Pelski's Playlist V

So...it's been a while since Pelski was last seen around these parts. Alot has changed. Shit, all the way back then we didn't have a black US president-elect; 1p sweets genuinely cost one pence; and Ed Banger tshirts were still cool. Times 'a changin.

Equipped with a fully functioning laptop, Pelski's official return is to be marked by an epic Pelski's Playlist: the greatest to yet hit the world wide web. This selection of tunes differs from the previously eclectic YCCMP playlists. This time womping fidget, bassey bangers and grinding electro-tech take the reigns. None of that weedy electro-pop and indie nonsense (well, maybe a little).



First up, a club classic reinvented; cut and mashed into a glitchy, bassey remix. Loving the retro, disco-house trend right now? Well, here we have those lovable 70's house vocals set alongside womping beats. Minimal in execution, while utilizing some inventive staccato bass pulses:


Candi Station - You Got The Love (Nicky Supply & Mr Goolious Electro Re-Fuck)


The debate rages on.... Late Of The Pier: overrated Klaxons copy-cats or indie's only bright hope? Though there's been an overwhelming abundance of Late of the Pier remixes (as with Klaxons last year), the original 'Focker' displays such overt dancefloor potential there was bound to be a banger of a remix to follow. And yes, inevitably - during Pelski's absence - you've already heard it a hundred times over. Nevermind:


Late Of The Pier - Focker (Boys Noize Terror Re-edit)


Dirty, thumping, grating... huge. Amounting to little more than almighty, boisterous noise. Nasty. In a good way? I can't decide. Just boom this one out loud at home. Embrace the subsequent banging headache. Then be forced to turn in for the night. You've been warned:

Pantera - Walk (Techjio Remix)

A drastic u-turn for the supposed Nu-ravers. A brilliantly bizarre, tropical beat, full of pent-up bass previously unheard from these electro-rockers. Perhaps my unfaltering devotion for PJU revolves around my purchase of their overpriced tshirts. But still... a strangely grabbing departure from their usual style:


Man Like Me - Carny (Punks Jump Up Go Bass Mix)


Drum 'n' Bass: I hate it. But here we have a jazzy, old-skool vibe so inviting that whatever your long-held, unnecessarily stubborn preconceptions of drums & bass are, your bound to like it. Even if, like me, you've always sworn to boycott the genre, at least embrace this one as a guilty pleasure; secretly. Sssshhh:


London Elektricity - All Hell Is Breaking Loose


A wonky bassline grates around Jason Tyler's chopped-up vocals. The warbling bass verges on dubstep. Dirty, crunky filth. A huge, jump-up-and-down banger, leagues ahead of Rico Tubbs squelchy remix. The vocal hook, too, is undeniably fun. Eat it:


Jason Tyler - Run Around (Udachi Remix)


Techno's always been a couple of centrimetres out of reach from the trendy electro-blogger. Too mature. Too minimal. Too monotonous. Apparently, we have a very short attention span (we're the 'xbox generation' don't you know, though techincally speaking we ought now be dubbed the less catchy 'xbox360 generation'). Thank god for Vitalic then. With a banging, maximal and accessible electro slant to every production, Vitalic possesses the ability to slay any dancefloor. Still without a second album in sight, Vitalic's 2007 banger '30,000 feet' ought to keep our appetites suitabley wetted:


Vitalic - The 30,000 Feet Club


Who's Fake Blood? An unknownk 'Sang Foley'? Tiesto? Britney Spears in drag? Your dad on his night job? That irritating halifax guy? Boy 8-bit? Pelski? Nope. HIs recent DJ sets put an end to all the rumours. Boring... it's just DJ Touche - a man with an envious musical family tree - the guy from Black Ghosts and previously of Wiseguys. I still churlishly maintain he's Boy 8-bit, just with an elaborate disguise made up of an extensive warhammer collection, ginger hair extensions and unfaltering musical abilities. I forget you both read this blog - we love you both.... equally.


Hot Chip - Touch Too Much (Fake Blood Remix)


Over the last year High Wycombe's wide-eyed newcomer, Foamo, has made a rapid ascent. He burst onto the scene less than a year ago with Crookers' fave 'Moving It Over Here'. Since then Lee Mortimer's snapped him up on his Wearhouse Music label. 'Half In Love With Elizabeth' has been chopped, twisted, distorted and re-editted to death by the likes of Popof, Joe And Will Ask? and Delorean. But Foamo's re-touch injects some much needed dancefloor beef. Certified banger:


Mystery Jets - Half In Love With Elizabeth (Foamo Remix)


