DJing

Tonight I'm Dj'ing at the DDK christmas lunch, and I'm really excited because I get to DJ to a new crowd that is not familiar with my stuff. which means I can bring out all my old classics.
My Dj sets has this year been centered around the themes nu & old disco, hints of motown, bollywood, dancehall and "hints of michael jackson"(which means that i haven't played michael jackson, only remix stuff, bands covering him or referring to him in their music).
But tonight I will also bring out my old brazil theme, and my single classics that can guarantee any guy to join the ladies on the dancefloor.

Here's a great tune I will play tonight:

Gotye: Heart's a mess

Adore!

The Lights: Drive my soul

Well I've been enjoying this tune for more than a year now, so I thought I'd introduce it. Maybe you have heard this little Canadian before, she is getting popular with the song "Savior".(See sidebar for a link to a live performance.)
Here's the lovely "Drive my soul"

Fever Ray: Concrete Walls

Deep, dark, wonderful. To be listened to extremely loud, alone in darkness.

Like this!

Listen to Hero Horns together with RebekkaMaria in a submarine. The sound is nice. Love the song.

See video; Hero Horns: Handcuffs, here

Miike Snow: Silvia

I can't get enough of Miike Snow. I saw them live in concert on Friday night and it was so inspiring to just see them work on stage.

This is Silvia:

Mr Hudson: Knew we were trouble

Lovely!

Old Stevie Nicks Interview

Somehow I managed to started listening to Fleetwood Mac these last couple of days and also rekindleing my love for Stevie Nicks. My favorite songs are "Stand back", "beauty and the beast" and "edge of seventeen". In my quest for finding these songs for you to listen to I stumbled across and old interview with Stevie Nicks where she talks about her and Lindsey Buckingham before they were famous and how they used to struggle to make the rent, and her story into Fleetwood Mac



Fleetwood Mac are really mainstream but they did release really interesting tunes like "Caroline", "Tusk" and "Never going back". Below you can see Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks perform "Never going back." Dig the guitar!

Lenka

Lenka is an Australian singer-songwriter mostly famous for her song: "the show". Today I was listening to her album and started thinking how much she sounds like Lily Allen. Her lyrics are not as political or as provocative as Lily Allen.




The following video is really neat i think. It reminds me of a Danish children's show from when I was a kid.

Lady Sovereign pulling a M.I.A stunt?

Lady Sovereign's recent single shows a remarkable change in her usual releases. The first time I heard "I got you dancing" I didn't recognize her at all. In fact I was very surprised when I learned that it was Lady Sovereign. "I got you dancing" is a really cool sound, but it sounds to me like a try to get in the same league as M.I.A and Santogold. So "I got you dancing" - sad mistake at being a M.I.A copycat or clever move into coolqueenbeat realm? You be the judge:

Lady Sovereign: I got you dancing:



M.I.A : Pull up the People:

Miike Snow

This weekend a friend of mine drew my attention to Swedish band Miike Snow. Already getting airplay with their soon-to-be smashhit "Animal", Miike Snow has the similar sound of a soft Hot Chip. For me it was love at first listen, especially the song: "Song of no one". Listen to it here

Miike Snow consist of Andrew Wyatt and the guys behind producing team Bloodshy & Avant who has produced smashhits like Britney Spears' "Piece of me" and "Toxic" and songs from Madonnas "Confessions on a dancefloor".

Jump on the "Animal" train with the video below:



Get free downloads of Miike Snow remixes and Miike Snow mash-ups with Vampire Weekend and Passion Pit from their recordlabel here

On my Ipod in June

This is a list of songs playing in my ipod this June:
(rightclick to open and listen to song in another window)

Paloma Faith: Stone Cold Sober


Nephew: D.T.A.P


Bertie Blackman: Heart


Passion Pit: Sleepyhead

Addeboy vs. Cliff: Beep my beep

Florence and the machine: Rabbit Heart

Jooks: Hun vil ha en rapper

The Gossip: Heavy Cross

Bat for Lashes: Daniel

Martha Wainwright: B.M.F.A

The Pierces: Boring

Melody Club: Girls don't always wanna have fun

The Flaming Lips: Borderline

Chairlift: Bruises

Bertie Blackman: Heart

This is a very peculiar song, but I like the intrigate rhytm combined with the upbeat festive tune. Enjoy.

Bat for lashes: Daniel

Love this tune. Love her new album "Two Suns" altogether. Love the dreamy mystic tune combined with lyrics that speak of love that may be lost but never forgotten.

Addeboy vs. Cliff: Beep my Beep

Love this tune. Definitely to play at my next party.

The Pierces: Boring

Love the Pierces. Ever since I heard "three wishes" and "secret" I have been an addict. AND they are from Birmingham, Alabama :-D. Some of you might have noticed "boy in a rock and roll band" that I have had on my ringtone for ages. Here is the awesome ironic Boring:

Spring tunes

Here are some tunes I have listened to this spring:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Runaway

From their new, and may I just add, excellent, album, "It's Blitz!", "Runaway" is just a fantastic song. I really like their older stuff but they have softened up a bit, and it's still very very fine. "Runaway" is definitely a new favorite song of mine.

Maria Timm: Dirty Place

I just love this song. It had to grow on me though. But now I listen to it every morning while biking through Copenhagen. What an amazing way to begin the day. I have previously listened to Maria Timm's voice in the band Marybell Katastrophy, but now she has made a little side solo project. She just came out with an album, but here is the video of Dirty Place for your pleasure:

Approaching Easter: Is Europe ready for Flo Rida's resurrection tecnique?

Hitting the charts in US these days is Flo Rida's brand new single: Sugar. And just like his previous one, I'm sure that every teenager and mainstream enthusiast will devour it.

I anticipate that this single also will be a hit among preteens and teenagers in Europe. Just as Flo Rida used samplings from 80's hit Dead or Alive: "You spin me Right Round" in his monster hit "Right Round", Flo Rida has brought a European hit machine from the 90's back to life. But is Europe - and especially the adult mainstream audience - ready for Italian Eiffel 65's "Blue (da ba dee)" not even a decade later?

My bet is: SURE! Just as Europe were ready for yet another round of Moldavian O-zone: "Dragostea Din Tei" just five years later through T.I. and Rihanna:"Live your life".

I'm certain that every teenager that didn't get to experience the music in the 90's will just love Flo Rida's 10 steps to resurrecting the European dance chart.

As for me, don't mind if I skip this holiday. To me, it sounds more like an exorcism than the beauty of a resurrected beloved.

For your pleasure or discomfort you can enjoy both the original "Blue" and "Sugar" below.

Sia: Buttons (CSS remix)

This Australian singer/songwriter has been worked over by CSS, and they have made an amazing remix, to drool over, or maybe to just shake a little rumple.

Fever Ray

Fever Ray is a side-project from Swedish Karin Dreijer Andersson who is also known as one half of the brother-sister duo The Knife, who is known in the more mainstream circle for the song "Heartbeats" that Jose Gonzales covered. You may also know her as the singer in the excellent "What else is there" by Royksopp. The side-project just landed in the stores with the album: "Fever Ray". Here is an absolutely beautiful song, "Keep the streets empty for me":






If you don't know "What else is there", your ears will love this candy:

Asteroid Galaxy Tour

This Danish band is just the bomb. A band definitely to keep an eye on. Already celebrating their popularity across the borders in the US (getting played and praised on the smash series "Gossip Girl") and Australia (on the air charts) DK just started noticing them. Although their single "Around the Bend" is good, I also really like "The Sun Ain't Shining No more". Below you can enjoy both.