Going to Vermont

Christmas is over (finally), so now everyone's going to go about their merry way once again, until New Years that is. Meanwhile, I'll be traveling up to Vermont for a couple of days, so I won't be posting for a while. I made a mixtape for the roadtrip up there, and thought I'd post it here for you to listen to in the meantime. It's more mellow and less electronic than my first two mixtapes, but personally, I think it's overall better. Download the mixtape, check out the track list, you know the deal. 

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Ian France - The Vermont Mixtape

Track List:

01 Final Fantasy - I'm Afraid of Japan

02 Beirut - Napoleon On the Bellerophon

03 Beirut - Scenic World

04 Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos

05 Grizzly Bear - Easier

06 The Neighbourhood Council - Liver and Tan

07 Grizzly Bear - Granny Dinner

08 Beach House - Master Of None

09 Fight Bite - Swissex Lover

10 Feist - I Feel It All (Diplo Remix)

Merry Christmas from Japan

This is a little stocking stuffer I thought I'd post from DJ Muranao of the electro unit, I'm So Looking You. It's a cover of WHAM's Last Christmas and a truly great gift from the gal DJ all the way over in Nagoya, Japan. A beautifully woven mass of Christmas bells, techno kits, and radiating synthesizers, the track's enough to wham the Christmas spirit into any robot's heart. Hope you enjoy it, and once again, merry Christmas... from Japan!

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I'm So Looking You - Last Christmas

Banjo Or Freakout - Silent Night

Once again, Banjo Or Freakout creates another haunting, atmospheric masterpiece, with his inter-dimensional rendition of Silent Night, a Christmas favorite. If you want more Banjo, you can preorder the Mr No/Someone Great 7" here. However, if you're looking for any more Christmas-oriented tunes, just check out my indie Xmas playlist here, and I'll be posting if I find any more Christmas tracks to rock your stockings. Until then, merry Christmas!

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Banjo Or Freakout - Silent Night

Send Us Your Mixtapes!

That's right folks! I'm always looking for new music, so whether it's your mix, your remix, your mixtape, or your very own music, just send it to me at DANISHPOET@YAHOO.COM. I'll listen to it and if I like it (which I'm sure I will), I'll do a post on it. I'd love it if you sent me your stuff, and if I really really really love it, I'll keep an eye on you and post any other new music you come up with. Here's a 10 minute minimix I actually made just a couple of days ago called The Herculean Mixtape. I mainly put it together just to help cheer me up during these cold, dreary days, and I hope it does the same for you. Check out the track lists, then download the mixtapes. Cheers!

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Ian France - The Herculean Mixtape

Track List:

1 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor

2 Hercules & Love Affair - Blind

3 Cut Copy - Far Away (The Golden Filter Remix)

4 The Hours - See The Light (Calvin Harris Remix)

5 Plus Move - Boss

6 Cut Copy - So Haunted (Knightlife's Sun-Soaked Reprise)

Hot Chip and Pete Cover Cape Cod

Well who saw this one coming? If you've ever heard of the Vampire Weekend song Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, you'll probably remember the lyrics "feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel..." and then there's a guitar segment and some more conga drums. Now that Banjo Or Freakout's already covered the track, what could be more perfect the a cover of the tune done by the person it's singing about - Peter Gabriel. Peter Gabriel and Hot Chip that is. Originally recorded over the summer in Peter Gabriel's Real World studios, the Cape Cod... cover is a perfect reflection of what Hot Chip does best - give you the sense of what the song's all about, while adding some really cool beats. However, I've got to say, I'm not all that crazy about how Pete's voice fits in with the synths and claps. Judge for yourself - download the track. 

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Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

DP Blogcast - 12/14/08

Finally decided to start a DP podcast, or what I like to call "blogcast" that'll be available for free download every Sunday on this website. It'll wrap up the week's best remixes and beats I posted about for 30 minutes or less (depending on how much I posted, and how good it was). Well, here it is, my first DP Blogcast.

