F.O.O.L - Vision (Bestrack Remix)

Bestrack remixes F.O.O.L's "Vision". If you have any doubt that this electro record is a hit, check out what one user wrote on the Souncloud page. I quote: "How do I buy this? Money is shivering in my pockets'. How often does one read something like that? Your money would be warm here, and your cerebellum is not too cold either. This post has been endorsed by dead presidents and electrifying precedents.

College feat. Electric Youth vs Phoenix - A Real Hero & Fences (Alcala Mash-Up)

Alcala releases one of those things that is such a good idea, so essential and enjoyable, that you wonder why you never thought of it before. Why not combine some of the best stuff from the Drive soundtrack (in this case, "Real Human Being") and combine it with the best of Phoenix (namely, "Fences") and see what you get? The result is especially great. Recently the director of "Drive" has spoken about possibly making a "Drive 2". It would focus on a villain driver. We'd like to submit this song with this idea: A mastermind, relentlessly solitary driver who can combine all cool soundtracks electronic with scary ease.

Juveniles - Through The Night (Yuksek remix)

Yuksek does a remix for the lovely French band, Juveniles. 'Lovely' was the word used by Yuksek in the SoundCloud page. Take one listen to the magnetically dark 80's mix and you'll see it's a different kind of loveliness. This is a loveliness of power and strength, not daisies and demure. The remix will be out on the 11th (digital) and the 18th (vinyl) and will also feature Breton and Pegase.

Lifelike and Popular Computer - Getting High (Remix)

Final DJ's humbly submit their set of remixes for the Lifelike and Popular Computer series. The track is classified as 'synth love', which is an understatement. The track is a sandwich of synths, plump funk ones stacked right on top of gleaming dance ones. The vocoder from the original remains, but the rest is all Final DJ's. And what an all the rest is.

Clams Casino - Instrumental Mixtape 2

Stellar instrumental mixtape dropped today by Clams Casino.  The mix features some his finest work including trakcs done for A$AP Rocky, Lana Del Rey, Washed Out, and The Weeknd. The mix also includes clammy clams' very own previously unreleased track Human.  You can download the full mix here. Check it. 

Clams Casino - Human

Ryan Riot - Loading Procedure (Original Mix)

Ryan Riot releases an original mix of "Loading Procedure". The artwork and its dense dimensions might not express it, but "Loading Procedure" is an immediately danceable synth-wave. Snap drums, delicately pitched vocals, dance excellence throughout. This is music for fun, of course, but its funny that it takes up a mechanical process that has reached its own digital counterpart: Waiting for something to load. This is the kind of music that can mind the gaps and fill the spaces, load and unload.

Aeroplane May 2012 Mix

Aeroplane unleashes his mix for the just passed month of May. The mix features artists like Tanner Ross, Baio, Rory Phillips, and more. If you're looking for a theme, the mix begins with Tanner Ross' "Straight to the Moon", and ends on the Ross Phillips' "Cosmic Fluff". You'll go everywhere from Mars to dark matter, Venus to Voltron in-between. Intergalactic Planetary.

Boys Noize - Donnastag

Boys Noize release the slick "Donnastag". The first half of the songs name (ad the first half of the song)  recall the glittering dance vibes of Donna Summer. The other half, more jagged and unkempt, reminds one of Big Boi's famous line about watching a "stallion with skates on" dance. Awkward, but too surreal not to be cool. Even stallions sans skates would dance to this record.

Brodka - Dancing Shoes (Kamp! Remix)

Brodka gets the remix treatment from Kamp in the glittering "Dancing Shoes".  The mix is on point. Or, more appropriately, en pointe. "Dancing Shoes' has a finely arched, wavy but never wavering synth to guide it through. It's Kamp doing camp, in the best way.

Shook - Love For You

Shook releases a slow funk-electronic burner. "Love For You" sounds like a curious mix of P-Funk and G-drive. This track is the comfy side of computer love. It's the loving from a boxy (but still cute) Windows PC, not a sleek and flightly Mac. You can pre-order Shook's set "Distorted Love/Love For You" on the artists bandcamp.

