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

La.Ga.Sta.’s new Mix O’Clock has arrived: 45 minutes, nine tracks, one destination. Yes, Mondays can be fun too. Enjoy the ride!

[5:47] Pompeya: “Cheenese” [Lipelis Remix] [mp3]

[3:30] David Heartbreak: “Grown Man Ish” [mp3]

[4:19] Flight Facilities feat. Jess: “Foreign Language” [Beni Remix] [mp3]

[4:11] Jubilants: “Antics” [Dublin Aunts Remix] [mp3]

[6:41] Architecture in Helsinki: “Escapee” [Frames Spreadin' Joy Remix] [mp3]

[6:59] Bryan Mette: “Standing In The Road [Whatever/Whatever Remix] [mp3]

[4:49] Runaway: “Dead Dog Dance” [Simoncino Remix] [mp3]

[3:50] DJ Khaled: “I’m On One” [Sinjin Hawke Remix] [mp3]

[5:36] Donae’o: “When Angels Sing” [Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix] [mp3]

Port-Bagages: Check out the previous Mix O’Clock:
[58:02] Mix O’Clock

Runaway: “Chapter IV”

Summer’s not over yet! Can’t get enough of “Chapter IV” by Brooklyn’s Jacques Renault and Marcos Cabral, aka Runaway. This tune has been on repeat in our gas stereo the last weeks. Taken from their “Stories” EP, the duo’s first new material since last year’s “Broken Man” EP, out now digitally on their own On The Prowl imprint. In case you missed it, check out Tensnake’s take on “Chapter IV” here.

Buy here.

Throne of Blood teams up with Brooklyn party crew Let’s Play House, curated by Jacques Renault and Nik Mercer, to launch the new record label called Let’s Play House. The labe’s first release is Runaway’s, the duo of Jacques Renault and Marcos Cabral, new four-track EP “Indoor Pool”, due out September 5th. The EP comes with remixes by Slow Hands, Beautiful Swimmers, and Soft Rocks. You can now preview all four tracks here. Enter Let’s Play House…

Runaway – Indoor Pool

Runaway – Indoor Pool (Slow Hands Half Full Remix)

Brooklyn’s Jacques Renault and Marcos Cabral have steadily been releasing dance floor burners under the Runaway pseudonym since 2007. Now the duo return with two new releases to tell some exciting stories. The first release is the four-track EP “Stories”, which includes their first new material since last year’s “Broken Man” EP. The second EP “Stories Reinterpretations” features remixes of the “Stories” EP by Tensnake, DJ Kaos, and Two Dogs In A House. Here’s Tensnake’s amazing reinterpretation of Runaway’s”Chapter IV”. Can’t get any better than this. Fill it up!

Runaway: “Chapter IV” [Tensnake Remix]

Both EPs are out now on Jacques Renault and Marcos Cabral’s On The Prowl imprint.
Buy here.

Something for the weekend…

[6:34] Rodion: ‘Alagoas Cowboys’ [Martin Brodin Remix] [mp3]

[6:21] Shinichi Osawa: ‘Zingaro’ [Keenhouse Remix] [mp3]

[5:24] Penguin Prison: ‘Golden Train’ [Penguin Prison Dub Mix] [mp3]

[7:42] Hercules & Love Affair: ‘My House’ [Leo Zero Remix] [mp3]

[6:16] David Lynch: ‘Good Day Today’ [Boys Noize Remix] [mp3]

[6:51] Sidwho?: ‘I Do The Night’ [Francis Inferno Orchestra Remix] [mp3]

[6:58] ‘D-Time’ [Runaway edit] [mp3]

Port-Bagages: Check out the previous Mix O’Clock:
[48:38] Mix O’Clock

Eli Escobar’s new remix EP, ‘Love Thing’, featuring reworks from Runaway, DJ Mehdi, Mike Simonetti and John Selway, is out today on Plant Music. You can stream Mike Simonetti’s remix of ‘Love Thing’ below. Feels good!

Eli Escobar “Love Thing Pt. 3″ (Mike Simonetti aka Draper’s remix)

Download DJ Mehdi’s version of ‘Love Thing Pt. 2′ here.

Buy your copy here.

Scion A/V teams up with On The Prowl Records (headed by Jacques Renault and Marcos Cabral) and delivers a brand new tune from old-school freestyle artist Corinne. The song ‘Dream A Little Dream’ comes with four remixes by the likes of Mugwump, Runaway, Midnight Magic, and Harkin & Raney. Produced by Josh Anzano, ‘Dream A Little Dream’ brings back the sound of Latin freestyle. Here’s Runaway’s hi-NRG remix, Midnight Magic’s disco rework and the original version of Corinne’s song. Enjoy!

Corinne: ‘Dream A Little Dream’ [Runaway Radio Energy Remix] [mp3]

Corinne: ‘Dream A Little Dream’ [Midnight Magic Remix] [mp3]

Corinne: ‘Dream A Little Dream’ [Original] [mp3]

You can download the full release for free here.

The new release on NYC’s Runaway (aka Jacques Renault and Marcos Cabral) OTP Party Breaks label is here. The third installment arrives as a split release, featuring two new edits (‘Freak’, ‘Timmy’) from UK’s Andy Ash on the A-side and a new edit (‘D-Time’) from Runaway on the B-side. Check out Andy Ash’s amazing rework of De De’s ‘S&M’. Guaranteed to get the freaks out at night!

Freak [Andy Ash Edit] [mp3]

OTP Party Breaks #3 is out now on On The Prowl. Buy here.