Question: Who is Florrie? Answer: Robyn’s biggest competition. The 21-year-old Bristol, UK bred stunner is a rarity in the pop realm, a multi-instrumentalist with talent, taste and smarts. She looks like a model, plays guitar and drums like a rock goddess, has the voice of an angel and should she find herself bored on a Thursday night, tackles remixing her own material. Pair all that musical prowess with a tastefully chosen A-list production team of Fred Falke and Xenomania and a liking for distributing her material free on her website, and Florrie arrives on the scene carrying the torch for forward-thinking pop music.

Florrie makes pop matter again with her debut EP, the four track Introduction. Lurking under the deceptively bland title is a collection of upbeat, breathy-voiced romps supported by production that unites rock and dance. “Call Of The Wild” gets my vote for standout track. When the thundering jungle guitar kicks in at the 0:34 mark I get the sudden and unavoidable urge to listen to Iggy Pop’s “Lust For Life”.

Head over to Florrie’s site for a free download of Introduction. Or purchase the release as a 12”.

Florrie – Call Of The Wild

We've been banging on about how amazing Fyfe Dangerfield's cover of Girls Aloud megahit "Call The Shots" is for quite some time, so the fact that it's taken until now to get an mp3 up on the blog is somewhat unforgivable. Fyfe played NYC a few weeks back though and fully reignited our love for the track, swiftly helping us to realize the err of our ways in sitting on this track for so long. The Girls Aloud original is one of the better mega mainstream singles of the past decade (right up there bumping shoulders with "Rude Boy" and "Ms. Jackson") and boasts a Xenomania-penned topline that's one of the best in recent pop history, so the source material is pretty strong in itself, making Dangerfield's ownership of the track on his cover all the more remarkable. The mp3 below is a live recording from a recent BBC Radio 2 session, and while we still pray for the day a proper studio recording of the cover becomes a reality, this is pretty damn great for now.

MP3: "Call The Shots" - Fyfe Dangerfield

Yep, we’re still 100% enamored with Xenomaniac, Florrie, and all 2 of her original tunes…along with each "better than the next and the previous" remixes she continues to toss out. All for free too. So yeah, we’re going to continue posting stuff regarding the talented singer, songwriter, drummer and producer. I’m pretty convinced that you won’t mind a dose of new with a splash of the rad.

 

 

Today’s mix comes from d.Franklyn as he takes on her original tune, Panic Attack. Even though Florrie just came back from a trip to the sunny and lovely west coast of the States, she returns with a darker twist on the track, which brings forth all sorts of emotions that make me feel like it’s Halloween.

 

This one might be our favorite yet…in that it strays way far from the gushy lusciousness of the other fixes. 

 

Scary good!

 

mp3: Florrie – Panic Attack (d.Franklyn Remix)

 

  

I’ve been seeing a major trend lately in artists remixing their own songs. No complaints here…so long as the end result is as rad as what’s just come through from one of our latest pop beasts, Florrie. Having already had her track Call 911 (as well as Panic Attack) fixed up by Fred Falke, she flips the ish on her own original.

 

 

I officially confirm her twinkling and synthly-xylophonic self-mix as 100% Beaston approved. Super digging the vocal drop in and outs. Florrie once again proves herself as deep in another facet of all her productions…adding master mixer to her already long list of credits.

 

Sorry for the short post(s) this AM. It’s been a nutty one today!

   

mp3: Florrie – Call 911 (Florrie Remix)

 

Continuing on in praise of Florrie, and relatedly, all things that Justin Faust touches, we’re damn well pumped to drop a rad new remix on you. Get out your sparkle tops and roller disco pom pom balls, because it’s a group skate, and you’re all invited to hold hands and love up on this gem.

 

 

After having already gotten the royal treatment from Fred Falke, Florrie keeps on the F-train (shit, that sounded better in our heads, but we’re keeping it anyway) by commissioning Faust to give her song, Panic Attack, his remix rub.

 

While we dig the song on its own (which is getting a video companion soon enough), we totally fell head over heels for this Justin-jam. It’s kind of like of like the original is an ice cream sundae. Deliciously brilliant in it’s own right. But then you add marshmallow cream, aka, the mighty hand of a master mixer like JF, and something oh so good gets even tastier.

 

Yeah…metaphors. Grab this mix…it’ll make you melt. (Hit DiscoDust for the Bit Funk mix too. Yum!)

   

mp3: Florrie – Panic Attack (Justin Faust Remix)

 

Earlier this week, Florrie hit the blogosphere by storm with a song as remixed by the finessed hand of Fred Falke. And before we jump and gush and swoon and do what we do best when hearing such slickness, the talented towhead from London deserves a bit of a background check, et al. Let’s roll on.

 

Florrie is the drummer with the house band at Xenomania, the pop perfect production house in Kent, in the UK. She is also a guitarist, songwriter and singer. And yep, she excels at everything she touches, as evidenced by the talents surrounding her. If you want more on Florrie, check out her bio video here.

 

So back to Falke. He’s remixed her first song, Call 911, which saw a bit of buzz spread through our net world. And now, we’re pleased to push a new one on you…again, remixed by Fred’s mighty fingers.

 

Panic Attack is another slice of drum pumping pop pleasure, which gets the Falke wash rubbed all over it. Seriously, if this song doesn’t get you amped to dance in the summery streets, then you’re listening to it all wrong. 

 

Grab both mixes for free below.

 

mp3: Florrie – Panic Attack (Fred Falke Extended Mix) 

mp3: Florrie – Call 911 (Fred Falke Remix)

Florrie is singer/songwriter extraordinaire and also drummer for kent band Xenomania. She’s gone and dusted off a solo single ‘call 911′ which has been cleverly mixed by french-house bro Fred Falke and given away for free on her site! Falke has always been synonymous with the roots of the genre but always spits out catchy and melodic remixes of modern pop artists.

Another day another cutsie singer to be smiten by.

Florrie – Call 911 (Fred Falke Remix) ysi 320Kbps

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