What are your favorite remixes of 2005?

as for this year:
the killers - mr brightside (jlc mix)
m83 - teen angst (luciano mix)
dextro - do you need help (mfa mix)

YSI?

The Killers - Mr Brightside (JLC Remix)
Sadie & Kano - So Sure (Target Remix)
Hell - Je Regrette Everything (Superpitcher Remix)
Nathan Fake - Coheed (Michael Mayer Remix)
Manhead - Doop (Reverso 68 Remix)
Andre Kraml - Safari (Kiki & Silversurfer Remix)

m83 - teen angst (luciano mix)

i have it on my ipod shuffle, but i really only listen to that one song. 30 minutes on repeat on the way to work, and 30 minutes on repeat on the way home from work. so about one hour of MFA "The Difference it Makes" (Superpitcher Remix) per day. Oh its so beautiful makes me cry!!! and dance at the same time!

Yeah the remix of "The Difference It Makes" scales new heights of impossible awesomeness when dropped in a club.

when i played the moog in barcelona last monday with omar, we closed the night out with superpitcher's remix of "the difference it makes," as the denouement to several hours of banging, roiling madness, and i gotta say, i witnessed the track's full power for the first time ever. fucking masterpiece.

Was Lopazz/Villalobos/Luciano last year?

Don't Stop (Riton Re-Rub DUB) - braziliangirls
Love In A Bookshop (Ubit Remix) - comadisco
Me And My Moog (Cass & Tom Mangan Mix) - JL henly - fine records
pass this on (dahlback & dahlback remix) - the knife
Daily Disco (Boys Noize Remix) - Luetzenkirchen - greatstuff records (this one is heavy)
ce kul (francisco rmx) - Munk & Chloe - Gomma
Glowing in the Dark (Play Paul remix) - Experimental Products - gigolo

George Thomson - Laid Back Snack Attack (Ellen Allien Mix)
Miss Kittin - Happy Violentine (Micheal Mayer Mix)
New Order - Krafty (The Glimmers Mix/Dub)
Telepopmusik - Into Everything (MFA Dub Remix)
Sweet Light - Abusator (Blackstrobe Remix)
Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass (Blackstrobe Remix)
2 Dawgs - It's A Dawg's Life (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)
Shyza Minelli - Nasty (M.I.A. Remix)
Mylo - In My Arms (Popular Computer Remix)
Sharon Phillips - Want 2 Need 2 (Trentemoeller Remix)
Billie Holiday - Yesterdays (Junior Boys Remix)
Jack Addicts - Stalker (Nathan Fake Remix)
Andreas Dorau - Strasse Der Traeume (Wasserman & Justus Koehncke mixes)
Product 01 - Heart Ov Glass (Justus Koehncke Remix)
Meloboy - Hot Love (DJ Koze 12" Mix)
Feist - Inside & Out (Ewan Pearson Mixes)
Ada - Maps (Mayer/Thomas Mix)
Poni Hoax - Budapest (Joakim Dub)
Tomas Andersson - Washing Up (Tiga Remix)

Oh, I'm interested in how that is. possible YSI?

and all those Superpitcher remixes of course.

Lazyboy - 'Facts Of Life' Cagedbaby Dawn Blissmix
Rachel Stevens - 'So Good' Extended Mix
Beck - 'Girl' Octet Mix, 'Gameboy & Homeboy' ('Que Onda Guero' Remix)
Feist - 'Inside and Out' Pearson and Al Usher Elektronischer Dub. Incidentally, anyone not mentioning Al Usher's involvement is a blithering idiot with reading comprehension issues.
Silicone Soul - 'The Poisoners Diary' E. Pearson Mixes
Ciara - 'Oh'/Lady Sovereign - 'Blah Blah Blah' Cadence Weapon remixes
Soulwax - 'NY Excuse'/'Another Excuse' Justice & DFA mixes
Shirokuma - 'Moonlight In The Afternoon' Max Tundra Remix
Amerie - '1 Thing' Spizzazz Edit
Colder - 'Shiny Star' - Matthew Dear Remix
Circlesquare - '7 Minutes' - Patrick Wolf Remix
Lazyboy - 'Police Dogs Bonfire' - Seadevils Remix (by Radio Slave and Cagedbaby)
And (potentially) the entirety of Shugo Tokumaru - NPRMX: Night Piece Remixes

Little protective of Mr. Usher aren't we?

ada, "maps (mayer rmx.)"
baxendale, "I built this city (mayer rmx.)" (??)

