Wednesday, 20 June 2007

la grève générale's music blog

Here is our set from RAVE OR DIE last Saturday at the Rocklands Party in New Cross, London. Enjoy! 

- La Greve Generale - RAVE OR DIE (zshare)

Track list
Dead Prez – It's bigger than hip hop /
Godspeed you! Black Emperor – Lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven /
Klaxons – Atlantis to interzone /
Immortal Technique ft. Mos Def – "Bin Laden" /
The Bloody Beetroots – Harvest time /
Mr Oizo – Nurse Bob /
Justice – Let there be light /
Pharrell Ft. Gwen Stephani – Can I have it like that /
Miami Horror – Don't be on with her /
Kid Sister – Damn girl /
Daft Punk - Face to face /
The White Stripes – Seven nation army /
datA – Master level /
Guns'n'Bombs – Nothing is getting us anywhere (Acid Girls mix) /
Nas – Hip hop is dead /
Prodigy – Smack my bitch up /
Dead Prez – Hip hop /
Knifehandchop – Going back to Scarborough /
Modest Mouse – Float on /
Ying Yang Twins - Shake /
The Strokes – Last nite /
Ying Yang Twins – Badd /
Daft Punk – Voyager /
Jay Z and Beanie Sigel – Glock nines (Ratatat remix) /
Mos Def – Miss Fat Booty /
50 Cent – In the club (Tigerstyle remix) /
Timbaland – Give it to me /
Hieroglyphics – Powers that be /
Armand Van Helden ft Fat Joe – Touch your toes /
Spank Rock – Put that pussy on me (Joe Console Adjusters remix) /
Duke Dumont – Duke's fanfare /
Mos Def – Ms Fat Booty (Bird Peterson Isn't Dead remix) /
Wu Tang Clan – Ain't nuthin to fuck with (Bird Peterson Isn't Dead remix) /
Missy Elliot – We run this (Duke Dumont remix) /
Kelis – Milkshake /
The Sounds – Tony the beat (Rex The Dog remix) /
Thyne Eyes – Skinny girlz (La Greve Generale Lionel Richie edit) /
Spektrum – Kinda new (Dirty South remix) /
Klaxons – Gravity's rainbow (Van She Tech remix) /
Lillica Libertine – Loose lips sink ships /
Who Made Who vs Wildchild – Out the door (Superdiscounted Renegade LGG edit) /
Riot In Belgium – La musique /
Klaxons – Golden Skans to Interzone (So me remix) /
Metric – Monster hospital (MSTKRFT remix La Greve Generale re-edit)




Our new mix, now available to download on zshare here

Tracks:
Boys Noize – Don't believe the hype (Surkin remix)
MIA – Bird Flu (Crashberlin remix)
Does it offend you, yeah? – We are rockstars (Kissy Sell Out remix)
Sneaky Sound System – UFO (Van She Tech remix)
Klaxons – Golden skans to interzone (So me remix)
Booka Shade – In white rooms
Wale - Good Girl (Tactic remix)
The black ghosts – Face (Switch remix)
Tiga – You gonna want me (Van She Tech remix)
Riot in Belgium – La musique
Sebastien Leger – Bad clock
KHIA vs Kavinsky - My testarossa and my crack (Them Jeans blend)
LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum (Ian St.Laurent's South Philly Scum remix)
datA – J'aime pas l'art
Timbaland - Give it to me (Team 9's Heartshaped remix)
Magik Johnson - Scanning For Viruses (Claude VonStroke's Coffee On Your Motherboard Mix)
Surkin – Radio fireworks
Claude VonStroke - Who's Afraid of Detroit (Tanner Ross remix)
Lady Sovereign - FU2 (Dunproofin Remix)
Spektrum – Kinda new (Dirty south remix)
Daft Punk – Face to face
Guns'n'Bombs - Nothing is Getting Us Anywhere (Acid Girls remix)
Goldfrapp – Number 1 (Steve Angello remix)
Goose – Bring it on (Tronik Youth re-edit)
Mr Oizo – Nazis
All Saints – Chick Fit (Kissy Sell Out remix)
Robbie Williams - Lovelight (Soulwax Ravelight Dub)
DJ Orgasmic - Mekon, Yes Yes Y'all (Duke Dumont Remix)
Cut Copy – Hearts on fire
New Order – Blue Monday
Dizzee Rascal – Stand up tall
Depeche Mode – Just can't get enough (Dirty south remix)
Depeche Mode – Just can't get enough



The first in our series of nanomixes for people like us with short attention spans. We will be adding the rest here as and when we do them...

