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Breakbot mixes don’t come around all that often, but when they do they are, without fail, amazing. Nobody does funky as well as this dude, and with his album finally on the way, listening to this mix gives you a great way to get a flavour of what’s to come.

This was recorded during Chromeo’s ‘Night Falls Tour’ back in November of last year, so there might well be some snippets of new production in there if you listen carefully! Big ups to Chromeo for uploading this beauty.

The latest remix from PSYMBIONIC is a spicy, glitchy shuffle. The Beastie Boys’ classic “Intergalactic” is textured with basslines and a stuttered beat. Both the vocal and instrumental versions are offered free downloads. The drop at about the three-minute mark is particularly deadly – this one’s going on high rotation.

Free download here

Peep some older tunes as well! Visit his SoundCloud page for more freebies.

Free download here

Free download here

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Psymbionic on SoundCloud
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Some fire to get your weekend started. Here’s NAPT‘s latest mix recorded on Australia’s Triple J radio show last month. It’s available for the pilfering. What I want to know is when the colab with PEO DE PITTE, “Gonna Be Mine” will surface. This tune has been in countless of their mixes but hasn’t seen the light of day yet. Come on fellas. This tune is sick!

Here’s the tracklist:

1 NAPT “King Jitter” (Red Sugar Records) Buy on iTunes
2 NAPT & Peo De Pitte “Gonna Be Mine” (Vicious Bitch)
3 NAPT “Fish In the Percolator” (Red Sugar Records) Buy on iTunes
4 Peo De Pitte “Who Do You Love” (U&A)
5 NAPT “Emotion Part 2″ (Red Sugar Records) Buy on iTunes
6 NAPT “Emotion”, Reset Remix (Red Sugar Records) Buy on iTunes
7 NAPT “Bass” (Red Sugar Records) Buy on iTunes
8 Roman d’amour “Make Love Tonight”, Peo De Pitte Remix (Computer Science)
9 DJ Falcon & Thomas Bangalter “Together”, NAPT Bootleg Remix (Contraband)
10 NAPT “Belief” (Red Sugar Records)
11 NAPT vs FireFlowerz “Melody” (Promo)
12 Daft Punk “Too Far”, NAPT Remix (Contraband)
13 Mickey Moonlight “Close To Everything”, Martinez Brothers Remix (Ed Banger)
14 NAPT “Treatise” (Red Sugar Records) Buy on iTunes
15 2000FASTWOMEN “Letters From Vienna”, NAPT Remix (Wrapt Up)
16 T.E.E.D. “Garden”, Calibre Remix (Polydor)
17 Disclosure “Blue You” (Disclosure)
18 NAPT “We Promise You” (Red Sugar Records) Buy on iTunes
19 Friendly Fires “Blue Cassette”, Tiga Remix (XL Records)
20 NAPT “Lock The P” (Red Sugar Records) Buy on iTunes
21 Justin Martin & Ardalan “Lezgo” (Dirtybird)
22 NAPT “Tom Toms” (Vicious Bitch)
23 David Guetta & Afrojack “Lunar”, NAPT Bootleg Remix (Contraband)
24 NAPT & Lucian X “Boca A Boca” (Red Sugar Records) Buy on iTunes
25 Lucian X & NAPT “Blow Your Mind” (Red Sugar Records) Buy on iTunes
26 FireFlowerz “Let Yourself Go” (Cheap Thrills)

Here are a couple personal favourites and oldies for you too if you missed them.

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NAPT on SoundCloud
NAPT on twitter
NAPT on facebook

I have been so blessed this past year in all aspects of my life. I graduated this past June from the University of Toronto with an Honours B.A. I interned at one of Toronto’s most prestigious indie labels, Dine Alone Records. I had the opportunity to attend and provide media coverage for CMF 2011 and NXNE 2011. I created a Casting Call video for Much Music which I am so very proud of. It’s been a great year — its truly been eye-opening and has resulted in a lot of personal development. I am so thankful to be surrounded by great people that continually inspire me to be the best person I can be. I am also lucky to know some really amazing people and be able to call them my friends. I look forward in seeing what 2012 has in store for me.