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DP Blogcast - 12/14/08

Track List:

1 Cut Copy - So Haunted (Knightlife's Sun-soaked Remix)

2 Cut Copy - Far Away (The Golden Filter Remix)

3 Fake Blood - Mars

4 Hearts Revolution - Ultraviolence (Les Petits Pilous Remix)

5 Jay-Z & Santogold - Brooklyn Go Hard (Kanye West Production)

6 Feist - I Feel It All (Diplo Remix)

DP on the HM Continued

If you recall a couple of posts ago, I was talking about how Danish Poet Blog wasn't listed as one of the blogs on The Hype Machine's music blog list. Hypem, an MP3 music blog resource, is one of the more popular blogging networks, that not only helps popularize blogs with MP3 links, but also shares fantastic tracks over the internet. Well, I had asked all of my faithful readers to please enter in my blog for submission of the list, and if that didn't work, to please write them a letter (which they could copy and paste off of my website). As you can guess it meant a lot to me, so you can possibly imagine how thrilled I am to tell you that it worked! DP's now listed! Thank you so much, everyone, for your thoughtful contribution. I am forever in your debt. Now, check out my blog (as listed on Hypem) in all its beautiful glory. Oh, and as a proper thank you, I put up the currently five most popular tracks listed on Hypem for free download. Triple CHEERS!

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Hearts Revolution - Ultraviolence (Les Petits Pilous Remix)

Jay Z & Santagold - Brooklyn Go Hard (Kanye West Production)

Fake Blood - Mars

Lady Gaga - Just Dance (Anthony Ross & Mezzir Remix)

Kid Cudi - Day'N'Nite (Crookers Remix)

Music Video Update: Higher State

UK electro duo South Central just released a remake of the Josh Wink classic, Higher State of Consciousness. I've got the download after the jump, along with the music video, a mixture of ominous shadows and lights cast onto a montage of newspapers. Sound weird? Well, the music fits it perfectly. Take a look!

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South Central - Higher State

Cool Tunes Tuesday: Kings of Leon

I got three pretty wicked remixes for some Kings of Leon tracks I thought I'd put up for Cool Tunes Tuesday. The first track's the Kings' biggest hit, Sex On Fire (Tenzin Remix) (someone was bound to come out with a dance remix to that one). The second track's CSS's edit of The Bucket, and the third track is a remix of another Kings of Leon hit, Knocked Up (my personal favorite). Only this time, you've Lykke Li and The Rodeo thrown into the mix. Figure that one out. 

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Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire (Tenzin Remix)

Kings of Leon - The Bucket (CSS Remix)

Kings of Leon - Knocked Up (Lykke Li vs. Rodeo)

Cut Copy vs. The Golden Filter

In case you don't remember, a while back I posted about Hercules & Love Affair's fantastic disco remix of a Cut Copy track, Far Away. As I mentioned in that post, other artists including The Golden Filter, would be remixing the track. Well, I never lie. Here's the remix along with a Solid Gold video teaser.

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Cut Copy - Far Away (The Golden Filter Remix)

Why isn't DP on the HM?

The Hype Machine, or "Hypem", is a fantastic website that skillfully categorizes and lists all free music downloads posted on almost every music blog there is. It creates widgets, organizes posts by most popular and recent, and gives links to the downloadable track, EP, or album. 

