Best/Favorite DFA REMIX

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Option	Votes
Goldfrapp - Slide In	8
Le Tigre - Deceptacon	6
The Rapture - Sister Saviour	5
Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Rise	5
Tiga - Far From Home	4
Arthur Russell - Springfield	4
Pixeltan - Get Up / Say What	4
Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee	3
Justin Timberlake - My Love	3
Gorillaz - Dare	3
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds	3
Hot Chip - Just Like We Breakdown	3
Hot Chip - Colours	2
J.O.Y. - Sunplus	2
Junior Senior - Shake Your Coconuts	2
The Rapture - Echoes	1
Black Dice - Smiling Off	1
Radio 4 - Dance to the Underground	1
Fischerspooner - Emerge	1
Chromeo - Destination Overdrive	1
The Chemical Brothers - The Boxer	1
UNKLE - In A State	1
The Blues Explosion - Mars Arizona	1
Metro Area - Orange Alert	1
Captain - Frontline	0
Liquid Liquid - Bellhead	0
Soulwax - Another Excuse	0
N.E.R.D. - She Wants to Move	0
(The One I Forgot)	0

― g®▲Ðұ, Monday, 9 April 2007 23:05 (eighteen years ago)

I have to go with pixeltan!

― Steve Shasta, Monday, 9 April 2007 23:16 (eighteen years ago)

(¬_¬)/¯ "It's good... to go!"

― Stevie D, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 00:24 (eighteen years ago)

wroooong thread.

― Stevie D, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 00:24 (eighteen years ago)

I vote for "Rise". it makes the song good, while most of the others were good to begin with.

― abanana, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 00:44 (eighteen years ago)

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the metro area one is still so good. i saw daniel wang open a set with it last year, rawesome. (but i'm picking goldfrapp.)

― haitch, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 03:06 (eighteen years ago)

Their Tiga mix is the best thing to come from the DFA camp, bar none. Though Unkle and Goldfrapp remixes are both stellar as well, + many others

― lucas pine, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 04:43 (eighteen years ago)

the le tigre track.

― funny farm, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 04:46 (eighteen years ago)

stevie 8080

― ghost rider, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 04:55 (eighteen years ago)

i picked goldfrapp, but gorillaz, black dice, and the dub of the nine inch nails one are close behind.

― g®▲Ðұ, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

gorillaz is good too, glaring omission = britney.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 19:50 (eighteen years ago)

always liked the Chromeo one but heard it before the original which may have helped.

― blueski, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 19:52 (eighteen years ago)

for me it's between Rise, Pixeltan, Junior Senior and UNKLE

― dmr, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

glaring omission = britney

didn’t they produce/collab on something with britney as opposed to remix an existing track of hers?

also, i didn't really split up by version (instrumental/dub/etc), but i don’t think its necessary.

― g®▲Ðұ, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:06 (eighteen years ago)

J.O.Y.

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:11 (eighteen years ago)

I like the original better

― dmr, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:12 (eighteen years ago)

p.s. I voted for Rise

― dmr, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:12 (eighteen years ago)

J.O.Y. is probably my least favorite wrt how it devaites from the original.

― g®▲Ðұ, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:14 (eighteen years ago)

i agree, the JOY original is much better.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:45 (eighteen years ago)

Why does every single DFA remix sound exactly the fucking same?

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 02:02 (eighteen years ago)

agree that JOY original is better than remix, and this thread has me wondering if DFA remixes are the best selling point for DFA. My fave on this list is the Goldfrapp remix, and even then, not totally classic

― Dominique, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 03:09 (eighteen years ago)

the chromeo & junior senor remixes are the best.. punky basic and ass shaking.

― 7seasjim, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 05:52 (eighteen years ago)

Relevée

― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 07:47 (eighteen years ago)

you left off the ne*yo!

'springfield' for me i think though goldfrapp pushes it close.

