The XX - Night Time (Synkro Remix)

All remixes of The XX have been consistently great. The most recent one to surface by the Manchester producer Synkro has a bit of a house edge and definitely that Northwest UK ambient sound. The original Night Time is a moving piece by itself. Throwing some electronic drums over the track, yet maintaining The XX's reverb guitar and Romy's soft and smooth vocals, Synkro delivers a a solid piece of work. 

The XX - Night Time (Synkro Remix)

Walter Sobeck - Miami + (Pharao Black Magic Remix)

Ever mysterious French duo Walter Sobeck drop another hot throbbing track on us Miami, a tribute to the sunny city. The second single to be released by the Frenchmen will feature remixes by Allen Walker, Muffin, Pharao Black Magic, and Kido Yoji, plus a bonus track from Hollywood Cries. Stream a little sample of the single below, then pick up your copy of Walter Sobeck's Miami directly from juno. 

Walter Sobcek - Miami. by Walter Sobcek

Lana Del Rey - Video Game (BALAM ACAB Remix)

BALAM ACAB is the latest artist to get his hands on Lana Del Rey's Video Games.   Mr. Acab plays off Ms. Del Rey's picturesque vocals with airy builds and soft landings. A perfectly built spaceship ride through where ever you want to be floating through. Just play a video game. 

Lana Del Rey - Video Game (BALAM ACAB Remix)

Grimes - Oblivion

Instantly loved the girl wonder that is Grimes' new track Oblivion, off the highly anticipated Visions LP (due out January 31, 2012 on ARBUTUS). Just some perfectly played synths on the track with crisp soft vocals, not much more to say. Emphasis on the perfect synths. 

Grimes - Oblivion

M83 - Midnight City (Video)

Just in case you missed M83's video for their latest single Midnight City. This one is a far out mind bender featuring some young telepathic bad-asses. Directed by Fleur & Manu of Division (who also did Cut Copy's latest video for Blink and You'll Miss a Revolution), the video is a tribute to Village of the Damned, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and other Akiras.

Tyson - After You're Gone (The Magician Remix)

Well this pairing is perfect. The Magician lays his nu-disco vibes over Tyson's booming vocals in his remix to After You're Gone. The magic man kills this one with a heavy dose synthetics and some perfectly plaid piano keys. Also, check out Tyson's original After You're Gone and its superb video. Just in case you're keeping score at home, that's another free download for you the loyal listener. 

Tyson "After You're Gone" (The Magician Remix) by TheMagician

We Have Band - Visionary

We were quite delighted to open our mailbox and find a new track from We Have Band. The immensely talented trio is set to release their second album in early 2012. If the other tracks resemble Visionary we are in store for some fine music musing. The track features sounds coming from every direction and of ever variety offered up on a clean and matte delivery. You can stream the track below, if you dig it, WHB is giving it away as a free download on their facebook page (under the free download tab on the left). Grab it while you can. 

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The Horrors - I Can See Through You (Video)

In case you missed The Horrors' new psychedelic video for I Can See Through You.  

He can see through you and he doesn't get it. 

Cause he can see through you.

 La la la la la. 

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Moullinex - Crown Jewels

Moullinex drops in with a stellar mixtape to get you through the minuet. Crown Jewels features some brand new tracks from one of our personal favorite labels D.I.S.C.O. Texas. We were particularly to see Zimmer lead off the mix with a new track Looking at You, which we assume is off his soon to be released (October 21st) debut album. Get this, it only gets better from there. Yes, you can download the whole mixtape for free. Rich, real rich. 

