Wednesday, April 29, 2009
'Signs' remix EP...out now!
Just a reminder that the 'Signs' remix EP is out this week, available on 12" vinyl and download. Here's the tracklisting...
1. Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
2. Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix Instrumental)
3. Signs (Pantha Du Prince Remix)
And if Armand Van Helden's effort is too abrasive for your liking, download below an alternative remix by sayCet, French electronica artist extraordinaire. This one keeps the delicate glockenspiel, floating the Björk-esque chimes on a sea of washing synths and barely-there bleeps. Beautiful.
[Download] Signs (sayCet Remix)
P.S. Happy Birthday Matt...30 today!
Labels: Audio, Remixes, Singles
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Remixes galore
As previously announced, Bloc Party will be giving 'Intimacy' the full remix treatment on May 11th. In some "controlled leaking" it appears that you can currently download the lead single, Armand Van Helden's version of 'Signs', on Stereogum...
[Download] Bloc Party - Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
And if you really can't wait a couple months, click here to listen to No Age's rather excellent version of 'Better Than Heaven' and here to stream the 'One Month Off', 'Talons', 'Mercury' and 'Ares' remixes!
As previously announced, Bloc Party will be giving 'Intimacy' the full remix treatment on May 11th. In some "controlled leaking" it appears that you can currently download the lead single, Armand Van Helden's version of 'Signs', on Stereogum...
[Download] Bloc Party - Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
And if you really can't wait a couple months, click here to listen to No Age's rather excellent version of 'Better Than Heaven' and here to stream the 'One Month Off', 'Talons', 'Mercury' and 'Ares' remixes!
Staying on the remix theme...here's a couple tracks recently added to the BlocParty.net archives...
[Download] Ares (Pin Me Down Remix)
[Download] It's Bigger Than A Prayer (Bloc Party vs. dead prez)
Labels: Audio, Intimacy, Intimacy Remixed, Remixes
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Intimacy Remixed!
Bloc Party announced today that on May 11th they''ll be releasing ‘Intimacy Remixed’ on limited edition CD /triple 12”...the younger brother of 'Silent Alarm Remixed' which came out in August 2005.
The album will include remixes by Gold Panda, Mogwai and Filthy Dukes and will lead off with a remix of ‘Signs’ by Armand Van Helden, released on April 27th (so that's what the teaser videos were about!).
Here's the full tracklisting:
1. Ares (Villains remix)
2. Mercury (Herve is in Disarray remix)
3. Halo (We Have Band Dub)
4. Biko (Mogwai remix)
5. Trojan Horse (John B remix)
6. Signs (Armand Van Helden remix)
7. One Month Off (Filthy Dukes remix)
8. Zephyrus (Phase One remix)
9. Talons (Phones RIP remix)
10. Better Than Heaven (No Age remix)
11. Ion Square (Banjo or Freakout remix)
12. Letter To My Son (Gold Panda remix)
13. Your Visits are Getting Shorter (Double D remix)
Bloc Party announced today that on May 11th they''ll be releasing ‘Intimacy Remixed’ on limited edition CD /triple 12”...the younger brother of 'Silent Alarm Remixed' which came out in August 2005.
The album will include remixes by Gold Panda, Mogwai and Filthy Dukes and will lead off with a remix of ‘Signs’ by Armand Van Helden, released on April 27th (so that's what the teaser videos were about!).
Here's the full tracklisting:
1. Ares (Villains remix)
2. Mercury (Herve is in Disarray remix)
3. Halo (We Have Band Dub)
4. Biko (Mogwai remix)
5. Trojan Horse (John B remix)
6. Signs (Armand Van Helden remix)
7. One Month Off (Filthy Dukes remix)
8. Zephyrus (Phase One remix)
9. Talons (Phones RIP remix)
10. Better Than Heaven (No Age remix)
11. Ion Square (Banjo or Freakout remix)
12. Letter To My Son (Gold Panda remix)
13. Your Visits are Getting Shorter (Double D remix)
Those expecting a gently pulsating reworking of 'Signs', look away now...Van Halden has turned the track into a dirty, if slightly pedestrian, monster. The video for the remix comes on like one of Chris Cunningham's worst nightmares, featuring a disturbing child, mirrorball heads, various electrical implants and a very lippy pièce de résistance. Don't expect to see it on primetime TV anytime soon.
Labels: Intimacy, Intimacy Remixed, Remixes, Singles, Videos
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
'Signs' remixed, Kele interviewed!
With it's music box glockenspiel and electronic backbone, 'Signs' is just asking to be remixed and, lo-and-behold, that's exactly what German producer/remixer/DJ MMMatthias has gone and done. Download the reworking in all its sparkly, pulsating glory below...
[Download - 11.4MB] Signs (MMMatthias Remix)
And here's a recent interview that Kele gave with Australian radio station Triple J in which he talks about, amongst other things, the Brazil MTV mix-up. Thanks to Eleanor for the heads up!
