[Photo: Guillaume Kayacan @ Kaptive]
Golden Bug – Sex Beat (Mustang Instru Remix)
More Mustang? Anytime! Take a listen to Mustang’s new tasty remix of Golden Bug’s track “Sex Beat”. It’s taken from Golden Bug’s & Dakar’s forthcoming EP “Magia Potagia”, out soon on Gomma.
And here’s their full remix of Monarchy’s new single “I Won’t Let Go”. Simply amazing!
Monarchy: I Won’t Let Go (Mustang Remix)
Mustang’s new EP will be released in June on Different Recordings.
Monarchy’s new video for their brilliant single “I Won’t Let Go” is finally here. The single, featuring Rokhsan on vocals, is coming out on April 25th on Moda Music.
Directed by Roy Raz.
In case you missed, it check out Bag Raiders’ remix here and Mustang’s remix here. Enjoy!
TAGS: Bag Raiders, Monarchy, Mustang, Video
We already shared with you Mustang’s remix of Monarchy’s new single “I Won’t Let Go”, and now you can check Bag Raiders’ take on the track. The single, featuring Rokhsan on vocals, is coming out on April 11th on Moda Music.
I Won’t Let Go (Bag Raiders remix) by Monarchy
In other news, Monarchy are currently working on a new song with Mickey. Can’t wait!
[Photo by Maelle Andre]
Here’s the new Mustang mixtape. It’s always nice driving with Renaud and Andy. Grab your keys, we’re leaving. March on…
Playlist:
01. Bon Homme: “Ray Ban”
02. Mr. Oizo & Gaspard Auge: “Tricycle Express”
03. Tronik Youth: “A-Freeka”
04. Kolombo: “Passin By Me”
05. MGMT: “Congratulations” [Erol Alkan Remix]
06. Juan Atkins: “Marz” [Oliver's Nightshift Remix]
07. Monarchy: “I Won’t Let Go” [Mustang Remix]
08. Munk: ” Can I Have Your Attention” [Edit]
09. Jupiter: “Saké” [Blackjoy Remix]
10. Junkie XL feat. Joost Van Bellen: “In The Name Of Holy Music”
11. Tyson: “Out Of My MInd” [The Swiss Dance Remix]
12. Matt & Kim: “Cameras” [Gucci Vump Remix]
Grab it here.
In other Mustang news, the famous Belgian disco duo are currently putting the final touches to their new EP, which is set for release in June on Different Recordings (home of Vtalic, Tiga, amongst others). Below, you can preview their new remix of Monarchy’s “I Won’t Let You”, out on April 11th on Moda Music.
This is the new Monarchy single. Expect a great remix by Belgian duo Mustang.
CLASSIXX – TBA
Yes, all we want for New Year is Classixx’s long-awaited debut album. After the release of their debut hit single, ‘I’ll Get You’, in mid-2009 and their stunning 80-esque disco remixes for Phoenix, Holy Ghost!, Groove Armada, Mayer Hawthorne, Drop The Lime and Beni, amongst others, the Los Angeles-duo of Tyler Blake and Micheal David are preparing their first LP for release in early 2011. We bet that 2011 will be all about Classixx! Prepare yourselves.
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Classixx feat. Jeppe: ‘I’ll Get You’ [mp3]
AZARI & III – TBA
The future is now. We’ve said it all about the Toronto house outfit Azari & III. Nothing can stop them. After releasing the synth ‘n’ vocals anthems ‘Hungry (For Your Love)’, ‘Reckless (With Your Love)’ and their latest EP’s ‘Indigo’ and ‘Into The Night’, Azari & III are now ready to drop their debut album for Tiga’s Turbo Recordings in early 2011. Yes, we are hungry for more!
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Azari & III: ‘Into The Night’ [mp3]
DISCODEINE – ‘DISCODEINE’
We are big fans of Discodeine, the French duo of Pilooski and Pentile, and it shows. Their 2010 singles ‘Singular’ with Matias Aguayo on vocals and the amazing ‘Synchronize’ that even got Jarvis Cocker in synch with them have got us in the disco-mood for more. Can’t wait for their self-titled debut on February 25th, 2011 via Dirty/Pschent.
