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Well, today is more on the guy who is sometimes taking the moniker of the Thin White Duke. It’s Les Rythmes Digitales. I thought of it when I was listening to the On The Floor At The Boutique by Lo-Fidelity Allstars. I have had that album since it came out back in ’98 (or at least that’s when I first laid eyes on it) and I still crack it out every so often. Hell, those of you who dig through our blog posts will find the Jackson and His Computer Band track “Makin’ It Happen” on here. That’s thanks to that same CD!

Well, LRD seminal hit “(Hey You) What’s That Sound?” is on this disc, too. It made me wonder what else he’s been up to and I have to say I found a couple of tracks that I had forgotten about! Now, I can’t stand the group Justice. Sorry. They’re chodes. I mean, there was that whole deal where they basically faked their live set. Although that could be doubtful, too. I mean, if you and I drank too much or sniffed a tad more than needed? We’d probably look like the picture below, also. I can see his reaction now: “Wait. It wasn’t plugged in? Well. We still brought it proper.”

Anyhow, LRD did a remix of Justice’s “D.A.N.C.E.” that’s not all too shabby. And I fucking loathe the original. Whenever I hear the original? It makes me get in my car, drive to a local SPCA, walk up and down the halls of cages, pick the cutest puppy of the bunch, and kick it. Not really. And if you got offended by that? Shut the fuck up. I hear the low price guarantee at Wal-Mart does in fact cover a sense of humor, too. Here’s the track.

Download Justice – D.A.N.C.E. (Les Rythmes Digitales remix)

Well, the man also did what I consider to be a great remix of Cassius’ “Feeling For You”. Much more housey and happy, and I could easily drop this in a DJ set. If I played any more, that is. So you get to drop it in your set instead. YAAAY!

Download Cassius – Feeling For You (Les Rythmes Digitales Dreamix edit)

Lastly is a remix of “Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)”, but this is the Switch remix. When Switch was still any good. Ugh. They split in two, and next thing you know, Switch turns to shit. Sorry, but Switch hasn’t really made anything half-decent in the last two years. It’s depressing, but I guess that sound can only go so far. Well, this is a remix I personally adore. So have at it and enjoy.

Download Les Rythmes Digitales – Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat) (Switch remix)

Now go buy this stuff. I have illegitimate children to feed.

After my wild rant on shitty music last week……

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So initially, I was really wanting to post this Diplo cut I heard recently. I mean, this shit is just brilliant. However, since I’ve maintained some semblance of contact with his people, I wanted to give a heads up and get an OK. Well, the track “Smash A Kangaroo”, it turns out, is actually on an album where the profits go to help give music-education to underprivileged indigenous kids in Australia. Here’s what turntable lab has to say about the cut:

Earlier this year while touring in Australia, Diplo got the chance to do some music workshops with kids incarcerated in a juvenile detention center in the rural Maningrida district. Because of the restrictions placed on the kids by the Australian government, the results of those sessions may not ever get a full release, but for now we’ve got “Smash A Kangaroo,” a one-off charity single produced by Diplo and featuring, well, the kids! If you haven’t heard this one yet, think Wilcannia Mob, the young Indigenous Australian rappers who appeared on M.I.A.’s album earlier this year. Also includes the instrumental version, which is exclusive to TTL Digital.

Now, get your ass over to the Heaps Decent website, and check that shit out! I don’t want none of you peeps to be cheapin’ out! This track is well beyond hot!

Okay, now on to what you guys are probably here for – some music. First off, yes I actually own all of this stuff. I spent the better part of about 7 years DJing, so I have managed to collect a lot of vinyl, and have even bought a lot of this digitally, as well. The tracks below are all just shit hot. If you guys haven’t heard of Switch? You should be ashamed. Granted, the only really good cut on M.I.A.’s Kala is the Diplo produced “Paper Planes”, and not Dave Taylor’s contribution, but Switch hasn’t really been the same since Trevor Loveys took off on his own. And yes, Dave Taylor was indeed part of Solid Groove before that, and they were just as fuckin’ hot.

So here you go guys. A few tracks I like, and today, most are Switch and Solid Groove heavy, with a pretty much unknown Felix Da Housecat remix tossed in for good measure.

First off are the Switch and Solid Groove cuts. First off is a tweeked out – and it’s called “Untitled”, actually – track they remixed for Blackjoy that’s featured on the Freerange compilation that collects the remixes Switch/Solid Groove have done for them. It’s unbelievably good. Seriously. I mean it. If you have a seizure listening to it? It’s because of all the soda you drank. Not because of how awesome this cut is.

[Download Blackjoy – Untitled (Solid Groove remix)]

Next is a Solid Groove original that’s on another Freerange compilation – Colour Series : Yellow 01. It’s very upbeat and bouncy. Dig this. Here’s “Jus Everybody” by Solid Groove.

[Download Solid Groove – Jus Everybody]

Here’s Switch at their best. The track is “Get On Downz” and is 100% filthy and hot. Take a listen. It’s worth at least one listen!

[Download Switch – Get On Downz]

Next is the last of the Switch stuff. It’s a remix they did for the group Playgroup, which featured KC Flightt. Those old school househeads will remember KC Flightt from the track “Voices”. A classic. Anyhow, here’s the Switch remix of “Front 2 Back”. Probably my favorite of all the Switch cuts here.

[Download Playgroup – Front 2 Back (Switch remix)]

Last is a little treat. I got lazy and didn’t want to dig through all my records to find this, so I bought it on iTunes. It’s the Felix Da Housecat remix of Garbage’s “Androgyny”. Not too many people seem to know about this one. Take my word – it’s awesome. He has a pretty simple formula and stays with it, and on this particular remix, it works well.

[Download Garbage – Androgyny (Felix Da Housecat remix)]

And of course? Go buy some of this! Don’t be a deadbeat! If you are going to be a deadbeat, at least wear a stained t-shirt and live in a trailer. At least then I could go, “Well, he had a trailer!” Then I could just shrug my shoulders and have no answer to your impoverished lifestyle.