The next time you're stuck in limbo between the morning after last night's party and the evening before work, I suggest you spend it listening to the new Mondkopf album. We've been fortunate enough this year to be spoiled for choice by the sheer amount of albums that have really hit our soft spots. Oooffff. And just recently we're still overdosing on the treats offered by such bands like HEALTH and The XX, so "Galaxy Of Nowhere" only aids our addiction to the current high standards of new music. This reworking of Villeneuve, a Parisian electronica group, joins the rad league of remixes from Discodeine and Puzique where in a space of a few minutes we get to hear all the elements that make Mondkopf's album so special. Perhaps nearly as special as discovering a whole new world built on the findings of the Kama Sutra. Nearly.

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Villeneuve - Patterns (Mondkopf Remix) [M]
Villeneuve - Patterns (Mondkopf Remix) [Y]

The Mondkopf album "Galaxy Of Nowhere" is out now on the Asphalt Duchess label. You know the rules already; you buy it, you get good karma. Then, just maybe, that superstar DJ dream will come true.

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We running this let's go, I'm on a boat I'm on a boat, everybody look at me, 'cause I'm sailing on a boat. That's what I would be singing if I was actually on a boat. Instead we're sat by the quayside eating jacket potatoes and talking about how modern day pirates aren't quite as badass as their classic treasure hunting counterparts. Seriously, tracksuit bottoms and an AK47 just doesn't put the same excitement in our boots. Okay the rocket launcher strapped to the back of that mischievous Somalian is pretty monstrous but we miss the eye patch and cannonball days. So whilst we tuck into our dinner and discuss the demise of the pirate image, we're listening to new Diplo pon de remix. By reworking As Tall As Lions it's another attempt at genre blurring and in true Thomas Wesley Pentz style, it does what it says on the tin. Perhaps nothing more nothing less but it serves the purpose of providing entertainment during our evening shenanigans.

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As Tall As Lions - Circle (Diplo Remix) [M]
As Tall As Lions - Circle (Diplo Remix) [Y]

Thanks to Andrew Steinthal of My Old Kentucky for sending this one in. You rock.

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The morning after HEALTH and Gold Panda at The Lexington was always going to be written as a paradoxical mess. On one hand my head is still pounding to last night's decibels in serious need of some TLC and yet, that doesn't seem to bother me one bit since both acts were on another level only you and me can dream of reaching. So I unwillingly got out of bed at half 9 to meet my gig partners in crime for breakfast (eggs benedict miam miam) at 10 and of course, I'd be rushing around half naked looking for keys just to get there on time. See if it was my usual routine I'd be getting dressed in a nonchalant manner and waltzing over a few minutes early, but I just couldn't help checking my emails first, and low and behold there were two new messages from Canadian ravers NROTB. Inevitably everything else had to be put on hold because really I'm an impatient bugger addicted to Ed & Pat's huuuge sound. And I tell you what, it was well worth running about like a madman for since every remix and production just seems to get bigger each time. Seriously it may not help your HEALTH induced headaches, but they're likely to set you off on your day as if you're about to start a 24/7 party world tour. Play it loud.

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NROTB - Droplets (Original Mix) [M]
NROTB - Droplets (Original Mix) [Y]

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Amanda Blank - Might Like You Better (NROTB Remix) [M]
Amanda Blank - Might Like You Better (NROTB Remix) [Y]

If you're still in the look for more big beats, you can download the latest NROTB C-CH-CHA Mixtape here. Just give me a shout if you want the tracklist and I'll hook you up. Think the Iron Giant versus Goliath, these are the proportions we're talking about.

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The past two glorious days I have been kicking back, been lazy and enjoyed peoples company. Normally with nothing to worry about or do I try to become a human blogging machine, but nothing really exciting has come though and I’m not much of a blogging machine anyway...