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Discodeine feat. Matias Aguayo: ‘Singular’ [mp3]
SIRIUSMO – “MOSAIK”
There’s no doubt that Siriusmo, aka Moritz Friedrich, is one of the hottest producers right now. His ‘Mosaik’ of sounds left us staring at the wall for days. And yes, his debut album will finally be released as a 17-track cd and an 18-track 2xLP on February 25 via Monkeytown. Siriusmo’s album pre-single, ‘Feromonikon/Signal’ is coming out on January 14th. You can preview all tracks here and make yourselves a part of Siriusmo’s ‘Mosaik’!
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Siriusmo: ‘Mosaik’ [mp3]
JAMES BLAKE – “JAMES BLAKE”
It’s true that the 21-year-old rising UK singer/songwriter James Blake is literally everywhere with his self-titled debut album, which has already leaked. However, it still is one of the most anticipated debut albums of 2011. It is set for release on February 7th on his own Atlas Records. The tracks were composed while Blake was at Goldsmiths University and we can’t wait to fill them up!
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Stream:> James Blake: ‘I Mind’
THE AIKIU – TBA
Some things simply blend in perfectly together, like The Aikiu’s voice, performance and style. The Aikiu’s debut single, ‘Just Can’t Sleep’, one of our favourite of 2010, it was only the beginning. Now the French singer Alex Aikiu is ready to release his second catchy pop single, ‘The Red Kiss’, (already The Magician delivered a great remix) in January. His debut album is due out early 2011. Bring it on before we lose our sleep…
NICOLAS JAAR – ‘SPACE IS ONLY NOISE’
In our space we most certainly like his noise because the 20-year-old New Yorker producer Nicolas Jaar makes us wonder about things, such as “How can you talk about a landscape without showing the sky and the earth?”. His long-awaited first album, ‘Space Is Only Noise’, is coming out on February 14th via Circus Company and from what we read it “features the same romantic panache that has characterized much of Jaar’s music to date, with off-kilter, melancholy grooves and lyrics delivered in French”.
Nicolas Jaar – Time for Us (Wolf + Lamb 2010)
Download it here.
KORALLREVEN – TBA
In 2010, Sweden’s duo Korallreven , made up of Marcus Joons and Daniel Tjäder of The Radio Dept. released two blissful singles, ‘The Truest Faith’ and ‘Honey Mine’, featuring Victoria Bergsman on vocals. It was enough to makes us anticipate for their debut album, which is expected to be released in Spring 2011. Let it flow…
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Korallreven: ‘Honey Mine’ [feat. Victoria Bergsman] [mp3]
BENI – TBA
Following on his previous singles ‘My Love Sees You’ and ‘Maximus’ on Kitsuné, Beni has recently signed with Modular Recordings for his soon-to-be-released debut album. His LP was written and recorded in various studios, bedrooms, airports, hotels, flights, trains from New York to Hiroshima and back. Sounds very lagasta to us! Keep your eyes peeled for the first single from Beni’s debut album, ‘It’s A Bubble’, which comes with The Magician’s stellar remix!
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Beni feat. Sam Sparro: ‘Maximus’ [mp3]
‘PENGUIN PRISON – TBA’
The wait is almost over. Newly signed to Wall Of Sound, Chris Glover, aka Penguin Prison, is gearing up to the release of his debut album early in 2011. We have already hopped on his golden train on a crazy ride hoping to be “multi-millionaire”-s. Yes, you got it right, this is his next single, out in early 2011. Excellent way to start the year…
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Penguin Prison: ‘The Worse It Gets’ [mp3]
CLOCK OPERA – TBA
London-based four piece Clock Opera are currently putting the finishing touches on their debut album, which at long last will be released in early 2011. After listening to their brilliant remixes and singles we certainly believe that 2011 will be all around the clock.
