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This post is all about the remixes, and the two I have been listening to a lot this month.
The first is the Cool Kids remix that 9th Wonder did a while back premiering on the Green Label Sound site. I think it’s good what the Cool Kids are doing with Green Label Sound. Although it’s sponsored by Mountain Dew, they are reaching out to a wider audience without ’selling out’. They and Mountain Dew positioned themselves well business-wise with this move in my opinion, and after-all if the music is good that’s all that matters. It’s a win-win situation for everyone, similar in business terms to what Flying Lotus managed with Adult Swim to promote his beats and achieve recognition. I’m guessing that more upcoming artists will be taking this cross-media approach, grounding themselves with internet readers and also in more mainstream media with it having little effect on their image.
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And something different. This is from Popnoname, an excellent German eletronic artist with Touch from the remix lp of his new album Surrounded by Weather and remixes by….. The Field!! Get it at boomkat now, hear it below.
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Also here is one old track from an old The Field lp that’s still one of my faves, proves that minimal music can always be suprising.
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