Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Feb 8, 2012, 5:26 pm
Kavinsky got a new album soon coming your way, and today this violin-based "RoadGame" hit us hard. Kavinsky - RoadGame | New Album by Electro News Webzine
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Feb 7, 2012, 7:10 pm
On March 5 (Beatport) and March 13 (worldwide) LA producer Keenhouse will be back with a new EP on Sunlinxx Records entitled "Better Days". Apparently the days have been so good so Mr Keenhouse has included not one, but two tracks called "Better Days", with the obvious goal to double the goodness. A...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Feb 7, 2012, 6:21 pm
Our colleague Clive over at Electronic Rumors is branching out by releasing a compilation next week, aptly called Volume 1. You see a lot of blogs crossing over to "the other side" (I wouldn't call it dark side though), with French Express and Binary being recent and illustrious examples. It's a pre...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Feb 7, 2012, 3:13 pm
Our fellow bloggers over at Disco Demons made a guide for contacting music bloggers the other day (an article that actually more people within the music business should read). After this post we got a fantastic email, correct in all aspects and with this hilarious touch in it. Of c...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Feb 6, 2012, 6:20 pm
One of the absolute best producers right now (and for a while back too) Goldroom is back with a remix of next big thing, Citizens! Kitsuné released the remix earlier today. So, Goldroom + Citizens! + Kitsuné, that's a winner team for every day of the week. Citizens! - Reptile (Gold...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Feb 6, 2012, 5:54 pm
The Knocks have teamed up with Mandy Lee to do a cover of M83's mighty "Midnight City". This is a promised hit, I tell you that! Midnight City feat. Mandy Lee (M83 Cover) by The Knocks
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Feb 2, 2012, 1:19 pm
Minneapolis trio Estate has made a really awesome remix of Arthur Russell's "That's Us/Wild Combination". It's a nice original, and I love the funkiness and that slow constant build-up they've added. Arthur Russell - That's Us/Wild Combination (Estate Remix) by Estate
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Feb 2, 2012, 10:07 am
This Saturday it's time for the next Do Me To The Music. This time we are very happy to have booked our first Swedish act: upcoming house star Jonas Rathsman. We're happy because we love his deep, soulful music, and that we are the first to bring him to Stockholm. Plus, we can only...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Feb 1, 2012, 12:31 pm
Speaking of Gigamesh in the last post, here's a brand new remix he's done for Grouplove. The summery vibe is really appreciated since the cold and snow finally decided to hit Stockholm. Don't forget to check out the first instalment of our exclusive Guest Tape series he did for us - Jonny is updatin...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 31, 2012, 6:48 pm
We have come up with an equally bold and brilliant new concept at Tracasseur. The idea is to once a month ask a DJ or producer that we like to make a (wait for it...) mixtape for us! Here I'll give you a second to collect your blown mind. Yes, it's something no one has ...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 28, 2012, 12:15 pm
Perfect timing for the Saturday evening to start over here in Sweden. With perfect timing, I mean that Aeroplane just shared his new mixtape for the world. Always a pleasure! Let the night begin! Aeroplane January 2012 Mix by Aeroplane (Official) Tracklist: 1. Pop & Eye - Give ...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 26, 2012, 8:00 pm
The best Pyramid in the world I would say. Pyramid always delivers really good stuff, if it's original tracks or remixes. He has got such a potential that even Kitsuné included him on the latest Kitsuné Parisien II. With this remix of Foxes first release "Youth" we can't do more ...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 26, 2012, 7:29 pm
I remember when we played with Fare Soldi last winter, that they played sober. They partied afterwards, but it was something very mature with that attitude. Maybe they are more grown-up than us, they're new scheme suggests so. For all of 2012 the Friulian disco kings will release one track per mont...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 24, 2012, 4:46 pm
LA and Binary's Fabian have made a new track. It's a very nice housey tune sampling Montell Jordan's '95 swing beat track "This Is How We Do It". With its hammering piano, handclaps and congas it'll work well on a dancefloor. Do It by Fabian
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 24, 2012, 8:53 am
First The Magician Magic Tape of the year! As usual no tracklisting, so speculate on his Soundcloud or below in the comments section. Magic Tape Nineteen by The Magician
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 23, 2012, 5:33 pm
One of our biggest loves last year, Goldroom, is back with a new smooth track. "Angeles", once again shows what Mr. Josh Legg is all about. Perfect tunes for sunny moments, or all moments really. Therefore we're also happy to announce that we gonna bring him to Stockholm in April. Love G...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 23, 2012, 5:22 pm
Check out STYGG's new video for "Acid Test" made by Punx Sthlm. STYGG - Acid Test (320 kbps)
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 23, 2012, 4:01 pm