La Grève Générale - Un

Ingredients

Kraftwerk – Numbers, N*E*R*D – She wants to move (Justice remix), Teki Latex – Disco dance with you (Para One remix), Klaxons - Golden skans (SebastiAn version 1.2.0 remix), Freeform Five – No more conversation, Modeselektor – Dancing box, Vitalic – La rock, Daft Punk – Digital love, Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly (Ft. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG), LCD Soundsystem – North American scum, Rick Ross – Hustlin, The Strokes – The end has no end, Robbie Williams - Lovelight (Soulwax Ravelight Dub), Fat Al – I done came down

La Grève Générale - Deux
Check it out!




Right well as lots of people know mp3 blogs are ace. Some are particularly ace, and here is a list of ones we like, headed by ones which have said nice things about us, and maybe some of the nice things they've said:

Missing Toof
If this is not on your ipod, zune or what have you, stop that. Get this shit. This mix is nothing short of what you should demand from a dj set.... I wish I was a baller, I'd love to have these kids stateside...
La Greve Generale, raising your standards & making electro clash a threat again. Add them on myspace & watch out for new mixes & mashes by these two.

Big Stereo
La Grève Générale's Rave or Die recorded May 5th at the Rocklands Party in London. Rock + Rap = Rave? Whatever, I'm down.

stockholmbeatconnection
We got this superb mixtape from La Grève Générale that drops blends of everything from Uffie to swedish hardcore legends Refused Amazing! ... Big Up to La Grève Générale
...
[Nanomix un:] Brilliant stuff!

Slutty Fringe
La Grève Générale are a production duo based in the salubrious belly of East London that is Hackney and seem to be most happy when making mixes of buff hype proportions. They sent me through the Soixante-Trois Minutes mix they put together recently and it certainly is something that I wish I had the talent and patience to do myself.

JetPilot
This is completely fucking mind blowing... I don't even especially like hip-hop (and I rarely swear, that's how good it is), but this mix is just too funky and excellent NOT to like in it's entirety. It even has Rage Against the Machine mixed in. How sweet is that?

The Sky Report
... an awesome DJ duo from the UK who are, and I quote, "making electroclash a threat again". These guys, Gav and John to be specific, create stellar mixes, interweaving new electro artists such as THIEVES LIKE US and SEBASTIAN for example, with older classics ranging from 70's glitter - ROXY MUSIC, vintage robot electro - GARY NUMAN, and 80's hip-hop - SALT N PEPA, resulting in pure crystalized fun... To hear and download an endless selection of cool mixes by la grève générale, visit the boys on Myspace now!

Straight from the Whore's mouth
A most excellent mix [Soixante-trois minutes]

Pop Cultureddd
It has been a long while since I've been into mixes. Nothing has particularly caught my attention in a while... But yesterday Missing Toof posted an exclusive new mix by La Grève Générale... Even though I am chronically ill this has managed to perk me up. So if you are going out any time soon get this whacked on before hand... And you'll probably end up staying in and throwing a massive party in your own house and causing tremendous amounts of damage. I bet it'd be worth it though. Invite me!

Superfibre
This is pure disco punk dance rock genre-bending fun from the Grève Générale boys


cat dirt sez
these cats are a duo from london/hackney(represent!) and they've been active on myspace since last week. not sure about the inclusion of lady sov(yawn), but based on my listening thus far it appears there is more going on here then simple mash ups, a la girl talk (song + song + sample of song + sample of other song). other then that, there are a lot of hot tracks that we should all be familiar with- just look for the track list.

We also saw this on Swiss blog 78s.ch, but don't know if it's complimentary or not:
La Grève Générale ist ein Produktions-Duo aus London, das einen formidablen Tanzmix aus Electro, Techno, Hip Hop und Funk zusammengestellt hat. Der Namen des Mixes ist auch Programm: Soixantes-Trois-Minutes-Mix heisst er und so lang ist er auch.

Other blogs we like include:
fluokids
Acid Girls
sovietpanda
Symmetrical Love
Discobelle
Headphone Sex
Electric Zoo
Pardon my Freedom
Skull Juice
Palms Out  - (check this daft punk samples post out)
home taping
Monsier P

And more which we'll add later when we have time...



It's been an eventful day, got tickets to see Daft Punk in Paris, and then made this live mix (which you can download here). Oddly enough, this mix is probably my first ever without any Daft Punk in it. Its just over an hour long, 86 meg, and worth getting just for the final song.

