Posts tagged with the whitest boy alive

10/23/2010

Marina and the Diamonds – Shampain (Fred Falke Remix)

Ah, Fred Falke. Can this man do no wrong? I’ve posted a few of his remixes, and they’re all pretty top notch. First there was that Florrie “Panic Attack” remix that I love so much. And then I heard that super old but sicker than sick “Golden Cage” remix he did for The Whitest Boy Alive only recently, an 8.5 minute burner that feels nothing like it. And while his remix of “Shampain” by Marina and the Diamonds definitely did not instantly strike me like the two aforementioned remixes did, it’s still pretty darn catchy and energy-inducing. And if that’s not enough for you, hit up another remix of the same song from our boy Pictureplane, whose 2009 album Dark Rift, had my top 20 albums of 2009 been written today, would have definitely cracked into that list. It’s actually a shame that it took me so long to realize how killer that album is.

Marina and the Diamonds – Shampain (Fred Falke Radio edit)

Marina and the Diamonds – Shampain (Pictureplane’s Deep Dolphin Remix)

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09/10/2010

The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)

This past Monday, some friends and I were driving home from Toronto after celebrating both Labor Day and Labour Day weekends. It was a lovely weekend full of early fall city exploring, the distillery district (complete with a super awesome art gallery), reliving our childhood via Centreville on Centre Island, Japanese Izakaya’s, accidentally crashing birthday parties, new friends, old friends and other things of that nature.

On the way home, I was happy to realize that it was Hipster Runoff’s turn at Blog Radio on the Sirius XMU, but especially love blog radio because I get to hear tons of tunes that I would never have heard otherwise, many of which I snipe and post as my own. And I enjoy Carles’ biting/ridiculous commentary (for me, it is hilarious to listen to and kind of annoying to read). He played lots of good tunes as usual (I tend to find his playlists the most up my alley of all the blog radio kids, but I do love them all), but this was definitely my favorite of the set. I’m chalking up the fact that I hadn’t heard this track to me not fully realizing how to explore my musical tastes until starting this blog. Erlend Oye’s The Whitest Boy Alive + Fred Falke = musical schwing. This might be the least boring/dragging on 8+ minute tune you will ever listen to, provided you haven’t listened to it before, in which case it will be in a tie with itself for the least boring/dragging on 8+ minute tune you have ever heard.

The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)

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07/07/2010

Erlend Øye – The Black Keys Work (FM Attack Remix)

Remember at the beginning of the year when FM Attack put out one of my favoritest remixes in recent memory? Well Mr. Shawn Ward is back at it again, this time taking on none other than Erlend Øye, the man, the myth, the left sock to the full pair that is Kings of Convenience, 25% of The Whitest Boy Alive and 100% of Erlend Øye. It’s a funky and futuristic take on a killer tune. And if that’s not enough, FM Attack has just recently released his Astrowave EP, available on itunes and juno. Show this guy some love, because we here at dailybeatz love what he do. And just for fun, here’s the original version of “The Black Keys Work” as well as “Old School Daze”, a track from the great aforementioned Astrowave EP. So much goodness in one post.

Erlend Øye – The Black Keys Work(FM Attack Remix)

Erlend Øye – The Black Keys Work

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FM Attack – Old School Daze

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11/18/2009

the whitest boy alive – 1517

the whitest boy alive

i kinda really dig this track. its from the whitest boy alive, a side project of kings of convenience member erlend oye (along with sebastian maschat, marcin oz and daniel nentwig). according to wikipedia, the group started out in indonesia (which seems a little odd for a couple of scandinavians) as an electronic dance group. while they are no longer very electronic, theyve still got a nice beat going on a lot of the time (while still remaining totally chill). “1517″, todays track from the 2009 album “rules”, imparticular has a total disco-esque rhythm and a great funky synthesizer offbeat thing goin on. its kind of like the older brother of kings of convenience, the one that likes to party. but even the partying older brother is pretty tame, because they still come from a pretty tame family. but its still kind of fun.

the whitest boy alive – 1517

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