Its no secret that I’m a fan of Nicki Minaj, and it sounds like I’m not the only one
Tigersapien put together this remix a little while ago, and it took me until now to listen to it. They do some pretty cool stuff.
Nicki Minaj - Go Hard (Tigersapien Remix)
Get more from those crazy Tigersapien kids on Twitter and Tumblr.
I used to be really into designing t-shirts. I’d spend a morning sketching the design then (lacking a scanner), I’d take a picture with a digital camera and edit the image in photo shop. Next, I’d print it out on thick paper, cut that into a stencil and paint it onto shirts with a roller brush. It was a pretty labor intensive process, and some of those designs never actually made it into shirt form.
Fortunately, my girl got one actually printed on a shirt for me after snagging the design off of an earlier post I wrote (that’s her sexy ass modeling it above).
Expect more t-shirt designs, both new and from the archives here soon on 199X.
In the meantime, some bloody good tracks:
Jinder - Youth Blood (Bubblegum Sci-Fi Remix) (via GottaDanceDirty)
Sharam Jey - In My Blood (Jaimie Fanatic Mix) (via Technocolorkids)
They might be one-note wonders with nothing more than a few well-received demo tracks to their name, but I’ve been digging Sleigh Bells. As Jane Bang has found (pictured on the shirt above from T.I.T.S clothing), they’re going to make for great remix fodder.
I’ve never been a huge fan of La Roux, but someone sent me this track a few weeks ago and its been keeping me entertained. I just love the way you think its really going to drop just before the 2 minute mark, but then it goes all wobbly again.
La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream’s Lets Get Ravey Remix)
Check out more of that horror sound on 199X. Then hit us on on Twitter
On a lighter note, does anyone think La Roux looks like Fry from Futurama?
(Image via Brandon Sek via Ffffound)
I’m about 500 pages into the first book, The Reality Dysfunction, of Peter F. Hamilton’s “The Night’s Dawn Trilogy” and so far I’m loving it.
Part of the reason I like it is because some of the main characters, the “Edenists” are similar to the post-human Culture of Iain Banks’ books. One of the key differences is that instead of having their main technologies be based on computers, the Edenists grow their sentient starships and habitats out of a substance called “bitek” (that I can only assume is short for “bio-technology”). This gives both their habitats and ships personality and sentience, with the Edenists connected to them via a telepathic affinity bond.
Like a lot of the sci-fi I’ve been reading lately, its full of huge ideas and takes place on an epic scale. Reading it, I feel the same way that I do when I look at that picture of the astronaut floating above the earth.
I added the tracks from the XX below because they definitely have a spacey-feel. If you listen closely to the lyrics of “Shelter,” it almost sounds like they were written about the Edenists and their living technology. The original version of this track is pretty good, but I really like the the rework that Death to the Throne gives it.
The XX - Shelter (Death to the Throne Remix)
The XX - Basic Space (The Astronomer Remix)
Joachim Garraud - Back From Space (Frederico Fanchi Remix) (via the always-classy Palms Out)
Frankly, I’d like to see Kelly play Michelle in a game of ping pong.
Daisy Daisy - Michelle Plays Ping Pong (Vicarious Bliss Remix)
AIR - Kelly Watch The Stars (MOOG Cookbook Remix)
(via Butter Team, who has a hilarious video for this song)
Official AIR site here and some cool shit by the guys that that did the Michelle video can be found here.
I’ve totally been digging these two tracks that I got from Dancefloor Mayhem. Pure pop candy.
The Drake Hotel reminds me of bars in Australia, and that reminds me of Sneaky Sound System. In the photo booth before us was a guy with his shirt off and a hot chick. Afterward, the guy bought us a round of beer, then drank Micker’s.
Check out this wicked remix of UFO by 18 year-old Melbourne prodigy RDCTBR.
Also make sure you check out RDCTBR’s Myspace page - it’s got an amazing background, the kind that is only designed by innate talent.
Sneaky Sound System - UFO (RDCTBR remix) (via Bass Riot).
More Sneaky here
More RDCTBR here and here
