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Call Me Up
Chromeo
Fancy Footwork
Vice Records : 2007
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Rapture [Dub Pistols' Stevie Nicks Dirty Tricks mix]
Dub Pistols [feat. Terry Hall]
Rapture [EP]
Sunday Best Records : 2007
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Look at the Sun [feat. Solar]
Guru
Jazzmatazz Vol. 4 - The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger - Back to the Future
Universal : 2007
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Moss [Greg Churchill remix]
Gus Gus
Forever
Gung Ho : 2007
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Exodus Damage [Alias remix]
John Venderslice
Collected Remixes
Anticon : 2007
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Paris Four Hundred [Sebastian Remix]
Mylo
Paris Four Hundred [Vinyl EP]
Sister Phunk : 2006
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It's easy to say, "things needs to change." The tough part though is following through on that desire. Some of the FmGT crew have been in that sort of situation recently [no names]. And so, between bouts of running long distances, reading fortune cookies and enjoying a few pints with wise friends - a decision was made: that change surely is a good thing. The result of our brave endeavors is that the FmGT HQ will become a reality, this July. That's right - 3/4 FmGT, in the same hot bed - bursting at the seems with music, movies, games, inter-continental & digital culture, foodfoodfood, worthless trivia knowledge and maybe a few drinks. So, with that being said, I offer a few tracks to enjoy while you brave those roads less traveled.

Chromeo's second album is addictive like crack. The production this time around has got double the density of She's In Control, but everything that you love about them is still intact and then some: from the moog riffs, the dark and sexy solos, the bitchin' harmonies and that Chromeo sense of humor. Dave 1 & Pee Thug have hit the nail on the head - driving it right into your G spot. US Tour in July!

A remix of a remake - the Dub Pistol's version of 'Rapture' from their latest album Speakers and Tweeters takes Blondie's original dance floor rock-banger and wraps it in an electrode laden downtempo flow. I find myself preferring the 'Stevie Nicks Dirty Tricks remix' - it's heavier, a little quicker and omits most of Terry Hall's vocals - sure, at this point it's hardly a Shadow of Blondie's original - I still love it.

Guru's 4th edition of Jazzmatazz once again fuses Hip Hop & Jazz in a slick and skillful package. Guru's solo outing after his life as part of Gang Starr couldn't sound better and with Solar on the vocals we've got a very chill track that should be accompanied by leather and scotch (or bourbon if you swing that way).

It's been a while since indie/electronic team Gus Gus has released anything proper - but they're back with Forever - an album that's sounding much more on the electronic side than anything that they've previously released. 'Moss' was already my favorite track on the album in it's original form, but Greg Churchill's remix twists it darker and seemingly more progressive than the floaty sound of the original. Another good one to move the feet.

Anticon's Alias' Collected Remixes disc is another new release that I've had on heavy rotation. What stands out most for me here is Brendon's remix of John Vanderslice's 'Exodus Damage' - it's a relaxed, indie melancholy dream-like flow that will get your head moving, but also features more emotion than some of the other tracks that I've posted today.

Mylo's Destroy Rock & Roll was one of the best electronic albums of 2005. Sebastian's remix of 'Paris Four Hundred' is almost nothing like the source material, but it's just as addictive. Unlike the original's full frontal progressive fun-fest, this remix sounds like trouble from the beginning (in the best way) - it sounds like a storm brewing on the horizon ready to hit - and when it does (@2:40 Elapsed) with that broken sounding dark piano, well - you'll be in love with the dark side of the room.

So there's you're Monday beat-fest injected with just a little hip-hop.
Stay Tuned -- Silent K