Like Pabs, I am slowly finding club bangers and dirty driven basslines a bit of a yawn and less appealing, maybe I just need a break from it all? So time for something a little bit different but not steering too far away, of course I’m going to still give you something to keep you hyped about. HIYA BURRRNS

Burns is gearing up for his next EP release, Teknique. You really wounder how he finds the time to churn out his own productions. Between all the artist fiddling he does maybe he has one of them Bernard watches. You know the ones that stop time for a bit; clearly it wouldn't be called Bernard...

With no formula, style or sound to work towards each track is different but with the knowledge of what makes a club go bang and how to fix and make a melody that will keep you singing, a Burns track is always worth the hype.

You're going to find a Burns track in an A-Trak set to a Fake Blood and Zombie Nation set, hope that hypes you up a bit?

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Burns - Teknique [Y]
Burns - Teknique [M]

As he loves dipping his hand into everything his album is slowly...very slowly being put together, I’m sure it is well going to be worth the wait.

Bonus:
Kasabian - Where Did All The Love (Burns Remix) [Y]
Kasabian - Where Did All The Love (Burns Remix) [M]

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"You know, them Marty McFly vibes" Make sure you check out the stunning Blame remix we but up last week HERE.

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Now it's not often I say this but stop worrying about swine flu and shit electro music (if this doesn't apply please ignore) because I seriously urge you all to download these tracks. See it's Sound Pellegrino's fault as to why we are all addicted to this new blend of carnival tech and now we need to keep feeding our habit, right? Hailing from Lille, via an escape from the Madagascan jungle, is the exciting new producer Myd who shows us why we're going crazy for an afrobeat and a kuduro inspired gathering. This guy is legit for real so I suggest you keep his name on the end of your lips, despite not knowing where they've been. Although if they haven't met mine first, we got issues.

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Myd - Train To Bamako (Original) [M]
Myd - Train To Bamako (Original) [Y]

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Rainbow Arabia - Holiday To Congo (Myd Remix) [M]
Rainbow Arabia - Holiday To Congo (Myd Remix) [Y]

To me this is what Funkism is all about, finding new and dynamic sounds created by young, promising producers. With already a number of household names giving Myd huge support it's only a matter of time before the hype train takes off.

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One thing that excites us more than a scantily clad stripper bursting out of our birthday cake, is the Joakim factor. Yes this guy has the magic fingers that touches all of our buttons. It's crazy. We just want to marry his creativity, or at least flirt with the ideas behind his experiments, and it leaves us with no choice but to build a brain intruding machine out of springs and lollipops. Why hasn't this been invented yet? We've got plenty of mind cogs to analyse and leftfield music to investigate. In fact if we could choose a group of people to join us on our ridiculous adventure, it would be UK pop glitchers Metronomy. They'd be like the nerdy expertees on the team who'd break down the Joakim formula for understanding. Are we onto a winner? Hell, now I know what we should have used our birthday wish on.

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Joakim - Spiders (Metronomy Remix) [M]
Joakim - Spiders (Metronomy Remix) [Y]

Just in case you're the mad kind of person not to have got Joakim's latest album "Milky Ways" then this is just a reminder to get your ass into gear. Seriously, it's amazing ya dig?

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Over the past few months I've resigned to defeat that even after all the 70s porn jokes and sex on the moon talk, I'll never be able to make disco sexy. Although I haven't given up hope yet because these two girls, Vanessa Giovacchini and Marylouise Pels, from LA look to be completing that challenge for me. Fresh from the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan, POSSO The DJ, are fronting the disco army fighting to get you off your seats and into a moonwalk. I mean playing the official after party for Phoenix and DJing alongside the likes of Aeroplane, Classixx and The Juan Maclean, shows you that these girls really do mean business. For real. Now I know I don't usually post mixes but with mine currently in hibernation, I figured this here is what it would have sounded like anyway. And you know what? I reckon I'm going to put my disco pants on and join their army ASAP, it's that damn good. Rad.