Chat stinking, is it?

Um, what?

Needless to say, it's a pretty great remix, although I prefer it slightly sped up. Ewan's re-touch of the Aside is nice too.

so ones I am certain are from 05, almost all of michael's otm, sounds like propping for the sake of it but they are most of the ones I'd have said aswell. few he may have forgot....or I may have skimmed over by accident.

the pearson/usher thing is from last year I thought? I bought it for 3 euro, it is too slow though, and something about it puts me off, it's great actually but like alot of pearson's recent stuff is a bit bombastic or something, doesn't fit with any kind of set really alot of the time.

the knife-pass this on (mandy remix)
m83-don't save us from the flames (superpitcher remix)
juan maclean-tito's way (reverso 68 remix)
the glass-hear the music (mylo remix)
royksopp-only this moment (braxe/falke remix)
michael mayer-lovefood (aguayo remix)
triola vs wighnomys thing

And the Lutzenkirschen thing mentioned upthread is good yeah, blatant Tiefschwarz biting but a good record.

x-post barima you are making me look calm lately

LCD "Tribulations" Lindstrom Mix

YSI anyone?

Also YSI The MFA "The Difference it Makes" (Superpitcher Remix)?

Just a thought.

what now?

Hard to guess what role he plays (I'm not quite sure I hear (yet) the sonic distinction you're drawing): when I heard the "Midas Touch" remix I thought, "oh that's rather straightforward for Pearson, maybe that's Al Usher's influence." But then I remembered that the "Manila" remix is fairly straightforward as well...

Vahid never spelt out what he thought of Pearson's transformation. I'd be interested to know.

Ronan I get your point about Guido Schneider remixes etc. I wasn't consciously thinking about it when I made my suggestions upthread but in retrospect they're all major transformations of songs that I ever knew or subsequently heard a lot of in their original versions - so they feel more like remixes than just dance tracks.

Not sure when it's from but I also adore the Sascha Funke remix of Commercial Breakup's "My Garden". Actually put it together with the Alex Smoke mix of "Safari" and you've got a substyle of sorts: vocal tracks emerging from an electro-house sewer, all micro-percussion and insanely repetitive, simple, murky and utterly great basslines. Listen to them together - they are exactly the same! Yet totally different and both brilliant.

(it just occurred to me that the secret of my love for Rebel Futurism 2 is that Damian Lazarus appears to adore tracks like these - almost all of his seections have ridiculously extroverted basslines)

(Sascha's remix of Alexander Kowalski's "Lock Me Up" from a while back is also really good)

(Ronan for more Reverso 68 action check out their remix of Bent's "Comin' Back" from last year. It's not quite in their sparkly nu-balearic style, but it's fantastic, cheesily uplifting electro-disco, like Moonbootica meets meets Metro Area meets Jurgen Paape).

I keep meaning to start a thread on remixes, like, do they actually differ from original productions inherently? Can you guess a track is a remix if you've not heard the original? Perhaps some sort of tension? It just seems quite prescient these days, or maybe the answer is just that remixes are no different from original productions. Producer people, would you approach a remix in a different way to an original piece? There must be some good discussion here.

Honestly, the 'Manila' mix is the closest to what I'm getting at ie. the Usher collabs. It's a slight red herring in the solo Pearson mixes because they tend to be a lot more Pet Shop production-esque or Germanic (ie schaffel, or the Playgroup one, which is static on dry ice), while the Freeform one is obviously an out and out electro-freakout. But then, compared to the other two mixes with Usher, 'Midas Touch' almost completely relies on the vocal to make it pop anyway. The Usher stuff tends to aim at extended pop songs with dance touches ie. Dannii Minogue could far more easily pull off 'Inside And Out' or 'Where I Belong' than the 'Train' and 'Strict Machine' mixes. And again, 'Midas Touch' exxcepted, I suspect Al is rather a dab hand at vocal cut-ups, unless there's a Pearson mix or two with these feature I'm forgetting.