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Clock Opera: ‘A Piece of String’ [Radio edit] [mp3]
Also, looking forward to the debut albums of Clare Maguire, Jamie Woon, Monarchy, The Sound Of Arrows, Holy Ghost!, Wolf Gang, Ted & Francis…
TAGS: Azari & III, Beni, Clare Maguire, Classixx, Clock Opera, Discodeine, Holy Ghost, James Blake, Jamie Woon, Jarvis Cocker, Korallreven, Matias Aguayo, Monarchy, Mp3, Nicolas Jaar, Penguin Prison, Pentile, Pilooski, Remix, Siriusmo, Ted & Francis, The Aikiu, The Sound Of Arrows, Wolf Gang
Midnight Magic: ‘Beam Me Up’ [Jacques Renault Remix]
James Curd: ‘Got To Have’ [Flight Facilities Remix]
Aeroplane: ‘Superstar’ [The Krays Remix]
The Chemical Brothers: ‘Swoon’ [Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix]
Breakbot: ‘Baby I’m Yours’ [Aeroplane Remix]
Monarchy: ‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ (Holy Ghost [Feat.Dixon] Remix)
The Glass: ‘Four Four Letter’ [Black Van Remix]
Jori Hulkkonen: ‘I Am Dead’ [Hercules & Love Affair Remix]
Telonius: ‘Hit Me’ [Bottin Remix]
Mark Ronson: ‘Bang Bang Bang’ [U-Tern's Disco Dub]
Gorillaz: “Stylo” [Alex Metric Remix]
The Aikiu: ‘The Red Kiss’ [The Magician “Precious 80s” Dub]
Robyn: ‘Indestructible [A-Trak Remix]
Slice & Soda: ‘Year Of The Dragon’ [Villa Remix]
New Young Pony Club: ‘Chaos’ [Rory Phillips Remix]
Bot’Ox: ‘Blue Steel’ [Still Going Remix]
MGMT: ‘Congratulations’ [Erol Alkan Rework]
Thieves Like Us: ‘Forget Me Not’ [Cécile Small Town Girl Remix]
Headman: ‘Fluctuation’ [Tim Goldsworthy Remix]
Tape To Tape: ‘The Devil Made Me Do It…I’ [The C90s Remix]
The Supermen Lovers: ‘Take a Chance’ [Herr Styler Remix]
Ali Love: ‘Moscow Girl’ [Mustang Remix]
Luke Million: ‘Italo Journey’ [Mighty Mouse Remix]
Massive Attack: ‘Paradise Circus’ [Gui Boratto Remix]
Two Door Cinema Club: ‘Something Good Can Work’ [The Twelves Remix]
Villa: ‘Beats Of Love’ [Mylo Remix]
The C90s: ‘Shine A Light’ [Midnight Savari Remix]
Shit Robot: ‘Take ‘Em Up’ [Marcus Marr Remix]
Korallreven: ‘The Truest Faith’ [CFCF Remix]
HEALTH: ‘In Heat [Javelin Remix]‘
Patrick Wolf: ‘Time Of My Life’ [Leo Zero Dub]
Deradoorian: ‘You Carry The Deed’ [Hidden Cat Remix]
Matthew Dear: ‘You Put A Smell On Me’ [Breakbot Remix]
Hot Chip: ‘Take It In’ [Osborne Remix]
The xx: ‘Shelter’ [John Talabot’s Feel it too Remix]
Foals: ‘Spanish Sahara’ [Deadboy Remix]
Florence and the Machine: ‘Hurricane Drunk’ [The Horrors Remix]
Yeasayer: ‘Madder Red [Munk Remix]‘
Annie: ‘Songs Remind Me of You’ [The Swiss & Donnie Sloan Remix]
Glasser: ‘Tremel’ [Astronomer Remix]
TAGS: A-Trak, Aeroplane, Alex Metric, Ali Love, Annie, Astronomer, Azari & III, Black Van, Bot'Ox, Bottin, Breakbot, Cécile, CFCF, Deadboy, Deradoorian, Donnie Sloan, Erol Alkan, Flight Facilities, Florence and the Machine, Foals, Glasser, Gorillaz, Gui Boratto, Headman, HEALTH, Hercules & Love Affair, Herr Styler, Hidden Cat, Holy Ghost, Hot Chip, Jacques Renault, James Curd, Javelin, John Talabot, Jori Hulkkonen, Korallreven, Leo Zero, Lindstorm, Luke Million, Marcus Marr, Mark Ronson, Massive Attack, Matthew Dear, MGMT, Midnight Magic, Midnight Savari, Mighty Mouse, Monarchy, Munk, Mustang, Mylo, New Young Pony Club, Osborne, Patrick Wolf, Prins Thomas, Robyn, Rory Phillips, Shit Robot, Slice & Soda, Still Going, Tape to Tape, Telonius, Tensnake, The Aikiu, The c90s, The Chemical Brothers, The Glass, The Horrors, The Krays, The Magician, The Superman Lovers, The Swiss, The Twelves, The xx, Thieves Like Us, Tim Goldsworthy, Two Door Cinema Club, U-Tern, Villa, Yeasayer
