I’ve got a couple remixes out of Lenno to throw up here. The first one being B.o.B. ft. Bruno Mar’s “Nothin’ On You”. This track has a nice electro, progressive vibe and the vocals to have a nice reverb effect that gives them a floating effect. Keep in mind this is a club mix so it takes a little while to actually get into things. If your a DJ then go ahead and eat your heart out, this is a “Download and Spin”.

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You (Lenno Electro House Remix).mp3]

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/Aestetik - Intense Business (Lenno Remix).mp3]

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Finally found it! I had to do some digging for this great remix of Mumford and Sons “Little Lion Man” done by Creon that I received a while back, but it was well worth it. Creon is a dub-step producer from Dublin, Ireland who caught my attention at about the 18 second mark of this remix. The original of this song actually peaked at the 61st position on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/Mumford and Son -Little Lion Man (Creon Remix).mp3]

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Hell yea, I’m amped. I was sent this track out of Bunny Lake a few hours ago and had to run downtown for some errands. I threw it on a playlist and headed out.

The ride there was pretty uneventful but when I went to park, all I can say is holy shit yes.

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/Bunny Love - Army Of Lovers (Radio Edit).mp3]

How does parking turn into an event?

Simple.

Parking garage.
Twelve Stories.
Two Lanes.
One Incoming.
One Outgoing.

These cars are just ripping around these corners. Accelerating out of one corner of the garage, slamming the brakes as they approach the next. Then throwing their car into a drift around the corner and repeating until their cars reach daylight. With Bunny Lake playing it was like some shit straight out of Initial D and before I knew it I was in the race.

Ohh and before I forget! Disco Demons is having a remix contest for the song above. Winner gets a hundred big ones and their remix official released via a remix EP in early Spring, 2011. Details can be found here.

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Chicago’s very own, Midnight Conspiracy return with a solid electro remix of Destroy. These guys are currently on a 40 city, 2 continent tour. You can find a date near you here. MoneyPenny is an electro outfit that has released a number of original songs, “Destroy” so far being the most popular.

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/MoneyPenny - Destroy (Midnight Conspiracy Remix).mp3]

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First of all, I hope you had a great thanksgiving.

Second of all, I think I saw the stupidest thing ever on the news last night…

Opening scene, Caucasian men dressed up as an Indians and others dressed up as Settlers. Second scene, three shots of all the men sitting down eating dinner together. All pretty normal so far.

This is where is gets retarded…

One of the men actually says to the Newscaster, “Well, I think it’s about time we all get together, forgive each other and our differences, and enjoy each others company.”

Now, I’m not knocking the message. I’m just saying if it’s forgiveness your looking for old man I’m sure there’s an Indian reservation just down the road. *Shrug*

I’ve been addicted to this Neo Tokyo remix of “Sleepyhead” lately. Passion Pit is currently on tour until the end of December and you can find a date near you here.

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/Passion Pit - Sleepyhead (Neo Tokyo Remix).mp3]

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Robyn released a new album entitled “Body Talk” this last Monday and I’ve been looking mad forward to this album since she released “Dancing On My Own”. With tracks featuring Snoop Dogg, Röyksopp, and Spoek Mathambo, this album is bound to have something for you. A-trak dropped this remix of Indestructible with a nice electro-orchestral vibe yesterday as if to say, “Here’s your cherry on top”.

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/Robyn - Indestructible (A-Trak Radio Edit).mp3]

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The Glitch Mob is fresh off their US/Australian tour and has retired to their laboratory. Before locking the doors behind themselves, we’ve been given a giant Nosaj remix out of Boreta.

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/Nosaj Thing - Coat of Arms (Boreta Remix).mp3]

Looking forward to what these guys release once they emerge from the studio. The Glitch Mob has just added a few more concert dates to their schedule, get all the details here.

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I’ve been glued to the television this week watching Shark Week. Was browsing around and came across this picture and was just mortified at what I saw.

What, she doesn’t have any friends to tell her that sharks mostly feed at dawn and dusk?
Doesn’t she know that about 61 Shark attacks happen per year?
Would you ever be as risqué and take such dangerous chances with your life?

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/These Electric Lives - Called It Off (TMDP Remix).mp3]



What a daredevil. Could she be the next Evel Knievel?

I’m genuinely concerned for her safety. Please still be alive and don’t risk your life again.

On a separate and non life threating note, I’ve been going through my old playlists lately and couldn’t believe I haven’t blogged about these two remixes yet. These Electric Lives is an stunning electro rock band out of Toronto, CA who have been remixed by some outstanding artists, the most notable coming out of TMDP and OPOPO.

