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Montreal / LA duo LOL Boys and Sinjin Hawke sign up for an extremely necessary re-edit of 702′s r&b hit “Steelo” (which, as far as I can figure out, is talking about style).

They clear out plenty of space for the vocals, which waste no time stating “I’m gonna break it down”. Things continue building up from there until Missy Elliot is comparing herself to Michael Jackson behind some crackling high hat acid house drums and shuffling snare rolls. It feels like the audio embodiment of their Montreal based Boomclap party, which we’ve already raved about here before.

Speaking of LOL Boys, their new “LDR” EP is out now and is seriously fantastic stuff. Remixes by NGUZNGUZU, Jim-E Stack, Marcus Price and others, but the original productions are so strong that they almost make all the other takes on them unnecessary.

702 – Steelo (LOL Boys & Sinjin Hawke Remix) (Mediafire)

[directed by Tim Kelly]

Who’d have thought that 2011 was the year of Brandy? Even though 1994 was more than a decade and a half ago now, there’s been a strong resurgence of samples coming from her debut track “I Wanna Be Down”.

Our recent release from Voltron employs part of the vocal hook from “I Wanna Be Down” on “Be For Real”, building up a fort of crystalised synth stabs around Brandy’s warmth.

Jacques Greene pitched up her voice and sliced together some perfectly choppy drums and shimmering distortion overtop the same sample on the title track of his “The Look” EP on LuckyMe.

Pearson Sound even turned the sample into a twinkling, syncopated ode to quasi-house minimalism on his “Down With You” revision.

But there’s something special about Blawan’s take on this track that’s just urging you to rewind it several times while yelling awesome things about it, even if you’re just ustreaming in your basement with two friends online. Maybe it’s the immediately notable is the way that it uses a notably larger chunk of the vocals than any of the other tracks using the same sample. Maybe it’s the discontent rumbling bass simmers underneath something that sounds like a rainstick being turned upside down again and again. Maybe it’s the way that it rejects popiness with warped vocals and slightly out of tune pitch, while still maintaining a housey vibe that wouldn’t sound out of place in a Renaissance Man set.

Whatever the magic is, the white label vinyl pressing has been flying off the shelf, currently sold out at Juno, Rubadub, and several other places, after some stores have even had to enforce a “one-per-customer” policy. That’s nuts. Best of luck trying to get ahold of it! I think there’s a repress coming soon.

MJOLNIR are an electro-disco trio straight out of Jakarta, Indonesia who have recently burst onto the scene by taking the Chemical Brothers track “Swoon” and giving it an unexpectedly brilliant disco facelift.  And, according to Las Vegas oddsmakers & all major offshore gambling sites, MJOLNIR are the early odds-on favorites (along with this No Body remix) to win the highly anticipated Barretso Remix Competition.

Along with the two above referenced gems, MJOLNIR have also taken time to craft a new track entitled, “Just A Boy”.  “Just A Boy” (with vocals by their own band member Nash) features darker 80s Italo & New Wave elements woven together beautifully with the lighter elements of modern disco.

Judging by these three splendid tracks, MJOLNIR are certainly off to a very promising start to their career

Mjolnir – Just A Boy by soundofmjolnir

The Chemical Brothers – Swoon (Mjolnir Bootleg Remix) by soundofmjolnir
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Barretso – Chase (Mjolnir Remix) by soundofmjolnir

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