Glitchy and crunky remix. Vocal snippets are looped along to a choppy, bouncy beat, tied together by bmore drums patterns. Expect to see more from the hugely inventive and fun-loving 2 Bit Thugs:


B.Rich - Everyday Hustle (2 Bit Thugs Remix)


Stanton Warriors are over-hyped, overrated and just serve as the 'in-thing' to like. Actually ask any alleged Stanton Warriors fan which are their favourite Stanton tunes and they'll probably fail to name more than three track (simply because their tunes aren't all that memorable). Stanton's recent set at Leeds' Victoria Works was uninspired - yes, fun, perhaps; if equipped with enough drugs to tranquilise a small elephant (but even Psy-trance is bearable under such heavy intoxication). Stanton Warriors simply and lazily slap the same breakbeat over classic electro, house and techno tunes. And call it a 'DJ set'. Same goes for their remixes really. Still, this simple re-edit of Stanton's classic remix of Coburn landed in my inbox over a month ago, and posseses whirring electro-sythns and a forceful breakbeat:


Stanton Warriors - We Interrupt This Program (Restless! Re-edit)


4th November saw Drop The Lime release his Hear Me EP. Fellow Brooklyn producer AC Slater has been wooing the blogs with his filthy, grimey noise for some time now. And his remix of Luca's echoing, vocal-banger introduces some bubbly womps, thudding bass and a jittery momentum:


Drop The Lime - Hear Me (AC Slater Remix)


This strange fusion of electro, hip-hop and bmore landed in my inbox a month ago, courtesy of Evil Nine's promo company. Rave stabs, a looped acapella and additonal rapping from Jammer. Bouncy, bizarre... brilliant:


Evil Nine - All The Cash (Mumdance Remix)


Dubstep's speedy evolution has seen the dubstep tune morph from slow, womping chill-out to fast-paced banger. Rusko's electro-tinged dubstep is perfect for the dancefloor - dirty and sprightly. His remix of Finnish singer-producer HK119 is a vigorous, manic cross-breed of electro and dubstep:


HK119 - C'est La Vie (Rusko Masher)


The convoluted family tree that sprung from the ashes of Simian's demise, and the Black Ghosts' genesis, continues to produce yet more offshoots. First we had Theo Keating, originally part of Wiseguys; then Simian; and he then assumed the monicker DJ Touche, before becoming one half of Black Ghosts, and now also, of course, Fake Blood. But what of the croony vocalist Simon Lord? Formerly of Simian, and still a member of Black Ghosts, he's now focusing on a new side-project: 'Lord Skywave'. Melodic tunes are dominated by his exquisite voical skills. Potty Mouth's fidget don Andy George mixes things up by pumping in some ravey piano stabs, glitched vocals and bursts of bass:


Lord Skywave - Something (Andy George Re-fix)



Two years back, Peter Bjorn & John produced the tune we couldn't stop whistling. Simply reminding you of 'Young Folks' could prove perilous - shaking that whistling tune out of your head for a couple of weeks is near impossible. 'Let's Call It Off' possesses a similarly addictive melody. Girl Talk's impeccabley produced remix adds electro fuzz, tropical drums and a genius chiming of what sounds like... um... a... xylaphone?


Peter Bjorn & John - Let's Call It Off (Girl Talk Remix)


Japanese Popstars (in fact, Irish) have been causing a bit of a stir lately, with rave reviews from both DJ and Mixmag... and even the odd nod from the broadsheets. So Pelski was flattered to find a copy of 'Electronic Poet' laying neatly in his inbox. Their brand of slow, precise electronica harks back to the good'ol'days of Underworld, Chemical Brothers and Orbital - with their searing sythns, slow build-ups and gratifying releases. Electrifying stuff, surely built for stadiums:


Japanese Popstars - Electric Poet


After the deliciously cheesy vocal hook of Trevor Loveys' remix of Kraak and Smaak, we didn't think Loveys's remix material could get any sleazier. But with this sickly chorus, Loveys' reached new dizzying heights of cheesiness. Another guilty pleasure. For cynics who find the chorus all too nauseating, take comfort in the buzzing electro racket surrounding it:


Tyken feat. ADL - Let It Rain (Trevor Loveys Remix)


By now you've probably heard this one (as with many of the ageing tunes found on this long-overdue Pelski's playlist). But I simply couldn't let this one slip by. MSTRKRFT's 'Bounce' was a dissapointment, or perhaps an acquired taste. But A-trak's remix transforms the track. It no longer serves as a weighty danceflooor destroyer, but a retro, chirpy party tune. Bound to get at least your toes tapping:


MSTRKRFT - Bounce (A-trak Remix)



Wipe that sweat from your brow:
Pelski's back. Permanently.