Designer Drugs and Little Boots

Great 80s twist on Little Boots' "Meddle" has just surfaced in my inbox. The 80s coke jam remix is a bit dancier, bit more electro and bit more up tempo.

The original "...was co-written by Greg Kurstin (producer of Lily Allen/Kylie Minogue/etc and one half of Bird And The Bee) and Joe Goddard of Hot Chip, with production by Joe as well. It’s the “Designer Drugs ‘80s Coke Jam Remix,” which really isn’t that far off from the vibe of this remix."

Meddle will appear on the Arecibo EP along with Stuck On Repeat (and the great Fake Blood remix) and is out mid November on digital and 12" on I AM SOUNDS records.

Little Boots - Meddle (Designer Drugs 80s Coke Jam Mix)

The joy of repetition really is in you...

Today the Black Ghosts release "Repetition Kills You" a track featuring guest vocals from Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz fame.

The song itself is quite good. Like the rest of the album it is produced well and has a catchy poppy feel. After Boy 8-Bits hugely succesful remix of "Anyway you choose to give it" I was glad when the rest of the album featured video game-esque synths and bleeps and that is evident here. I'm a huge fan of Damon Albarn and althoughI find him a little unnessary on this track, he does complement Simon Lords vocals well. Personally it isn't dark enough for me so I was excited when I found out the single features remixes from RAC, Phones, Diplo, Laidback Luke, and Emperor Machine. The Diplo and Laidback Luke versions don't offer much, but the Phones (Paul Epworth) mix is exciting and dark. The Emperor Machine mix is probably the most successful though and the funked up bass line adds a new dimension to the original.

You can download the original track here.
The video for the song can be found here.
You can buy it from iTunes here.

Punk-loving dancing robots

"Robots that recognise a certain kind of punk music are dancing at Institute of Contemporary Arts concerts.

They have been programmed to move up and down to music with specific characteristics."
From the BBC News site.

Punk-loving dancing robots.

More cowbell please DJ...

... and maybe a little Christopher Walken.

Make your own at MoreCowbell.dj

Somewhere in the Universe there must be somewhere better than New Hero?

The Somewhere in the Universe club night in Brighton has always attracted some superstar DJs at the Ocean Rooms, so I hope they still reel 'em in at their new spot at New Hero every Friday. If you're from Brighton and have never heard of New Hero it's because it's just changed names/owners from what used to be The Church and Club New York before that. It was a small dingy venue so I hope they've spruced it up a bit. I notice that Little Boots, whom I blogged a few weeks back, is playing there on the 19th September too.

The Saturday spot also looks promising with DANCE DANCE DEATH; a night which features some great DJs on rotation. From Skint's own Midfield General through to one of my faves Punks Jump Up who, amongst other things, created one of my favourite T-Shirts (see above).

The Mighty Book of BOOSH

As is probably obvious from my name I AM ELECTRO BOY; I'm a massive fan of Electro (obviously) and the Mighty Boosh. So I can't wait to get my hands on The Mighty Book of BOOSH full of wonderful photos, illustrations and graphics from the series. I had no idea BOLO the gorilla was the Boosh graphic designer, an ape of many talents.

2 Festivals and a wedding

Sorry it's been a while. The last few weeks I've been to Belgium for my 3rd annual Pukkelpop festival and also just up the road for the Brighton and Hove's 1st Beachdown festival.

This weekend I wasn't spared either as I attended the wedding of my good friends Will and Gail. I had a half hour set which comprised of the following dance floor classics (which went down very well I might add):

• Aint Nobody - Chaka Khan
• White Wedding - Billy Idol
• Let's Dance - David Bowie
• Romeo - Basement Jaxx
• My Sharona - The Knack
• Doctor Pressure - Mylo Vs Miami Sound Machine
• Rock the Casbah - The Clash
• Just What I Needed - The Cars
• Cars - Gary Numan
• Digital Love - Daft Punk
  

I had to stop it early and leave off Gary Numan and Daft Punk, but I was happy my work was done. Other tracks that nearly made it include: Lady - Modjo, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police, Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust, I Can't Go For That - Hall and Oates, Atomic - Blondie, We Are Your Friends - Justice, Superstition - Stevie Wonder, Out Of Space - The Prodigy, Sweet Dreams - The Eurythmics.