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Easter is upon us but we here at Discobelle aren’t really that interested in eating eggs, lamb or candy. Instead, we’ll most likely go out partying. Tonight is the sixth edition of the club night Pastell here in Malmö and they managed to lure Parisian electro producers/dj’s Gentlemen Drivers to chilly Sweden. Together with swedish electropop hope Gentle Touch, they’ll make us dance all night.

Gentlemen Drivers are Michael and Benoit, they’ve done smashing remixes for The Teenagers, Klaxons etc. This track “2042 LA Dreams” (yeah, we know that it’s been around but unfortunately we couldn’t get the new Gentlemen Drivers track since it’s not finished yet) does indeed sound like the electrodance soundtrack to a future Los Angeles, sunstroked yet a bit dark and dystopic.

Gentlemen Drivers - 2042 LA Dreams (YSI)

Gentlemen Drivers - 2042 LA Dreams (zShare)

BONUS: The video for “2042 LA Dreams” + also the new single “Once You Used To” from Gentle Touch.

Gentle Touch - Once You Used To (direct link)

As you may already know, we here at Discobelle are big fans of the new breed of bands coming out of Australia. Dancey electropop outfit Cut Copy is one of them and they’re dropping one of the most anticipated albums of 2008 with their sophomore CD “In Ghost Colours” (produced with Tim Goldsworthy of DFA fame, it will be released by Modular in Europe in late April/May but you Aussies can get it on Good Friday). We got our hands on (thanks again to the ever so lovely Naomi at Darling Department) one of the tracks from the album, “Far Away” is a lovely upbeat track that reminds us of the new wave bands of the 80’s but with a modern sound.

Cut Copy - Far Away (YSI)

Cut Copy - Far Away (zShare)

Boom! This just surfaced in the good old Discobelle mailbox. Electropopsters Hot Chip meets upcoming house/dancehall/bassline producer Toddla T who drops some serious heat with this frantic remix. Looks like Toddla T will be doing it big in 2008.

Hot Chip - One Pure Thought (Toddla T remix) (YSI)

Hot Chip - One Pure Thought (Toddla T remix) (zShare)

BONUS: A pretty much completely different kind of remix from Supermayer.

Hot Chip - One Pure Thought (Supermayer remix) (YSI)

Hot Chip - One Pure Thought (Supermayer remix) (zShare)

More great club stuff from The Philadelphyinz AKA Apt One and Skinny Friedman. We proudly present this mega post with some of their recent tracks/remixes. They’re about to embark on a tour next week and they’re also in the process of making us a Mixin’ It Up so be prepared. Here we go:

“We’ve been doing a party called Philadelphyinz in Philly for several years and a party in Brooklyn called “I Pirate New York.” We’ve known each other since way back in the day in Pittsburgh. (For those interested in how the name “Philadelphyinz” came to be, look here)

We spin roller skate music, rap about diamonds, 80’s jams about special ladies, futuristic dance music by dudes in tight pants, spiced out thug club tracks, Bell Biv Devoe and probably a bunch of hip-house. We also produce tracks that fall somewhere between all of those genres. We’re gonna be on tour this spring (which we are currently booking), our MySpace page will have all our tour information as it’s available.”

On to the tracks:

Gillie Da Kid - Get Down on The Ground (Philadelphyinz Remix) (Divshare)

Philadelphyinz - Pittsburgh Club Anthem (zShare)
(This is a remix of the Pittsburgh Steelers fight song. We love the Steelers almost as much as life itself.)

DJ Apt One - Mickey Dreidels in Rome (Divshare)

DJ Apt One - Mickey Dreidels Theme (zShare)

DJ Apt One - Mickey Dreidels ‘92 (Divshare)

Sebastian Tellier - L Amour Et La Violence (DJ Apt One remix) (Divshare)

Skinny Friedman - Frozen Hands (Divshare)

Skinny Friedman - What the Fuck is This? (Divshare)

Too $hort - Keep Bouncin (Skinny Friedman Remix) (Divshare)

I was just telling Martin how much i liked the new Mystery Jets album the other day and then this turned up. This The Shoes remix is taken from a 7″ that was released last monday. Go out and buy the Mystery Jets album when it is released on the 24th of March.