From our Polish DJ colleague BrainWash we got this nice mixtape yesterday. I listened  to it yesterday and today so now it's time for you to take a listen. You're BrainWashed - BrainWash @ Audiofonia by BrainWash The Dj Tracklist: 1. Miami Ice & Pretty Criminals - Feel t...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 22, 2012, 2:50 pm
Just wanted to share a new Monsieur Adi track, a remix of Justice's "Ohio". But I will leave the rest of the text for Adi himself to explain this new remix: "Remixing Justice is something that should have happened some time ago, but the right song and timing had to be. I love this ...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 22, 2012, 8:02 am
Discovered this Norwegian trio today and what could be more perfect than to find a group like Philco Fiction on a snowy Sunday. Amazingly beautiful arranged tracks along with the spellbinding vocals from Turid Solberg make Philco Fiction into something mysterious and inspiring. I c...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 21, 2012, 1:46 pm
Miike Snow are about to release a new album in March and they released the single "Devil's Work" a while ago. Now it's time for the next track from the upcoming album to see the world. "Paddling Out" is more up-tempo than its predecessor but still with that new Miike Snow sound. Padd...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 21, 2012, 1:11 pm
Tom Furse from The Horrors has made this spaced out remix of Yuksek's "Always On The Run". Yuksek is about to release his album "Living on the Edge of Time" in America on Valentine's Day, so until then you can enjoy this fine remix. High five Yuksek! Yuksek - Always On The Run (Tom Furse...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 20, 2012, 2:20 pm
I'm liking the track "One Day In The Sun" by Final DJs. Sitting here in a dark Stockholm, I'd like a day in the sun too. It's actually unsigned, so it will not be included on the upcoming On The Fruit EP. What will be included on it though, are a couple of big name remixes, one of them by Jus...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 20, 2012, 12:32 pm
The night is about to start over here in Stockholm and before I will run out into the night I just wanted to share this brilliant remix. Cosmo Black has made this Phil Collins classic into a new classic! Enjoy your Friday night wherever in the world you are! Phil Collins - In the Air Ton...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 19, 2012, 7:50 pm
Speaking of Finns and their awesome brand of progressive-infused disco. Helsinki's and French Express' Erkka made a really awesome remix of The Magician's "I Don't Know What To Do" featuring Jeppe, that the Belgian included on one of his awesome mixtapes last autumn. The powers that be were kind...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 17, 2012, 4:30 pm
Hyped and awesome Lana Del Rey finished 2011 in a huge hype and it continues as expected in 2012. Soon is her debut album here and to give rise to it her second single release is here, named the same as the album "Born To Die". To such a hyped artist there are always loads of remixes tur...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 15, 2012, 10:31 am
YACHT released their latest single "I Walked Alone" back in November/December last year and along with the release a bunch of fine remixes came. The two best remixes you can find here below. Long time favourite Jacques Renault made this splendid disco remix! YACHT - I Walked Alone ...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 13, 2012, 6:05 pm
Yay, first Discotexas post of the year! Today Portugal's best label release their first EP of the year - Helsinki duo Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver's "Diamonda" EP. In my best of 2011 list I wrote about Hannelulauri that the Finns are great at mixing disco with progressive house, and gave a few examples....
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 13, 2012, 2:10 pm
DFA released streams of upcoming The Rapture remix EP "Sail Away". Originally supposed to be released in December, the new date is January 17. That means you have four days to decide which of the remixes by Aeroplane, Cosmic Kids and Cut Copy is your favourite. I'm voting Cut Copy I think - sorry fo...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 12, 2012, 4:47 pm
One of my favourite acts that I grew up with, Depeche Mode, remixed by another favourite, RAC. It was a while ago we got us a new RAC remix. With this one, they once again show us how a remix should be made! Enjoy the music! Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (RAC Mix) by RAC
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 10, 2012, 4:57 pm
We asked our readers on our fanpage which tracks we had missed out on our top 50 tracks of 2011 (not including our Spotify list with the top 100, because it's not yet available in the whole world). And it doesn't matter how hard your scan the world for all the greatest music, there's alw...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 10, 2012, 12:53 pm
Here's a nice remix of everyone's favourite Goldroom by Keljet. I'd love to chat more, but I'm hungry. Goldroom - Nights In Nantes (Keljet Remix) (free download) by Keljet
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 10, 2012, 8:48 am
Fred Falke has taken a shot at remixing Nero's dubstep mash-up between Kano's "Another Life" and Hall & Oates' "Out of Touch". A synthy French house version of Kano sounds familiar? Nero - Reaching Out(Fred Falke remix) by Fred Falke
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Jan 9, 2012, 7:12 pm
You might have heard it already, but Todd Terje's new single is an early contender for the Best of '12 lists. Out mid-January which should be next week. Inspector Norse by Todd Terje
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Nov 1, 2011, 7:31 pm
