I have more than 1 reason to be thankful for these guys right now. Pizza, double cheeseburgers, spaghetti, delicious… all you can eat in Buffet Libre.

1.
For the past year or so, these guys from Spain have been putting out some of the most tasteful mixtapes I’ve laid ears on (aka the Verbena series). It’s less of the ‘computer mixing trickery’ and more of just straight pure awesome track selection. The mixing is smooth, to the point, and seamless. No tacky trickery here to make up for the mindless process of building your tracklist around what ‘the blogs you follow on hypem‘ post weekly.

2.
Today after my hellish first block of finals, I was looking for some relief and Marc from Buffet Libre was chillin in my mailbox to the rescue. I may not have ever mentioned here, but for the past months, a song has been haunting my memory. Ever since the day I tried to remember the title of it to play at a party. It would NOT come to me. From then on, a day hasn’t passed without me hearing the intro/vocals/rhythm of that mystery song.

That went on for about 3 months………and finally ended today. All thanks to…
Verbena Selected vol. 4. (right click, save as). Tracklist is after the break.
[See post to listen to audio]

If any of you guys are in Barcelona, Mardrid or Outer Space, make sure you check these spots out.

VERBENA NO.4 WEEKEND:
June 20 – Buffetlibre Dj’s @ Be Cool (Barcelona)
June 21 – Buffetlibre Dj’s + Kavisky @ Low Club (Madrid)
June 23 – Buffetlibre Dj’s + Culture Prophet + Sidechains @ Secret Mansion Party

OH, and that one track that was stuck in my head FOREVER was from both paris natives–
The Shoes – Knock Out (Tom Deluxx Remix)
[See post to listen to audio]

I can’t believe I forgot the artist/title of this track. It’s even 4 starred in my library. I’ve even blogged about The Shoes before. Hmm funny, that was right around finals time as well. anyways. time to study more.

The Shoespace
Deluxxspace

TRACKLIST BUFFETLIBRE DJ’S ‘VERBENA NO.4′:
1. Sidechains – Buffetlibre’s Theme
2. Frankmusik – In Step
3. The Shoes – Knock Out!
4. D*L*I*D – Discovision
4. Grum – Love Disco
6. The Touch – Le Night Dominator
7. Das Pop – Fool For Love (Super7 remix)
8. Jupiter One – Countdown (Designer Drugs extended remix)
9. Moulinex – Lover In Me
10. Boys Noize – Oh! (A-Trak remix)
11. Crytptonites – Can’t Give You Up
12. Primary 1 . Hold Me Down (The Shoes remix)
13. Hearts Revolution – CYOA (LSMR remix)
14. Top Billin – My Girl Wants To
15. Culture Prophet – Death Of The Party
16. Headman – Catch Me If You Can (Bag Raiders remix)
17. Juiceboxxx And Dre Skull – Center Stage (Curses! remix)
18. A-Ha – Hunting High And Low (Louis La Roché remix)
19. The Millioners – Body Into Use
20. Sam Sparro – Black And Gold (Russ Chimes remix)
21. Familjen – Huvudet I Sanden
22. Heartache – Don’t Stop (Lifelike remix)
23. Bonde Do Role – Solta O Frango (Busy To Disco remix)
24. New Europeans – Dr. Rhythm (Facteur remix)
25. Vitaminsforyou – B4U

Some smarty pants from a website which will remain nameless thought he/she would be cool and decided to BCC everyone instead of CC.

BOOO!!! you can’t kill it!

Message list is still going strong. There have been many a meme. People are even talking about the weather. Watch out twitter, your growing pains will be overtaken by the almighty CC list!

Well, for all those of you who are about to embark on a week of finals that may or may not kill you, here are some compressed audio files that will keep you alive.

After not hearing from Neon Coyote for a while, MOCIAS John hits me back with an amazing update. They’ve added a new player to the pack, Chico Love, and he’s fitting in quite nicely. He’s also a fan of stuffing an insane amount of tracks into a ~20 minute timeframe, so be ready for some nice A.D.D. induced mixing. I’m so down. Track list to die for. makin me bounce as we speaaaaak.

Neon Coyote – From Chico With Love (right click, save as)
[See post to listen to audio]

Le Castle Vania is no stranger in the blog scene. I think he has an LA and ATL identity crisis. Maybe the letters are confusing to him. Maybe he’s epileptic AND albino??? Anyway, his albino ass be mixing shit straight from the vampire demon lairs themselves. VERY ENJOYABLE, YES VERY.