Storm Queen: ‘Look Right Through’
Tensnake: ‘Coma Cat’
Arcade Fire: ‘Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)’
Discodeine: ‘Synchronize’ (feat. Jarvis Cocker)
Crystal Castles: ‘Not in Love’ (feat. Robert Smith)
Flight Facilities: ‘Crave You’
The Swiss: ‘Bubble Bath’
Caribou: ‘Sun’
Shit Robot: ‘Take ‘Em Up (feat. Nancy Whang)’
Jamie Woon: ‘Night Air’
Black Van: ‘Yearning’
Hot Chip: ‘I Feel Better’
Robyn: ‘Dancing On My Own
Voltage: ‘All Night’
Blamma! Blamma!: ‘Beyond 17′
Bag Raiders: ‘Way Back Home’
The Aikiu: ‘Just Can’t Sleep’
Groove Armada: ‘History’
Breakbot: ‘Baby I’m Yours’
Ceo: ‘Come With Me’
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: ‘Round And Round’
Yeasayer: ‘O.N.E.’
LCD Soundsystem: ‘Home’
Aeroplane: ‘We Can’t Fly’
Mickey: ‘Farfalle’
Miami Horror: ‘I Look To You’
Hannulelauri: ‘Zombie Tropicana’
Monarchy: ‘The Phoenix Alive’
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl: ‘Somebody To Love Me’
Twin Shadow: ‘Castles in the Snow’
Primary 1: ‘The Blues’ [feat. Nina Persson]
Perfume Genius: ‘Mr Peterson’
Korallreven: ‘Honey Mine’ [feat. Victoria Bergsman]
The 2 Bears: ‘Church
The Morning Benders: ‘Excuses’ [Yours Truly Version]
Visti & Meyland: ‘Stars’
Villa Nah: ‘Running On’
James Blake: ‘Limit To Your Love’
Kaine feat. Kathy Diamond: ‘Love Saves The Day’
Class Actress: ‘Journal Of Ardency’
TAGS: Aeroplane, Andrew Wyatt, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Bag Raiders, Black Van, Boy George, Breakbot, Caribou, Ceo, Class Actress, Crystal Castles, Discodeine, Flight Facilities, Groove Armada, Hannulelauri, Jamie Woon, Jarvis Cocker, Kaine, Korallreven, LCD Soundsystem, Mark Ronson, Miami Horror, Mickey, Monarchy, Nina Persson, Perfume Genius, Primary 1, Robert Smith, Robyn, Storm Queen, Tensnake, The 2 Bears, The Aikiu, The Morning Benders, The Swiss, Twin Shadow, Villa Nah, Visti & Meyland, Voltage, Yeasayer
In orbit with Monarchy. The mysterious London-based electro duo are coming for the first time in Thessaloniki, Greece this Friday (3/12) at Partizan as a special guest of the very popular ‘Can You Relate?’ parties. Monarchy landed at Last Gas Station for an interview about their pop music, remixes and their obsession with space: “Space is now our only hope to escape from this dusty planet”. We are floating with Monarchy in space…
La.Ga.Sta.: What is Monarchy?
Monarchy: Monarchy is a duo. It’s also an ideal, a theory and emotion trapped inside a cube. We are taking this emotion with us, and exploring the world.
Monarchy is connected with space. What does space mean to you?
Space represents hope, escape, and aspiration. With the decline of religion and a limited Earth, space is now our only hope to escape from this dusty planet. It gives us the inspiration that this world isn’t the only world, that there are limitless possibilities, that there is relief from the grind and depression of day-to-day living in this society. But at the same time, it is a metaphor. Because we can escape from this world inwards. So we project Monarchy into space, but actually it’s a journey inwards to our core, to understand ourselves, and what it is to be human.
