Cut Copy - Live on Fallon

Cut Copy taking that "dream pop" aesthetic to its logical extension. Understated surrealism. Possible homage to this?

PS Just spotted The Avalanches make a return to the stage/decks. Seriously for an arts festival that has Odd Future involved, this is what is getting me excited. And I don't live in Sydney.

PPS. If OF don't come to Perth/no one in Perth books OF to come over, I will fuck shit up. Wolf Gang.

Reggie Rockstone x The Avalanches

Once upon a time The Avalanches promised the world (and the citizens of its small but dedicated message board) a new album really, really soon. This would have been 3 or 4 years ago now. However in order to placate their die hard fans they periodically posted links to remixes, old mixes hard to find and new mixes never before heard on their website. While the list of promised mixes remains unfinished, like their album (seriously Detox aint got shit on this, at least Detox has a name.), we were lucky enough to hear the absolute jewel of a mix that is Some People.

Some People plays like a tropical island party version of Since I Left You. It draws together their more pop and hip hop influences heard on the At Home and Gimix mixes with the old breezy Caribbean pop from the Live (Cornerstone) mix. I've listened to this mix more times than I'd care to mention but I still can't work out how they did it. The mixing on it is impeccable and I'm sure it would have taken more than two decks or else the use of some edits I would kill to get my hands on.

One of the more prominent jams in the mix is the one posted above, Eye Mo De Anaa by Reggie Rockstone. Research tells me that its a classic hiplife record from Ghana, however since I'm not an expert on African music (which following the advent of Vampire Weekend, apparently everyone else on the internet is) I will simply accept that at face value. What is important is that the song is an absolute monster. Totally craving the chance to play it at a house party one day, I'm sure it'd go down a treat. Do yourself a favor and download this classic mix and go and BUY the Rockstone track. Good times will no doubt ensue.

The Avalanches - Some People
Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre

Cassian

Despite the my constant bitching about the loud, noisy, steaming-pile of shit electro that is the screen door to my submarine, I will always love the electro of the Australian variety. The sort of electro that is done oh-so-well by acts like Cut Copy, Shazam, DCUP and Miami Horror. That melodic and funky variety, closer to disco than anything else, that makes fans of it around the world believe that life in Australia is a permanent beach party.

Add to that list a Sydney kid by the name of Cassian. His tracks as I’ve found are insanely dope. Descended directly from that tradition of worshipping Daft Punk’s Discovery (his bootleg of High Life is especially sweet), he creates tracks and remixes that are catchy, memorable and very fun to DJ with. He’s a member of the Bang Gang roster, but mark my words, if he keeps up this run of form he’ll be getting that Modular Money in no time.* However in trying to find any more information about the guy, no bio seems to exist beyond a press release for his first EP describing him as “the original fuuuuuunky-fresh zulu synth warrior”.

Grab some tracks from him, they’re well worth it and don’t forget to head over to beatport to buy the rest, they are well worth your hard earned simleons.

Miami Horror - Make You Mine (Cassian Remix)
Flight Facilities - Crave You (Cassian Remix)
Daft Punk - High Life (Cassian Bootleg)

*I’ve always been under the impression that the way Modular works is that it takes its revenue from lesser acts like Wolfmother and The Presets and uses it to fund promotion of more awesome music, eg. Tame Impala, Canyons, The Swiss. (Cut Copy and Bag Raiders are self sufficient)

PS WHERE THE FUCK IS THE NEW AVALANCHES ALBUM? ITS BEEN TEN FUCKING YEARS!

Pitch Perfect w. Canyons

Found this cheeky little mix over at the Fader. They got this new series with Nike where they commission artists to create mixes for the 6 continents of the world for the World Cup. And lo and behold, disco mavens Canyons have been chosen to do the one for Australia. The resulting mix contains a long forgotten track from the avalanches (WHERE THE FUCK IS THEIR NEW ALBUM?!?), Tame Impala, Tame Impala side project POND and Canyons themselves and is perfect for a delirious Australian summer (or the current 40 degree heat that I find myself bathing in in Nevada right now.

Cop it HERE at The FADER.