Cause I Feel Like It ##

its wintry and gross outside (pic above is my unartistic attempt at the view from my dorm window). Naturally, all i want to do is stay inside, not do homework for my classes later today, play good music and drink tea from a french press... not that i am trying to make myself sound like a hipster. this isn't a tumblr. anyway, this is installation #3 (or ##) of my series of obscenely eclectic posts. Tracks are broken down by category, with zips at both ends for those of you that have trouble finding them.

Cause I Feel Like It #, Zipped

Beat Music

Look At All The Smiling Faces (Take Remix) - Shigeto

Thanks, XLR8R!

Indie Rock/Folk

First Aid Kit are a sister-sister folk duo from sweden (why does sweden produce the best folk music ever? cf tallest man on earth). They became quickly popular with their rendition of the Fleet Foxes song Tiger Mountain Peasant song on YouTube, but they are talented far far beyond just a cover. Very talented. And a family band! (+15 patkins points)

Tiger Mountain Peasant Song - First Aid Kit

Hard Believer - First Aid Kit (Removed)

I Met Up With A King - First Aid Kit

Akron/Family. I don't know enough about them, besides the fact that they are from NYC/Seattle and are really awesome experimental indie rockers. Well, i guess i know enough. they have a new album released Feb 8th, this track included. Definitely a nice, open, backbeat-heavy rock jam.

So It Goes - Akron/Family

Mumford and Sons - Like the Fleet Foxes, but more like rain coming down than flurries swirling outside your window. I think that is a very accurate simile. 

The Cave - Mumford and Sons

Awake My Soul - Mumford and Sons

Iron And Wine - Me and Lazarus

For emma. also from their new album.

Dubstep/Electro Coda

Satisfaction (J. Rabbit Remix) - Benny Benassi

Yep. This is absolutely epic. My roomie had no idea what was coming. Shout out to Apes With Barrels. I don't know where they find these things.

Neck Snappah - Caspa

Very Caspa-y. Excellently minimal buildup (which would make it really easy to drop into a set, just saying). the rest of the song is straight up caspa. thats the only word i have to describe it.

Divine (Danger Remix) - Sebastien Tellier

Langosta shared this with us on Facebook and labelled it "JAM", but failed to share it on the blog. So here it is. Its not dubstep - its electro house. the hook gets you within the first 5 seconds of the song. definitely "JAM".

Cause I Feel Like It #, Zipped

enjoy this music as much as i have been

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Cause I Feel Like It #!

prolly write an  interblog post

the only reason i numbered this post is because i realize that when i have no thematic purpose to a post, its basically a random dump of things that are all worth your while. i think numbering them makes it sound more serious so you'll be more likely to listen. the only difference is that im starting the numbering system as the corresponding symbol rather than the number, !, @, #, and so on. lets see how many i can accomplish before i give up (or langosta kills me)! If you are a brave soul, look for the zip at the bottom.

beat music
Other Side (Nosaj Thing Remix) - Pollyn
This was in the No Such Mix. Its ALL in the bass. use good headphones for this one.

Coat Of Arms (Daedelus Remix) - Nosaj Thing
This isn't typical Daedelus - its more in the vein of Shlohmo and the WEDIDIT crew, but the chap knows what he is doing. Gold star.

Us (Jon Hopkins Remix) - Nosaj Thing
OKAY SO ITS ALL NOSAJ-RELATED, WHATEVER. this is an amazing remix off of Drift Remixed. Got me right from the intro.

Drop It Like Its Not (James Blake Harmonimix Remix) - Snoop Dogg
Okay, not beat music but de stijl in terms of its minimalism and blatant hip-hop influences. and its awesome factor, of course. (also used in No Such Mix)

PROG!!!
Won't Let You Down (Original Club Mix) - Hagenaar and Albrecht
If you don't know what clubby Progressive House sounds like, this will inform you. Make sure you can hear the bass line though! [insert yet another douche comment about headphones here]

Heiress of Valentina (Alesso Radio Edit) - Dune
If you don't know what Progressive Electro House sounds like, this will inform you (with vocals in the style of Jean Valjean). Am i being a genre whore? sorry! DIS IZ AWESEOM

{Token} Dubstep
Make Our Day (VIP) - Funtcase
His name is Cuntfase if you switch the letters around, and he definitely stole the idea for the intro from Caspa. But if you want ridiculous wobble (reference?) with a tasteful amount of grime... delivered. (ps this was in the Bam Bang Bam mix)

Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (Noisia Remix) - Skrillex
Maybe i'm late on this, but god DAMN this is hot. It seems that when a dubstep producer remixes an original dubstep track, the result is probably the going to be one of the crazier things you have heard to date. I am thinking about Downlink's version of Swagga as corroborating evidence...

Novelty Track!
Office Musik (Clockwork Edit) - Dwight K. Schrute vs Weezy
if you like The Office. And, of course, RAP.

for teh indie kids
Hannah - Freelance Whales
If you haven't heard of these guys yet, i need to fix that. right now. 