Here he is remixing GRUM’s ‘Go Back’. It doesn’t really need any remixing, but the LCV remix makes it explode in the chorus. really. explosion. like huge. in a metal kind of way.

GRUM – Go Back (Le Castle Vania Remix)
[See post to listen to audio]

Keep on rocking out and keep on replying to all, my friends.

real important business.

new track……….it’s ILL………

…………and ready TO DESTROY

AAAAAAAAHHH!!!POIJWPOE*JW)E*(FJEW it’s so good. METALLICA + DAFTPUNK

it’s not a final cut….. but holy shit. they’re [the bloody beetroots] once again stepping it up.

Bloody Beetroots – Ill to Destroy
[See post to listen to audio]

hey, italy record police, don’t blame me. blame iheartcomix.

I often run into the misfortune of hearing a great song, and then hearing a remix of it that’s absolutely horrid. I’m not going to name any names, because that’s not what I’m about (tonight).

This is not one of those situations. The PAM sporting kids Klaxons‘ “As Above, So Below” turned out to be one of my favorite tracks from their album Myths of the Near Future and I was insanely pumped when I found out one of the TUFTSMANIA OGs, Justice, was working on a remix of Klaxons. I wondered what it would be for a long time, but I eventually forgot about it. About a month ago, it dropped somewhat quietly in the blog scene, and I was too busy [with school] to write about it.

Let me tell you now, this is one of my tracks of 2007. Klaxons and Justice, word to your mom?

you may recognize the justice track from my halloween party set last week.

here’s the original
Klaxons – As Above, So Below
[See post to listen to audio]

and the remix
Klaxons – As Above, So Below (Justice As a Fool, So Believes RMX)
[See post to listen to audio]

Make sure you check out my homie Disaster over at missingtoof who notes the influence of the oldschool doobie brothers in the justice version.

Throwbacks to classic oldies artists are starting to become a staple in Justice’s sound, and I’m down!

Mr. Miyagi is non-stop! I play this over and over, along with all the other tracks I play over and over.

This is a remix of Cicada’s already sweet track, “Beautiful”

Cicada – Beautiful (Mr. Miyagi Rmxxxx)
[See post to listen to audio]

I hear they got some new stuff in the works, so stay tuned.

i’m such a fag. Enough gushing.

Lately, a certain someone with a name beginning with CH and ending with O has been destroying blogs worldwide. No, not Chromeo.
Germany’s Choreo is back, and he wants to play the 80’s synth banger game.

The syncopated cowbell/hats, the synth, perfect tom fills, the dirty guitar riffs, and what!!???!?!? HAND CLAPS TO FINISH THE BUILD UP INTO THE LAST VERSE!?!?!??? COME ON!!!

Choreo 1, The Game 0.

in all its 320kb/s glory only from TUFTSMANIA…

Choreo – SpotlightZ
[See post to listen to audio]

I feel like bouncing at the mere thought of this track. Overall, the track has a very ‘ghetto tech/miami bass’ feel to it, and it works oh so very well. From beginning to end, it keeps the heartrate up and with a tiny little bridge into buildup in the middle gives it a suspenseful changeup in pace. But before you know it, the track beats you down in the face for slowing down and enjoying the sweetness of the melody.

so don’t stop.

You too, Neon Coyote, you too.

turn it up really, really loud for this one.
Cassie – Me & U (Thoroughly Banging Neon Coyote Remix) (zshare backup link)
[See post to listen to audio]

This just in, a TUFTSMANIA exclusive, new Neon Coyote remix!!

The Brooklyn duo John and Will make up Neon Coyote. With a recent spot on Indie 103.1’s “NEON NOISE” with D.A.N.C.E.P.A.R.T.Y., they’re on a hot streak and here’s what they have to say about their style.

“Neon Coyote is constantly trying to make every song and mix sound different from the last. I try and listen to songs and see if they could be portrayed in a different light like with the Eluvium or Mstrkft remix, but then sometimes its just fun to pump the shit out of a track like 9H20. So no matter what, we try to keep people on their toes.” – Will

“We got a dark side, a coke rap side, a mellow side, a dirty electro side, and a kodak moment side.
And we’re trying to do it all at the same time. We’re hard working. I just wanna see people freak their stuff when they’re listening to our tunes.” – John

I’ve been in contact with these guys for a minute now, and all the things I hear coming from their magic fingers has been showing improvement, attention to detail, and completely awesome-freak-out-bangyourhead music.