[Download - 4.7MB] Kele interview (Triple J, Australian radio, 27th October 2008)
Labels: Audio, Interviews, Remixes
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Maida Vale Studios, 08.10.08
Bloc Party appeared on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show this week to showcase some tracks from 'Intimacy'. Download below the full interview with Kele and Matt plus live recordings of 'Talons', 'Halo', and 'Signs'!
02. Talons
06. Halo
And here's a completely unrelated bonus download...the first ever remix of 'Kreuzberg' (and it's pretty good too).
[Download] Kreuzberg (R3volve Remix)
Labels: Audio, Radio_sessions, Remixes
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
I Kissed A Banquet...
Download here a mashup of 'Banquet' with Katy Perry's 'I Kissed A Girl'. The two songs sound made for each other, and it actually makes her track fairly listenable...
Also, Pitchfork are currently offering up Bloc Party's remix of 'Salt, Peppa and Spinderella', the new single by ace Brummie aggro-popsters Johnny Foreigner, as a free download. Point your clicky peripheral here!
Labels: Audio, Mashups, Other_bands, Remixes
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Download: 'Mercury' (Telemitry Remix)
Download below the first in what's sure to be a long list of 'Mercury' remixes. This one's by Nashville's Telemitry and it's a bit of a banger...
[Download] Mercury (Telemitry Remix)
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Sunday Special
Here're two new 'Sunday' remixes for your aural joy, of which the Junkie XL remix is most worth downloading (it's essentially a souped up version of the original track). On the other hand, DiskJokke does away with most elements of Bloc Party's recording, juxtaposing Kele's vocals over an impressive electrobeat. Thanks to the Vice Records MP3 Blog for the tracks!
Here're two new 'Sunday' remixes for your aural joy, of which the Junkie XL remix is most worth downloading (it's essentially a souped up version of the original track). On the other hand, DiskJokke does away with most elements of Bloc Party's recording, juxtaposing Kele's vocals over an impressive electrobeat. Thanks to the Vice Records MP3 Blog for the tracks!
[Download] Sunday (DiskJokke Remix)
[Download] Sunday (Junkie XL Remix)
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Russell rehashes Nash
Russell has remixed 'Pumpkin Soup', the new seasonally-titled single from indie-princess-of-the-moment, Kate Nash. The remix was released as a digital download last Friday...preview it here or download it now from 7digital below.
Russell has remixed 'Pumpkin Soup', the new seasonally-titled single from indie-princess-of-the-moment, Kate Nash. The remix was released as a digital download last Friday...preview it here or download it now from 7digital below.
[Download - 79p] Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup (Russell Bloc Party's Team Tiger Edit)
Labels: Collaborations, Remixes
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Shucks...buy 'Flux' for bucks
Just a reminder that you can get your mitts on 'Flux' across a multitude of formats right now...scroll down a couple posts for full details. Also, stick the NME CD in your computer for a special website chock-full of Bloc Party freebies. Non-UK fans...look out for the full NME article uploaded onto BlocParty.net in the next day or two.
Critical reaction to 'Flux' has been mostly positive so far (small exception) and the remix of Where Is Home? (on the 12" vinyl) by dubstep's man-of-the-moment, Burial, is one of the most original and accomplished Bloc remixes to date (download it here). 'Flux' is also the first multi-lingual Bloc Party song...Kele has re-recorded his vocals in German and French (for the full Eurodance effect?) and residents of those countries can download the results on the German and French iTunes!
In non-Flux news, a new remix of 'Hunting For Witches' is currently tearing up the blogosphere. It's by a duo called Villains and you can download it below...
[Download] 'Hunting For Witches' (Villains Electro-Banger Remix)
Finally, here's a video of Bloc Party performing 'The Prayer' at their teeny Camden Barfly gig in October.
[Watch] 'The Prayer' (Live at Camden Barfly, 14.10.07)
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Just a reminder that you can get your mitts on 'Flux' across a multitude of formats right now...scroll down a couple posts for full details. Also, stick the NME CD in your computer for a special website chock-full of Bloc Party freebies. Non-UK fans...look out for the full NME article uploaded onto BlocParty.net in the next day or two.
Critical reaction to 'Flux' has been mostly positive so far (small exception) and the remix of Where Is Home? (on the 12" vinyl) by dubstep's man-of-the-moment, Burial, is one of the most original and accomplished Bloc remixes to date (download it here). 'Flux' is also the first multi-lingual Bloc Party song...Kele has re-recorded his vocals in German and French (for the full Eurodance effect?) and residents of those countries can download the results on the German and French iTunes!
In non-Flux news, a new remix of 'Hunting For Witches' is currently tearing up the blogosphere. It's by a duo called Villains and you can download it below...
[Download] 'Hunting For Witches' (Villains Electro-Banger Remix)
Finally, here's a video of Bloc Party performing 'The Prayer' at their teeny Camden Barfly gig in October.
[Watch] 'The Prayer' (Live at Camden Barfly, 14.10.07)
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Hunting For Witches (Ruckus Roboticus Remix)
Here's a brand new remix of 'Hunting For Witches', courtesy of Pitchfork's Forkcast...
