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[PLAYLIST] The Best REMIXES of 2012 – Part 1 (Jan-June)

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So far, this year has been one of the best for remixes, making this list no easy feat. Speaking of feet, you should warm them up because they will moving in a second…

(Artwork pattern drawn by a Lego Turntable robot)

25. Toby Keith – Red Solo Cup (It’s The DJ Kue Remix!) / And suddenly Toby Keith is not only palatable but highly listenable.

24. Y Luv – Never Touch The Ground (Gazzo Remix) / It’s pretty impossible to improve on the original so taking it in a different direction was a wise move. Get pumped!

23. St Lucia – Closer Than This (Viceroy Remix) / How do you make tropical more tropical? Give Read more

[ARTICLE] The New Tastemakers

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The author is actually a woman. Oops.

Five weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with a Burning Ear reader who was writing an article on the way music blogs are changing the industry. May Wildman was writing the article for The University of Maryland’s daily newspaper. She asked me questions. We talked. Or rather, I talked. She listened patiently. Perhaps napped. Who can tell. Anyway, When I followed up a few days ago to see how it was received she said the paper never published it. Something about “end of the year and a lot of other material to publish.” Just cause that paper dropped the ball doesn’t mean Wildman’s work should go unread. After all, It’s pretty damn interesting. Plus a Read more

[REMIX] PREMIERE: T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen – “5 O’Clock” (DWNTWN 80’s Remix)

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its like boy just get your ass up in that car and come get all of this love

♫ T-Pain – 5 O’Clock ft. Wiz Khalifa, Lily Allen (DWNTWN 80’s Remix)

So apparently T-Pain teamed up with Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen on a boring song about how T-Pain forgot to sex his girlfriend so she eventually texted him a reminder. Then Khalifa gets romantic with a verse about how he didn’t feel like banging any of the other girls in the club so he came home to you. Awww….

If all that just put you to sleep then thank goodness Los Angeles’s dance magicians DWNTWN reworked the whole thing into a jam that actually might keep you up until 5 o’clock. The Mike Tyson sample they worked into the intro is appropriate as this remix is basically Tyson’s the original. Baby eating aside, DWNTWN are on a serious roll and I have no doubt that this is the beginning of a long 2012 of great tracks.

Dubstep Roundup Vol. 23 – 9.23.2011 [SebastiAn, Zeds Dead, Alex Metric, Gotye, and more…]

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WARNING: I advise a physical check up before digging into this ridonculous list of heart grinders.  You know… to make sure that ol’ ticker of yours is up to snuff.  Anyway, I think it would be smart.

That being said, I hope you enjoy ;)

For more jams or by any of these artists use the ‘tags’ links at the bottom of the post!  Don’t forget to follow me on twitter @JoelAlbers.

♫ SebastiAn – Love In Motion ft. Mayer Hawthorne (Skrillex’s Funkt-Out Mix)

♫ Alex Metric & Charli XCX – End Of The World (Xilent Remix) Read more