every time i hear something new by this guy, i try really hard not to like it and inevitably fail...

i think the track i tried hardest not to like was mighty girl. i am a miserable failure, because i absolutely love this track. the fast-paced, spacey harmonies reminds me of the space rock synths in the music made by the timeout drawer. i'm dying to hear a sample of their new album, nowonmai if anyone could help me out.

here's another good lindstrøm track that was pulled from the ilm ysi thread a few weeks ago.

luciano's new mix is my favorite of the year so far. not that it doesn't have some decent competition in the get physical 4th anniversery mix, but somewhat counterintuitively that didn't hit me so hard and fast. philip sherburne's new mix is also nice, as is the tape crew's, but my oh my is sci.fi.hi.fi. volume 2 in a whole 'nother league of purdy. it's also nice to hear a mix where i don't know most of the tracks, and to hear someone try to mix with a track off of achso (and make it work).

i would feel bad about linking to the whole mix if ysi's new look didn't portend that it'll be impossible for me to do so in the future. so here it is, for a brief time:

• luciano – sci.fi.hi.fi vol. 2

i am completely in love with geeta dayal's last few weeks worth of postings over at the original soundtrack; most of the tracks she's been writing about have been my march soundtrack. i feel silly even posting some of them, but i know most of you guys aren't as obsessively soulseeky as i am (i won't even attempt to write about them, really you should go check her posts, they've been wonderful). anyway, here's some of the tracks that have been rocking me lately:

• t.i. – what you know
  
• allez allez – allez allez (lindstrøm & prins thomas mix)
  
• pier bucci – l'nuit (dominik eulberg remix)
  
• pantytec – maybe

why do people who hate movies write about them? the march 20 new yorker contains a nasty movie 'review' of 'v for vendetta'. in the second paragraph, denby claims that 'in normal circumstances, only a literal-minded prig would treat graphic novelists or big-screen fantasists as if they had any responsibility to truth.' this assertion serves as a prelude to the rest of the article, which is essentially a rant about the irresponsibility of glorifying politically motivated violence (as opposed to, say, drug related violence) in pop culture. he also seems offended by the movie's orwellian portrayal of the uk, an 'icon of liberal democracy'. in the course of this rant, denby postures himself as an apologist for the very real abuses of power spawned by the bush administration's war on terror, which include inhumane prisons and the domestic spying program. he downplays this role with an aritificially casual reference to the 'ineptitude and folly of the bush administration', but the makers of this film would have been lucky to get away with such light criticisms.

needless to say, i went to see this movie asap after reading the review. it wasn't phenomenal, but i didn't think it was a bomb, or 'blowup' (maybe B or B-). according to denby, if you did like this movie, then you're either a 'matrix lover', a 'punk, goth, or grunge' devotee, or 'an aging kid stoned on pop rapture' (i would probably fall into this last category).

(sorry this post has nothing to do with music, but the soundtrack was uninteresting.)

these songs, among others:

• minilogue – the girl from botany bay
  
my my – serpentine

these first two songs (and holden/fake - the sky was pink and the koze songs/remixes on my 2005 cd) have been KILLING for the past couple of days. they were my near exclusive (and constant, while traveling) soundtrack for my recent trip to vancouver. i need more holden RIGHT FUCKING NOW. also, anything philip sherburne posts about. geeta dayal as well.

• hot chip – over and over (justus köhncke mix)
  
• chris & cosey – walking through heaven

hot chip remix is justus being cute like only justus can be (that "laid back" pun is amusing me far too much). walking through heaven is awesome blissy synths (heard it on optimo's psyche out mix last week and it was one of the standouts among the tracks i hadn't heard before).

i got achso in the mail the other day and haven't been able to stop listening to it. it sounds so nice on vinyl coming out of good speakers (don't mistake me for an audiofile). it's like the music goes from the air straight into my head (and body), somehow managing to bypass my ears altogether - like smooth milk chocolate that tastes better in your throat than on your tongue.

speaking of things i can't stop listening to, i must have listened to this weird rentcode track about 20 times in the last 3 days. i don't remember where i downloaded it (TAPE being the most likely candidate), and i don't know much about it other than it consists of at least justus kohncke's 'timecode' mixed with marit bergman singing 'rent'. also, it sounds better than i would have dared to imagine. someone could make a career out of selecting unexpected vocal tracks to lay on top of kohncke tracks.

also, has anyone (besides s/fj) heard the new streets album 'The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living'? is it any good?

over three months late! i finally had an assignment big enough to give me enough procrastinatory fuel to finish compiling a data cdr worth of my favorite tracks from 2005. bigger and better than last year's (when i actually struggled to fill up space), this year i had a hell of a time keeping it under 700mb. mostly i wound up cutting the non-house/techno tracks; hip-hop got hit particularly hard in the culling. only the most tokenist picks shall remain!