However, I was scrolling through Hypem's list of music blogs the other day on their website, and found that not only was I not listed, but nor were my fellow bloggers Chalky and Greg, over at TLS and MDR (yeah, I know, too many acronyms). Anywho, Hypem's a brilliant way to popularize your blog, and I would deeply appreciate it if all my readers here submitted a form to Hypem, asking for Danish Poet Blog to be included on their blog list. Just enter my url (http://danishpoetblog.blogspot.com/) in the box here. If it says something like, "Danish Poet Blog has been reviewed and currently is not included in the Hype Machine." Then I would be eternally grateful if you were to send a message to Hypem requesting Danish Poet on the blog list. You can go here, and simply cut and copy what I already have written below:

Dear Hypem,

I have found to my surprise that the music blog Danish Poet Blog (http://danishpoetblog.blogspot.com/) is not included on your blog list. I have tried to recommend the blog, but for some reason, you will not allow it on your site. I would (as I'm sure would many) deeply appreciate it if you were to add this blog to your blog list. If you still continue refuse to, please explain why.

Love, [insert name here]

If you were to actually submit this form I would love you forever. Cheers! Until then, here are some downloads:

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Cut Copy - So Haunted (Knightlife's Sun-soaked Reprise)

Bloc Party - Flux (The Knife Machine Remix)

Feist - I Feel It All (Diplo Remix)

Music Video Update: I'm A Rope

Quite the interesting vid for Tommy Sparks' I'm A rope. Check out some awesome remixes of the track after the jump.

Tommy Sparks - I'm A Rope

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Tommy Sparks - I'm A Rope

Tommy Sparks - I'm A Rope (Drums of Death Remix)

Tommy Sparks - I'm A Rope (Yuksek Remix)

Eksi Ekso

Tom Martin from over at AAM emailed me recently about a Boston sextet called Eksi Ekso. I'd never heard of them before, but when I listened to some of their tracks I was pretty surprised. I didn't know bands like this still existed. Bands with total instrumental and lyrical passion, are few at best, and Eksi Ekso is one of them. The newly formed brainchild of The Burning Paris and On Fire, Eksi Ekso has the experience of a decades old group, and the finesse of a hip rock band, with obvious influences ranging from Black Sabbath to Can. Overall, Eksi Ekso could be described as an musically intuitive, creative force, with a bright future in their midst; a gem found in a pile of ashes. So far, they've come out with a fantastic album on disc and vinyl, titled I Am Your Bastard Wings. MP3s after the jump. 

Track List:
01 The Wintering
02 O' God, They've Frozen
03 Killing Texas
04 The Choir Will Always Sing
05 Albatross
06 I Though You Died Last Time
07 Nitnb
08 Mavri
09 The Gallows
10 Just Leave
11 (Spouse Of) The Blind Hunter
12 Russian Excuse

You can download the album via iTunes, or order it on Amazon, but until then, here are three of the best songs off the album. Thanks for the email Tom. 

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Eksi Ekso - Just Leave

Eksi Ekso - Killing Texas

Eksi Ekso - O God They've Frozen

Music Video Update: Joseph, Better You Than Me or, The Killers' Christmas

The Killers have just released their third Christmas song in three years, titled Joseph, Better You Than Me. They worked with Elton John and Neil Tennant (of Pet Shop Boys) on the track, and made the music video out of clips from some old religious film. MP3 after the jump.



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The Killers, Elton John & Neil Tennant - Joseph, Better You Than Me

VDRK Mixes

VDRK's a New York club/house disco band that likes to party with Famous Friends and blog (like me). I've got a few of VDRK mixtapes I found and put them up for free download. The first one's called At The Beach, and even though it feels like dead winter, hopefully this will help brighten the mood. The second one's called Subdrive Selektor, with artwork by Raymond Santos (below). Check out the tracklist, then download the mixtape. It's got some Daft Punk and Justice in there, along side The Twelves' remix of the Black Kids' annoying classic, I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance.

