E.R.O.L.

Erol Alkan, who was recently named the UK's most popular DJ, has been turning on the hot-hot fire for a long time and shows no signs of slowing down. He's been producing for the Mystery Jets, remixng and re-working like he's Oakenfold or something, and producing under the side projects Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve and Mustapha 3000.

Anyway... Erol recently signed Dutch pop act Dance Area to his Phantasy Records label. The debut single AA/247 is an infections pop hit with vocals from Austen Boston who works as a bathroom attendant at The End night club in the UK. Look out for the Diplo remix (which is supposed to be nasty good) to drop later this month.


Here is a nice BTWS remix of Franz Ferdinand's Ulysses. I don't plan on listening to the original... on purpose
Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Remix) (zsh)

Happy 2009 everybody! I plan a wrapping up 2008 sometime soon with a chart.

Reckoner

So the Radiohead Reckoner Remix Competition has turned out quite a few gems. We've all heard Diplo's take on Reckoner, his best work to date IMO. My good friend Messica was kind enough to send me a 320kbps version of his take for me to edit into a dance-floor burner (I'm still working on the CouchFire! Edit, It'll be available soonish).

All this Reckoner speak is leading up to todays post regarding London DJ and Producer Synthetics who is looking for some of that good blog action. I'm glad to oblige since this remix is excellent and likely to land him a coveted spot on the Novemeber CouchChart.

Synthetics describes the remix in a very thoughtful email like such as:
Not quite sure where to begin with this beautiful mix from Synthetics... it's a slow builder that evolves into a warm and fuzzy cosmic jam transporting you away for 8 minutes - epic. Shades of 90's ambient group Seefeel with touches of the Orb-meets-Quiet Village and the Norwegian school of disco (Lindstrom and Prins Thomas etc.) Can't recommend it enough! Vote for it here.

Radiohead - Reckoner
Radiohead - Reckoner (Synthetics 24hr Remix)

Synthetics was also kind enough to agree to a little Q & A for the CouchBlog so we'll be hearing more from this cat. Promise!