Finally some new music from Classixx. Our favorite Los Angeles duo sent via e-mail a “fax from the beach” – a VHS-inspired video for their new dreamy track with the same title. The duo’s debut album is expected to be released later this year. We can’t wait any longer.
Video by Jerome Potter & Johnny Woods.
Port-Bagages:
mp3: Classixx: “Into the Valley” (feat. Karl Dixon) (Julio Bashmore Remix)
Artwork: Yannis Dragasakis
La.Ga.Sta. offered its services to many weary travellers once more this year. By “following rivers” they drove “through the green” and found themselves in “English Riviera” only to come back again to our station for another refill.
Taking a Friday drive down this year’s memory lane, we think back on our numerous stops including among others:
Our after-hours, absolutely wicked dj set in the VIP room of Melt! Festival. We might have missed Cut Copy’s performance but we certainly had a blast. Shout out to T.E.E.D., Azari & III, Metronomy, Siriusmo, and Planningtorock for their stunning gigs.
The 15-track La.Ga.Sta. Summer Compilation 2011 with lots of exclusives released in August and downloaded by more than 15.000 vroomers in less than a month. Thank you guys!
The La.Ga.Sta mixtapes by the amazing Drop Out Orchestra, CFCF, Das Moth, Pharao Black Magic, Marius, and Mickey. Much appreciated.
Dancing ‘till we dropped with the Can You Relate? team at their super cool parties in Thessaloniki together with The Magician, Shit Robot, Villa, Moullinex, In Flagranti, Acid Washed, and Stopmakingme.
A huge thanks coming out to all of you who filled up our inbox with tons of tunes and mixes, wish we could post them all. Keep them coming.
It’s always such a great pleasure sharing sounds, words and feelings with all the people we love. We don’t really like making lists since we always forget to include everything we loved through the year. But, by popular demand, our pit stop crew tried to bring the Best of 2011 lists (albums, tracks, remixes, EP’s, video) based on what we played most on our car stereo. It was certainly an amazing year with great releases that gave this station the “gas” it needed to carry on driving. Check out our lists below in no particular order. We don’t have winners or losers in this race only drivers that finally make it to the finish line.
This is the 2011 sound of La.Ga.Sta. Vroooommm!
La.Ga.Sta.’s Top 20 Albums of 2011
Metronomy – The English Riviera [Because Music]
Tiger & Woods – Through The Green [Running Back]
Washed Out – Within And Without [Sub Pop]
Azari & III – Azari & III [Loose Lips]
Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost [True Panther/Matador]
The Rapture – In the Grace Of Your Love [DFA Records]
Siriusmo – Mosaik [Monkeytown]
Discodeine – Discodeine [Dirty]
Cut Copy – Zonoscope [Modular]
Rimer London – Rimer London [Magnetron]
Holy Ghost! – Holy Ghost! [DFA Records]
Yuksek – Living On The Edge Of Time [Polydor]
Korallreven – An Album by Korallreven [Acéphale]
Cults – Cults [Columbia]
Canyons – Keep Your Dreams [Modular]
Com Truise – Galactic Melt [Ghostly International]
6th Borough Project – One Night In The Borough [Delusions Of Grandeur]
Beni – House Of Beni [Modular]
In Flagranti – Worse For Wear [Codek]
Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves [Domino Records]
La.Ga.Sta.’s Top 20 Tracks of 2011
Metronomy – The Look
The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love?
Benoit & Sergio – Everybody
Todd Terje – Snooze 4 Love
Paradis – Parfait Tirage
Poolside – Do You Believe?