Al has done some solo mixes for Cai and Envoy. They are very good, and I freely admit they're also fairly Pearson-esque, but he must be a Moonbootica, Rex or Richard X fan too. I have posited that Ewan made Al up as some kind of extra personality, here on ILM, in fact, but if Pearson's going to share the credits, others should know better too.

Ronan, if you find "nipple" insulting, no wonder you're easy to wind up! Y' big poo head.

This should pretty much validate his contribution to 'Midas Touch'.

WHOA. How does it stack up to the previous Phones mixes? The only ones I really liked were the ones he did for Bloc Party and the Kills.

It's a shame that it's only the one track on the 12 inch - a major deterrent to my impoverished self shelling out cash for it.

Also feeling

Freeform Five-Electromagnetic (Lindstrom Remix)

This is part 2 of the re-release of the song. I like the Lindstrom remix of Chicken Lips that Jed recommended too, bought that yesterday.

And although not a remix the new Breastfed single is really good too.

anyway i third the notion, it's great.

britney spears - breathe on me (james holden vocal mix)

kellz!

that vitalic bjork number is astounding.

the band themselves are like yet another interpol tribute but by god the remix is something else. also the hellraiser's macca 30 minute mix is all over soulseek if you can bear the queues. haven't heard it yet.

1. Soulwax - “E Talking (Tiga's Disco Drama Remix)” (PIAS)
2. Freeform Five - “Electromagnetic (Tiefschwarz Dub)” (Perspex/Fine)
3. Daft Punk - “Technologic (Basement Jaxx Kontrol Mixx)” (Virgin)
4. Annie - “Heartbeat (Maurice Fulton Remix)” (679)
5. Tomas Andersson - “Washing Up (Tiga Remix)” (Bpitch Control)
6. Scenario Rock - “Skitzo Dancer (Remixed by Justice)” (Jive)
7. Rammstein - “Keine Lust (Black Strobe Remix)” (Universal)
8. Alter Ego - “Beat the Bush (Freeform Reform Vocal)” (Fine)
9. Juliet - “Avalon (Jacques lu Cont Versus Remix)” (Virgin)
10. The Kills - “Love is a Deserter (Phones 'Cardiac Unrest' Remix)” (Domino)
11. Kylie - “Giving You Up (Alter Ego Vocal)” (Parlophone)
12. Basement Jaxx - “Oh My Gosh” (Oh My Dub) (XL)
13. Solvent - “Think Like Us (Alter Ego Remix)” (Ghostly International)
14. Fred Everything & 20For7 featuring Vanessa Baker - “Friday (Trentemøller Mix)” (Lazy Days)
15. The Chemical Brothers - “Galvanize (Abe Duque Remix)” (Freestyle Dust/Virgin)
16. Meloboy - “Hot Love (DJ Koze Maxi Mix)” (Mute)
17. Björk - “Who is it (Vitalic Mix)” (War Child Music)
18. M.I.A. - “Bucky Done Gun (¥£$ Productions Remix)” (XL)
19. Sweatshop - “Back in the Days (Kiki's Like We Were in '93 Mix)” (Dirty Dancing)
20. Offset - “Music Doesn't Cry, it Screams (Think Twice Remix)” (Missive)

Think the Tiefschwarz is my new number one.

Still can't shake the notion remixes this year are too thin on the ground for comfort.

yes. very much so.

soulwax remix of DARE????

who knew?

http://www.vinylexchange.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ArtistID=37570&GenreID=270&IID=404353

new NEW ORDER remixes: timo maas - everything's gone green
richard x - bizarre love triangle.

anyone heard? can't wait.

who's mixing who?

also, Phones' Rakes - Repeat remix seconded - quality.

fyi, just got a splendid double cd, coming out soon on modular, called leave them all behind:

MIXED CD
1. The Rakes - Retreat (Phones remix)
2. Cut Copy - Bright Neon Payphone
3. Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights (Erol Alkan Remix)
4. The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
5. Cazals - Poor Innocent Boys
6. Panico - Transpiralo
7. Bloc Party - Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)
8. Rubicks - I See You
9. Fiery Furnaces - Single Again
10. Tom Vek - I Ain't Saying Goodbye
11. Whitey - Leave Them All Behind
12. Midnight Juggernauts - 45 & Rising (Cut Copy Remix)
13. Chromeo - Me & My Man (Whitey Remix)
14. Kiki & Silversurfer feat. Captain Comatose - Shake Off
15. The Knife - You Take My Breath Away (Mylo Remix)
16. The Presets - Girl & The Sea (Cut Copy Remix)
17. The Kills - Good Ones (Jagz Kooner Remix)
18. The Killers - Mr Brightside