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POSSO The DJ 12" Limited Edition Mix [D]

Tracklist:
Soul Vigilantes - Background Noise (Pilooski Remix)
Rah Band - Messages From The Stars
Phoenix - Liztomania (Classixx Remix)
Infant - Plastik (Todd Terje Trkatech Remix)(Feat. Simon Baker)
Crazy P - Stop Space Return (Hot Toddy Remix)
Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (The Revenge Rework)
Aeroplane Feat. Katy Diamond - Whispers (Original Mix)
Crazy P - Love On The Line (Pete Herbert Edit)
Matt Hughes - Can't Talk Now
Dynasty - I Don't Wanna Be A Freak (LMR Edit)
Lindstrom & Solale - Baby I Can't Stop (Aeroplane Remix)
Inland Knights - Hands Up (Down To The Ground)
Jessica 6 - Fun Girl (Keinmusik Remix)
Kudu - Bar Star (In Flagranti Sleek City Mix)
The Lowbrows - Dream In The Desert (Flight Facilities Remix)
Claude Vonstroke - Deepthroat (Cates No Buckin Fueno Mix)
Curses! - The Deep End (Holy Ghost! Day School Dub)
Grum - Runaway (Calling In sick Remix)
Roy Davis Jr. - I Have A Vision (The Juan Maclean Remix)
Lioness - You're In My Heart (Ccenturiess Remix)
The Juan Maclean - One Day (Emperor Machine Remix)
Morgan Page Feat. Lizzie - The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix)
Suzy Q - Tonight

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There is always something about the Italians in what they do. From the cars they make, they food they can create and the little something something they can bring to the table production wise, defining themselves different to others.

However, this Italian (Phonat) packed up his bags and setup up life in London Town. Phonat, known for his various use of genres within songs and crossovers, London can only be good for him. With grime at his front door, Dubstep at his local fish & chip joint, house music in his local pub and techno at his nearest Greggs the influences are all around him to snap up. Thankfully he has took this all in and added it to his debut album out in September. We can only call this exciting.

Big 80s styles vocals being a signature throughout the song I will always be smiling. Phonat can only be described as a grafter (my friend likes to describe his favourite team Everton as this also), a one-man show when it comes to the album, he has gone ahead to produce and mix is all himself. This means we can only expect a digital album, but who uses CDs these days? Phonat is gifted musically and technical (some pup) making his chopping and changing between genres effortless and smooth.

‘Set Me Free’ (youtube video here) shall be the first release from his debut album, if dropped in a club or even come up on shuffle on your mp3 player you can expect feel good vibes and a grin on the face. And that is only the original, an impressive single with an impressive remix package.

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Phonat - Set Me Free Extended Mix [Y]
Phonat - Set Me Free Extended Mix [M]

The single sees a remix by our own English boy of the moment who is making big steps with his French House sound, Louis la Roche. At such and young age you know he has a bright future ahead of him, anything with his name next to is exciting news (Pissst, an interview will be up on Louis Louis soon). The remix is dubbed ‘reconstruction’; La Roche has added a few zips and much more electro/ bass. Which help you dancers struggling to bodypop to the oringal.

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Phonat - Set Me Free (Louis La Roche Reconstruction) [Y]
Phonat - Set Me Free (Louis La Roche Reconstruction) [M]

Avicii builds the song up for a more mainstream audience making the song very accessible to a larger crowd of music lovers. Keeping the 80s vocal that will never be forgot or get annoying.

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Phonat - Set Me Free (Avicii Remix) [Y]
Phonat - Set Me Free (Avicii Remix) [M]

Shamefully people may not know the artist or the song title but you can be sure people will be singing you the lyrics of this song in order to request it. Do not get too spaced out by it.

BONUS:
Phonat - Set Me Free (High Rankin Remix) [Y]
Phonat - Set Me Free (High Rankin Remix) [M]

The single is out today on Beatport in all its glory, these are only the tasty previews remember. Everyone thank Nathan for the exclusive. If you want any other information hit up Louis Louis or Discodust. Blog love is real love.