Mystery Jets - Young Love (The Shoes remix) (direct link)

BONUS: Mystery Jets on swedish TV.

Our buddies in the Palms Out crew have returned to New York after a brief stint in Denmark and to celebrate that they’re well on their way towards world domination, they’re putting on massive party at the Luna Lounge on thursday March 20th. The line up is crazy impressive with a strong swedish influence and includes performances from Discobelle faves such as Estaw, Maskinen, Lina from The Touch, Chords, Team Skidoo, Purple Crush, Leif and a ton more. If you’re in NYC, you better not miss this!

Maskinen - Allla Som Inte Dansar (Kleerup remix) (direct link)

The Touch - Le Night Dominator (DJ Assault remix) (direct link)

Purple Crush - Running Up That Hill (Boody B remix) (direct link)

After his massive mix for us a while back, Riva Starr hits us with the dub dj tool version of his upcoming release on Dirtybird Records. It’s called “La Conga” and the original version will be out on April 3rd.

Riva Starr - La Conga (dub, dj tool version) (YSI)

Riva Starr - La Conga (dub, dj tool version) (zShare)

Hey Discobelle readers - this is rick re:action from Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT, USA. I’ve been a loyal reader of Discobelle for quite a while and an electronic music fan for much longer. I’ve done stints as Music Director and Program Director at a few local college stations (currently at WESU). I hope you enjoy my picks for you. It’s been a pleasure going through the incredible amount of tracks that have come through.

First up, Jupiters Heroes with what they self-describe (quite accurately) as “neo italo cosmic techno”:

JUPITERS HEROES - COMMODORE (zShare)

JUPITERS HEROES - COMMODORE (Charlie Fanclub remix) (zShare)

JUPITERS HEROES - JERKY COMET (zShare)

While we’re on on this planet, here is a nice mix by Jupiter Bananas:

Jupiter Bananas - The Night Ripper Mix (zShare)

TRACKLIST:

The City of Prague Philharmonic - End Titles (From “Starman”)
Ghosthustler - Ghosthustler
Charlie - Spacer Woman
Minitel Rose - These girls are dressed to kill
The Outrunners - Cool Feeling
Dw - Boytoy
Nid & Sancy - M.U.S.I.C. (SymbolOne Remix)
When Saints Go Machine - You Should Be Someone Else (Moulinex Remix)
Chromo & Club84 - Crystal
Loose Shus -Taurus
Parallels - Ultralight
Lorn - Control 3
Scotch - Penguin’s Invasion
Tally Isham - Virtual Girl

Wallpaper, brings a smooth vocoded electronic jam by way of the Bay Area:

Wallpaper - “Evrytm We Do It” (direct link)

A club banger gets a nice eased out remix treatment by DJ Amphibious:

Pitbull - Go Girl (Amphibious Remix) (zShare)

Burning up the clubs in the great white north (namely, Montreal and Toronto) comes a mix by Mofomatronix:

Mofomatronix Mixtape + Turbo Crunk (zshare)
(Image with tracklist)

This next mix was a promotional mix for an event (with Shir Khan, Juiceboxxx, Dre Skull, Acid Girls, Fluokids, Krames, Egyptrixx, my!gay!husband!, DJ Orion, Iggy baby + Culnsweet djs) that happened this past weekend at SXSW. From this mix I can only assume it was a blast:

Culnsweet Radio vol. 2 (zShare)

And finally nice and thick cut up house jam comes by way of Project Cyborg:

Project Cyborg - Angerland 3000 (zShare)

That was the first week of rick re:action’s We Got Mail. He will be back next week for another edition.