airwaves in Britain. While this might be business as usual for our European fans, it is completely foreign to us Yankees. In Los Angeles a city of over 10 Million with one of the largest electronic music scenes in the US if not the planet, it is a rare treat for DJ like Rusko or A-Trak to play a Hip-Hop set on LA's Power 106 FM. Beyond that the odds of hearing an electronic song on the radio that is not Prodigy or Daft Punk is pretty much 0. Each station plays the same 40 tracks all day long in an endless loop. "California Gurls" still probably plays 25 times a day on each a major station, Fuck me! And Pirate Radio, no chance. I guess our equivalent is College and Independent Radio like KCRW and KXLU which are probably the only US radio stations I could honestly recommend to anyone over the age of 14. 
So thank you England for providing us with a model for how to get it done right on the radio, hopefully the influx of mp3 players into cars will force American Radio to change and play something that actually stimulates and enlightens as opposed to just churning out the same mind numbing shit, day after day. 
In honor of British radio dominance I have UK producer/DJ phenom Alex Metric's set from BBC Radio One's Essential Mix this past Friday Night 8/12. In addition to playing a fantastic and very diverse set including new tracks from Louis La Roche, Primary 1, Diplo & Don Diablo, Fenech-Solar, and Metric himself; Alex M also dropped something very special, a new exclusive track from none other then French house legends Cassius. This new single is supposedly one track off a new EP which, knowing the legends Boombass and Zdar and the group of very talented musicians they call friends, this EP is not one to miss. Check out Alex Metrics awesome new mix and grab a set/radio rip (with voices, sorry) of Cassius' new track "I 3 U So" as well as Aeroplane's (who are sooooo on point right now) great new remix of Chromeo's new track "Don't Turn the Lights On".

Alex Metric's Radio One Set 8/12/10 (Dowload Full Set)
Tracklist:

1. Fenech-Soler Fenech-Soler – Lies *Great song, sorry I can't post it
2. Louis La Roche – My Turn
3. Don Diablo & Diplo – Make You Pop
4. Harvard Bass & Bart B More – Listen To This
5. Dem Slackers – Swagger (Evil Nine remix)
6. Ellie Goulding – Salt Skin (Alex Metric Remix)
7. Joe and Will Ask? – Rainbow Trout
8. Yeasayer – Madder Red (Golden Filter Remix)
9. Cut Copy – Where I’m Going
10. Cassius – I ♥ U So
11. The Chemical Brothers – Horse Power (Popof Remix)
12. Disco of Doom – Sex Face
13. Delorean – Come Wander

The Record That Changed It All: Fenech-Soler

1. The Whispers – Keep On Loving Me
2. Primary 1 — Never Know
3. Chromeo – Don’t Turn The Lights Out (Aeroplane remix)