JAMES BLAKE VOYEUR [BEAR//FACE BOOTLEG EDIT]

In what might be sacrilege by my part as a music blogger, I don't really listen to James Blake. I always really enjoy his stuff when I do hear it, but I almost prefer the surprise as I've gone this long without really knowing. Plus the remixes are just too good, I don't want to ruin the discovery aspect of the whole thing.

Bear//Face does just that for me with their remix of James Blake's Voyeur. It's a sweeping track that takes the great base the original lays out and just turns it into this epic 3 minute take over. Where the original gets a little jazzy and abstract, Bear//Face focuses on the vocals and just blows it out of the water. Seriously awesome.

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STREAM James Blake - Voyeur [Bear//Face Bootleg Edit]

RUDIMENTAL HELL COULD FREEZE SKREAM REMIX

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UK based Olly Jones aka. SKREAM funks his way into our hearts with this remix of Rudimenal's Hell Could Freeze. The funk he brings to the track compliment Angel Haze's vocals and really make up the quality of the track. It's very different from the original, but I did the late 90's vibe on it. 

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STREAM Rudimental - Hell Could Freeze (Skream Remix)

GRIZZLY BEAR SLEEPING UTE NICOLAS JAAR REMIX

Let's juts skip the part where you have any doubts about this track and just dive in. Featuring remixes of Brian Eno's Lux and grizzly Bear's Sleeping Ute, Nicolas Jaar takes the cake with this year's Record Store Day release. Jaar starts out with the vocals from Grizzly Bear's Sleeping Ute and slowly fades out of them into a haunting deep house driven track. Elegant and pretty light for his style. Don't pass by this one, it's a keeper. 

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STREAM Grizzly Bear - Sleeping Ute (Nicolas Jaar remix)

DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR. HIDING

 

Detroit based Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.'s new track Hiding pretty much speaks for itself. Peppy and super accessible this track has been on repeat over here for the last two weeks. Head over to their website to check out the 4 track album (link below)!

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STREAM Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Hiding   

CAPITAL CITIES SAFE AND SOUND RAC MIX

RAC saw some fun and wanted to add more fun so they could have fun all day. Capital Cities track Safe and Sound gets the RAC treatment by artist André Allen Anjos in this ultra dancy remix.

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STREAM Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (RAC Mix)


If you have not heard the original DO IT NOW. DUH.

STREAM Capital Cities - Safe and Sound

PAROV STELAR ALL NIGHT NICO PUSCH BOOTLEG

You can't argue the greatness of Parov Stelar's amazing track All Night; he lays down the foundation nicely. Nico Pusch takes the good and amps it up a bit, fist by slowing down the tempo, and then by honing in on the driving melody and using that to push the song along. Great listen.

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STREAM Parov Stelar - All Night (Nico Pusch Bootleg)

LET'S GET WEIRD :: JOYWAVE TONGUES FT. KOPPS

Self professed neon noir band Joywave debuts their third album 88888, and from that comes our latest "Let's get weird' track, Tounges. This track reminds me a lot of Hot Chips earlier work, and I totally dig the throw back. It's jerky and off the wall in a really fun way. The vocals pop in and out and have these cool droops to the sound that just sort of dissolve out of the main melody. Give it a go - consider it a Coachella palette cleanser.

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STREAM Joywave - Tounges (Feat. KOPPS)

MO PILGRAM

Copenhagen's MO really came into their own at this year's SXSW. The 24 year old singer has an amazing voice and layers her soulful vocals over a peppy electronic background. This group really caught me off guard in the sense that you can tell they give zero fucks, and I love how the inhibition comes through so purely.

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100TH POST!!

I want to say thank you to everyone who checks out Hardly Stable! 100 posts and almost 5000 views (in two months!!) later, what started out as a small side project has turned into a full fledged obsession. Thanks for sticking with me even on slow weeks (this is hardly my day job) and I promise there is much awesomeness to come!

I fell a bit behind last week so expect a tumble of catch up posts the next few days and to celebrate the 100 I'm thinking of some limited download mix tapes - towards middle of next week. If you have any recommendations, feel free to leave them in the comments!

Thanks again! 

GHOST LOFT SO HIGH

We're big fans of Ghost Loft over at Hardly Stable, and their new track So High is no exception. Danny Choi's take on the chillwave genre comes off as effortless and relaxing, not boring or over conceptualized like so many other artists. The slowed down tempo and indie vocals make this a perfect weekend or end-of-day track. Chill on.

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BAIO SUNBURN MODERN [SESSION VICTIM REMIX]

Session Victim is brought to you by DJs Hauke Freer + Matthias Reiling out of Berlin. Their remix of Biao's Sunburn Modern is released from their third and most recent host/label, Grecco Roman.  This track has one of my favorite sounds ever in music: a bass that hums along almost as if a car with too- loud music were driving by. But it's subtle, and you barely hear it, and that is why it drives me crazy in such a good way. It's that wanting and these guys have perfected it to an intoxicating degree.