Track List:

01 Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
02 Estelle - American Boy (Shredded by Stockholm Syndrome)
03 Sidechains - Dr. Funk
04 Daft Punk - Voyager
05 Surkin - Next of Kin (Todd Edwards’ Re-Kindled Mix)
06 Khia - My Neck My Back
07 Surkin - Next of Kin
08 Fred Falke - Love Theme
09 Clipse - Wamp Wamp
10 Symbolone - Love Juice (Moulinex Remix)
11 Dirty South & Paul Harris - Better Day (TV Rock Remix)
12 Girls And Boyz (Vandalism Club Mix)
13 Estelle - American Boy (Soulseekerz Club Mix)
14 Siriusmo - All The Girls (Yuksek Remix)
15 Daft Punk - Da Funk
16 The Knife - Heartbeats (Rex The Dog Remix)
17 50 Cent - In Da Club (GNX Remix)
18 Justine Electra - Killalady (Surkin Remix)
19 Strip Steve - Tommy Boy
20 Daft Punk - Harder Faster Better Strong
21 Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)
22 Thieves Like Us - Drugs In My Body (RiskODiskO Hard Adicction Remix)
23 Late Of The Pier - The Bears Are Coming (Partyshank Remix)
24 Common - Go
25 Kelis - Bossy (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)
26 Justice - Genesis (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)
27 Jamiroquai - Runaway
28 Puzique - Don’t Go
29 Felix Da Housecat - Like Something 4 Porno (Kris Menace Remix)
30 Boys Noize - Shine Shine (AC Slater Remix)
31.Primary 1 - Hold Me Down (Yuksek Remix)
32 Hot Chip – And I Was a Boy from School
33 Fergie - Fergalicious (Mr Men Remix)
34 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
35 Larry Tee - Licky (Feat. Princess Superstar) (Sebastian Leger Remix)
36 Le Le - Breakfast
37 Simian Mobile Disco - Tits and Acid
38 Surkin - White Knight Two
39 Spiller - Groovejet (Radio Edit)
40 noitcudeS lausneS

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VDRK - At The Beach

VDRK - Subdrive Selektor

Here's one more mixtape I found from VDRK with some great tracks, called Nicky Digital Mixtape. It was originally made for the nightlife blog, Nicky Digital, with the cover illustration made by Shantz.

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VDRK - Nicky Digital Mixtape

Track List:

01 Pierre De La Touche - The Beat Goes On

02 Simian Mobile Disco - Sleep Deprivation (Club Mix) 

03 Gadjo - It's Alright (Jesse Garcia Remix) 

04 When Saints Go Machine - You Should Be Someone Else (Moulinex Remix) 

05 The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Go (Chris Lake UK Vocal Mix) 

06 Calvin Harris - Merrymaking (Deadmau5 Remix) 

07 Shazam - Pool Party 

08 Roland Clark and The Montanas - Music Talking (Fred Falke Remix) 

09 Cleptomaniacs - All I Do (Cleptomaniacs Ghost Mix) 

10 Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Laidback Luke Remix) 

11 Daft Punk - High Life Less

VDRK's coming to Brooklyn this Saturday with Fabulous Friends  and partying the night away. They'll be playing with The Twelves and  AC Slater. RSVP here. 

Cool Tunes Tuesday: The Ting Tings

I've been finding a lot of awesome tracks lately that I thought might be kind of cool to share with you. Every Tuesday's cool tunes Tuesday, which means I'll be putting up some remixes, covers, mash-ups, or what have you, up for free download. Every new tuesday means a new artist, so for this tuesday, I've got four tracks by The Ting Tings. The first track's from when the Ting Tings played Happy Birthday on a kids show called Yo Gabba Gabba. It's actually the original version from the one in that 80's movie, Sixteen Candles. The second track's an extremely rare acoustic version of one of The Ting Tings biggest hits, Great DJ. The third track's the LA Riots Remix of That's Not My Name, and the fourth is Be The One (Japanese Popstars Remix). 

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The Ting Tings - Happy Birthday

The Ting Tings - Great DJ (Acoustic)

The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (LA Riots Remix)

The Ting Tings - Be The One (Japanese Popstars Remix)

And here's the vid for The Ting Ting's That's Not My Name (Yo Gabba Gabba Remix). Gee, they sure love that TV show. They also made a music video for Shut Up and Let Me Go (Yo Gabba Gabba Remix), but I didn't post it because it's even more weird than this one. yeah.

