Who knew the brainchild of Ricky Gervais “An Idiot Abroad” could yield such a beautiful song. Vik Sharma’s gem ‘I Feel Unusual’ was difficult to hunt down but quite easy to enjoy. Note not the highest quality version and best if you don’t preview with headphones.

howling - frank widemann & ry cuming (ame remix)

hot nights coming
keep the car running
lavender fingers
swallow my pollen

gold i swam into your spell
on the rite of god we fell
you were plush and i laid bare
you had me howling
cold i fell into your skin
on the night you led me
under your sin
you had me howling
you had me howling

blush

golden siren
under exposing
come lay your weakness down
on the floor in the backseat

gold i swam into your spell
on the rite of god we fell
you were plush and i laid bare
you had me howling
cold i fell into your skin
on the night you led me
under your sin
you had me howling
you had me howling

blush

blush

Often I regress to one of my favourite years for electronic music; 2005. In those 12 months a few dozen anthems made their way onto bustling dancefloors globally including ‘No More Conversations’ (Freeform 5), ‘I Feel Space’ (Lindstrom) & ‘What Else Is There’ (Royksopp). Amongst all the commercial success stories was a track that as a rule popped up at 4am after one too many vodka cranberries had been consumed. Simplest of melodies, reiterating to the crowd “Get your hands up/Get on the floor”… I always adhered to the lyricists directions. By the time the siren kicked in I was hooked. Repeated attempts were made to find the source of my early morning karaoke sessions. More often than not the DJ had a bootleg copy, obtained from a “friend of a friend” and the origins of the song remained a mystery. I eventually discovered the original was called ‘Freemind’ by DJ T. After a year of nagging at the back of my brain I finally dedicated a day to tracking down my “phantom” song. Mystery solved…… Happy Fathers - Bounce.  

I don’t know why I love this song. I am entirely aware there is no one feature I can put my finger on that makes it stand out. Perhaps it reminds me of a happy time. Perhaps not. Perhaps it’s because it’s one of those tracks that niggled it’s way into my head. I did spend an awfully long time trawling through my hard drives in search of it’s name late one night. Due to that reason alone it gets a post. 

Stereophonic - Kris Menace & Spooky

It has been drawn to my attention that I may have a slight fixation with Thom Yorke. Currently I have on repeat The Eraser Rmxs (both on iTunes and in my head). Today’s post was a toss up between Atoms For Peace (Four Tet Remix) & Skip Divided (Modeselektor Remix). After reading a swag of conflicting reviews for the album I’m going to stick with the Modeselektor remix. Most agree the Four Tet remix is probably the best but I believe the Modeselektor one is the most ambitious. The original song has a very simple melody relying heavily on Yorke’s falsetto to create an atmosphere. Modeselektor added some glitch, a beat and have made this classic Thom Yorke track a little more ‘current’.