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Boys Noize
format: 12"

lab price: $12.50
available: restocking
item #: dm-2579

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I always found it interesting that this dude and Digitalism were both from the land where minimal reigns supreme, because there stuff is the exact opposite of subtle. Busy P himself said that Boys Noize could have easily been on Ed Banger....   expand review  But oh well, he said screw signing with a label and started his own. So here we are with the third single of his debut album, appropriately tittled, Oi Oi Oi. First let me say that I guarantee that 9 out of 10 moms would HATE this, and we all know that is not a bad thing. The Original(1) is a bruising minimal electro cut with only a slight underlying synth line near the end. Listening to the sound sample should give you a good idea of the entire track. Remix man number one, Feadz, has a pretty diverse musical background, from making tracks on Germany's BPitch control label, to producing new electro hip pop cuts for Uffie on Ed Banger. Here he gets to utilize some of that Berlin-style attention to fine detail, while still keeping the intensity level at 10. The real shiner on this 12 though is Para One's remix(3) of non-album track 'My Head'. Less choppy than the usual Para production; think Soulwax remix without the epic build. This is peak time shit to the highest degree right here. I can see Steve Aoki right now at Cinespace - shirt off, sweating ballz, doing his little Jesus on the cross pose, staring at the heavens with his eyes closed as his disciples do handstands or backflips or whatever the hell they do there. Major! Also, with three handy noise loops at the end of side A. -Rezound
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CSS
 
Sub Pop
format: 12"

lab price: $7.00
available: yes
item #: lp-2949

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Straight up: this is the best track from CSS' album and I'm really happy to see it getting a proper single release. Their first single was nice and dancey and all, but this is the realness! CSS are no joke and "Alala(1)"...   expand review  shows their harder side, perfectly contrasting the shimmery disco guitar and synths from "Let's Make Love" with buzzsaw guitars and a thick-as-fuck beat. I can't get enough of that little noise in the chorus – sounds like the girl from The Grudge! Maybe I'm a bit biased, but Bonde do Role's remix(2) basically rips shit up. Gorky and Pedro throw some baile drums under the dark, spooky keyboard sound from the original track and then proceed to chop the hell out of Lovefoxxx's vocals ("b-b-b-b-bitches!") while fading effects in and out of the mix. Awesome shit, and infinitely more mixable than the original version. Princess Superstar contributes a remix(3) as well, and the girls are kind enough to tack the acapella on the end for you lunkheads. -Chris Lemon-Red
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679
format: 12"

lab price: $12.00
available: restocking
item #: fr-1555

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By popular demand! Bogman says we've had about 20 requests for this one at the store, and now I know why - Pilooski's edit of "Beggin'(1)" is unstoppable! Almost everyone in the office is eyeing a copy, and we can never agree...   expand review  on shit. Keeping all the best bits of Franki's original intact, Pilooski changes things up just enough to make "Beggin'" the dancefloor bomb it deserves to be. On the flip, the Speaker Killer remix(2) is more of the same, while "Who Loves You(3)" is a fun FV&TFS throwback original. If you're like me and your knowledge of Franki Valli begins and ends with hearing "Oh What A Night" at wedding receptions, check this out. You won't be disappointed. NOTE: center label says 45, but this plays at 33. -Chris Lemon-Red
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EMI
format: 2x12"

lab price: $17.50
available: restocking
item #: dm-2638

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All together now... THIS ONE'S A NO BRAINER! Deluxe gatefold double 12"s from the Chippies, featuring the album version of "Ready For The Floor(1)," a massive dub version from Soulwax(2) and a diry, stuttering, typically Dubsided mix from Jesse Rose(3). While those...   expand review  will be enough to satisfy most, Lab heads know the secret heat is on the fourth side, which has Diplo's remix of "Shake A Fist(4)." You know the dino wouldn't do you dirt! Plays at 45. Recommended. -Larri Byrd
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Roc-A-Fella
format: 12"

lab price: $13.50
available: yes
item #: hh-3297

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Official 12" pic disc release of the Kanye vs. Daft Punk track, "Stronger," with artwork done by Takashi Murakami, released off Roc-A-Fella. If you don't know this song by now, peep the madness - Kanye's vocals gracing the "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"...   expand review  sample slowed to a hip hop tempo, with a straight club beat underneath. I've always loved the original version of this song and I have a couple Kanye favorites ("Overnight Celebrity"), but hearing the two together is like history in the making. Call it a PB&J of music, if you will. Never before (and maybe never again) will you hear this combination. For the fans, you get a radio version, LP - clean and dirty versions, and yes... the instrumental. If you haven't checked the video yet, YouTube will help you out. Expect Daft Punk in a futuristic Tokyo, playing on controls boards making a bionic Kanye West. Crazy as it is, I think that's Cassie and she is fine yo. -C'mish
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