For their one year anniversary, dailybeatz asked a bunch of their favorite blogs (including forthebeat!) to each submit a track that reminds them of summer, creating the ultimate “Blogwave Summer” Mixtape.
dailybeatz says, “It was an interesting project because everyone has a different definition of the perfect summer tune, but there’s a great mix of upbeat and chill that all flows together in the end.”
Head HERE to download the zip file and/or the single mp3 file. And here is the track listing, highlighting each of the awesome blogs that participated!
Le Miel du Mois (monthly mixtape on Et Musique Pour Tous) first started in May 2009. When the site temporarily got shut down in June 2009, the May tape was lost as was a ton of amazing EMPT content. The site was re-born in July 2009, and since is bigger and better, but Le Miel du Mois: Mai was never re-posted, until now…
Track List:
Metric - Help I'm Alive (The Twelves Remix)
Air France – Collapsing at your Doorstep
Passion Pit – The Reeling (Calvin Harris Remix)
White Rabbits – Percussion Gun Bad Veins - The Lie (Acoustic)
Royksopp – What Else is There (Ministry of Sound Remix) The Golden Filter - Solid Gold
Chairlift – Planet Health
Amadou & Mariam – Sabali
Moby – Shot in the Back of the Head
Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy (Air France Remix)
We’ve put together our “Best of” list — forthebeat’s 9 of ‘09, featuring 9 original tracks and 9 remixes. Not all of these debuted in 2009, but this list is comprised of our favorite tunes we couldn’t stop repeating, all year long.
Our friends over at Et Musique Pour Tous have compiled the list into an 18 track, candy for your ears, end of year mixtape. Head over to EMPT and download here. In no particular order, the track listing:
One of EMPT’s fans, KIKI, left an extensive comment list that is nothing short of amazing, describing how each track makes her feel. Some incredible highlights here:
track 3: I fucking love a-trak. and the word alchemy. at 2:28 I’m jamming with steph in a club and then we’re at the beach and then in a plane….by about 4:25 we’re at hiro.
track 6: YESSSSSSSSSS. NO WORDS. JUST PARTY MOVES AND PARTY DRESSES. SEQUIN ONES. black sequins, and spaghetti straps and champagne and a disco ball and jumping on banquettes. and falling in love or out…
track 8: I wish I could walk around nyc with songs like this blasting from a boom box on my shoulder.
track 9: saturday afternoons during ny winter with no real sunlight and rain and snow and walking down the street with a hat and mittens and loving whats in your ears and loving strangers.
First off, SPiN is pretty awesome. I don’t remember the last time I hung out at a private, swanky and trendy ping pong club. That’s right – never. Guests including Susan Sarandon and Judah Friedlander (who dominated the ping pong tables while wearing his “World Champion” hat) sipped Belvedere and some kind of tequila cocktails and checked out the 100th Anniversary Collection from Fred Perry.
When Friendly Fires hit the stage, the crowd gathered around for a super intimate, high-energy set. Lead-singer Ed Macfarlane broke out his signature moves, causing the crowd to hit the dance floor and Macfarlane’s band mates to laugh at his on-stage antics of feverishly shaking his head and tail.
If you haven’t caught a live show by these guys, check out their tour schedule now. If you’re in New York City, they’re playing Webster Hall with The xx in December; however, the show is sold out – but you’re resourceful! If you’re on the West Coast, The xx and Holly Miranda (of the Jealous Girlfriends) are supporting Friendly Fires on tour. Here are some tunes from all three…
