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!
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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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)
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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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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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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From Stereogum:
[Download] 'Hunting For Witches' (RAC Mix)
[Download] 'Song For Clay' (RAC Mix)
Labels: A_Weekend_In_The_City, Remixes
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