Hoooo! Justice Essential Mix...

As your attorney I advise you to head over to Pound For Pound, download the recent Justice essential mix and thank the fellow profusely for bringing such good stuff to your ears. Go!

Dancing monkeys...

So the debate rages. Is it dance? Indie? Post-rave industrialised pop with a bleeding heart and a shank in its pocket? Don't ask me. Alls I know is it's good music. Well no, it is dance. All you Chemical Brothers fans (no thanks) will be dissapointed with the album's lack of crossover appeal but anyone who likes a good old mashup party will be dribbling with excitement about the veritable buffet of tunes on offer.

With all the attention Simian Mobile Disco have been getting from the bloggers I was a bit worried that there wouldn't be much fresh stuff on the album. Not to worry though, the ex-simian team of James and James throw up plenty (good) new tracks alongside the likes of future classic Hustler and the SMD alternative to Justice's D.A.N.C.E., It's The Beat.

Plenty of thumping bass sets the tone on opener Sleep Deprivation, maybe an odd choice for the first track but it definitely sets the Simian stall out early - this is heavy stuff, better get some good speakers. Other standout tracks include I Believe, a premium hands-in-the-air banger that is gonna be a favourite on the festival circuit this summer. Continuing the hippy vibe from this weeks Monday Chiller, Love is a twanging bass mission that spells (s.p.e.l.l.s.) out that really, love is all you need. Aww. Maybe SMD haven't quite left their indie roots behind completely. A special mention goes out the speaks, squelches and squawks that infest this record. Thankfully i'm a big fan of synth madness, otherwise it could get annoying.

All in all I really like this album and I think the boyos have done a good job in treading the thin line of classification that sees other groups relegated into pigeonholes like new-rave. (Damn, so nearly got through without mentioning it).

The tracks here do a good job of getting across what the album is like, and hopefully haven't already been posted to death.

SMD - Tits & Acid
SMD - Hotdog
SMD - Love
SMD - I Got This Down

Attack Decay Sustain Release was released yesterday, so why haven't you got it already?

Electro round-up #1...

There is an absolute surplus of quality electro around right now so here are some of the hottest jammy jams from the main boys Ed Banger and some other stuff that's been rolling round my stereo in recent weeks. There is some blatant blog-thievery going on from my end but here at the Hermit i try to steal from the very best and give to the poor... slash lazy. Check out the links on the right for more immense postery. I don't need to tell you that all the tracks are mind-blowing but i will point out Shakes, Para One and The Gossip as my current favourites. Shakes, WTF! Oh yeah also Dead Disco representing Leeds, Yorkshire what!

Black Ghosts - Face (Switch mix)
Busy P - Rainbow Man (K. Christmon's Slight Tamper)

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Guns N Bombs Remix)
Dead Disco - The Treatment (Metronomy Mix)
Kavinsky - Testarossa Autodrive (SebastiAn Remix)
Para One - Dudun-Dun (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks (OrtzRoka remix)
Shakes - Disneyland (Part One)
The Gossip - Jealous Girls (NYPC 12" Remix)
Uffie - Pop the Glock

Bonus - the perfect indie-disco track?

DJ Shadow - Six Days (Soulwax Mix)

Sorry for not providing links so you can find all this stuff elsewhere but it's late and google is a magic tool.