Maribel - Jezebel Jive (Keep Shelly in Athens Remix)

Keep Shelly in Athens remixes Maribel's "Jezebel Jive". The mix comes equipped with Keep Shelly in Athens usual impeccable atmospherics. This one includes perhaps the most elastic, bending synth you're likely to hear. And true to Keep Shelly in Athens' resistance to typecasting, the very next moments surge into an almost trip-hop track: crushed drums and boom bap. The legend of Jezebel held that right before her death she put on her finest look. That's this remix: Sinking and dark, but going down in style.

Capcom - Pulse EP

Capcom sets his ticker on the Pulse EP, a strong three song set of popping electronica. The EP is sprawling, despite its small stature. Opener "1981 (Forgive)" is one of the best records the Cocteau Twins never made. "Broken Shell" is an intricate faberge record with enough electronic meticulousness to justify its namesake. "Save Me" is perhaps the most immediately accessible, a perfectly contemporary power club track. Pulse EP comes strongly recommended.

Adventure Club Dubstep - Wait

Adventure Club Dubstep, a dubstep duo from Montreal, release "Wait". In case you were worried that these dubstep experts would be too coldly removed from thrashing indie rock, you'll be pleasantly surprised when you recognize the vocal sample. Adventure Club Dubstep bring the Yeah Yeah Yeah's early hit "Maps" to 2012, and under the ever growing umbrella of dubstep. The results are fun, and actually not that far removed from the sounds of YYY's last record. It's blitzful.

Work Nights - Boogie Lights

Work Drugs make a record for those who live their nights under seedy lights. Writes Work Drugs: "Boogie Lights" is dedicated to Anna LePierse, one of our oldest friends who left sailing college in the Keys to pursue her dreams of "making it" in Hollywood. After a few years she found her calling....out in the valley...and well the rest is history. We wish her all the best." The track is a decidedly low key and relaxing affair, nestling comfortably in its pop electronic roots. "Boogie Lights" is the latest single from Work Drugs' upcoming album Absolute Bearing, due for release on Bobby Cahn records in July. I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star.

Catching up with Jesse Ruins (Remixes)

Jesse Ruins has gone on a remixing rampage. Below are remixes of Linda Mirada's Secundario, Teen Daze's The Future, and Brothertiger's Lovers---and they're all killer. The "Secundario" remix finds Jesse Ruins minding the gap---it's a master study in tempo and timing, with the icy vocals cooling over at just the right occasion. "Lovers" is a forceable, synth heavy wicked-liquid track. And the remix of "The Future" is a clicking, seductively anticipatory record with warm bass and chilled overtones. All killer, no filler.

RAC - Hollywood (ft. Penguin Prison)

RAC and Penguin Prison climb the hills of Hollywood. The song is a power prop staple about that most unfortunate of happenings. Your friend has, as they say, 'gone Hollywood'. The condition is particularly lamentable because one has to be gorgeous just to survive. And that precarious balance, between a million dollar look and a two dollar budget, is the vibe that Hollywood gives. It's a sheening, bright track with a slightly sinister underbelly.

Plump DJ's vs. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule the World

Plump DJ's release a tribute to a favorite band of theirs (and ours), Tears for Fears. The track is less a face off and more of a kiss-off: A lovingly arranged, unapologetically frenetic elegy to a most influential band.  Plump DJ's write that this track is meant to be played at the end of a set, from the very beginning to the very end. It's easy to get lost in a mix and hear the din of another song calling you to skip to it, but let this one play. We trust it won't be too difficult.

Dark Inc. Live at Sullivan Hall

Come out to Sullivan's Hall tomorrow night for a Scotch and Murder event. Dark Inc. will be bringing their mix of dub, classical, nu-jazz, and drum and bass. The duo split their time between New York City and Italy, and their output is the wonderful product of a perpetually stylish nomad. The group's aesthetic is a remarkable confluence of the sounds scabrous and slick---a perfect backdrop to a thirsty Thursday. The Dark Inc. event at Sullivan's Hall begins at 10:30 tomorrow. Tickets are a steal at $10.