Jamie xx – Far Nearer
M83 – Midnight City
Try To Find Me – Needs Ending
Joe Goddard – Gabriel (feat. Valentina)
Joakim – Forever Young
Kamp! – Cairo
Glass Candy – Warm In The Winter
Jonas Rathsman – Tobago
Flight Facilities – Foreign Language
Oliver – Memories Of The Future
Citizens! – True Romance
SBTRKT – Pharaohs (feat. Roses Gabor)
Keep Shelly In Athens – Hauntin’ Me
PillowTalk – The Come Back
La.Ga.Sta.’s Top 20 Remixes of 2011
Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers [The Magician Remix]
Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love [Erol Alkan's Extended Rework]
Jeremy Glenn – New Life [Perseus 'Summer of 83' Remix]
Runaway – Chapter IV [Tensnake Remix]
Dj Nibc – The Doorman [Casino Times Remix]
Teengirl Fantasy – Cheaters [John Talabot’s Classic Vocal Refix]
Is Tropical – The Greeks [Moonlight Matters Remix]
Tensnake – Need Your lovin [Tiger & Woods Remix]
Locussolus – I Want It [Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix]
Tyson – Die On The Dancefloor [Mickey Remix]
Cosmic Kids – Reginald’s Groove [Classixx Remix]
Yacht – I Walked Alone [Jacques Renault Remix]
The KDMS: “Tonight [Morgan Geist Remix]
Beni – It’s A Bubble [The Magician Remix]
Mark E – The Day [Prins Thomas Remix]
Paul Weller – Starlite [Black Van Remix]
Lazydisco – More Tigers [Mirror People]
Wolfram Feat. Haddaway – Thing Called Love [Legowelt Remix]
Midnight Savari – Pinisi [The C90s Remix]
Munk – Rue de Rome [Cécile Remix]
La.Ga.Sta.’s Top 20 EP’s of 2011
Todd Terje – Ragysh [Running Back]
Julio Bashmore – Everyone Needs A Theme Tune [PMR Records]
Peter & The Magician – Twist [Kitsuné]
Chad Valley – Equatorial Ultravox [Cascine]
Tornado Wallace – Rainbow Road [Instruments Of Rapture]
John Talabot – Families [Young Turks]
Toro Y Moi – Freaking Out [Carpark]
Suzanne Kraft – Green Flash [Running Back]
Matias Aguayo – I Don’t Smoke [Kompakt]
Moullinex – Chocolat [Gomma]
Montevideo – Tribal Dance [Relish Recordings]
Mario & Vidis – Changed [Future Classic]
The 2 Bears – Bear Hug [Southern Fried Records]
Runaway – Stories [On The Prowl]
Zimmer – Horizontal Disco [Discotexas]
Flume – Sleepless [Future Classic]
Rocco Raimundo – Between The Sheets [Bedmo Disco Records]
Para One & Tacteel – Fair Enough [Fool's Gold]
Chris Malinchak – Villette [French Express]
Beth Ditto – EP [Deconstruction Records]
La.Ga.Sta.’s Best Video of 2011
Directed by MEGAFORCE
La.Ga.Sta.’s Best Mix of 2011
Four Tet – Fabriclive 59
La.Ga.Sta.’s Best Compilation of 2011
If This Is House I Want My Money Back Zwei [Permanent Vacation]
La.Ga.Sta.’s Best Cover of 2011
Paradis – La Ballade de Jim [Alain Souchon Cover]
La.Ga.Sta.’s Best Mixtape of 2011
Poolside – Day & Night
TAGS: 6th Borough Project, Azari & III, Beni, Benoit & Sergio, Beth Ditto, Black Van, Blood Orange, Canyons, Casino Times, Cécile, Chad Valley, Chris Malinchak, Citizens!, Classixx, Com Truise, Cosmic Kids, Cults, Cut Copy, Discodeine, DJ Harvey, Erol Alkan, Flight Facilities, Girls, Glass Candy, Holy Ghost, Hot Chip, In Flagranti, Is Tropical, Jacques Renault, Jamie xx, Jeremy Glenn, Joakim, Joe Goddard, John Talabot, Jonas Rathsman, Julio Bashmore, Kamp!, Keep Shelly in Athens, Korallreven, Lazydisco, Legowelt, Lindstrom, Locussolus, Mario & Vidis, Mark E, Metronomy, Mickey, Midnight Savari, Mirror People, Montevideo, Moonlight Matters, Morgan Geist, Moullinex, Mp3, Munk, Oliver, Para one, Paradis, Paul Weller, Perseus, PillowTalk, Poolside, Prins Thomas, Remix, Rimer London, Rocco Raimundo, Runaway, SBTRKT, Siriusmo, Suzanne Kraft, Tacteel, Tensnake, The 2 Bears, The c90s, The KDMS, The Magician, The Rapture, Tiger & Woods, Todd Terje, Tornado Wallace, Toro Y Moi, Video, Washed Out, Yacht, Zimmer
Throughout 2011 we have been offering you lots of free music. Here is La.Ga.Sta.’s most downloaded tracks of the year. It’s no surprise that Magician’s remix of Lykke Li’s “I Follow Rivers” is top of the list. A huge remix that you can still hear coming out loud from the car stereos. There are some great tunes in there as well, from Rapture, M83 and Washed Out to Mylo, Discodeine, and Poolside. Not to mention Villa’s take on Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” – another exclusive track from La.Ga.Sta. This is your Top 20 chart. Fill it up (one more time) and enjoy the ride.