Pitchfork: "Ohio-based DJ and producer Ruckus Roboticus gives the song a stomping bass beat, and puts a more Halloween-ready twist on the song's witches via eerie synths and croaking horns. It's a busy remix, still squeezing in some agonized guitars and Kele Okereke's sardonic lyrics alongside cleverly selected spoken-word snippets. "We live no longer in the dusky afternoon," comes an English-accented voice reciting a line from Arthur Miller's 1953 play about the Salem witch trials, 'The Crucible'. The play's political resonance when it appeared during the era of McCarthyism dovetails nicely with the Bloc Party song's implicit criticisms of the War on Terror. "Kill your middle-class indecision," Okereke exhorts, a perfect demagogue."
Erm...yeah, what they said. Demagogue or not, this is definitely one of the stronger remixes of any of the 'A Weekend In The City' tracks!
[Download] Hunting For Witches (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) [mirror]
Here's a brand new remix of 'Hunting For Witches', courtesy of Pitchfork's Forkcast...
Pitchfork: "Ohio-based DJ and producer Ruckus Roboticus gives the song a stomping bass beat, and puts a more Halloween-ready twist on the song's witches via eerie synths and croaking horns. It's a busy remix, still squeezing in some agonized guitars and Kele Okereke's sardonic lyrics alongside cleverly selected spoken-word snippets. "We live no longer in the dusky afternoon," comes an English-accented voice reciting a line from Arthur Miller's 1953 play about the Salem witch trials, 'The Crucible'. The play's political resonance when it appeared during the era of McCarthyism dovetails nicely with the Bloc Party song's implicit criticisms of the War on Terror. "Kill your middle-class indecision," Okereke exhorts, a perfect demagogue."
Erm...yeah, what they said. Demagogue or not, this is definitely one of the stronger remixes of any of the 'A Weekend In The City' tracks!
[Download] Hunting For Witches (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) [mirror]
Labels: Remixes
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Monday, June 18, 2007
'I Still Remember' (OrtzRoka Dub Remix)
Here's an unofficial remix of 'I Still Remember' by British electronica duo, OrtzRoka. This assumingly wasn't finished in time for the single release, because it's one of the best 'I Still Remember' remixes out there (along with the 'Music Box And Tears' and SebastiAn mixes!) Download it after the jump...
Here's an unofficial remix of 'I Still Remember' by British electronica duo, OrtzRoka. This assumingly wasn't finished in time for the single release, because it's one of the best 'I Still Remember' remixes out there (along with the 'Music Box And Tears' and SebastiAn mixes!) Download it after the jump...
[Download] 'I Still Remember' (OrtzRoka Dub Remix)
Thanks to Say Anything Syndrome for the heads-up.
Edit: The ISR remixes just keep coming! Download below the questionably-titled 'Speaker Junk Bass Bin Remix'. Be warned though...it sounds nothing like the original track. Think Bloc Party hepped up on luminous rave juice...
[Download] 'I Still Remember' (Speaker Junk Bass Bin Remix)
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Bangers and Mashups
A plethora of Bloc Party mashups have surfaced over the past few weeks. Here's the pick of the bunch!
A plethora of Bloc Party mashups have surfaced over the past few weeks. Here's the pick of the bunch!
'Helicopter' is used as the backing track for 'I Got 5 On It', 90s lost classic by hip-hop duo Luniz:
[Download] 'I Got 5 Helicopters' ('Helicopter' vs. Luniz - 'I Got 5 On It')
Bloc Party get reimagined as an 80s soft rock band by dj lobsterdust:
[Download] 'She's Hearing In The Air Tonight' ('She's Hearing Voices' vs. Phil Collins - 'In The Air Tonight')
[Download] 'She's Like Sunday Wind' ('Sunday' vs. Tony Sunshine - 'She's Like The Wind')
Two 'Hunting For Witches' mashups by ToToM, French bootlegger extraordinaire:
[Download] 'Hunting For Witches In My Place' ('Hunting For Witches' vs. Coldplay - 'In My Place')
[Download] 'Witches (What You Hunting For?)' ('HFW' vs. Gwen Stefani - 'What You Waiting For?)
And finally, probably the most successful mashup (and definitely the grooviest)...'The Prayer's floor-filling potential gets ramped up even further by obscure Canadian new wavers, Martha and the Muffins (mashed by Sam Flanagan):
[Download] 'Beach Party' ('The Prayer' vs. Martha and the Muffins 'Echo Beach')Labels: Audio, Mashups, Remixes
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Hunting For Remixes
From Stereogum:
[Download] 'Hunting For Witches' (RAC Mix)
[Download] 'Song For Clay' (RAC Mix)
From Stereogum:
Maybe you love 'A Weekend In The City' so much that you need more versions of its songs. Or, just maybe you dislike 'A Weekend In The City' that you need it infused with grimey, guttural synths to make it work for ya. If this sounds like you, have a listen to the Remix Artist Collective's retooling of 'Hunting For Witches', which sounds something like the bastard child of Bloc Party and MSTRKRFT.
[Download] 'Hunting For Witches' (RAC Mix)
[Download] 'Song For Clay' (RAC Mix)
Labels: A_Weekend_In_The_City, Remixes
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