Crown Jewels Mix by Moullinex

Track List:
Zimmer - Looking at You // Discotexas
Philosophy of Sound - It is like that (Special Long Version) // Discotexas
Moullinex - Sunflare // Gomma
Mirror People feat. Rowetta - Feel the Need (Munk remix) // Discotexas
Justin Faust - Girl Talk (Gloves Remix) // Discotexas
Moullinex feat Peaches - Maniac // Gomma
Moullinex - Modular Jam (Justin Faust remix) // Gomma
Moullinex & Xinobi - X Marks the Spot (Glimmers Disko Version) // Discotexas
Moullinex & Xinobi - X Marks the Spot (Drop Out Orchestra Remix) // Discotexas
Gigamesh - When You're Dancing (Moullinex Remix) // Our Label Intl.
Kamp! - Cairo (Moullinex Remix) // Discotexas
Moullinex & Xinobi - Human Fly // Discotexas

Work Drugs - Third Wave (Paola Remix)

We already checked out Teeel's remix of Work Drugs' Third Wave, and now Paola gets a crack at the track. The latest revision of the track takes on a much darker tone, slowing down the beat and pumping the track with some some erie keys and hardcore guitar riffs.  A true ballad. Free download in the player. Check it out. 

Work Drugs - Third Wave (Paola Remix) by Work Drugs

Massive Attack + Burial - Four Walls

Massive Attack + Burial announce the release of Inhale Gold, a new limited edition 12" vinyl. Our first look on the project comes in the form of the super trippy nearly twelve minuet track, Four Walls. The vinyl comes with  gold glitter screenprinted sleeve designed by Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja. The 12" is available to stream (below) and order exclusively from Massive Attack and www.vfeditions.com. 

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This Will Destroy You - Black Dunes (Holy Other's Woman In The Dunes Mix)

Holy Other keeps with the dark cryptic sounds in his latest work, a remix to This Will Destroy You's Black Dunes. The remix is part of the Black Dunes 7" set for release December 6, 2011on Suicide Squeeze Records. Pre-order your copy of This Will Destroy You's Black Dunes 7". 

This Will Destroy You - Black Dunes (Holy Other's Woman In The Dunes Mix) by HOLY OTHER

Björk - Biophilia (Full Stream)

Stream the Björk's massive Biophilia in its entirety at NPR. Biophilia is set for release on October 10th in the U.K. and October 11 in the U.S. via Nonesuch and One Little Indian respectively. 

Youth Lagoon - Daydream (Perfect Lines Remix)

Perfect Lines lays it down with another spot on remix. This time the CT native chips away at Youth Lagoon's Daydream. Mr. Lines re-works the track into a 80s pop ballad with some subtle synths and drum kicks. Take a minuet to check out the also very dreamy original version of Daydream. Grab Perfect Lines' remix of Day Dream for free right off the player.


Youth Lagoon - "Daydream" (PERFECT LINES REMIX) by Perfect Lines

The Drums - How It Ended (Video)

Just in case you missed The Drums' new video for How It Ended off Portamento. 

Pick up The Drums - Portamento.

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Lana del Rey - Video Games (Jamie Woon Remix)

Jamie Woon puts in some serious work on the strikingly beautiful Lana del Rey's Video Games. Woon gives the song a very dark vibe, keying on some choice lyrics and pushing a dark synthetic vibe hard. The sudden and random voice modifications are a guilty pleasure to your ears. A perfectly hypnotizing remix. 

Lana del Rey - Video Games (Jamie Woon Remix)

Planningtorock - Doorway Bonus EP

You can now stream Planningtorock's sold out, rare, and awesomely eerie Bonus EP for Doorway. The EP consists of three tracks that we're not released on Planningtorock's debut album W, plus a nicely  tweaked Jamroll version of the track. Scoop it out. 

Doorway (Bonus EP) by planningtorock

COOLRUNNINGS - The Fool (Video)

The Fool is a nice little new single from COOLRUNNINGS. Its a different sound than we are used to hearing from the indie band, but we commend them for taking on a new sound. More importantly, the post-rock 80s sound works well. We dig it. The video features clips of Andy Warhol's The Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Download The Fool directly from the COOLRUNNINGS bandcamp page. 

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The Magician (feat. Jeppe) - I Don't Know What To Do (Fabian Remix)

Fabian jumps in on The Magician remix scene with this pumped up nu-disco remix of I Don't Know What To Do. The magic man's latest remix EP is shaping up nicely with solid remixes by both Plastic Plates and now Fabian.  I keep on keep on.

