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Thanks for this – I look forward to the Cypress Hill one that you plan on cooking up in advance of Rise Up… ;o)

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I’ve been pontificating for an age about what tune should start the new blog. After probably an hours weeks consideration this won…

Can things get any better (things can only get better).

Si

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White Rose Movement are a bit like Robbie Keane, in that they’ll pop up occassionally, deliver some pure class, then disappear completely and turn up at Celtic, or something.

But have no fear, we’re not the Fat Spanish Waiter, if they keep delivering, we’ll play them. Their new tune ‘Helsinki’ is another Depeche Mode(y?) affair, full of distortion, with an incessant underlying beat that gets in your head

Can’t figure out how to embed the Rcrd Lbl widget, so here’s the link to the page where you can stream it

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I drove home from Manchester the other weekend, after about three hours sleep (a prelude to which was getting locked in a porch). A journey that should have taken a little under two hours took close to three and half and at some point I got lost in the no mans land that is the Cheshire/Shropshire border. There’s one place where you pass in to Shropshire, from Cheshire, and then five minutes later , and for no reason that makes sense, you’re welcomed back into Cheshire. Now in my fragile state this totally fucked with my mind, to such an extent that I had to stop the car and smoke a shaky ciggy, while I tried to figure out what had just happened. Had I turned round without realising? Was I driving back the way I’d just come? I could hardly stand, as lack of sleep and an ominous hangover kicked my head about. Finally I got back in the car, fumbled in my plastic supply bag and pulled out the first CD that came to hand. I’ll call that CD Salvation (though it wasn’t, it was the Chems ‘Exit Planet Dust) and this track Saving Grace (it isn’t, it’s ‘In Dust We Trust‘). About an hour later I arrived home, tried to eat something, then fell asleep. Happy Days Indeed.

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Zoot Woman – ‘Just A Friend (Some A La Mode remix)’ (via La Friendly)

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Aware that they only have a cameo in this, but I’ve never seen so many lovely ladies, so I had to post it. See if you can spot Cesc Fabregas. Injured my ass

Si

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…that’s it, I really don’t like cricket.

Kitsune 9 is on its way, as you could probably tell from the cut and paste posts on numerous blogs recently. The Kitsune Maison series has been consistantly brilliant, inspiring and forward looking. Their eye for a good tune is unsurpassed, as far as I can tell. Look back at the artists that have either featured on the nine compilations or have released tunes on the French label and you’re looking at the best in electronic/indie music in the last eight years. If you don’t believe me, check out the list here. Pretty much everyone on it is still relevant to me and this blog now.

So who off the new compilation is doing it for me. Well, as you’re asking…

Jamaica – are Antoine Hilaire and Florent Lyonett from France. They used to be Poney Poney, who were also pretty great, and some of their tunes are now Jamaica’s tunes (but different, apparently). Produced by Xavier de Rosnay from Justice their first album is due out soon. Their first single off it is ‘I Think I like U 2′. Great pop this. We presume that they’re not confessing to liking the band U2, or maybe they are. Bit of a long winded way of going about it though, we reckon

Jamaica – ‘I Think I Like U 2′

Your Nature – are from Brooklyn New York, which obviously makes them cool by default. They make suprisingly English sounding music for a band of Yanks. It’s a little bit shoegaze with, dare I say it, what sounds suspiciously like some  Big Country thrown in. Or is the Stone Temple Pilots…I dunno. If you’ve read this blog for any amount of time, you’ll know that when it comes to describing the music I post I’m a bit shit

Your Nature -‘ Sands’

The other two tunes I’m throwing in aren’t on Kitsune 9 at all. I just like them

Big Bang Breaks – ‘B Boys & Fly Girls’

Phantogram – ‘When Im Small’

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Also download the new Dada Life March Mix here

Si

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Bunny Lake Is Missing is a 1965 thriller by Otto Preminger, which is a bit laboured and survives in the world of Cult, that strange place where shit stuff goes until it ages and is rediscovered by students, reappraised and declared briliant.

Don’t be fooled – it isn’t.

Bunny Lake on the other hand are from Austria and consist of the acely named Suzy On The Rocks , Christian Fuchs (snigger) and the bouncer from the pub down the road.

Produced by Christopher Just they’ve got two albums under the belt with number three due out around 24th March.

Bunny Lake – Disco Demons (Christopher Just version)

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Also check out the new Bloody Beetroots  remix of Vitalic’s ‘Second Lives’ here. Jaw grindingly good

Si

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