Always love when we write about totally new music from a country that we've not written about before. Mecanico comes from Santiago in Chile, and is the first band from Chile that we write about through our years. And we like what we hear! Mecanico is a five-piece band and they do t...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Nov 1, 2011, 6:30 pm
Latest tune from our German friends of Final DJs is a straight forward one that probably right now is all I need. It has a nice sampled guitar loop that really give something extra to this track. Keep it up Final DJs! Final DJs - All I Need by FINAL DJs
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 31, 2011, 7:43 pm
Life must be grand for Josh Legg. Not only is he head honcho at one of the coolest blogs and labels ('blabels') Binary Entertainment, he lives in the lovely city of Los Angeles, California. Probably in a mansion, where he sits by the pool drinking his breakfast champagne while his pedicurist is mass...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 30, 2011, 2:19 pm
Wow, this is some good shit. Never heard of Blackbelt Andersen before. Stumbled upon him via an excellent Mustang mixtape the other day and I feel that I must blog this to you guys even if the "Tyrkisk Pepper" release was out last year. Blackbelt Andersen move in the same Norwegian...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 30, 2011, 1:42 pm
¡BORRACHO! is standing in the way of control together with amazing Gossip. Way too long time since we did a post about our beloved ¡BORRACHO!, but now they're back with this old school down tempo remix of Gossip's "Standing In The Way Of Control". Nice to hear some new great stuff from...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 28, 2011, 2:20 pm
Here's some really nice deep disco house to get your limbs moving. It's Stockholm producer Lovers getting some remix treatment from fellow Stockholm trio Name in Lights. They're a fairly new act on the disco/house scene. They made their debut on their own label FEED Recordings with the acid-i...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 28, 2011, 1:36 pm
A lot stuff is happening over at French label On The Fruit Records. They have some exciting releases in the pipeline that we'll cover soon, and their latest release, T&K's debut album "Magic Talk" is doing very well on Beatport. T&K are a duo, even if the cute video below make them out to be a...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 27, 2011, 7:56 pm
Weird, I was certain we had written about Housse de Racket's awesome, and now almost two months old single "Roman". You know that we haven't always been the fastest blog, and lately we have been using the Heinz Ketchup strategy when blogging, but are we now also turning demented? Well, that doesn't ...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 27, 2011, 6:12 pm
I must admit, I hadn't heard of the duo Lissi Dancefloor Disaster despite them being from the lovely University city of Uppsala 45 mins north of Stockholm (which is a city we've played in a lot and where we are going back to play on November 9). The Stockholm duo Lo-Fi-Fnk, on the other hand, are ol...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 27, 2011, 4:52 pm
Here's a short update on everyone's favourite Clancy. He's made a couple of remixes lately. One of French electro prodigy Alec Carlsson (with a very Swedish sounding name), and one of Sweden's most hipster mainstream singers (or is it the other way around?), Robyn. I'm not using the M-word to have a...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 19, 2011, 1:29 pm
On October 31 Is Tropical will release their third single off June's "Native To" album on Kitsuné. Check out Leopard of Honour's which sounds a bit like a French electro-funk remix of a Depeche Mode song made for a 70s Italian movie soundtrack. And I mean that in a good way. Lies (Leopard Of Ho...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 19, 2011, 12:24 pm
Our Swiss friends Flashworx recently finished their new EP "Futurisma", and they're giving it away for free! Flashworx - Futurisma by Flashworx Flashworx - Gliese 581 by Flashworx Flashworx - Ms. Chapel by Flashworx Flashworx - Never Come Back by Flashworx Download the EP in o...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 19, 2011, 11:41 am
Minneapolis' Gigamesh is a great producer responsible for the 2009 Billboard number 6 remix of Mike Posner's "Cooler Than Me", amongst other things. He's also a part of both the remix group DiscoTech and synth-disco-pop band Señor Stereo, which we wrote about here. Yesterday he released his new sel...
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 19, 2011, 11:00 am
I'm liking this Eurythmics-synth-electro remix by French producer Awkoder. He's from Nancy, even if you could've sworn he's from Nantes. Super Mirage- Wasting Away (Awkoder Remix) by Awkoder
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 19, 2011, 10:17 am
If you're a follower of this blog, you don't need an introduction to ODahl. He's been giving away some really nice music lately. You should check it out. ODahl - Soul Music (320 kbps) ODahl - She Gave Me Drugs (320 kbps) Futurecop! - N.A.S.A. feat. Christian Rich (ODahl Remix) (320 kbps)
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Sebastian F. posted an article on Tracasseur - Oct 18, 2011, 10:52 am
We're big fans of Walter Sobcek, which is why we are very happy that they have released their second single "Miami" a couple of days ago. With the debut single "Je Me Souviens" released last September, we're also hoping they can pick up the release tempo and get the interval down to less than a year...
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