The Magician Feat. Jeppe "I Don't Know What To Do" (Fabian Remix) by TheMagician

Deadmau5 Ticket Give Away Revision

Alright so do to some unforeseen circumstances we have to revise our Deadmau5 ticket give away for this upcoming Thursday (October 6th). Now to be entered to win all you have to do is like the Scotch and Murder facebook page and send us your favorite music video. Videos can be from past, present, or future. Please e-mail your submissions to info@ScotchandMurder.com. Our apologies to those of you who e-mailed us in the contest, we are working on a free gift for you all to make up for it.  We will be accepting submission until 2pm tomorrow (Wednesday October 5th). Get on it. 

Skai Nine - PULSE / INDIGO

Skai Nine jumps back on the scene with two new singles, Indigo and Pulse. The DC native keeps with the up-beat ambient synths, but shows some progress on the track. Mr. Nine also passes along word of a full length album due out early next year. You can download both tracks off their respective players or head over to Skai Nine's bandcamp page (all for free).  

Pulse by Skai Nine

Indigo by Skai Nine

Total Slacker - Secret VHS Collection (Selebrities Remix)

Selebrities turn up post-rock on Total Slacker's Secret VHS Collection. The Brooklyn based band seems to have firmly entrenched their placed in the post-rock / new wave genre. Pretty great to see a band keying on a sound that we love so much. 

Total Slacker - Secret VHS Collection (Selebrities Remix)

Monarchy (feat. Britt Love) - You Don't Want To Dance With Me (Moonlight Matters Remix)

Nice little remix of Monarchy's recently re-invented You Don't Want To Dance With Me by Moonlight Matters. The remix is part of the latest Monarchy track to get its own EP, due out October 31st.  Moonlight adds a heavy 80s feel to the track with some very nice piano riffs. Be sure to give it a listen and grab the free download in the player. Hold all the crazy inside. 

You Don't Want To Dance With Me (Feat. Britt Love) [Moonlight Matters Remix] by Monarchy

Crystal Fighters - Plage (ALVARO REMIX)

ALVARO hooks it up with a free remix of the Crystal Fighters Plage. The tracks starts off quite mellow with a nice little drum beat, soft vocals, and some minuter guitar. Lets not be fooled though, ALVARO kicks it up adding some dirty dub to the track and grinding synth to the track. 

Crystal Fighters - Plage (ALVARO REMIX) *FREE DOWNLOAD* by Crystal Fighters

Deadmau5 Ticket Giveaway - First Clue

Please see above post or visit: 

http://scotchandmurder.com/2011/10/deadmau5-ticket-give-away-revision.html

Bermuda Bonnie - Say Something

Local Bermuda Bonnie drops in with their next new single Say Something off their Drama album. Bonnie keeps with the dark vocals and rich sounds that we've grown used to. Always a good combination in our book. Drama is set for release this October via Chill Mega Chill. Download Say Something in the player. Don't you want to try. 

Say Something by Bermudabonnie

DEADMAU5 TICKET GIVEAWAY

Please see Deadmau5 Ticket Giveaway Revision

Justice Remixes The Golden Age

Are you kidding me with this remix Justice? This seriously came out of left field. Here we have the French duo contributing their classic clean bass sound over the super poppy and funky The Golden Age by the The Asteroids Galaxy Tour. The track must be dominating the French House club scene/air waves currently and we guarantee will hit the U.S. very soon. Definitely one of the better remixes coming out lately. What a surprise.


The Golden Age (Justice Remix)

Alex Winston - Velvet Elvis (Crystal Fighters Remix)

We already heard (and loved) RAC's re-work of Alex Winston's Velvet Elvis, now the Crystal Fighters  get their hands on those delicate piercing vocals. They do no disappoint.  

Download Alex Winston - Velvet Elvis (Crystal Fighters Remix) 

Alex Winston - Velvet Elvis (Crystal Fighters Remix) by Crystal Fighters

The New Division - Shallow Play (John Glenn Remix)

The New Division's highly anticipated debut album, Shadows, is finally here. We've been telling you for a minute how much we love the So-Cal new-wave act, so we won't gush our hearts out much more here. What we will do is give you a free remix of Shallow Play by none other than New Division front man John Kunkel's alter ego John Glenn. Go over to bandcamp and pick up the full album because it is fantastic. Once you you've got your paws on that, here are the album's killer lyrics. Simply put, simply fantastic. 

