Weekenditty: "Summer" - CALVIN HARRIS

Well... this isn't horrible - it's no award winner, but it's not deplorable dance like so many out there.  It sounds just like his last single Under Control, but oh well.  It's Calvin, and if we must embrace a mass-produced sound on the decks, he's at his core the best.  So, Mr. Harris, feel free to phone it in - we'll wait for the good stuff later.  In the mean time - get it. 

TIMJ!: #tbt edition | "Le Disko" (Tommie Sunshine remix) - SHINY TOY GUNS

This was indeed my jam for almost all of 2006.  

DOWNLOAD and thank me later when it RULES your workout: 

TIMJ!: "Paper Heart" - CHLÖE HOWL

This is definitely MY JAM today.  I think the world of young upstart Chlöe Howl and hopefully you will too.  She's just.... lovely.  Enjoy: 

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Check out her brand new EP Rumour, which just dropped yesterday in the U.S.

"Ello Ello" - RAC ft. BODY LANGUAGE

This easily is one of my favorite tracks this week - perhaps even the utmost such.  Penned by the brilliant (and now touring) RAC (short for 'remix artist collective') and rising Brooklyn-based stars Body Language, Ello Ello is the second track on the former's brand new EP (it's actually part 1 of a 2-part LP) Strangers, Pt. 1 - a record that also features the equally as phenomenal Let Go (featuring Kele of Bloc Party and MNDR).

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TIMJ! - "Good Enough to Keep" & "Feel of Love" - TENSNAKE

The Germans have come up with their response to England's Disclosure - and his name is Tensnake.  

A talented producer with who mixes in soul, disco, funk, electro and magic into his sets, Marco Niemerski is a hell of a DJ and finally has global backing with his release of Glow, which dropped yesterday.  Here are my two favorite tracks off the album - each with iconic collaborators.

The first is Jacques Lu Cont (Stuart Price), the iconic three-time Grammy-winning producer and French house DJ who was the driving force behind Madonna's Confessions... and Kylie Minogue's Aphrodite.  

The second is none other than producer/guitarist extraordinaire and legend Nile Rogers (pictured) - one of the driving forces behind Daft Punk's revival and the emergence of Avicii.  Adding vocals to the track is Fiora (pictured), a rising Berlin star who lends her voice to many of the tracks on Glow and has a soulful resonance ripe for the picking.