1. Lianne La Havas/Bon Iver, Massey Hall (Dec 6, 2011)

2. Winter Gloves/Naked and Famous, Lee’s Palace (Aug 9, 2011)

3. Grimes/Lykke Li, Phoenix Concert Hall (May 22, 2011)

4. Breakbot/Mayer Hawthorne/Chromeo, Sound Academy (Oct 28, 2011)

5. Bombay Bicycle Club/Two Door Cinema Club, Kool Haus (Sept 27, 2011)

6. William Fitzsimmons, Horseshoe Tavern (March 23, 2011)

7. Craft Spells/The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Opera House (Aug 2, 2011)

8. Death From Above 1979, Sound Academy (Oct 28, 2011)

9. Miami Horror, Mod Club (April 1, 2011)

10. The Coppertone/City and Colour Secret Show, Daktoa Tavern (June 7, 2011)

Bon Iver – Holocene
The Naked and Famous – Young Blood
Lykke Li – Unrequited Love
Chromeo – Night By Night
Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
William Fitzsimmons – Just Not Each Other
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Heart in your Heartbreak
Death From Above 1979 – Little Girl
Miami Horror – Holidays
City and Colour – We Found Each Other In The Dark

To this date, I have seen Chromeo perform three times (four times – if you count the Junos) and they have yet to disappoint me. Chromeo’s Night Falls tour stop in Toronto was hosted at the Sound Academy. The night started off with French DJ and producer, Breakbot. I got to the venue just as he was finishing up his set with his remix of Chromeo’s “When The Night Falls” and his own track “Baby I’m Yours.”
Chromeo – When The Night Falls (Breakbot Remix)
Breakbot – Baby I’m Yours (feat. Irfane)

Next up was Mayer Hawthorne & The County — What a delight to see them perform. Playing a great selection of tracks from Mayer Hawthorne’s 2009 debut album, “A Strange Arrangement” and his latest album, “How Do You Do.” Their set kept me moving and singing along to the songs. Mayer Hawthorne is definitely very talented with his throwback soul sound – a sound that is rarely heard nowadays. I really enjoyed Mayer Hawthorne’s set. His stage presence and charisma just draws audience members in and makes people feel good with his soul influenced pop songs. Fun fact: Hawthorne revealed during his set that he is in fact 1/4 Canadian.

Mayer Hawthorne – Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothing
Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings Attached

Every Chromeo set starts the same….with the fans anxiously awaiting the electro-funk duo to get on stage and chanting “CHROME-E-OHH-OHHHOHH” over and over again. Then the intro track to Fancy Footwork blares, lights start flashing and the audience chants ”CHROME-E-OHH-OHHHOHH” in unison. It’s a beautiful thing to be a part of. Every time I see Dave 1 doing his thing – my mind goes to a very very dirty place – He is everything I could ever want in a man – intelligent, musically inclined, tall, handsome, cool and last but not least, sexy as hell. UGH! If only…

Anyhow, the two played their largest ever Toronto show last Wednesday night. Dave 1 took the time to graciously thank Toronto fans for  their support and listed on venues the duo have played in the past. The crowd was dancing and shaking song after song. The duo played an amazing set with tracks from all three of their full-length albums. Tracks included, “You’re So Gangsta,” “Needy Girl,” “Fancy Footwork,” “Tenderoni,” “Bonafied Lovin,” “Momma’s Boy,” “Call Me Up,” “Night By Night,” “When The Night Falls,” “Hot Mess” and “Don’t Turn The Lights On.” Simply put, any Chromeo concert you attend turns out being a giant dance party — and I hope that never changes.

Chromeo – Call Me Up
Chromeo – Hot Mess

Also, thank you to Melissa N. for sharing her photo of Chromeo with me.

We’re looking forward to another Sunday here in Los Angeles. This weekend, Dim Mak will be hosting a DJ set by the groundbreaking Funky Electro duo, Chromeo, at the sexy Drai’s in Hollywood. Our own BONES will be warming up the dancefloor for a smashing good time, and on top of that, we’ll be celebrating the birthday of our good friend and Dim Mak workhorse, Bryan Linares.

Tickets are currently going for $20 and are selling fast, but the wonderful people at Drai’s have given us a special $15 discount code for the evening, so head on over to the ticketing website and type in ‘GDD’ as your promo code for the cheap tix! Looking forward to seeing you all out there!

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♥ jonahberry