01. Lykke Li: “I Follow Rivers” [The Magician Remix]
02. Adele: “Rolling In The Deep” [Villa Remix]
03. The Rapture: “How Deep Is Your Love?”
04. M83: “Midnight City”
05. Washed Out: “Eyes Be Closed”
06. Niki & The Dove: “Gentle Roar” [Mylo Remix]
07. Is Tropical: “The Greeks” [Moonlight Matters Remix]
08. Joakim: “Forever Young” [Discodeine Remix]
09. SebastiAn: “Embody”
10. Poolside: “Harvest Moon”
11. The Irrepressibles: “In This Shirt” [Röyksopp Remix]
12. Holy Ghost!: “Wait & See” [Flight Facilities Remix]
13. Lana Del Rey: “Blue Jeans” [Penguin Prison Remix]
14. Foster The People: “Pumped Up Kicks” [Gigamesh Remix]
15. Classixx: “Into the Valley” (feat. Karl Dixon) (Julio Bashmore Remix)
16. Toro Y Moi: “I Can Get Love”
17. Noah And The Whale: “Life Is Life” [Yuksek Remix]
18. Gorillaz: ‘Empire Ants’ [Miami Horror Remix]
19. Munk: “Mis Labios” [Black Van Remix]
20. Chromeo: “When The Night Falls” [Mayer Hawthorne Cover]
Video: Vagelis Related
Artwork: Yannis Dragasakis
TAGS: Adele, Black Van, Chromeo, Classixx, Cover, Discodeine, Flight Facilities, Foster The People, Gigamesh, Gorillaz, Holy Ghost, Is Tropical, Joakim, Julio Bashmore, Lana Del Rey, Lykke Li, M83, Mayer Hawthorne, Miami Horror, Moonlight Matters, Mp3, Munk, Mylo, Niki & The Dove, Noah And The Whale, Penguin Prison, Poolside, Remix, Röyksopp, SebastiAn, The Irrepressibles, The Magician, The Rapture, Toro Y Moi, Villa, Washed Out, Yuksek
Julio Bashmore’s awesome remix of Classixx’s latest single “Into The Valley” gets a video, directed by Marcus Herring.
Port-Bagages:
mp3: Classixx: “Into the Valley” (feat. Karl Dixon) (Julio Bashmore Remix)
TAGS: Classixx, Julio Bashmore, Mp3, Remix, Video
LA duo Classixx made a 49-minute mix for the latest installment of Modular’s Modcast series. It features tracks from Prince, Sade, Soul II Soul, Soul Clap, and more. Smooth, laid back, and awesome!
Tracklist:
01. Reinhard Voigt – Premiere World
02. Chateau Flight & La Caution – Mauvaise descente
03. The S.O.S Band – No One’s Gonna Love You
04. Art of Noise – The Moment
05. Thomas Almqvist – Dream Games
06. Cabaret Voltaire – Kneel to The Boss
07. Supermax – Love Machine
08. Prince – 17 Days (Piano Demo)
09. Sade – Make Some Room (Extended Version)
10. Soul Clap – Between The Edit
11. Soul II Soul – African Dance
12. Erdbeerschnitzel – To An End
13. Tears For Fears – Pharaohs
14. Princeton – Phase
Download it here.
Port-Bagages:
mp3: Classixx: “Into the Valley” (feat. Karl Dixon) (Julio Bashmore Remix)
La.Ga.Sta.’s most downloaded tracks of May 2011. Get pumped up!
01. Is Tropical: “The Greeks” [Moonlight Matters Remix]
02. Washed Out: “Eyes Be Closed”
03. Foster The People: “Pumped Up Kicks” [Gigamesh Remix]
04. Classixx: “Into the Valley” (feat. Karl Dixon) (Julio Bashmore Remix)
04. The Miracles Club: “Light Of Love” [Cut Copy Re-Vision]
06. Memory Tapes: “Wait In The Dark
07. Mayer Hawthorne: “Don’t Turn The Lights On” [Chromeo Cover]
08. Mitzi: “India” [Joakim Remix]
09. Slice & Soda: “Year Of The Dragon” [Villa Remix]
10. Two Door Cinema Club: “Something Good Can Work” [RAC Mix]
11. Penguin Prison:”Multi-Millionaire” [Pete Herbert Dub Mix]
12. Munk: “Mis Labios” [Black Van Remix]
13. When Saints Go Machine: “Kelly”
14. Clubfeet: “Edge Of Extremes” [Munk Remix]
15. Black Devil Disco Club: “To Ardent” (feat. Nancy Sinatra) (Grovesnor Remix)
Top 15: April 2011
TAGS: Black Devil Disco Club, Black Van, Chromeo, Classixx, Clubfeet, Cover, Foster The People, Gigamesh, Grovesnor, Is Tropical, Julio Bashmore, Mayer Hawthorne, Memory Tapes, Moonlight Matters, Mp3, Munk, Nancy Sinatra, Penguin Prison, Pete Herbert, RAC, Remix, Two Door Cinema Club, Washed Out, When Saints Go Machine
We already featured Yacht’s remix of Classixx’s latest single “Into The Valley”, featuring the soulful vocals of Brooklyn Gospel singer Karl Dixon, and now here’s Julio Bashmore’s amazing remix of the track. This is huge. Play it loud!