Summer Camp - Always

Summer Camp release "Always", the title track off their forthcoming EP. The track is a cascading discotech record with a grnarly guitar in the middle. Summer Camp have thrown seemingly disparate influences against the wall, and they're sticking wonderfully in "Always". This is an unabashed summer record---remarkably anthemic and fit for nearly any occasion. If wedding receptions actually played good music, this would be on their playlist. We'll always have "Always", and we'll have more to savor on the EP's July 9th release.

Mumbai Science-128 Memories per Minute Video Series

Mumbai Science, the Belgian techno duo of Maarten Elen and Jonas Kiesekoms are involved in an exciting new project-a tour diary the likes of which we haven't seen before. In collaboration with aooa.tv, Mumbai Science are 'capturing instants of their tour life in somewhat epileptic fashion, on the rhythm of their own tracks'. Mumbai Science comment: "The series is some kind of tour diary, capturing the awesome and less awesome moments on the road. There are no rules to it. We just read in a psychological research paper that keeping a journal enhances your life and well being. We really understand ourselves better now".  If you post the 128 Memories per Minute Video on your Facebook, you've got a shot to win a limited edition Mumbai Science Unified Theory Trilogy Vinyl Picture Disc. Check out the trailer below, and remember to follow along. You have no clue what you'll find. And neither do Mumbai Science.

Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns

Simian Mobile Disco have released their latest album, Unpatterns. The album has the familiar Simian off kilter, energetic bent, but this time the bend is particularly sinister.

Unpatterns finds Simian Mobile Disco in a taut and paired down place:Listen to the narrow opening of 'A Species out of Control', which sounds like an army of trumpet playing red ants furiously marching along. Or the coldly elongated vocals on 'Your Love Ain't Fair', a breathless track backed by mock operatic strings lying beside a grimy backbeat.  Or the deceptively prickly synths on 'Interference', perhaps the most immediately danceable track on here- but still rumbling with a sense of all control slipping from tightly fisted hands.

The tracks on Unpatterns are longer than previous Simian Mobile Disco releases, and this album is notably absent on guest vocals. The album is noticeably unadorned in surface fireworks, and the joys here are in the careful textures that Simian Mobile Disco create: Raw, ranging, and accessible in the best way: Unpatterns comforts the disturbed, and disturbs the comforted.

Le Youth-Night Swimming Mix (Exclusive mix for La Nuit)

Le Youth releases a stunning Night Swimming Mix for LA disco/house party throwers, La Nuit.  The mix includes cuts from Falcon Punch, Only Children, Donna Summer, and more. Instructions for the mix: 1. To be played at level 9 2. To be played poolside 3. To be played in large speakers among friends. Absolutely no work or seriousness allowed. Swim good.

Work Drugs-Swimmer Girl

Work Drugs releases Swimmer Girl. The track sets a late afternoon meditating by the pool scene that would make Phoebe Cates jealous. It's a fine summer sedative. Check out Work Drugs's youtube channel for the Swimmer Girl video, including a NSFW version. We're looking forward to seeing Work Drugs on September 23rd at Glasslands Gallery.

Lifelike & Popular Computer - Getting High

Lifelike and Popular Computer gives us Getting High, a ripping Nu-Disco cut. The track is uncanny in its resemblance to the tops of the 80's. This kind of track is what the vocoder was made for. Turn up your personal computer and do The Clone dance; it'll be almost life-like. And buy Getting High from the Beatport link below.

Lindbergh Palace - Rollerskater EP

Lindbergh Palace's Rollerskater EP is an architecturally rich release, which is no surprise given the namesake of the band : Lindbergh Palace was taken from the hotel name in Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums, a film about a wealthy, displaced family that comes together to bittersweet degrees. Rollerskater EP is in this mold: at times heavy and warmly familiar, and at times light and limn in its alienation---both modes often stacked on top of one another like the most delicate of houses.

Sweet and bitter is an apt description for Rollerskater---the gnarly techno textures are confidently preserved, and melded into pop sensibilities. It's rare that, in the short space of an EP, a listener experiences the narrative and minute arrangement of a full length album. But Rollerskater has narrative and bold vision on full display: The EP opens with two synth heavy, shiver spine tracks ('Rollerskater', 'Legendary'), then hits a perfect middle ground in 'West Coast', an airy, splendid downbeat track that hints some of the more sparse, elegiac textures that follow. 

