Holy Ghost!: “It’s Not Over” [Dimitri From Paris EroDiscoMix]

Dimitri From Paris is on fire these days. His recent superb remix of Holy Ghost! “It’s Not Over” take us straight back to the ’80s. Eight minutes of awesomeness. He says: “I had a blast going back to my early DJing days in the 80′s where half of the music in clubs sounded like this”. Also, Dimitri From Paris and his Erodiscotique partner in crime DJ Rocca did another old school House flavored remix, this time of Hard Ton’s “In This Moment”, off his new EP “Not Again”, out soon on the new Gomma Records sister label Toy Tonics. Check it out here.

The “It’s Not Over” EP is out now via DFA. Buy here. You can still download the original track for free here.

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

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

Here it is. Holy Ghost! just dropped the official video for their cover of Ministry’s “I Wanted To Tell Her”, featuring Nancy Whang (of LCD Soundsystem) and Juan Maclean. Based on the iconic 80′s BMX movie, “Rad”. Fun!

Directed by Ben Fries.

Port-Bagages:
mp3: Holy Ghost!: “I Wanted To Tell Her”

[Photo: Atelier Olschinsky]

It’s that time again. Here’s the most downloaded 15 tracks of November on La.Ga.Sta. Check out the list below, and relive the magic of November’s most popular Mpfree’s. Fill it up!

01. Niki & The Dove: “Mother Protect” [Goldroom Remix]
02. Holy Ghost!: “I Wanted To Tell Her”
03. Mitzi: “Voyage Voyage” [Zig Zag Cover]
04. Mylene Farmer: “N’Aie Plus D’Amertume” [Marsheaux Remix]
05. Nicolas Jaar: “Don’t Break My Love”
06. Feist: “How Come You Never Go There” [Clock Opera Remix]
07. Escort: “Makeover”
08. Strange Talk: “Sexual Lifestyle”
09. Kisses: “Johnny And Mary” [Robert Palmer Cover]
10. Tracey Thorn: “Swimming” [Visionquest Remix, Ewan Pearson Re-Edit]
11. Mark E: “Oranges” [Jacques Renault Edit]
12. Mari Posa: “Royaume A Stockholm” [Mike Simonetti Remix]
13. Lindstrøm: “De Javu”
14. Knightlife: “Serves You Right”
15. Citizens!: “True Romance” [Gigamesh Remix]

Port-Bagages:
Top 15: October 2011.

Holy Ghost!: “I Wanted To Tell Her” [mp3]

Here it is. The new single from our favorite duo Holy Ghost! Originally written and preformed in 1983 by industrial metal band Ministry (during their early synthpop days), “I Wanted To Tell Her” is a high energy dance cover featuring none other than Nancy Whang (of LCD Soundsystem) and Juan Maclean. The single is now available as a free download via Green Label Sound. The video, based on the 80′s BMX movie “Rad”, will be released within the next few weeks.

Midnight Magic: “Drop Me A Line” [Holy Ghost! Remix]

Boom! Holy Ghost!’s remix of Brooklyn’s disco collective Midnight Magic “Drop Me A Line” is finally here for your listening pleasure, just in time for the weekend. One word: Perfect! The follow-up single to last year’s massive hit “Beam Me Up” is out now on Permanent Vacation and we’re excited. The release also features reworks by Mano Le Tough, Steffi and a digital-only remix by Juan MacLean. Go buy your copy here. Revisit “Drop Me A Line”, or hear it for the first time here. Vroooomm!

Hey, bonus! You can download a live version of “Drop Me A Line” for free here.

Here’s the official video for “Hold My Breath,” the latest single from our favorite New York duo Holy Ghost!. The clip features photos of the bands and their friends. Memories. The single EP will be released on October 17th with remixes from Tiger & Woods, Cosmic Kids & Falty DL.

Directed by Ben Fries.

We’ve been waiting almost a year for this fiery banger to be released. Midnight Magic will finally drop their new single “Drop Me A Line” on Permanent Vacation. The follow-up single to last year’s massive hit “Beam Me Up” will be released on September 30th with remixes by the likes of Holy Ghost!, Juan MacLean, Steffi and Mano Le Tough. Here’s the original version for your listening pleasure. An instant classic.

MIDNIGHT MAGIC DROP ME A LINE

In case you missed it, check out Midnight Magic’s five-track EP “What The Eyes Can’t See” here. It’s free!