Remix Wednesday: Lindbergh Palace

Posted: July 30th, 2008 | Author: | Filed under: Remix of the Week | Tags: , , | 2 Comments »

So last week I wrote about some Dubs of songs by The Killers. And our site got tons of attention. We hit #2 on the popular charts of Hype Machine (hypem.com) and we got featured on the RollingStone.com’s Rock Daily blog (rollingstone.com/rockdaily). Clearly people liked it.

I actually had something planned for this week, but in the spirit of giving the people what they crave, I did some digging and found another Dub mix by Lindbergh Palace. A dub version of Umbrella by Rihanna. Which I can’t say I’m a huge fan of Rihanna, but sometimes a song gets so popular that you can’t avoid it. Umbrella is one of those songs, and I ended up kinda liking it. This mix is another quality production by Lindbergh Palace and it’s already hit heavy rotation on my iPod.

I really hope you like this stuff, because this is the kind of music I live for.

Rihanna – Umbrella (The Lindbergh Palace Club Mix) (removed 2/13/09)
Rihanna – Umbrella (The Lindbergh Palace Dub) (removed 2/13/09)

I hope your ears love dub, because I’ve got more songs to write about next week. Ω

Remix Wednesday: The Killers (Dub Mixes)

Posted: July 23rd, 2008 | Author: | Filed under: Remix of the Week | Tags: , , , | 2 Comments »

So today I bring you something completely different. Dub. What is dub you say?

‘Dub’ has become a term for almost any musical piece that “Utilizes the remixing of prerecorded sound as a mode of artistic expression.” Taking the separate entities of a musical track and remixing them into a completely new selection has become a popular process, and can be found in a variety of genres ranging anywhere from hip-hop remixes and mash-ups to metal. [Wikipedia]

In a nutshell, dub is an artistic remix. I found some dub mixes of some Killers songs a few months ago, and well they are a great introduction into what Dub is, as far as electropop goes. You’ll find that one main hook of lyrics is constantly repeated as the remixer is trying to get you to focus on those specific lyrics.

The Killers – When You Were Young (Jacques Lu Cont’s Thin White Mix [Duke Dub]) (removed 2/13/09)

The Killers – When You Were Young (The Lindbergh Palace Dub) (removed 2/13/09)

I hope your ears sit in the nosebleed section, and then bleed because of it. Ω