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STREAM Baio - Sunburn Modern (Session Victim Remix)

Way older track of their's but if this is the first you've heard of them, take a listen. Mellow and funky.

STREAM Session Victim - We Want To Thank All Our Friends (Wolf Music 06)

SAY LOU LOU JULIAN

Continuing with the synth-pop lady time going on over here, we bring you Aussie/Swedish sisters Say Lou Lou and a remix of their fairly recent song Julian. While I'm partial to the original, Monsieur Adi does a nice job of spicing it up while leaving the dreamy nature of the song still intact. Take a listen below!

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STREAM Say Lou Lou - Julian


STREAM Say Lou Lou - Julian (Monsieur Adi Remix)

BANKS FALL OVER

Lady-singer Banks officially unhides herself with the release of her new single, "Fall Over." Synth pop with an edge. You'll get a totally different sound than you were expecting, and that is exactly why I'm liking her. 

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STREAM Banks - Fall Over

GRIZ YOU GOT TO CHANGE

So this one time Santana made this chill ass song and then this Detroit dude who goes by GRiZ got his magic hands on it and made even better. It's nothing new, but I'm almost positive you haven't heard it before.

Go ahead and indulge yourself too with his 2pac/James Brown sex-up (new word for hella sexy remix). This post is basically one huge summer DUH. Just dig right on in on it.

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STREAM GRiZ - You Got To Change ( Free download if you go to the SC page!)


This one is a little more involved. Feeling a different vibe than above, but more recent and totally rad just the same. Take a listen.

STREAM GRiZ - Gettin' Live

THE KNOCKS MODERN HEARTS FT. ST. LUCIA

NYC electro-boys the Knocks release this sweet summer single with St. Lucia's Jean-Phillip Grobler on the vocals. It's disco infused indie rock and I love it. Throwback-esque and it still holds it's own. The track officially released a few days ago and is available on all the usual sources. 

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STREAM The Knocks - Modern Love (Ft. St. Lucia)

DAFT PUNK GET LUCK FT. PHARRELL (EXTENDED COACHELLA/SNL TEASER)

Just to be absolutely clear this is in no way an official release. It's the same looped track that has been appearing in the ads/the SNL teaser. It's great though and I'm digging the vocals Pharrell and Nile Rodgers' have laid over. Even if it's not official, it's pretty rad and is at least holding me over until the real album is released . Enjoy!

STREAM Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Ft. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers)

MICHAEL JACKSON REMEMBER THE TIME LOUIS LA ROCHE REMIX

Get your afternoon jam on with a classic MJ remixes by my future UK BF Louis La Roche. Remember The Time gets a dunk in the funk and it's rad. If you aren't familiar with La Roche scope him out on soundcloud (link below) - he's well worth the listen.

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STREAM/ FREE DOWNLOAD Michael Jackson - Remember The Time ( Louis La Roche Remix)


Check out his latest mix down below as well!

STREAM/ FREE DOWNLOAD Calvin Harris - I Need Your Love (Ft. Ellie Goulding)
(Louis La Roche Remix)

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE OVER THE LOVE

STREAM Florence + The Machine - Over The Love

SOUND REMEDY LIBERATION

 

L.A. producer Sound Remedy's latest delivery Liberation is amaze. It's a tightly wrapped epic 7 minute track that really showcases the range he's established though his remixes. He begins simply enough and capitalizes on some clean chord progression to get it started, moving into his signature happy dubstep sounds towards the middle.

He's evocative and can bring out emotion without being cheesy or over the top (a rarity in his general genre), and that is one of the major things I like about him. He shows an understanding and control, and it has been working very well for him so far.  The last time we posted about Sound Remedy it was for his remix of Medicine by daughter which you should totally check out. Hit up his SoundCloud too from some more free downloads!

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STREAM/ FREE DOWNLOAD Sound Remedy - Liberation

JACQUES GREENE + TINASHE PAINTED FACES

Canadian producer Jaques Greene has been on our radar for a bit now, and my oh my does he deliver with this new track! The bass has that slightly tropical vibe to it and a nice spotty melody over it that has some hints of trip hop added in. I was blinded/obsessed at first with just the bass line, it's so subtle and light, but the rest soon followed. Tinashe's vocals are a perfect addition; she sounds familiar without quite being able to place it and will leave you wanting more. Awesome collaboration!

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STREAM Jacques Green - Painted Faces (Ft. Tinashe)


Short clip on the making of Painted Faces below.

THE PASSENGERS LET HER GO PEER KUSIV REMIX

While this came out in December (ancient I know), it's still a fantastic track and well worth a listen. German producer Peer Kusiv reworks The Passengers' indie-folk single Let Her Go beautifully. It's simple and pretty. He draws the acoustic sounds of the original out and adds a nice minimal touch that embellishes the track rather than over powering it.  This rings back a bit to an earlier post we did on Fennec & Wolf's edit of The Lumineers Stubborn Love.