UNMIXED CD
1. Bloc Party - Banquet (Phones Remix)
2. Whitey - Leave Them All Behind
3. Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
4. Kiki & Silversurfer feat. Captain Comatose - Shake Off
5. The Rakes - Retreat (Phones mix)
6. The Cazals - Poor Innocent Boys
7. Panico - Transpiralo
8. VHS or Beta - Night On Fire (Cut Copy remix)
9. Presets - Summer Of Love
10. Tiefschwarz - Wait & See (Alter Ego remix)
11. Soulwax - E Talkin (Tiga remix)
12. Fiery Furnaces - Single Again
13. Sons & Daughters - Dance Me In (JD Twitch and The Truffle Club Optimo Mix)
14. DFA 1979 - Romantic Rights (Erol remix)

doof!

Is a work of trembling Cornelian beauty.

It's like "Wordy Rapping Hood" 2005 or something!

Would you mind posting the putsch 79 remix? Been searching for it forever.

SHAKE YOUR HOUSE KEYS

The Braxe and Falke is also pretty fly, but the best indie-dance mix of the year is still Phones vs Bloc Party. The Cut Copy remixes on that Modular mix up above have me anticipating.

DFA remix of Dare by Gorillaz.

if you like the wiggly DFA excess then search/hunt/kill for this vinyl only track. though i suspect you p2p people have already got it on your hard drives.

www.indiekids.org

Amazon says October 4th. They're listing it as $23.99, for a two-disc import, which is surprisingly reasonable of them.

oh i love love love this song, why wasn't it huge?

you wouldnt believe it when you hear it at home, but this actually works better than the original! the clippedness is utterly hypnotic, spiralling up and up

Four Tet: Sun Drums And Soil (Sa-Ra Creative Partners On The Move Mix)

they managed to make four tet fun

Bjork's Who Is It (Vitalic Remix)

other remixes that worth a mention:
New Order - Jetstream (Richard X Remix)
New Order - Jetstream (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
New Order - Krafty (Phones Reality Remix)
New Order - Krafty (Eric Kupper Club Mix)
New Order - Krafty (Morel's Pink Noise Vocal)
New Order - Krafty (DJ Dan Vocal)
Deep Dish - Say Hello (Angello & Ingrosso Remix)
Sander Kleinenberg - The Fruit (B.M.K. Remix)
Sander Kleinenberg - The Fruit (Tom Novy Club Mix)
Mylo - In My Arms (King Unique Edit)
Mylo - Drop The Pressure (Rex The Dog Remix)
Bloc Party - Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)
The Futureheads - Hounds Of Love (Phones' Wolves At The Door Remix)
Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll (Tom Neville Remix)
The Killers - Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
Juliet - Avalon (Guetta & Garraud Fuck Me I'm Famous Remix)
The Chemical Brothers - Believe (Erol Alkan's 'Feel Me' Re-Work)
Tom Neville - Buzz Junkie (Robbie Rivera Juicy Mix)
Timo Maas - First Day (Buick Project Vocal Remix)
Goldfrapp - Ooh La La (Phones Re-Edit)

the best tracks on there are:

death from above 1979 - romantic rights (erol alkan re-edit)
midnight juggernauts - 45 and rising (cutcopy remix)
chromeo - me and my man (whitey remix)

the death from above tune has such a good build up, the midnight juggernauts one forces you to get up and dance, the chromeo one is too cool for it's own right. there's other great stuff on there too.

madonna - hung up (struart price/lacques lu cont extended dub)

RUNNER UP:

fischerspooner - just let go (jacques lu con't thin white duke mix)

new contenders for me

dfa1979-romantic rights (jesper dahlback remix)
mathias schafhauser-coincidence (trentemoller mix)

WOAH!!

f*cking hell!

whoa - that acid build up is just too intense.

what a fantastic remix. ta for that recomendation

surely we should be able to hassle some record label bod to fund a TWD/JLC mix/remix album ?

with his current profile these days it would fly off the shelves ..

The lost hair metal song from Discovery, pretty much.

bjork one is still my favorite