Second videoclip of the album Weird Bug, cover Peter Gabriel.

SLEDGEHAMMER

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Sledgehammer, the new release by Berlin-based XTR HUMAN, blends industrial EBM, rave, and hard techno into a sound of raw physicality and industrial power. Relentless rhythms, hammering beats, and metallic textures forge a brutal dancefloor weapon. This release turns pure aggression into kinetic muscle music – a soundtrack for dancing with iron in hand.

The release is accompanied by a video featuring Eddie Dark, who is summoned by XTR HUMAN to master the art of sledgehammer golf in the industrial wastelands of Berlin.

Featuring remixes by Dancing Plague, Personal Offence, and Kris Baha, Sledgehammer drops July 18 via Wie Ein Gott Records.

Tracklist:

01. XTR HUMAN - Sledgehammer
02. XTR HUMAN - Sledgehammer (Dancing Plague Remix)
03. XTR HUMAN - Sledgehammer (Personal Offence Remix)
04. XTR HUMAN - Sledgehammer (Kris Baha Remix)

PREMIERE: XTR HUMAN - Sledgehammer [Wie Ein Gott Records]

This track must have gone through 67 variations before landing on this draft, which is definitely the right path. Okay, I think this is getting pretty close to fully arranged. I did the 'listen all over the world' thing when I took off for work last month. Headphones and in rental cars showed me how unpolished everything was north of 1k, and I did tons of the treatment to get it there. Let the pounding continue.

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Digital Mindz - Sledgehammer

"Sledgehammer" was a deliberate tribute to classic funk and soul music.
Peter Gabriel, a huge fan of soul music since his teenage years, wanted to create a modern song that captured the passion of those records. The track features a horn section assembled by Wayne Jackson, who played with Otis Redding and the legendary Stax Records house band, to give it an authentic, soulful brass sound. Additionally, bassist Tony Levin's slapping bass line and drummer Manu Katché's groove provide the funky backbone of the song, directly inspired by the rhythms of the genre. The result was a fusion of pop and funk that became one of the most recognizable songs of the 1980s.
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LYRICS:
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You could have a steam train
If you'd just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue sky back

All you do is call me
I'll be anything you need

You could have a big dipper
Going up and down, all around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
This amusement never ends

I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
Oh let me be your sledgehammer
This will be my testimony

Show me round your fruit cakes
'Cause I will be your honey bee
Open up your fruit cakes
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be

I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your mind at rest
I'm gonna be-the sledgehammer
This can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it

Sledge sledge sledgehammer

 I kicked the habit (Dejé el hábito)
 Shed my skin (Cambié mi piel)
 This is the new stuff (Esto es lo nuevo)
 I go dancing in (En esto salgo a bailar)
 Oh won't you show for me 
 (Por favor ¿no)
 Te presentarías por mí?
 I will show for you 
 (Yo me presentaré por ti)
 Show for me, I will show for you
 (Preséntate por mí)
 Y yo me presentaré por ti

Yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
I do mean you
Only you, you've been coming through
Going to build that power
Build, build up that power, hey

I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
Going to feel that power, build in you
Come on, come on, help me do

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
It's what we're doing, doing
All day and night
Come on and help me do
Come on and help me do
Ven y ayúdame a hacerlo
Come on and help me do 
Come on, come on 
Help me do

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Funky Stanky Sledgehammer

You could have a big dipper
Going up and down, all around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
The amusement never ends...

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (re disco ver ''Show for Me" Kicked the Habit Soul reMix) back to 87

Here's the instrumental version of the DJ Gregory inspired remix I made of Rihanna's cinematic masterpiece Sledgehammer.

I first heard this track played as an acapella on a DJ Gregory guest mix for Keinemusik (or possible even a Gregory edit - not sure) - here  - https://soundcloud.com/keinemusik/keinemusik-radio-show-by-dj-gregory-28022025 

I'm a long time Gregory fan since his Prassay  days and it was Defected legend Andy Daniell that hooked me up with the mix so figured it would be cool to do a remix that was also a nod to some of Gregory's own works such as Joburg Theme and Elle as well as one of my Gregory favourites - his remix of Jon Ciafone's Everyday.

Comment below for a download link. Full vocal remix will be uploaded soon

Rihanna - Sledgehammer (Elwood's Tous Les Jours Instrumental Mix) DJ Remix House

Here's the full vocal remix of the DJ Gregory inspired remix I made of Rihanna's cinematic masterpiece Sledgehammer.

