Remixed: Fred Falke

Fred Falke

Today, I introduce a new category of posts on my blog. In Remixed: … I will present amazing work of my favourite remixers.

The first one that I’m going to present is Fred Falke. Actually, I discovered him not so long ago, but I’m impressed with his work on ‘New in Town’ by Little Boots and ‘Anthonio’ by Annie. Both of them are shown further in this post.

The remixes I like the most are the ones changing the vibe/character of the song or expose elements that aren’t present in the foreground in the original version. It happened several times to me that I hadn’t liked the original of the song until I heard the remix and discovered this special something that made me change my mind.

In this case, I liked both ‘Anthonio’ and ‘New in Town’ very much from the very beginning. However, as I have already mentioned before, I am impressed how Fred Falke has changed them.

Dizzee

Dizzee Rascal

Although I know that Dizzee Rascal is good (Mercury Prize for his debut album speaks for itself), I have never really felt like listening to him. I guess it’s not my piece of cake. However, his recent two singles are undeniably catchy. I think it’s because of the collaborations that wouldn’t be your first choice when you think of Rascal.
Last summer, his song ‘Dance Wiv Me’ featuring Calvin Harris went straight to #1 on UK charts. Recently, Dizzee collaborated with Armand van Helden on ‘Bonker’ that is #1 on UK iTunes charts currently.
Who knows, maybe I will give his upcoming album Tongue “N” Cheek (due to release in September) a try?

So far, let’s have a look at the videos for these singles:

Sexiest Music Videos: Love Sex Magic

Ciara, Ciara, Ciara, Ciara and Ciara

If this video had been released before I published the final episode of the sexiest music video series, it definitely would have been included in it. Ciara returns with a strong pop hit ‘Love Sex Magic’ featuring Justin Timberlake. Even though the chemistry between them isn’t obvious in the song, the music video emanates with sexuality. Well, when was the last time that you saw two well-established singers licking each other’s ears and chins (what’s worth adding: in good taste)? I can’t recall such a thing, to be honest.
Apart from erotic interaction between Ciara and Justin (actually, he’s quite passive, isn’t he?), there is a horizontal pole dancing (!) and the most stunning lighting effects. I adore each and every frame of this video; it’s an extraordinary eye candy. If this wasn’t enough, you can add Ciara’s amazing moves and genuine sex-appeal to make the picture complete. The music video is directed by Diane Matrel.

Jessica 6

Woo hoo! Good stuff for fans of Hercules and Love Affair! One of the band’s singers, Nomi, sings in another project called Jessica 6. Check out this video of the great live performance of their song ‘Fun Girl’ – I want more!!!

Jessica 6’s myspace

Top 10 albums of 2008: part 2 (of 2)

The final top 5 albums in the ranking.

M83’s video contest winner

As you can remember I have already posted one video that was taking part in M83’s video contest some time ago. Here is the winning one: directed by Alex Takacs and Joe Nankin of Young Replicant.
The shots and the lighting – absolutely amazing!
Congrats!

Top 10 albums of 2008: part 1 (of 2)

Now that I’m in the holiday zone finally, I can listen to all the music, watch all the music videos, and write on the blog without the feeling I should be studying for the exams. So here I return again (it comes in waves, doesn’t it?) with new posts.

I have never managed to finish my ‘top ten albums of 2008’, so I’ll do it now, in two post (I’d better write both of them right now just to make sure they will appear on my blog soon). I changed positions of some albums in the former ranking, but the very top ones are still.