Every Saturday night we take a ride down the memory lane and fill up our tanks with some great edits that we’ll always love. First stop: Pilooski’s brilliant edit of John Miles’ 1977 song “Stranger In The City”. Gas with us…
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John Miles: “Stranger In The City” [Pilooski Edit]
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TAGS: Discodeine, Edit, John Miles, Mp3, Pilooski
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
T.E.E. (for Turzi Electronique Expérience) is the solo side-project of Romain Turzi, frontman of the French band Turzi. His forthcoming album,”Education”, produced by Pilooski (one half of Discodeine), will be released on September 5th via Records Makers. You can now stream the first taste from the record, the track “Connaissance”, below.
TAGS: Discodeine, Pilooski, Record Makers, Romain Turzi, T.E.E.
La.Ga.Sta.’s most downloaded tracks of June 2011. Get pumped up!
01. Joakim: “Forever Young” [Discodeine Remix]
02. CSS: “Hits Me Like A Rock” (feat. Bobby Gillespie)
03. Toro Y Moi: “New Beat” [Fare Soldi “CantaTu” Remix]
04. Tiger & Woods: “Curb My Heart”
05. Robyn: “Call Your Girlriend” [Azari & III Remix]
06. VHS or Beta: “I Found A Reason”
07. Yelle: “Que Veux-Tu” [Logo Remix]
08. Hercules & Love Affair: “Painted Eyes” [Maxxi Soundsystem Remix]
09. Washed Out: “Amor Fati”
10. Bag Raiders: “Turbo Love” [Flight Facilities ft. Louie Austen] (Blue Satellite Remix)
11. Capital Cities: “Safe and Sound”
12. Hypnolove: “Midnight Cruising” [Mickey Moonlight Dub]
13. Jessica 6: “East West Funk”
14. Digitalism: “Silenz” [Original Mix]
15. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs: “Trouble” [Chad Valley remix]
Top 15: May 2011
TAGS: Azari & III, Bag Raiders, Blue Satellite, Bobby Gillespie, Capital Cities, Chad Valley, CSS, Digitalism, Discodeine, Fare Soldi, Flight Facilities, Hercules And Love Affair, Hypnolove, Jessica 6, Joakim, Logo, Maxxi Soundsystem, Mickey Moonlight, Mp3, Remix, Robyn, Tiger & Woods, Toro Y Moi, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, VHS or Beta, Washed Out, Yelle
Here’s the video for Joakim’s new single “Forever Young”. As he says, “a song for all the 30-something-year old people out there”. Taken from his upcoming fourth album “Nothing Gold”, due out September 20 via Tigersushi.
Port-Bagages:
mp3: Joakim: “Forever Young” [Discodeine Remix]
TAGS: Discodeine, Joakim, Mp3, Remix, Video
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Joakim: “Forever Young” [Discodeine Remix] [mp3]
Joakim’s amazing new single “Forever Young” gets the remix treatment from Discodeine, aka Pilooski and Pentile. “Discodeine’s take is a real grower and works amazingly in the club with its tropical synths”, says Joakim. “Forever Young” is the first taste from his 4th album “Nothing Gold” (that’s the cover art above), due out on September 20 via Tigersushi.
TAGS: Discodeine, Joakim, Mp3, Remix
Joakim is finally back with his amazing new single “Forever Young”, trying “to make the soundtrack of a late Indian summer sunset, on a beach.” Yes, he made it.
You use to be young, now where do you belong?
Joakim’s “Forever Young” EP is coming out on June 20th on Tigersushi, backed with remixes from Discodeine and DyE. Pre-order here.
Port-Bagages:
mp3: Joakim: “Heartbreak Samba”
TAGS: Discodeine, Joakim
La.Ga.Sta.’s weekly ride all over the internet:
Play: Busy P & DJ Mehdi present ‘Let the Children Techno’, a compilation of all new and unreleased music, out on February 14th digitally on Ed Banger. Listen to Busy P’s ‘Procrastinator’ here.
Mixtape: Joakim did a mix with his favorite tracks of 2010. It’s simply amazing! Download it here now!
Radio show: Aeroplane’s monthly mixes will become a radio show. The show called “In Flight Entertainment” will be broadcasted every last friday of the month on Pure FM. The mix will be available as a free download on Aeroplane’s Soundcloud.
Documentary: Watch an amazing music documentary about swedish artists in Stockholm here. Directed by Valerie Toumayan.
Preview: Discodeine’s amazing self-titled debut is coming out on February 14th via Dirty/Pschent. You can preview and pre-order the album here.
MpFree: The new EP of the young french producers’ BeatauCue ‘Disque Oh!’ is out now on Kitsuné. The EP includes remixes by Don Rimini, High Rankin, J-Wow, Piemont and Eumig & Chinon. Grab the Eumig & Chinon remix for free here.
Session: Niki and the Dove perform ‘Mother Protect’ for The Line of Best Fit Sessions at Orange Dot Gallery, Tavistock Place, London. Watch it here.
FACT Mix: Brooklyn duo Creep dropped a new mix for FACT. Listen/download here. It’s only available for three weeks.
Cars: 10 Car-Crash Music TV Moments. From The Smiths to James Brown. Check out here.
Video: James Blake recorded a session at BBC’s Maida Vale studios, performing three tracks from his forthcoming self-titled debut album, out on February 7. You can watch the track ‘The Wilhelm Scream’ below:
TAGS: Aeroplane, Busy P, Creep, Discodeine, DJ Mehdi, Documentary, Ed Banger, James Blake, Joakim, Kitsuné, Live, Niki And The Dove, Session, Valerie Toumayan, Video