I first heard this track played as an acapella on a DJ Gregory guest mix for Keinemusik (or possible even a Gregory edit - not sure) - here - Keinemusik – Keinemusik-radio-show-by-dj-gregory-28022025

I'm a long time Gregory fan since his Prassay days and it was Defected legend Andy Daniell that hooked me up with the mix so figured it would be cool to do a remix that was also a nod to some of Gregory's own works such as Joburg Theme and Elle as well as one of my Gregory favourites - his remix of Jon Ciafone's Everyday.

Comment below for a download link. Extended mix available on my profile too :)

Rihanna - Sledgehammer (Elwood's Tous Les Jour Vocal Mix) DJ Remix - Deep House

BluntForceTrauma (instrumental)

Cover Peter Gabriel
Performed and produced by Mister MICH

Sledgehammer (cover)

This is the true and original artist profile for "Djaii" (electronic artist) and has nothing to do with the bullshit hack plugin at www-djaii-com that tries to smash AI into your DJ'ing. Fuck sakes - I'm FURIOUS about this, and I can't do anything about it.

My bio: DJ'ing and writing music off and on since 2000, I'm now getting serious about my production skills and professional output. I'm writing ambient-adjacent, techno, neo-trance, industrial and some downtempo stuff. Some of it, I don't even know what it is.

During the pandemic I started writing more ominous ambient/industrial crossover tracks using distortion, saturation and huge powerful leads and pads. I hope you check those out and let me know what you think. 

I'd like to break into doing music and sound design for video games or indie films at some point. Even if that never happens, I’m thoroughly enjoying making music for me. Cathartic? Absolutely.

If you like anything you hear, please comment! And should you discover something you'd like to use in a project of your own (be it tracks, samples, lines or whatever) let me know - I'm a share and share-alike collaborator and contributor. I will make you stems and part out things that you wish you could use in your own projects.

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The Why people dance question was asked for the first time in Lithuania back in 2013 but it gained a worldwide echo in its 8 years of existence. Run by @pauliuskamblevicius with the help of @experimentsserial and a network of collaborators, the online electronic music platform and label keeps its heart open for new friends and treasure finds but its filter tight and deep underground. Tune into WPD channels on Soundcloud, YouTube and Bandcamp.

Artiste musicien multi-instrumentiste, chanteur, performer,
auteur, compositeur, interprète, arrangeur, et producteur.
Musique électro acoustique éclectique.

I've been DJing since the late 90's when I got my hands on two belt-drive (yuk) decks and spent my days combing the house sections of BPM records in Derby and beyond and delighted that the first vinyl I ever bought was the SR release of Josh Wink's epic Higher State of Concsiousness - not a bad start to DJ life then.

Having found myself spinning tunes in some of my favourite clubs and places for some incredible promoters, from Ministry of Sound and Base Bar, Ibiza to more local nights such as Hotdog and Moneypenny's - I now spend most of my time producing and editing tracks to play out (and occasionally for Soundcloud). You can catch me playing in and around Nottingham at various venues like Binks Yard, Tunnel and The Palais.

SINCERE IMPOSTER is an intimate collection of artists exploring a curious mixture of New Wave, Dance, EDM, Folk Rock, Metal, Art Pop, Electro, Dreamwave, and Experimental World Pop. Collectively, this is known as QUIRKPOP — music that pushes the creative limits of traditional pop.

Expect an unpredictable journey through sound, emotion, and humor, where genres collide and pop bends in strange new ways. Each song is conceived, composed, and performed with total sincerity, whether it’s built from voices, instruments, software, or hybrid experimentation. The focus is on the music itself: if it resonates, it resonates. No explanation required.

SINCERE IMPOSTER is curated by two musicians, both living within the same body, sharing a singular existence. They identify as Danielle & Dave. They are both psychologically and musically confused, yet extremely and unapologetically sincere.

Influences range from Weird Al and Nathan Fielder to David Lynch, Rosalia, Monatik, Atarashii Gakko!, Rammstein, T-Pain, and T-Swift. 

Danielle & Dave’s favorite inventions include the vacuum and the peach pitter. Their father is simply known as Vessel… who may be an entity or a god.


Where is the purpose in your life
Where is the truth
Do you remember your hopes Your dreams
They are no longer your own
This day is for living your own life
Don't let this world capture your heart
Your passion lost to a thousand themes
Surrendered to the screen
This is not a story
This is not a book this is your life
And this is not a play
Some TV show you've seen
This is real life

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