Pylon Sounds

Official video for "Oil Money" from Freddie Gibbs' featuring Chuck Inglish (The Cool Kids), Chip Tha Ripper, Bun B & Dan Auerbach (Black Keys). Video is directed by Dichfürd Ahlers. Check it out.

Stanton Warriors have been really active lately putting out two massive breakbeat/house remixes. Check out their edit of Major Lazer (better of the two imo) and Swedish House Mafia. For those that might not know Stanton Warriors is Mark Yardley and Dominic Butler of London.
Swedish House Mafia - One (Stanton Warriors Ghetto Bass Refix) by Stanton Warriors
Major Lazer - Pon Da Floor (Stanton Warriors Re-Bounce Edit) by Stanton Warriors

Those in the Chicago area. Don't miss it when Chali 2na comes to Reggie's Rock Club on September 13th. Always been a big fan.
Make sure you listen to his latest release Fishmarket 2 here.
Mp3 link: Charli 2na - "Go Gadget Go"

Chromeo just uploaded another remix of Don't Turn the Lights On, this time a Noise Invaders dub. I'm feelin' this squelchier, spaced out vibe. What do you think?
Chromeo - Don't Turn The Lights On (Noise Invaders Dub) by Chromeo

Those funky Italians of RESET! have released their new "My Trunk" EP on the Cheap Thrills label, and man, they punch it to 1.21 gigawatts right out of the gate. Layers of disco house slathered with funky bleeps and freaky beats...all baked into a buttery pie crust. Here, check out a few choice cuts from the EP:
Reset! - My Trunk - Original Mix by RESET!
Reset! - We're Dead - Original Mix by RESET!

Pick it up on Beatport here.

I would more than love to get my hands on this cookbook by Neil Roake.

{photos from shiny happy people via elements of style}

Originally from France, Amy Aubrac-Prince is cooking up tasty disco house in Toronto under the name of Teen. Sounds like she's even working on getting a live act on the road--definitely one to keep an eye on. I especially like this Body Heat track--it's got just a little squeeze of Daft Punk over it, right? Teen - Body Heat by pinksilver81
Rat Racer (Teen Remix) - Streetlab by pinksilver81Photo by Clayton Mills.

Really nice edit from AG favorite Onur Engin. This one of the magnificent Stevie Wonder. If you haven't you need to hear Mr. Engin's work its fantastic.
Stevie Wonder - Love Light In Flight (Edit) by Onur Engin

The photographs by Tara Donne are nothing short of eye candy to gaze at this lovely Tuesday morning. I can't believe summer is over - where has the time gone?

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday weekend!

{photographs by tara donne}

While its not new, its new to me. The music of Hannulelauri the Finnish duo (Lauri Soini & Dj Ender) who specializes in smooth balearic disco. Their Super Monkey EP came out this year. Check out a remix and a track off an earlier EP below.
Diskokaine - Hall of Shame (Hannulelauri Remix) by Gomma
hannulelauri - Glittering Night by Flexx Records

Old remix of an old song...but I still love it. "Shooting Star" might be one of my favorite tracks ever. Kris Menace does his usual magic on this remix. Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars (Kris Menace Remix) by Kris Menace @ Bang
photo by Jakob Wagner.

Some nice remixes collected from Soundcloud of one of my favorite duos Hall and Oats. Few tandems come close to the maganificance of these duo. Would love to hear about some equally great duos (Outkast, Marvin Gaye & Tami Terrell, Simon & Garfunkel?) but these two are up there in my opinion. Check out some remixes...
Hall & Oates - I Cant Go For That (Pop Out & Play's re-edit) by Simon Tappenden
H&O; I Cant Go For That (Beatconductor rework) by beatfanatic
Hall & Oates - You make my dreams come true (mano le tough passion beat edit) by manoletough

Before I head downtown to nerd out at PAX, I had to pass on this delicious assortment of remixes and mashups. Some very impressive stuff here. Enjoy the weekend!
Barbra Streisand- Duck Sauce (Fare Soldi - Duck Soldi rmx) by FARE SOLDI
Keep Forgettin' To Regulate by NoRequests
FK5 vs. Stetsasonic - "Talkin' All That Sax Pusher" by Fort Knox
Q tip-give me what ya got-sman remix by DJ S-MAN
photo by Ardi Beltza.

Camu Tao was a rapper and producer and part of the standout rap group Weathermen. His other projects included being a member of Central Services production team with El-P along with the MHz crew (Copywrite, RJD2, Jakki Tha MotaMouth and Tage Proto).

Tao sadly died on May 25, 2008, after a two-year battle with lung cancer, he was working on his first solo album for Definitive Jux at the time. King of Hearts is Tao's posthumous release, a long-awaited album, made up of demos and home recordings from this late underground rap fixture. It is out now on Definitive Jux as part of a collaboration with Fat Possum Records. Check out a track off the record. Rest in peace.



Mp3: Camu Tao - "Be a Big Girl"
Buy: Get the record here.
Read: Read more about the record over here and here.

This is a photo of my Grandma Lila and Grandpa Levi on their wedding day, May 17, 1945. She passed away this week and gets to be with my Grandpa again. Ever since my Grandpa passed away in the late 80's, she would talk about him every day and their beautiful love story. It was a tale of true love at it's simplest and most beautiful form. I feel so lucky to have known her for all of these years and finally, her dream has come true, at long last, to be with the love of her life.


Around 1893, my great grandparents came to America from Lebanon and went on to have 10 children. My Grandma Lila was the youngest and last survivor of her family. My grandma had a twin sister named Lula and also within her immediate family were twin boys. Two sets of twins in one family! Needless to say, she will be and is greatly missed. Unless you know me, you would never know that I was Lebanese, I'm blonde with green eyes. But the Lebanese culture was and is a huge part of my life, especially the food. For me, Lebanese cooking is my ultimate comfort food and luckily, my mom has carried on so many of my grandma's amazing recipes.

And as many of you know, we named our daughter Lyla Belle, after my Grandma Lila. I'm so thankful that I get a special little reminder of my Grandma through my daughter every day.

That's it for now. Have a lovely weekend and be sure to give lots of hugs and kisses to your loved ones.

Washed Out - "Hold Out" from John Lipari on Vimeo.

New video from Washed Out featuring his track "Hold Out." Love this dude. He is on tour right now with Beach House so see if you can go see his live stuff.

Nice remix of Neon Indian aka Alan Palomoby from Denton, Texas by the AG loved Anoraak. Came out yesterday. Give it a listen.
NEON INDIAN • Psychic Chasms [Anoraak Remix] by anoraak

photo by welikeit.indie.

Don't miss this mix the Riotous Rockers threw down in honor of ASBO taking over a room this Friday at London's legendary Fabric nightclub. There's also a blog post up on the Fabric site with tracklistings and more about Peter and Boggy here.
Riotous Rockers FABRICLIVE gets an ASBO mix by fabric

First day of September, what! We gotta get our hip-swaying, finger-snapping disco on to make the most of these last few days of Summer. Here are a few tracks I've been feeling lately...especially this absolutely superb Touchsoul edit of Discotheque - Disco Special.
Discotheque - Disco Special (Touchsoul Recut) by touchsoul
Holy Ghost! : Say My Name (The Revenge Instrumental) by The Revenge
Patti Labelle - Music Is My Way of Life (Laberge's party edit) by laberge
Gwen McCrae - All this love i'm giving (Laura Obvious Edit) by Laura Ingalls
photo by cnmark.

Rebecca Ringquist's embroidery work is amazing. She alternates between hand embroidery, machine stitching and screenprinting. Wow.