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

Damn, This Shit is Fresh

I've got a whole new slew of remixes for you to get your body moving and head rocking. I'm super pumped about this Klaxons' track remixed by Australia's Capt and Crooked. I've been waiting for another track to capture the same energy as his phenomenal "Threnody" remix and the epicness of his work on "Flashover" with Klaxons' airy vocals and some hard synths is right what the doctor ordered. The track is great all the way through, but at 3:00 in the vocals get really chorused out and it sets up the song for a perfect final drop. Love it.

 Klaxons - Flashover (Capt and Cooked Remix) (320 kbps)***

Speaking of epic songs, Adam Freeland let the master of showmanship himself, Etienne De Crecy, take his "How to Fake Your Own Life" and mix it into a wonder of a little piece of electronic gold. It's long, like all of the Frenchman's work, but just the same it draws you in really well and the drops are so well constructed that you won't be able to stop listening. Give it a chance up to around 2:00 in and you'll see what I mean.

Adam Freeland -  How To Fake Your Own Life (Etienne De Crecy Remix) (320 kbps)

For those of you who didn't think they could stomach another listening of Swedish House Mafia's "One" after all the hype off the original and then the Pharrell mix, not to mention how many people have been playing it out in their sets, sit tight and bear with me. TCHNCRCY favorite Congorock has remixed the song into a real hard hitting monster that needs to make it into your collection. Sorry about the quality but the first time I heard this track, Annie Nightingale was babbling over it literally ever 2 seconds so this is what we got.

Swedish House Mafia - One (Congorock Remix) (128 kbps)***

Everyone is freaking out over "I Crave Paris", the vocals of Caribbean Flight Facilities laid over Aeroplane's remix of another TCHNCRCY favorite Friendly Fires. I've honestly given the song multiple listens and nothing about it really makes it stand out. I mean it's not bad but the original Aeroplane remix is great and the original Friendly Fires track is one of my favorites. It doesn't seem like an improvement over either, or even over the original "Crave You". Whatever floats your boat I guess. The song can be found below so you can make up your own mind, but i highly recommend the original Aeroplane remix that I'm putting up along with it. The Friendly Fires vocals are beautiful and Aeroplane chills out the song into a great summer jam.

Aeroplane vs Friendly Fires vs Flight Facilities - I Crave Paris (320 kbps)
Friendly Fires - Paris (ft. Au Revoir Simone) (Aeroplane Remix) (320 kbps)**

Bonus:

For those of you who missed it, the Parisian devil Don Rimini dropped a new EP called "N-Large Your Parties" last Friday that is off the chain. I've got one of the tracks off of it called "All About" which is a hyperactive track that has some epic bass to buzz your ears. Grab the track and if you like it, buy the EP.

Don Rimini - All About (256 kbps VBR)