Originally released in 1990, "It's The New" is another Larry Heard classic and actually a true structured song with a catchy chorus and great old school rap by Kriss Coleman. The dub mix here features tons of Heard's beautiful, meandering synths, as...   click for more

Andy Caldwell is of the deep-as-house-can-get ilk, so four remixes from four different producers is a smart move. I'll begin with Chuck Love's "Bangers & Mash Mix," which is straight-forward bliss. The trumpets, the smooth vocals from Lisa Shaw, and some marvelous...   click for more

Holy Shit! "Funk Phenomena" was not nearly the end for Arman. Although he kinda disappeared for a while(Minimal Man and Snackmaster suspect it was to dodge the wave of Ali G projects, cause they look like twins!) here he is...   click for more

No, you're not dreaming. This release features Armand Van Helden, Jesse Rose, Radio Slave and... Roxy Cottontail! It seems the infamous queen of the NY club scene has risen past her nursery rhyme rap on Aaron LaCrate's "Blow Remix" and now is...   click for more

The most unlikely club hit of 2007. While other producers were hitting the obscure sounds of 80s, Armand Van Helden hit a stroke of genius with this ultimate 80s throwback: part electro, part freestyle, and pure power pop. "I Want Your...   click for more

How do you follow up a string of singles with remixes from MSTRKRFT, Emperor Machine, Radio Slave, Jesse Rose and Crookers? You gotta call in the big guns, and that's exactly what Mr. Van Helden has done for "Je T'aime," the original...   click for more

Armand Van Helden is back and in a big way. In the dance music scene, he's the ultimate chameleon, able to switch and master different subgenres every couple years. His new sound is what you'd label as "new disco" or "nu electro"...   click for more

Anytime a dance track gets remixed over 10 times (and each released on 12"), you know it's an anthem. 1996's "Funk Phenomenon" is one of those tracks, one of the most successful blends of house and hip-hop sample (Redman)... it was...   click for more

Two new electro/techno jams from the Londoners in AutoKratz. "Pardon Garcon" first appeared on Kitsune's Maison #5 comp, but this is the more banging "rewerk." Meanwhile, "French Girls Play Guitar" is a bumping little dirty techno-spiked number which confoundingly contains very little...   click for more

"I Found U" was one of the biggest dance hits of 2007 and it only gets biggah. It's just a matter of time when this hits the mainstream via your local radio station or a Bally's gym commercial... it's that appealing. If...   click for more

Ayres proves once again that he like make dance of all kind with this diverse EP of dance / house remixes and edits. The first half keeps it more current with Kid Sister's "Pro Nails" vs. Surkin's "Radio Fireworks," Masters At Work's...   click for more

Azzido Da Bass' 1999 electro-house classic "Dooms Night" (quite groundbreaking in retrospect) gets reissued again, but this time, with remixes seemingly targeted to Lab heads. Switch leads it off with a very literal, clean and lean translation of the original. Judging...   click for more

Electro house classic from 1999. "Dooms Night" is like the audio manifestation of Battlestar Galactica's Cylons (I know, nerdy reference). Tracks like these paved the way for the current hard hitting electro scene (and even dubstep to some extent...   click for more

Now this one is an interesting one. I see "OM Records," I look at the cover, I check Bassnectar out on Discogs, and I didn't expect this at all. Totally not my style of music, but I'd freak out if I heard...   click for more

Remix albums are not only usually just a quick cash-in on a hot band, but pretty dodgy in quality - but you know Vice wouldn't do you dirt! Even a couple years after the fact, these remixes of tracks from Bloc Party's...   click for more

A nice little companion EP to Bloc Party's Silent Alarm album. I'm guessing these are outtakes or leftover B-sides, but really they're solid enough to be album tracks. "Storm and Stress" starts out with guitars straight out of an old Capcom soundtrack,...   click for more

Back catalog classic from the king of club hits. "The Beat Goes On" was first released in 2002, and has become staple club material with its mix of disco, soul, and thump. With the summer approaching, you need stuff like...   click for more

“Beware of the Bird” is taken from Von Stroke’s full length album of the same name. The track is a grimy, low end, sweaty burner with a squelchy electro bassline and some nice high synth noodles in the mix. Justin Martin’s remix...   click for more

Ok, so 5 years ago Claude Von Stroke was Barclay Crenshaw, a filmmaker who had never made a track before. That’s ok, I’m not annoyed that his first track, ”Deep Throat,” featured on this full length LP, was released as the third...   click for more