JANUARY TRAKS

Top tunes posted on the Elektrik Soul blog this month...

APIKOROS

DISKO LOVE

Check out these cool Disco Tech edits...

JANUARY FREEBIES

Posted previously this month, you can download a cool remix of the Evil Nine track The Black Brad Pitt (posted here), a dubstep remix of the Flight Facilities tune Crave You (posted here), a nice remix of Major Lazer's Get Free (posted here), a Jupiter remix of Lafayette's Mauvaise Mine (posted here), a Lindstrøm remix of Grizzly Bear's Gun Shy (posted here), a cool cover of the Janet Jackson tune He Doesn't Know I'm Alive (posted here)...



...a new version of the Gigamesh track Don't Stop (posted here), the Hot Natured track Assimilation (posted here), a Drop Out Orchestra remix of the Portecho track Two Shots (posted here), a Poolside rework of the Black Sabbath classic Planet Caravan (posted here), and a Pional rework of The Rapture track In The Grace Of Your Love (posted here)...



Here are some more free tracks... First out are two Julia Stone tunes... Egokind edit of This Love (download here) and Alex Zelenka remix of the Angus and Julia Stone track Big Jet Plane (download here)...

Next up, two reworks of tracks by The xx... Daniel Shepherd edit of Fiction (download here) and a preview of the Corey Baker & Rami Deejay edit of Tides (download here)......as well as the Patrick Schulze remix of the Jamie Woon tune Shoulda (download here)...







Aeroplane remix of Erika Spring's Happy At Your Gate (download here)...



Gossip rework of Fever Ray (download here)...
 

Nico Push edit of Sonique (download here)...

GET FREE

Major Lazer is part man, part lazer according to his own bio. Last year he released the track Get Free...

Check out the cool Adriatique's Lazers Never Die Rework. It can be downloaded here.

GOOD BUSY

PIMP JACKSON

Loco Dice aka Yassine Ben Achour is a Tunisian-born, Dusseldorf-based DJ and producer. Last year, he released the debut album 7 Dunham Place, which features the track Pimp Jackson Is Talkin Now...
 

SYH

PRIME TIME MIKS

Prime Time miks by Fennec & Wolf...
 

Tracklist:

1. Chris Malinchak – So Good To Me
2. Bunte Bummler – Of Moons &
3. Fennec & Wolf – Little Hush
4. Teenage Mutants & Andre Crom – Hanging On
5. LouLou Players, Sharam Jey – Hum Hum
6. Fennec & Wolf – Brooklyn
7. dOP feat. Pillowtalk – Your Feelin (Soul Button Remix)
8. Miguel Puente – Something Going On
9. Luciano – Rise Of Angel (Andrea Oliva Remix)
10. Maya Jane Coles – Over

NOWHERE TO RUN

BLACK BRAD PITT

British breakbeat duo Evil Nine released the track The Black Brad Pitt last year on Bromance records, featuring Danny Brown on vocals. Here's the Soufien3000 remix. Free download in the player below...

OVER

DUB CRAVE

"Why can't you want me like the other boys do? They stare at me while I stare at you..." So go the lyrics of the 2010 fave Crave You by Flight Facilities. Check out this cool dubstep remix of the track. Free download by liking the Adventure Club facebook page...
 

WATCHING THE WORLD

THE PETER PAN COMPLEX

Don't miss out on the opening of the exhibition The Peter Pan Complex tonite at the TM51 art gallery in Oslo... party featuring yours truly and fellow DJs Kevin Fauske, Morten Vee and Kine Sandbæk Jensen. RSVP here.

RETURN IT

NEED ELECTRIC

London-based electronic producer Daniel Avery released the four-track Need Electric EP on Erol Alkan's Phantasy Sound imprint last year. Faves are first three tracks, blending electro, techno and post punk sounds...

ILLUSION MIKS

Elektrik Soul Mixtape from a year back (download here)...



