all i wanna do is bounce bounce

The flowers are more than out at this point and it's time for me to go back to the half of the year in which I am, for some bizarre reason, viscerally terrified of bees. I've never been stung and I have a fairly high pain threshold (flexes muscles) but I run and scream whenever I see one. Bees bad, Summer music good. i.e., Daft Punk playing in LA on July 21st. I am listening to a set of theirs from Twilo courtesy of Hometaping (possibly the best design I've ever seen in an mp3 blog), and though it was recorded in October of 98, I would be happy to hear it out this July of 07. Though massive audio visual pyramids and ableton magic will suffice just fine.

First up is a track which we lifted from Fluokids for reasons that are patently obvious. M. Redhotcar seems to have turned this up at Masala, a blog which I am now happy to know.
Todosantos are 3 fun kids from Brooklyn by way of Caracas. Those 2 cities (and more) seem to give a pretty decent indication of their sound. They flex summer muscles here with cartoon 2 step that's all digital fire hydrants, pixellated bikinis, fluo ipods and bubbly bass. The track's title is completely coincidental and unconnected to us, but you'll understand why it caught our attention. Fiery label of abundant current currency Flamin Hotz is wisely choosing to put this out this summer.

Todosantos - Acid Boys & Acid Girls

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Keep your eyes peeled to buy this at Turntable Lab

Lovely Chords are our wonderful Argentinian friends who have previously instructed you to suck on their ear and let you know that they push up on Frenchies. They seem to think that their disco is broken this time around, but you can judge for yourself. To us it sounds fragmented, possibly sprained and for a moment it looks like it could be serious, but as soon as the stabs (not as painful as they sound) come in at 1:23 you know it's going to be alright. Like Italo from mars, a kinder less tweaky Oizo, Kraftwerk 2007 or something I don't know, but I do know that these kids deserve your ears.

Lovely Chords - My Disco is Broken

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There's many sides to summer and while it's possible to spend over 24 hours in a club (I think) , I don't know why you would want to. There's more to summer than digital fire hydrants and pixellated bikinis, there's also Poney Poney. Just plain great summery AM pop music (and they know it). French kids know what they're doing. It's not even nececssary to point out which ones at this point, it's just a nation blessed with a generation of kids who know what the fuck is up. You probably know the song that did the rounds a while back (which Xavier from Justice helped them produce) "Junior", which got a release in the Arcade Mode limited 7" series, and "AM Music" came out on the wonderful and growing Rallye/Klee label in Japan. If it weren't for charming tics of speech, you'd probably never know these kids were French, and if it weren't for certain watermarks you'd never know what year this music had been made in, and in the future you probably won't be able to tell.

Poney Poney - By the Numbers

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Some artists are able to invoke the past without forcing you to be actively nostalgic, instead compelling you to a state of passive continuity where the components of what made something great then are the same things that makes a thing great now. It might seem preposterous to get all THAT way about body music, especially the kind that uses hoovering sounds and sped up diva samples to get its point across, but I'm also the type of person that will tell you straight faced that I can relate to Ed Banger's music emotionally (and it's not always the obvious emotions, e.g. distortion does not = anger). So when I hear something that uses the past to build something new and fresh and now and (hopefully) future I can't help but open the clock. Anyway, Curses! has thankfully been picked up by Institubes, a label that knows what to do with the past (Surkin? Check out his remix of Para One [who, by the way, fucking KILLED it here in LA @ Check Yo Ponytail last week... he played with Boys Noize {who was also amazing}, and I can't fucking WAIT for his remix of Boys Noize.. Bobmo? Check out 'Home Alone').

We told you before when we were talking about Trouble & Bass that we'd be bringing this guy up (he's part of that crew in case you don't recall). This is sweat music. They mean it when they tell you that they will bass you. One of my favorite tracks of the year so far.

Curses! - What I Need

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Acid Jacks are madcap party boys w/ a penchant for NO RAVE (almost considered posting this whole thing in pink just so the sheer blackness of that NO RAVE would glare into your soul as you read it). In their own words, 'a robust blend of machine, acid and awesome.' mstrkrft, tacteel and boy 8 bit (my favorite mix of the bunch) have already shown their love to 'Awake Since 78', a song which you surely know or at least have heard (acid jack boris tells me that someone in aus is writing their thesis on the song!!!). But here they show a different side, in this extract from a live PA, opting for a fast and loose bit of old skool.

Acid Jacks - Rock 'n' Lol

This bonus offering from them is where they show you how they would be if you were like, 'Hey Acid Jacks, come play at my party!' They want to tell you that if you're able to identify all the tracks in this mix that they'll give you a prize. I don't know what the prize is but if you somehow know all these tracks, then that seems like a prize in itself there is A LOT in here. It was recorded a few years ago so you have a good headstart. HIT THE BOOKS!

Acid Jacks - Get Freaky House Party

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p.s. bonus gossip>>pssst, look out for future acid jacks & trouble & bass situation

Blamma! Blamma! have found their way onto Acid Girls (hearts') again, though this time it's in fierce battle with Maximo Park. As has become customary for them, their technique is to spin their foe around in circles and loops until their native rock n roll tongue can speak only electro. It really is impressive to watch a talented street thug with a good right hook become a seasoned drum machine. Their jabs are stabs and their kicks are steady. All dumb fight metaphors aside, this is a really bangin track. Just the right amount of crazy and fun and tension.

Blamma! Blamma! vs Maximo Park - Terminal Velocity

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Next up:
Cobra Kai / Sean K / Congorock / Alden Tyrell / White Noise / Dntel