TRM Recommends: Five for February

Just thought I would add a short blog to share some of the fantastic music that is about at the moment.

First up, I might be two days late with the sharing of this charming and elegant offering from the angelic voice of Jessie Ware and the soulful tones of the man Sampha. I have been a lover (pun intended) of this tune ever since hearing it on Dark Sky’s FACT Mix but came to enjoy it even more when seeing the two of them perform it on Monday’s nights Young Turks takeover on the Boiler Room, I implore you to search Youtube in the hope that it gets uploaded as it’s an impeccable performance. Anyway enough of the ramble enjoy their track ‘Valentine’ if you like it as much as I do then you may be interested in the 7” heart shaped vinyl available from the Young Turks record shop .

JESSIE WARE + SAMPHA / Valentine by Young Turks

From the angelic vocals of Jessie Ware to the haunting vocals of Romy Madley Croft of The XX who has provided her talents for fellow Young Turks’ stable mate Creep. I have gone for the remix by a man who had an excellent 2010 with his remix of Drake’s Fireworks receiving a nomination on the Dubstep Forum awards. High quality future garage with strings and vocals remnant of The XX, you can’t go wrong really.

Days (Deadboy Remix) by CREEP

I could fill this post with Young Turks’ related stuff as they are on fire as a label at the moment; I am going to save waxing lyrical about Jamie XX and Gil Scott Heron’s album until next month’s album reviews though and instead change the mood of the piece with some uplifting disco. The Magician offers up a piano-laden dance floor friendly rework of Lykke Li’s ‘I Follow the Rivers’. Free download is available for those interested.

Lykke Li "I Follow Rivers" The Magician Remix by TheMagician

From upbeat disco fun to an R&B slow jam as Jacques Green remixes Cassie’s ‘Must Be Love’ (featuring Diddy), first heard on the Jamie XX mix for Benji B earlier this year, a link for which can be found further down this blog in 3 J’s for January. I was delighted to track this remix down after hearing how well it blends with Mount Kimbie’s ‘Before I Move Off’ and have recently been moving down to the realms of 100bpm to incorporate this track into mixes. Again it is available as a free download, details of how to obtain are on the Soundcloud page.

Must Be Love RMX by Jacques Greene


Last but by no means least, a mix for your aural pleasure is another mix from TRM favourite Fantastic Mr Fox. Having provided this blog’s favourite mix of summer 2010 he was back behind the turntables to deliver another excellent selection of tracks in a bite size airing of 23 minutes.

Tracklist
1. Bjork - Hidden Sphere (Illum Sphere Remix)
2. Gold Panda - Snow and Taxis
3. Blawan - Bohla
3. Usher - Nice And Slow (Bad Autopsy Remix)
4. Jamie XX & Fantastic Mr Fox - untitled
5. Fantastic Mr Fox - Evelyn
6. Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You
7. Jamie xx - Far Nearer
8. SX - Bricks
9. Sepalcure - Fleur
10. Airhead - Black Ink
11. Unknown - Transmission

Fantastic Mr Fox Mix for Vice Magazine by Fantastic Mr Fox

Summer 2010 in Three Mixes Part Three and the Winner is.....

The final mix in the trilogy of my summer favourites brought a new
artist to my attention and also a new sound. The mix is one in the
series of excellent FACT magazine podcasts mixed by the aptly named
Fantastic Mr. Fox. To describe the mix as simply dubstep would do it a
disservice as there is so much more to this mix than just dubstep. I
think this music is best described as forward thinking electronic music
with a glitchy feel, think Modeselektor meets Burial.

I was gripped from the off with the vocal snippet at the beginning which
then drops into a glitchy electronic 2-step beat, the mix itself does
not have as many stand out "big tunes" as the previous two mixes that I
have rated this summer, but what it lacks in anthems it more than makes
up for in future music goodness!

Personal favourite moments of the mix are Fantastic Mr. Fox's bootleg of
Brandy which uses the Brandy vocals to create something that reminds me
of Burial whilst also maintaining originality. The highlight of the mix is a
tune I just cannot stop playing and it hurts me that I will have to wait
until November to own it it's a Fantastic Mr. Fox production from his
forthcoming EP "Evelyn", art is said to exist to evoke an emotion and this particular track is the most emotive electronic record that I have heard in a long time the electronic synths on this as yet untitled masterpiece just tug on the heart strings. The main complaint of the mix is that it is too short however there is enough time before the ending to mix in arguably the biggest tune in dubstep this summer James Blake’s majestic Kelis sampling CMYK.


In short if you are open to fresh sounds then I could not recommend this enough, my iPod tells me that I have listened to it 17 times, a grand total of 8 and a half hours of absolutely brilliant aural entertainment. That total is only going to increase too! So download it, listen to it, tell me what you think.

Fantastic Mr. Fox FACT Mix 161 Download Link



Tracklist:
Misel Quitno – Pull it Out Somewhen (Dimlite Remix)
Illum Sphere – Titan
Fantastic Mr Fox – If I
Brandy- Angel in Disguise (Fantastic Mr Fox Refix)
Rudi Zygadlo – Manuscripts Don’t Burn
Sepalcure- Down
Airhead- Mikola Bottle
Fantastic Mr Fox – untitled
Stateless – Aerial (Dark Sky remix)
Fantastic Mr Fox – Over
Gorillaz – Superfast Jellyfish (SBTRKT remix)
James Blake – CMYK
Pushing (Sully Remix)
Zed Bias – Two Sides feat Tawiah (Fanatastic Mr Fox Remix)
??? – Beat For

If you enjoy this mix and the sound that is features I would recommend
checking out Jamie XX's mix for French fashion boutique Collette and
SBTRKT. Enjoy!