• Ada – Eve (DJ Koze Mix)
  
• Ada – Maps (Michael Mayer/Tobias Thomas Remix)
  
• Alex Smoke – Chica Wappa (Mejor Edit)
  
• Alexis Strum – Nothing Good About This Goodbye
  
• Amerie – One Thing
  
• Andre Kraml – Safari (James Holden Remix)
  
• Animal Collective – Grass
  
• Basement Jaxx – Oh My Gosh (Jaxx Club Mix)
  
• Bjork – Who Is It (Vitalic Mix)
  
• Black Dice – Smiling Off (Luomo Remix)
  
• Bodies Without Organs – Open Door (Disco Version)
  
• Booka Shade – Mandarine Girl
  
• Brian Eno – This
  
• Consequence – Been Robbed (Feat. Mike Jones)
  
• Crazy Frog – Axel F
  
• Daft Punk – Technologic (Vitalic Remix)
  
• Daft Punk – Technologic (Basement Jaxx Kontrol Mixx)
  
• Death From Above 1979 – Romantic Rights (Jesper Dahlbäck Mix)
  
• DJ Hell – Follow you (Dominik Eulberg Remix)
  
• DJ Koze – Brutalga Square
  
• DJ T vs Freestyle Man – Beat The Street
  
• Franz Ferdinand – The Fallen (Justice Edit)
  
• Freeform Five – No More Conversations (Richard X Remix)
  
• Freeform Five – Electromagnetic (Tiefschwarz Dub)
  
• Goldfrapp – Ooh La La (Tiefschwarz Remix)
  
• Gorillaz – Dare (DFA Remix)
  
• Gwen Stefani – Cool (Richard X Remix)
  
• Hellogoodbye – Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2K4
  
• Hilary Duff – Beat Of My Heart
  
• Imogen Heap – Hide And Seek
  
• International Pony – Our House
  
• International Pony – Our House (Ada Remix)
  
• Isolée – Schrapnell
  
• Isolée – My Hi-Matic
  
• Jenn Cunetta – Come Rain Come Shine (Radio Edit)
  
• Juliet – Avalon (Jacques Lu Cont Thin White Duke Mix)
  
• Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
  
• The Knife – Pass This On (Dahlbäck & Dahlbäck mix)
  
• Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch
  
• LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations (Lindstrøm Remix)
  
• Les Visiteurs – Snoop's Acid Drop
  
• Lindstrøm – I Feel Space
  
• M. Mayer – Lovefood (Matias Aguayo Mix)
  
• M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade – Body Language
  
• M83 – Don't Save Us From the Flames (Superpitcher Remix)
  
• M83 – Teen Angst (Luciano remix)
  
• Madonna – Hung Up (Stuart Price Extended Remix Dub)
  
• Mathew Jonson – Return Of The Zombie Bikers
  
• Matias Aguayo – Drums & Feathers
  
• Meloboy – Hot Love (DJ Koze 12" Mix)
  
• Missy Elliott – Lose Control (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
  
• The Mountain Goats – Dance Music
  
• The Mountain Goats – Up The Wolves
  
• Mylo – Drop The Pressure (Rex The Dog Remix)
  
• Nathan Fake – The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix)
  
• New Order – Jetstream (Richard X Remix)
  
• Nôze – Kitchen
  
• R. Kelly – In The Kitchen (Remix)
  
• Rhianna – Pon De Replay
  
• Robyn – Robotboy
  
• Robyn – Be Mine!
  
• Robyn – Crash And Burn Girl
  
• Röyksopp – 49 Percent (Ewan Pearson Glass Half Full Remix)
  
• Röyksopp – What Else Is There? (Thin White Duke Mix)
  
• Röyksopp – What Else Is There? (Trentemøller Remix)
  
• Röyksopp – What Else Is There? (Vitalic Remix)
  
• The Shock – Manhattann (Einmusik Remix)
  
• The Shortwave Set – Is It Any Wonder
  
• Slim Thug, Mike Jones & Paul Wall – Still Tippin
  
• Snoop Dogg – Signs (Still Life Peg Remix)
  
• T&F vs Moltosugo Feat Moony – De Fact
  
• Three 6 Mafia Feat 8Ball, MJG & Young Buck – Gotta Stay Fly
  
• Todd Terje – Eurodans
  
• Tomas Andersson – Washing Up (Tiga Remix)
  
• Tori Alamaze – Don't Cha
  
• Trentemøller – Physical Fraction
  
• Vitalic – My Friend Dario
  
• Vitalic – U And I

and that's that. i can burn a copy for anyone who's silly enough to want one. same goes for the audio cd full of extra-special favorites that i made a while ago.

in case you missed the ilm thread, here's a primer to the new knife album. i've only heard a few songs from the old album (including the fantasic heartbeats), but this album seems very different. the distorted vocals aren't all that surprising but the sunshiny dance pop trade-in for creepy monster sounds and eerie synths might be off-putting unless you like that sort of thing. i do.

considering it was made by an elecotronic/dance group, silent shout works well as an album. i think 'we share our mother's health' is my favorite track, but i've included a few others that i really enjoy hearing.

have been updated, finally.

about a week ago i said "i've yet to hear a brutally awesome single yet". haha, well scratch that. even with tim "'oh man this song is so good, i don't want to talk over too much of it' WHO THEN PROCEEDS TO TALK OVER ALL OF IT" sweeney talking over the track, the carl craig remix of delia and gavin's relevee sounds amazing.

dfa's instrumental remix of tiga's far from home is bordering on superfantasticness, but the version i have is only six or seven minutes long, and the song only really peaks four minutes in. but oh man, what great couple minutes that is. sounds like dfa are trying to incorperate stuart price's sound into there repertoire (yes plz). i'm holding out hope that they's a longer mix out there. if so, it's a top ten contender.