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STREAM The Passengers - Let Her go (Peer Kusiv)

ALEX METRIC SCANDALISM

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Here's UK producer Alex Metric's new track Scandalism off of his latest EP, Ammunition Pt. 3. Scandalism shows us a lesser known side of Metric, and wins as my favorite track of the bunch hands down. It's a disco flavored joyride and it totally rocks. Honorable mention goes out to Want Ya off of the same EP (link to stream the EP below)!

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STREAM Alex Metric - Scandalism

I WAS SICK BUT NOW I'M NOT

The title says it all. Everything should be back to it's regular pace in the next day or so. In the mean time, here are a few tracks to get you through. I want to thank Electrocorp for these two. They are random as hell and get kind of weird, and I like them. Or at least the fever likes them. Either way, they cool.  

STREAM George Morel - Let's Groove

STREAM Ben Vedren - I know You More HQ

S O H N THE WHEEL EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR REMIX

"We felt in love with this song as soon as we heard it."

SOHN's The Wheel get's a 3AM dark synth makeover with this remix. French DJ's have been hard core representing around here. Employee of the Year takes the very minimal, vocals focused original and creates a whole new dark dreamy world around it. It's beautiful. Dig in. 

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STREAM/ DOWNLAOD S O H N - The Wheel (Employee Of The Year Remix)


Here's the original just for some perspective.

STREAM SOHN - The Wheel

MAX FROST WHITE LIES

Texas native Max Frost comes out of nowhere and lays it down with his new track White Lies. This one will instantly hook you.

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STREAM Max Frost - White Lies

AARON SMITH DANCIN KRONO REMIX

Awesome remix of Aaron Smith's 1994 hit Dancin! Parisian duo KRONO do an insane job of adding their french touch to this one, bringing out the best the track has and toning it the eff down into a laid back dance track. Seriously I cannot believe the difference between this version and the original. It's just so good.

It basically took all of my self control not to just post their whole SoundCloud (link below) page on here. Super worth it to go over there and just hit 'play'.

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STREAM Aaron Smith - Dancin (Remix by KRONO)


Seriously, just check out the difference. It's kind of bananas.

Also BONUS DOWNLOAD! Super understated remix of one of my favorites. These dudes rock.

STREAM Sebastien Tellier - L'Amour Et La Violence (Remix by KRONO)

And saving the best for last, this will make your ear holes smile.

STREAM KRONO- Emphazed

TRÉSORS PLEINE LUNE ANORAAK REMIX

Frédéric Rivière, aka Anoraak brings us this nice remix of Trésors "Pleine Lune." It's like new wave electro-pop for 2013. A kickin bass synth line that builds and builds and sounds like a car driving scene out of a movie totally makes this remix for me. Grab the free download below!

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STREAM/ DOWNLOAD Trésors - Pleine Lune (Anoraak Remix)

ROBIN THICKE BLURRED LINES FT T.I. & PHARRELL

This is what JTim's new album should have sounded like. Too bad. Robin Thicke gets his sexy on with the awesome new single "Blurred Lines". Pharrell and T.I. add their usual class, and it looks like they're having a damn good time. DUH, I love it. It's sexy pop at it's best: great production and execution from song to video.   

STREAM Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines Ft. T.I. & Pharrell

RYAN HEMSWORTH PROTO

Up next is Ryan Hemsworth's newest track, an epic homage to video game producer Yasunori Mitsuda. This is one of those tracks that is great to listen to over a variety of situations. Kind of dancy in true Hemsworth fashion, but also relaxed enough to just sit back and listen to it. Record label Lefse will be releasing it as a 4 song compilation honoring the producer on April 2. 

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STREAM/ DOWNLOAD Ryan Hemsworth - Proto

DJ DAN OUT OF NOWHERE WHITENOIZE REMIX

San Francisco duo WhiteNoize is comprised of DJ and Production duo Chris Harnett and David Carvalho and they have made my day with this one. This song just makes me smile. It's sunshine and awesomeness smashed together into a fast paced disco jam of a tune. Great vocals and a freaking homerun on the beachy disco sound that is dying to be played through a boombox. Hells yes SanFro.

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STREAM DJ Dan - Out OF Nowhere (Whitenoize Remix)

PARONATOR & BOG MOTIONS OF THE NIGHT PRONATOR VERSION

 

Mellow and laidback, Paronator's version of "Motions Of The Night" is rad. It's got just the right amount of Casio synth drums and that kind of dark dreamy sound that makes you kind of zone out and take it all in. Some of his stuff tends to wander, but with this track he snaps you back at just the right time. Enjoy. 

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STREAM Pronator & Bog - Motions Of The Night (Pronator Remix)

HOLMES PRICE GOT THAT SOUND NIGHT DUB

Coming soon on Heavy Disco’s new Deep Disco Vol. 2 compilation, 'Got That Sound' is as smooth as silk. Throwback disco with a twinge of tropical summer. It's pretty solid. Dig in!

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STREAM Holmes Price - Got That Sound (Night Dub)