Shallow Play (John Glenn Remix) by The New Division

Apparat - Candil de la Calle

One of Berlin's electronic perfectionists, Apparat, just released his fourth album The Devil's Walk, a blend of melancholic and grandiose tracks remaining in the sphere of the German's unique sound. You may be familiar with the single Black Water, a fantastic 5:00 minute ballad infused with an eerie atmospheric sound and fitting soft vocals. However, the track that stands out the most to us is Candil de la Calle. Completely reminiscent of the 2007 hit You Don't Me.

Apparat - Candil de la Calle


Apparat - Black Water

Holy Ghost! - Hold My Breath (Video)

Finally our favorite Holy Ghost! track gets its own video. While we're not the biggest fans of photo montages, it works pretty perfectly well for Hold My Breath. 

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M.I.A. - Born Free (Jesús Vögel remix) + (Video)

We area a little suprised to find ourselves posting some M.I.A on the old Scotch and Murder Music chart. However, Jesús Vögel's re-work of the track is pretty god damned dope. Check it out. 

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Blood Orange - Champagne Coast

Champagne Toast is the new single from local favorite Blood Orange, who also happens to be embarking on a US tour with CANT (Chris Taylor from Grizzly Bear).  We had the pleasure of witnessing Mr. Orange's performance of this song live at the MoMA PS1's Warm Up Sessions and it was probably one of the most intimate we've seen to date. This guy can rock the hell out of a guitar. Just go into his bedroom. 

Blood Orange - Champagne Coast

IS TROPICAL - LIES (Video)

So today we've learned two things about IS TROPICAL: 1) they make genius music 2) they make genius music videos. The Kitsune band's second single music video takes a different approach from The Greeks. There we saw little boys bringing their creativity to life with nerf guns and cartoon blood. With Lies the band pairs their deep synth and on point vocals with some glitched out retro vulture shots and modern hot sex romp. They don't love you. True colors shine through.

Pick up IS TROPICAL's Native To album from iTunes. 

Download IS TROPICAL - LIES

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M83 - Midnight City Remix EP

Just  a friendly reminder that the M83's Midnight City Remix EP drops today. We've already told you how much we love both Big Black Delta and Trentemøller versions of the track. We round our the EP with the two final re-works of the track by Man Without a Country and Team Ghost. You can stream the entire EP below. Pick up your copy of M83's Midnight City Remix EP directly from M83. 

Midnight City Remixes EP by M83

GAMES - New Disguise

GAMES, the alter ego of Ford & Lopatin, aka Joel Ford and Daniel Lopatin, drop in with a new track New Disguise. The firs track released by the duo since switching names takes on more of groove sound than we are used to under the old moniker. They do however keep with the retro feel from past works. More GAMES please. 

GAMES - No Disguise by Ford & Lopatin

Radiohead - Lotus Flower (SBTRKT Remix)

So we've been listening to the Radiohead TKOL RMX series for a hot minuet now, and we think we've settled on a favorite. SBTRKT adds a little kick, actually make that quite a few kicks, to our latest Radiohead favorite Lotus Flower. SBTRKT sets up the track with about as perfect as an intro as we've heard. We left you two other underplayed high quality tracks from TKOL series as well, remixes by Jamie XX and Caribou.  Long live the King of Limbs. 

Pick-up the entire Radiohead TKOL RMX series directly from Radiohead

Radiohead - Lotus Flower (SBTRKT Remix)


Radiohead - Little By Little (Caribou Remix)


Radiohead - Bloom (Jamie XX Remix)

Com Truise - Brokendate (Video)

Com Turise drops this short film for one of our favorites off his debut full length Galactic Melt.  Brokendate (directed by 10lb Productions) takes on everything 80s detective-noir and sci-fi and delivers it in a finely wrapped five minuet bundle of joy. If you've been following us for a minuet now you have definitely heard of the Brooklyn synth wizard that is Com Truise. If not, then check out a little bio about him here. Also, check out Com Trusie' tour dates. See you at the beach. 

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