Man and Unable, aka MAU, just sent this track in and it kills.  MAU originally hailing from all over the world (Denmark, Portugal, France, Germany and Israel) are now based in Portugal and are set to release their third full length album later this year, from which this track was taken from.

Filled with odd electronic chirps and gurgles (perhaps the link in title “Arkanoid” to the video game?) meshes well with lead singer Luís F. de Sousa’s voice.  The verses on this track also remind me of something Frou Frou would have produced.

The chorus just sticks in my mind:

Hit Me

Pull me

Down-down-down-down

Another Breakdown

Now-now

Slow Down Now

Slow Down-down-down-down

Another Breakdown

MAU – Arkanoid

Here is a remix by 3rd for your enjoyment:

MAU – Arkanoid (3rd Remix)

Previous Releases from MAU:

MAU – Man And Unable (2006)

MAU – Tales of Wonder, Fur and Deception (2008)

Riders In The Sky (Karn Disco Edit)

“Busy recently laid these vocals over DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win”, we took the acapella and gave it a more uptempo feel, with the rhythm pattern switching between a Daggering and Bmore style. Goes out to all the gallists out there! Enjoy and bang this in the club.”

Busy Signal – Real Gallis (So Shifty Remix) (mediafire)

I was lucky enough to see PLUMP DJs when I lived in Brighton in 2003. That night lives on as one of my top five shows, ever.

Lee Rous and Andy Gardner have been around for more than a hot minute and they’re credited for helping to create breakbeat as we know it now, but they haven’t stopped there. They’ve released four long players and a shit-tonne of singles and remixes. Their latest effort sees the duo forming their own label, GRAND HOTEL. “Boomer” builds slowly but delivers a scuzzy bassline over a tight break when the track drops. Preview the two tracks on the single using the SoundCloud player below, then head to somewhere like beatport for the full meal.

GHR003 – Plump DJs – Boomer by Grand Hotel

I don’t know what it has been lately but I have been on a Eames,Knoll,McCobb furniture frenzy.I think I’ve spent more time scouring craigslist then anything else this week.But I must say I have picked up some dope pieces.Anyways I hope everyone has had a great week.I look forward to the weekend.After all it is a 3 day weekend for us in the States.Last night I kicked off my weekend and went to the Glitch Mob show.It was a really dope show.Mindelixir opened alongside Kevin Focus,and Marty Party.The Party was definitely right.Hope every one has a safe and exciting weekend.Here are some tracks to get your weekend right.Enjoy…

Chapel Club-All The Eastern Girls(Breton Remix)

Chart Attack – Bang On and DJ Q (Toddla Ts INMWT)

Deathray Diamonds-Slasher Oui!

DELCROY-FRESH

DivKid – Prawn Smacker (Bonn Lewis Remix) —->Listen To Ep Here and Purchase Here

DivKid – Prawn Smacker (brotherZED Remix) —->Listen To Ep Here and Purchase Here

Florrie-Give Me Your Love (Fred Falke Club Edit)

Florrie-Give Me Your Love (Justin Faust Remix)

Nina Simone-I Put A Spell On You(Mimosa Remix)

Para One – Toadstool (The Living Graham Bond Remix)

Specimen A-Cold As Ice

The Dirty Tees-Where We Are(Ed Wilder Remix)

Amongst a lot of techo/house purists, Dubstep gets a bad rep because of it’s recent saturation in the scene and because a lot of the tunes and mixes are totally lacking in the dynamics we are used to from house & techno style tunes and mixes. This mix by THE SPIT BROTHERS however , is a step back (pun intended) from the Dubstep you may have heard & disliked before. It certainly converted me when a friend of mine named Scott Atkinson shared it with me via facebook (thanks Scott :-)

What I LOVE about this mix is that the tunes are mixed seamlessly together in the same way that my favorite house DJs like Sasha/Digweed/Hernan Cattaneo do. Most importantly, this mix DOESN’T go straight for the throat like so many Dubstep mixes and sets do. They use their own original songs and remixes in this mix and it also features live guitar and horns to ease you into the harder stuff as the mix goes on. To be honest, i’m not really a huge fan of Jamaican reggae tunes, but this mix has more in common with that genre than the Dubstep of artists like louder dubstep producers like Excision & Datsik, and it’s GREAT.

http://soundcloud.com/bakir/tsb-2010-mix

Aeroplane August 2010 Mix by Aeroplane (Official)

You can download your copy here.

Tracklist

1. Marbeya Sound – No Anchor
2. Hannulelauri – Zombie Tropicana
3. Dana Bergquist – Acapulco
4. Drop Out Orchestra – Baby Come Home ( Sit On My Ritz ) Dub Mix
5. Cosmonauts – El Toro ( Italo Dub )
6. Kasper Bjore – Heaven ( Muzzle Flash Remix )
7. Mark Seven – Pillow Talk
8. Loin Brothers – Garden of Vargulf ( Tornado Wallace Remix )
9. Diskokaine – Hall of Shame ( Hannulelauri Remix )
10. Julie Walehwa – I Mind ( Weirdo Police Remix )

Earlier this summer, The Aikiu's debut single, Just Can't Sleep, took up a good portion of my most dedicated listening time, and hell, it's still as great as the first time I'd heard it. But truth be told, not a lot is known about this artist, and with but the one cut to go off of, it's high time to find out what's in store for this lavishly luscious lad's music and what's on deck for him next.

Shall we delve into the brain-pickings of one, Alex Aikiu? Yes, yes we shall.