The album begins when : 'When I go out, after we've had a fight, I want to cry' and ends 'those days don't fade/they keep calling, calling me'.  It's a credit to Lindbergh Palace that we don't know exactly what days they wish to recall: the light, or the dark. From their impeccable handling of both shades, we'll guess both will remain. It's telling that Lindbergh Palace sings of the impossibility of days fading away immediately after a track that laments that one day you won't be recognized. In its last moments, the EP seems to offer the possibility of redemption, but a single reading won't do this EP justice. What is clear is that the Rollerskater EP will remain in the crevices of our brains for a while, gliding in and out in of all the dark and light places.

We at Scotch & Murder can't get enough of Lindbergh Palace, so we've included a remix of their track 'Days Don't Fade', done by Johan Agebjorn and Le Prix:

Daft Punk - Brainwasher(Erol Alkan Horror-House Dub)

An oldie but a goodie. Horror comes when you least expect it. So, in the middle of a flowering May, say hello to Erol Alkan's horror-house dub of Daft Punk's Brainwasher. It's the kind of blisteringly evil track that, as Salman Rushdie once said, will make your skull smile. It'll have you screaming 'the horror, the horror' as you two step. The skull smiles and the brain embalms.

Yeasayer - Henrietta

Check out a new blitzed track from Yeasayer, Henrietta. The track is really two parts---a defiant electro/ reggae-tinged groove for the opening minutes, then a down-tempo, almost choral ambient groove. It's a credit to Yeasayer that the two parts blend together seamlessly: both independent and necessary to the whole. The track is spacious enough to let you fill in the blanks: HNRTTA. Don't forget to catch Yeasayer on tour this summer.

Summer Camp-Life

Summer Camp release a track about that little thing called Life. It would not surprise the Scotch and Murder crew if this track becomes a dance hall staple. Parts prime Madonna 80's exuberance, and parts  00's techno techtonic, Life is quite an accomplished record. The track is off their upcoming EP Always, which will be released July 10th. Is it too early to ask summer to hurry up?

Reptar - Age of Consent (New Order Cover-Live From Baeble SXSW)

Check out Reptar's Live from SXSW cover of New Order's Age of Consent.  The lead singers voice can be manic and bold, a turn from the crooning of New Order's vocalist to a kind of Frank Black lead. Reptar's debut album, Body Faucet, is out now. Head over to their band web site--it's one of the most inventive we've seen. And you check out the full concert over at Music Babel.

Miike Snow - The Wave (Brodinski Remix)

The ever-consistent Brodinski releases his latest remix, a lively reworking of Miiike Snow's the Wave. Brodinski makes this wave into more of the crowd surfing kind rather than the silent break on the sea shore kind. The remix is guttural and slicing, crushing and dicing. It's about as far inland and mechanic as you can imagine. Bump one for Brodinski.

Miike Snow - The Wave (Brodinski Remix)

Twilite - I Am The Sun (Kamp! Remix)

Kamp crafts a beaming remix of Twilite's I Am The Sun. The mix is this side up on the sunny-synth side. The vocals praise the sun and the flowers, but there is a hint of Icarus in their singing. It reminds me of a story: A young girl, thinking she was ugly, thought she could be beautiful if her face was all flowers. With a little reluctance from the gardner, she was able to get dozens and dozens of his flowers, which she promptly stuffed into her ears, up her nose, and down her mouth. She ended up sneezing, spitting, and spinning the flowers out, of course, but one has to admire the audacity to be that bright and sunny.

The Hint - Plus One Minus One (Le Youth Remix)

Le Youth adds a bouncing remix to The Hint's Plus One Minus One. At one point in the record, it almost seems unclear as to whether the vocals are saying 'to save you' or 'to save (le) youth'. But Le Youth is in need of no help, clearly, zipping up and down defying ineluctable dance tempo's in this one. Highly recommended. For all our LA heads, don't miss Le Youth and the Phantom's Revenge at La Cita on May 26th. Free download in the player. 

