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ART WHIPLASH discusses the finer things in life: Party, Sex and Bullshit.

E.J. — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:00:45 +0000

Near as I can tell, ART WHIPLASH is the 8-bit meanderings of les jeune homme sexy Vincent Jardin. Vincent has created a one-man electro trash outfit in Paris & through his people, he has kindly made this track available to the readers of Loudersoft. The title speaks for itself: “Party, Sex and Bullshit”. If you’re not familiar with what that title means or what to do with it when you say it, this blog update probably won’t help you. However, if you do know, then this song is what you should play the next time you’re doing everything on that list.

Here is the original along with three remixes he has offered. We kinda dig this.

ART WHIPLASH – Party, Sex and Bullshit
ART WHIPLASH – Party, Sex and Bullshit (Youth Attack! Disco and Bullshit remix)
ART WHIPLASH – Party, Sex and Bullshit (THE TOXIC AVENGER Remix)
ART WHIPLASH – Party, Sex and Bullshit (KIWI Remix)

Alaska in Winter return with notes from underground in Berlin.

E.J. — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:05:01 +0000

Brandon Bethancourt, better known to the world as Alaska in Winter, has been cooking up some genius in secret recording studios and hovels of his new home, Berlin. The culmination of his efforts, a new full-length album entitled Holiday, will see release on November 18th. Here’s a taste of what is in store for us all, a track appropriately titled “Berlin”.

Alaska in Winter – Berlin

You can purchase Alaska in Winter’s new album Holiday from Amazon by clicking here.

Loudersoft Loves 808 State | Pacific State Still Shines 20 Years Later

E.J. — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:49:06 +0000

In a week during which retrospectives on 80′s electronic and hip-hop are the trend, it only seems fitting and appropriate to re-examine Manchester-born 808 State‘s ~~first~~ (ed. note: it wasn’t their first single oops!) (and most well-known) recording, “Pacific State”. Mixed, remixed, repackaged and reissued innumerable times, the original version (which appeared on 1989′s EP Quadrastate) loses no power or edge with time. The perfection of their execution makes “Pacific State” the supreme benchmark of acid house: lush, synthetic harmonies blended with driving TR-808 rhythms.

I’d say we’re pretty lucky that Rephlex Records has just reissued a fully remastered edition of Quadrastate complete with additional tracks. If you dig what you’re hearing here, you’d do well to head on over to Amazon and pick up the remastered edition to hang on to.

808 State – Pacific State

The reissued Quadrastate is available from Amazon by clicking here.