Fred Falke is a gun. And not the kind of gun that Megatron turns into, more like the kind that makes really awesome tracks, whether remixed or original. In fact he is such a gun that he played bass on Daft Punk's albums, for the uninitiated into French House-dom. If that's not enough of a name check, I don't know what is.
So since Fred has made a mini-return to the blogosphere after what seems like an ages-long absence (in reality probably two weeks) with two remixes I have just recently come across, and a couple relatively unlikely original song sources as well.
The first is a take on a track by garage-rock-soul-diva band The Gossip, whose singer belts 'em out like she's Aretha Franklin Jr, except instead of soul and funk backing her up it's huge dirty indie rock. Fred cleans them up a bit here but Beth's pipes remain untouched.
Grizzly Bear are certainly someone I never expected to translate well to the electronic realm, as their quirky glitch-folk style is a bit short on rhythm and heavy on weirdness, but this track is a reminder that sweet remixes are only as impossible as we want them to be...
I've never heard of Mini Viva, and quite frankly have never listened to them despite the Fred Falke mix of Left My Heart In Tokyo being ridiculously sweet. I know nothing about them except that this track makes me want to strut around downtown Tokyo wearing red cowboy boots, jeans four sizes too small and a snakeskin suit jacket.
And an old classic
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