Dandelion River Run - Mimi And Richard Fariña
APPALACHIAN FOLK JAM. And besides, there is nothing better than a married couple that produces music (cf The Long Lost for corroborating evidence). 

I Want You - The Tallest Man On Earth
From his recent Daytrotter session. Because i'm in Tallest Man-land.

CAUSE I FEEL LIKE ZIPPING IT.zip

notes
for teh indie kids: i'll be doing a proper, long-overdue indie/folk/whatev post soon. probably the next one. stay with me!

for brave souls: if you like every single song in that zip, you officially have eclectic taste. Crustacean Cognition commends you.


///patkins///

Autumnal Harvest Post

So I'm getting a little tired of taking in so much music and not being able to get it out fast enough. Because of this I have decided to write a MASSIVE post with tons of stuff in it so i can stay away for a while. There are three categories: Indie, Beats, and Mixes. Look for folders at the end of each section to download everything.


INDIE
Postcards From Italy (Beirut Cover) - Florence and the Machine
Self explanatory. I love florence.

Like The Wheel - Tallest Man On Earth
King Of Spain - Tallest Man On Earth
This guy has literally become one of my favorite artists of all time. These songs have so much soul, so much spirit, so much beauty...

The Blues Run The Game (Jackson C. Frank Cover) - Laura Marling
Another great folk song.. Laura Marling rules.

Cold House - Teen Daze
Chillwave meets the beat scene - lovely, delicate arpeggiated synths and atmosphere. perfect homework music...

Minequest Try 03 - Deadmau5
This is a lot like the above, except its Deadmau5. Essentially a re-edit of Everything You Are, i wish this could go on forever...

Scandal At The Parkade - Owen Pallett
Classic Owen Pallett.. sounds like a string quartet sensibilities meet indie lyrics and vox. So good.

Travel Broadens the Mind - Deerhoof
Very interesting Deerhoof. Based on Congolese street music, this song reminds me of some of the beat music we post - complicated rhythm meets deerhoof's bass heavy/high lyrics sound. loovveeeee

Down By The Water - The Decemberists 
This is going to come out on the Decemberists' forthcoming album in January.. they have this out for free for the price of my email. Enjoy. 

Good Night - Ellul
I don't know anything about this because i found it in a mixtape. However, this is like Owen Pallett + Shitgeto + Teen Daze + awesome. Worth the listen.

South Carolina - Tennis 
Okay, i DO know about these guys. Tennis is a husband-wife duo-turned-trio from colorado. They produce really warm, happy, vintage pop-inspired songs that make you just want to dance around with someone you love. Here is a collection of a few of their songs: Tennis.zip
Their album, Cape Dory, comes out January 18.

Gold Panda - Parents
For El Langosta, because he likes Gold Panda.


INDIE FOLDER

BEATS
Mmmm. Beats. This is a mostly Flying Lotus-centered post, but there are some others in here too.

KeepItGoing (feat UGod) - Blu
Flying Lotus produced this track, and it shows. Again, beat producers getting back to their rap track roots... mmm.

Do The Astral Plane (Them Jeans House Remix) - Flying Lotus
THIS IS AWESOME! very well crafted!

Swimming - Mike Bigga
This is another FlyLo produced rap song.. but, do you know that track from anywhere? OH YEAH, THATS CAMERA DAY FROM Pattern + Grid World. What a concept!

Rip - Dorian Concept
..speaking of concepts, here is an awesome tease that got ripped off of dorian concept's myspace. smack in the face, those synths are.
Love Lockdown (Flying Lotus Remix) - Kanye West
Old Flying Lotus. Beat + Autotune + reverb = awesome

PieFace (My Dry Wet Mess Remix) - Flying Lotus
Notable and interesting.

HARVEST BEATS FOLDER

MIXES
Mixes? WHAT? Well, theres one of mine and one that belongs to the Second Coming of Christ. yes, wolfgang gartner.


Wolfgang Gartner Essential Mix at Salacious Sound

Concentration Mix - DJmus* (dedicated to our friend Mariel)
This is supposed to be something you can play in the background while you are working on something important... mostly beats but also some various indie selections.

Track List:

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead
Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead
Mouthwash - Kate Nash
Moon Hits the Mirrorball - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
In Heat (Javelin Remix) - Health
Comeandgetme - Steveandi
Mirrorage - Glsr
Gravel - Juj
Tokyo to LA Steez - Hashim B. 
Nemo - Gobble Gobble
Light #1 (Take Remix) - Nosaj Thing
7am (Devonwho Remix) - Shlohmo
Trilingual Dance Sexperience - Dorian Concept
Adrift (Shigeto's Adrift Adream Remix) - Tycho
And We Gonna (Samiyam Chopsticks Remix) - Shigeto
Bestdream - Etherea
Wayward (Gobble Gobble Remix) - The Joe
Sounds of Symmetry - Dntel

....and thats about all the cool stuff i have at the moment. Hopefully i will be able to leave you with this for a while and let El Langosta put something up. But for now, i hope you enjoy all this stuff!

w/love

///patkins///