Sikki Kidz - Dumb KIDZ Mixtape

The San-Jos based duo, Sikki Kidz, just released their new mixtape. The 45 minute track's got a couple of big names, and a couple of latin ones in their too. Check it out:

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Sikki Kidz - Dumb KIDZ Mixtape

Track List:

01 Moulinex - Come on Closer (Pineapples)
02 Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles remix)
03 La Prohibida - Flash
04 Thunderheist - Jerk It (Jokers on the Scene remix)
05 Proxy - Raven (Dirty Disco Youth remix)
06 Queiro Club - Let Da Music Play (80 Kidz remix)
07 Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser - Miedo
08 Belanova - Baila Mi Corazon (Mijangos 80s remix)
09 Sikki Kidz - Pornstart ft. F.E.R.
10 Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss a Beat (Cut Copy remix)
11 Bugo - La Mano Mia (Cecile and The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
12 U-God - Ugodzilla (Yuksek remix)
13 Shwayze - Buzzin (AC Slater remix)
14 Busy P ft. Murs - To Protect and Entertain (Crookers remix)
15 Pomomofo - Ssland (Toxic Avenger remix)
16 Depeche Mode - Just Cant Get Enough - (Dirty South remix)
17 Lykke Li - Breaking It Up (Punks Jump Up remix)
18 Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
19 Shitdisco - I Know Kung Fu (Goose remix)

MPPA - The Freeep

The New York indie pop band Matt Pond PA, just released a free EP, titled The Freeep, via their website. For a free download, it's actually really good. It's got some catchy beats and melodies that really keep it going.

The EP's also been titled: The Dawn before the Dark Leaves or Water off a Black Dog’s Back or Amazing Life or Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons or May we never go go mental, may we always stay stay gentle or The Fear of not Being Afraid or The Warmth Within the Warren or Dreaming of Sleeping or Saying It to Keep It From Happening or This is not the Dark Leaves or Living for Liv Ullman or The Odds of a Sunrise or Whispering Pines or You’ll be the Rhythm and I’ll be the Beat and I’ll be the Rhythm and You’ll be the Beat or The Grass Harp or Goodbye Barcelona or Why is my copy of the Moviegoer Floating in a Puddle Beside the Car. All appropriate titles for the feel of the album.

I think you'll enjoy it, cheers!

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Matt Pond PA - The Freeep

Track Listing:

1 Hearts and Minds

2 Our Braided Lives
3 Five
4 One and Only
5 Imperfect
6 Three
7 First Light
8 Amazing Life
9 One

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand are set to release their third album January 26, with a 1930's crime scene styled cover shot and a the first single titled Ulysses. The album's titled Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, and the track's already been leaked along with the cover art (above). So here it is, in all its Franz Ferdinandy glory. 

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Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses

Preorder the whole album here. Until then, here's the track listing:

01 Ulysses
02 Turn It On
03 No You Girls Never Know
04 Twilight Omens
05 Send Him Away
06 Live Alone
07 Bite Hard
08 What She Came For
09 Can’t Stop Feeling
10 Lucid Dreams
11 Dream Again
12 Katherine Kiss Me

Looks like their also going on their Tonight tour in December. Too bad they're not coming around New York...

12/3 Montreal, QC La Tulipe
12/4 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
12/6 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre (WFNX show)
12/8 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom (KNRK show)
12/9 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
12/11 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena (Live 105 show)
12/12 Las Vegas, NV The Joint (KVGS show)
12/14 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Ampitheatre (KROQ show)
12/15 San Diego, CA Canes Bar & Grill

Deerhunter Vs. SMD

The Simian Mobile Disco team just released their edit of Deerhunter's Octet, off of the '07 release Cryptograms. Here's the download, found it over at WLI.

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Deerhunter - Octet (Simian Mobile Remix)