This track takes me back to school ground break dancing sessions. In middle school, this really amounted to kids spinning on their head or pop locking at lunch break but was always a highlight to my day in school. You Dropped A Bomb on Me was released back in 1982 and reached reached #2 on the Billboard R&B charts. This is classic example of merging funk with electro.
Gap Band – You Dropped A Bomb On Me
The Location: A Dark Cabaret
The Story: A vampire who is morning her lost love
The song: Trentemøller’s, “Even Though You’re With Another Girl”
If ever there was a track that conjured up a movie in one’s mind. So atmospheric, brooding and dark lined with the ting of lost love. This track can be found on Trentemøller’s second full length album entitled, “Into the Great Wide Yonder”.
Trentemøller – Even Though You’re With Another Girl (ft. Josephine Philip)
I stumbled upon this blog and asked about writing up some workout playlists, based on the songs featured. The Andy Bell and Basement Jaxx tracks were what sold me (both of which feature here).
But, Grum and Yolanda Be Cool were both new to me. And both awesome–given their eclectic choices when sampling (Toto and some Brazilian (?) jazz, respectively).
At any rate, I tried to keep everything right around the mid-130s. If you’re looking for a brisk walk, this should do the trick.
Having said that, I made exceptions for a blazing number by Jamaica and a slower one–to get you started–by Audio Drums’ founder himself.
Take a listen, if you like.
Playlist:
1. The Long Division – Neighbors – 111 BPM
2. Monarchy – Phoenix Alive (Octans Edit) – 129 BPM
3. Riva Starr – I Was Drunk – 130 BPM
4. Basement Jaxx – Romeo – 128 BPM
5. Andy Bell – Call On Me (Wyda Productions Edit) – 123 BPM
6. Jamaica – I Think I Like U 2 – 156 BPM
7. Yolanda Be Cool – We No Speak Americano – 126 BPM
8. Grum – Through The Night – 133 BPM
9. Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle (Roy Malone Mix) – 128 BPM
10. Midnight Magic – Beam Me Up (The Loving Hand Remix) 111 BPM
Bio:
Chris Lawhorn is the resident DJ at Marie Claire magazine and runs a workout music database. If you’d like to hear the current releases, vote on upcoming tracks, or find out who didn’t make the cut–you can check out Run Hundred.
Fresh from my inbox to you. Caribou has just finished this 9 minute remix for Silver Columns latest single, Always On. This remix is the official b-side to the single. This remix/track is very Hot Chip-esque, in a good way.
Silver Columns – Always On (Caribou Remix)
The Count & Sinden – After Dark (ft. Mystery Jets)
The Count & Sinden get a little help from Mystery Jets on this track which sets off on a Caribbean type of vibe. This track sounds like it would have a been a good companion to Culture Club’s “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya” in instrumentation.
Last.fm Bio:
The Count & Sinden are a UK club/house duo from London formed in 2008 consisting of Joshua “Hervé” Harvey (The Count) and Sinden.
They released their debut single “Beeper” featuring American female rapper Kid Sister. It has peaked at #69 on the UK Singles Chart and has also managed to get a number 1 spot on the UK Dance Singles after its club success.
What a beautiful and striking voice and well crafted song to boot. The melody on the chorus is just so damn good. If you like Marina & The Diamonds, then is something you don’t want to sleep on.
Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse’s producer for “Back to Black”) is currently in studio producing Duran Duran’s forth coming album. Mark Ronson debuted 30 seconds of a new track called Blame the Machines on his East Village Radio Show. Sounds like Mark has got Duran Duran back to their showcase form, so enjoy the 30 second preview. Also note, this a radio rip, so it’s not the greatest quality.
Duran Duran – Blame The Machines (30 second sneak peak)
Oh yeah, yet another solid release from Monarchy. If you missed my first post on them, check this out. A bit funky, really catchy, and all around danceable. These guys are going to blow up. So after listening to about half of their up coming self titled full length via myspace, this album sounds SOLID. All the tracks are worthy of praise and admiration. Got my pre-order in for it! You should too:
Purchase on Play or Amazon: Monarchy
Monarchy – Love Get Out of My Way (removed per request)
Hitting with persian flare is Riva Starr with this delicious house number. Riva Starr is a relative new comer on the house scene but has been building up a large following in the last two years.
Lyrics are quite fun, check them here:
Yesterday I was drunk
With some chicks in night club
I don’t remember who came back with me
And tonight I will drink
With some chicks in the club
I’m not sure I want uh lalala
For more hilarity, watch this video for I was Drunk:
“He’s got a golden future ahead of him” – IDJ.
Every once in a while a new producer just smashes their way through into the bigtime. That’s what’s happening with Riva Starr’s sneak-in-and-blow-the-place-up approach. An act whose influence comes from blogs, wild afterparties, music that works for the kids as well as the cool ubercoolische europeans, Riva seems to have sprung onto the scene fully formed – but in reality he’s been working his arse off for years.
Riva Starr plunders the best in tech house and beeping, burping synth lines to create a dirty, messy dancefloor affair. His first appearance on Jesse Rose’s ubercool Frontroom label with the Thizzle EP led to a release on Claude Vonstroke’s pivotal Dirtybird label with the WTF?! EP – described by IDJ as “essential – 5/5”. Then there were two releases in quick succession on Southern Fried – a remix of Armand van Helden’s smash J’Taime, and his own EP, Scratch’n’Itch, which had raves from a stupidly wide variety of DJs…
And the gigs have kept apace. Just in the last months there’s been a China tour, Glastonbury, Glade and Fusion Festivals, two slots at the Winter Music Conference – the Dirtybird party and a huge Lot49 event – an Australian and US tour on the pipeline and definitely more to come…
A single mix offered to the influential Discobelle blog was downloaded TWELVE THOUSAND times, and a sneaky download of a DJ edit of La Conga, his followup single on Dirtybird, lead to that single going top 5 on Beatport through pure word of mouth – no ads, a secret release with no press, and it had gone top 10 in the tech-house chart before Beatport decided maybe the track should have some advertising…
As the Scatterblog review of Riva’s career says … “It’s not like he has a big trademark bassline, or some sort of analog synth style (although he does have some mad analog synths), instead he incorporates a range of different sounds. It seems like the main thing that ties each song together is just that each one has an awesome hook of some kind. Music is all about having a cool sounding something these days, it’s not about ripping out some big guitar solo, or having a really musically sound piece (how many songs are based around three notes these days, but sound fresh as), Riva Starr is easily on top of all that…”
What’s next? A follow-up on Southern Fried with a Derrick Carter rmx. A new sampleadelic track Maria on Get Physical’s Kindisch records that is already doing damages worldwide reaching the top 10 on the Beatport house chart, a new single on Jesse Rose’MADE TO PLAY…
Collaborations with London’s underground scene. A few remixes due out during the summer (check out his remix for Exploited rec with the featuring of the 2 dupstep mcs Jammer&Frisco!). And a new label, Snatch! – for the stripped-back musical types who aren’t ashamed to get their rave on…
http://www.myspace.com/rivastarr