Tina Turner-What's Love Got To Do (Zimmer Rework)

Zimmer reworks a 3 A.M soul classic, Tina Turner's What's Love Got To Do With It. The title says it is a reworking, not a remix. You don't remix Tina Turner, auto-tune her voice or baritone it down. You keep her vocals, and see what you can add for her to groove over. And Zimmer adds a lot, boosting the classic record with five times the funk and a slight tropical tinge. Free download in the player.

Caribou Heading Out On Tour With Radiohead

Caribou announces that they will be touring with alternative titans Radiohead for a series of North American tour dates. The tour begins May 29th in Mansfield, MA and ends June 16th in Toronto. In between, they'll hit New Jersey, DC, Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan. This is a steal for the Midwest and low East. Caribou will be playing tracks from his latest, Swim, and (possibly) something from his new music coming in 2013.

Caribou on tour with Radiohead:
May 29 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
May 31 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
June 01 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
June 03 Washington, DC Verizon Center Arena
June 05 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
June 06 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
June 10 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
June 11 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
June 13 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
June 15 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
June 16 Toronto, ON Downsview Park

Flight Facilities - With You feat. Grovesnor (Official Video)

Flight Facilities release a richly animated official video for With You. The video follows a failed love affair dipped in aquamarine blue and the light dance hall touch of Flight Facilities. Rarely does a color scheme match an artist so successfully. The sonic predecessors for Flight Facilities sound like a mix between Arthur Russell and Daft Punk---an exciting combination to say the least. Pick up the single here.

Selebrities - Regret

Selebrities releases the blitzing Regret. The track is a dance-synth lemonade of a track---smartly sour and cooly enlivened. The bittersweet Regret is out just in time for your May to December. The track is from the Kitsune American Compilation, which you can pick up on  iTunes.

Trust - Sulk (Video)

Trust, an instant SMM favorite, releases a live video for their dark electronic track, Sulk. The video follows a endless array of partygoers out for one night only. It is a splendidly panoramic video. We see people dancing as if they are five beers past their limit, we see eager partygoers driving in freshly shined cars, and even two relaxing on top of an infinite hill after a great night out. You'll be seething that you weren't there, here, and everywhere. Trust performs at the Music Hall of Music Williamsburg along side Light Asylum on July 8th. Our tickets have been purchased. 

Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (SIMØNE Tribute to Adam Yauch)

SIMØNE offers up a wonderful tribute to Adam Yauch and one of the Beastie Boy's biggest hits, Intergalactic. The track has found a worthy partner in SIMØNE's remix.The mix is a funky and inspired collage of sound that the endlessly inventive Beastie Boys would have appreciated. It's difficult to put into words how futuristic Intergalactic sounded when it came out, and how ahead of its time it still sounds.  SIMØNE has been granted a license to ill.

Destroyer Announces North American Tour

Destroyer announces an extensive North American tour (dates below). Kicking off in Seattle on June 3rd, Dan Bejar and his band will tour through the month, ending their tour on June 25th in Minneapolis. Post-rock / indie rock should come out and give Bejar's enigmatic lyrics in that radical of his a listen.  Just remember it's not a war until someone loses an eye. Oh, and they didn't forget New York. Mark your calendar for Destroyer at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on June 18th. We'll be seeing you. Purchase Purchase tickets to see Destroyer in your city. 

Destroyer Tour Dates
Jun 03 Seattle WA - The Showbox
Jun 04 Portland OR - Aladdin Theatre
Jun 05 San Francisco CA - The Fillmore
Jun 06 Los Angeles CA - El Rey Theatre
Jun 07 Phoenix AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
Jun 08 Albuquerque NM - Launchpad
Jun 09 Denver CO - The Bluedbird Theatre
Jun 10 Lawrence KS - The Granada
Jun 11 Iowa City IA - The Blue Moon Tap House
Jun 13 Milwaukee WI - Turner Hall
Jun 14 Grand Rapids MI - The Ladies Literary Club
Jun 15 Cleveland OH - Beachland Ballroom
Jun 16 Washington DC - 930 Club
Jun 17 Philadelphia PA - Union Transfer
Jun 18 Brooklyn NY - Brooklyn Masonic Temple
June 19: New York NY - Le Poisson Rouge
Jun 20 Boston MA - Paradise
Jun 21 Montreal QC - Rialto Theatre
Jun 23 Toronto ON - The Opera House
Jun 24 Chicago IL - Metro
Jun 25 Minneapolis MN - Cedar Cultural Center

