Tag: TBT

#TBT: The XX – Crystalised (Edu Imbernon Remix) [Young Turks]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/7793803″ params=”color=ff1600&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] Anything by the XX is always ideal fodder for remixing, and Edu Imbernon did such an incredible job with this one that years later it’s still not tired to me despite excessively repeated rinsing. This jaunty remix picks up the mood with an upbeat, super-danceable and…

November 15, 2014
#TBT: Maher Daniel and Jon Charnis – Lonely Stars In Open Skies [All Day I Dream]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/129814854″ params=”color=ff0000&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] Just barely missing the release date cut-off to be one of my favourite tracks of 2014, “Lonely Stars in Open Skies” and its equally incredible Endless remix have a special place in the audio archive of my heart. Jon Charnis, known for melodically magical creations like…

November 15, 2014
#TBT: A. Balter – You’re a Fish (Original Mix) [Digital Structures]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/15357990″ params=”color=ff1600&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] I first heard this oddly unique deep techno track in 2011 on Hybrid Soundsystem’s Nocturnal Radio May 2011 mix, and it immediately became special to me. I had all but forgotten about it until 2013, when wandering around Budapest alone at night, I happened upon a…

November 15, 2014
#TBT: Weval – Half Age (Original Mix) [Atomnation]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/82473467″ params=”color=ff1600&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] And now for something different… “Half Age” by Dutch producers Weval is a really special piece of electronica. Starting out with an arpeggiated synth lead with constantly evolving variety in structure, the track slowly travels towards some really incredible goosebump-inducing chords. The tune is beautifully diverse…

November 15, 2014
#TBT: Pachanga Boys – Time (Original Mix) [Hippie Dance]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/32490807″ params=”color=ff2c00&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] An absolutely enchanting track from 2012 that is inextricably entwined with Burning Man in the hearts of many, Pachanga Boys’s “Time” was a a sunrise staple in many exceptional Robot Heart sets. This 15-minute journey into a bittersweet, gently rolling tune with its “lost track of…

November 15, 2014
#TBT: Royksopp – Running to the Sea (Pachanga Boys Remix) [Dog Triumph]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/118511311″ params=”color=ff1600&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”85″ iframe=”true” /] In what will be our last post before embarking on the journey to the festive caravansary in the desert known as Burning Man, we reminisce on some of the tracks from years past to set the tone. With Pachanga Boys being a Robot Heart staple, we…

November 15, 2014
#TBT: Joachim Pastor – Braumstig (Rodriguez Jr. Remix) [Mistakes Music]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/26239351″ params=”color=ff1600&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] For this week’s Throwback Thursday, here’s an earworm that will wriggle its way into the part of your brain that controls the physical impulse to keep hitting play. Don’t fight it. Rodriguez Jr.’s addictive remix of Joachim Pastor’s “Braumstig,” merited endless rinsing in 2011 and it…

October 2, 2014