Which is your favorite planet and why?
Gliese 581g is probably my favourite. It is likely that water could exist on it’s surface, and the Gleise planetary system has a number of interesting potential Earth-like planets around it.
There is a lot of mystery around Monarchy. What is hidden behind your masks?
Maybe you would like us to say that we were burnt by acid in a jealous attack by our ex lovers, but actually we hide our identity behind the masks. By having obscured identities, it allows us to express ourselves more honestly, and also to create music without ego. It’s all about the music, and allows the music to breath on it’s own.
How can you describe the sound of your debut album and when it is going to be released?
The album will be released very early in 2011. The album is a journey, each song represents a conflict or emotion we have experienced. There’s loneliness in the sound, the coldness of deep space, but at the same time there’s a glimmer of hope, and a bond to the other people who resonate with our struggle with what it means to be human in this world. People who share this struggle will understand the album.
Is your music a way to escape reality?
It is, but it is also a way to understand what reality is. It is like meditation. By abstracting the thought process you think more deeply. By abstracting reality you start to understand it.
Which is the ideal place to listen to your album?
When the world is beating down on you, when you need to escape, that is the time to put on our album.
With which criteria you choose the tracks you are about to remix? Is there a song you had recently rejected?
We can’t tell you which songs we reject, that is a loss of faith. But for us it’s about what we can bring to the song, what we can twist in it to make it a Monarchy track. Sometimes it is quite immediate, such as the OMD remix. At other times, it is more complex. To be honest, we did not listen to the Kylie track before saying we would do it. When we heard it we didn’t know what we could do to it to make it Monarchy. So we stretched out her vocals 800%, Justin Beiber style, and then cut it up to create a new chord progression that we liked, and built it up from there. It doesn’t sound very much like the original, but it has Kylie all the way through it, which we love.
How does it feel like to “Dance in the Dark” with Lady Gaga?
You can feel her penis rubbing against you, which is interesting. We had never danced with a hermaphrodite before. Lady Gaga is amazing, we think she’s a true pop icon, pushing pop forward and being experimental where so many others are being artistically lazy. But it’s more for what is around her that we love her. Her music is good, but the Gaga message as a whole is what we really get excited about.
Which is your favorite destination?
East London is amazing. So vibrant and diverse. We really love Paris, and for completely different reasons, we also love Berlin. But everywhere we have been has their special charm and something to love. From Guangzhou to Havana, New York to Yekaterinburg, we have learnt something from all these places.
Top 3 albums and tracks of 2010…
Songs we love:
Crystal Castles – ‘Not In Love’ (feat. Robert Smith)
DJ Hell feat. Brian Ferry – ‘U Can Dance’ (Tim Goldsworthy Remix)
Robyn – ‘Indestructible’ (A-Trak Remix)
Albums we love:
Grizzly Bear – “Veckatimest”
The Chemical Brothers- “Further
Hot Chip – “One Life Stand”
What are your future plans?
We will be releasing our next single early in 2011, it will be ‘Maybe I’m Crazy’. Then another single and the album around March. We intend to tour a lot. And keep writing. Just keep on writing music, and bringing it to people in whatever way we can. We also intend to master another language.
What is your biggest expectation for 2011?
Music continues to excite us, and we really look forward to hearing new bands, and also some of our favourite bands releasing new material. Cinema has been quite amazing lately, with 3D really taking the experience to an enhanced level. Maybe there will be some great art-house cinema mixing 3D CGI with dark themes. Technology will take another jump forward in 2011, and we will also get closer to making space travel accessible to civilians with an increased presence of private companies investing in space.
If Monarchy was a planet which one would that be?
A gas giant, slowly orbiting its sun, safely beyond the habitable zone, communicating in slow-speak with it’s attendant moons.
Kylie Minogue: Better Than Today (Monarchy Kylie Through The Wormhole Remix)
Download Monarchy’s new remix of Kylie’s ‘Better Than Today’ here.
In case you misssed it, grab Monarchy’s amazing winter mix here.
TAGS: Can You Relate?, DJ set, Interview, Kylie Minogue, Mix, Monarchy, Mp3, Remix