Track List

1) Breakdown (Elektrik Soul Fiks)
2) Passion of Patterns (DJ Andryu & Cloned in Vatican Miks)
3) Just an Illusion (Lindstrøm Miks)
4) Do You Believe (Poolside)
5) Do You Remember (Arithmatix Miks)
6) At Home (Fusty Delight Miks)
7) Love on a Real Train (Studio Version)
8) Breathe (Leo Fiks)
9) I'm So True (Fiks)

NORTHERN LIGHTS

JUPITER x LAFAYETTE

Jupiter remix of the Lafayette track Mauvaise Mine (free download in the player below)...

RESTRAINT BIAS

LINDSTRØM x GRIZZLY BEAR

Gun Shy is a track lifted off Grizzly Bear's acclaimed 2012 album Shields. Here's the tune retouched by Norwegian disco producer Lindstrøm. Free download in the player below...

TEARS FROM HEAVEN

SEX DRIVE

Sex Drive is the third single from Jimmy Edgar's 2012 album Majenta. Here's the Jon Convex remix...

WE CAME TO

JANET

Check out this cool cover of the Janet Jackson tune He Doesn't Know I'm Alive by NYC-based electronic duo New Look (download here)...

CYCLE

PIONAL x RAPTURE

In The Grace Of Your Love is the title track of The Rapture's third album which was released by DFA Records in 2011. Check out the cool Pional remix of the track. It can be downloaded from the player below...

RESCUE

You're My Rescue is the latest single lifted off Van She's 2012 album Idea Of Happiness...
 

NAP ON THE BOW

DON'T STOP

Gigamesh has dropped a new version of Don't Stop. It can be downloaded here.



Here's the video to the original version...

MAN O TO

ASSIMILATION

Hot Natured has dropped the tune Assimilation. Free download of the track by signing up to the HN web site.

GO WOLF

TICHAUER MIKS

Miks from Aussie-based tropikool producer Isaac Tichauer...

Tracklist

How to Dress Well - And It Was U
Amine Edge - Yeah
Justin Martin - The Gurner (Tanner Ross Remix)
Teen Need - New Look (Hunter Game Re Edit)
Kink - Bitter Sweet
Anette Party - Gangbang
Keyone Sellars - Poof
Erik Christiansen - Xpress Youseff Ft. Darrius Willrich & Papa Bones
Tapesh, Maximiljan - Haunter
Deep Future - Let Me Go
Sishi Risch - Shortys Got A Phat Ass
Sub Focus - Tidal Wave feat. Aplines (Shadow Child Remix)
Butch - Revolution

I CAN'T STAY

CHAKA CANT

Cool Chaka Khan edit by The Dead Rose Music Company (free download in the player below)...



The original tune Ain't Nobody performed by Rufus and Chaka Khan featured on the soundtrack for the 1984 movie Breakin...

   

TWO SHOTS

Drop Out Orchestra remix of the track Two Shots by Portecho (free download here)...

FALL BACK

SKIN

Skin is a track lifted off the 2012 album Visions by Canadian cyber pop artist Grimes. Here's a recent rework of the track by British beat-maker Four Tet. According to him, “It’s just some track I made the other day using a loop from her record… no remix going on or anything.”

BAIYA

PLANET CARAVAN

Black Sabbath released their second album Paranoid in 1970. It contains the track Planet Caravan. Here's the Poolside rework of this classic... (download in the player below)

...and here's the original

CHANGED

French electronic producer Yan Wagner released his debut album Forty Eight Hours last year. It contains the track Changed. The original as well as four brand new remixes will be released as an EP on Janary 21st...



Here's the video to the original track...

LANZAROTE

Norwegian disco producers Todd Terje and Lindstrøm have teamed up for the track Lanzarote, out on Terje's own imprint Olsen Records...



The release comes with a diskJokke remix...
 

I CAN'T HELP IT

BEST OF 2012 - TOP 100

Elektrik Soul top 100 tracks of 2012...
 

1. Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
2. Lindstrøm - Eggedosis
3. Tomas Barfod feat. Nina Kinert - November Skies
4. Peaking Lights - Beautiful Son (Eskimo Twins remix)
5. Pelifics with Electric Youth - Wish It Could Last (Poindexter remix)
6. Metric - The Void
7. Tanlines - All Of Me
8. Fake Blood - All In The Blink
9. Lindstrøm - Vossakorv (vocal edit)
10. Two Door Cinema Club - Sun (Gildas Kitsune remix)

11. Sam Sparro - Shades Of Grey (Plastic Plates remix)
12. Ben Clarke - Down Below
13. Navid Izadi - Ain't Got The Time
14. Bat For Lashes - All Your Gold (Hercules & Love Affair remix)
15. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Tapes & Money
16. The Miracles Club - U&Me (Nile Delta remix)
17. Hot Chip - How Do You Do
18. Friendly Fires - Hurting (Tensnake remix)
19. Duke Dumont - The Giver
20. Azari & III - Reckless (With Your Love)

21. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Your Love (Waze & Odyssey remix)
22. Jimmy Edgar - Let Yourself Be
23. Stereogamous feat. Shaun Wright - Face Love Anew (The Miracles Club remix)
24. Rhye - The Fall (Maurice Fulton remix)
25. Saint Etienne - I've Got Your Music (Golden Filter remix)
26. Computer Magic - Moving Forward
27. Mitzi - Who Will Love You Now
28. Hot Chip - Flutes
29. The Presets - Youth In Trouble
30. Digits - Love Is Only Affection

31. Strange Talk - Cast Away (Plastic Plates remix)
32. Blende - Fake Love
33. Chromatics - Ceremony
34. The Dø - Too Insistent (Trentemøller remix)
35. Jessie Ware - No To Love (Ewan Pearson remix)
36. Cassette Club - Flash (Ben Macklin remix)
37. L.O.O.P - Fairy
38. No Regular Play - Endangered Species
39. Audiojack - These Days (Jimmy Edgar remix)
40. Ejeca - Horizon

41. Him Self Her - Gone Too Long
42. Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans (RAC mix)
43. Passion Pit - Take A Walk
44. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
45. Grimes - Oblivion
46. Sin Cos Tan - Trust
47. Sebastien Tellier - Cochon Ville (The Magician remix)
48. Chromatics - Kill For Love
49. Lancelot - We Can Dance (Goldroom remix)
50. Florence + The Machine - No Light, No Light (Ben Macklin remix)

51. Flight Facilites feat. Grosvenor - With You
52. Drop Out Orchestra feat. Kinema - Your Girl
53. Lee Foss & MK feat. Anabel Englund - Electricity
54. Azari & III - Manic
55. Isaac Tichauer - I Forgive You
56. Van She - Jamaica (Plastic Plates remix)
57. Chordashian - Call Me (Bronx remix)
58. Moullinex - Take My Pain Away (Rory Phillips remix)
59. Alkalino - Always
60. Lindstrøm - Raakost (Todd Terje edit)

61. New Navy - Regular Town
62. The Presets - Promises (Plastic Plates remix)
63. Tomorrow's World - So Long My Love
64. YACHT - Second Summer
65. Tiga - Plush
66. Playgroup - Behind The Wheel (Electrocash mix)
67. Storm Queen - Let's Make Mistakes
68. Van She - Idea Of Happiness
69. Sin Cos Tan - Bittersweet
70. Chromatics - Cherry

71. Hot Chip - Night And Day
72. Mario Basanov - We Are Child Of Love
73. Medlar - Knockard Pearl
74. Tyson - Out Of My Mind
75. Niki & The Dove - Mother Protect (Goldroom remix)
76. Holy Ghost! - It Gets Dark
77. Purity Ring - Fineshrine
78. Chromatics - Into The Black
79. How To Dress Well - & It Was You (Pional rework)
80. Panama - All Over The World