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 08:20 (eighteen years ago)

The Tiga and the first Delia & Gavin are the only ones I've ever really liked, but those two are sublime. DFA remixes in general = yawn.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 09:01 (eighteen years ago)

1) Goldfrapp - Slide In
2) UNKLE - In A State
3) Tiga - Far From Home
4) Hot Chip - Just Like We Break Down
5) Delia & Gavin - Rise
6) Soulwax - Another Excuse
7) The Chemical Bros - The Boxer

I quite disagree with Matt DC and Dominique on this one, unusually.

― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 09:47 (eighteen years ago)

I voted for Goldfrapp then remembered about 'Springfield' too late...

― braveclub, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 09:50 (eighteen years ago)

i like dfa remixes fine but in a lot of these cases there's another remix (or the original!) which is loads better, and which the dfa remix doesn't particularly outstrip in any way

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 10:01 (eighteen years ago)

agreed

― blueski, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 10:08 (eighteen years ago)

I expect I might be the only person to vote the Hot Chip remix. I love the pulsy synths on that one.

― Ben Boyerrr, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 10:18 (eighteen years ago)

Haha most of Tim's list are the ones I haven't heard, and the others are the ones I really like. I suspect having heard more misses than hits has left me unwilling to actively seek out the other good ones.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 10:33 (eighteen years ago)

you left off the ne*yo!

that's not them.

― energy flash gordon, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)

I expect I might be the only person to vote the Hot Chip remix. I love the pulsy synths on that one.

If by "that one" you mean "Colours", you aren't alone.

― jamescobo, Thursday, 12 April 2007 04:30 (eighteen years ago)

Colours has great moments and is definitely up there, but the middle-end section (don't have it with me or I'd be more specific) meanders a little and breaks the feeling.

Is this 'Captain' remix any good? I've never heard of the group, are they on the label now?

― lucas pine, Thursday, 12 April 2007 05:00 (eighteen years ago)

Have none of you heard the Timberlake remix? Am I the only one?

― BATTAGS, Thursday, 12 April 2007 05:37 (eighteen years ago)

I really love "Springfield" but I haven't heard most of these.

― 31g, Thursday, 12 April 2007 06:02 (eighteen years ago)

Is this 'Captain' remix any good? I've never heard of the group, are they on the label now?

it's terrible, really.

― groovemaaan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 10:41 (eighteen years ago)

probably the most underwhelming of the whole list.

― g®▲Ðұ, Thursday, 12 April 2007 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

hay look goldfrapppppppp won

― abanana, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

weeeeirrrdddd

i voted for "dare", mainly because the squelchy part at the end (sure, they recycled it for "yeah" and they recycled it for "mars arizona") is the squelchiest thing since ... well, ever? "higher state of consciousness"? and the minimal bleep-n-bassy acid-housey bit which follows the synth freakout is sooooo spooky.

or maybe i voted for "far from home", the drumbeat in that is so skippy-blippy, it's crazy!

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 20:00 (eighteen years ago)

lol @ the NERD one getting no votes, that's the only one i'd say actually sucks. not that they had much to work with, mind you.

― haitch, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:23 (eighteen years ago)

The Goldfrapp remix is definitely one of my favourite things from last year, so I'm glad it won.

― braveclub, Thursday, 26 April 2007 11:12 (eighteen years ago)

WOW! that is a surprise. i'd have thought deceptacon was a shoo in.

― pisces, Thursday, 26 April 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

Somebody voted for Chromeo! WTF

― braveclub, Thursday, 26 April 2007 11:43 (eighteen years ago)

me. why not? it's a great one. but don't see the big fuss with the 'Frapp one at all.

― blueski, Thursday, 26 April 2007 12:04 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, if the criteria for this poll actually IS making a purse out of a soy's ear then the DFA should get a nobel prize or something for the chromeo track.

it's *EXTREMELY* propulsive at high volume, like a lost vitalic track or something.

― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:26 (eighteen years ago)

i also don't get the love for the goldfrapp remix. yeah ok it bubbles along nicely in the last half minutes with that neo-tribal cosmic disco thing. but is it THAT big of a deal to mix pro-pop annie fandom with pro-noise black dice fandom??

― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:30 (eighteen years ago)

and don't "far from home", "the boxer", "dare", etc all do it better?

― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)

compared to "dare" the hooks in "slide in" are pretty weak.

― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)

i just think slide in is the most fun to dance to.

IMO gorillaz is 2nd place by an inch. i mixed out of it into "tell you today" once and was so proud of myself the way people went nuts.

― g®▲Ðұ, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:36 (eighteen years ago)

also:

far from home (instrumental) >> chromeo (instrumental) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> far from home (vocal) >> chromeo (vocal)

i really love the vocals in the goldfrapp and gorillaz tracks.

― g®▲Ðұ, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:40 (eighteen years ago)

never got the goldfrapp mix

― Ronan, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:43 (eighteen years ago)

got as in purchased or as in understood?

― g®▲Ðұ, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:44 (eighteen years ago)

understood...

I heard it a few times at the time and it didn't grab me. tho in hindsight that list doesn't blow me away. Gorillaz and Le Tigre my favourite. I'd vote for Gorillaz but Le Tigre is probably the most memorable, I was a DJ in whatever genre we call that now in a club that did well in 2004 or whenever. That Le Tigre remix never seemed to get old. You look at the absolute shit that has replaced that as poppy post-punk and it's embarassing.

― Ronan, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:47 (eighteen years ago)

i think "deceptacon" is pretty good but it doesn't really replace the original, the original works equally great in a club, sometimes better bcause the energu level of the original is so UP UP UP, some of the DJs at the electroclashy weekly i used to go to 3-4 years ago used to play something like mentasm or an old rave jungle track or even new sean paul remixes and then FOLLOW that with the original of decaptacon and it was usually killer because that track is soooo fast.

as far as the DFA version goes it's the same basic elements as "house of jealous lovers" (sassy vocal + thuggish acid bass + cowbell) so whatever.

i do like tim finney's review of "remixes v 2" for pitchfork quite a bit, he nails what's so good about the recent 13-minute dfa excursions.

― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:51 (eighteen years ago)

through i feel kind of silly discussing it, i think the letigre remix is some kind of a watershed moment in "that genre."

its kind of played out on some dancefloors, but really is great when you look at all the wolfmother or new young pony club remixes that have came and went.

xp

― g®▲Ðұ, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:53 (eighteen years ago)

also, junior senior (instrumental) should get more love. that track is banannas.

― g®▲Ðұ, Saturday, 28 April 2007 23:55 (eighteen years ago)

no you're right it was definitely a turning point moment in my life when all of a sudden i realized i'd rather go out somewhere and hear "erotic city" than anything under the big wide house/techno umbrella, OK that feeling faded rather quick (that scene all went sorta hollertronix /"the pumpsta" around 2006)

the junior senior track is great for the layers of feedback/gamelan they throw on in the 2nd half end.

seriously just about every track on that poll list has SOMETHING to recommend it (ok maybe not "sunplus" or "bellhead" but that's it) and i have dirt on all the haters on this thread (LOL u listen to richard x)

― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 29 April 2007 00:00 (eighteen years ago)

off topic - any of you dudes have the h4rvey version of "bellhead"?

― g®▲Ðұ, Sunday, 29 April 2007 00:05 (eighteen years ago)

I keep doing posts that disappear. I don't listen to any high profile remixers at the moment, just the zone that I'm in I suppose, I just amn't sure how well these remixes have aged, or what the point of most of them is.

― Ronan, Sunday, 29 April 2007 00:12 (eighteen years ago)

I voted for that Junior Senior track, Grady. I still play it out quite a bit. The bouncy bass line is just pure fun and the way it feels kind of isolated and pushy in the remix always works for me. It's one of the few remixes that they've done that I always end up wishing was longer.

― Clay, Sunday, 29 April 2007 00:35 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...

this is way late, but I really like the DFA Club Mix of Diddy/Christina Aguilera's "Tell Me." letter perfect deep-house/Masters at Work biz.

― Matos W.K., Monday, 2 July 2007 05:13 (eighteen years ago)

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