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Classixx: “Into the Valley” (feat. Karl Dixon) (Julio Bashmore Remix) [mp3]
Port-Bagages:
mp3: Classixx: “Into The Valley”.
TAGS: Classixx, Julio Bashmore, Mp3, Remix
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Classixx: “Into The Valley” [Yacht Remix]
Classixx’s latest single “Into The Valley”, featuring the soulful vocals of Brooklyn Gospel singer, Karl Dixon, gets the remix treatment from the DFA duo Yacht. Download the remix for free and take a look “Behind The Scenes” of the “Into The Valley” music video here.
Port-Bagages:
mp3: Classixx: “Into The Valley” (feat. Karl Dixon)
mp3: Nite Jewel: “Am I Real?” [Classixx TPS-L2 Remix]
TAGS: Classixx, Karl Dixon, Mp3, Nite Jewel, Remix, Yacht
La.Ga.Sta.’s most downloaded tracks of March 2011. Fill it up!
01. SebastiAn: “Embody”
02. Junior Boys: “ep”
03. Junkie XL feat. Joost Van Bellen: “In The Name Of Holy Music”
04. Classixx: “Into The Valley”
05. Beni: “It’s A Bubble” [The Magician Remix]
06. Mike Simonetti: “Third Of The Storms” [feat. Sam Sparro]
07. Deee-Lite: “Groove Is In the Heart” [Gigamesh Remix]
08. WhoMadeWho: “Every Minute Alone” [The Circle Remix]
09. Drop Out Orchestra: “Stockholm”
10. Jupiter: “Saké” [Anoraak Remix]
11. Komiko: “Feel Alright” [Casual Encounters Rework]
12. Black Light Dinner Party: “Older Together”
13. Sia: “Cloud” [Plastic Plates Remix]
14. Woodkid: “Iron” [Gucci Vump Remix]
15. Gunnar Bjerk: “Back Then”
Top 15: February 2011.
TAGS: Anoraak, Beni, Black Light Dinner Party, Casual Encounters, Classixx, Deee-Lite, Drop Out Orchestra, Gigamesh, Gunnar Bjerk, Joost Van Bellen, Junior Boys, Junkie XL, Jupiter, Komiko, Mike Simonetti, Mp3, Plastic Plates, Remix, Sam Sparro, SebastiAn, Sia, The Circle, The Magician, WhoMadeWho, Woodkid
La.Ga.Sta.’s ride all over the internet. Fill it up!
†: The wait is over! The new Justice album, entitled “Civilization”, is coming soon on Ed Banger. Stay close. Watch the teaser.
Release: Daft Punk’s “Tron” score gets a remix album. On April 5, Walt Disney Records will release the album “Tron: Legacy R3CONFIGUR3D”, which features remixes by M83, Photek, Moby, Com Truise, and others. More info here.
Stream: Oh Land’s new album arrives on March 15th on Epic. You can now stream the self-titled album in its entirety here.
MpFree: Few days ago, the Swedish duo jj posted a new track on their blog. You can download jj’s The End of the World remix of Rebecca & Fiona’s “Bullets” here.
Free EP: Young Galaxy has just released their second free remix EP, this time based around the track “We Have Everything”. The 5-track EP features remixes from Grimes, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and more. Download the entire EP here.
Interview: Our favorite LA duo Classixx talks about their new single “Into The Valley” and other stuff. Watch here.
Mixtape: To celebrate the release of his new album “The Bird and the Beat”, Mathias Modica aka Munk offers a delicious mixtape for free. Download Munk’s “Hits & Remix Tape” here.
Remix: After Erol Alkan premiered it on his website, now you can download the monster remix of Goose’s “Sunrise” by Phantasy’s Paul Chambers. Grab it here for free.
Label: Black Strobe mastermind Arnaud Rebotini has launched his own record label BlackStrobe Records. Already lined up for release is his new solo album, the re-release of the classic “Italian Fireflies” with new remixes and a new Black Strobe EP.
Video: Check out this funny video for Dan Deacon’s song “My Name is Robert”, by Kathryn Marshall. It was shot in a single take using painted wooden blocks and two actors. Watch it below and enjoy!
TAGS: Arnaud Rebotini, Black Strobe, Classixx, Daft Punk, Dan Deacon, Ed Banger, Erol Alkan, Gomma, Goose, Interview, jj, Justice, Label, Mixtape, Mp3, Munk, News, Oh Land, Paul Chambers, Remix, Stream, Video, Young Galaxy
