Time is slim for updating these days, I’m gonna get back into that groove soon as things even out. But this banger here? Well, it could not be left unblogged. When Childish Gambino gets remixed by Treasure Fingers, it’s time to get on the good foot and wear your bad leg out on the dancefloor. Nothing less is revealed here, so get to gettin’ busy already!

This year brought to an end the most unlikely renaissance of a man long-presumed dead whose work is still fascinating and inspiring people. Gil Scott-Heron‘s profound influence and impact will be felt long after his passing, that’s a known fact.

Imagine my surprise at this Christmas present from London remixer/DJ Mighty Mouse, presenting his own loving tribute to the man with a disco re-work of the song “I’ll Take Care of You”. You can download the song for free via his Soundcloud page.

Gill Scott Heron – I’ll Take Care Of You (Mighty Mouse Re-Work)

Everyone around me has been gushing incessantly about Lana Del Rey — the Daisy Duke-clad young woman whose picture you see above — for weeks now. Honestly, I still don’t get her entire musical appeal; however, just this moment, I finally caught on to her alluring voice hearing this irrepressible Joy Orbison remix of her song “Video Games”.

Maybe you’ve already figured her out, which means that this remix is ready-made to get you caught up in the headiness of its groove.

Lana Del Rey – Video Games (Joy Orbison Remix)

ADDENDUM ::: I guess I missed the part where she has 11 million views on YouTube for this song.

Drugs seem to be on everyone’s minds these days, am I right?? In addition to previous odes to various substances, I now have a remix of a track by The Internet entitled ‘Cocaine’ chopped up by Little Dragon, courtesy of FACT MAG.

The Internet is OFWGKTA‘s Syd The Kyd teamed up with Matt Martians, and all systems are now go. Enjoy the song, but eh … leave the actual shit alone ok? Their album, Purple Naked Ladies will be out on 20 December, aiight? The physical version featuring 3 bonus tracks and exclusive art and packaging will be in stores 17 January, 2012.

The Internet – Cocaine (Little Dragon Remix)

THE INTERNET
PURPLE NAKED LADIES
(ODD FUTURE RECORDS)
DEC. 20, 2011 (Digital)

1. Violet Nude Women
2. They Say/Shangrila (ft. Tay Walker)
3. She Dgaf
4. C*nt
5. Cocaine/Tevie (ft. Left Brain)
6. Ode to a Dream (ft Kilo Kish & Coco O.)
7. Gurl (ft. Pyramid Vritra).
8. Love Song -1
9. Lincoln (ft. Mike G & Left Brain)
10. Web of Me
11. She Knows
12. Fastlane
13. Visions (ft. Coco O.)
14. The Garden

Treasure Fingers gets underneath this Foster The People track and sets off the preparty in style. Call it what I want? I’ll call it exceedingly fresh.

Foster The People – Call It What You Want (Treasure Fingers Preparty Radio Edit)

Cocaine, it is said, is a helluva drug. And on “Cocaine Blues”, Brooklyn disco aficionados Escort decided to bust out a few lines for everyone at the party. Yeah, they spent hours and hours ironing out the creases in their permanent-press double-knit leisure suits. The girls worked overtime making their bubblegum lip gloss look & taste perfect, put on those damn hot pants & satin jackets, feathered their hair, and gassed up the Delorean for a trip back in time, cruising on downtown to The Roxy.

Not content to simply ride, DJ HOFF called up Pase Rock, straight borrowed that shit and drove it to Los Angeles for a night at the Riot House. While they were there, HOFF made sure he got that shit polished up, Pase spit some verses in it and they brought back a few audio Polaroids from the trip. Enjoy.

Escort – Cocaine Blues (HOFF Remix ft. Pase Rock)

Escort – Cocaine Blues

And yo, check it — HOFF has been mad busy of late — he just finished a mixtape for Han Cholo Designs in L.A. featuring blends & exclusive acapellas from Louisahhh, Spank Rock, and Mobroder along with a special introduction by one of my long-time favorites, Amsterdam glitter hitters LeLe.

I figure it’s been a while since I posted any proper remixes on the blog, this one arrived just in time for me to notice, listen, and add it to the queue via osmosis. Some records are so instantly strong that no matter what personality you add or take away from them in a remix, the bare essence shines through.