Julia Stone - It's All Okay (Active Child Remix)

Julia Stone's "It's All Okay" gets a loving remix from Active Child. Julia Stone's vocals are a mix of the spritely Joanna Newsom and the dark side of the Cocteau Twins. Active Child knows just what to do with the instrumental: Make it icy and ethereal. We hope these two meet up again in the future, and we know we will be hearing a lot more from Julia Stone very soon: her upcoming album, By the Horns, is out May 29th.

2:54 - Creeping

2:54 of creeping rarely sounded good, but don't let the title of 2:54's newest track skeeve you out. Creeping, an expertly realized mix of gutter rock and electronic, is everything inviting. The track recalls some of the best of 90's icons like Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth, with a decidedly post-noughties cautious optimism. A highly recommended cut. Creeping is set to be released on June 18th off Fiction Records.

Kris Menace & the KiKi Twins-We Are (Ren Riz remix)

Ren Riz remixes Kris Menace & The KiKi Twins' We Are. The remix is a slow burner.  A heavy, beautiful piano threads through the track, from We Are's sparse elegiac opening notes to its funk house vocal breakouts. Whereas the vocals on the original were the climax, here perhaps they are the bottoming out. A lonely singer, the last one left in the club at 4:47 A.M, reels out her last lines behind the sober instrumental.

Duke Dumont - For Club Play Only Vol. 1

Duke Dumont releases his first EP for Turbo Recordings. The released song, Street Walker, is an infectious mix of soul and electronic. No surprise that it samples a neo soul classic, D'Angelo's "Devil's Pie". We eagerly await more from Duke Dumont. Fuck the slice, we want the pie.

Chris Malinchak-Ironbound EP

Chris Malinchak releases his Ironbound EP. The five song EP is tautly arranged and imaginative release. Ironbound is a work truly worth of 'Extended Play' label it bears. There's something here for everyone: Compare the sun funk of opener 'There I Was (Again)' to the dark house of 'Razor 2.0', for one example. Buy the set on Beatport.

Teen Daze - What You Feel

Teen Daze release What You Feel. The track is a b-side from "All of us, Together", and it's an A-plus cut. What You Feel is a breezy 'house-disco' track. It feels exceptionally refreshing in its accomplished joining of the two genres that grow increasingly distant from one another. This is a big step from an act that has proven that it can inhabit and celebrate nearly any sound.

Zombie Zombie - Rocket n 9 (Gesaffelstein Remix)

Take a listen to this rip of Gesaffelstein's remix of Zombie Zombie's ripping Rocket n9.  The track is a treat for zombies, zebras, and just about anything and everything else. Gesaffelstein's rich mix of electronic history and contemporary innovation should come as no surprise. He is 576 years old, after all, according to Brodinski. He's been doing this a while. The remix is out soon on Versatile.

Scotch and Murder The Playlists: A Supreme Set

Every now and then we put together a playlist of tracks that is so out of this world we feel obligated to share it with you. This is the latest of those playlists. A Supreme Set features some of our most recent favorite tracks (full track list below). To get the full set of MP3s e-mailed to you simply sign up to our mailing list. Get on their soon as the list will only be sent out at midnight tonight. We will only be use your your address to send you awesome playlists. Nothing more, nothing less. 

A SUPREME SET from Scotch_and_Murder on 8tracks.

TRACK LIST:

Purity Ring - Obedear 

Twin Shadow - Five Seconds 

Work Drugs - Coral Gables

Breakbot - Programme 

Moon Boots - Got Somebody 

Cadillac - Too Long (Daft Punk Cover)

Sébastien Tellier - Cochon Ville (The Magician Remix) 

Active Child - Hanging On (GRVRBBRS Remix) 

Tears For Fears - Shout (SIMØNE Remix) 

Alexander Holland - City Full of Lights (Gigamesh Remix) 

Foster The People - Don't Stop (Oliver Remix)

Final DJs - F.A.R.E.W.E.L.L 

Zambri - Hundered Hearts