Monkeytown Records Release Radar

'A Matter Of Time' by Alex Banks is released on September 5 and features the vocals of regular collaborator Elizabeth Bernholzn. As is this case with the majority of his album, this a steely and warped cut that uses the serene and emotion-laced voice of Bernholzn to create something extremely hypnotic.

On remix duty is Frank Wiedemann, one half of Innervisions world-conquerers Âme, and he's reworked the track into a venomous acidic roller, one that applies a 4/4 stronghold to the originally staggered and washed-out track. The vocals are intact but coupled with an almighty kick drum and unparalleled drive.

This is pure-fire club ammo and something you should check out immediately. 

http://www.mixmag.net/music/exclusive-music/premiere-alex-banks-frank-wiedemann-remix

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Premiere: Alex Banks 'A Matter Of Time' Ft. Elizabeth Bernholz (Frank Wiedemann Remix) Radio Edit

Do a quick Google search for eLan and the Internet will most likely generate results for a female singer from Latin America, a reggae vocalist from LA, an all-male rock band from Slovakia or the alleged pseudo-name used by Brainfeeder artist Tokimonsta. Few results will actually tell you that eLan is also Elan Stouffer, a mysterious but prolific beatmaker currently residing in San Diego. 

eLan, member of the highly praised and super eclectic WEDIDIT Collective, part of the Indigo Pyramid crew, resident of Critical Beatdown in San Diego and is currently in the middle of releasing a trilogy of EPs through Monkeytown Records. His second EP, Alligator Snaps, is slated for a release this August. Once more the EP comes in limited quantity color vinyl pressing featuring 4 brand new original tracks and a stunning remix by Cosmin TRG.


Tracklist:

A1 / 01: Alligator Snaps
A2 / 02: Hunting Season
A3 / 03: Saccharin On Top
A4 / 04: Shoot The Beam

B1 / 05: Alligator Snaps – Cosmin TRG Remix

eLan "Alligator Snaps - Cosmin TRG Remix" (MONKEYTOWN014) OUT IN AUGUST

Modeselektor - German Clap

Blaue Sonne - Original Mix by Siriusmo

Last Time

Running

Running (Shed Remix)

I had the pleasure to do a little Edit of Siriusmo's Remix of Moderat. Out now; https://www.beatport.com/track/eating-hooks-siriusmo-remix-solomun-edit/8336542
 You can get it here: https://monkeytown.lnk.to/EatingHooks

Moderat - Eating Hooks (Siriusmo Remix / Solomun Edit)

1. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Naive)
2. The Antlers - Burst Apart (Transgressive)
3. The Golden Filter - Syndromes (Perfectly Isolated)
4. ANR - Stay Kids (Something In Construction)
5. Modeselektor - Monkeytown (Monkeytown)

Modeselektor - Shipwreck (with Thom Yorke)

Collide

Nr. 22

The Final Experiment

Taken Effect

Ramadanman "Pitter"

Lyrics

I never said that you could be my cover
You shouldn’t ask me when you got another
the shit’s so heavy but im holding on its hard to keep my face up
you ain’t got inside me any place, fuck

it feels like it is coming out 
but I know its just the beginning, i aint got a doubt
Going and Growing your’re like an infinite rage
it just keeps pushing me pushing it to the edge

you got something to say
say it to my face
you hit and run away
cause you ain’t got the balls to stay
you take me to the beginning cause i can see the end
im so much ready today cause i ain’t got nothing to spend

cause yeah you always try to blend, try to keep a pace
with a telling that’s a lie and gets them all amazed  
by the power you think you’re making me loose 
think you’re clever getting every one to use
but you're the one abused

you take me down to
you take me down to 
you take me down to

you better get a second to think about it
consider your thoughts about it give it just a minute before you take the wrong turn and burn with it 
burn with it 
like the fine big flame that just came out of your brain when you tried to think about it for 
a minute 
a minute 
a minute 
you will soon fall back

I never said that you could be my cover
You shouldn’t ask me when I’m coming over
the shit’s so heavy but im holding on its hard to keep my face up
you ain’t got inside me any place, fuck

it feels like it is coming out 
but I know its just the beginning, i aint got a doubt
Going and Growing your’re like an infinite rage
it just keeps pushing me pushing it to the edge

No Cover

Lyrics

hey what do you say about me?
you like to talk a lot baby
i don’t make it light, i don’t take it easy
hey what do you say about me?

even body wants a piece of this
no they cant resist but
i am harder than the road i chose they wont like it when they
get closer

hey what do you say about me?
I was always where I was supposed to be
i don’t make it light, i don’t take it easy
hey what do you say about me?

do you think they ready for the way im gonna break it down to them?
do you think they ready are they gonna understand then?
worked so hard im coming home
because i’ve learned and i have grown
im solid, stronger than before
they just a come and go
why u always got something to prove
something to explain
why wont you leave me here, closer to my bed
you making this because he said
what you trying to prove
You making everyone embarrassed
you’re mistaking me with someone else
whats it gonna be?

yeah what do you say about me
you like to talk a lot baby
i don't make it light, i don't take it easy
hey what do you say about me?

Easy

Modeselektor "Maik The Chicken" (MONKEYTOWN026) Out June 01

Mouse on Mars "Parastrophics" (MTR022) 
Monkeytown Records CD / 2xLP / Download 
Release dates: 
Feb 24th 
Feb 27th (UK) 
Feb 28th (U.S.)

Over the course of ten albums - not to mention an avalanche of side projects, remixes and collaborations - Jan St Werner and Andi Toma of Mouse On Mars established themselves as two of the most inventive and unpredictable artists in electronic music. But since they delivered the bracing, angular salvo that was Varcharz back in 2006, there has been an uncharacteristic period of silence. 

In 2012, that silence is broken. Mouse On Mars' triumphant return comes in the shape of Parastrophics, a life-affirming and constantly surprising album which is crammed with ideas, exuberance and sheer kinetic energy. It's like listening to the entire history of pop music - distilled, refined and crystallized into a string of compulsive new shapes, full of glitter, intrigue and addictive detail. Atomised fragments from two lifetimes of listening flare and fade, tiny scraps of memory shrapnel hover, tantalizing and insubstantial, before being whisked away by the next impatient idea. 

But despite all that restless curiosity, Parastrophics also demonstrates a peerless command of pace. Whereas some previous Mouse On Mars releases have bordered on the frenetic, their latest displays a subtle but persuasive sense of control. Even when tempos climb, 303s squirm and kick / snare patterns snap to brisk attention, there's an elegance to the way that each element slips in and out of the mix which speaks, 
whisper it, of maturity. Parastrophics is as a playful as ever, but it's never throwaway. The closing track „Seaqz“ is the perfect illustration, a frenetic romp which is perfectly held in check by gracefully undulating melodies; it brings into focus the beguiling sense of confidence that suffuses the whole record. All of which is a roundabout way of saying that, after six years away, Mouse On Mars have come back with their best record yet.

Monkeytown Records Release Radar

Jeremy Bassbyn