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Okay what a week I've just had with too many questions I don't have answers for. I'd like to know why my suitcase is less full than when we first arrived? Why I now have grazes all down my right arm? And why I can order a 'Screaming Orgasm' in Portuguese? Seriously had so much fun, fucking love Brazil. Shout outs to the brother and sister who spotted the Funkism pin on my bag and treated me like a celebrity. Surreal as. This post can be dedicated to you guys whoever you are! So I find myself a week behind the times and using these next two hours to have a solid catch up on next months music, if that is some kind of paradox you can work your head around. Really can't wait to hear this Renaissance Man mix, bet it's wild. Although this is something I tried to get up on holiday but found myself glued to the beach instead- the radio edit of the new Joe And Will Ask? track. It's pretty much the most addictive thing you can hear right now; short and sweet, but with just enough dirt underneath the baby face to really get things heated. Sort of like if Winona Ryder was all coked up grinding your right thigh, you'd feel guilty but it's not going to stop you anyway is it.

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Joe And Will Ask? - Fabric Of Win (Radio Edit) [M]
Joe And Will Ask? - Fabric Of Win (Radio Edit) [Y]

The release is out now on Beatport so you know what to do if you're feeling it. These two guys have really been nailing it since their appearance on the Kitsuné roster, aces.

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Sorry guys for the lack of activity but I'm in Rio, and quite frankly I have no motivation to leave the beach. I do, however, get ten minutes while I'm waiting for my friends to get ready to get some treats up for you. Now I hate merging a load of tracks into one post but I'm going to have to make an exception since I'm on a time constraint. These are some of the best tracks that hit my mail over the last fews days and we ran a test with our hotel maids to filter which ones we should post. Francesca was grindin' our bed side lamp at one point. Naughty Fran, some things I just can't unsee.

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Villeneuve - Death Race (Discodeine Remix) [M]
Villeneuve - Death Race (Discodeine Remix) [Y]

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Florence And The Machine - Drumming Song (Boy 8-Bit Remix) [M]
Florence And The Machine - Drumming Song (Boy 8-Bit Remix) [Y]

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Boris - Buzz-In (Mixhell Remix) [M]
Boris - Buzz-In (Mixhell Remix) [Y]

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Delorean - Deli (Acid Girls Remix) [M]
Delorean - Deli (Acid Girls Remix) [Y]

Fuck yea Rio, you're ace! And so are the people! Hell I'd live here if I could stand the heat. But I guess a necessary props to all the places who would have (inevitably) got these up before me. Where's my girl Cleo?

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Okay I'm afraid I'm going to have to make this a quick one since the time fairies have been furiously stealing my hours, minutes and seconds away from me. I'm beginning to think it's karma biting back at me for being naughty? But then again I thought I created a equilibrium with the good things I've done like sharing songs? INJUSTICE. But whatever karma, we've fallen out. So if you like Skream, grime and big vocals check this remix out of "Salt Air" by Plastician, a resident of Rinse. Or maybe you like Zombie Disco Squad, tribal beats and Sound Pellegrino? The perhaps this Solo remix of Maps is the one for you. So if you've taken a heart to either one of these tracks, please write a letter to karma saying how good I have been and to get me off the hook. I want an apology karma, nothing less or we ain't speaking. Please send your peacemaker in the form of a beautiful Mrs Funkism to be and we'll talk. Promise.

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Chew Lips - Salt Air (Plastician Remix) [M]
Chew Lips - Salt Air (Plastician Remix) [Y]

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Maps - I Dream Of Crystal (Solo Remix) [M]
Maps - I Dream Of Crystal (Solo Remix) [Y]

Hell I don't think it's just me who's suffered from the wrath of karma, look at the England cricket team. Abysmal! Makes me wonder what have they've done? How naughty Strauss has been? If it's what they do at the middle of the night I don't want to know.