81. Jimmy Edgar - This One's For The Children
82. Storm Queen - Look Right Through (Aeroplane remix)
83. Mario Basanov - Skywalker
84. Simian Mobile Disco - Cerulean
85. Perseus - Running Back To You
86. Isaac Tichauer - Doing What I Got
87. Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me
88. Hot Natured - Benediction
89. Cristalli Liquidi - Volevi Una Hit (Bottin version)
90. Peter & The Magician - Memory (NSFW remix)

91. Viceroy feat. Ghost Beach - While We're In Love
92. Punks Jump Up x Dubka feat. Saint Saviour - Feels Good
93. Marcus Marr - The Music
94. Michoacan - Disco Sucks So Good (Dubka remix)
95. RAC feat. Penguin Prison - Hollywood
96. Sohight & Cheevy - Travel Anthem (Moullinex remix)
97. Joakim - Labyrinth (Stopmaking Me & The Deadstock 33s remix)
98. Roisin Murphy - Simulation (Mano Le Tough remix)
99. Tyson - Mr. Rain (Mario Basanov remake)
100. Finnebassen - When Doves Cry

BEST ALBUMS OF 2012 [1-5]

1. Lindstrøm – Smalhans

Norwegian electronic producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm has churned out electrifying music since the early 2000s. Last year, he released his fourth album Smalhans on Norwegian imprint Smalltown Supersound.

Favorite tunes include the opening track Raakost (which means raw food / raw shredded vegetables in Norwegian). It has also been released as a Todd Terje edit. Another big favorite is the hypnotic Eggedosis (which means eggnog in Norwegian). The most fun track lifted off the album is the vocal edit of Vossakorv (which means sausage from the city of Voss).





2. Chromatics – Kill for Love

Chromatics is an electronic band from Portland, Oregon consisting of Ruth Radelet (vocals/synthesizer), Adam Miller (guitar/vocoder), Nat Walker (drums/synthesizer), and Johnny Jewel (producer, multi-instrumentalist). In 2007, the band signed up with Mike Simonetti's Italians Do It Better imprint and released the amazing album Night Drive. Last year's follow-up Kill For Love is the Chromatics' first studio album in five years. Here's the title track...

3. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar

The Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit, aka siblings Klara and Johanna Söderberg, was founded five years ago in Stockholm. Since then, the duo has released two full albums, the last one in 2012 and titled The Lion's Roar. This is folksy music at its best. Here's the title track...




4. Tanlines – Mixed Emotions

Tanlines aka Jesse Cohen (percussion) and Eric Emm (guitar, vocals) is an electronic indie pop outfit from Brooklyn, NY. Their debut album Mixed Emotions took some four years to complete. Their best track is All Of Me...

5. Metric – Synthetica

The Canadian indie ensemble Metric has recorded and released records for a full decade, leaving a long trail of top tunes. Their last album Synthetica does not disappoint in this regard. You can listen to it in the player below. Favorite songs include The Void, Clone, Lost Kitten and the title track Synthetica.

BEST ALBUMS OF 2012 [6-10]

6. Hot Chip – In Our Heads

British electronic ensemble Hot Chip has been going strong since the early 2000s. Their 2008 release Made In The Dark was voted album of the year by Mixmag magazine. Since then they have released One Life Stand (2010) and In Our Heads (2012). Last year's album contains several top tracks, including How Do You Do?, Don't Deny Your Heart, Night and Day, and Flutes...

7. Azari & III – Azari & III

Azari & III aka Dinamo Azari + Alphonse Lanza, Cedric Gasaida and Fritz Helder is a Canadian electronic outfit with a feel for retro house grooves. Their self-titled debut album was originally released in 2011 in Canada, then re-released in Europe and the U.S. in 2012. The album contains three big tracks - Reckless With Your Love, Hungry For The Power and Manic...

8. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Trouble

Orlando Higginbottom, aka Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED), is an English electronic producer. His debut album Trouble was released in the summer of 2012. Here's the video for the track Tapes and Money...

9. Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man

English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Natasha Khan aka Bat For Lashes released her third studio album The Haunted Man in 2012. A big favorite is the single All Your Gold, which came with an amazing Hercules & Love Affair remix (posted previously). Here's the original...




10. Mario Basanov – Journey

Lithuanian electronic producer Mario Basanov aka Marijus Adomaitis has enchanted the world with his chill-full beats the last few years. The tracks Skywalker and We Are Child of Love are instant nu disco/chill house classics...

...and both appear on his debut album Journey...

BEST ALBUMS OF 2012 [11-15]

11. Tomas Barfod – Salton Sea

Danish drummer and electronic producer Tomas Barfod is known for his work with WhoMadeWho and collaborations with fellow Danish beatmaker Kasper Bjørke under the artist name Filur. His 2012 solo album Salton Sea takes his music to a new level. Favorite track is November Skies...




12. Passion Pit – Gossamer

Passion Pit is an American indie band from Cambridge, Massachussets. Their 2009 debut album Manners included the fave tunes Little Secrets and Sleepyhead. Their second album Gossamer was released in 2012. Opening track is Take A Walk...

13. Taken By Trees – Other Worlds

Taken By Trees is the solo project of Swedish singer-songwriter Victoria Bergsman. In 2009, she released a stunning cover of Guns'n'Roses' Sweet Child O' Mine. Her 2012 album Other Worlds was inspired by a trip to Hawaii. Here's the track Dreams...

14. Van She – Idea of Happiness

Van She is an Austrialian electro pop band founded in 2002. The 2008 debut album V was released on Aussie indie imprint Modular Recordings. So was their 2012 follow-up Idea of Happiness. Here's the title track...

Another cool track from the album is Jamaica, which comes with a tropi-cool remix by Plastic Plates...

15. Lana Del Rey – Born to Die -- The Paradise Edition

Born To Die is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Elisabeth Grant aka Lana Del Rey. It was released in early 2012, then re-released towards the end of the year as The Paradise Edition, containing eight additional tracks.

Here's Video Games which was released as a single in 2011 and featured on the album in 2012...

There's been a continuous stream of Lana Del Rey remixes since the album came out, including reworks of Video Games, Born To Die, Blue Jeans and National Anthem (from the original album release) as well as Ride and Blue Velvet (from the Paradise Edition), most of which are posted on the Lana Del Rey Soundcloud stream. Favorite rework is the RAC mix of Blue Jeans...

BEST ALBUMS OF 2012 [16-20]

16. Jimmy Edgar - Majenta

Jimmy Edgar is a Detroit-based music producer with a taste for electrifying beats. His 2012 album Majenta contains some tantalizing tracks, including This One's For The Children, Sex Drive and Let Yourself Be, all of which can be listened to in the player below...




17. The Presets - Pacifica

The Presets is an Austrialian electronic duo formed in 2003 by Julian Hamilton (vocals, keyboards) and Kim Moyes (drums, keyboards). Their debut album Beams was released in 2005, containing the favorite track Are You The One? The second album Apocalypso came out in 2008, including the single This Boy's In Love. (Check out the cool Kim remix of the track.)

Last year saw the release of the duo's third album Pacifica, containing some of their strongest material so far. Favorite tune is the opening track Youth In Trouble...

The track Promises comes with a cool Plastic Plates remix...

18. Grimes – Visions

Claire Boucher aka Grimes is a Canadian musician and music video director. Her third album Visions marks the peak of her musical career so far and contains some highly original material drawing upon influences from industrial rock, electronic pop, hip hop and RnB to create what has been described as airy cyborg-pop. Top track of the album is Oblivion...

19. The XX – Coexist

The xx followed up their highly acclaimed 2009 self-titled debut album with Coexist in the fall of 2012. The new material is not as strong as their first album, but still offers some high quality tracks, such as Fiction. Here's a recent edit of the track...

20. RAC - Chapter One

The Remix Artist Collective (RAC) has churned out an impressing number of high quality remixes in recent years. They have compiled some of their greatest reworks on the release Chapter One...