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From Sean Donnelly:

I think it was at Skylark, a bar and meatball spot in Rochester where we first saw and played with Mikaela - this was one of VERY few Rochester shows we played away from our beloved Bug Jar. I remember Dan and her having a conversation on the sidewalk outside the venue about cats. It was over 100 degrees and balmy on the stage which led to the only time I've worn a tank top and shorts at a performance, but perhaps more importantly, it set a strange, hallucinatory mood for Mikaela's harp-led set. After that show, we were all enamored with Mikaela, her band and their music. 

We've all become good friends over the years and Mikaela was nice enough to lend her harp skills to the Bad Dreams interlude on How Do You Feel Now? If you've listened, you know it adds this amazing, narcotic and dreamy mood the end of the record that might not have been possible without her. 

If you haven't listened to her own music before, change that. She has great stuff out already, and some amazing music on its way. 

Here are a few pieces of information about the remix:

- I think most of it came together in a hotel room in Las Vegas and on various airplanes (I think there are some samples of ambient airplane noise within). We were there to play a show on this massive outdoor stage in Downtown LV but we kind of cowered in our rooms for the rest of our time there, hiding from the hijinx of the casinos and nightclubs below. We're not really the gambling/Vegas types. 

- Arranging the chords with her vocal definitely happened on an airplane. If you've ever made music on a jet, you know - depending on the noise cancellation quality of your headphones -  it can be extremely difficult to hear the actual notes you're playing. However, this resulted in some strange but really interesting harmonies that I otherwise wouldn't have thought of. 

- Rhythmically, this was a challenging remix to take on because Mikaela's drummer Alex is honestly one of my favorite drummers ever - he has amazing taste. Taking the percussion they put together for the original song and trying to re-imagine or inject some of my own flavor to it felt a little sacrilegious to me, but I'm pleased with how it turned out and the energy I was able to add to the song. 

When The White Horse Takes Me Away (Joywave Remix)

Download: maddecent.lnk.to/BeRightThereRemixes

Watch the official music video here: https://youtu.be/xdTZOF032io

Diplo and Sleepy Tom’s “Be Right There” gets a twist with the release of new remixes by MK, Boombox Cartel, Flava D, Gent & Jawns, Naderi and Big Fish - aficionados of every genre are sure to be satisfied.

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Be Right There (Remixes)

Diplo & Sleepy Tom - Be Right There (Flava D Remix)

'A Single Hope' is taken from 'Centres’ - the stunning new album from Vancouver-based vocalist / composer Ian William Craig, and his first release for FatCat’s pioneering 130701 imprint (Max Richter, Hauschka, Dustin O’Halloran, Jóhann Jóhannsson, etc). 

The signing of Craig marks something of a departure for 130701, as the label looks to adventurously expand its repertoire beyond the established post-classical palette of piano / strings / brass. Whilst elements recall the visceral, home-baked immersion of fellow Canadian outfit Set Fire To Flames (who kick-started the imprint 15 years ago), the hands-on customisation of Hauschka’s prepared piano or the tape-grain bleed of Max Richter, this is the first album we have ever released to substantially feature the voice and the song at its centre.

Ian William Craig is a trained operatic vocalist who combines his voice with analogue synthesizers, reel-to-reel machines, and faulty tape decks to create sublime cascades of unpredictable decay and beauty. His music engages with the operatic and orchestral, submerging them under a shifting palette of vocal improvisations, analogue tape hiss and billowing clouds of erasure. 

A stunning album that stands with a similarly unique sense of vision and integrity as the likes of William Basinski or Colin Stetson, ‘Centres’ will be available on CD, digital and in a deluxe gatefold double vinyl edition.

Ian William Craig will be embarking on his first ever UK / European tour in August.



Ian William Craig - A Single Hope

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Blood Bros: First Blood.  DSJ & DJA are BLOOD BROS!  TRAIN! FIGHT! WIN! Mix created by DJA and DSJ, use as inspiration when running on the beach, hitting the bag, training for the greatest battle of all time and celebrating the triumph!

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1. Kumite (Main Title) - Paul Hertzog - Bloodsport 2. Higher And Higher - Craig Wedren - Wet Hot American Summer 3. The Glow - Willie Hutch - The Last Dragon 4. Thunder In Your Heart - John Farnham - Rad 5. No Easy Way Out - Robert Tepper - Rocky IV 6. Break The Ice - John Farnham - Rad 7. Montage - DVDA - South Park 8. Training Montage - Vince Di Cola - Rocky IV 9. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor - Rocky III 10. Fight To Survive - Stan Bush - Bloodsport 11. The Final Countdown - Europe - Blood Bros 12. No Retreat No Surrender - Stan Bush - Kickboxer 13. Never Surrender - Stan Bush - Kickboxer 14. The Touch - Stan Bush - Transformers The Movie 15. Take It Like A Man - Stan Bush - Blood Bros 16. Dare - Stan Bush - Transformers The Movie 17. Sweetest Victory - Mark Torien - Rocky IV 18. Iron Eagle (Never Say Die) - King Kobra - Iron Eagle 19. Now You're A Man - DVDA - Orgazmo 20. Winner Takes All - Sammy Hagar - Over The Top 21. Burning Heart - Survivor - Rocky IV 22. You're The Best Around - Joe Espisito - Karate Kid 23. Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti - Rocky 24. Glory Of Love - Peter Cetera - Karate Kid 2

Blood Bros: First Blood

Fast Food Communication, primarily created on the ipad, with various samples,  i've collected over the years. 

1. Government Fondue
2. Annyong
3. Who Are We?
4. What Do You Mean Us?
5. Turquoise
6. Adam’s Yacht
7. Hal
8. Dave
9. Antifear
10. The Wild Penguins of Telegraph Hill
11. Compound Disinterest
12. Partial Recall
13. Prizefighter

click on the link below to download it:

http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/6e48bt

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