RAC

RAC, short for Remix Artist Collective, constantly pump out amazing re-edits, re-works and remixes of hype songs. Here's the founders bio:

Andre Allen Anjos is a 25 year old music artist with multiple years experience of remixing, producing and song-writing. Originally from Porto, Portugal now residing in Portland, OR. He is the founder and coordinator of Remix Artist Collective. Apart from remixing, Andre has worked in TV (Entourage/90210/How To Make It In America), film (Holy Rollers, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha) and advertising (Verizon, NBA, Coca-Cola, JCPenney, etc.)

These guys are huge. Theyll take anyone's song and remix it for them. It's just genius. This is from their site:

We provide re-interpretations/remixes of individual songs for artists/labels. Above all, we strive for excellence and good taste regardless of genre. We aim to maintain a style of remixing that strays from the “club mix” archetype, creating new incarnations of songs that stem from the original structure, but expand on their genre and musical arrangement. RAC mixes typically feature a unique blend of hip-hop and electro drum samples, analog synthesizers, melodic hooks, and original performed instrumentation. Listen to our portfolio, get an idea of what we do, and shoot some ideas through us. We’ll make it work.

Timeframe: Depending on how busy we are, we will often complete a remix in 3-7 days.

Tracks: A mailed DVD, CD, or online server must provide the original multi-track files. We currently work in Logic and Ableton Live. If the sessions are not in any of those formats, we ask for all tracks consolidated from the beginning of the track to the very end in 48Khz/24 bit, .wav or .aiff files. Please do not send us a mastered .wav file. There is nothing we can do with that.

Here is the complete list of their remixes. You can also download most of them. Score!

Favorites are:

Ra Ra Riot - Boy, Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up, The Fashion - Solo Impala... man i could go on.

RAC Portfolio by Remix Artist Collective

WOMBAXX

This record needs to come out soon. I've had this song on repeat for the last month or so and im in need of some new material.

The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires And Wolves)

Also heres Grum's remix:

The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires And Wolves)(Grum Remix)

SidechainStep

This is the official video for Breakage's remix of Clare Maguire. Pretty sweet.

Bonus:

Clare Macguire - Ain't Nobody (Breakage Remix)

Holy Fuck - "Red Lights"

Is it just me, or are cats "in" this season?

PENGUIN PRISON YAY

Penguin Prison - The Worse It Gets

In honor of their upcoming performance here in Montreal with Two Door Cinema Club, I must do a Penguin Prison post. Chris Glover is a George Michael revivalist. He's honestly my favorite artist of 2010. I am beyond excited for this show.

YOU MUST ENJOY.

Bonus - Two great remixes by the arctic bird detention center himself.

The Temper Trap - Resurrection (Penguin Prison Remix)

Erik Hassel - Hurtful (Penguin Prison Remix)