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It’s now August, you know what that means? Summer is starting to come to a close, party funds are reaching a scary zero and the only person happy about it is Mr. Liver. We are here to help you chill out and bring you back down from that summer high with a few feel good song, at funkism we don't know what comedowns are. This is the type of feel good memory lashing music you are going to hear in the background of the BBC highlight reels of summer ’09.

Have you had the pleasure of hearing the new Example tune, the guy is huge. With a bit of help from Blame we have a track that is going to provide us with flashbacks from our summer of ’09. The parties, the relationships and the things that made us smile over the past few months. Also apparently, Blame just got married; official ‘whipped’ it will be a shame we are not going to hear as much as we would like from him. Hehe.

Example - Watch The Sun Come Up (Blame Radio Edit EQ) [Y]
Example - Watch The Sun Come Up (Blame Radio Edit EQ) [M]

With The Bloody Beetroots album due to drop (shamefully it has made its way all over the bogs) it was only a matter of time for the ‘let’s remix The Bloody Beetroots' train to hit us. But I’m going with my Fckn Crew boys whom I have been repping from the start. Another end of summer track that we can listen to in the winter and think back what the summer of ‘09 gave us and what we can only imagine summer of 2010 will give us.

The Bloody Beetroots - House n°84 (FCKN Remix) [Y]
The Bloody Beetroots - House n°84 (FCKN Remix) [M]

With my summer coming to close I'm yet to have a holiday, poor show. Saying that I'm back to Sheff Vegas soon. Big up the Eccy crew and of course Sarah, catch you soon.

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This comes as a means to an end. The necessity being your appetite for hearing a well anticipated remix and its appearance as an exclusive on the Mad Decent website was all the proof I needed to see that it's okay to get this one out there. So sure with something this good there's always going to be a catch, that being the highest you'll get is a half juicy one six zero. I'm surprised really that James and Phantasy have been so generous since I'd expected the digital release to be hotcakes. Still that shouldn't stop you from getting the full fat three twenty on Beatport right? And L-Vis 1990 isn't the only architect working his art on this single remember? Hell if you're one of the right people who think this remix is aces, you're going to overdose. Then I suppose you're going to want me to send over some adrenaline fairies to wake you up from your bass induced coma? If my coffee ends up going cold there'll be trouble.

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Riton & Primary 1 - Who's There? (L-Vis 1990 Remix) [M]
Riton & Primary 1 - Who's There? (L-Vis 1990 Remix) [Y]

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Riton & Primary 1 - Who's There? (Style Of Eye Remix) [via RCRDLBL]

Major big ups to L-Vis 1990, Phantasy Sounds and Mad Decent for making this happen. Hopefully this will satisfy the hunger for all the people who kept trying to bribe me. I've said it before, its sex and lifetime supply of Starbucks or GTFO. No negotiating.

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Before I pass out from an overdose of Field Day I've got just enough time to post my top ten tracks as of today. It's basically a small amalgamation of all our favourite sounds hand picked for the Autumn harvest, that's if indeed we can start to call an end to the summer? The menu's more beat specific this time with a hint of techno. WARNING: MAY CONTAIN NUTS.

Pablo:
01. Canyons - Fire Eyes
02. Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club/Cajou Club
03. Boys Noize - Nerve
04. Riton & Primary 1 - Who's There? (L-Vis 1990 Remix)
05. Delphic - Counterpoint (Renaissance Man Remix)
06. Washed Out - You'll See It
07. Drums Of Death - Got Your Thing
08. Grace Jones - Corporate Criminal (Switch Remix)
09. The Dead Weather - Cut Like A Buffalo (Skream Remix)
10. Major Lazer - Jump Up (Riva Starr Remix)

Marky:
01. DJ Mujava - Township Funk (Crazy P Remix)
02. Zombie Disco Squad - The Cursed
03. Redial - Hearts
04. Siriusmo - High Together
05. Riton & Primary 1 - Who's There? (L-Vis 1990 Remix)
06. Major Lazer - Cash Flow (Classixx Glass Bottom Dub Mix)
07. Acid kids - Mad Mahoney (Zongamin Mix)
08. Tensnake - The Then Unknown
09. STL - Silent State
10. SMD -I Believe (Switch remix)

This Canyons track has been rocking my phone for weeks, absolutely cannot wait to hear their debut album come out next year. Also perhaps you've noticed no Simian Mobile Disco? Well as awesome as some of the tracks were, most of the ones that weren't leaked before were a bit underwhelming. Sorry!