Kavinsky‘s mind-bogglingly straight-forward take on new wave in the form of the song “Nightcall” dominates the soundtrack to the movie Drive with it’s authenticity crossing waves with a spellbinding feel of modernity. The song here showcases rocked-up guitar parts, a guitar riff which evokes 80′s-inspired comparisons and, all the while, transforms (subtly at times) the whole track into more of an electro/dance track by way of remix engineer and DJ Anthony Atcherley, bumping the tempo slightly and taking some of the bottom end out to create what he (I guess) refers to as “Frenchtouch”. Whatever, the song was great before, this remix is totally on point. Everybody get on up and dance.

Kavinsky – Nightcall (Anthony Atcherley Remix)

[ Anthony Atcherley on Soundcloud ]

Abel Tesfaye + ILLANGELO + remix work from Grandtheft = this ridiculously hard house track. Get with the program.

It’s been less than 24 hours since marriage equality passed the New York senate, and what better way to celebrate than with a gay icon (Adele ) singing a song of heartbreak that’s been remixed into (you guessed it) a dance beat. The synergy is so fabulous I almost wish they could’ve spun this at Stonewall last night.

Kwestro is a hip-hop producer out of Austin who’s been dabbling in electronic and ambient music in recent years, and is currently at work on his debut album. He says this remix was almost abandoned, unfinished, but he decided instead of producing a beat around the entire song to focus in on one killer lyrical moment: “The scars of your love, remind me of us. They keep me thinking that we almost had it all.”

Like any good remix, this is an entirely new sonic experience. Kwestro’s managed to get a hook stuck in my head that I simultaneously already knew by heart and yet had never heard before. Listen for the way he chops up the vocal toward the end, using the blips to create a secondary beat structure. It’s a little trance, it’s a whole lot of dance. So take a…chance?

Rhymes. Sue me.

::: AUDIO: Adele – Rolling In The Deep (Kwestro Love Scars Remix) :::
Adele – “Rolling In The Deep (Kwestro Love Scars Remix)”

You know what it is — Beastie Boys featuring Santigold remixed by Major Lazer? GWAN DEN.

Did you say you’d like some acid house? A Cut Copy remix? A touch of psychedelia? A group from Portland? That’s an awful lot of demands you’re making but guess what? I have just the thing — The Miracles Club is clearly what you’re looking for.

Cut Copy has a lil’ label called Cutters Records & they’ve signed Portland, Oregon’s dramatic electronic trio The Miracles Club to release Light of Love Remixes, an EP which features a series of reworkings of the title track. The instant gratification of 80′s electronic dance music bubbles up in a reworking so solid, it could well have been an unreleased New Order song from 1984 that had just been unearthed.

Check out the remix here. If you like it, you can hear more at the Cutters Records site here or heck, go ahead and buy it from iTunes by clicking here.

The Miracles Club – Light of Love (Cut Copy Re-Vision)

The good people at The Very Best have dropped a mixtape just for Mother’s Day full of beat buffets, remixes, re-edits and other goodness guaranteed to show Mom just how much you love her. To all the mothers out there, including my own, Happy Mother’s Day. Download the entire mixtape by clicking here.

The Very Best with Cee-Lo – What Part of Forever

“Y’all all heard of James Blake, aintcha? No you stupid idjit galoot, not the derned tennis player!! The musician!! He sure does play a song mighty good on that there pianer. He even purty good when that there Few Nolder feller got hold of his stuff. Y’all gonna dance to this? You bet yer sweet bippy you will!”

Los Angeles remixer/producer Professor LaCroix pulls together another boogie anthem, perfect for getting the weekend going. “Legend Gold (Featuring Kestrin)” has already been remixed and appeared in his VIP Area Podcast back in February.

Now, the track gets elegantly remixed by the good folks over at BlackLodge Music, weighing equal parts of synth-funk and groove in a perfect balance of harmonies and keyboards. If you feel like hearing where it all started, the nice people at TBM Records are offering a free download of the original version simply by sharing the track over Twitter by clicking here.

A few weeks back, Pigeons & Planes clued me in on UK duo Oh My!, who had just come out with a new track called “Run This Town” (not to be confused with the Jay-Z track of the same name.

::: EXHIBIT A ::: Oh My! – Run This Town

Here’s a TMS remix of said song, punched up a bit to become an electropop dancefloor banger.

Check out the ‘trailer’ for “Run This Town” (while we’re here and all) –

::: AND IF THAT WASNT ENOUGH :::

Get the Oh My! mixtape right here for your downloading pleasure.