Makina Delivers Free Remix EP

We have here what is perhaps the most worthy remix of Gotye’s hit, “Somebody That I Used to Know.” A rewarding listen produced by Buenos Aires to Amsterdam transplant, Makina, the “Beach Cumbia Edit” appears on “Gringas,” a free EP released last month. Reprogrammed in a cumbia style with an emphasis on flute melody, hand percussion, and rhythm guitar, Makina employs Gotye’s bittersweet lyrics by cutting them up and setting them in the background as rhythmic echoes as well as langourously stretched out select verses between drum rolls and crescendos of synthesizer noise. An addictive and effective remix without feeling trite or compulsory, this remix is a win, and a free win at that. Preview it below.

To download Makina – Gringas EP, visit Makina’s Bandcamp site here..

Frikstailers and Diamond Version to Appear on Impending Monkeytown Compilation

“Modeselektor proudly presents Modeselektion Vol. 02,” the forthcoming compilation on Monkeytown Records, will feature a line-up of some of the most acclaimed electronic music producers of the last 20 years (read: Clark, Mouse On Mars, Prefuse 73, Carsten Nicolai, and Byetone), plus several of the most talented and in-vogue artists who have come from all ends of the hip hop and global electronic bass music continuum (Martyn, Bambounou, Lazer Sword, Anstam).

With the forthcoming collection, Monkeytown label bosses, Modeselektor, also known as Sebastian Szary and Gernot Bronsert, have curated tracks that bear the torch of their powerful vision of experimental, energetic, meaningful, and fun electronic music. For example, Carsten Nicolai and Byetone of influential experimental electronic music record label, Raster-noton, have contributed a track to the compilation under the guise of Diamond Version, a project of rhythm-based compositions steeped in a well-thought out ethos. Another exciting entry on Modeselektion vol. 02 is “Sudaka Invasor,” from Argentinian agents of psychedelic genre-bending party music, Frikstailers. Currently residing in Mexico City, the duo of Lisandro Sona and Rafael Caivano are responsible for a thoroughly humorous, danceable, compelling blend of tropical Latin music, hip hop, and electro. Watch and listen below.

(Modeselektor proudly presents Modeselektion vol. 02 will be released on CD and 3XLP on June 29. To preview it, click here. To purchase it, visit the Monkeytown Records website.)

<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/11381388″>Frikstailers en vivo en Tele-Manias (Canal 10, Córdoba – Argentina)</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user2799642″>Frikstailers</a&gt; on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p>