3 tracks - rmx edits of Florence, Little Boots, VHS or Beta

So here are three edits you'll definitely hear me play on Saturday. They are three of my favorites, and I really enjoy how people react to them. VHS Or Beta is often hit-or-miss, but this track (Can't Believe A Single Word, remixed by the reliable LA Riots), is the complete banger package.

Can't Believe A Single Word (LA Riots vs. DJ MAJR edit) - VHS Or Beta

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Little Boots' Remedy (remixed by the potent combo of Sidechains and Buffetlibre) is almost always in my sets. I love it more than my luggage and, after almost 3 years, it still makes me move. Dancing is, indeed, my remedy. (PS: This edit is highly overdue.)

Remedy (Buffetlibre vs. Sidechains vs DJ MAJR edit) - Little Boots

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Lastly, I spent a day working on a remix by Sanna & Pitron of the indie/pop crossover, Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine. This track, thanks to the VMA's, became a commercial sensation one year or so after it was an underground/indie phenomena. I laced it with a nice Tiesto house beat, and then manipulated a couple loops in order to make it dancetastic. Yes, it's that gay.

Dog Days Are Over (Sanna & Pitron vs. DJ MAJR edit) - Florence + The Machine

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Get excited for Saturday's DISCO HO-DOWN! Hip Hip HO-ray!

remix monday: some majr madonna

The first request I have received for Saturday's BIG EVENT was the Sidechains remix of Madonna's Into The Groove. I LOVE this track, but I don't like the filler, so I edited it down. It was superbly easy, but makes a world of difference in momentum (no mid-song lull, or long terrible outro). So, go on.. get into your groove. :)

Into The Groove (Sidechains remix DJ MAJR edit)

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3 tracks: best Madonna remixes

I'm not the biggest Madonna fan out there, but I believe it hard for one not to appreciate her consistency over the years, as well as her (a propos) ambition. She's worked for a great deal and deserves her success, for the most part.

When I am DJing, I rarely play an album track of hers (they're usually too slow), but I do really enjoy some great remixes of her material. Here are my three favorite Madonna remixes, for Three Track Thursday.

I think the best part about these remixes is that the original tracks come from three different eras of her career. Into The Groove (1985) marked the first flush of Madonna's young career, when her sound was just coming into its own. Sidechains always seems to add great edge to their remixes, and this is no different. It transforms a mid-80's pop track into a belligerently electro dance song. This one wins most improved at the reunion.

Hollywood (2003) was the second single from the third straight chart topping record (American Life) in 6 years (after a 5 year period when few thought Madonna would recover from her pariah-like status of the early 1990's). It was this quality-grind era that saved Madonna's career, in my opinion. This remix, by the near-legendary Thin White Duke, made me like a song that otherwise about which I could give a damn less.

Lastly, we have Celebration (2009), a track that was originally written in part by Paul Oakenfold, and then remixed here by Benny Benassi. Does that not spell the perfect dance track? Madonna has this way of employing the best of the best to save and/or replenish her career with quality pop. Perhaps that says a great deal about her aesthetic instincts (and her humility)... and for that you can never doubt her merit over this massive span of 24 years between these tracks.

Into The Groove (Sidechains remix) - Madonna

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Hollywood (Thin White Duke remix) - Madonna

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Celebration [Benny Benassi remix] - Madonna

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