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/These Electric Lives - Work The Night (OPOPO Remix).mp3]

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Last month we were introduced to the next chapter in music from Chromeo. “Don’t Turn The Lights On” is the second single on their LP set for release on September 14th entitled Business Casual. They are currently on a tour until the end of August in support of the upcoming release. We got a chance to chat with Dave on the phone before his set last night in Boston about the album, the state of music, and cultivating their brand of imagery.

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You guys have a new album coming out soon, “Business Casual”. What can we expect and do you have any personal favorites on the album?

In both our cases, our personal favorite is “J’ai Claque la Porte”, which is the french ballad on the album. It’s sort of a new “Momma’s Boy” if you will, being something different from our more traditional sound that we’re really proud of and happy with.

I could tell from the video it had more of an upper class feel to it.

Yea, exactly. We just put out another video yesterday, we’re just trying to go somewhere we haven’t gone before. There’s something a little more darker and sexier about it. The last record was really bubbly and fun.

Is dancing a big part of you or was it something you learned for the video?

My friend, I’m going to disappoint you greatly and if you hang up the phone I completely understand but there’s a dance double in that video. He’s also 1 foot and a half shorter than me and when we finished the video, Pete and I were convienced that everyone was going to be able to tell. Sure enough, nobody was.

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What’s the wierdest thing that’s happened to you guys while on tour?

Recently, we went to Serbia and played an amazing festival over there, it was one of our favorite gigs. But the whole experience of getting into that country, our crew waiting at the border in the middle of the night for hours and having to bribe people to get in. This wierd hotel which was really chic but in a very sorta soviet post communist era way with the hookers in the lobby.

That was slightly surreal. A little David Lynch meets Soviet block. Not to mention the fact that you couldn’t get ketchup at the restaurants.

What gear and do you guys use for recording and live setups?

A bunch of 80′s and late 70′s analog equipment. Anything from the Moog and even more modern emulators of those vintage synths. We definately try to keep everything vintage.

Chromeo has a very defined artistic style. What are the main inspirations behind the visuals of the band?

All the 80′s and 70′s iconography. We would sit and look at record covers for hours and obviously in the 70′s and 80′s they had different technologies. Something that would be more on an arcahic technologoy of creating album covers where you would have to actually do some collages, manually cut, superimpose stuff and get really striking results.

There’s a design company called Hypnosis and they did a bunch of really classic early 80′s album covers. That’s a huge influence on our aesthetic. Anything from that all the way to Classic ZZ top, Micheal Jackson, Robert Palmer movies, to 90′s Hip hop actually.

Anyone recently you would say you grab influence from?

No, I think we admire other comtemporary bands that are equally as stylized as we are even though there style is different. That could be anyone from Daft Punk, to Kayne, to Justice, to Vampire Weekend. They all have really defined styles and make strong stylistic choices even though it looks nothing like us. That’s what we really respect.

What kind of animal are you and why?

A girraffe cause I’m tall and skinny.

Today with electronic music, just about anyone is able to produce a track in his or her room and throw it up online. Do you think with music being so available, it has decreased the shelf life of singles, albums, and the artist’s overall time spent in the lime light?

No, I don’t think so. I think it’s great from up and coming musicians to make their stuff available and heard. I think we all benefit from it because we hear stuff that we never had access to before. I don’t think it really hurts established artists because first of all, they have a bigger promotional machine behind them for better or worse so they can afford to stay in the lime light longer. Obviously there is a huge amount of information out there but I think it’s up to us to learn how to filter through it and select the stuff we deem the most interesting.

Where did the name Chromeo come from?

I came up with it one morning quite a few years ago and it’s a mix between Chrome and Romeo.

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[audio:http://OhhSoFamous.com/Music/Chromeo - Night By Night (Midnight Conspiracy Remix).mp3]

Other than getting Lindsay Lohan out of jail, what is the most important thing we need to fix as a society?

Education system and Health Care.

Is there sense of a brotherly rivalry between you and A-trak? Has it been a driving factor for your career choice?

No, there’s no rivarly, we’re extremely close and we work together on everything.

What is the best advice you an offer to upcoming musicians?

Perseverance and integrity. I don’t want to get preachy but if there’s anything that anyone can learn from the career we’ve had is that if you keep doing what you do long enough people might not take you seriously at first but then there’s an enormous amount of respect that comes with that perserverance and continuity.

Favorite Saturday morning cartoon as a kid?

I didn’t watch alot of them. I guess Roadrunner.

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Continuing in the electro pop theme of things, Grum is a act out of Leeds who continues to gain massive support with his release of “Heartbeats”. I love the original of this song because the music video is nothing short of the American dream. Young girl chasing her dreams ends up making daddy so extremely proud. Ah.. good times.

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Email me if your are or will be around Dallas, TX on July 22nd for your chance to grab 2 free tickets to see Grum live.

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