SB: Describe The Aikiu. I know it's your last name, but if you had to classify "aikiu" as a noun, or a genre of music, what would the definition of it be?
AA: The Aikiu is a phantasmagoria and imaginary entity. It represents also the people working on my project. By adding "the" to Aikiu, I wanted to be quirky, almost kitsch (Like "The Great Gatsby")


SB: Talk about your earliest influences in the musical world. Did you grow up playing instruments, listening to mom and dad's old records, or what sparked the notion that "hey I think I need to be making music."
AA: I've discovered music at the Conservatoire, where I've learned the singing and the piano. At that time studying Chopin, Mozart, Schubert....my first influences. Later, I've discovered pop music with my elder sister. We were sharing the same room, the walls were covered with posters of Madonna, The Cure, AHA, Kim Wilde... Every night she made me learn and sing a new song from one of her idol, otherwise she wouldn't let me sleep. It's at that moment, that I've started to imagine, melodies and music. Prince, Michael Jackson have inspired me a lot.

 
SB: With all but a debut single and handful of remixes for I Can't Sleep, a good deal of buzz has started to flow throughout blogs and online publications. What's your response to the good dose of praise that you've been given for the material already out there, and how do you follow that up?
AA: I'm very happy but also surprised, because I didn't have much expectation. With my label we just wanted to release a song [in a] fairly low profile manner, unpretentious and without pressure. I'm not taking care of critics, at least for the moment I'm concentrating on finishing the album and the release of the next single, The Red Kiss.


SB: It's been said that there's a certain sense of hedonism in your music. Agree or disagree...and why?
AA: Yes, I wanted to transcribe through Just Can't Sleep a cultural and musical period where people were in search of fun and joy (70s, early 80's). I have an obsession for this period, whether musically or moviewise (Scorsese, De Palma...)


SB: What happens next for The Aikiu? More writing, recording, performing, etc...
AA: We are currently finishing the album, which will be more pop. There will be a tour starting in November with dates in New York, London, Paris, Barcelona, Lisbon... and the release of my next single, due in mid-November on the Kitsuné label.


SB: Alright, quick questions. Pick one of the options...and go!


SB: David Bowie or Giorgio Moroder
AA: David Bowie

SB: Basquiat or Warhol
AA: Both

SB: Steak or Shrimp
AA: Shrimp

SB: NYC or Paris
AA: Both

SB: Computer or TV
AA: Computer

SB: 8-Bit or Vocoder
AA: 8-Bit

SB: ABBA or Adriano Celentano
AA: ABBA

SB: Lady Gaga or Coco Chanel
AA: Coco Chanel

SB: Spring or Fall
AA: Summer

SB: High Fives or Thumbs Up
AA: Thumbs Up

SB: Radio or Record Player
AA: Record Player
 

mp3: The Aikiu - Just Cant Sleep (SVNGR Remix)

Below is the latest edition of our weekly feature, Stuck On Repeat. The premise is simple, we’ve asked all our contributors to submit one track and a brief write-up. The track can be new or it can be old, just whatever we could not stop listening to this week. These are the songs we’ve had Stuck On Repeat.

:: selected by: V :: Sylvester – I Need Somebody To Love Tonight (192 kbps)

In my opinion, Test Pressing is the Holy Grail of music blogs (though it feels weird to use the word ‘blog’ as a descriptor). It’s one of a very small handful of sites that I religiously follow. Run by folks a couple decades older than your average music blogger, a visit there never fails to send me away more historically informed. They boast a wide array of mixes, and this week I came across what is probably one of the most topically intriguing finds of my year. The most recent installation of Jon Savage’s Savage Music series for the site profiles gay records released between 1961 and 1978, a time when it was still largely unaccepted to be a publicly out musician. Some tracks featured are completely obscure cuts relegated to the “gay underground” and thusly unafraid to proclaim pride. Others, perhaps familiar tracks with vaguely loaded lyrics that only now in the context of this mix you realize allude to same-sex subject matter. Closing out the mix is Sylvester’s “I Need Somebody To Love Tonight” off his 1979 LP, Stars. I can’t stop listening to this track if for no other reason than really wanting to discuss Sylvester’s influence with Toro Y Moi.

:: selected by: BryanB :: Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – Our Lives (196 kbps)

Not to sound insensitive, but it took a suicide to put Ou Est Le Swimming Pool on my radar. After the lead singer’s death on August 20th, I checked out their debut album The Golden Year, and while I didn’t find much to connect to, alot of it was middling electro dance, I did gravitate to “Our Lives”. It’s got a galloping bed of synths, with a punky, raw vocal delivery somewhere between Pet Shop Boys and Empire of The Sun. I’m not gonna read too much into it, or try to draw allusions between it and his death, it’s just a really good track and I have been listening to it alot this week.

:: selected by: Jams Dean :: Domo Genesis – Domier (299kbps)

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All is a crew of skater dudes in California that have their heads on a different level. These guys are weird and funny and cannot stop smoking to save their lives. But they flow poetically, with the emphasis on flow, making the listener’s mind bend just as far. The vision is dark and far out, and it works really well. Listen while glancing over their blog for a heightened experience. These guys are teenagers in LA and they seem like they might torture the elderly or set police cars on fire.

:: selected by: Moneyworth :: The Boo Radleys – Wish I Was Skinny (320 kbps)

The Boo Radleys initially appealed to me because of their perfect name, and then because of their perfect pre-Britpop brand of shoegaze. Signed to Rough Trade in the early nineties, they were one of those bands that indie kids died for and everyone else just sort of ignored; however, their 1993 album “Giant Steps” was generally regarded as one of the year’s best albums in its own little indie sphere. I’m not going to lie, I really don’t fall for too much… guitar music, basically, so I’m not really sure why this song speaks to me so much. But I think everyone can agree that these lyrics are fantastic. I don’t want to be famous, or skinny, as much as I once used to, but I think it resonates somewhere deep and universal.