Now instead of a mixtape, here are some very well thought out BARELY remixes. I call them barely remixes because they only borrow elements from the originating tracks and don’t at all resemble the tone or mood of the original artist’s intent.

SO! In this 2 part series, the first that we’ll be releasing exclusively on TUFTSMANIA….

MSTRKRFT – She’s Good For Business (Neon Coyote Remix) (click this for zshare backup)
[See post to listen to audio]

Coyote sounds, hand claps, awesome ‘duran duran’ tom rolls. (recipe for awesome)

I will admit, the first time playing this track, I was a little skeptical after hearing it was a remix of a MSTRKRFT track (who remixes MSTRKRFT???), but I was proven wrong and have been bouncing non stop. Also repeating this track all weekend and every time I listen, there’s always another element to discover. This shit is seriously so multi-layered! It’s like Girl Talk but with more finesse. You’ll definitely feel it deep within your loins when the rhythm breaks down in the 2nd half of the song.

Honestly, I really can’t get over how much I love the handclaps. They do me so well.

Thanks Neon Coyote, you gave me techno rabies.

!!!check back tomorrow for part 2 (get ready, you will freak)!!!

Mr. Miyagi is 1/2 rocker, 1/2 nerd and who would have thought such an amalgamation would create sounds like these?

Wait, it actually makes complete sense.

listen.

Melomanics – Get You (Mr. Miyagi Remix)
[See post to listen to audio]

the bloody beetroots feat. congorock – bluto fucks popeye (zshare alt)
[See post to listen to audio]

Ever since school started, I’ve been coming across some great new music. That, or I just don’t hear new music anymore.

Just got this in the mail today, a couple new tracks from Choreo!

This dude hails out of Germany and I’m definitely hearing some fun little 80’s and indie pop influence in his bangers. Anyway, this track “Cut the Dust” is absolutely killing it. It’s got dirty synth, a banging beat, high hats that make you want to have a SEIZURE!! The intro might leave you wondering if you’re just going to hear the same loop for the whole track, but I assure you just in time for you to skip to the next track, the rewards flow and cuts straight through the dust in an awesome ‘pop/happy/synthy’ buildup for the last verse. Choreo, make the ending last longer!!!

i love music from everywhere in the world.

yeaaahhh germany!

Choreo – Cut the Dust (right click, save as)
(update: apparently, my flash player can’t comprehend this file. so just right click and download directly from the link above)

chroeospace
choreovirb

bonus!!!@!@: Choreo – Neon
get it get it!

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ANOTHER ONE!!! LET’S GOOO!!
Here’s another new discovery for me! Introducing….MERCURIUS. Probably the coolest remix of two Chromeo songs I’ve ever heard. (probably the only). Anyway, Mercurius takes 100% and Tenderoni, and make a new beast that combines/chops/skews/flips the funnest parts of both tracks. Just take a listen.

Chromeo – 100 (Mercurius FM Tenderoni Vinyl Only mix) (right click, save as)
[See post to listen to audio]

more mixes?
MERCURIUS FM SPACE

I was skeptical about listening since I had some other things to take care of, but pushing this promo mix was the worst mistake of my life!!

Neon Coyote says:

I just wanted to send you the mix I’ve been working on this summer.
It’s my first mix and it’s part 1 of 2.
It’s filled with some pretty interesting mashups.
Give it a listen.

Indeed interesting and most importantly BANGING!! I can’t stop moving, there are a few rough spots, but for a first it’s soooo proper! I am actually listening right now and I’m contemplating taking my clothes off.

wait, already did that.

watch out for these guys in the upcoming season.

Neon Coyote – D.A.N.C.E.P.A.R.T.Y. MIX
[See post to listen to audio]

more for the tracklist

D.A.N.C.E.P.A.R.T.Y. MIX
TRACKLIST:

The Tough Alliance – Something Special
Justice – D.A.N.C.E.
The Glamour – Get Into It
Teenagers – Homecoming
New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream (Neon Coyote Gravy Drums!!!! edit)
Justice vs Simian – We Are Your Friends
Klaxons – Atlantis To Interzone (Crystal Castles Remix)
Simian Mobile Disco – Hotdog
Crystal Castles – ?? Sample
Juelz Santana – There It Go (The Whistle Song) Sample
Tokyo Police Club – Cheer It On (Trey Told ‘Em Remix)
Crystal Castles – Crimewave (Crystal Castles Vs. HEALTH)
The Black Ghosts – Any Way (Fake Blood Mix)
Datarock – I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Metal On Metal Remake)
R Kelly – I’m a Flirt Ft. T-Pain and T.I. Acapella
Snowden – Anti-Anti (Treasure Fingers Remix)
Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks
Ghosthustler – Parking Lot Nights
Notorious B.I.G. – Nasty Boy (Bad Boy Remix)
Digitalism – Pogo (Shinichi Osawa Remix)
Young Dro – Shoulder Lean (Curtis Vodka Remix)
Chromeo – Fancy Footwork (Guns And Bombs Remix)
Mr. Oizo – Patrick 122
Dragonette – I Get Around (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)
Dragonette – I Get Around (Van She Vocal Mix)
Girl Talk – Non-Stop Party Now
Feist – 1-2-3-4 (VanShe Tech Remix)
Larry Tee feat. Princess Superstar – Licky (Herve Goes Low Remix)
Mylo – Guilty Of Love
Juiceboxxx – Sweat
Trilogyy – Apocalypse Rock
Miami Horror – Summerfest
Teenager – Alone Again (VanShe Tech Remix)
Justice – New Jack
The Rapture – Whoo! Alright-Yeah… Uh Huh (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
Justice – Waters of Nazareth
Justice – Genesis

I’m here, just got off on lunch break after 6 hours of clinicals and class. I go and check my mail…what do we have here?? The homies over at Mathematikal, doing their thing in London, dropped this BANGGGERR in my face.

Everyone knew Justice’s D.V.N.O. with vocals from Scenario Rock’s Mehdi Pinson would be a club hit, but the remixes keep coming. LA Riots just did their own little twist to the track, and now one of my recent favs, Mathematikal.

This remix is sooo legit. They bring the PLONK and make the booty go BLAM!!

Thanks Jon and Jay Mathematikal for making lunch breaks worthwhile!

you heard it here first!

Justice – D.V.N.O. (mathematikal re-edit)
[See post to listen to audio]

update: 12:09PM, Justice – D.V.N.O. (mathematikal re-edit) constant repeat

OK, I am actually really excited about this, and it isn’t about the Bloody Beetroots!!

So here I am doing the daily sweep and one of my favourites, Big fuckin Stereo drops a BEHEMOTH.

1. starting off their guest blogging series with Blake Miller of Moving Units

2. dropping a track from the forthcoming Bag Raiders Remixes

3. dropping THE WHITENOISE REMIX OF FUN PUNCH.

listen here: click
WHAT THE FUCKCKFOFI@?@!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!

I just heard a little snippet preview of your favorite Belgiumians Soulwax‘ remix of LCD Soundsystem’s “Get Innocuous” and it’s SOO DISCO ACE!! I’ll post it as soon as I can get my slimy fingers on that wax goodness.
But right now I’m packing for a short little flight up to Sacramento for a nice weekend alas no worrriiiez, daddy tuftsmania is gonna leave you guys with a little some’some.

Here’s a track…. something that you’ll just have to embrace. It’s part of life.
Supermayer, hailing from Germany, really bleeds a Deutsche sound… I don’t know why but it’s very quirky a’la Stereo Total.
Supermayer – The Art of Letting Go
[See post to listen to audio]

Kris Menace is my new hero. I had heard his tracks in the past, but he really blew my mind on the Lumberjack track with Alan Braxe (which I was totally psyched over). And now here we have an awesome remix of the Midnight Juggernauts that fluokids recently dropped on my ass. Bring the electro house!! Also check that fluokids link for more disco than your little pacemaker-aided heart can handle (ladyhawke!!)
Midnight Juggernauts – Out of the Storm (Kris Menace Magic Touch)
[See post to listen to audio]

Lastly, what do we have here? WTF!PARIS. That’s right, another killer track from fucking parisians. I don’t know what it is, but for some reason, french bands that sing in english just get me hooked. Stuck in Sound aren’t quite electro/techno, but follow more closely along the lines of heavy disco/punk. The pulsating bass line and piercing/stabbing high-overdrive guitars hit it so well in this track. BEASTTTLY FRENCH.

boooyaa.
paris.
(ps: remix? is anybody there?)

Stuck in Sound – ToyBoy
[See post to listen to audio]