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Stuck somewhere in limbo between The Horrors and Mumford & Sons, we take two minutes out for the girls to have a wee break. Victoria Park is soaked, almost drowning, despite our best singing efforts to call for some sun: "Rain rain go away, come back when it's not Field Day". We pleaded to Fake Blood to smuggle back some Ibeeefa weather upon his arrival but alas, all we could hope for was to keep dry in the tent he was playing in. So the girls came back out all gung-ho to fight for our precious umbrellas. I hogged I admit, but these shields from Mother Nature's aftermath of her divorce had kept us dry during the entire Horrors set. Whilst admiring the endeavour of this couple trying to avoid the muddy pitfalls, Katy ran over to swipe the umbrella I was holding. Now she underestimated that I used to be a lightning quick winger in my footballing days and fed my evasion by (gracefully I should add) falling into a evil looking puddle. She could have very easily cried at the moment. But she didn't. In fact she starting laughing and joked "maybe people will avoid me and we'll get straight to the front for Mumford & Sons". I mean for me that's what truly summed up Field Day; that despite the downpour, people kept their spirits high and battled on to watch all the talented acts on show. And that was exactly the case. We got to see Errors, Delphic, Aeroplane, Micachu & The Shapes, The Horrors, Mumford & Sons, Drums Of Death, Erol Alkan, Skream, Mogwai and the Mystery Jets. Hell we were spoiled for choice. I wish I took more videos for you all but here are some of the action courtesy of BazzyB. Keep an eye on the Aeroplane video in particular, it's WAVES. Probably aptly named to be honest.







In most cases it would end there but not with Field Day. After a quick nip back to our place for a shower, a change of clothes and some food we headed for Cable for the after party with more DJ sets from Aeroplane, Erol Alkan (Disco 3000), Fake Blood, Little Boots, JD Twitch (Optimo) and the Field Day regulars. It may have been a long day but I loved every single minute of that long night, in fact I didn't want it to end. Although sadly that time came at half four in the morning. We walked home trying to recreate the eclecticism we just witnessed with our voiceboxes, perhaps a little merry dance or two. If you heard this you have our apologies. So you'd think after all that I'd crawl into hibernation to recuperate? That's what I thought anyway but somehow I''m awake blogging about the whole experience while it's still fresh. I'm sure we'll be back next year so you have our recommendations, despite the weather.

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There are two reasons why you should be smiling today: one being August 2nd is the day of friendship and the other being this track from South Carolina's Washed Out. The first should be in fact a cause as to why you have a smile on your face 356 days a year 7 days a week but Ernest Greene's experiments into progressive synths is a proposition for an extra special glow in mood. Perhaps Washed Out hasn't seen that much blog inches in recent times but we ought to make that change. Shall we? Should we? Well yea spread the word and whore this name about because the hype is something he thoroughly deserves. I mean, touted as the new Memory Cassette, Neon Indian, jj and Javelin? Hell fucking yes I'm licking my lips at the prospect of future material. Truly. I won't say much more because I don't want to keep babbling, slash repeating vacantly, about how good this guy is. Buy the EP and I'll hug the life out of you. That's a promise.

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Washed Out - You'll See It [M]
Washed Out - You'll See It [Y]

Sunday morning, coffee and a good newspaper are all the things that compliment this track perfectly. Of course chuck in a few scantily clad R'n'B girls and you've got yourself a field trip. You decide.

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