Tracklisting:

  1. Thieves Like Us - Drugs In My Body
  2. Linus Loves - Night Music (Tocadisco Remix)
  3. Roxy Music - Same Old Scene (Glimmers Remix)
  4. Rove Dogs - Paris 2045 (Play Paul Remix)
  5. Tiga - 3 Weeks (Booka Shade Vocal Mix)
  6. M83 And Benoit Villeneuve - Run Into Flowers (Jackson Remix)
  7. Rainer Weichhold vs. Dandi & Ugo - Infinite Template (Kissy Sell Out Remix)
  8. Mason - Exceeder (MWB V.1.0.0 Damn Girl Re-Edit)
  9. Tomas Anderson - Washing Up (Washed Out Mix)
  10. The Rapture - W.A.Y.U.H (Claude VonStroke Pantydropper Vocal Mix)
  11. Freeform Five - No More Conversations (Switch Remix)
  12. Herbert - Moving Like A Train (Smith N Hack Remix)
  13. Phones - Sharpen the Knives
  14. Cassius - Toop Toop (Pedro & Panama Mix)
  15. Justice - Phantom (Faex Re-Edit)
  16. Goldfrapp - Number 1 (Steve Angello Main Mix)
  17. Mikael Weill - Silmarions (Claude Von Stroke Mix)
  18. Trashtalk - Tank Girl (Hystereo Rebrand)
  19. Robbie Williams - Lovelight (Soulwax Ravelight Dub)




Thought I'd try something a bit more intricate with some more hip hop and other genres thrown in. And bonus points for anyone who can identify all the other bits of songs that are in here uncredited.

La Grève Générale - Soixantes-trois minutes mix (63mins, 89Mb mp3)

Track list
1 Explicit Samourai - Interlude 3 minutes
2 Explicit Samourai - 3 Minutes
3 Tepr - Tits, yepo and yum yum
4 Daft Punk / Spank Rock - Harder, better, faster, stronger pussy on me
5-6 Uffie - Pop the glock (SebastiAn remix) / 20 Fingers - Short dick man
7-8 Epic Man feat Plan B – More is enough / Kavinsky – Testarossa nightdrive
9-10 Justice – Phantom / Dead Prez – Hell yeah
11-12 Lady Sovereign – Random / Rage Against The Machine – Township rebellion
13 TTC - Une bande de mec sympa
14-15 Robots in Disguise – The dj's got a gun / Refused – New noise
16 Yoshimoto – Do what u do (Trentemoller mix)
17 Prodigy – Smack my bitch up
18 Surkin – Radio fireworks
19 Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
20 Salt-N-Pepa – Push it
21-22 The Rapture – House of jealous lovers / David Bowie – Let's dance
23-25 Yelle – Je veux te voir / Modeselektor – Dancing box / Vitalic – La rock
26-27 Daft Punk – Digital love / Michael Jackson – Smooth criminal
28 Azzido Da Bass - Dooms night (Timo Maas remix)
29 Klaxons - Golden skans (SebastiAn version 1.2.0 remix)
30 The Killers – Mr Brightside



Indie disco mix - December 2006 (55mins, 75Mb mp3)

Track listing
Robots in Disguise – Turn it up
CSS – Alala
Test Icicles – Circle. Square. Triangle.
The Faint – Let the poison spill from your throat (Tommie Sunshine remix)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy – Communist moon
Gang of Four – I love a man in uniform (Yeah Yeah Yeahs remix)
The Gossip – Standing in the way of control (Soulwax Nite Version)
Gary Numan – Cars
Hot Chip – Over and over
New Young Pony Club – Ice cream (Three Bang Gang djs remix)
Franz Ferdinand – The fallen (ruined by Justice)
Cut Copy – Going nowhere
Justin Timberlake vs Uffie – My chick (La Grève Générale John version)
DMX Krew – 17 ways to break my heart




Gav deleted his mp3 of his bit of our Red Star set on 15 Dec, but here's a tidied up version of a bit of my one. I thought it was acceptable to use We are your friends because it was kind of a year end aural roundup...

La Grève Générale - John's Red star set

Track list
Yuksek – Break ya
Klaxons – Atlantis to Interzone (Crystal Castles remix)
Soulwax – NY excuse
Riot in Belgium – La musique
Justice vs Simian – We are your friends
Acid Jacks – Awake since 78
Annie – Hearbeat (MSTRKRFT remix)
Justice / Avenue D – Sluts of Nazareth (La Grève Générale version)
SebastiAn – Head off
Chemical Brothers – Music: Response
Madvillian – Great Day (Four Tet remix)

Mashups
Mashup of Justin Timberlake's My Love (Linus Loves remix) with Uffie's Hot Chick.


(Image made by the lovely folks at the missingtoof.com blog)

Justin Timberlake vs Uffie - My Chick (La Grève Générale version)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Bloody awful.